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Auschwitz Lullaby - A Novel (Paperback): Mario Escobar Auschwitz Lullaby - A Novel (Paperback)
Mario Escobar
R149 R137 Discovery Miles 1 370 Save R12 (8%) Ships in 4 - 8 working days

Auschwitz Lullaby brings to life the story of Helene Hannemann—a woman who sacrificed everything for family and fought furiously for the children she hoped to save.

On an otherwise ordinary morning in 1943, Helene Hannemann is preparing her five children for the day when the German police arrive at her home. Helene’s worst fears come true when the police, under strict orders from the SS, demand that her children and husband, all of Romani heritage, be taken into custody. Though Helene is German and safe from the forces invading her home, she refuses to leave her family—sealing her fate in a way she never could have imagined.

After a terrifying trek across the continent, Helene and her family arrive at Auschwitz and are thrown into the chaos of the camp. Her husband, Johann, is separated from them, but Helene remains fiercely protective of her children and those around her. When the powers-that-be discover that Helene is not only a German but also a trained nurse, she is forced into service at the camp hospital, which is overseen by the notorious Dr. Mengele himself.

Helene is under no illusions in terms of Dr. Mengele’s intentions, but she agrees to cooperate when he asks her to organize a day care and school for the Romani children in the camp. Though physically and emotionally brutalized by the conditions at Auschwitz, Helene musters the strength to protect the children in her care at any cost. Through sheer force of will, Helene provides a haven for the children of Auschwitz—an act of kindness and selflessness so great that it illuminates the darkest night of human history.

Based on a true story, Mario Escobar’s Auschwitz Lullaby demonstrates the power of sacrifice and the strength of human dignity—even when all hope seems lost.

Cilka's Journey (Paperback): Heather Morris Cilka's Journey (Paperback)
Heather Morris 4
R431 R397 Discovery Miles 3 970 Save R34 (8%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

The sequel to the International Number One Bestseller The Tattooist Of Auschwitz, based on a true story of love and resilience.

Cilka is just sixteen years old when she is taken to Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration Camp, in 1942. The Commandant at Birkenau, Schwarzhuber, notices her long beautiful hair, and forces her separation from the other women prisoners. Cilka learns quickly that power, even unwillingly given, equals survival.

In a Siberian prison camp, Cilka faces challenges both new and horribly familiar, including the unwanted attention of the guards. But when she makes an impression on a woman doctor, Cilka is taken under her wing and taught new skills. Cilka begins to tend to the ill in the camp, struggling to care for them under brutal conditions.

Cilka finds endless resources within herself as she daily confronts death and faces terror. And when she nurses a man called Ivan, Cilka finds that despite everything that has happened to her, there is room in her heart for love.

Flying Angels (Paperback): Danielle Steel Flying Angels (Paperback)
Danielle Steel
R413 Discovery Miles 4 130 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

World War II brings together six remarkable young flight nurses, who face the challenges of war and its many heartbreaks and victories as unsung heroes, in this inspiring novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Danielle Steel.

Audrey Parker’s life changes forever when Pearl Harbor is attacked on December 7, 1941. Her brother, a talented young Navy pilot, had been stationed there, poised to fulfill their late father’s distinguished legacy. Fresh out of nursing school with a passion and a born gift for helping others, both Audrey and her friend Lizzie suddenly find their nation on the brink of war. Driven to do whatever they can to serve, they enlist in the Army and embark on a new adventure as flight nurses.

Risking their lives on perilous missions, they join the elite Medical Air Evacuation Transport Squadron and fly into enemy territory almost daily to rescue wounded soldiers from the battlefield. Audrey and Lizzie make enormous sacrifices to save lives alongside an extraordinary group of nurses: Alex, who longs to make a difference in the world; Louise, a bright mind who faced racial prejudice growing up in the South; Pru, a selfless leader with a heart of gold; and Emma, whose confidence and grit push her to put everything on the line for her patients.

Even knowing they will not achieve any rank and will receive little pay for their efforts, the “Flying Angels” will give their all in the fight for freedom. They serve as bravely and tirelessly as the men they rescue on the front lines, in daring airlifts, and are eternally bound by their loyalty to one another. Danielle Steel presents a sweeping, stunning tribute to these incredibly courageous women, inspiring symbols of bravery and valor.

