Ergebnis für "The Names" in 20. Jahrhundert

Wer einen Menschen rettet, rettet die ganze Welt – Die Geschichte einer Frau, die unter Einsatz ihres eigenen Lebens ein jüdisches Kind vor den Nazis rettet. Elly Berger wird 1900 in eine Pfarrersfamilie geboren. Wenn es nach ihrem Vater gegangen wäre, hätte sie studieren sollen, doch Elly hat nur einen großen Traum: Sie will Köchin werden. Es gelingt ihr, in Berlin eine Stellung bei der jüdischen Familie Sternberg zu finden, die ihr fortan ein Zuhause bietet. Vor allem dem kleinen Sohn Leon schenkt sie ihre ganze Liebe.

1943, Nazi-occupied Holland. Turning up her collar against the wind, Trix prepares for her rendezvous. Living a double life is desperately lonely, but the longer she goes under her alias, Felix, the more comfortable she becomes with this new version of herself – one who will stand up for what is right, and fight for those who can't. That is, until the warm brown eyes of a pilot from her past spark hope for a life after the war.

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Frozen River, this thrilling novel about a daring socialite spy chronicles the true wartime exploits of a woman who deserves to be a household name. "Will fascinate readers of World War II history and thrill fans of fierce, brash, independent...

Paris 1942: Nach der Verhaftung ihres Vaters, eines polnischen Juden, flüchtet die Studentin Eva Abrams in das kleine Bergdorf Le Chambon-sur-Lignon in der unbesetzten Zone. Dort fälscht sie im Auftrag der Résistance Ausweispapiere für jüdische Kinder und lernt so auch den Widerstandskämpfer Rémy kennen. Zusammen fertigen sie "Das Buch der verschollenen Namen" an - verschlüsselte Aufzeichnungen, um die wahre Identität der Kinder für eine Zeit nach dem Krieg zu bewahren. Als jedoch ihre Widerstandszelle verraten wird und Rémy plötzlich verschwindet, bedeutet das Buch für sie beide tödliche Gefahr.

Woman. Wife. Smuggler. Spy . . . A thrilling and heart-wrenching novel inspired by the astonishing real life story of Nancy Wake. Perfect for fans of Suzanne Goldring's MY NAME IS EVA, Kate Quinn's THE ALICE NETWORK and Imogen Kealey's LIBERATION, soon to be a blockbuster movie. 'Lawhon breathes...

Brought to you by Penguin. A TIMES and INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER WINNER OF THE IRISH NOVEL PRIZE SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA FIRST NOVEL AWARD & THE DESMOND ELLIOT PRIZE Soon to be a major BBC film starring Sir Lenny Henry, Malachi Kirby, Monica Dolan, Olivia Williams and Christopher Eccleston...

“Love and betrayal, forgiveness and redemption combine in a heady tale of the ever present past” (Pam Jenoff, New York Times bestselling author) set amid the champagne vineyards of northern France during the darkest days of World War II. Perfect for fans of Kristin Hannah’s The Nightingale...

Throughout the 1940s, forgers helped thousands of children escape Nazi France. In this instant New York Times bestseller, Kristin Harmel reimagines their story... Perfect for readers of The Tattooist of Auschwitz, The Librarian of Auschwitz and The Book Thief. In 1942, Eva is forced to flee...

“A fascinating, heartrending page-turner that, like the real-life forgers who inspired the novel, should never be forgotten.” —Kristina McMorris, New York Times bestselling author of Sold on a Monday Inspired by an astonishing true story from World War II, a young woman with a talent for...

Historia Olga Ławrow, Bohdana Wynnyczenki i ich bliskich to zapis dramatu, jaki przeżywała większość mieszkańców kresowej ziemi. To nie tylko wyjątkowej wartości saga rodzinna, lecz także panoramiczny obraz życia ludzi, którzy musieli zmagać się z dwoma totalitaryzmami – nacjonalistycznym i komunistycznym.

Brought to you by Penguin. The greatest hero of the Second World War ... is a girl you've never heard of. A blazing debut novel based on the unsung true story of Hannie Schaft, a young-woman-turned-Dutch-Resistance-fighter in Nazi-occupied Netherlands. _______ 1940, Amsterdam. You're nineteen...

Bloomsbury presents The Wind Knows My Name by Isabel Allende, read by Maria Liatis and Edoardo Ballerini. THE POWERFUL AND MOVING NEW NOVEL FROM LITERARY LEGEND ISABEL ALLENDE PRAISE FOR THE AUTHOR 'A grand storyteller' – KHALED HOSSEINI 'A new novel by Isabel Allende is always a treat' –...

An extraordinary work of fiction, inspired by historical events--an exquisitely crafted double portrait of a Nazi war criminal and a family savaged by World War II, conjoined by an actual house of horrors they both called home On a street in modern-day Norway, a writer kneels with his son and...

Bloomsbury presents The Girl With No Name by Diney Costeloe, read by Juliette Burton. A heart-wrenching story from the bestselling author of The Throwaway Children. Thirteen-year-old Lisa has escaped from Nazi Germany on the Kindertransport. She arrives in London unable to speak a word of...

Inspired by the incredible true story of Josephine Baker's role in the French Resistance, this is a heart-wrenching, unforgettable tale of the strength of the human spirit in the darkest days of World War II. In the City of Light, one woman will stand against darkness. Paris, 1941. With Nazi...

March 1945—the Nazis have tested their first atomic bomb, the West doesn’t want the world to know—and the Soviets are racing to claim it. Desperate to keep nuclear technology out of Stalin’s hands, the Office of Strategic Services sends Scott Arlington on a one-way mission behind enemy lines. His objective: intercept the Nazi scientists, prevent the Soviets from seizing the German atomic facility, and erase all traces of the program—by any means necessary.

1917. Private Daniel Dawkins fights at Messines Ridge and Passchendaele. He writes home to his true love, Joyce, but reveals little of his extreme bravery, his kindness, his loyalty to his comrades and the horrors they experience on the Western Front. 1920. Captain Peter Harding is tasked with a secret mission to assist in the selection of a body dug up from the battlefields of Flanders to be buried in Westminster Abbey as the 'Unknown Warrior'.

Bloomsbury presents Nothing to My Name by Kangkang Li Kovacs, read by Jen Zhao ‘Lyrical, haunting and profoundly moving, Nothing to My Name is a story of survival, identity and the fragile hope that passes from mother to daughter’ Jean Kwok ‘Nothing to My Name lives honestly in its history...

Set in London during the early years of World War II, Code Name Delilah weaves a cast of fictional characters with very noteworthy historic figures to capture the events of 1939 through 1942, when an international coalition of nations supporting Great Britain began to pull together to defeat the Axis Powers.

Waking up in a rickety hospital bed, the sweet ten-year-old girl with soft blonde hair and flushed cheeks is lucky to be alive. But all she can remember is the screech of the air raid siren. The nurses call her ‘Rosie’, and hope someone will save her. But no one does, and without a family, she is taken to Blakely Orphanage in Scotland under the supervision of the strict Miss Black.