Títulos en Siglo XX

England, 1947: In the rubble-filled streets of post-war London, nineteen-year-old Audrey is devastated to lose her job when the men return from war. But her mum needs her more than ever since she was injured in the bombings, and her beloved fiancé Martin wants her to focus on building their life together, so her future seems set. Yet Audrey can't help but wonder if there's more to life than keeping a home and raising a family. And when she hears about a chance to train as one of England's first airline stewardesses, her heart leaps.

Québec, Hautes-Laurentides, 1922. Avant de mourir, Rose Gélinas a demandé à ses quatre enfants de lui faire cette promesse folle. Édouard décide de briser son serment et unit sa destinée à celle de Clémentine. Son annonce troublera-t-elle l'harmonie dans la famille ? Et Édouard...

June, 1944. As news of D-Day reaches London, the residents of West India Dock Road dare to celebrate. But amid the bunting, shared food and children’s laughter lie fear, grief and secrets that refuse to stay buried. Divya has built a life for herself and her son that she once thought...

In February 1942, shortly after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Franklin D. Roosevelt issued an executive order authorizing the secretary of war to remove 120,000 Japanese Americans from their homes on the West Coast and corral them into inland concentration camps. To be considered for release...

‘You want to risk everything – for a country that’s never cared if you live or die?’ 1941: In a segregated Florida town, three young Black men enlist to fight for a freedom they’ve never known at home. Before they leave, Cora marries in haste to secure her future – but her heart...

Bloomsbury presents Prey by Graham Hurley, read by Andrew Cullum. A breathtaking thriller combining espionage and combat, Prey is the story of the brutal battle for the skies during the darkest days of World War II. 1943. The war is turning against the Third Reich, but the Luftwaffe are eagerly...

From bestselling author Jackie French comes a compelling book about the choices we make and the chances we never dreamed we'd be given. 1931. The height of the Depression, Sydney, New South Wales They were diamonds: beautiful, sparkling and irresistible. Nice girls do not accept employment from...

The second instalment in the thrilling WW2 Joseph Gunner series, from the award-winning author of the Harry McCoy books New York, December 1941. Joseph Gunner, former soldier, is off the front lines and on the streets of New York, tasked with helping tip America into the Second World War...

When war arrives, it brings secrets and danger – but it also brings love… France, 1939. As war looms, two women make very different choices. Marie-Louise, a headstrong young woman who sees the atrocities for what they are, is recruited into a secret intelligence service that takes her across...

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.

The war is over; Hitler is dead - and yet his evil legacy lives on. Saffron Courtney and her beloved husband, Gerhard, only just survived the brutal conflict, but Gerhard's Nazi-supporting brother, Konrad, is still free and determined to regain power. As a dangerous game of cat and mouse develops, a plot against the couple begins to stir. One that will have ramifications throughout Europe....

"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.