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The Midwife of Auschwitz by Anna Stuart
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsAuschwitz, 1943: As I held the tiny baby in my arms, my fingers traced the black tattoo etched across her little thigh... -
![The World Starts Anew by Jean Grainger]()
The World Starts Anew by Jean Grainger
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsBallycreggan, Northern Ireland, 1955Erich Bannon is happy in the small Irish village he has thought of as home since he arrived as a terrified, traumatized seven year old, one of the last Jewish children to escape Berlin in 1939. Now, at 23, it feels like all of his friends are drawn to The Promised Land, and he can understand why, but Israel is not for him... -
![The Girl Who Escaped from Auschwitz by Ellie Midwood]()
The Girl Who Escaped from Auschwitz by Ellie Midwood
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 16 ratings“We must die standing up for something.”“And what are we standing up for?”“The most important thing there is. Freedom.”Millions of people walked through Auschwitz’s gates, but she was the first woman who escaped. This powerful novel tells the inspiring true story of Mala Zimetbaum, whose heroism will never be forgotten, and whose fate altered the course of history…Nobody leaves Auschwitz alive... -
![None Stood Taller: An inspirational WWII story to make your heart soar. (Historical fiction) by Peter Turnham]()
None Stood Taller: An inspirational WWII story to make your heart soar. (Historical fiction) by Peter Turnham
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThis book is a window into Britain's secret wartime past, step through it and this inspirational story of life and love will make your heart soar.It is March 1941, large swathes of the East End of London lie in ruins. Lily Heywood is just one more victim of the Blitz, lying beneath the rubble of her home. An unbreakable spirit, this is not the end for Lily, it is merely the beginning... -
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![I'll Be Seeing You: A spellbinding and emotional wartime novel of love and secrets by Margaret Mayhew]()
I'll Be Seeing You: A spellbinding and emotional wartime novel of love and secrets by Margaret Mayhew
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhen Juliet Porter's mother dies, she leaves Juliet some old letters and a photograph which shatter all her previously-held beliefs. They show that her real father was an American bomber pilot in the second world war, some forty years before, and that he had met her mother while serving in England... -
![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... -
![Luz En Sion by Bodie Thoene, Brock Thoene]()
Luz En Sion by Bodie Thoene, Brock Thoene
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsBook 4 in The Zion Chronicles series. Set in April 1948 on the eve of the British evacuation of Palestine... -
![The Key to Zion by Bodie Thoene, Brock Thoene]()
The Key to Zion by Bodie Thoene, Brock Thoene
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe fifth book in THE ZION CHRONICLES, The Key to Zion opens with the British in the final stages of their military evacuation from Palestine. Haj Amin Husseini and the Arab Palestinians have been impatiently awaiting this day, but their power has gradually eroded... -
![El Regreso a Sion: Cronicas III = Return to Zion-Zion Ch 03 by Bodie Thoene, Brock Thoene]()
El Regreso a Sion: Cronicas III = Return to Zion-Zion Ch 03 by Bodie Thoene, Brock Thoene
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe first two books in THE ZION CHRONICLES, The Gates of Zion and its sequel, A Daughter of Zion, graphically portrayed the courage and hope of the Jewish people streaming into Israel after the Holocaust. The drama of history and the heart-stopping life-and-death struggle of a nation are captured by bestselling author Bodie Thoene in the lives of the people who live on these pages... -
![Island of the World by Michael D. O'Brien]()
Island of the World by Michael D. O'Brien
Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIsland of the World is the story of a child born in 1933 into the turbulent world of the Balkans and tracing his life into the third millennium. The central character is Josip Lasta, the son of an impoverished school teacher in a remote village high in the mountains of the Bosnian interior... -
![My Dearest Dietrich: A Novel of Dietrich Bonhoeffer's Lost Love by Amanda Barratt]()
My Dearest Dietrich: A Novel of Dietrich Bonhoeffer's Lost Love by Amanda Barratt
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA staggering love illuminating the dark corners of a Nazi prison Renowned German pastor and theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer is famous for his resistance to the Nazi regime and for his allegiance to God over government. But what few realize is that the last years of his life also held a love story that rivals any romance novel. Maria von Wedemeyer knows the realities of war... -
![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... -
![Rose's Choice by Chrissie Bradshaw]()
Rose's Choice by Chrissie Bradshaw
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRationing, bombing, disease and pit disasters are part of Rose Kelly’s World War 2 childhood. When the spirited coalminer’s daughter discovers a family secret, she makes a choice that overshadows her teenage years. Rose tries to make the most of post-war opportunities but family tragedy pulls her back to a life in the colliery rows... -
![Friends and Enemies by Terri Wangard]()
Friends and Enemies by Terri Wangard
