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Nuclear War

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Nuclear war begins with a blip on a radar screen.

This is a minute-by-minute account of what comes next.

It has to be read to be believed.

Nuclear War is at once a compulsive non-fiction thriller...

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Nuclear War

The Forest of Vanishing Stars

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Yona has used her knowledge of the wilderness to help hundreds of Jews escape the Nazis. But what happens when a secret from her past emerges and threatens everything?

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The Forest of Vanishing Stars

Frontline

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A SWEEPING DRAMA SET ON THE BATTLEFIELDS OF EUROPE AS A GLOBAL INFLUENZA PANDEMIC LOOMS . . .

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The Clockmaker’s Wife

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  • Currently 5/5

A powerful and unforgettable tale of fierce love, impossible choices and a moment that changes the world forever,

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The Clockmaker’s Wife

Goodnight Mr Tom

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  • Currently 5/5

Celebrate 40 years of friendship with Goodnight Mister Tom, with this special annivesary edition.Netgalley readers, will be among the very first to read a new introduction from Michelle Magorian and a...

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Goodnight Mr Tom

The Metal Heart

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  • Currently 4/5

The beautiful and atmospheric story of freedom and love that will grip your heart

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The Metal Heart

Last Days In Cleaver Square

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  • Currently 5/5

An old man is sleeping fitfully. It's too hot. The air is thick with Spanish Jasmine floating in from his overgrown garden. And he's not sure whether he'll be woken by General Franco...

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Last Days In Cleaver Square

The Dictionary of Lost Words

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The Dictionary of Lost Words reveals a lost narrative, hidden between the lines of a history written by men.

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The Dictionary of Lost Words

My Name is Selma

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"I am one of few Jewish survivors of World War Two, but one of many Jewish people to fight the Nazi regime. My story illustrates what happened to thousands of Jews and non-Jews alike... the sheer...

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My Name is Selma

We Germans

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  • Currently 4.5/5

We Germans is written in the style of a letter written from a grandfather to his grandson about his experiences on the Eastern front during the latter part of WW2. Interspersed are chapters written...

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We Germans

People Like Us

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etty Heinrich is a perfect German child. Her father is an SS officer, her brother in the Luftwaffe, herself a member of the BDM. She believes resolutely in her country, and the man who runs...

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Inge's War

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  • Currently 4/5

Svenja had never felt particularly close to her grandmother who was aloof and often crtitical but all that changed when Svenja decied to visit the place where her grandmother grew up. A place named...

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Inge's War

The Visitors

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  • Currently 5/5

Imagine if you couldn't see

couldn't hear

couldn't speak...

Then one day somebody took your hand and opened up the world to you.

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The Visitors
 
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