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France, 1940. Nazi forces march towards Paris. Lili Rosenswig's
wealthy and eccentric family is ensconced in their country chateau
with their sumptuous collection of arts and antiques. The beloved
Matisse portrait of Lili's mother has been brought from their Paris
salon for safety. It is the day before young lovers Lili and Paul
are to be married that they are forced to flee and their fortunes
change irrevocably. Lili and her family escape but Paul must stay
behind to defend his country. In their struggle to adapt to
changing circumstances in an unpredictable world, all are pushed to
reinvent themselves. When top Nazi Herman Goring loots their
Matisse portrait, their story is intertwined with the fate of the
painting. PORTRAIT OF A WOMAN IN WHITE is a moving family saga, an
obsessive search for lost love and lost art and how far we will go
to survive.
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Prisoner
(Hardcover)
Anna Nemzer; Translated by Ronan Quinn
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R732
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Discovery Miles 6 460
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In the port of Pireaus, Greece, the early summer rains stopped
and the clouds cleared away. The sun, slowly gliding onto the sea,
cast its last rays on the German fleet. After the night patrols ran
past and the sound of jackboots faded, Petros Zervas, the young
resistance fighter, ran down the hill and, for the first time in
years, saw Lela Lellos.
Eleven years had passed since the thirty-year-old Lela
contributed to the delinquency of fourteen-year-old Petros, taking
his virginity and transforming him into a man. He then disappeared,
leaving Lela with nothing but her memory and his name tattooed on
her stomach. She had no idea that Petros has turned out to be a
successful young man.
What she does not know is that he has also become a wanted man-
pursued by the Germans whom he is fighting in Pireaus. But one man
has seen Petros and believes he can rescue a religious icon held
captive by German chaplains who will never appreciate its power or
understand its beauty. Only Petros can perform a miracle for old
Spyros Kanares; if he fails, though, both will surely end up in
front of a firing squad.
This compelling tale of heroism, based on true events,
culminates in an unforgettable attack on the German fleet anchored
in the port of Piraeus, as a powerful love story is tested in the
crucible of war.
A handsome new edition of Sir Walter Scott's classic.
An extraordinary love story and a captivating novel about the power of memory and imagination.
Flanders 1922. After serving as a soldier in the Great War, Noon Merckem has lost his memory and lives in a psychiatric asylum. Countless women, responding to a newspaper ad, visit him there in the hope of finding their spouse who vanished in battle. One day a woman, Julienne, appears and recognises Noon as her husband, the photographer Amand Coppens, and takes him home against medical advice. But their miraculous reunion doesn’t turn out the way that Julienne wants her envious friends to believe. Only gradually do the two grow close, and Amand’s biography is pieced together on the basis of Julienne’s stories about him. But how can he be certain that she’s telling the truth?
In The Remembered Soldier, Anjet Daanje immerses us in the psyche of a war-traumatised man who has lost his identity. When Amand comes to doubt Julienne’s word, the reader is caught up in a riveting spiral of confusion that only the greatest works of literature can achieve.
The End-No it isn't During the fall of 1969 Daniel Dyer stands
alone at a still point between the disappointments of his childhood
and an incredibly uncertain future. He is a boy from Yorkshire,
living in America who has been abandoned by his father and then his
mother and has signed up to fi ght with the US army in Vietnam. The
Far Out Cafe is full of characters and events: a blues singer, a
Cuban called Guerrero and another called Compay, with his head full
of conspiracy theories, 'Birdmen, ' a chapel dating back to the 2nd
century, an isolated island, a pack of marauding sharks; one of
mythical proportions, a psychotic Soviet called the Generali, a
barbaric guard called Rusanov and his syphilitic assistant, Yefrem.
This is not merely a story about the atrocities of war. It's a
story about who Daniel meets when he has been left for dead; a boy
called Angel and a girl called Beth. It's about the way we live our
lives and what happens when we place our Faith in God when things
go horribly wrong. It's a savage yet tenderly lyrical story about
an unforgiving time and indestructible love. 'I sat down, cleared
my mind, and 'The Far Out Cafe' blew it apart. It's a really great
story and it's told in such a surreal way, it messes with your head
so much, delightfully so, but what really caught me is the sense of
magic and mysticism that is woven into the story. A huge story that
has roots in an even greater and deeper meaning. The spiritual
clashed against the brutality of men is incredibly powerful. Good
to fi nally be challenged by a modern book that gives the mind a
great workout. In fi lm terms, very Stanley Kubrick' - David
Popescu - Hooligan Filmworks, Canada
Kim Jon Il holds an iron grip over North Korea, and the world can
only wonder what the secretive leader is doing within his borders.
The deputy director of the CIA, Bob Wells, intends to discover
the truth. He knows that if he doesn't, the world could see an
attack similar to 9/11, or even worse. With the country's security
at stake, and confidence in the intelligence agency shaken, he
can't allow such a disaster.
The only person qualified to find out what the North Koreans are
doing is Dr. Jon London, but the former operative turned his back
on clandestine assignments two years ago. Now, he shares a quiet
life as a university professor with the love of his life, Dr. Kim
Lake, who knows nothing about his connection to the CIA.
Suddenly, London finds himself enmeshed in a life he thought
he'd left behind. He'll journey all over the world and enter a land
that hardly anyone knows anything about in his efforts to thwart
disaster in Broken Border.
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