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Mayday! (Dirk Pitt #2)
By Clive Cussler. 1973
A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'Cussler is hard to beat' Daily MailThe amazing second Dirk Pitt classic from multi-million-copy king of the…
adventure novel, Clive Cussler.----------------------------------------Major Dirk Pitt picked up the frantic distress call as he cruised his lumbering amphibious plane over the islands of the Aegean. Brady Air Force base was under fire, its entire force of jets destroyed on the ground . . . by just one First World War bi-plane!A psychotic ex-Nazi, a bloodthirsty Greek strongman and a beautiful double agent set Pitt on the trail of the warped mastermind behind a devastating sabotage plot. And on that trail, danger and death are never far behind . . .**********'Clive Cussler is the guy I read' Tom Clancy'The Adventure King' Daily ExpressThe Little Stranger: shortlisted for the Booker Prize
By Sarah Waters. 2009
Now a major motion picture starring Domhnall Gleeson, Ruth Wilson, Will Poulter and Charlotte Rampling, and directed by Lenny Abrahamson.Shortlisted…
for the Man Booker Prize'Sarah Waters's masterly novel is . . . gripping, confident, unnerving and supremely entertaining' Hilary MantelIn a dusty post-war summer in rural Warwickshire, a doctor is called to a patient at lonely Hundreds Hall. Home to the Ayres family for over two centuries, the Georgian house, once grand and handsome, is now in decline, its masonry crumbling, its gardens choked with weeds, its owners - mother, son and daughter - struggling to keep pace. But are the Ayreses haunted by something more sinister than a dying way of life? Little does Dr Faraday know how closely, and how terrifyingly, their story is about to become entwined with his.Killer of Men (The Long War)
By Christian Cameron. 2010
In the epic clash of Greece and Persia, a hero is forged - a monumental novel from the author of…
the Tyrant series.Arimnestos is a farm boy when war breaks out between the citizens of his native Plataea and their overbearing neighbours, Thebes. Standing in the battle line for the first time, alongside his father and brother, he shares in a famous and unlikely victory. But after being knocked unconscious in the melee, he awakes not a hero, but a slave.Betrayed by his jealous and cowardly cousin, the freedom he fought for has now vanished, and he becomes the property of a rich citizen. So begins an epic journey out of slavery that takes the young Arimnestos through a world poised on the brink of an epic confrontation, as the emerging civilization of the Greeks starts to flex its muscles against the established empire of the Persians. As he tries to make his fortune and revenge himself on the man who disinherited him, Arimnestos discovers that he has a talent that pays well in this new, violent world - for like his hero, Achilles, he is 'a killer of men'.Moon Tiger
By Penelope Lively. 1987
The last thoughts of a dying writer are captured in this intelligent novel. The moving and poignant story of life…
as a writer, historian, and mother ends as a saga of unfulfilled love. Man Booker Prize winnerRadar Girls: a novel of WWII
By Sara Ackerman. 2021
"A fresh, delightful romp of a novel."—Kate Quinn, New York Times bestselling author of The Rose Code* SheReads Most Anticipated Historical…
Fiction of Summer 2021 pick * Book Reporter Summer Reading pick * BiblioLifestyle Most Anticipated Summer 2021 Historical Fiction Books selection * Greatist Best Historical Fiction Books pick * An extraordinary story inspired by the real Women&’s Air Raid Defense, where an unlikely recruit and her sisters-in-arms forge their place in WWII history.Daisy Wilder prefers the company of horses to people, bare feet and salt water to high heels and society parties. Then, in the dizzying aftermath of the attack on Pearl Harbor, Daisy enlists in a top secret program, replacing male soldiers in a war zone for the first time. Under fear of imminent invasion, the WARDs guide pilots into blacked-out airstrips and track unidentified planes across Pacific skies. But not everyone thinks the women are up to the job, and the new recruits must rise above their differences and work side by side despite the resistance and heartache