John BoyneIf you start to read this book, you will go on a journey with a nine-year-old boy named Bruno. (Though this isn't a book for nine-year-olds.) And sooner or...

Daniel James BrownThe Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin OlympicsThe #1 New York Times–bestselling story about American Olympic triumph in...

Martin GilbertThe never-before-told story of a group of child survivors, by the author of the bestselling THE HOLOCAUST.

Gerald BlumenthalThe Brass Compass is a compilation of the real life stories of Holocaust survivors, rocket scientists and military personnel. Its rich wonderful characters woven into the fabric of espionage,...

Joanna Trollope writing as Caroline Harvey Lila Cunningham, motherless since babyhood, was almost twenty-one when her familiar, boring life in a small town on the Suffolk coast came abruptly to...

Roy JacobsenIt is 1939, and the Soviets have invaded Finland. As everyone else in his village flees, burning down their houses in their wake, Timo remains behind. He is unable...

The Children of Willesden Lane. Beyond the Kindertransport: A Memoir of Music, Love, and SurvivalMona Golabek and Lee CohenBased on the true story of her mother, Mona Golabek describes the...

Dr Edith Eva EgerA New York Times Bestseller“I’ll be forever changed by Dr. Eger’s story…The Choice is a reminder of what courage looks like in the worst of times and...

Richard J Evans   From one of the world's most distinguished historians, a magisterial new reckoning with Hitler's rise to power and the collapse of civilization in Nazi Germany.In 1900...

Angus Konstam The Convoy represents a fresh approach to the story of the Battle of the Atlantic. It is also the first to deal with the more spectacular story of HG-76, a...

Soraya M Lane Cuba, 1950: As Esmeralda moved past Christopher, her breath stilled as he caught her finger in his. It was only a split-second, their fingers intertwined in a...

Bart Van EsLittle Lien wasn't taken from her Jewish parents - she was given away in the hope that she might be saved. Hidden and raised by a foster family...