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A Feather on the Water by Lindsay Jayne Ashford
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsFor three women in postwar Germany, 1945 is a time of hope—lost and found—in this powerful novel by the bestselling author of The Woman on the Orient Express.Just weeks after World War II ends, three women from different corners of the world arrive in Germany to run a displaced-persons camp...Categorized as:
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The German Girl by Lily Graham
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratings‘Our parents were taken. And if we go home, the Nazis will take us too…’Hamburg 1938. Fifteen-year-old Asta is hurrying home from school with her twin brother Jurgen. The mood in the city is tense – synagogues have been smashed with sledgehammers, and Asta is too frightened to laugh as she used to.But when she and Jurgen are stopped in the street by a friend, her world implodes further... -
A Madeline Treasury by Ludwig Bemelmans
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsHere, collected in one handsome volume, are all the adventures of Madeline, a fearless little girl full of mischief and vitality who is one of the world’s most popular and beloved fictional characters. Madeline, which was first published in 1939, and its five sequels have charmed generations of readers, and become true classics...Categorized as:
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From the Dark We Rise by Marion Kummerow
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratings“Please, let me help. I won’t tell anyone.” It was madness to help an escaped prisoner in Nazi Germany, but how could she not? If it weren’t for a lucky strike of fate, she might be the woman on the ground shivering with fear...Categorized as:
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La sospecha de Sofía by Paloma Sánchez-Garnica
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsLa anodina vida de Sofía y Daniel cambia radicalmente cuando él recibe una carta anónima en la que se le dice que Sagrario, a la que venera, no es su verdadera madre y que si quiere conocer la verdad de su origen debe ir a París esa misma noche. Intrigado, pregunta a su padre por esta cuestión y él le recomienda que lo deje pasar, que no remueva el pasado... -
The Smallest Crack by Roberta Kagan
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratings1933 Berlin, GermanyWhen the price for life is dishonor dipped in blood, how much is too much?Eli Kaetzel and his beautiful but timid wife Rebecca suddenly find themselves in the gaping maws of Adolf Hitler's murderous rampage. Eli knows that their only chance, however slim, for survival may lie in the hands of Gretchen, a spirited Aryan girl...Categorized as:
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Hinter verzauberten Fenstern by Cornelia Funke, Ellen Schulz
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsJulia ärgert sich über ihren Adventskalender aus Papier, wo ihr kleiner Bruder Olli doch den schönen Schokokalender bekommen hat. Doch das auf ihrem Kalender abgebildete Haus glitzert so silbrig geheimnisvoll, dass Julia doch das erste Fenster öffnet. Da bemerkt sie, dass das Haus bewohnt ist. Ein ganz ungewöhnliches Abenteuer beginnt...Categorized as:
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Ofrene by Gerald Green
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsGerald Green's novel Holocaust, which is based on his teleplay for the 1978 NBC miniseries, seeks to put faces on the tragedy by telling the story of the experience of two German families whose lives intersect at certain points... -
Örökké by Laura Leiner
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 16 ratings„Okos kis könyv ez, elindult a saját útjára. Én pedig most magára hagyom, elengedem, hiszen én azt hiszem, mindent megtettem, amit lehetett, mindent úgy írtam, ahogy szerettem volna, most pedig elégedett vagyok az eredménnyel, mert tudom, én a kezdetek kezdetén valami ilyesmit akartam a végére. Nem egy finálét, elcsépelt ömlengést vagy túlcsavart szálakat... -
A Fight in Silence by Melanie Metzenthin
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsGermany, 1926. When Richard and Paula meet in bustling, cosmopolitan Hamburg, everything feels possible. They fall in love, marry and are soon blessed with twins, a beautiful boy and girl. When Richard qualifies as a psychiatrist, life ahead looks bright. Their only sadness is that their son, Georg, was born deaf, although with his family to protect him they’re sure he’ll be okay... -
Kafka and the travelling doll by Jordi Sierra i Fabra
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratings19th Etitions - Spanish National Prize 2007 for Children and Youth Literature*. One year before his death, Franz Kafka saw in one of Berlin's park a girl who was crying because she had lost her doll. The writer calms her down by telling her that her doll had gone on a trip and that he, a doll postman, would take her a letter the next day. For three weeks, Kafka wrote a daily letter for the girl...Categorized as:
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Nemesis and the Swan by Lindsay K. Bandy
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn Revolutionary Paris, the secrets behind an eerie set of brooches will either send Helene d'Aubign to the guillotine or save her lifeFrom her prison cell in revolutionary Paris, nineteen-year-old aristocrat Helene d'Aubign recalls the events that led her to choose between following in her parents' unforgivable footsteps or abandoning the man she loves...Categorized as:
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Highlander’s Phantom Lass: A Steamy Scottish Medieval Historical Romance by Ann Marie Scott
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Die roten Matrosen by Klaus Kordon
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBerlin 1918/1919. Nach vier Jahren Weltkrieg verweigern die Matrosen der kaiserlichen Marine in Kiel den Befehl zum Auslaufen und kommen nach Berlin. In der Stadt beginnt es zu brodeln. Helmut, genannt Helle, und Fritz freunden sich mit den meuternden Matrosen der Hochseeflotte an, erleben die Revolution mit, den Sieg - und auch die Niederlage...Categorized as:
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Ana no by Agustín Gómez Arcos
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAna Paucha, que se llamaba a sí misma Ana no, era una mujer de mar, de sol, de dicha, prendada de su marido, pescador, y de sus tres hijos. El marido y los dos hijos mayores murieron en la guerra, el pequeño está preso... -
Standartenführer's Wife by Ellie Midwood
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThis is a diary of Annalise Meissner, a young German Jew with long time ago falsified papers, living a carefree life in pre-war Berlin. A talented ballerina, she comes from a wealthy family and at first doesn’t want to concern herself with the changes her country starts undergoing under the new Nazi regime... -
Heidi by Deidre S. Laiken, Johanna Spyri
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHeidi, of the majestic Swiss Alps, finds beauty and wisdom in nature. Living in isolation with Grandfather and two goats, she develops a special feeling for the plants and animals in their hills and valleys. Her life changes when she is urged to study in a city. She befriends an invalid girl but is homesick for her mountain life...Categorized as:
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Michal's Destiny by Roberta Kagan
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIt is 1919 in Siberia. Michal—a young, sheltered girl—has eyes for a man other than her betrothed. For a young girl growing up in a traditional Jewish settlement, an arranged marriage is a fact of life. However, destiny, it seems, has other plans for Michal. When a Cossack pogrom invades her small village, the protected life Michal has grown accustomed to and loves will crumble before her eyes...Categorized as:
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Septynetas. Amžinai tavo by Donata Kontenienė
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPo audringos santykių pradžios Gabrielė pagaliau gauna viską, ko troško – mylimą vyrą Antonį, sūnų ir prabangius namus Toskanoje. Mėgaudamasi svaiginančiomis laimės akimirkomis, ji nė neįtaria, kad mylimojo praeitis nedingo ir paslaptingas „Septyneto“ klubas kėsinsis sugriauti viską, ką ji turi brangiausio... -
Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsMary Shelley began writing Frankenstein when she was only eighteen. At once a Gothic thriller, a passionate romance, and a cautionary tale about the dangers of science, Frankenstein tells the story of committed science student Victor Frankenstein...Categorized as:
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The Photographer's Saga by Petra Durst-Benning, Edwin Miles
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFrom the bestselling author of The Glassblower Trilogy comes an inspiring historical saga of a female photographer who must defy convention to live her dreams in turn-of-the-century Germany.In 1905, on her twenty-sixth birthday, Mimi Reventlow receives a marriage proposal from the vicar of her family’s church...Categorized as:
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The Swiss Spy by Alex Gerlis
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratings"On the 20-minute drive to Lutry, the Alps rose high to his left, the lake sweeping below him to the right. That summed it up, he thought: caught between two powerful forces. Not unlike serving two masters...Categorized as:
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The Little Swiss Ski Chalet by Julie Caplin
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIt’s time to pack your bags and head to the breathtaking, snow-covered peaks of the Swiss Alps for velvety hot chocolates, delicious cheeses and a gorgeous love story…Food technician Mina has always believed that chocolate will solve everything – and it’s just what she needs when her latest relationship mishap goes viral!So with her bags packed and a new determination to sort her life out, Minna...Categorized as:
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The German Lesson by Siegfried Lenz
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsSiggi Jepsen, incarcerated as a juvenile delinquent, is one day assigned to write a routine German lesson on the "The Joys of Duty... -
Spy Line by Len Deighton
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsBritish agent Bernard Samson finds himself inexplicably hunted as a traitor, forced to abandon his life, his job, his position, and plunge into hiding in the most dangerous and darkest corner of Berlin. What is happening? What has he done? Nothing makes sense until Samson discovers that the Secret Service has known all along where he is. In fact, they have never taken him off the payroll...Categorized as:
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Left to Run by Blake Pierce
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA serial killer is ravaging the American expat community in Paris, his kills reminiscent of Jack the Ripper. For FBI special agent Adele Sharp, it’s a mad race against time to enter his mind and save the next victim—until she uncovers a secret darker than anyone could have imagined... -
The Magician by Colm Tóibín
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsColm Tóibín’s new novel opens in a provincial German city at the turn of the twentieth century, where the boy, Thomas Mann, grows up with a conservative father, bound by propriety, and a Brazilian mother, alluring and unpredictable. Young Mann hides his artistic aspirations from his father and his homosexual desires from everyone...Categorized as:
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Passenger 23 by Sebastian Fitzek
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsFive years ago Martin Schwarz, a police psychologist, lost his wife and son. They were holidaying on a cruise ship when they simply vanished. A lackluster investigation was unable to shed any light on what happened—murder-suicide being the coroner's verdict. It is a verdict that has haunted Martin ever since, blighting his life... -
The Soul Breaker by Sebastian Fitzek
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsInternational number one bestseller Sebastian Fitzek plunges readers into the depths of their own souls in a new high-concept thriller.The Soul Breaker destroys his victims.He doesn't kill them, or mutilate them. But he leaves them completely dead inside, paralysed and catatonic. His only trace a note left in their hands.There are three known victims when suddenly the abductions stop... -
עניינים אנושיים by Karine Tuil, קארין טואיל
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsמשפחת פארל היא לכאורה משפחה פריזאית לדוגמה: ז'אן הוא פרשן פוליטי ותיק ומוערך, קלייר היא סופרת ופעילה פמיניסטית בולטת, ובנם אלכסנדר הוא סטודנט באוניברסיטת סטנפורד היוקרתית בארצות הברית.אלא שמאחורי תדמית המשפחה המצליחה מסתתרים חיים כפולים של שני בני הזוג, חיים שמתנפצים לעין כול כאשר אלכסנדר מואשם באונס בתו של המאהב של קלייר. הבן הנערץ טוען שהכול קרה בהסכמה... -
The Centre of My World by Andreas Steinhöfel
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsSeventeen-year-old Phil has felt like an outsider as long as he can remember. All Phil has ever known about his father is that he was Number Three on his mother's list - third in a series of affairs that have set Phil's family even further apart from the critical townspeople across the river...Categorized as:
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Circle Of Shadows by Imogen Robertson
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsGermany, 1784. Daniel Clode cannot say whether or not he killed the woman. They were found together in a locked room, dressed for the Carnival. But what of the strange madness he feels, and how did she drown on dry land? Harriet Westerman knows Daniel is not a murderer; her sister would not have married such a man... -
The Girls of the Glimmer Factory by Jennifer Coburn
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFrom the author of Cradles of the Reich comes a poignant and inspiring tale of resistance, friendship, and the dangers of propaganda, based on the real story of Theresienstadt, for fans of The Forest of Vanishing Stars and The German Wife...Categorized as:
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Craving by Cara McKenna
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThis is the second title in the Curio Vignettes series, follow-up stories to the novel Curio. What a difference a season makes. In the spring, Caroly arrived on Didier Pedra’s doorstep in Paris as so many women have—ready to buy an evening’s pleasure with a gorgeous man skilled in the craft of seduction. She was a trembling virgin then, but so much has changed... -
Death by Baguette: A Valentine's Day Murder in Paris by Jennifer S. Alderson
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDeath by Baguette: A Valentine’s Day Murder in ParisParis—the city of love, lights … and murder? Join tour guide Lana Hansen as she escorts five couples on an unforgettable Valentine-themed vacation to France! Unfortunately it will be the last trip for one passenger…Lana Hansen’s future is looking bright. She has money in her bank account, a babysitter for her cat, and even a boyfriend... -
War Criminal's Widow by Ellie Midwood
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratings"War Criminal's Widow" is the third book in the series "The Girl from Berlin." As soon as Annalise, a counterintelligence agent working for the American OSS office, thinks that all the dangers are finally behind, swept away by the protective hand of her high-ranking lover – the Chief of the RSHA Ernst Kaltenbrunner – she has to face an even bigger challenge...Categorized as:
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Reversal by Cara McKenna
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis is the third title in the Curio Vignettes series, follow-up stories to the novel Curio. Didier Pedra can read a woman’s body like a book, sense her deepest needs and satisfy her every craving. It’s his job, after all. But drop him in the center of Paris, the only city he’s ever known, and he’s lost, reduced to a trembling wreck by agoraphobia... -
