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Through Time and Conflict - The Max Chronicles is an historical adventure that follows the extraordinary lineage of three generations of a courageous whippet named Max, whose loyalty and bravery shape pivotal moments in history.

Facing the birth of her child, and single motherhood, Jo Devereux has spent the last six months in Mucknamore, the Irish village she fled 20 years ago. A trunk of letters and diaries left by her grandmother and great-aunt has revealed a heartbreaking legacy of bitter secrets that have haunted the women of her family for four generations. Now she must find out the ultimate truth: What other secrets and lies lie under her mother’s and grandmother’s unshakeable silence? How does it connect with her failed life as a gender-bending agony aunt in San Franciso?

The youngest child of the local doctor and evangelical preacher, Annie Baldwin was expected to work hard and not protest. George Richardson, the underage Doctor Bernardo boy, orphaned and shipped to Canada a few years earlier, is loaned to the Baldwins to help bring in the hay. The Great War brought a lot of changes to life, even in the back woods of Ontario. In spite of the differences in their social standing, George and Annie fell in love. When George departed for France, he promised to return to her when the war was over. Like so many others, Annie waited and hoped.

Amid the chaos of the sinking Titanic, a young Eleanor Annenberg meets the eyes of a stranger and is immediately captivated. As the ship buckles around them, she follows him down into the hold and finds him leaning over an open sarcophagus, surrounded by mutilated bodies. She catches but a glimpse of what lies within. Elle is pulled out of the water, but the stranger is lost. Unintentionally, he leaves her a gift; one so compelling that Elle embarks on a journey that pulls her into a world of ancient evils, vicious hunters, and human prey to find the man who saved her that night.

When Francis House enlists in the British Army in 1907, at the tender age of 15 years and three months, he is not thinking about war. But he soon discovers that simply becoming a soldier is not enough and, against the advice of his sergeant, he seeks out a real fight. Wading ashore at Gallipoli seven years later, Francis thinks he might just have found his greatest opportunity. Here, he thinks, he might finally prove himself a man. First, though, he must find his missing friend Berto. He needs to say he's sorry. He cannot yet imagine the ghosts that might stand in his way.

His name was Thomas Hardwick. Follow his incredible adventures in three short stories. Travel back in time to 1913, London, and follow Thomas' adventures during World War One. Experience his emotional journey through this turbulent time in world history, as Thomas faces extreme danger, heartbreaking loss, the comfort of new friends, and the love of family.

Gaetano Marino interpreta "La camera in attesa", classica novella di Pirandello incentrata sul patetismo degli affetti familiari sullo sfondo della Grande Guerra.

L'idée de passer tout l'été coupés du monde angoissait Franck mais enchantait Lise, alors Franck avait accepté, un peu à contrecœur et beaucoup par amour, de louer dans le Lot cette maison absente de toutes les cartes et privée de tout réseau. L'annonce parlait d'un gîte perdu au milieu des collines, de calme et de paix. Mais pas du passé sanglant de cet endroit que personne n'habitait plus et qui avait abrité un dompteur allemand et ses fauves pendant la Première Guerre mondiale.

"Action! Romance! Spies! Secrets! The Brilliance of Stars has it all. This electrifying read from J'nell Ciesielski comes to life with historical details and sparkling descriptions that will leave the reader begging for book two!" —Amy E. Reichert Amid the chaos of the Great War, two elite...

Roman de guerre, roman d’amour, Le Soldat désaccordé ne laissera personne indifférent. La quête d’un disparu de la Grande Guerre entraîne le narrateur dans une histoire échevelée, traversée de personnages tantôt effrayants, tantôt fabuleux.

1924. The First World War is over and eleven-year-old Alexa is growing up on the idyllic Cornish coast with her best friend Harvey. But she soon discovers there are secrets at the heart of her family that have been hidden for years. And when her mother dies suddenly, she finds her whole life thrown into turmoil. 1931. Still reeling from the secrets she uncovered, Alexa flees to the intoxicating city of Venice. But her new glamorous life is not what she hoped for and, with dark shadows closing in, she will question everything she thought she wanted.

