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The boat (Sven Hassel War Classics)
Par Lothar Günther Buchheim. 1999
This is the story of a German U-boat, her commander and crew, as they embark upon yet another hazardous patrol…
in the Battle of the Atlantic. Explicit descriptions of sex. Strong language. 1999. Uniform title: Das Boot.The body in the library (Jane Marple murder mysteries ; #4)
Par Agatha Christie. 1942
The Colonel and Mrs Bantry had always believed that finding "a body in the library" only happened in books, until…
it happened to them. Whose body was it? And why should it be found in the library of Gossington Hall? Miss Marple investigates. Sequel to "The regatta mystery, and other stories". Followed by "The moving finger" (DC32950). 1942. (Jane Marple murder mysteries ; 4)The bloody ground (Starbuck chronicles. #4.)
Par Bernard Cornwell. 1996
Nathaniel Starbuck is plunged into the most desperate battle of America's Civil War, the fight at Antietam. He has been…
given a unit of failures and cowards, and must lead his ramshackle unit through a crossfire of hate, envy, murder and ambition. Sequel to "Battle flag" (DC30891). 1996. (Starbuck chronicles ; 4)The bitterest age
Par Raymond Kennedy. 1994
As she endures the nightly Allied bombings and the privations of war with her mother and brother in 1945 Germany,…
ten-year-old Ingeborg Maas has faith that her soldier father will return alive from the front. Ingeborg's courage sustains her family through the terrible final days of the war. 1994.The Atomic City girls: a novel
Par Janet Beard. 2018
In November 1944, eighteen-year-old June Walker boards an unmarked bus, destined for a city that doesn't officially exist. There, June…
joins hundreds of other young girls operating massive machines whose purpose is never explained. When the bombing of Hiroshima brings the truth about Oak Ridge into focus, June must confront her ideals about loyalty, patriotism, and war itself. 2018.The Baltic gambit: an Alan Lewrie naval adventure (Alan Lewrie naval adventure series ; #15)
Par Dewey Lambdin. 2009
1801. Captain Alan Lewrie, newly acquitted of slave stealing, takes command of the frigate Thermopylae and heads for the Baltic.…
Lewrie hosts a Russian peace delegation and joins the Battle of Copenhagen. Sequel to "Troubled Waters". Some violence, some strong language, and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2009.The angel of Zin
Par Clifford Irving. 1984
The Gestapo sends Captain Paul Bach to investigate the murders of two prisoners and a Polish lieutenant at an SS…
camp. Bach begins to realize that he is a guilty party to the policy of extermination. Some strong language. 1984.The bachelor's wedding (Harlequin Romance)
Par Betty Neels. 1995
Araminta Smith had first met Professor Jason Lister when she was hired to look after his niece and nephew. Knowing…
that her plain but honest looks weren't about to catch her a husband, she was intrigued by the distinguished surgeon's interest in her. Since he was also a confirmed bachelor, the professor's proposal had come as an even greater surprise. A marriage between them, as he pointed out to her, would be infinitely practical - and Araminta was nothing if not practical. But then... what about love? 1995.The assault
Par Harry Mulisch, Claire Nicolas White. 1985
In the last months of the German occupation of Holland, a Dutch collaborator is shot in the street where Anton…
Steenwijk's family lives. The body is moved to their doorstep and, in retribution, their house is destroyed by German troops, Anton's parents are taken away and his brother chased and killed. Why did someone move the body and cause the destruction of his family? 1985.The ash garden: a novel
Par Dennis Bock. 2001
One of 25 Hiroshima Maidens relocated from post-war Japan to America for corrective plastic surgery, Emiko remains in the U.S.…
as a student, then as a filmmaker. Anton is a German scientist who worked on the atomic bomb at Los Alamos, and who married a part-Jewish survivor and refugee. When they meet during the filming of Emiko's documentary, the reverberations caused by the explosion of the bomb are explored, and the true implications of their involvement in that moment are revealed. 2001.That certain spark (Recorded Books inspirational)
