Dora Reisser This is an extraordinary account of a young Jewish girl whose childhood was torn apart by the Nazis, who made her way as a dancer, as an actress, as...

Elisabeth de Waal The Exiles Return is set in Occupied Vienna in 1954-5. It describes five people who grew up there before the war and have come back to see...

Sarah Day 'A fascinating debut...the setting and characters are strong and the story is written with verve. Day is a talent to watch' - The TimesFrancesco has a memory of...

Louise Doughty Fires in the Dark reveals the highly secretive and misunderstood world of the coppersmith gypsies.In 1927, when prosperity still reigns in Central Europe, Yenko is born to two Coppersmith...

Ron Rosenbaum When Hitler's war ended in 1945, the war over Hitler--who he really was, what gave birth to his unique evil--had just begun. Hitler did not escape the bunker...

Richard Newman and Karen Kirtley Alma Rosé's tragic story, from her birth and youth in the exalted musical circles of Vienna (her father was leader of the Vienna Philharmonic, her...

Frederick Reiken As a child, Beverly Rabinowitz fled Europe with her mother during World War II. Almost half a century later, while vacationing in Florida with her boyfriend and his...

James Bradley Now in paperback comes the momentous tale of the Pacific war told through dramatic poignant and unforgettable stories of nine heroic Americans Michael Beschloss author of The Conquerors, The classic New...

Neal Bascombe “Bascomb has unearthed a remarkable piece of hidden history, and told it perfectly. The story brims with adventure, suspense, daring, and heroism.”—David Grann, New York Times  bestselling author...

Agnes Sasson Agnes Sassoon was deported to Dachau in November 1944 at the age of eleven, directly from the Jewish school in Budapest. She does not know whether her brother...

Jodi Picoult Some stories live forever . . .Sage Singer is a baker. She works through the night, preparing the day’s breads and pastries, trying to escape a reality of...

Doug Gold   The Note Through The Wire: The unforgettable true love story of a WW2 prisoner of war and a resistance heroine   'An unforgettable love story set in...