The Cut Out Girl: A Story of War and Family, Lost and Found (Random House Large Print)
By: Bart van Es
4.06
Format: 432 pages, Paperback
"An awe-inspiring account of the tragedies and triumphs within the world of the Holocaust's 'hide-a…
Want to Read $ 4.99"I look again at the photo of my grandfather, framed by maps three times his size. Given his experiences before and during the war, the answers were obvious: central planning, a clean slate. education, cars and car parks, more train lines and bigger roads. Such improvements would bring shared prosperity and decent provision for the sick and the old. And it could all be paid for from the profits of the factories. The war, for all its horrors, had shown what government and industry, working in partnership, were able to achieve."-Bart van Es, The Cut Out Girl: A Story of War and Family, Lost and Found (Random House Large Print)
"I look again at the photo of my grandfather, framed by maps three times his size. Given his experiences before and during the war, the answers were obvious: central planning, a clean slate, education, cars and car parks, more train lines and bigger roads. Such improvements would bring shared prosperity and decent provision for the sick and the old. And it could all be paid for from the profits of the factories. The war, for all its horrors, had shown what government and industry, working in partnership, were able to achieve."-Bart van Es, The Cut Out Girl: A Story of War and Family, Lost and Found (Random House Large Print)
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1. The House by the Lake: A Story of Germany
By: Thomas Harding
4.13
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
In the summer of 1993, Thomas Harding travelled to Germany with his grandmother to visit a small ho… read more
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- history
- biography
- memoir
- historical
- world war ii
- nonfiction
- holocaust
2. The Gypsy Madonna
By: Santa Montefiore
3.80
Format: 372 pages, Paperback
A beguiling new novel from the internationally bestselling author of Last Voyage of the Valentina … read more
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- world war ii
3. Hitler's Canary
By: Sandi Toksvig
4.04
Format: None pages, Hardcover
"My brother stood up so quickly he almost knocked Mama over. 'Why aren't you doing something? Do yo… read more
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- world war ii
- historical
- war
- holocaust
4. Guernica
By: Dave Boling
4.00
Format: 205 pages,
An extraordinary epic of love, family and war set in the Basque town of Guernica before, during, an… read more
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- world war ii
- historical
- war
5. No Great Mischief
By: Alistair MacLeod
4.02
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
Alistair MacLeod musters all of the skill and grace that have won him an international following to… read more
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6. The Glass Room
By: Simon Mawer
4.07
Format: 112 pages, Paperback
High on a Czechoslovak hill, the Landauer House has been built for newlyweds Viktor and Liesel Land… read more
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7. Portuguese Irregular Verbs (Portuguese Irregular Verbs, #1)
By: Alexander McCall Smith
4.33
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Chronicles the comic misadventures of the endearingly awkward Professor Dr. Moritz-Maria von Igelfe… read more
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8. On The Black Hill
By: Bruce Chatwin
3.96
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
On the Black Hillis an elegantly written tale of identical twin brothers who grow up on a farm in r… read more
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9. De wandelaar
By: Adriaan van Dis
4.29
Format: 426 pages, Paperback
Een man krijgt bij een brand een hond in zijn schoot geworpen. Een hond die een andere wereld voor … read more
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10. The Children's Book
By: A.S. Byatt
4.18
Format: 411 pages, Hardcover
Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize A spellbinding novel, at once sweeping and intimate, from the … read more
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11. Old God's Time
By: Sebastian Barry
3.85
Format: 261 pages, Hardcover
From the two-time Booker Prize finalist author, a dazzlingly written novel exploring love, memory, … read more
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- audiobook
"Per ell aquest era el sentit de la jubilació, de l'existència: estar-de immòbil, feliç i inútil"-Sebastian Barry, Old God's Time
"Per ell aquest era el sentit de la jubilació, de l'existència: estar-se immòbil, feliç i inútil"-Sebastian Barry, Old God's Time
"No one minds life as long as they are not trying to leave it. Nor death, as long as they are not dying."-Sebastian Barry, Old God's Time
