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Triumph of the Shipyard Girls by Nancy Revell
Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratings***ORDER YOUR COPY NOW*** THE EIGHTH NOVEL IN THE BESTSELLING SHIPYARD GIRLS SERIES! ‘Emotional and gripping’ Take a Break______________________________Sunderland, 1943: With the future of Britain so uncertain, the women are trying to keep their lives at home on an even keel.Head-welder Rosie is just about managing to keep her double life hidden from little sister Charlotte’s prying eyes... -
![The Child Without a Home by Ann Bennett]()
The Child Without a Home by Ann Bennett
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratings‘So captivating, I was on edge while flipping through the pages as fast as I could… Truly heartwarming… Emotional, heartbreaking… I loved this… A must read… Amazing’ Pageturners ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Inspired by the lives of the forgotten orphans of World War Two, this heart-wrenching and moving tale is about fighting for your loved ones when all hope is lost... -
![The Child of Auschwitz by Lily Graham]()
The Child of Auschwitz by Lily Graham
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratings‘She touched the photograph in its gilt frame that was always on her desk, of a young, thin woman with very short hair and a baby in her arms. She had one last story to tell. Theirs. And it began in hell on earth.’ It is 1942 and Eva Adami has boarded a train to Auschwitz... -
![The Child On Platform One by Gill Thompson]()
The Child On Platform One by Gill Thompson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsInspired by the real-life escape of thousands of Jewish children from Nazi-occupied Europe on the Kindertransport trains to London, the new novel from the author of The Oceans Between Us Gill Thompson. For readers of The Tattooist of Auschwitz Heather Morris, The Choice Edith Eger and Lilac Girls Martha Hall Kelly. Prague 1939. Young mother Eva has a secret from her past... -
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![Christmas with the Bomb Girls by Daisy Styles]()
Christmas with the Bomb Girls by Daisy Styles
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsChristmas time with our favourite Bomb Girls at the Phoenix Munitions Factory Christmas time is approaching at the Phoenix Munitions Factory and Gladys, Kitty, Edna and the rest of the Bomb Girls are determined to make this a year to remember... -
![An Uncommon Family Made under God's Light by Chloe Carley]()
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![Keep the Home Fires Burning - Part Three: Title to be revealed by S. Block]()
Keep the Home Fires Burning - Part Three: Title to be revealed by S. Block
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe drama intensifies for the women of Great Paxford! PART THREE in a brand new FOUR-PART serial from the creator of ITV's smash hit series, Home Fires . Enjoy one ebook episode a month or own the complete novel in ebook or paperback in October 2017. Don't miss a minute of this enthralling new series. Keep the Home Fires Burning - Part One: Spitfire Down! is available for pre-order now... -
![The Lighthouse Sisters by Gill Thompson]()
The Lighthouse Sisters by Gill Thompson
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 18 ratings'I loved this heart-in-your-mouth story of forbidden love, courage and hope. A heart-wrenching book about family bonds facing the toughest of trials during WW2' KERRY FISHER'A stunning tale about sisters, courage, and sacrifice that will keep you enthralled until the very last page' ANDIE NEWTON'Really brought a lump to my throat... -
![The Point of Light by John Ellsworth]()
The Point of Light by John Ellsworth
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFor fans of All the Light We Cannot See, Beneath a Scarlet Sky, and The Nightingale comes an emotionally gripping, beautifully written historical novel about one woman’s epic, triumphant search for war crimes evidence during the darkest times of World War II. May 1940... -
![Footprints on the Sand: An epic novel of courage, passion and enduring love by Judith Lennox]()
Footprints on the Sand: An epic novel of courage, passion and enduring love by Judith Lennox
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Mulgraves are a rootless, bohemian family who travel the continent, staying in crumbling Italian palazzos, Spanish villas, French vineyards - belonging nowhere, picking up friends and hangers-on as they go, and moving on when Ralph Mulgrave's latest enthusiasm dwindles. Faith, the eldest child of the family, longs for a proper home... -
![Another Time and Place by Samantha Grosser]()
Another Time and Place by Samantha Grosser
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAn alternative cover edition for this ASIN can be found hereA brief encounter changes two lives forever in an enthralling novel of love, loss and longing.England 1944. In the shadow of the war raging in Europe, Tom and Anna meet by chance. He is an American pilot on a 72-hour pass and she is a secretary, trapped in a life going nowhere. Surprised by each other, they begin a passionate affair... -
![To Stand On My Own: The Polio Epidemic Diary of Noreen Robertson, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, 1937 by Barbara Haworth-Attard]()
To Stand On My Own: The Polio Epidemic Diary of Noreen Robertson, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, 1937 by Barbara Haworth-Attard
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn the summer of 1937, life on the Prairies is not easy. The Great Depression has brought great hardship, and young Noreen’s family must scrimp to make ends meet.In a horrible twist of fate, Noreen, like hundreds of other young Canadians, contracts polio and is placed in an isolation ward, unable to move her legs... -
![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... -