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsChristian Historical Romance set in World War 2 In 1943, widowed seamstress Heidi Wetzel finds new meaning in life by caring for evacuated children on a rural farm in war-torn western Germany. Never a supporter of National Socialism, she takes pleasure in passive resistance, but must exercise caution around neighbors who delight in reporting to the Gestapo... -
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![A Love so True: A World War II Sweet Historical Romance by Caroline Mickelson]()
A Love so True: A World War II Sweet Historical Romance by Caroline Mickelson
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLondon – 1940 As German bombs rain down upon the city of London, Emma Bradley hastily packs a suitcase, cradles her newborn son in her arms, and boards a train with two evacuee children she’s agreed to chaperone in exchange for a job in the south of England. Although she’s only one of thousands leaving the city, Emma is fleeing more than the horrors of war... -
![The Italian Daughter by Soraya M. Lane]()
The Italian Daughter by Soraya M. Lane
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratings“Estee, I bought this ring the day after I saw you on stage, all those years ago. You’re the only woman I’ve ever loved.” Estee wanted to see it so badly, but instead she reached for Felix’s hand and gently closed it over the box. “No,” she whispered. “I want you to propose only when you’re truly free.”Italy, 1946: As Estee bids farewell to Felix her heart breaks... -
![The Last of the Just by André Schwarz-Bart]()
The Last of the Just by André Schwarz-Bart
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsOn March 11, 1185, in the old Anglican city of York, the Jews of the city were brutally massacred by their townsmen. As legend has it, God blessed the only survivor of this medieval pogrom, Rabbi Yom Tov Levy, as one of the Lamed-Vov, the thirty-six Just Men of Jewish tradition, a blessing which extended to one Levy of each succeeding generation... -
![Daniel Stein, Interpreter by Lyudmila Ulitskaya, Ludmila Ulitskaya]()
Daniel Stein, Interpreter by Lyudmila Ulitskaya, Ludmila Ulitskaya
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDaniel Stein, a Polish Jew, miraculously survives the Holocaust by working in the Gestapo as a translator. After the war, he converts to Catholicism, becomes a priest, enters the Order of Barefoot Carmelites and emigrates to Israel... -
![What Did You Do In The War, Sister?: Catholic Sisters in the WWII Nazi Resistance by Dennis J. Turner]()
What Did You Do In The War, Sister?: Catholic Sisters in the WWII Nazi Resistance by Dennis J. Turner
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratings"A powerful story of seldom-sung heroines in humanity's darkest days and a vivid reminder of the power of conscience." -- Edgardo David Holzman, author of Malena Throughout the occupied territories, Catholic Sisters were active members of The Nazi Resistance... -
![The Hope by Herman Wouk]()
The Hope by Herman Wouk
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratings“One of our best writers today—a modern Charles Dickens—is Herman Wouk… The Hope is not only a good read, but it also causes a good think.” —William Safire, New York Times Starting in 1948 and reaching its climax during the Six-Day War of 1967, The Hope begins the story of Israel, a country fighting for its life—outmatched and surrounded by enemies... -
![Collected Poems 1945-1990 by R.S. Thomas, Andrew Motion]()
Collected Poems 1945-1990 by R.S. Thomas, Andrew Motion
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPublished to mark the poet's 80th birthday, this is a collection of poems by R.S. Thomas, written between 1945 and 1990. Thomas won numerous awards for his work, including the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry in 1964... -
![A Quilt for Jenna by Patrick E. Craig]()
A Quilt for Jenna by Patrick E. Craig
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJerusha Springer has spent months making the most beautiful quilt anyone in Apple Creek, Ohio has ever seen, and she knows it is going to take first prize at the Quilt Fair in Dalton. The prize money will be her ticket out of the Amish way of life—away from the memories of Jenna, the daughter she lost a year ago and Reuben, her tormented husband, who has been missing since Jenna’s death... -
![A Place to Call Home by June Francis]()
A Place to Call Home by June Francis
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA tale of loss and the healing power of love After suffering the loss of her family, the last thing Greta Peters needs is to discover a young man has broken into her home, and is rifling through her possessions. But there is more to Alexander Armstrong than meets the eye. When it becomes clear his intentions are pure, she is determined to help him on his quest... -
![The Paris Housekeeper by Renee Ryan]()
The Paris Housekeeper by Renee Ryan
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom the author of The Secret Society of Salzburg comes a powerful and moving story of bravery and resilience in World War II Paris, and one woman who must face impossible choices to survive…Paris, 1940German tanks rumble through the streets of Paris, forcing frightened citizens to flee. But not everyone has the luxury to leave... -
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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... -
![An Angel's Story by Max Lucado]()
An Angel's Story by Max Lucado