Par Cathy Marie Hake. 2010
Woman physician Taylor Bestman receives a cold welcome from the citizens of Gooding, Texas, and especially from Karl Van der…
Vort, the town blacksmith, who becomes her first patient ... against his will. Though hesitant to believe in Taylor's doctoring skills, Karl finds himself oddly protective of this surprising and determined woman. 2010.The Amber Room
Par Steve Berry. 2003
When Judge Rachel Cutler's father dies under suspicious circumstances, he leaves his daughter tantalizing clues to a decades-old secret: the…
Amber Room, an exquisite treasure that was supposedly appropriated by the Nazis when they invaded the Soviet Union. Rachel (with her ex-husband, Paul) heads off to Europe to find out why her father died and to search for his killer. Descriptions of sex and violence, strong language. 2004, c2003.The amazing story of Adolphus Tips
Par Michael Morpurgo. 2005
It's 1943, and Lily Tregenze lives on a farm, in the idyllic seaside village of Slapton. Apart from her father…
being away, and the 'townie' evacuees at school, her life is scarcely touched by the war. Until one day, all 3000 villagers are told to move out of their homes - lock, stock and barrel. Soon, the whole area is out of bounds, as the Allied forces practise their landings for D-day, preparing to invade France. But Tips, Lily's adored cat, has other ideas - barbed wire and keep-out signs mean nothing to her. Frantic to find her, Lily decides to cross the wire into the danger zone to look for Tips herself! Grades 5-8. 2005.That woman
Par Helga Moray. 1983
Laura flees to France from the Regency court, after stabbing her lover, and gives birth in poverty to a son.…
When war breaks out between England and France she is determined to spy for her country. While many men are besotted by her, she only loves Ignatius Raphae, a handsome Royalist nobleman who returns unexpectedly to find her exposed as a spy, and in danger of arrest. Descriptions of sex and violence. 1983.The Afghan campaign
Par Steven Pressfield. 2006
Matthias joins Alexander the Great's army after it has conquered the Persian empire and is advancing east into Afghanistan on…
its way to the riches of India. He chronicles his coming-of-age as a soldier as he enacts Alexander's scorch-and-burn strategies, experiences the joys and sorrows of a romance with an Afghan girl, and faces the barbarism of the Afghans, his fellow soldiers, and ultimately himself. Some descriptions of violence. 2006.The age of reason (Chemins de la liberté. #1.)
Par Jean-Paul Sartre, Eric Sutton. 2001
Set in the volatile Paris summer of 1938, this book follows two days in the life of Mathieu Delarue, a…
philosophy teacher, and his circle in the cafes and bars of Montparnasse. Mathieu has so far managed to contain sex and personal freedom in conveniently separate compartments. But now he is in trouble, urgently trying to raise 4,000 francs to procure a safe abortion for his mistress, Marcelle. Beyond all this, filtering an uneasy light on his predicament, rises the distant threat of the coming of the Second World War. Some descriptions of sex. 2001. (Roads to freedom ; 1)The '44 vintage (Dr David Audley. #1.)
Par Anthony Price. 1978
Texas born (His Texas Anthem ; #2.)
Par James Reno. 1986
John and Rose Anthem create a financial empire which they intend to leave to their sons. Then Cole disappears during…
the Civil War and Billy is kidnapped by the Mexican bandit, Valero. Sequel to "Texas anthem". c1986.That certain yearning
Par Claudia Jameson. 1989
Diane's heart went out to vulnerable, ten year old Kirsty, but warning bells sounded in her head when she met…
Kirsty's dynamic, outspoken uncle, Nik Channing. He was determined to make her think twice about her life and her father's remarriage, and there was definitely a disturbing magnetism about him which she found hard to handle. 1989.Souviens-toi
Par Mary Higgins Clark. 1994
Une jeune femme, Menley Nichols, se remet difficilement de la mort de son petit garcon. Elle retrouve l'espoir et le…
gout de vivre a la naissance du second enfant. Que se passe-t-il dans la demeure du XVIIIe siecle qu'elle et son mari ont loue a Cap Cod pour l'ete? Des incidents pour le moins etranges surviennent. 1994. Titre uniforme: Remember me.