Títulos em Século XX

Im Jahr 1936 wird die Auslandskorrespondentin Nancy Wake in Paris Zeugin des Schreckens von Hitlers Aufstieg in Europa. Kaum hat Nancy den französischen Industriellen Henri Fiocca kennengelernt, sich in ihn verliebt und zugestimmt, ihn zu heiraten, fallen die Deutschen in Frankreich ein und zwingen sie, ihren ersten Decknamen anzunehmen. Die Gestapo nennt sie weiße Maus wegen ihrer bemerkenswerten Fähigkeit, sich der Gefangennahme zu entziehen, wenn sie alliierte Soldaten über die Grenzen schmuggelt.

The good weather has finally arrived, and the empires of Europe are ready to hurl their armies and fleets at each other in a fight of titanic proportions. The stakes are high, with Austria-Hungary and France reeling on the brink of disaster.

From French literary talent and Prix Goncourt winner Jean-Baptiste Andrea, a “sprawling fresco and star-crossed love story” (The New York Times) following a dwarf and skilled sculptor as he recounts the moments in his life that inspired his mysteriously powerful masterpiece—perfect for...

Prague, 1939. Les troupes du Reich entrent dans la ville. De sa fenêtre, Herbert Levin aimerait les faire disparaître comme, sur scène, un illusionniste escamote ses colombes. Lui-même magicien sous le nom du " Grand Nivelli ", l'homme espère trouver chez les SS, ces grands mystiques amateurs d'occulte, un public trop naïf pour percer son secret. Car Levin est juif, comme toute sa famille... Croire ou ne pas croire... C'est toute la tragédie de ces années barbares, où nul ne veut croire au mal absolu. Levin y sera bientôt confronté, là-bas, dans la boue de la Pologne, au cœur gris de l'enfer..

A punto de caer Madrid y tras las derrotas del río Ebro y Cataluña, el ejército republicano se desploma mientras las tropas franquistas avanzan hacia Levante, a la conquista de los últimos bastiones de la Segunda República. En el pueblo de Petrel (Alicante), el gobierno de Juan Negrín y buena parte de los dirigentes del Partido Comunista preparan su salida de España. Y hasta allí llega el general Juan Modesto para organizar, junto con otros jefes militares republicanos, la evacuación del gobierno. Son los últimos días de la guerra y los recuerdos se agolpan en la mente de Modesto.

La magnifica festa del 30 gennaio 1933 sarebbe stata ricordata negli anni a venire come l'ultima occasione in cui si erano ritrovati tutti insieme. Fu un momento scintillante e al tempo stesso un commiato: la Berlino della comunità ebraica, con la sua vivacissima, brulicante polifonia, era perduta per sempre. Dopo il grande successo de Gli Effinger, Gabriele Tergit narra le vicende di cinque famiglie berlinesi sradicate dalla ferocia della storia del Novecento.

Gosport, 1943. Rita, Amelia, Ruby and Dorothy are all doing their bit to help Britain win the war. Their work at Priddy's munitions factory, is dangerous and gruelling, but undoubtedly necessary. However, when an explosion at the factory almost kills several of the workers, the girls decide it's time to find another way to contribute. Amelia sees an advertisement in the Evening News, seeking Hop Pickers in Kent, accommodation provided. Weeks later, they leave Gosport, ready for a new adventure.

La guerra infuria a pochi chilometri dalla Linea Gotica, sulle colline di Pesaro, dove tedeschi e fascisti si scontrano con i partigiani del Toscano in attesa delle truppe alleate. Evelina ha solo cinque anni quando i primi rifugiati trovano riparo nel granaio di suo padre, quell'attimo in cui la sua vita viene travolta e la spensieratezza dei giochi d'infanzia lascia il posto all'orrore della guerra. Realtà e magia si mescolano e si intrecciano, riportando in vita un mondo contadino e fiabesco, l'intrico della guerra civile e quella mondiale.

Reeling from her last knock-down, drag-out with Japan’s mighty combined fleet – the Kido Butai – USS Enterprise limps back to Pearl Harbor for repairs and refitting. And like the battle-hardened warriors who live and work inside her, this gallant lady will return to the fight even stronger… but it can’t happen too soon.

Dans quelques jours, il arrivera, il tendra de nouveau les bras vers elle, et quand il les aura fermés, cette fois-ci, il ne les rouvrira plus. Marie appuie contre l'arbre sa joue d'abord, puis tout son corps. L'écorce est rude et fraîche contre la peau de son visage. Elle ferme les yeux.

