Résultats pour "Little Wars" dans 20e siècle

What if you could live again and again, until you got it right? On a cold and snowy night in 1910, Ursula Todd is born to an English banker and his wife. She dies before she can draw her first breath. On that same cold and snowy night, Ursula Todd is born, lets out a lusty wail, and embarks upon...

An uplifting and inspiring novel based on the true story of a librarian who created an underground shelter during World War II, perfect for readers of The Paris Library or The Last Bookshop in London. London, 1944: Clara Button is no ordinary librarian. While war ravages the city above her...

A haunting historical novel about a young Austrian doctor who serves in a makeshift hospital during World War I, where he confronts the horrors of war, the fragility of the human mind, and the complicated nature of love and healing, from the award-winning author of North Woods and The Piano...

A dramatic story of WWII espionage, betrayal, and loyalty, by the #1 bestselling author of Life After Life. "Exhilirating ... another triumph for Atkinson ... suspenseful, moving, insightful, and original." —San Francisco Chronicle In 1940, eighteen-year old Juliet Armstrong is reluctantly...

Brought to you by Penguin. Books can change lives, even in wartime. . . When World War II breaks out, Carrie Anderson sets up a bookstall at her local train station in the hope of providing a sense of escapism for travellers, troops and evacuees. Driven by an entrepreneurial spirit and armed...

Jeeves and Wooster return in a new espionage caper full of japes, high jinks, and jiggery-pokery in a series that is “impossible to read without grinning idiotically” (Evening Standard). The Drones club’s in peril. Gussie’s in love. Spode’s on the war path. Oh, and His Majesty’s...

Brought to you by Penguin. New stories are being written at The Little Penguin Bookshop… Carrie Anderson’s business selling books at her local train station is thriving and, with her beloved Mike returned from war, everything feels as though it is falling into place. That is, until Mike is...

A dramatic re-imagination of the final months of World War II, Hannah's War is an unforgettable love story about an exceptional woman and the dangerous power of her greatest discovery. "Mesmerizing" —Kate Quinn, author of The Alice Network​ Berlin, 1938. Groundbreaking physicist Dr. Hannah...

THE THIRD NOVEL IN THE HEART-WARMING SAGA SERIES BY MAGGIE MASON - MEET THE HALFPENNY GIRLS. . . Don't miss Maggie Mason's brand-new saga series, The Fortune Tellers, available to pre-order now! 'In the grand tradition of sagas set down by the late and great Catherine Cookson ' Jean Fullerton on...