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Brought to you by Penguin. 'One of the best books I've ever read' Richard Osman A damaged survivor of the First World War, Tom Birkin finds refuge in the quiet village church of Oxgodby where he is to spend the summer uncovering a huge medieval wall-painting. Immersed in the peace and beauty of...

"Alles beginnt im Führerbunker. Der Krieg ist verloren, die Strippenzieher klammern sich an das letzte Fünkchen Hoffnung. Auch mit dabei: Werner Naumann, von dem Hitler sich unmittelbar vor seinem Selbstmord verabschiedet mit den Worten: "Ich setze auf Sie, dass Sie diesen Bunker verlassen und den nationalsozialistischen Geist nach draußen tragen. Sie müssen die Leute, die uns nicht verraten haben, zusammenbringen und sollten alles dafür tun, ein Netzwerk zu knüpfen!" Der Krieg ist für die Deutschen endgültig verloren, Naumann gelingt als einem der wenigen die Flucht.

When the Germans march into Denmark, Baron Henrik Ahlefeldt exchanges his nobility for anonymity, assuming a new identity so he can secretly row messages for the Danish Resistance across the waters to Sweden. American physicist Dr. Else Jensen refuses to leave Copenhagen and abandon her research-her life's dream. While printing resistance newspapers, she hears stories of the movement's legendary Havmand-the merman-and wonders if the mysterious and silent shipyard worker living in the same boardinghouse has something to hide. 

“All Quiet on the Western Front” is one of the most powerful anti-war novels ever written—a timeless classic that strips away the myths of glory and honor to reveal the brutal, dehumanizing truth of warfare. Told through the eyes of Paul Bäumer, a young German soldier on the front lines of World War I, this harrowing narrative plunges listeners into the mud-soaked trenches, the constant threat of death, and the emotional numbness born of unspeakable loss.

Bei Abrissarbeiten in einer stillgelegten Brauerei wird eine Leiche entdeckt. Sie zeigt kaum Spuren der Verwesung aufgrund der Konservierungsmittel in den Kühlanlagen. Und doch lag die Tote über 50 Jahre hermetisch abgeschlossen in ihrem kühlen Grab. Allerdings entpuppt sich die Tote als ein verkleideter Mann. Er wurde erschossen. Welche Geschichte verbirgt sich hinter diesem Mordfall und dem anscheinenden Täuschungsversuch aus längst vergangenen Kriegstagen? Die Spuren führen die ermittelnden Beamten auf die tragische Liebesgeschichte zweier junger Deutscher in den letzten Tagen des zweiten Weltkriegs.

Stern & FreddyEine Gaunerkomödie von Andreas Göx, Autor und SprecherAudiobook 121 Minuten, Produktion und Sfx Ulrich Wirth bei pangram audioAls E-Book 60 Seiten bei 22 Kapiteln: https: //www.amazon.co.uk/Stern-Freddy-Eine-Gaunerkom%C3%B6die-German- ebook/dp/B0G2KGMXY5Es sind die 90er, das heißt Globalisierung und organisierte Kriminalität. Das ehrliche Handwerk ist bedroht, der Kleinkriminelle sucht Nischen, nur die persönlichen Kontakte können einen noch über Wasser halten. Das ist die Welt von Stern & Freddy.

Giovanni Diotallevi ha sedici anni quando suo padre gli comunica la grande notizia. Ha ottenuto per lui un colloquio con un gerarca, una persona importante. Se saprà fargli una buona impressione, per Giovanni si apriranno le porte del meraviglioso luogo che il Duce ha voluto costruire in fondo alla Tuscolana, una piccola metropoli destinata a creare pellicole che incanteranno il mondo intero.

The Nazis wanted her champagne. The critics wanted her erased. Lily Bollinger refused to surrender. 1940: In occupied France, the Bollinger cellars are a battlefield. Newly widowed Lily must host the Nazi Weinführer while Resistance fighters hide in the chalk tunnels directly beneath her feet.

