Helen Epstein A journalist searches for her mother's historical roots after her death--from the nineteenth century, to the holocaust, and beyond. November 1, 1998 by Holmes and Meier edition

Kathryn Hughes Every so often a love story comes along to remind us that sometimes, in our darkest hour, hope shines a candle to light our way. Discover the Number...

Pat Barker In Noonday, Pat Barker - the Man Booker-winning author of the definitive WWI trilogy, Regeneration - turns for the first time to WWII.'Afterwards, it was the horses she remembered, galloping towards...

Alan Judd Soon to be a major motion picture starring Academy Award winner Christopher Plummer, Lily James, and Jai Courtney.The Kaiser’s Last Kiss is a “crisp, adroit, and subtle tale...

Kirsty Manning A World War II story of female friendship, longing and sacrifice through war and loss, bringing together the present and the past.A forgotten manuscript that threatens to unravel...

Jennifer Robson To survive the Holocaust, a young Jewish woman must pose as a Christian farmer’s wife in this unforgettable novel — a story of terror, hope, love, and sacrifice,...

Hans Keilson A penetrating study of ordinary people resisting the Nazi occupation—and, true to its title, a dark comedy of wartime manners—Comedy in a Minor Key tells the story of Wim...

George E Berkley Traces the history of the Jewish community in Vienna, assesses the extent of Austrian anti-Semitism, and explains why the Jews were so fond of pre-World War I...

Iris Chang The New York Times bestselling account of one of history's most brutal—and forgotten—massacres, when the Japanese army destroyed China's capital city on the eve of World War II,...

Tom Segev The Seventh Million is the first book to show the decisive impact of the Holocaust on the identity, ideology, and politics of Israel. Drawing on diaries, interviews, and thousands...

John Lukacs On May 13, 1940, Winston Churchill stood before the House of Commons to deliver his first speech as Prime Minister. Europe was in crisis: Three days earlier, Germany...

John Lukacs This is a day-by-day account of the eighty-day struggle in 1940 between Hitler—poised on the edge of absolute victory—and Churchill—threatened by imminent invasion and defeat--on the eve of...