The Jane Austen Society (Paperback): Natalie Jenner The Jane Austen Society (Paperback)
Natalie Jenner
R429 R403 Discovery Miles 4 030 Save R26 (6%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Passenger (Paperback): Ulrich Alexander Boschwitz The Passenger (Paperback)
Ulrich Alexander Boschwitz; Introduction by Andre Aciman
R248 Discovery Miles 2 480 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

BERLIN, NOVEMBER 1938. With storm troopers battering against his door, Otto Silbermann must flee out the back of his own home. He emerges onto streets thrumming with violence: it is Kristallnacht, and synagogues are being burnt, Jews rounded up and their businesses destroyed. Turned away from establishments he had long patronised, betrayed by friends and colleagues, Otto finds his life as a respected businessman has dissolved overnight. Desperately trying to conceal his Jewish identity, he takes train after train across Germany in a race to escape this homeland that is no longer home. Twenty-three-year-old Ulrich Alexander Boschwitz wrote The Passenger at breakneck speed in 1938, fresh in the wake of the Kristallnacht pogroms, and his prose flies at the same pace. Shot through with Hitckcockian tension, The Passenger is a blisteringly immediate story of flight and survival in Nazi Germany.

The Nightingale (Paperback, New Edition): Kristin Hannah The Nightingale (Paperback, New Edition)
Kristin Hannah 1
R285 R258 Discovery Miles 2 580 Save R27 (9%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

The New York Times number one bestselling title.

Bravery, courage, fear and love in a time of war.

Despite their differences, sisters Viann and Isabelle have always been close. Younger, bolder Isabelle lives in Paris while Viann is content with life in the French countryside with her husband Antoine and their daughter. But when the Second World War strikes, Antoine is sent off to fight and Viann finds herself isolated so Isabelle is sent by their father to help her.

As the war progresses, the sisters' relationship and strength is tested. With life changing in unbelievably horrific ways, Viann and Isabelle will find themselves facing frightening situations and responding in ways they never thought possible as bravery and resistance take different forms in each of their actions.

Vivid and exquisite in its illumination of a time and place that was filled with atrocities, but also humanity and strength, Kristin Hannah's The Nightingale will provoke thought and discussion that will have readers talking long after they finish reading.

Letters Across the Sea (Paperback, Export ed.): Genevieve Graham Letters Across the Sea (Paperback, Export ed.)
Genevieve Graham
R532 Discovery Miles 5 320 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Lightness Of Air (Paperback): Angela Rothbart The Lightness Of Air (Paperback)
Angela Rothbart
R275 R254 Discovery Miles 2 540 Save R21 (8%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

In 1920, after leaving their home in Russia, the brothers Samuel and Isaac Harris arrive on the shores of America. They each carry a battered brown suitcase containing their only possessions. The following year, Yetta, Samuel's bride, follows him, bringing with her his mother's silver candlesticks.

In 1945, Helena Jablonski, having survived the ravages of war in Europe and the loss of her family, sets out on a courageous journey to reach Palestine. She is joined by Sofia, her childhood friend, whom she meets up with after she's liberated. Drawn into a world she could not have imagined in the dark days of her internment in the concentration camps, Helena meets the motherly Rachel, with whom she forms an instant and lasting bond, and Max Harris, the young American volunteer who will define her destiny.

As past and present collide, new friendships are formed and characters reappear who will bring her face to face with the hard truth of forgiveness and the transformative power of love.

Helena's extraordinary journey takes her from Poland to Paris, New York to the Middle East, and to the winelands of Paarl in South Africa. She will linger in your memory long after you have turned the last page.

The Teacher Of Warsaw (Paperback): Mario Escobar The Teacher Of Warsaw (Paperback)
Mario Escobar
R149 R137 Discovery Miles 1 370 Save R12 (8%) Ships in 4 - 8 working days

For fans of The Warsaw Orphan and The Tattooist of Auschwitz: the start of WWII changed everything in Poland irrevocably—except for one man’s capacity to love.

September 1, 1939. Sixty-year-old Janusz Korczak and the students and teachers at his Dom Sierot Jewish orphanage are outside enjoying a beautiful day in Warsaw. Hours later, their lives are altered forever when the Nazis invade. Suddenly treated as an outcast in his own city, Janusz—a respected leader known for his heroism and teaching—is determined to do whatever it takes to protect the children from the horrors to come.

When over four hundred thousand Jewish people are rounded up and forced to live in the 1.3-square-mile walled compound of the Warsaw ghetto, Janusz and his friends take drastic measures to shield the children from disease and starvation. With dignity and courage, the teachers and students of Dom Sierot create their own tiny army of love and bravely prepare to march toward the future—whatever it may hold.

Unforgettable, devastating, and inspired by a real-life hero of the Holocaust, The Teacher of Warsaw reminds the world that one single person can incite meaning, hope, and love.