The Heart's Domination by Emily Jane Trent
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNatalie gave her body, but he took her heart. Does she have his? Will her love be enough for both of them? The sex gets hotter, and Tanner just might get burned. “A white rose lay on the table beside Natalie. Swept up in the moment, Tanner had purchased the single rose from a street vendor, and presented it to her with a gallant bow... -
Als wir unsterblich waren by Charlotte Roth
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNovember 1989. »Willkommen in Westberlin«, dröhnt es aus einem Lautsprecher, als die Ostberliner Studentin Alexandra von der Menschenmenge in die Arme eines jungen Mannes gedrängt wird. Liebe auf den ersten Blick!Berlin vor dem Ersten Weltkrieg. Die junge und mutige Paula setzt sich leidenschaftlich für Frauen- und Arbeiterrechte ein...Categorized as:
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House of Israel, Vol. 1: The Return by Robert Marcum
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsElectrifying novel about one woman's desperate quest for...Categorized as:
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Fear and Misery of the Third Reich by Bertolt Brecht, Tom Kuhn
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsAlso known as The Private Life of the Master Race, this is a sequence of twenty-four realistic sketches showing how "ordinary" life under the Nazis was subtly permeated by suspicion and anxiety. Written when Brecht was in exile in Denmark and first staged in 1938 it was inspired in part by his recent trip to Moscow where he had been researching tasks for the anti-Nazi effort... -
The Nearest Exit by Olen Steinhauer
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsMilo Weaver has nowhere to turn but back to the CIA in Olen Steinhauer’s brilliant follow-up to the New York Times bestselling espionage novel The Tourist. The Tourist, Steinhauer’s first contemporary novel after his award winning historical series, was a runaway hit, spending three weeks on the New York Times bestseller list and garnering rave reviews from critics...Categorized as:
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The Nearest Exit by Olen Steinhauer
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsMilo Weaver has nowhere to turn but back to the CIA in Olen Steinhauer’s brilliant follow-up to the New York Times bestselling espionage novel The Tourist. The Tourist, Steinhauer’s first contemporary novel after his award winning historical series, was a runaway hit, spending three weeks on the New York Times bestseller list and garnering rave reviews from critics...Categorized as:
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amok by Sebastian Fitzek
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThis was supposed to be the last day of her life. Renowned criminal psychologist Ira Samin can no longer bear the feelings of guilt inspired by her eldest daughter's death and has decided to commit suicide. The preparations are all in place when Samin is summoned to a radio station where people have been taken hostage by a violent psychopath. A macabre game will decide the fate of the victims... -
The Prophecy by Chris Kuzneski
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsJonathon Payne and David Jones are back in the fray in the latest page-turner from Chris Kuzneski, international bestselling author of The Lost Throne, Sword of God, and Sign of the Cross...Categorized as:
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The Munich Girl by Phyllis Edgerly Ring
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAnna Dahlberg grew up eating dinner under her father’s war-trophy portrait of Eva Braun. Fifty years after the war, she discovers what he never did—that her mother and Hitler’s mistress were friends. The secret surfaces with a mysterious monogrammed handkerchief, and a man, Hannes Ritter, whose Third Reich family history is entwined with Anna’s...Categorized as:
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The Displaced by Frieda Watt
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMarie Levesque is a young woman growing up on the shores of Ile Royale as the French Empire collapses on the battlefields. Britain and France are once again at war. The conflict has spilled over into the North America of 1744.With the threat of war looming on the horizon, Marie struggles to find her place. As a young woman, her life is just beginning...Categorized as:
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Asya by Ivan Turgenev
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsTolstoy considered Asya, written in 1858, one of Turgenev's two best stories, along with First Love. Asya is a tragic story of two Russians abroad who are in love but conceal it from each other. Constance Garrett and Isabel Hapgood translated Asya in antiquated style approximately 100 years ago. Despite the story's superb character portrayals, it has rarely been available since... -
السلطان الحائر by Tawfiq Al-Hakim, توفيق الحكيم
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsاحدى أشهر مسرحيات توفيق الحكيم التى اثارت جدلاً ضمن مؤلفات توفيق الحكيم التى تم اعادة نشره ضمن مشروع دار الشروق لإعادة نشر الأعمال الكامله لأبى المسرح...
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