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![London Calling by Helen Carey]()
London Calling by Helen Carey
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA poignant, warm-hearted and engaging saga of south London's women during the Second World War. It will take more than Hitler's Luftwaffe to break the spirit of the residents of Lavender Road. If courage, resilience and a shared sense of humour could win wars, the conflict would already be over. It's not all harmony, though... -
![Time to Say Goodbye (Days of the week) by Rosie Goodwin]()
Time to Say Goodbye (Days of the week) by Rosie Goodwin
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNuneaton, 1935.Kathy has grown up at Treetops home for children, where Sunday and Tom Branning have always cared for her as one of their own. She enjoys her life at Treetops Manor, surrounded by her beloved horses, and with a future as a nurse ahead of her, she could wish for nothing more.But when Tom dies suddenly in a riding accident, life at Treetops will never be the same again... -
![A Quiet Little Place on Rue de Lille by A.W. Hartoin]()
A Quiet Little Place on Rue de Lille by A.W. Hartoin
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsParis 1940The Reich is moving in and Stella Bled Lawrence can’t get out.Stella has proved adept at the double agent game, too adept as it turns out. The British want her to stay where she is, even though she’s about to be trapped, and worse, the Nazis want to expand her work into a distressing direction.When two Nazi agents go rogue, Stella is at the right place at the wrong time... -
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![Das letzte Versprechen by Hera Lind]()
Das letzte Versprechen by Hera Lind
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBestseller-Autorin Hera Lind erzählt in »Das letzte Versprechen« die wahre Geschichte von Anni aus Siebenbürgen, die im Deutschland der Nachkriegszeit vergeblich auf Mitgefühl hofft und schließlich ein zweites Mal durch die Hölle gehen muss... -
![Life is Beautiful/La Vita è Bella: A Screenplay by Roberto Benigni, Vincenzo Cerami]()
Life is Beautiful/La Vita è Bella: A Screenplay by Roberto Benigni, Vincenzo Cerami
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThis romantic, hilarious, and astonishingly moving story, winner of the Grand Jury prize at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival, explores the power of the imagination, set against the stark reality of World War II Europe. The companion screenplay to the Miramax film presents the profound yet tender story that has touched the hearts of so many... -
![The Forgotten Fortune by Matt James, Matthew James]()
The Forgotten Fortune by Matt James, Matthew James
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsUnverified reports tell of a hidden treasure trove deep beneath the Owl Mountains in Poland. Many have tried, but all have failed to locate the legendary Nazi gold train.Jack Reilly mourns the loss of his grandmother, a Holocaust survivor, and an esteemed historian... -
![Testament by David Gibbins]()
Testament by David Gibbins
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratings585 BC The ancient world is in meltdown. In desperation the priests of the Temple look to the greatest navigators ever known to save their treasures... -
![Las hermosas by Inga Gaile, Rafael Martín Calvo]()
Las hermosas by Inga Gaile, Rafael Martín Calvo
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEn Las hermosas, Inga Gaile intenta comprender cómo ella y sus contemporáneos han sido afectados por dos de las mayores tragedias del siglo XX en Europa: el nazismo y el estalinismo. La novela describe la existencia humana durante y después del totalitarismo, y plantea la pregunta acerca de qué queda de una persona tras esa experiencia... -
![Time Bender: The man who came to save the earth by Tijn Touber]()
Time Bender: The man who came to save the earth by Tijn Touber
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTime Bender beschrijft de ontdekkingstocht van een jongeman die wordt meegesleept in een Galactische strijd die zijn weerga niet kent. De mensheid - zo ontdekt hij - bevindt zich in een sleutelpositie om de Kosmische conflicten voor eens en voor altijd op te lossen. De vraag is alleen: worden wij op tijd wakker? 'Ik heb je boek met open mond gelezen. Dit is echt next level... -
![20 de ani în Siberia by Anița Nandriș-Cudla]()
20 de ani în Siberia by Anița Nandriș-Cudla
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 12 ratings...20 de ani în Siberia – o aşez printre cele mai fantastice cărţi care s-au scris în ţara noastră. În faţa ei multe cărţi, mulţi scriitori şi mulţi eroi literari pălesc... -
![The Big Show: The Classic Account of WWII Aerial Combat by Pierre Clostermann]()
The Big Show: The Classic Account of WWII Aerial Combat by Pierre Clostermann
