Títulos en Siglo XX

MIŁOŚĆ I NADZIEJA SĄ POTĘŻNIEJSZE NIŻ NIENAWIŚĆ I GNIEW. Gdy Jurij Santacruz przyglądał się paradzie z okazji mianowania Adolfa Hitlera na kanclerza Niemiec, nie mógł przypuszczać, jak bardzo ten dzień odmieni jego życie. Do Berlina przyjechał kilka miesięcy wcześniej, po tym, jak z częścią rodziny uciekł z Sankt Petersburga przed skutkami bolszewickiej rewolucji, która pozbawiła ich wszystkiego. Jurija pozbawiła także matki i młodszego brata – rosyjskie władze nie zezwoliły im na opuszczenie kraju.

Felix Landau lubił przesiadywać na balkonie okazałej willi i strzelać do przechodzących Żydów. W listach miłosnych do żony szczegółowo opisywał sadystyczne czyny, jakich się dopuścił. Brał też udział w masakrze profesorów lwowskich w nocy z 3 na 4 lipca 1941 we Lwowie.

Gdzieś w głębi serca wiedziała, że myślami wciąż będzie wracać do nieukojonej tęsknoty, do straconej szansy na miłość i do tamtego mężczyzny o szarym spojrzeniu. Do tamtej obietnicy, która nigdy się nie spełniła. Kończy się II Wojna Światowa, a w Polsce zaczyna się czas powojennej odbudowy i podnoszenia kraju z gruzów. Porucznik Szczepan Andryszek, służący podczas wojny w Wojsku Polskim pod rozkazami Sowietów, zostaje funkcjonariuszem podległym Urzędowi Bezpieczeństwa. Przez przełożonych zostaje oddelegowany do niewielkiej Nowej Soli na Ziemiach Odzyskanych.

Between the World Wars, the six Mitford sisters—each more beautiful, brilliant, and eccentric than the next—dominate the English political, literary, and social scenes. Though they've weathered scandals before, the family falls into disarray when Diana divorces her wealthy husband to marry a fascist leader and Unity follows her sister's lead all the way to Munich, inciting rumors that she's become Hitler's mistress.

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.

"Quelli che riecheggiano lassù, fra le cime, non sono tuoni. Il fragore delle bombe austriache scuote anche i villaggi, mille metri più giù. Restiamo soltanto noi donne, ed è a noi che il comando militare italiano chiede aiuto: alle nostre schiene, alle nostre gambe, alla nostra conoscenza di quelle vette e dei segreti per risalirle. Dobbiamo andare, altrimenti quei poveri ragazzi moriranno anche di fame. Questa guerra mi ha tolto tutto, lasciandomi solo la paura. Mi ha tolto il tempo di prendermi cura di mio padre malato, il tempo di leggere i libri che riem­piono la mia casa.

With war looming dangerously close, Ilse’s school days soon turn to lessons of survival. In the harshness of winter, her family must join the largest exodus in human history to survive. As battle lines are drawn and East Prussia’s borders vanish beneath them, they leave their farm and all they know behind for an uncertain future. But Ilse also has Janusz, her family’s young Polish laborer, by her side. As they flee from the Soviet army, his enchanting folktales keep her mind off the cold, the hunger, and the horrors unfolding around them.

Her beauty almost certainly saved her from the rising Nazi party and led to marriage with an Austrian arms dealer. Underestimated in everything else, she overheard the Third Reich's plans while at her husband's side, understanding more than anyone would guess. She devised a plan to flee in disguise from their castle, and the whirlwind escape landed her in Hollywood. She became Hedy Lamarr, screen star.

Jack and Maggie Harris are adrift on ravaged streets during the London Blitz. Their home is gone. They have nowhere to go and nothing left to lose. With only the memories of their greatest loss - the death of their child during a Christmas years before - Jack and Maggie settle in a seemingly deserted mansion for the night.