The Librarian Of Saint-Malo (Paperback, ITPE Edition): Mario Escobar The Librarian Of Saint-Malo (Paperback, ITPE Edition)
Mario Escobar
R149 R137 Discovery Miles 1 370 Save R12 (8%) Ships in 4 - 8 working days

Through letters with a famous author, one French librarian tells her love story and describes the brutal Nazi occupation of her small coastal village.

Saint-Malo, France: August 1938. Jocelyn and Antoine are childhood sweethearts, but just after they marry and are hoping for a child, Antoine is called up to fight against Germany. As the war rages, Jocelyn focuses on comforting and encouraging the local population by recommending books from her beloved library in Saint-Malo. She herself finds hope in her letters to a famous author.

After the French capitulation, the Nazis occupy the town and turn it into a fortress to control the north of French Brittany. Residents try passive resistance, but the German commander ruthlessly purges part of the city's libraries to destroy any potentially subversive writings. At great risk to herself, Jocelyn manages to hide some of the books while waiting to receive news from Antoine, who has been taken to a German prison camp.

What unfolds in her letters is Jocelyn’s description of her mission: to protect the people of Saint-Malo and the books they hold so dear. With prose both sweeping and romantic, Mario Escobar brings to life the occupied city and re-creates the history of those who sacrificed all to care for the people they loved.

The Mitford Affair (Hardcover): Marie Benedict The Mitford Affair (Hardcover)
Marie Benedict
R738 R665 Discovery Miles 6 650 Save R73 (10%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
December '41 - A World War II Thriller (Paperback): William Martin December '41 - A World War II Thriller (Paperback)
William Martin
R527 R497 Discovery Miles 4 970 Save R30 (6%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Flying Angels (Paperback): Danielle Steel Flying Angels (Paperback)
Danielle Steel
R250 R227 Discovery Miles 2 270 Save R23 (9%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

Flying Angels is a compelling and inspirational story of women of courage in the Second World War, by the world's number one bestselling author, Danielle Steel. It is 1941 and the devastating loss of life following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor leaves best friends Audrey and Lizzie distraught and bereft as they lose someone they both love deeply. As they come to terms with their grief, their resolve to play a worthwhile role towards the war effort is strengthened. As trained nurses they volunteer for the army medivac corps and are sent to England, where they join a team who fly on dangerous missions to the Front to bring back wounded soldiers. Audrey, Lizzie and their fellow medics and pilots will suffer the tragedies of war and experience loss and suffering. They will come to understand the importance of friendship, respect, bravery and being true to yourself. But, once the war is over, can they learn one of the hardest lessons of all: the ability to love again?

The Sea Gate (Paperback, Export ed.): Jane Johnson The Sea Gate (Paperback, Export ed.)
Jane Johnson
R485 Discovery Miles 4 850 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Book of Lost Names (Paperback): Kristin Harmel The Book of Lost Names (Paperback)
Kristin Harmel
R478 R420 Discovery Miles 4 200 Save R58 (12%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Passenger (Paperback): Ulrich Alexander Boschwitz The Passenger (Paperback)
Ulrich Alexander Boschwitz; Translated by Philip Boehm; Introduction by Andre Aciman
R419 R391 Discovery Miles 3 910 Save R28 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Summer of No Surrender (Paperback): Richard Townshend Bickers Summer of No Surrender (Paperback)
Richard Townshend Bickers
R442 Discovery Miles 4 420 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Action packed thriller for fans of Jack Higgins and Alistair MacLean.

The Oosterbeek Affair (Paperback): Geof Willis The Oosterbeek Affair (Paperback)
Geof Willis
R454 Discovery Miles 4 540 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Daniel Godwin is determined to join the British Army to fight against the Nazi scourge. His impetuousness leads him to having a brief affair with the wife of a good friend and mentor who ran the local cadet force. She bears a child. Initially guilt ridden he marries her after hearing of his friend's death in northern France. Another child is born. Having served in Palestine, luckily surviving at Dunkerque and returning safely from North Africa he joins the 1st Airborne battalion whose mission was to take the bridge at Arnhem. Shortly before leaving England he receives a letter which shocks him to the core. He became adamant he would not return home and was taken prisoner in Oosterbeek. In the meantime, back in the city of Bath, Robbie Goode, along with some old acquaintances, unravels the mystery of a series of murders. Stella, Daniel Godwin's wife is implicated, but why?