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 16 ratings'THE BIG SHOW is as close as you'll ever get to fighting for your life from the cockpit of a Spitfire or Typhoon. Perhaps the most viscerally exciting book ever written by a fighter pilot.' Rowland White Pierre Clostermann DFC was one of the oustanding Allied aces of the Second World War... -
![First Light: The Centenary Collection by Geoffrey Wellum]()
First Light: The Centenary Collection by Geoffrey Wellum
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn 1918, the RAF was established as the world's first independent air force. To mark the 100th anniversary of its creation, Penguin are publishing the Centenary Collection, a series of six classic books highlighting the skill, heroism esprit de corps that have characterised the Royal Air Force throughout its first century... -
![Shattered Sword: The Untold Story of the Battle of Midway by Jonathan Parshall, Anthony Tully]()
Shattered Sword: The Untold Story of the Battle of Midway by Jonathan Parshall, Anthony Tully
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsMany consider the Battle of Midway to have turned the tide of the Pacific War. It is without question one of the most famous battles in history. Now, for the first time since Gordon W. Prange’s bestselling Miracle at Midway, Jonathan Parshall and Anthony Tully offer a new interpretation of this great naval engagement... -
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![Eva's Story: A Survivor's Tale by the Step-Sister of Anne Frank by Eva Schloss, Evelyn Julia Kent]()
Eva's Story: A Survivor's Tale by the Step-Sister of Anne Frank by Eva Schloss, Evelyn Julia Kent
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsIn March 1938 the Germans invaded Austria and young Eva Geiringer and her family became refugees. Like many jews they fled to Amsterdam where they hid from the Nazis until they were betrayed and arrested in 1944. Eva was 15 years old when she was sent to Auschwitz - the same age as her friend Anne Frank... -
![The Nazis Knew My Name: A Remarkable Story of Survival and Courage in Auschwitz-Birkenau by Magda Hellinger, Maya Lee]()
The Nazis Knew My Name: A Remarkable Story of Survival and Courage in Auschwitz-Birkenau by Magda Hellinger, Maya Lee
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe “thought-provoking…must-read” (Ariana Neumann, author of When Time Stopped) memoir by a Holocaust survivor who saved an untold number of lives at Auschwitz through everyday acts of courage and kindness—in the vein of A Bookshop in Berlin and The Nazi Officer’s Wife... -
![Holocaust Memoirs of a Bergen-Belsen Survivor : Classmate of Anne Frank by Nanette Blitz Konig]()
Holocaust Memoirs of a Bergen-Belsen Survivor : Classmate of Anne Frank by Nanette Blitz Konig
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA monument to the indestructible nature of the human spirit. In these compelling Holocaust memoirs, Nanette Blitz Konig relates her amazing story of survival during the Second World War when she, together with her family and millions of other Jews were imprisoned by the Nazi's with a minimum chance of survival. Nanette (b. 1929) was a class mate of Anne Frank in the Jewish Lyceum of Amsterdam... -
![Survivor: Auschwitz, the Death March and my fight for freedom by Sam Pivnik]()
Survivor: Auschwitz, the Death March and my fight for freedom by Sam Pivnik
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIn 1939, on his 13th birthday, the Nazis invaded Poland. Sam Pivnik survived the two ghettoes set up in his home town of Bedzin and six months working on the processing ramp at Auschwitz, where prisoners were either taken away for entry to the camp or gassing.After this harrowing experience, he was sent to work at the brutal Furstengrube mining camp... -
![Hank Brodt Holocaust Memoirs: A Candle and a Promise by Deborah Donnelly]()
Hank Brodt Holocaust Memoirs: A Candle and a Promise by Deborah Donnelly
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA Candle and a Promise The Troubling but ultimately Triumphant Memoirs of Holocaust Survivor Hank Brodt A story of resilience, Hank Brodt Holocaust Memoirs - A Candle and a Promise makes the memories of Holocaust survivor Hank Brodt come alive... -
![Auschwitz Escape: The Klara Wizel Story by Danny Naten, R.J. Gifford]()
Auschwitz Escape: The Klara Wizel Story by Danny Naten, R.J. Gifford
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAt sixteen years old, Klara Wizel is full of life with a loving family. But her spirit quails when she and her family are swept up with fifteen thousand other Hungarian Jews and forcibly transported to one of the world's most infamous concentration Auschwitz-Birkenau... -
![Biggest Brother: The Life of Major Dick Winters, the Man Who Led the Band of Brothers by Larry Alexander]()
Biggest Brother: The Life of Major Dick Winters, the Man Who Led the Band of Brothers by Larry Alexander
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe New York Times bestseller that tells the true story of the life of Major Dick Winters, the man who led the Band of Brothers in World War II.In every band of brothers, there is always one who looks out for the others... -