È il 1889, eppure si direbbe l'inizio del mondo. Michele Angelo e Mercede sono poco più che ragazzini quando s'incontrano per la prima volta, ma si riconoscono subito: "lui fabbro e lei donna". Quel rapido sguardo che si scambiano è una promessa silenziosa che li condurrà dritti al matrimonio, e che negli anni verrà rinnovata a ogni nascita. Dopo Pietro e Paolo, i gemelli, arriveranno Gavino, Luigi Ippolito, Marianna...

Martin Bora, l'investigatore di casi delicati per i servizi segreti della Wehrmacht, si trova a Mosca. Mancano settimane all'attacco di Hitler alla Russia di Stalin, e l'ufficiale è aggregato al corpo diplomatico della capitale sovietica immersa ancora nel clima del patto Ribbentrop-Molotov. In questa veste, gli arriva una strana richiesta da parte del diabolico Beria: recarsi a Creta, appena presa dai tedeschi, per procurare al raccapricciante capo dello spionaggio sovietico sessanta bottiglie di un pregiatissimo vino cretese.

Una niña perdida en una Europa en guerra, y la lucha desesperada de una madre por encontrarla.

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La prima volta in cui Rosa Sauer entra nella stanza in cui dovrà consumare i suoi prossimi pasti è affamata. "Da anni avevamo fame e paura," dice. Siamo nell'autunno del 1943, a Gross-Partsch, un villaggio molto vicino alla Tana del Lupo, il nascondiglio di Hitler. Ha ventisei anni, Rosa, ed è arrivata da Berlino una settimana prima, ospite dei genitori di suo marito Gregor, che combatte sul fronte russo.

Nachkriegsdeutschland, 1947: Der Krieg ist vorbei, doch die Täter leben unbehelligt weiter. Roxi hat sich an der Seite ihres Mannes mühsam ein neues Leben aufgebaut, als ein verloren geglaubter Talisman auftaucht und alles ins Wanken bringt. Denn er kann nur eines bedeuten: Der Mann, der ihre Familie zerstört hat, ist nicht tot. Er hat sich neu erfunden. Unter falschem Namen lebt er in Essen. Während Behörden wegsehen und die Besatzungsmächte Beweise verlangen, beginnt für Roxi ein gefährliches Katz-und-Maus-Spiel.

Bridie Foxcroft has always put her family first. Living in a grand house beneath the Yorkshire crags, her life is built on hard work, close bonds and the joys of family. With a position she cherishes at Frobisher’s Doll Emporium, Bridie’s future appears secure. Elliott Frobisher, heir to the business, admires her kindness and steady nature, but she is in his thoughts more than she should be. However, Bridie is harbouring a dangerous secret, one that, in a close-knit town that never forgets, could cost her everything.

A world away from the wealth and comfort of her family home, lord’s daughter Betony Styles has come to love her new life at a London lodging house with Grace and Jess. Selling her beautiful gowns to pay for her rent and rations for the other girls, Betony is determined to do her bit. By day she works in the factory sewing much-needed uniforms for the Women’s Air Force. At night, air raid sirens blaze–but Betony and the other girls do all they can to help in the hardest hit neighbourhoods, rescuing a precious newborn from the rubble.

The Nazis have taken northern Europe, and borders are sealed, until one heavily disguised trawler, a decoy ship, finds a way in. Tommy Keelson was a smuggler long before MI6 recruited him for the war effort. Now he commands The Sarah—a German-built trawler refitted with hidden guns and covert equipment. It's a lethal decoy built to slip through occupied waters and fool the enemy. From Saint-Nazaire to Honfleur, Tommy's missions grow deadlier by the week. But his next mission will be his most dangerous yet.

Nach dem Tod ihrer Mutter Hanna entdeckt Anne ein handgeschriebenes Buch in deren Nachttischschublade. Während ihr Bruder abwinkt, taucht Anne mit klopfendem Herzen ein in die Vergangenheit der Mutter, die bis in das dunkelste Kapitel deutscher Geschichte zurückreicht. Sie liest von Hannas...

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