they meet along the way. With America&’s future on the line, Daisy is determined to prove herself worthy. And with the man she&’s falling for out on the front lines, she cannot fail.From radar towers on remote mountaintops to flooded bomb shelters, she&’ll need her new team when the stakes are highest. Because the most important battles are fought—and won—together.This inspiring and uplifting tale of pioneering, unsung heroines vividly transports the reader to wartime Hawaii, where one woman&’s call to duty leads her to find courage, strength and sisterhood. &“A wow of a book…[that is] a captivating story of friendship, heartbreak and true love. Highly recommend!&” —Karen Robards, New York Times bestselling author of The Black Swan of ParisThe Widows of Champagne: An Inspirational Novel of WW2
By Renee Ryan. 2021
For readers of Lilac Girls and The Lost Girls of Paris comes a captivating novel of resilience, as three generations…
of women battle to save their family’s vineyard during WWII.Champagne, 1939Gabrielle Leblanc Dupree is taking her family’s future into her hands. While she should be preparing for a lavish party to celebrate two centuries of champagne making, she secretly hides Chateau Fouché-Leblanc’s most precious vintages behind a fake wall in the cellar in preparation for the looming war. But when she joins the resistance, the coveted champagne isn’t the most dangerous secret her cellar must conceal…A former Parisian socialite, Gabrielle’s mother, Hélène, lost her husband to another war. Now her home has been requisitioned by the Germans, who pillage vineyards to satisfy the Third Reich’s thirst for the finest champagne. There’s even more at stake than Hélène dares admit. She has kept her heritage a secret…and no one is safe in Nazi-occupied France.Josephine, the family matriarch, watches as her beloved vineyard faces its most difficult harvest yet. As her daughter-in-law and granddaughters contend with the enemies and unexpected allies in their midst, Josephine’s deep faith leads to her own path of resistance.Across years and continents, the Leblanc women will draw on their courage and wits, determined against all odds to preserve their lives, their freedom and their legacy…Three Words for Goodbye: A Novel
By Heather Webb, Hazel Gaynor. 2021
From Hazel Gaynor and Heather Webb, the bestselling authors of Meet Me in Monaco, comes a coming-of-age novel set in…
pre-WWII Europe, perfect for fans of Jennifer Robson, Beatriz Williams, and Kate Quinn. Three cities, two sisters, one chance to correct the past . . . New York, 1937: When estranged sisters Clara and Madeleine Sommers learn their grandmother is dying, they agree to fulfill her last wish: to travel across Europe—together. They are to deliver three letters, in which Violet will say goodbye to those she hasn’t seen since traveling to Europe forty years earlier; a journey inspired by famed reporter, Nellie Bly. Clara, ever-dutiful, sees the trip as an inconvenient detour before her wedding to millionaire Charles Hancock, but it’s also a chance to embrace her love of art. Budding journalist Madeleine relishes the opportunity to develop her ambitions to report on the growing threat of Hitler’s Nazi party and Mussolini’s control in Italy. Constantly at odds with each other as they explore the luxurious Queen Mary, the Orient Express, and the sights of Paris and Venice,, Clara and Madeleine wonder if they can fulfil Violet’s wish, until a shocking truth about their family brings them closer together. But as they reach Vienna to deliver the final letter, old grudges threaten their reconciliation again. As political tensions rise, and Europe feels increasingly volatile, the pair are glad to head home on the Hindenburg, where fate will play its hand in the final stage of their journey.Walls
By L. M. Elliott. 2021
Can two cousins on opposite sides of the Cold War and a divided city come together when so much stands…
