- World War I (353)
- World War II (1,963)
Bestsellers
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The Nightingale
- By: Kristin Hannah
- Narrated by: Polly Stone
- Length: 17 hrs and 19 mins
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Two sisters, separated by years and experience, each embark on her own dangerous path toward survival, love, and freedom in WWII France.
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Heroic & Harrowing Work Of Fiction
- By Sara on 08-21-15
By: Kristin Hannah
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The Librarian Spy
- A Novel of World War II
- By: Madeline Martin
- Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld
- Length: 10 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Ava thought her job as a librarian at the Library of Congress would mean a quiet, routine existence. But an unexpected offer from the US military has brought her to Lisbon with a new mission: posing as a librarian while working undercover as a spy gathering intelligence....
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Good story, disturbing narration.
- By John on 09-22-22
By: Madeline Martin
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We Must Not Think of Ourselves
- By: Lauren Grodstein
- Narrated by: Brad Griffith, Jesse Vilinsky, Sharon Freedman, and others
- Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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A heart-wrenching story of love and defiance set in the Warsaw Ghetto, We Must Not Think of Ourselves is based on the actual archives kept by those determined to have their stories survive World War II....
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A beautiful book.
- By Donna Morgan on 12-04-23
By: Lauren Grodstein
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The School for German Brides
- A Novel of World War II
- By: Aimie K. Runyan
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell, Kathleen Gati
- Length: 10 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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In this intriguing historical novel, a young woman who is sent to a horrific “bride school” to be molded into the perfect Nazi wife finds her life forever intertwined with a young Jewish woman about to give birth....
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It's ok
- By Donna Grimsley on 06-15-22
By: Aimie K. Runyan
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The Tattooist of Auschwitz
- A Novel
- By: Heather Morris
- Narrated by: Richard Armitage
- Length: 7 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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This beautiful, illuminating tale of hope and courage is based on interviews that were conducted with Holocaust survivor and Auschwitz-Birkenau tattooist Ludwig (Lale) Sokolov - an unforgettable love story in the midst of atrocity....
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A hopeful perspective on a harrowing time
- By melyssa57 (A Page Before Bedtime dot com) on 10-10-18
By: Heather Morris
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The Rose Code
- A Novel
- By: Kate Quinn
- Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld
- Length: 16 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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The author of The Alice Network returns with another heart-stopping WWII story of three code-breakers and the spy they must root out.
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My Favorite Book!!!
- By Jan M on 03-09-21
By: Kate Quinn
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The Nightingale
- By: Kristin Hannah
- Narrated by: Polly Stone
- Length: 17 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Two sisters, separated by years and experience, each embark on her own dangerous path toward survival, love, and freedom in WWII France.
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Heroic & Harrowing Work Of Fiction
- By Sara on 08-21-15
By: Kristin Hannah
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The Librarian Spy
- A Novel of World War II
- By: Madeline Martin
- Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld
- Length: 10 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Ava thought her job as a librarian at the Library of Congress would mean a quiet, routine existence. But an unexpected offer from the US military has brought her to Lisbon with a new mission: posing as a librarian while working undercover as a spy gathering intelligence....
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Good story, disturbing narration.
- By John on 09-22-22
By: Madeline Martin
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We Must Not Think of Ourselves
- By: Lauren Grodstein
- Narrated by: Brad Griffith, Jesse Vilinsky, Sharon Freedman, and others
- Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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A heart-wrenching story of love and defiance set in the Warsaw Ghetto, We Must Not Think of Ourselves is based on the actual archives kept by those determined to have their stories survive World War II....
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A beautiful book.
- By Donna Morgan on 12-04-23
By: Lauren Grodstein
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The School for German Brides
- A Novel of World War II
- By: Aimie K. Runyan
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell, Kathleen Gati
- Length: 10 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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In this intriguing historical novel, a young woman who is sent to a horrific “bride school” to be molded into the perfect Nazi wife finds her life forever intertwined with a young Jewish woman about to give birth....