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSpiritual beings populate the stories of Scripture. Angels singing. Demons infecting. Heavenly hosts fighting . . . Ignore the armies of God and Satan and you ignore the heart of Scripture. Ever since the snake tempted Eve in Eden, we've known: there is more to this world than meets the eye... -
![The Steel Girls by Michelle Rawlins]()
The Steel Girls by Michelle Rawlins
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen war breaks out, friendship will see them through‘A heart-warming story perfect for saga lovers’, Nancy Revell, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Shipyard Girls series Sheffield, 1939... -
![Maestoso Petra by Jane Kendall]()
Maestoso Petra by Jane Kendall
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsVienna, Austria, 1938Maestoso Petra is a world-famous Lipizzaner stallion. He has spent years in the Spanish Riding School, training to perform the complex airs above the ground that only Lipizzaner can accomplish. But when World War II breaks out in Europe, he learns to think less about performing and more about survival. Here is Maestoso Petra’s story . . . in his own words... -
![The Seventh Gate by Richard Zimler]()
The Seventh Gate by Richard Zimler
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSet in 1930s Berlin, during the Nazis' rise to power, 'The Seventh Gate' brings together Sophie Riedesel, an intelligent, artistic, and sexually adventurous 14-year-old with Isaac Zarco and his friends, most of whom are Jews, ex-circus performers and underground activists... -
![While Mortals Sleep by Jack Cavanaugh]()
While Mortals Sleep by Jack Cavanaugh
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThrilling World War II Fiction From Jack Cavanaugh Josef Schumacher, a pastor in Berlin, witnesses the increasing influence of the Nazi youth movement on the young people of his church. Fearful of the sway of prevailing rhetoric and misguided patriotism, Josef risks everything to counteract the lies of a Fascist government and the charismatic power of the Führer... -
![Cross My Heart by Robin Lee Hatcher]()
Cross My Heart by Robin Lee Hatcher
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTwo broken paths lead toward God’s redemption in the next installment of Robin Lee Hatcher’s Legacy of Faith series. Ashley Showalter and Ben Henning have so much in common. Both were raised by single moms. Both want to help where they see a need. And both work with horses in the Idaho valley... -
![The Wish Book Christmas by Lynn Austin]()
The Wish Book Christmas by Lynn Austin
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA holiday story that reminds us that sometimes the most meaningful gifts are the ones we least expect and don't deserve.Best friends Audrey Barrett and Eve Dawson are looking forward to celebrating Christmas in postwar America, thrilled at the prospect of starting new traditions with their five-year-old sons... -
![So Much of Life Ahead by Dean Hughes]()
So Much of Life Ahead by Dean Hughes
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn this concluding volume of Hearts of the Children , we come full circle to bid good-bye to the Thomas family. The characters we met in Children of the Promise , and their posterity in this sequel series, have filled our hearts for years... -
![A Dare and a Prayer by Julie Lessman]()
A Dare and a Prayer by Julie Lessman
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe’s a hotshot who takes up a dare.She’s an aspiring missionary who wants to beware.But will love become a gamble with a dare and a prayer?Lieutenant Henry Dennehy is a cocky and carefree fighter pilot in the Pacific Theatre of WW2, known for scoring big, both in the sky and on land... -
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![A Hope and a Prayer by Julie Lessman]()
A Hope and a Prayer by Julie Lessman
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe’s in love with her best friend.He’s in love with her cousin.But when the war reveals a gift so rare, will they be saved by a hope and a prayer?As Head Nurse at 2d Hospital in Nancy, France, Lieutenant Hope Dennehy is known for her healing touch, especially when it comes to mending the wounds and spirit of her best friend, Lieutenant Bren O’Neill... -
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Block 24 by Evan Tyler
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA re-emergence of the past… Natalie Clarke might be spiteful at best and vicious at worst, but was that reason enough for Phillip Gise to leave her lonely and diseased? Fortunately, she has a set of devious plans that just might keep her busy enough to forget her present situation... -
![A Picture of Hope by Liz Tolsma]()
A Picture of Hope by Liz Tolsma
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA Photojournalist Risks Her Life to Save ChildrenFull of intrigue, adventure, and romance, this new series celebrates the unsung heroes—the heroines of WWII. Journalist Nellie Wilkerson has spent the bulk of the war in London, photographing pilots taking off and landing—and she’s bored. She jumps at the chance to go to France, where the Allied forces recently landed... -
![Selected Poems by Giuseppe Ungaretti]()
Selected Poems by Giuseppe Ungaretti
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA major new translation of one of Italy's greatest modern poetsGiuseppe Ungaretti (1888-1970) was a pioneer of the Modernist movement in Italian poetry and is widely regarded as one of the leading Italian poets of the twentieth century. His verse is renowned and loved for its powerful insight and emotion, and its exquisite music... -
![A Man Asleep by Georges Perec]()
A Man Asleep by Georges Perec
