Títulos en Siglo XX

Paris, 1938. The last sigh of summer before the war. As Australian journalist Charlotte ‘Charlie' James alights at the Gare du Nord, ready to start her role as correspondent for The Times, Paris is in turmoil as talk of war becomes increasingly strident. Charlie is chasing her first big scoop, needing to prove to her boss that she can do this job as well as, if not better than, her male counterparts. And the best way to forge the necessary contacts quickly is to make the well-connected expats, Lord and Lady Ashworth, her business.

Prague, 1943. Taken from her home in Prague, Hana Lederova finds herself imprisoned in the Jewish ghetto of Theresienstadt, where she is forced to endure appalling deprivation and the imminent threat of transportation to the east. When she attracts the attention of the Czech gendarme who becomes her guard, Hana reluctantly accepts his advances, hoping for the protection she so desperately needs. Sydney, 2010. Manipulated into a liaison with her married boss, Tessa knows she needs to end it, but how?

A priest experiencing a crisis of faith and the married woman to whom he is attracted. A scroll newly discovered near Jerusalem that, if authentic, could open Christianity to a complete reinterpretation. A tragic love affair unfolding in Fascist-dominated Rome during World War II. These are the...

La casa in collina' è una delle opere più note di Cesare Pavese. Pubblicato nel 1949, il romanzo riprende e sviluppa dai racconti "La famiglia"...

In the aftermath of World War II, Germany lies in ruins, its countryside and city streets are haunted by the ghosts of a shattered past. Amidst the rubble, a solitary figure moves with quiet determination, his days consumed by the monotonous rhythm of survival. But beneath his worn and anonymous identity, he carries a burden of guild and secrets that refuse to be buried. "The Shadow of Numbers" is a gripping tale of moral reckoning and the search for redemption.

The Galizien Sturm offensive is in full swing in the East. The Germans, under the command of General Paul von Hindenburg, have just stormed the Brest-Litovsk Fortress in Western Belarus. They now start their movement southward toward Western Ukraine to outflank General Brussilov. Meanwhile, General August Mackensen’s attack on the Przemysl Fortress continues with the obvious objective of pushing on to the main Russian Army supply hub in Lemberg.

Berlin, Ende der 1920er-Jahre: In einer Stadt zwischen Glanz und Verfall suchen fünf Frauen ihren eigenen Weg. Helene, Tiffy, Ronda und Elsa kämpfen um ihre Stimme, ihre Freiheit – und um das Überleben in einer Zeit, in der Mut gefährlich ist. Ihr Widerstand wächst im Verborgenen – gegen Armut, Gewalt und die leisen Zwänge des Alltags. Zwischen politischem Aufbruch, Liebe und Verrat entsteht eine Gemeinschaft, die stärker ist als jede Macht, die sie zu brechen versucht.

September 1939: Mit der deutschen Invasion in Polen beginnt ein verheerender Krieg, der die Welt in den Abgrund reißt. Fünf Menschen kämpfen sich durch die Wirren des Krieges. Die geheimnisvolle Agentin Katharina geht über Leichen, um brisante Informationen an die Abwehr zu übermitteln. Viktor strebt einen hohen Posten bei der Waffen-SS an. Außerdem will er seine Jugendfreundin Alina zum Altar führen. Doch Alina hütet ein Geheimnis, das ihr wichtiger als Karriere und Ansehen ist.

The summer of 1942 finds the Allies desperate for a foothold in Hitler's Europe. Operation Jubilee is born in the smoke-filled rooms of the War Office—a daring raid that will test not just military might, but the moral fabric of those who command from safe distances. Arthur Cutter, a haunted SOE operative barely out of Oxford, is forced back behind enemy lines for one final mission: infiltrate Dieppe's defenses to gather intelligence critical for the raid.

Un viaggio a ritroso che porterà il lettore a Berlino alla fine della Seconda guerra mondiale, poi in Provenza, fino al Campo di concentramento di Fossoli e in seguito a quello di Alberobello, la Casa Rossa. Fino a quando, ai giorni nostri, Sara decide di portare la nonna ad Avignone, dove riceverà una sorpresa inaspettata.