![Keep the Home Fires Burning - Part Four: Title to be revealed by S. Block]()
Keep the Home Fires Burning - Part Four: Title to be revealed by S. Block
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsRead on to follow the stories of Frances, Pat, Claire and the women of Great Paxford. An incredible climax! PART FOUR in a brand new FOUR-PART serial from the creator of ITV's smash hit series, Home Fires . Enjoy one ebook episode a month or own the complete novel in ebook or paperback in October 2017. Don't miss any part of the story... -
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![The Children's Dream by Roberta Kagan]()
The Children's Dream by Roberta Kagan
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSometimes Dreams Come True...And so do nightmares.When Naomi's daughter, Perle, starts to have nightmares about smokestacks and creepy doctors, Naomi is struck with terror - the terror of a mother who fears her daughter is in mortal danger. Naomi believes dreams are glimpses into the future. She, too, has had dreams of foreign soldiers with a strange flag invading her tiny village... -
![The Milliner's Secret by Natalie Meg Evans]()
The Milliner's Secret by Natalie Meg Evans
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsLondon,1937. A talented young woman travels to Paris with a stranger. The promise of an exciting career as a milliner beckons, but she is about to fall in love with the enemy... Londoner Cora Masson has reinvented herself as Coralie de Lirac, fabricating an aristocratic background to launch herself as a fashionable milliner... -
![The Little House by Kyōko Nakajima]()
The Little House by Kyōko Nakajima
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Little House is set in the early years of the Showa era (1926-89), when Japan’s situation is becoming increasingly tense but has not yet fully immersed in a wartime footing. On the outskirts of Tokyo, near a station on a private train line, stands a modest European style house with a red, triangular shaped roof... -
![Pieces of the Past: The Holocaust Diary of Rose Rabinowitz by Carol Matas]()
Pieces of the Past: The Holocaust Diary of Rose Rabinowitz by Carol Matas
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA young Jewish girl recounts her experiences during a horrifying time in recent history.As Rose begins her diary, she is in her third home since coming to Winnipeg. Traumatized by her experiences in the Holocaust, she struggles to connect with others, and above all, to trust again...Categorized as:
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![When We Were Enemies by Emily Bleeker]()
When We Were Enemies by Emily Bleeker
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsCamera-shy Elise Branson is different from the other women in her matriline. Her mother is an award-winning actress. Her late grandmother, Vivian Snow, is a beloved Hollywood icon. But when Elise’s upcoming wedding coincides with a documentary being made about Vivian, Elise can’t escape the camera’s gaze. And even in death, neither can her grandmother... -
![Last Mission by Harry Mazer]()
Last Mission by Harry Mazer
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn 1944 a 15-year-old Jewish boy tells his family he will travel in the West but instead, enlists in the United States Air Corps and is subsequently taken prisoner by the Germans... -
![The Sea and the Silence by Peter Cunningham]()
The Sea and the Silence by Peter Cunningham
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA book for your head and your heart. A powerful novel from one of Ireland's best writers on the turbulent birth of a nation, and the lovers it divides. Ireland 1945. Young and beautiful, Iz begins a life on the south-east coast with her new husband... -
![If I Could Tell You: A Novel by Elizabeth Wilhide]()
If I Could Tell You: A Novel by Elizabeth Wilhide
Rated: 3.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFor fans of Kristin Hannah's The Nightingale, a vivid and captivating World War II novel of love and the resilience of one woman's spirit “Heart-wrenching . . . intoxicating.”—The Times (London) England, 1939: Julia Compton has a beautifully well-ordered life... -
![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... -
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![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... -
![I am Jane Goodall by Brad Meltzer]()
I am Jane Goodall by Brad Meltzer
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWe can all be heroes. That’s the inspiring message of this New York Times bestselling picture book biography series from historian and author Brad Meltzer. Learn all about Jane Goodall, the chimpanzee scientist... -
![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... -
![Normandy '44: D-Day and the Epic 77-Day Battle for France by James Holland]()
Normandy '44: D-Day and the Epic 77-Day Battle for France by James Holland
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsD-Day, June 6, 1944, and the seventy-six days of bitter fighting in Normandy that followed the Allied landing, have become the defining episode of World War II in the west--the object of books, films, television series, and documentaries... -
![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... -
![The Last Seven Months Of Anne Frank - The Stories of Six Women Who Knew Anne Frank by Willy Lindwer]()
The Last Seven Months Of Anne Frank - The Stories of Six Women Who Knew Anne Frank by Willy Lindwer
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsSix powerful, harrowing, moving interviews with women who knew Anne Frank in the final seven months of her life. Everyone knows the story of Anne Frank – the extraordinary Diary that she wrote during her two years in hiding in the Secret Annexe. But few know how that story ended...
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