12. In Memoriam
By: Alice Winn
4.53
Format: 382 pages, Hardcover
A haunting, virtuosic debut novel about two young men who fall in love during a time of war. It'… read more
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- historical
- war
- audiobook
"It’s intimate."-Alice Winn, In Memoriam
"Call me Sidney,"-Alice Winn, In Memoriam
"Where’s the rest of it?"-Alice Winn, In Memoriam
"Do you believe in magic?"-Alice Winn, In Memoriam
13. The Making of the Modern Middle East: A Personal History
By: Jeremy Bowen
4.38
Format: 465 pages, Kindle Edition
A Sunday Times Paperback of the YearA Spectator and New Statesman Book of the Year‘An illuminating … read more
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- history
- biography
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- war
- nonfiction
- audiobook
14. Soldier Sailor
By: Claire Kilroy
4.10
Format: 256 pages, ebook
Well, Sailor. Here we are once more, you and me in one another's arms. The Earth rotates beneath us… read more
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- audiobook
"I laughed and then we were doing that thing again, our thing: laughing into one another's eyes. All that time I had thought I was jollying you along when all that time you were jollying along me."-Claire Kilroy, Soldier Sailor
"I tell my husband about my childhood and he tells me about his but it isn't the same. We can never know each other as we were then. But I know you. I will see the child you were in the man you will b…"-Claire Kilroy, Soldier Sailor
"Hated cling film. Hated it more than I hated kinetic sand. Defeated by something that lacked a third dimension. While I'd been off tinkering on the cerebral plane, the smart money has been mastering …"-Claire Kilroy, Soldier Sailor
"I knelt down to pick up the hatchling to . . . . what? Give it back to its mother? Here is your dying chick? Just before I made contact with it, she dive-bombed me. The mother actually dive-bombed me…"-Claire Kilroy, Soldier Sailor
15. Brotherless Night
By: V.V. Ganeshananthan
4.46
Format: 348 pages, Hardcover
In this searing novel, a courageous young woman tries to protect her dream of becoming a doctor as … read more
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- historical
- war
- audiobook
16. Songbirds
By: Christy Lefteri
4.03
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
From the prize-winning author of The Beekeeper of Aleppo, a stunning novel about the disappearance … read more
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- historical
- audiobook
"Now that I could hear this woman’s song—a melody that told a story I couldn’t understand—I hoped with all of my heart that it wasn’t too late."-Christy Lefteri, Songbirds
"As if she couldn’t quite allow herself to enjoy the pleasures of one world without being pulled into the other. Her home was always waiting for her."-Christy Lefteri, Songbirds
"You see, when you clump people together and don’t understand their personal stories, you can make up any bullshit and convince yourself it’s the truth."-Christy Lefteri, Songbirds
"Yes, I love thinking about beginnings. I don’t like endings, though I suppose I’m like most people in that. An ending can be staring you right in the face without you knowing it."-Christy Lefteri, Songbirds
17. Western Lane
By: Chetna Maroo
3.51
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
Shortlisted for the 2023 Booker Prize A taut, enthralling first novel about grief, sisterhood, a… read more
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- audiobook
18. Poor: Grit, courage, and the life-changing value of self-belief
By: Katriona O'Sullivan
4.61
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
As the middle of five kids growing up in dire poverty, the odds were low on Katriona O'Sullivan mak… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
- audiobook
19. House of Glass: The Story and Secrets of a Twentieth-Century Jewish Family
By: Hadley Freeman
4.41
Format: None pages, Audiobook
A writer investigates her family’s secret history, uncovering a story that spans a century, two Wor… read more
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- history
- biography
- memoir
- historical
- world war ii
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- holocaust
- audiobook
20. The Volunteer: The True Story of the Resistance Hero who Infiltrated Auschwitz
By: Jack Fairweather
4.33
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
How do you keep fighting in the face of unimaginable horror?This is untold story of one of the grea… read more
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- history
- biography
- historical
- war
- world war ii
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- holocaust
- audiobook
"So long as the prisoners could believe in the greater good, they were not defeated. Witold's men perished in many terrible ways, but they did so with a dignity that Nazism failed to destroy."-Jack Fairweather, The Volunteer: The True Story of the Resistance Hero who Infiltrated Auschwitz
