A tragic love triangle set in a forgotten place during an invisible war. Inspired by true events, Underground tells the story of a troubled romance between Lukas and Elena, two members of the underground Lithuanian resistance movement...
Nineteen forties
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Auteur:Sileika, AntanasSommaire: -
Auteur:Johnson, Alaya DawnSommaire:"Narrators Shayna Small and Neil Shah transport listeners to 1940s New York in this dark fantasy set against a backdrop of racial tension and brewing war...Both narrators also excel at a range of accents, making this audiobook a fully...
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Auteur:Trigiani, AdrianaSommaire:Set in the lush Big Band era of the 1940s and World War II, this spellbinding saga from beloved New York Times bestselling author Adriana Trigiani tells the story of two talented working class kids who marry and become a successful...
- Auteur:Quinn, KateSommaire:
"The reigning queen of historical fiction" - Fiona Davis, New York Times bestselling author of The Lions of Fifth Avenu e The New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of The Huntress and The Alice Network returns with another...
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Auteur:Sherman, GiselaSommaire:Six girls just out of high school live together during the summer of 1943 on a farm as part of the Farm Services - doing the work of the men who are off fighting the war in Europe. We follow the stories of Helene, who sends her wages...
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Auteur:Maruno, JenniferSommaire:This special bundle contains both of Jennifer Maruno's Cherry Blossom novels about the internment of Japanese-Canadians, viewed through the eyes of 9-year-old Michiko Minagawa. Michiko bids her father goodbye before her birthday...
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Auteur:Chiara, PieroSommaire:Summer 1946. World War Two has just come to an end and there's a yearning for renewal. A man in his thirties is sailing on Lake Maggiore in northern Italy, hoping to put off the inevitable return to work. Dropping anchor in a small,...
- Auteur:Palmer, AlSommaire:
One of the earliest Canadian noir novels, Sugar-Puss on Dorchester Street tells the story of Gisele Lepine, beautiful farmer’s daughter who leaves her sleepy faming community for the neon lights of Montreal. In the fast-paced city,...
- Auteur:Spotswood, StephenSommaire:
Rex Stout meets Agatha Christie with a fresh twist in the new Pentecost and Parker Mystery, a delightfully hardboiled high-wire act starring two daring woman sleuths dead set on justice as they set out to solve a murder at a traveling...
- Auteur:Demers, JulieSommaire:
A little girl with a beard must find herself a home in this contemporary fairy tale. It's 1944, and an eleven-year-old girl lives with her parents in a little village in rural Quebec. Her mother is very sad, and her father has vanished...
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Auteur:Haigh, JenniferSommaire:Born and raised on Bakerton's Polish Hill, the five Novak children come of age during wartime, a thrilling era when the world seems on the verge of changing forever. The oldest, Georgie, serves on a minesweeper in the South Pacific and...
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Auteur:Whishaw, IonaSommaire:In the fifth book of the series that the Globe and Mail calls "terrific," Lane Winslow investigates the murder of an unidentified man she found adrift in a boat near King's Cove. Lane Winslow is enjoying a perfect, sunny...
- Auteur:Whishaw, IonaSommaire:
A Lethal Lesson(#8). Back home in the Kootenays after her Arizona honeymoon, Lane offers her assistance when neither the outgoing teacher, Rose, nor her replacement, Wendy, show up at the local schoolhouse one blizzardy Monday in...
