|
The Personal Librarian
Marie Benedict - Berkley Books
Format: Hardcover
|
|
In her twenties, Belle da Costa Greene is hired by J. P. Morgan to curate a collection of rare manuscripts, books, and artwork for his newly built Pierpont Morgan Library. Belle becomes a fixture on the New York society scene and one of the most powerful people in the art and book world,... |
|
| |
|
|
 |
|
The Paris Library: A Novel
Janet Skeslien Charles - Atria Books
Format: Hardcover
|
|
Based on the true World War II story of the heroic librarians at the American Library in Paris, this is an unforgettable story of romance, friendship, family, and the power of literature to bring us together, perfect for fans of The Lilac Girls and The Paris Wife. Paris, 1939: Young and ambitious... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
All Our Shimmering Skies: A Novel
Trent Dalton - Harper
Format: Hardcover
|
|
From the internationally bestselling and beloved author of the critically acclaimed Boy Swallows Universe, a mesmerizing, uplifting novel of adventure and unlikely friendships in World War II Australia - calling to mind The Wizard of Oz as directed by Baz Luhrmann.Darwin, 1942. As Japanese... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
Paris Never Leaves You: A Novel
Ellen Feldman - St. Martin's Griffin
Format: Hardcover
|
|
"Masterful. Magnificent. A passionate story of survival and a real page turner. This story will stay with me for a long time." -- Heather Morris, author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz and Cilka's JourneyLiving through World War II working in a Paris bookstore with her young... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
The Book of Lost Names
Kristin Harmel - Gallery Books
Format: Hardcover
|
|
Inspired by an astonishing true story from World War II, a young woman with a talent for forgery helps hundreds of Jewish children flee the Nazis in this unforgettable historical novel from the international bestselling author of the "epic and heart-wrenching World War II tale"... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
The Forest of Vanishing Stars
Kristin Harmel
Format: Book
|
|
After being stolen from her wealthy German parents and raised in the unforgiving wilderness of eastern Europe, a young woman finds herself alone in 1941 after her kidnapper dies. Her solitary existence is interrupted, however, when she happens upon a group of Jews fleeing the Nazi terror.... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
The Diplomat's Wife
Pam Jenoff - Mira Books; Original edition
Format: Paperback
|
|
How have I been lucky enough to come here, to be alive, when so many others are not? I should have died.… But I am here.1945. Surviving the brutality of a Nazi prison camp, Marta Nederman is lucky to have escaped with her life. Recovering from the horror, she meets Paul, an American... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
The Woman with the Blue Star: A Novel
Pam Jenoff
Format: Hardcover(Original)
|
|
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Lost Girls of Paris comes a riveting tale of unfathomable sacrifice and unlikely friendship during World War II.1942. Sadie Gault is eighteen and living with her parents amid the horrors of the Krak -- w Ghetto during World War II. When... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
The Metal Heart: A Novel of WW II
Caroline Lea - HarperLuxe; Large type / Large print edition
Format: Paperback
|
|
"The story of true innocents caught up in the machinery of war. Exquisitely researched, beautifully told, this tiny corner of Scotland came alive for me in all of my senses and I found myself rooting for the central characters with all my heart." - Mary Beth Keane, author... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
The Last Bookshop in London: A Novel of World War II
Madeline Martin - Hanover Square Press; Original edition
Format: Hardcover
|
|
Inspired by the true World War II history of the few bookshops to survive the Blitz, The Last Bookshop in London is a timeless story of wartime loss, love and the enduring power of literature.August 1939: London prepares for war as Hitler's forces sweep across Europe. Grace Bennett... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
The Rose Code: A Novel
Kate Quinn - William Morrow
Format: Hardcover
|
|
The New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of The Huntress and The Alice Network returns with another heart-stopping World War II story of three female code breakers at Bletchley Park and the spy they must root out after the war is over.1940. As England prepares to fight the Nazis,... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
The Warsaw Orphan: A WWII Novel
Kelly Rimmer - Graydon House; Original edition
Format: Hardcover
|
|
"Kelly Rimmer's heart-stopping rendering of the war in Nazi-occupied Poland - of life, resistance, survival, and love - will captivate readers page by page ... A carefully researched portrayal of history's darkest hours and one orphan's search for her place in the world."... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
Our Darkest Night: A Novel of Italy and the Second World War
Jennifer Robson - William Morrow
Format: Hardcover
|
|
To survive the Holocaust, a young Jewish woman must pose as a Christian farmer's wife in this unforgettable novel from USA Today bestselling author Jennifer Robson - a story of terror, hope, love, and sacrifice, inspired by true events, that vividly evokes the most perilous days of World... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
The Yellow Bird Sings: A Novel
Jennifer Rosner - Flatiron Books
Format: Hardcover
|
|
The girl is forbidden from making a sound, so the yellow bird sings. He sings whatever the girl composes in her head: high-pitched trills of piccolo; low-throated growls of contrabassoon. The bird chirps all the musical parts save percussion, because the barn rabbits obligingly thump... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
The Last Green Valley: A Novel
Mark Sullivan
Format: Hardcover
|
|
In late March 1944, as Stalin's forces push into Ukraine, young Emil and Adeline Martel must make a terrible decision: Do they wait for the Soviet bear's intrusion and risk being sent to Siberia? Or do they reluctantly follow the wolves - murderous Nazi officers who have pledged... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
Band of Sisters: A Novel
Lauren Willig
Format: Hardcover
|
|
A group of young women from Smith College risk their lives in France at the height of World War I in this sweeping novel based on a true story - a skillful blend of Call the Midwife and The Alice Network - from New York Times bestselling author Lauren Willig.A scholarship girl from Brooklyn,... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
