Alan Hlad
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English
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"It is September 1940-a year into the war-and as German bombs fall on Britain, fears grow of an impending invasion. Enemy fighter planes blacken the sky around the Epping Forest home of Susan Shepherd and her grandfather, Bertie. After losing her parents to influenza as a child, Susan found comfort in raising homing pigeons with Bertie. All her birds are extraordinary to Susan-loyal, intelligent, beautiful-but none more so than Duchess. Hatched from...
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"Recruited from Churchill's typing pool to become an undercover spy in German-occupied France, a young woman from London bravely endures daring missions, audacious escapes, and harrowing imprisonment in a Nazi concentration camp, risking everything for the country--and the man--she loves. London, 1941: In a cramped bunker in Winston Churchill's Cabinet War Rooms, underneath Westminster's Treasury building, civilian women huddle at desks, typing up...
3) The book spy
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English
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"President Roosevelt sends an unlikely new taskforce on a unique mission: librarians and microfilm specialists, trained in espionage, are deployed to neutral cities throughout Europe to work with a special branch of the Office of Strategic Services. By acquiring and scouring Axis publications, these librarians can gather information about troop location, weaponry, and military plans. Maria Alves, a microfilm expert working at the New York Public Library,...
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"By April 1916, the fervor that accompanied war's outbreak has faded. In its place is a grim reality. Throughout Germany, essentials are rationed. Hope, too, is in short supply. Anna Zeller, whose fiancé, Bruno, is fighting on the western front, works as a nurse at an overcrowded hospital in Oldenburg, trying to comfort men broken in body and spirit. But during a visit from Dr. Stalling, the director of the Red Cross Ambulance Dogs Association, she...
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Pub. Date
2022
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Español
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Una novela fascinante basada en una inolvidable historia real: la primera escuela, creada en plena Primera Guerra Mundial, de adiestramiento de perros guía.
Alemania, 1916. Anna trabaja como enfermera en un hospital de campaña con soldados que vuelven del frente, rotos de cuerpo y espíritu. Bruno, su prometido, lucha en el frente occidental junto al célebre doctor Fritz Haber, a quien los altos cargos del ejército alemán le han encargado utilizar...
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Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2023
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English
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Perfect for fans of Kate Quinn, Marie Benedict, and Pam Jenoff and inspired by true stories of the heroic librarian spies of WWII, the new book from the internationally bestselling author of Churchill's Secret Messenger transports readers from the New York Public Library to Portugal's city of espionage in a thrilling, riveting tale.
An American librarian. A Portuguese bookseller. A mission to change the tide of the war....
An American librarian. A Portuguese bookseller. A mission to change the tide of the war....
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Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2022
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English
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From the USA Today bestselling author of Churchill's Secret Messenger comes a WWI novel based on little-known history, as four very different lives intertwine across Europe from Germany to France—a German Red Cross nurse, a Jewish pianist blinded on the battlefield, a soldier tortured by deadly secrets of his own, and his tormented French mistress. This life-affirming tale of heroism and resilience will stay with you long after...
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Based on the true story of the first school to train guide dogs for the blind, USA Today bestselling author Alan Hlad's latest novel is a fascinating, poignant, and life-affirming tale of heroism and resilience in World War I...
By April 1916, the fervor that accompanied war's outbreak has faded. In its place is a grim reality. Throughout Germany, essentials are rationed. Hope, too, is in short supply. Anna Zeller, whose fiancé, Bruno, is fighting...
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Planeta Portugal
Pub. Date
2023
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Portuguese
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Uma bibliotecária americana e um livreiro português, juntos numa missão perigosa.
Inspirado em histórias verídicas de bibliotecários espiões na Segunda Guerra Mundial, o novo livro do autor de Um Longo Caminho Para Casa - um best-seller internacional- transporta os leitores da Biblioteca Pública de Nova Iorque para uma livraria em Lisboa, numa história extraordinária e apaixonante.
1942. Com o resultado da guerra em suspenso, Maria, especialista...
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Planeta
Pub. Date
2021
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Portuguese
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BASEADO EM ACONTECIMENTOS REAIS, UM LONGO CAMINHO PARA CASA É UM ROMANCE INSPIRADOR E INTEMPORAL. UMA COMOVENTE HISTÓRIA DE AMOR E DE SACRIFÍCIO.
Setembro 1940. Os aviões alemães escurecem o céu do Bosque de Epping, perto de Londres, onde Susan Shepherd e o seu avô Bertie vivem. Depois da morte dos pais, é junto do seu avô e dos pombos-correio que criam que Susan encontra algum conforto. Todas as suas aves são extraordinárias – leais,...
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A riveting story of World War II and the courage of one young woman as she is drafted into Churchill's overseas spy network, aiding the French Resistance behind enemy lines and working to liberate Nazi-occupied Paris.
London, 1941: In a cramped bunker in Winston Churchill's Cabinet War Rooms, underneath Westminster's Treasury building, civilian women huddle at desks, typing up confidential documents and reports. Since her parents were killed in a...