Imprisoned in a prisoner-of-war camp in southwest Germany, Michael Ritter attempts a daring escape with two other downed American pilots. After being recaptured, Michael is transferred to Colditz, a medieval castle repurposed as a high-security prison camp for incorrigible Allied escapees. But when the Nazi commandant tries to paint him as an informant, Michael will find it’s not just the German guards he needs to be wary of.

Norbert Gstrein schenkt uns ein ganzes Menschenleben. Dabei ist jedes Leben zerbrechlich in diesem Roman, der mit einem Axthieb beginnt: Adrians Vater macht ihn als Jugendlichen untauglich für den Ersten Weltkrieg, rettet ihn so vielleicht. Der störrische, zärtliche Mensch, der von da an durch über achtzig Lebensjahre hinkt, ist das Wunder dieses Erzählens. Adrian sieht zweimal seine Welt untergehen, hat zweimal mit jungen Männern zu tun, die weniger Glück hatten als er, und erlebt im Alter die unverhoffte Liebesgeschichte eines Mannes, der zu allem erzogen wurde, bloß nicht zum Lieben.

1943, Nazi-occupied Holland. Turning up her collar against the wind, Trix prepares for her rendezvous. Living a double life is desperately lonely, but the longer she goes under her alias, Felix, the more comfortable she becomes with this new version of herself – one who will stand up for what is right, and fight for those who can't. That is, until the warm brown eyes of a pilot from her past spark hope for a life after the war.

In 1941, Manila, Philippines was the hidden gem of the Far East and set to become an independent sovereignty in a few short years. On December 8, 1941, immediately following the Pearl Harbor attack 5,200 miles away in Honolulu, the Japanese Imperial Army bombed the city of Manila and began an occupation that would last more than three years and culminate in a battle for the capital city that would go down as one of the deadliest in World War II history.

In the heart of war-torn Warsaw, Franceska, a talented ballerina, finds herself entangled in a web of fear, love, and resilience. As the Nazi regime tightens its grip, Franceska and her family are thrust into a world where survival is uncertain, and every decision carries the weight of life and...

Already the gateway for illegal Canadian liquor during Prohibition, the Motor City becomes a crucible for American class conflict during the Great Depression, with an army of laid off Ford workers drifting into the ranks of the burgeoning union movement—Henry Ford's worst nightmare. To keep...

Now president of her father's company, Bishop Aeronautics, Evelyn is presiding over a groundbreaking ceremony for the expansion of her factory when she is approached by Billy Takemura, a Japanese American soldier who announces that she's building on stolen land. Like Evelyn and Nick, Billy is a...

In the fall of 1939, while Europe grapples with the outbreak of war, Mimi Lukas wages a private battle in her Chicago neighborhood. Her husband, Stan, once a promising White Sox player, has been sidelined by a broken leg. His hopes of returning to baseball are dwindling along with their savings...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER The daughter of a powerful tycoon escapes to a glamorous artists’ retreat—where dark secrets and dangerous temptations await—in this gripping Prohibition-era novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Salt to the Sea. “Enthralling . . . While history...

Long considered one of the best American novels of our time, A Farewell to Arms is the unforgettable tale of an American ambulance driver and his passionate affair with a beautiful English nurse. Set against the backdrop of World War I, this gripping semi-autobiographical work captures the harsh realities of war as only Hemingway can. A story of love and pain, loyalty and desertion, A Farewell to Arms paints an intimate portrait of the pain and intensity of a love overshadowed by the inexorable creep of global war.

Enero de 1942. Cuando exigen al lujoso hotel Avallon colaborar en la guerra alojando a trescientos diplomáticos y simpatizantes nazis, la prioridad de June Hudson, la directora, es convencer a sus trabajadores de seguir como si nada, y sin perder la sonrisa. Sin embargo, también debe lidiar con Tucker Minnick, el agente del FBI cuya investigación para destapar los secretos que guardan los alemanes amenaza el delicado equilibro que ella se desvive por mantener.