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It’s 1913 when Mina, the young and carefree daughter of a Jewish merchant, roams into a forest on the edge of the Baltic Sea looking for mushrooms. Instead, she encounters a gang of unruly, charismatic Bolsheviks—an adventure that will become the stuff of familial lore for generations to come. Intending to save her from further corruption, and in an act that forever changes the trajectory of their family’s life, Mina and her eldest brother, Jossel, board a ship to England.

Shrouded in scandal and secrets, Arilee Rutledge’s family is as tangled as the thorns surrounding their unwelcoming antebellum mansion. When her brother Davis returns from the Great War, she hopes they will make a new start after a season of devastation. But Davis is haunted by their younger brother’s death and his wife’s committal to the state asylum; while he loses himself in his work, Arilee continues raising his children. Determined to control at least one area of their lives, the siblings hire a former acquaintance to restore their dilapidated home.

Berlin, 1939. Tears pouring down her cheeks, Rosa pushes through the crowds and thrusts the basket containing her darling newborn twins at the woman closing the door to the carriage. All she can say is please take them. Then she runs, praying the train will reach England safely…

Zwischen Dichtung und Wahrheit. Thomas Mann, wie Sie ihn noch nie erlebt haben. Nidden im Sommer 1930. In dem idyllischen ostpreußischen Fischerdorf kreuzen sich die Wege des weltberühmten Schriftstellers Thomas Mann und des jungen Übersetzers Žydrūnas Miuleris, genannt Müller, unter außergewöhnlichen Umständen. Nach der Auflösung des Reichstags droht das Ende der Weimarer Republik und der tief beunruhigte Dichter arbeitet in der Sommerfrische heimlich an einer politischen Rede, mit der er das Deutsche Volk vor dem erstarkenden Nationalsozialismus warnen will.

Nascida e criada num vilarejo nas charnecas de Yorkshire, Leah trabalha com a mãe na casa da influente e complicada família Delancey. Mais bonita a cada dia que passa, ela chama a atenção de Madelaine Winter, dona da agência de modelos mais bem-sucedida da Europa, e sua vida se transforma totalmente.

Atrincherados en la llamada muralla del Atlántico, las tropas nazis esperan la inminente invasión aliada. En Inglaterra se prepara la mayor armada que ha conocido el mundo, hombres y máquinas se reúnen en una cantidad nunca vista. En ese inicio del verano de 1944, un profesor español, exiliado tras combatir en el bando republicano, avisa de que los alemanes poseen una nueva y terrorífica arma; una arma devastadora, cuyo creador, un científico judío, asegura que puede acabar con una sola explosión con todas las tropas acantonadas al sur de Inglaterra.

After a family tragedy and a broken engagement dramatically alter her circumstances, Lady Elizabeth Ingham seeks employment by training to be a nanny. Known only as Lizzie, she secures a post at Alstone-in-the-Dale Manor to care for a four-year-old boy, Charlie, who badly needs her kindness and understanding. When Lizzie arrives at the manor, she is appalled at Charlie’s condition. He is a little wild thing; his hair is a tangled mass of ringlets, and he does not speak but screams and kicks most of the time. The family and staff are at their wits’ end and no one expects Lizzie to stay.

Sven Elversson se ve obligado a abandonar su tierra de adopción, Inglaterra, tras formar parte de una expedición fracasada al Ártico en la que, para sobrevivir, se rumorea que sus miembros llegaron a cometer canibalismo. Con la intención de empezar de nuevo, regresa al hogar paterno en su Suecia natal. Sin embargo, los rumores acaban llegando también a la pequeña parroquia del pastor Edvard Rhånge, quien decide excomulgarlo

Berlin, 1944: Amira and Gisele have been best friends since they were children, and now Gisele is the only person who knows Amira’s secret. A secret that puts her and everyone she loves in unimaginable danger amid the daily horror and violence of Nazi Germany. With the threat of exposure drawing closer, Gisele’s suggestion that Amira marries her friend Fred, a famous pianist, might just be the lifeline she needs to keep them both safe. Because Fred has secrets too.