In 1914, when the war draws the young men of Britain away to fight, it is the women who must keep the nation running. Two of those women are Peggy and Maude, twin sisters who work in the bindery at Oxford University Press in Jericho. Peggy is intelligent, ambitious and dreams of going to Oxford University, but for most of her life she has been told her job is to bind the books, not read them. Maude, meanwhile, wants nothing more than what she has. She is extraordinary but vulnerable. Peggy needs to watch over her.

Eben noch kämpfte Alois Pokora im Weltkrieg. Dann erwacht er im Krankenhaus in Berlin – und die Welt ist eine andere: das Jahr 1918, der Kaiser geflohen, die alte Ordnung zerbricht. Der Bergmannssohn Alois, der Erste in der Familie mit Schulbildung, sehnt sich nach seiner Liebe Agnes – lässt sich aber bald von der soghaften neuen Freiheit erfassen, geistig, revolutionär, auch erotisch. Er gerät in die Berliner Halbwelt, schult für die dubiose "Baronin" eine Kampftruppe, trifft Rosa Luxemburg.

August 1914: Der Erste Weltkrieg beginnt, und Konstantin muss an die Front. Sein Vater ist unfähig, das Gut zu führen, das bald hochverschuldet ist. Die Verbindung von Katharina mit dem Kaiserneffen Ludwig von Preußen wird nun zur Überlebensfrage. Doch Ludwig tritt nicht nur seiner Verlobten Katharina zu nahe... Es droht ein Skandal! Katharina setzt ihre ganze Hoffnung auf eine Rettung durch den Industriellensohn Julius. Doch soll eine Ehe mit ihr ihm nur den Eintritt in den Adelsstand ermöglichen? Und dann ist da noch der Kutscher Albert, der sein Geheimnis nur im Dorf Greifenau klären kann.

"A sparkling debut from a new author we’re all going to want more from.”—Susan Meissner, bestselling author of The Nature of Fragile Things When an ambitious female artist accepts an unexpected commission at a powerful earl's country estate in 1920s England, she finds his war-torn family...

All of his life Benjamin hadn't noticed Sarah as anything other than his best friend's sister. The last thing he expected was to notice her as more than a friend, but he did. No sooner does he realize his love for her, America enters the war. War changes a man. He'd heard that dozens of times over his life but with every near miss, every new scar, every bullet he feels himself chipping away. Even if he survives to go home to his soulmate, what man would he be? How much of him would she recognize?

Lords of the Air continues the gripping battle between the two airship teams. The whole future of the airship program in Great Britain rests on the famous flight of Cardington R101. Will politics play too large a role? Will Charlotte be able to handle the very real stress of being married to an airshipman? Will her psychopath stalker, Jessup, triumph? Will Princess Marthe say yes to Lord Thomson’s proposal of marriage?

From the author of The Song of the Jade Lily comes a thrilling story of a family secret that leads to a legendary treasure. Why would someone bury a bucket of precious jewels and gemstones and never return? Present Day. When respected American jewelry historian, Kate Kirby, receives a call about...

Dieses Hörbuch nimmt Sie mit in eine Zeit, in der der Alltag noch aus Handwerk, Arbeit und Zusammenhalt bestand – und in der sich zwischen Scheune, Werkstatt und Uferweg manchmal eine besondere Gelegenheit ergibt, die alles für einen Moment verändert. Pommern – ein Landstrich, der nach Wind, Holzrauch und Ostsee riecht. Wo der Himmel größer wirkt als anderswo, wo Alleen in die Ferne führen und kleine Städte mit Markt, Hafen und Kirche ihren eigenen Takt haben.

In den Wirren des Nazi-Regimes kämpft eine deutsche Jüdin darum, ihre Tochter aus den Klauen des Bösen zu retten. Paris 1941. Die deutsche Jüdin Sarah sitzt mit ihrer fünfjährigen Tochter Rebekka in Paris fest, während der zweite Weltkrieg tobt. In ihrer Verzweiflung versuchen sie, dem immer enger werdenden Korsett der Nazis zu entkommen und ins neutrale Spanien zu fliehen. I