Piers's Cadetship; 6th Novel of the Warranted Land Sage (Paperback): J.N. Cleeve Piers's Cadetship; 6th Novel of the Warranted Land Sage (Paperback)
J.N. Cleeve
R422 Discovery Miles 4 220 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
The Stolen Lady - A Novel of World War II and the Mona Lisa (Large print, Paperback, Large type / large print edition): Laura... The Stolen Lady - A Novel of World War II and the Mona Lisa (Large print, Paperback, Large type / large print edition)
Laura Morelli
R594 R554 Discovery Miles 5 540 Save R40 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Eli's Promise - A Novel (Paperback): Ronald H. Balson Eli's Promise - A Novel (Paperback)
Ronald H. Balson
R457 R430 Discovery Miles 4 300 Save R27 (6%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

National Jewish Book Award winner Ron Balson returns triumphantly with Eli's Promise, a captivating saga of the Holocaust and its aftermath spanning decades and continents. Readers will not be able to put this book down, but will turn the pages compulsively with heart in throat, eager to learn the fate of the Rosen family. Balson's meticulous historical detail, vivid prose and unforgettable characters further solidify his place among the most esteemed writers of historical fiction today. --Pam Jenoff, New York Times Bestselling Author of The Lost Girls of Paris A fixer in a Polish town during World War II, his betrayal of a Jewish family, and a search for justice 25 years later--by the winner of the National Jewish Book Award. Eli's Promise is a masterful work of historical fiction spanning three eras--Nazi-occupied Poland, the American Zone of post-war Germany, and Chicago at the height of the Vietnam War. Award-winning author Ronald H. Balson explores the human cost of war, the mixed blessings of survival, and the enduring strength of family bonds. 1939: Eli Rosen lives with his wife Esther and their young son in the Polish town of Lublin, where his family owns a construction company. As a consequence of the Nazi occupation, Eli's company is Aryanized, appropriated and transferred to Maximilian Poleski--an unprincipled profiteer who peddles favors to Lublin's subjugated residents. An uneasy alliance is formed; Poleski will keep the Rosen family safe if Eli will manage the business. Will Poleski honor his promise or will their relationship end in betrayal and tragedy? 1946: Eli resides with his son in a displaced persons camp in Allied-occupied Germany hoping for a visa to America. His wife has been missing since the war. One man is sneaking around the camps selling illegal visas; might he know what has happened to her? 1965: Eli rents a room in Albany Park, Chicago. He is on a mission. With patience, cunning, and relentless focus, he navigates unfamiliar streets and dangerous political backrooms, searching for the truth. Powerful and emotional, Ronald H. Balson's Eli's Promise is a rich, rewarding novel of World War II and a husband's quest for justice.

The Final Solution (Paperback): The Final Solution (Paperback)
R458 Discovery Miles 4 580 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Checkmate to Murder - A Second World War Mystery (Paperback): E.C.R. Lorac Checkmate to Murder - A Second World War Mystery (Paperback)
E.C.R. Lorac; Introduction by Martin Edwards
R291 R264 Discovery Miles 2 640 Save R27 (9%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

On a dismally foggy night in Hampstead, London, a curious party has gathered in an artist's studio to weather the wartime blackout. A civil servant and a government scientist are matching wits in a game of chess, while an artist paints the portrait of his characterful sitter, bedecked in Cardinal's robes at the other end of the room. In the kitchen, the artist's sister is hosting the charlady of the miser next door. When the brutal murder of said miser is discovered by his Canadian infantryman nephew, it's not long before Inspector Macdonald of Scotland Yard is at the scene, faced with perplexing alibis and with the fate of the young soldier in his hands.

Think of Me (Paperback): Frances Liardet Think of Me (Paperback)
Frances Liardet
R440 R416 Discovery Miles 4 160 Save R24 (5%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Keeper of Happy Endings (Paperback): Barbara Davis The Keeper of Happy Endings (Paperback)
Barbara Davis
R279 R239 Discovery Miles 2 390 Save R40 (14%) In Stock

An enchanting novel about fate, second chances, and hope, lost and found, by the Amazon Charts bestselling author of The Last of the Moon Girls. Soline Roussel is well schooled in the business of happy endings. For generations her family has kept an exclusive bridal salon in Paris, where magic is worked with needle and thread. It's said that the bride who wears a Roussel gown is guaranteed a lifetime of joy. But devastating losses during World War II leave Soline's world and heart in ruins and her faith in love shaken. She boxes up her memories, stowing them away, along with her broken dreams, determined to forget. Decades later, while coping with her own tragic loss, aspiring gallery owner Rory Grant leases Soline's old property and discovers a box containing letters and a vintage wedding dress, never worn. When Rory returns the mementos, an unlikely friendship develops, and eerie parallels in Rory's and Soline's lives begin to surface. It's clear that they were destined to meet-and that Rory may hold the key to righting a forty-year wrong and opening the door to shared healing and, perhaps, a little magic.

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