At twenty-five, Ruby Nevins has already endured more than most. But after two years of battling cancer, she’s warily determined to move forward. Researching a new project about a French actress, she soon uncovers an old diary that will change her life forever… Cécile, the “it girl” of early 1940s French cinema, vanished from Nazi-occupied Paris in 1942. Sylvia Rousseau, Cécile’s dressmaker and confidante, left that same year. Working to piece together the truth behind Cécile’s disappearance and Sylvia’s extraordinary life, Ruby recognizes the women as kindred spirits.

It’s 1943. The war rages. The newly launched WASP program is recruiting. And barnstormer fan Georgeanne “George” Ector’s dream is to take to the skies. Grit is what she inherited from her mother, an Oklahoma farm girl at the turn of the century who preferred taking apart an engine to stitching linens for a hope chest. She taught her daughter well. George isn’t the only woman about to follow her calling.

Con una técnica sobresaliente, esta novela entrañable logra hilvanar tres historias de tres hombres que carecen de cualquier épica masculina. Todos están marcados por un signo trágico y además comparten el mismo nombre: Hugo Forno.

Frahona Aknin es una joven judía-sefardita que sumerge sus narices en una librería cada que puede y sueña con viajar por diferentes lugares para conocer a escritores, pintores y grandes pensadores.

En 1935, Giovanni Tinni se hace cargo de la estación ferroviaria de Fornello. Llega con su esposa Lucía, que está embarazada, y un perro. Ha ganado una competencia que le permite obtener ese puesto; aunque apenas ve el lugar descubre que no es propiamente un ascenso en su carrera. Ese pueblo pequeño y solitario recién cobrará vida para la pareja cuando nazca Romeo, el hijo. Las rutinas y la monotonía ya no estorban; la felicidad sucede cada día. Durante ocho años agradecen esa vida. Pero en 1943 todo cambia.

Quince años han pasado desde el día que David tuvo que huir a Sudamérica. Ahora vuelve a Madrid, al país que lo vio nacer. Aquí, mientras se encarga de una tienda de antigüedades heredada en el centro de la ciudad, descubre un juego de mesa que esconde mucho más de lo que parece. Su inventor ha ocultado en ello el tesoro de los vencidos, y para acabar el juego David y sus amigos tendrán que resolver misterios y pruebas ingeniosas que nos llevarán por las calles y sitios más famosos de Madrid.

While the world is still counting the cost of the Second World War and the Iron Curtain has descended, young Roland Baines's life is turned upside down. Stranded at boarding school, his vulnerability attracts his piano teacher, Miriam Cornell, leaving scars as well as a memory of love that will never fade. Twenty-five years later, as the radiation from the Chernobyl disaster spreads across Europe, Roland's wife mysteriously vanishes and he is forced to confront the reality of his rootless existence and look for answers in his family history.

Hay numerosos libros sobre el Holocausto, pero ninguno como este. Se basa en una increíble historia real detrás de uno de sus símbolos más potentes: los números azules tatuados en los brazos de los prisioneros de los campos de concentración. Cuando a Lale Sokolov le fue encomendada la tarea de tatuar los números en las víctimas que –como él– eran encerradas en Auschwitz, usó la mínima libertad que su rol le permitía para intercambiar joyas y dinero de judíos asesinados por comida para ayudar a otros a sobrevivir.

Au cœur de l'enfer, une femme se bat pour l'espoir. "Rappelle-toi: notre seule arme, c'est de rester en vie, et pour rester en vie, nous devons aimer, nous devons donner, et, malheureusement, nous devons souffrir." Lorsqu'elle arrive à Auschwitz, sous un ciel bas et gris, Ana est persuadée qu'elle ne survivra pas à l'enfer du camp. Mais elle possède une compétence que les nazis recherchent : elle est sage-femme. Son travail sera de donner naissance aux enfants des autres prisonnières.

Poland, 1942. After witnessing the destruction of her hometown in Warsaw, Anna Kowalski joins the Polish Resistance. She is tasked with smuggling as many children as possible out of the Warsaw Ghetto through the sewers and relocating them to safety. Through her work, Anna meets Johnnie Nowak, an RAF pilot who had managed to escape from a prisoner of war camp. He's not safe in Warsaw, so Anna leads him out of the city to protect him...

1928. Eighteen-year-old Marie-Madeleine is not the kind of woman who goes through life sitting down, something her new husband can attest. Her unconventionalities - rally car driving, flying planes and dabbling in intelligence work for the French government - earn her a reputation, but she knows who she is at heart: an adventurer.