between them? Drew is an army brat in West Berlin, where soldiers like his dad hold an outpost of democracy against communist Russia. Drew&’s cousin Matthias, an East Berliner, has grown up in the wreckage of Allied war bombing, on streets ruled by the secret police. From enemy sides of this Cold War standoff, the boys become wary friends, arguing over the space race, politics, even civil rights, but bonding over music. If informants catch Matthias with rock &’n&’ roll records or books Drew has given him, he could be sent to a work camp. If Drew gets too close to an East Berliner, others on the army post may question his family&’s loyalty. As the political conflict around them grows dire, Drew and Matthias are tested in ways that will change their lives forever. Set in the tumultuous year leading up to the surprise overnight raising of the Berlin Wall in August 1961, and illustrated with dozens of real-life photographs of the time, Walls brings to vivid life a heroic and tragic episode of the Cold War.How to Find Your Way in the Dark (A Sheldon Horowitz Novel #1)
By Derek B. Miller. 2021
"[Miller&’s] character portraits are indelible, often heartbreaking. At times this novel moved me to tears, the highest possible compliment.&”—New York…
Times Book Review With the wit and scope of Michael Chabon&’s The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, Derek B. Miller tackles his most ambitious epic yet. At its heart is the return of Sheldon Horowitz, the protagonist from Miller&’s award-winning first novel, Norwegian by Night, who was lauded by Pulitzer Prize–winning author Richard Russo as &“one of the most memorable characters . . . that I&’ve encountered in years.&”MEET SHELDON IN THE MORNING OF HIS LIFE Twelve-year old Sheldon Horowitz is still recovering from the tragic loss of his mother only a year ago when a suspicious traffic accident steals the life of his father near their home in rural Massachusetts. It is 1938, and Sheldon, who was in the truck, emerges from the crash an orphan hell-bent on revenge. He takes that fire with him to Hartford, where he embarks on a new life under the roof of his buttoned-up Uncle Nate. Sheldon, his teenage cousins Abe and Mirabelle, and his best friend, Lenny, will contend with tradition and orthodoxy, appeasement and patriotism, mafia hitmen and angry accordion players, all while World War II takes center stage alongside a hurricane in New England and comedians in the Catskills. With his eye always on vengeance for his father&’s murder, Sheldon stakes out his place in a world he now understands is comprised largely of crimes: right and wrong, big and small.&“For me—as I&’m certain it will be for every reader of the wonderful Norwegian By Night—Derek B. Miller&’s new novel is a genuine literary event (Sheldon Horowitz is back!). Miller has long deserved to be a household name. How to Find Your Way in the Dark should finally make him one."—Richard Russo, author of Empire Falls and Chances Are...La historia
By Elsa Morante. 2018
La historia es un clásico del siglo XX y un referente para las actuales generaciones de escritores. El retrato de…
una familia humilde que resume los momentos más duros de la Segunda Guerra Mundial. «Elsa Morante fue mi maestra. [...] Es hechizante. He intentado aprender de sus libros, pero me parecen insuperables.»Elena Ferrante Un día de enero de 1941 un soldado alemán callejea por el barrio de san Lorenzo de Roma, y en ese caminar sin rumbo, con unas copas de más en el cuerpo, el joven se topa con Ida, una maestra viuda y madre de un hijo, que vuelve a casa después del trabajo. Vemos a una mujer de mirada sumisa y caderas anchas, que no invitan a la seducción, pero el tiempo apremia. Al día siguiente el soldado se irá para siempre y cualquier abrazo le vale. El hombre sigue a Ida hasta el piso humilde que comparte con su hijo. Laviola, luego sonríe como disculpándose, se fuma un pitillo, se marcha y nunca más sabremos de él. De este acto banal en su brutalidad nacerá un niño, y la historia de la familia de Ida va a llenar las páginas de una novela que iluminó todo el siglo XX y aun proyecta una luz intensa en la realidad de hoy. Ida y sus hijos no son partícipes en primera persona de la guerra que asola Europa, y ni siquiera tienen valor para declararse víctimas: son comparsas, animales tristes que muestran su miseria sin reprochar nada a nadie. Sin embargo las palabras de Elsa Morante, su modo de escribir tan visceral y próximo, los rescata para siempre y nos los entrega más vivos que nunca. Ella es la cronista de una historia sin Historia, y su mirada no es piadosa porque no lo