Résultats pour "Angels" dans 20e siècle

PULITZER PRIZE WINNER NEW YORK TIMES TOP TEN BOOKS OF THE YEAR USA TODAY BESTSELLER The critically acclaimed author of the “crazily enjoyable” (The New York Times) Whalefall returns with an immersive, cinematic novel about five World War I soldiers who stumble upon a fallen angel that...

Wiesbaden, 1945. La joven Hilde apenas puede creer su suerte: la guerra ha terminado y el Café del Ángel se ha salvado milagrosamente. Hilde sueña con volver a convertir el negocio familiar en el glamouroso lugar que reunía a artistas y personalidades de la ciudad.

Enter the world of the rich, charismatic Lytton family and their powerful publishing empire in this passionate family saga that spans from the Edwardian era to World War I and the excesses of the glamorous 1920s. Enter the world of Celia Lytton, a woman who is used to getting her way. Celia makes difficult and often dangerous decisions that affect not only herself, her husband Oliver, and their children, but others.

Sisters Anna and Jennifer Nightingale are recruits in the top-secret Siren Squadron: a group of women trained in the RAF to fight against the enemy. The Sirens are tasked with flying a series of night stealth missions as part of Operation Scorpion. The first mission is successful, and on returning to base they are told that new members will be joining their ranks.

Inspired by true events, blending white–knuckle suspense with wartime romance, a woman who would become known as the female Schindler risks everything to smuggle children out of the ghetto and away from the grasp of the Gestapo . . . Warsaw, 1939. The Nazi invasion shatters the city, as Nazi...

Hiding out at a monastery outside Hallein, Sarah and Monika wait for Viertel and two other agents to return to Austria to investigate the rumored redoubt in the Alps—a network of underground bunkers and factories where the Nazi hierarchy plans to retreat when the Allies invade Germany. After being denounced by an informant and surrounded in a mountain farmhouse, Viertel and his companions must decide whether to try to escape or die with the top-secret information they hold.

Don't miss this brand-new WWII historical novel, perfect for fans of Anna Stuart and Daisy Wood. The Philippines, 1941. Rose Williams arrives in Manila on her first assignment as a US Army nurse, enthralled by the new environment and its promise of adventure. Although worlds away from the land...

Don't miss this heart-stopping drama from the nation's favourite storyteller! Will the sleeping shadows of a family’s past torment a new generation? Twenty years ago, an unspeakable crime tore Jack’s family apart. An evil that consumed his mother and ripped him away from everything and...

After losing her husband, Bradley, in the Titanic disaster, Florence Cumings' heartache is far from over. Her teenage son, Wells, is killed in the WWI battle of Belleau Wood while defending France with the Allies. Two decades later, her second husband, Chess, dies of influenza shortly before her eldest son, Jack, succumbs to the effects of injuries sustained in the Great War. Now, in the midst of WWII, Florence lives alone in New York City until her granddaughter Eva comes to stay with her.

Inspired by the indomitable spirit of Audrey Hepburn, this gripping story follows two extraordinary sisters as they reunite after World War II, embarking on a journey of justice, survival, and secrets amid the backdrop of the Red Scare in Hollywood. A new name, a new country, and a coveted title...

"Absolutely riveting. A stay-up-all night read about two very different women who discover just how strong they can be—and just how much they'll dare—during the brutal Japanese occupation of the Philippines in World War II. This story of endurance and sisterhood will have you turning pages...

Nazi-occupied Vienna, 1940. As bombs fall over Europe, Hannah Stern is a 27-year-old nurse who is just trying to survive. When she takes a position at Vienna’s esteemed psychiatric hospital, Am Steinhof, she thinks it will take her away from the danger. Her estranged half-brother has arranged the job for her on the condition that she must take his son, Willi, there too. He insists it’s a place where Willi will be safe. And Hannah soon forms a close bond with the sweet, fragile child in her care.

In this extraordinary novel, a forty-year-old woman journeys to her cultural homeland—and uncovers a harrowing secret that makes her rethink everything she thought she knew about her mother. "An unforgettable story about mothers, daughters, and sisters reaching inward for solace and strength...

Born in Pasadena, California, Rob Hirsch has been raised with the Midwestern values of his Iowa-born parents. He grows up as a well-liked, though somewhat shy child, who dreams of one day becoming a pilot. With the advent of World War II, he eventually becomes the captain of a B-17 bomber. He finds love in a small, rural English village, yet death and destruction are ever-present. It is in the skies over Europe that the horrors of war begin a relentless invasion of Hirsch’s psyche, as his mind battles with the reality of a world that suddenly makes no sense.

The small town of Morgan Hill, Tennessee, is turned upside down in 1947 when the Turners become the only black family ever to move into the area. Nine-year-old Jane Gable first lays eyes on young Milo Turner the day that her trouble-making, alcoholic father is buried in the Morgan Falls cemetery...

The Palazzo Colombina is home to the Uccello family: three generations of men, trapped together in the dusty palace on Venice's Grand Canal. Awkward 15-year-old Nico. His distant, business-focused father. And his beloved grandfather, Paolo. Paolo is dying. But before he passes, he has secrets he's waited his whole life to share. 

1938. Dr. Ho Fengshan, consul general of China, is posted in Vienna with his American wife, Grace. Shy and ill at ease with the societal obligations of diplomats’ wives, Grace is an outsider in a city beginning to feel the sweep of the Nazi dragnet. When Grace forms a friendship with her Jewish tutor, Lola Schnitzler, Dr. Ho requests that Grace keep her distance. His instructions are to maintain amicable relations with the Third Reich, and he and Grace are already under their vigilant eye.

Vor der einzigartigen Kulisse Venedigs erzählt David Hewson eine mitreißende Geschichte von Widerstand, Liebe und Zivilcourage. Als der fünfzehnjährige Nico Uccello seinen Großvater Paolo im Krankenhaus besucht, vertraut ihm der todkranke Mann ein Manuskript an, das Nicos Leben und seinen...

1915, Chrisp Street Market, East London. While the man she loves is fighting on the frontline for his country, Lily Larkin is up at dawn carrying crates of apples to his market stall. Taking charge of Greg's business while he's away, she's grown from a penniless workhouse orphan into a shrewd tradeswoman. But the market is a man's world, and Lily soon starts attracting unwanted visitors, including Greg's old rival.

Spiritual beings populate the stories of Scripture. Angels singing. Demons infecting. Heavenly hosts fighting . . . Ignore the armies of God and Satan and you ignore the heart of Scripture. Ever since the snake tempted Eve in Eden, we've known: there is more to this world than meets the eye. In...