Le vite parallele di due ragazzi nati agli albori del Novecento e costretti a una vocazione forzata: Marcello proviene da una famiglia piemontese di pastori, Francesco è figlio di un armatore genovese e di una contessa che, per punire il marito seduttore, costringe alla tonaca il figlio da lui prediletto. Malinconico e fragile il primo, avventuroso e dalla straordinaria bellezza il secondo. Ormai adulti, si incontrano in Vaticano, dove Marcello assiste Francesco, divenuto cardinale, nella traduzione delle encicliche papali. Tra loro nasce una profonda e inaspettata amicizia.

Pompeo crede nel fascismo, si arruola volontario e combatte con le Camicie Nere. A casa, a Villa Potenza, sua moglie Dina lotta contro le difficoltà di sopravvivere con il proprio duro lavoro, di crescere i figli da sola, di fronteggiare il nemico tedesco e l'ostilità crescente dei suoi compaesani.

La nipote di una anziana donna slovena, morta da poco, torna da Parigi per svuotare la casa di sua nonna Ivana, quando trova una foto di lei, visibilmente incinta, che stringe fra le braccia una bambina: "Ma come" si chiede, "non era figlia unica mamma?". La donna si mette alla ricerca del significato di quell'immagine, stridente come un bianco e nero privo di grigio. Una fotografia che il Secondo conflitto mondiale sembra aver lasciato proprio perché fosse lei a scoprirlo.

Una storia ambientata durante la Prima guerra mondiale e negli anni successivi, e ispirata alla vicenda della scultrice Anna Coleman Ladd, la donna che restituì la dignità ai volti deturpati dal conflitto. Amore, amicizia e legami familiari in un'intensa narrazione.

Will Christmas bring them happiness or heartache? Don't miss the heartwarming new novel from the author of Secrets for the Three Sisters and The Three Sisters of Victory Walk. ___________________________________ It’s 1942 on Victory Walk in East London, and the Harrison sisters are wishing for...

The final installment in The Red Cross Orphans series from the Globe & Mail bestselling author! When the war is over, what will remain? With six hard years of war behind her, former nurse Kitty McCarthy should be facing a bright future. But her husband Michael shatters her peace in an instant...

Dimenticate tutto quello che sapete sul nazismo. Preparatevi alla verità. Settembre 2015. Germania, Foresta Nera. Karl Jerzyck, professore di criminologia di Monaco, scopre casualmente delle ossa in un borgo vicino a Karlsruhe. I resti appartengono a persone scomparse venticinque anni prima in circostanze mai chiarite. Jerzyck e Arno Schultze, ex ispettore della Kripo che al tempo aveva seguito il caso, riprendono a investigare. Si trovano coinvolti nelle trame di alcuni gruppi neonazisti legati a sette esoteriche e occulte.

World War II is over, and Hiroshima lies in a heap of poisoned rubble when young Quaker Wesley Cunningham returns home to Almond Tree. He served as a stretcher-bearer; he’s seen his fair share of horror. Now he intends to build beautiful houses and to marry, having fallen in love with his neighbour’s daughter, Beth Hardy. Beth has other plans. An ardent socialist, she is convinced the Party and Stalin’s Soviet Union hold the answers to all the world’s evils. She doesn’t believe in marriage, and in any case, her devotion is to the cause.

Este audiolibro reúne los mejores cuentos del escritor sueco Stig Dagerman. Los veinticinco relatos que componen este audiolibro reflejan los conflictos y angustias que definieron a toda una generación: la que fue testigo del último suspiro de una forma de vida eminentemente agrícola y que vivió los desastres de la II Guerra Mundial.

English girl Sheila Matthews accepts an invitation to holiday in Poland, the country where her father died in mysterious circumstances. When German bombers begin pounding Warsaw, she decides against returning home and is recruited by the Polish underground. Playing a dangerous game as a double agent, Sheila must use all her skill to stay one step ahead of the Gestapo. But soon the Germans begin to suspect her and she flees to the forest, to be reunited with the enigmatic Captain Adam Wisniewski, now a wanted partisan.