![When Memories Remain by Karen Emilson]()
When Memories Remain by Karen Emilson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen Memories Remain is the remarkable conclusion to the bestselling memoir, Where Children Run, the story of David and Dennis Pischke who survived more than a decade of abuse at the hands of their violently unstable stepfather.By the time the twins turned fifteen years old they’d left the isolated farm where they grew up and struck out on their own... -
![The School that Escaped the Nazis: The True Story of the Schoolteacher Who Defied Hitler by Deborah Cadbury]()
The School that Escaped the Nazis: The True Story of the Schoolteacher Who Defied Hitler by Deborah Cadbury
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNamed one of Book Riot's BEST BIOGRAPHIES OF 2022The extraordinary true story of a courageous school principal who saw the dangers of Nazi Germany and took drastic steps to save those in harm’s way In 1933, the same year Hitler came to power, schoolteacher Anna Essinger saved her small, progressive school from Nazi Germany... -
![The Lost River: On The Trail of the Sarasvati by Michel Danino]()
The Lost River: On The Trail of the Sarasvati by Michel Danino
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Lost River explores the geography, history, and mythology, of the Sarasvati river, drawing from various sources like folklore, the Vedas, archaeology, local practices, history, geology, and meteorology. The book explains that the river, its very existence, and its course have been discussed and speculated over for years... -
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![Rescued from the Ashes: The Diary of Leokadia Schmidt, Survivor of the Warsaw Ghetto by Leokadia Schmidt]()
Rescued from the Ashes: The Diary of Leokadia Schmidt, Survivor of the Warsaw Ghetto by Leokadia Schmidt
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe diary of a young Jewish housewife who, together with her husband and five-month-old baby, fled the Warsaw ghetto at the last possible moment and survived the Holocaust hidden on the “Aryan” side of town in the loft of a run-down tinsmith’s shed... -
![For Those I Loved by Martin Gray]()
For Those I Loved by Martin Gray
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratings"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." --George SantayanaWe need only to look back to Rwanda, and now to Darfur, to see that once again we are living the worst of times... -
![The Last Hill: The Epic Story of a Ranger Battalion and the Battle That Defined WWII by Bob Drury, Tom Clavin]()
The Last Hill: The Epic Story of a Ranger Battalion and the Battle That Defined WWII by Bob Drury, Tom Clavin
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBob Drury and Tom Clavin's The Last Hill is the incredible untold story of one Ranger battalion's heroism and courage in World War II.They were known as “Rudder’s Rangers,” the most elite and experienced attack unit in the United States Army. In December 1944, Lt. Col. James Rudder's 2nd Battalion would form the spearhead into Germany, taking the war into Hitler’s homeland at last... -
![Queen of Our Times: The Life of Queen Elizabeth II by Robert Hardman]()
Queen of Our Times: The Life of Queen Elizabeth II by Robert Hardman
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe definitive portrait of Queen Elizabeth II by a renowned royal biographer.As seen on Good Morning America, CNN, and the BBCShy but with a steely self-confidence; inscrutable despite ten decades in the public eye; unflappable; devout; indulgent; outwardly reserved, inwardly passionate; unsentimental; inquisitive; young at heart... -
![Patton: A Genius for War by Carlo D'Este]()
Patton: A Genius for War by Carlo D'Este
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsBased on exclusive access to his personal and public papers, and with the full cooperation of his family, Patton is an intimate look at the colorful, charismatic, and sometimes controversial man who became the one general the Germans respected and feared the most during World War II. Photos... -
![Brothers in Battle, Best of Friends: Two WWII Paratroopers from the Original Band of Brothers Tell Their Story by William Guarnere, Edward Heffron]()
Brothers in Battle, Best of Friends: Two WWII Paratroopers from the Original Band of Brothers Tell Their Story by William Guarnere, Edward Heffron
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsTom Hanks introduces the "remarkable" (Publishers Weekly) story of two inseparable friends and soldiers portrayed in the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers. William "Wild Bill" Guarnere and Edward "Babe" Heffron were among the first paratroopers of the U.S. Armymembers of an elite unit of the 101st Airborne Division called Easy Company...
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