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Inspired by true events, The Wartime Book Club is an unforgettable story of everyday bravery and resistance, full of romance, drama, and camaraderie and a tribute to the joy of reading and the power of books in our darkest hour. The Isle of Jersey was once a warm and neighborly community, but in...

One of the oldest living Holocaust survivors recounts her familys imprisonment at Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen in this moving memoir of love, loss, courage, and hope. "A deeply moving memoir, beautifully written and researched." Lucy Adlington, New York Times bestselling author of The Dressmakers...

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...

The Secret Society of Librarians is a heartbreaking yet heartwarming wartime library-set novel, inspired by real people, real stories, and extensive research. “A lively, engaging, fascinating story of women united by courage, care and a belief in the power of books. It is a love song to...

Londres, 1944. Clara Button no es una bibliotecaria cualquiera. Mientras el mundo sigue en guerra, en el este de Londres, Clara ha creado la única biblioteca subterránea del país, construida sobre las vías de la estación de metro en desuso de Bethnal Green. Allí abajo prospera una comunidad secreta con miles de literas, una guardería, una cafetería y un teatro que ofrecen refugio, calidez y distracción frente a las bombas que caen en el exterior.

Welcome to my library of interviews...Librarians, bestselling authors and our wartime generation sharing their love of books, reading and some extraordinary stories . #Hidden History #Forgotten women #Bibliotherapy #LibrariesINTRODUCTIONWelcome to From the Library With Love. A podcast for anyone whose life has been changed by reading. I’m Kate Thompson. Wonderful, transformative things happen when you set foot in a library. In 2019 I uncovered the true story of a forgotten Underground library, built along the tracks of a Tube tunnel during the Blitz. As stories go, it was irresistible and ...

*BASED ON A TRUE STORY, CONTAINS 50+ PAGES OF EXTRA CONTENT ON THE REAL PEOPLE THE BOOK IS INSPIRED BY* Jersey, 1943. When the German Army invades the tranquil island, librarian Grace La Motée is determined to keep her services running. Ordered to destroy books which threaten the Nazi regime...

How would your life be different if Jesus came to your house every single day? Many people believe in God, but struggle to get personal with Jesus when they leave church. Between Sundays gives real-life experiences from my childhood of authentic, lived-out faith.

Many Christians will go to church every week, but most of your life is lived Between Sundays. Your hosts, Nate and Kate Thompson share ideas on life, faith, relationships and more – all from the perspective of an ordinary Christian couple. Learn more about Nate and Kate and how they hope this podcast will bring value to your everyday life. The Between Sundays podcast is a part of the HopeFM Podcast Network.

Nach einer wahren Geschichte: eine Hommage an Bücher, Bibliotheken und die Kraft der Hoffnung. Der historische Roman "Die Bibliothek der Hoffnung" erzählt die Geschichte der U-Bahn-Station Bethnal Green in London, die während des 2. Weltkriegs für 5.000 Menschen zu einer Art Zuhause wurde. London, 1944: In der stillgelegten U-Bahn-Station Bethnal Green suchen die Londoner Schutz vor den Fliegerbomben. Hier haben sie sich eine Art neues Leben aufgebaut, es gibt sogar ein Theater, einen Kindergarten – und eine kleine Bibliothek.

Food & Chemicals Unpacked is your go-to podcast for hot topics impacting the food and chemical industry. Join our hosts, Keller and Heckman Partners Mark Thompson and Katie Skaggs, as they provide a bird’s eye view of the emerging legal and scientific issues surrounding the food, chemical, packaging, and related consumer product industries in an easily digestible and accessible format. Food & Chemicals Unpacked provides clear and concise updates on legislative developments, new regulations, and other non-governmental initiatives that impact these industries. Each episode will present ...

This is I Shaved My Vag For This with Katie Thompson: a podcast and variety show covering the important and unspoken in women's health and science. Joined by leading physicians, clinicians and researchers, Katie tackles the silent (but often shared) truths that exist between women— left unsaid, leaves us sick, misinformed and isolated one another. SMV is the place to find real science, real knowledge, and real power. Join us as we take control over our health, and find humor in the “in-between.” This is I Shaved My Vag For This.

London, 1944. Clara Button is no ordinary librarian. While the world remains at war, in East London Clara has created the country's only underground library, built over the railway tracks in the disused Bethnal Green tube station. Down here a whole community thrives: with hundreds of bunk beds...

A new series from bestselling author Kate Thompson. 'Kate Thompson's wartime novels always strike a chord and Secrets of the Homefront Girls is no exception. You can almost smell the Yardley violets drifting over the factory as the girls live lives complicated by the trials and tribulations of...

The East End streets are grimy and brutal, but in one corner of Bethnal Green it’s forever Hollywood. Stella and Winnie work in Herbie's studio; their best friend Kitty works next door as an apprentice dressmaker. All life passes through the studio, wishing to capture that perfect moment in...

In 1940s London, each cobbled street is strewn with ghosts of soldiers past. And for the women, their battles are on the home front. Flossy is embraced by the colourful mix of characters working at Trout's, who have turned their sewing expertise to war work. Dolly Doolaney, darling of the East...

1942. Sixteen-year-old Poppy Percival turns up at Trout's clothing factory to start work as a seamstress. Poppy harbours a secret - one from which she is still suffering. But she's not the only one with a secret. Each of her new friends at the factory is hiding something painful. The war will throw their lives into turmoil but also bring these women closer to each other than they could ever have imagined.

It's more money than the street urchin has ever dreamt of. But who is the rider, and why is there so much interest in his big black horse? And will the boy ever see the money he has been promised? There's highway robbery in the air, but it isn't entirely clear just who is trying to rob who.

With her 15th birthday imminent, Tess is running out of time. She must decide who, or what, she will become when she makes the final Switch of her life. To make the impossible decision even worse, she finds herself bundled off to relatives in the country, miles from home, her parents and, most importantly, Kevin. What on earth will she do in the wild woods? And what will the wild woods do to her?

J J Liddy sometimes blames his unreliable temperament on the visit he made to Tir na nOg, the land of eternal youth, when he was 15 years old. It's perhaps not surprising that his children have also turned out to be a little eccentric, especially eleven-year-old Jenny. She forgets to go to school, can't bear to wear shoes, and spends entire days roaming the mountainside.