Cia, mère de trois garçons, découvre un document oublié dans un vieux recueil de musique qu'on lui a offert des années plus tôt. Ce fragment du passé, signé du Conseil national de la Résistance, réveille le souvenir de Céleste, son arrière-grand-mère inconnue. Qui était-elle ? Que lui a-t-on tu ? De la baie de Somme au Canada, Cia se lance à la recherche de la vérité entre les silences familiaux et le tumulte du quotidien. Dans ce premier roman, Domitille Cauët tisse un récit émouvant qui interroge l'engagement.

Laurel, at eleven, was conscious of being happy. She was almost afraid of it. 'I'll never be as happy again. When I'm quite old, as old as 30, I'll come back to this bit of Eastbourne. I'll come on the same day in June and remember me now. ' The four Wiltshire children live a comfortable middle-class English life. But as WWII overtakes the country, the family, like so many others, slowly disintegrates.

Георгий Венус, – потомок переселившихся в Россию в XVIII веке немцев-литейщиков встретил Первую мировую войну в чине прапорщика. Был дважды ранен, награжден Георгиевским крестом. Уже тогда армейская действительность заставила его на многое посмотреть другими глазами. Романтический пьедестал, на котором строились юношеские идеалы, пошатнулся. Позже Георгий Венус вступил в ряды Добровольческой армии и был направлен в Дроздовский добровольческий офицерский полк. При Деникине, а позже при Врангеле «дроздовцы» воевали на самых ответственных участках фронта и прославились своей жестокостью.

In the midst of World War Two, Enigma codebreaker Alan Turing finds himself on the brink of a discovery that will change the world: a way to send a message back into the recent past. But when his invention successfully averts disaster on D-Day, the danger it poses in the wrong hands becomes terrifyingly clear. As Turing’s enemies close in, only one decision is possible: Nautilus must be kept hidden from the world, safe in the care of the only person he can trust.

Ein Dorf bei Amiens, 1940: Während deutsche Soldaten durch den beschaulichen Ort marschieren, verspricht die junge Französin Carole, immer auf den kleinen Nachbarsjungen Emile aufzupassen. Als der Offizier Manfred bei Carole und ihrem Vater einquartiert wird, will sie nichts mit dem Deutschen zu tun haben. Heimlich wendet Carole sich dem Widerstand zu. Doch Manfred ist nicht der gewissenlose Besatzer, den sie erwartet. Schon bald kann sich Carole ihrer Gefühle für ihn nicht erwehren.

Última entrega del ciclo narrativo y obra cumbre de la literatura universal, A la busca del tiempo perdido, de Marcel Proust. Desde la infancia del Narrador, desde Combray y cerca de Swann, todo ha cambiado. Es hora de hacer balance. En el claroscuro del París de la Gran Guerra, bajo un cielo de bombardeos, emergen monstruos, figuras irreconocibles del pasado.

Though unexceptional in every way, Klaus Barbie, a mid-level Gestapo chief, ruled Lyon, France, like a medieval tyrant from 1942-44. Crowds parted to let him pass; a table was permanently reserved for him at Le Lapin Blanc, Lyon' s raciest nightclub; and pretty young women slipped him notes inscribed with their phone numbers. But his glory days represented only a thin slice of his life. What prepared him for his role as the so-called Butcher of Lyon, and what became of him after the war ended?

A lyrical and suspenseful debut novel about a mysteriously gifted Korean family confronting the brutality of the Japanese empire, Honey in the Wound is an epic tale of survival and the reclamation of power. A sister disappears and returns as a tiger. A mother’s voice compels the truth from any...

For twenty-one-year-old Grace Fitzgerald, life is finally looking bright. Orphaned as a child and later struck down by polio, she then endured years of cold indifference at the hands of her sister Agnes. Now, with Agnes finally gone, Grace has found love with her handsome young husband and peace surrounded by friends in her home village of Knocknashee and in her ongoing friendship with the American journalist Richard Lewis.

Chestnut-haired Corporal Effie Weston has grit beyond her twenty years. Determined to do her duty, she has joined up to the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force to defend London’s East End from the Blitz. She and her new friends Alice, Nell and George know their work is as vital as any man’s. They must rely on every bit of their training–as well as each other–to face the dark days of war.