necesita. Ida, Useppe, Nino: basta con acompañarlos para no olvidar. Reseñas:«Elsa Morante fue mi maestra.»Elena Ferrante «Como novelista y como lectora, lo que he sentido leyendo La historia es un sentimiento de profunda gratitud hacia Elsa Morante.»Natalia Ginzburg «Este mundo nuestro se cae a pedazos... solo tú, Elsa, consigues darle forma y dignidad.»Italo Calvino «Un clásico del siglo XX y un referente para las actuales generaciones de escritores.»Diari Més «Elsa Morante es una autora que debe ser conocida, su literatura es todo un placer.»Blog AnikaentrelibrosThe Girl With No Name: Heartbreaking, emotional and gripping historical fiction
By Reine Andrieu. 2021
'Read it in one sitting!' ***** Madeleine, Amazon reviewerShe may not remember her name, but her body knows1940. When a…
French family is forced to house a German soldier in their spare room, young Noemie finds herself drawn to the enemy living under the family roof. A forbidden romance unfolds with unforeseeable consequences.1946. In the aftermath of the war, a little girl is found sitting on a bench with no memory of who she is - not even her own name. Justin, a young gendarme, takes her under his wing. He is desperate to unravel the mystery surrounding her sudden appearance - and the truth he discovers is spine-chilling. But one question remains: who is she to Noemie?Stray Angel
By Kay Brellend. 2021
Discover the Workhouse to War trilogy by Kay Brellend: a new saga series set in the Whitechapel Union workhouse in…
East London, between 1904 and 1916. . . 1915, Chrisp Street Market, East London.While the man she loves is fighting on the frontline for his country, Lily Larkin is up at dawn carrying crates of apples to his market stall. Taking charge of Greg's business while he's away, she's grown from a penniless workhouse orphan into a shrewd tradeswoman. But the market is a man's world and Lily soon starts attracting unwanted visitors, including Greg's old rival . . . Luckily, Lily recruits her old friends Margie and Fannie as helping hands. The work is tough, but their friendship pulls them through, and they bear their burdens as cheerfully as their heavy barrows. But the greatest challenge of Lily's life is yet to come. Before dying, her mother gave birth to a child who was spirited away under the cover of darkness. Searching every corner of the city for her long-lost sister, Lily soon discovers there is a world of wickedness within London's poorest alleys. Will Lily find her sister or will her dreams of a family be dashed forever?And as the war in France closes in, can Lily dare to hope that Greg might ask her the one question that would seal her happiness forever?The Workhouse to War series:A Workhouse ChristmasStray AngelPraise for Kay Brellend'Vividly rendered' Historical Novel Society'A fantastic cast of characters' Goodreads'Thoroughly absorbing' GoodreadsNané Parsehyan necesita encontrar a su verdadero padre y emprenderá una travesía hasta llegar a Rojava, donde no existe la…
paz: es una zona que el pueblo kurdo se disputa a sangre y fuego con Siria y Turquía. La acompañará su prima Alma Parsehyan, una periodista americana. En el corazón de Medio Oriente conocerán las Unidades Femeninas de Protección, un ejército de mujeres que defienden con valentía y coraje una tierra que lo pide todo. Nané Parsehyan necesita encontrar a su verdadero padre. Para eso emprenderá una travesía hasta llegar a Rojava, donde no existe la paz: es una zona que el pueblo kurdo se disputa a sangre y fuego con el Estado Islámico, el Estado turco y el régimen sirio. En el viaje la acompañará su prima Alma Parsehyan, una periodista americana que está por publicar una novela. Además, se sumarán Hrant Torosyan y Vartan Sirekanyan, un combatiente y un violinista, ambos armenios, que darían sus vidas por ellas. En el corazón de Medio Oriente se encontrarán con las Unidades Femeninas de Protección, un ejército de mujeres que defienden con valentía y coraje una tierra que lo pide todo. Magda Tagtachian pone la exquisitez de su pluma y su sagacidad periodística para que la búsqueda de la identidad, el amor y un conflicto territorial conformen una historia actual, en una zona arrasada por la guerra. Y allí, donde pareciera imposible que irrumpa el romance y la pasión, y que una hija pueda reconstruir la relación con su padre, el camino les deparará muchas sorpresas y enseñanzas. Y quizá sea esa la gran lección de Rojava: jamás abandonar la lucha, nunca darse por vencido.Will's War: A Novel