"The camp [Auschwitz] had already developed nicknames for those on the edge of starvation: cripples, derelicts, jewels, but the most common was "Musselmänner," or "Muslims," seemingly in reference to …"-Jack Fairweather, The Volunteer: The True Story of the Resistance Hero who Infiltrated Auschwitz
21. That Peckham Boy
By: Kenny Imafidon
4.32
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
For fans of Poverty Safari and Skint Estate , That Peckham Boy is a reallife manifesto calling… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
22. The Amusements
By: Aingeala Flannery
3.52
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
In the seaside town of Tramore, County Waterford, visitors arrive in waves with the tourist season,… read more
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- audiobook
23. The Secrets of Sainte Madeleine
By: Tilly Bagshawe
4.19
Format: 506 pages, Kindle Edition
ONE FAMILY GENERATIONS OF SECRETS IT’S TIME TO ESCAPE TO THE CHATEAU . . . Elise is a true da… read more
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- historical
24. The Cut Out Girl: A Story of War and Family, Lost and Found (Random House Large Print)
By: Bart van Es
4.06
Format: 432 pages, Paperback
"An awe-inspiring account of the tragedies and triumphs within the world of the Holocaust's 'hide-a… read more
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- history
- biography
- memoir
- historical
- war
- world war ii
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- holocaust
- audiobook
"I look again at the photo of my grandfather, framed by maps three times his size. Given his experiences before and during the war, the answers were obvious: central planning, a clean slate. education…"-Bart van Es, The Cut Out Girl: A Story of War and Family, Lost and Found (Random House Large Print)
"I look again at the photo of my grandfather, framed by maps three times his size. Given his experiences before and during the war, the answers were obvious: central planning, a clean slate, education…"-Bart van Es, The Cut Out Girl: A Story of War and Family, Lost and Found (Random House Large Print)
25. The Silence In Between
By: Josie Ferguson
4.48
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
Imagine waking up and a wall has divided your city in two. Imagine that on the other side is your n… read more
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- historical
"Evil demanded little of me – it merely asked me to stay silent, to do nothing. And I complied."-Josie Ferguson, The Silence In Between
"Mozart said that music is not in the notes but in the silence in between. I think that's where our souls are – hidden in that silence."-Josie Ferguson, The Silence In Between
"These are stories from the past, but they are still echoing now, in the present. As I write this, Russian forces are using rape as a weapon of war against Ukrainian women; deported mothers are being …"-Josie Ferguson, The Silence In Between
26. Shadows in the Moonlight
By: Santa Montefiore
4.45
Format: 356 pages, Kindle Edition
Don't miss the first book in the sensational new series from the number one bestselling author Sant… read more
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27. Aphrodite's Island
By: Hilary Green
4.20
Format: 248 pages, Kindle Edition
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “Loved this! I was gripped and couldn’t put it down.” VivONE LETTER CAN CHANGE YOUR WHOLE LIF… read more
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- audiobook
28. The Story Spinner
By: Barbara Erskine
4.42
Format: 513 pages, Kindle Edition
The land of the Silures, 382 AD Elen is a princess promised to a general of Rome. Macsen came to… read more
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- historical
- audiobook
29. Gabriel's Moon
By: William Boyd
4.33
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
In his most exhilarating novel yet, Britain’s greatest storyteller transports you from the vibrant … read more
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30. The Siege: A Six-Day Hostage Crisis and the Daring Special-Forces Operation That Shocked the World
By: Ben Macintyre
4.51
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
A thrilling tick-tock recounting one of the most harrowing hostage situations and daring rescue att… read more
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- historical
- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
31. The Lost Boys
By: Catherine Bailey
4.40
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
Berlin, September 1944. Ulrich von Hassell, former ambassador to Italy and a key member of the Germ… read more
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- history
- biography
- historical
- war
- world war ii
- nonfiction
- holocaust