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA Man Asleep (French: Un homme qui dort) is a 1967 novel by the French writer Georges Perec. It uses a second-person narrative, and follows a 25-year-old student, who one day decides to be indifferent about the world. A Man Asleep was adapted into a 1974 film, The Man Who Sleeps... -
![The Pact by Roberta Kagan]()
The Pact by Roberta Kagan
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAustria 1929When three little girls—Anna, Bernie, and Elica—make a pact to be blood sisters for life, they believe nothing can come between them.Anna is from an affluent Jewish family, while Bernie and Elica are from poor Austrian families who barely make ends meet. As they get older, their social differences become all too real... -
![Spies & Sweethearts by Linda Shenton Matchett]()
Spies & Sweethearts by Linda Shenton Matchett
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA secret mission. A fake bride. A run for their lives.According to the OSS training manual, the life expectancy of a radio operator in Nazi-occupied France is six weeks. Partnered with one of the agency’s top spies, Gerard Lucas, newly-minted agent Emily Strealer plans to beat those odds. Then their cover is blown and all bets are off...Categorized as:
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![The Mountain Poems of Stonehouse by Shiwu Qinggong, Stonehouse]()
The Mountain Poems of Stonehouse by Shiwu Qinggong, Stonehouse
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWinner of the 2015 Washington State Book Award in Poetry Translation " The Mountain Poems of Stonehouse [is] a tough-spirited book of enlightened free verse."— Kyoto Journal The Zen master and mountain hermit Stonehouse—considered one of the greatest Chinese Buddhist poets—used poetry as his medium of instruction... -
![The Writing on the Wall by Dean Hughes]()
The Writing on the Wall by Dean Hughes
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn this new series, Dean Hughes paints a fascinating picture of the turbulent 60's. The Berlin Wall. The Cold War. The Kennedy Assassination. The Civil Rights movement. Issues and events marked by prosperity, unrest, increasing global awareness as well as divisiveness over national priorities... -
![Where Daffodils Bloom: Based on the True Story of a WWII War Bride by Leya Delray]()
Where Daffodils Bloom: Based on the True Story of a WWII War Bride by Leya Delray
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratings“If she stopped now, she might still be able to pick up the pieces and live that nice, safe life she’d always wanted. But after today…”In a tiny town on the coast of Lancashire, Lily Brown is trying to hold her life together... -
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![Shadows on the Hudson by Isaac Bashevis Singer]()
Shadows on the Hudson by Isaac Bashevis Singer
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSerialized in the late 1950s, "Shadows on the Hudson" was translated from Yiddish and published posthumously as a complete novel in 1998, receiving widespread literary acclaim.From the Upper West Side to Miami's pastel resorts, Shadows on the Hudson traces the intertwined destiny of survivors in the aftermath of the Holocaust... -
![Canteen Dreams by Cara C. Putman]()
Canteen Dreams by Cara C. Putman
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn the aftermath of Pearl Harbor, Audrey Stone wants to help in the war effort. But what's a young schoolteacher from Nebraska to do? When her community start a canteen at the train station, Audrey finds her place. She spends nearly every spare moment there, offering food and kindness to the soldiers passing through... -
![Sepharad: A Novel by Antonio Muñoz Molina]()
Sepharad: A Novel by Antonio Muñoz Molina
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAn “amazing” novel about the diaspora of Sephardic Jews amid the tumult of twentieth century history (The Washington Post Book World).From one of Spain’s most celebrated writers, this extraordinary blend of fiction, history, and memoir tells the story of the Sephardic diaspora through seventeen interlinked chapters...Categorized as:
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![Grounded Hearts by Jeanne M. Dickson]()
Grounded Hearts by Jeanne M. Dickson
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn the midst of World War II, Ireland has declared herself neutral. Troops found on Irish soil must be reported and interned, no matter which side they are fighting for. When midwife Nan O’Neil finds a wounded young Canadian pilot at her door, she knows she’s taking a huge risk by letting him in. Not only is she a widow living alone, but if caught harboring a combatant, she’ll face imprisonment... -
![Judge on Trial by Ivan Klíma]()
Judge on Trial by Ivan Klíma
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn epic novel about those who stayed in Prague after 1968. When middle-aged judge Adam Kindl is asked not only to try a double murder case but is also expected to find the accused guilty, it is his own shattered faith in the political system that is put on trial... -
![A Fanatic Heart: Selected Stories by Edna O'Brien]()
A Fanatic Heart: Selected Stories by Edna O'Brien
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn these selections from twenty years of her best short fiction, Edna O'Brien pulls the reader into a woman's experience. Her stories portray a young Irish girl's view of obsessive love and its often wrenching pain, while tales of contemporary life show women who open themselves to sexuality, to disappointment, to madness...
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