By Janice Woods Windle. 2001
When Janice Woods Windle uncovered nearly 3,000 pages of original transcripts from the landmark 1917 treason trial of her grandfather…
Will Bergfeld, she knew she’d struck literary gold. Accused by the federal government of plotting to assassinate President Woodrow Wilson, Bergfeld became a national figure, and his trial became the Aaron Burr case of its day, exposing the anti-German sentiment that occupied much of this country during World War I. From those transcripts, and from her own family lore, this best-selling author of True Women and Hill Country has written another unforgettable historical novel. Will’s War is the compelling saga of Will Bergfeld and his fight for freedom-and of the three strong women who loved him and made sacrifices on his behalf. Will Bergfeld is a brash, high-spirited young man born and raised in Seguin (pronounced Sea-geen), one of Texas’s oldest German-settled towns. After moving west to Weinert, a new immigrant community, Will becomes a rural mail carrier. He is also a devoted advocate of workers’ and farmers’ rights at a time when robber barons such as Vanderbilt and Rockefeller trampled freely on the little man. As American involvement in the war in Europe became inevitable, its citizens back home turn a suspicious eye to anyone potentially involved in the conflict: This included anybody with a German surname or anybody supposedly involved in government activities. It is no wonder that the outspoken Will Bergfeld soon became a prime suspect. The story of Will’s trial is largely told through the eyes of the women who love him: his wife Virginia, his mother-in-law Bettie King, and his sister Louise. (Readers of Windle’s previous novels will recognize a few of these beloved characters.) Also in the mix are Anna Bennett, the lonely woman Will once jilted whose anger threatens to send him to his death; Bill Atwell, Will’s dapper defense attorney who must match wits with a formidable foe to make sure justice is done; and Tom Grimes, the brooding Texas Ranger whose conscience may help save Will’s life. Will Bergfeld becomes the scapegoat in a vicious witch-hunt spurred on by the same fear and misplaced patriotism that would later give rise to the Japanese internment camps of World War II and the McCarthy congressional hearings of the 1950s. Janice Woods Windle has effortlessly woven pages from the actual trial transcripts into her novel to create a courtroom drama full of false testimony, evidence tampering and governmental wrongdoing-made all the more remarkable since it is based on fact.Sisters in Arms: A Novel of the Daring Black Women Who Served During World War II
By Kaia Alderson. 2021
“Sisters in Arms is heartwarming but fierce, a novel brimming with camaraderie and fire, starring women you’d love to make your…
friends. Prickly, musical Grace and bubbly, privileged Eliza may not make the most natural allies, but it’s fight or die when they’re thrown together in the Army’s first class of female officers—and the first Black women allowed to serve their country in World War II. . . . Kaia Alderson’s debut is a triumph!”— Kate Quinn, New York Times bestselling author of The Rose CodeKaia Alderson’s debut historical fiction novel reveals the untold, true story of the Six Triple Eight, the only all-Black battalion of the Women’s Army Corps, who made the dangerous voyage to Europe to ensure American servicemen received word from their loved ones during World War II.Grace Steele and Eliza Jones may be from completely different backgrounds, but when it comes to the army, specifically the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC), they are both starting from the same level. Not only will they be among the first class of female officers the army has even seen, they are also the first Black women allowed to serve.As these courageous women help to form the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, they are dealing with more than just army bureaucracy—everyone is determined to see this experiment fail. For two northern women, learning to navigate their way through the segregated army may be tougher than boot camp. Grace and Eliza know that there is no room for error; they must be more perfect than everyone else.When they finally make it overseas, to England and then France, Grace and Eliza will at last be able to do their parts for the country they love, whatever the risk to themselves.Based on the true story of the 6888th Postal Battalion (the Six Triple Eight), Sisters in Arms explores the untold story of what life was like for the only all-Black, female U.S. battalion to be deployed overseas during World War II.The Small Back Room
By Nigel Balchin. 1943
A true modern classic, THE SMALL BACK ROOM is a towering novel of the Second World War.Sammy Rice is a…
weapons scientist, one of the 'back room boys' of the Second World War. A crippling disability has left him cynical and disillusioned - he struggles with a drink problem at home, and politics and petty pride at work. Worse still, he fears he is not good enough for the woman he loves.The stakes are raised when the enemy begin to drop a new type of booby-trapped bomb, causing many casualties. Only Sammy has the know-how to diffuse it - but as he comes face to face with real danger, all his old inadequacies return to haunt him.Can he, at last, prove his worth and put his demons to rest?Lion Rampant
By Bernard Knight. 2016
A historical epic by Bernard Knight, Lion Rampant is set in medieval Wales and features the tale of Nest, a…
princess known as 'the Welsh Helen of Troy'. Nest was a lover of King Henry I of England, married the steward of a Pembrokeshire castle (giving rise to the FitzStephen and FitzGerald families, including Gerald of Wales), and was later abducted by a marauding Welsh noble. This is the story of the adventure, intrigue, and warfare in the various kingdoms of Wales during the twelfth century.Hellfire: Danny Black Thriller 3
By Chris Ryan. 2015
On the Syria/Iraq border a British hostage is beheaded by IS terrorists. The executioner is a young British extremist. A…
masked figure watches him. This mysterious person is treated with a mixture of respect and terror. They call him the Caliph.In Nigeria the British High Commisioner and his young aide are kidnapped. A four-person SAS team, including Regiment hero Danny Black, is deployed to find him. The team find devastation in Nigeria, and when they discover prisoners infected with the plague they realise they have uncovered a combined Boko Haram/IS plot to unleash a bio-terror attack upon the world.The team must stop the terrorists and identify the Caliph before the deadly disease threatens those much closer to home.The Secret Purposes
By David Baddiel. 2004
THE SECRET PURPOSES, David Baddiel's third novel, takes us into a little-known and still somewhat submerged area of British history:…
the internment of German Jewish refugees on the Isle of Man during the Second World War. Isaac Fabian, on the run with his young family from Nazism in East Prussia, comes to Britain assuming he has found asylum, but instead finds himself drowning in the morass of ignorance, half-truth, prejudice, and suspicion that makes up government attitudes to German Jews in 1940. One woman, June Murray, a translator from the Ministry of Information, stands out - and when she comes to the island on a personal mission to uncover solid evidence of Nazi atrocities, her meeting with Isaac will have far-reaching consequences for both of them. A haunting and beautifully written tale of love, displacement and survival, THE SECRET PURPOSES profoundly questions the way that truth - both personal and political - emerges from the tangle of history.Darkness Falls from the Air
By Nigel Balchin. 1942
The classic novel of the London Blitz, DARKNESS FALLS FROM THE AIR captures the chaos, absurdity and ultimately the tragedy…
of life during the bombardment.Bill Sarratt is a civil servant working on the war effort. Thwarted at every turn by bureaucracy and the vested interests of big business, the seemingly unflappable Bill is also on the verge of losing his wife Marcia to a literary poseur named Stephen. As the bombs continue to fall, Bill must decide whether he his willing to compromise his principles and prevent his life from crumbling before his very eyes.