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It's ok
- By Donna Grimsley on 06-15-22
By: Aimie K. Runyan
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The Tattooist of Auschwitz
- A Novel
- By: Heather Morris
- Narrated by: Richard Armitage
- Length: 7 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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This beautiful, illuminating tale of hope and courage is based on interviews that were conducted with Holocaust survivor and Auschwitz-Birkenau tattooist Ludwig (Lale) Sokolov - an unforgettable love story in the midst of atrocity....
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A hopeful perspective on a harrowing time
- By melyssa57 (A Page Before Bedtime dot com) on 10-10-18
By: Heather Morris
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The Rose Code
- A Novel
- By: Kate Quinn
- Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld
- Length: 16 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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The author of The Alice Network returns with another heart-stopping WWII story of three code-breakers and the spy they must root out.
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My Favorite Book!!!
- By Jan M on 03-09-21
By: Kate Quinn
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The Italian Ballerina
- A World War II Novel
- By: Kristy Cambron
- Narrated by: Barrie Kreinik
- Length: 10 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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At the height of the Nazi occupation of Rome, an unlikely band of heroes comes together to save innocent lives in this breathtaking World War II novel based on real historical events....
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Historically, very interesting and seemingly accurate. Story lines that are interwoven together through numerous time periods.
- By Linda B. Ames on 02-16-24
By: Kristy Cambron
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The Little Liar
- A Novel
- By: Mitch Albom
- Narrated by: Mitch Albom
- Length: 7 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Eleven-year-old Nico Krispis never told a lie. When the Nazi’s invade his home in Salonika, Greece, the trustworthy boy is discovered by a German officer, who offers him a chance to save his family....
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Thank you for bringing out this story. I am first generation of holocaust survivors and never knew about Greece.
- By Red on 11-18-23
By: Mitch Albom
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The Book of Lost Names
- By: Kristin Harmel
- Narrated by: Madeleine Maby
- Length: 10 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Lina Meisel, a retired librarian in Florida, is reading the newspaper one morning when she freezes. Her eyes lock on a photograph of a book she hasn’t seen in 65 years - a book she recognizes as The Book of Lost Names....
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Another whiney female "heroine"
- By Patricia on 08-15-20
By: Kristin Harmel
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The Girl from Guernica
- By: Karen Robards
- Narrated by: Nancy Peterson
- Length: 15 hrs and 44 mins
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Inspired by Picasso’s great masterpiece Guernica, New York Times bestselling author Karen Robards returns with a riveting story of love, intrigue, deception and bravery in the face of war.
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Troublesome
- By Kindle Customer on 11-01-23
By: Karen Robards
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Auschwitz Lullaby
- By: Mario Escobar
- Narrated by: Hayley Cresswell
- Length: 6 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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On an otherwise ordinary morning in 1943, Helene Hannemann is preparing her five children for the day when the German police arrive at her home....
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good story bad delivery
- By Chelsey on 01-22-19
By: Mario Escobar
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Beneath a Scarlet Sky
- A Novel
- By: Mark Sullivan
- Narrated by: Will Damron
- Length: 17 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Pino Lella wants nothing to do with the war or the Nazis. He's a normal Italian teenager - obsessed with music, food, and girls....
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The Best Thing? It Really Happened!
- By Chip Atkinson on 08-07-17
By: Mark Sullivan
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The Diamond Eye
- A Novel
- By: Kate Quinn
- Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld
- Length: 12 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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The New York Times bestselling author of The Rose Code returns with an unforgettable World War II tale of a quiet librarian who becomes history’s deadliest female sniper. Based on a true story....
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Excellent narration!
- By Denise Diener on 04-15-22
By: Kate Quinn
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The Warsaw Orphan
- By: Kelly Rimmer
- Narrated by: Nancy Peterson, Charlie Thurston
- Length: 13 hrs and 16 mins
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Inspired by the real-life heroine who saved thousands of Jewish children during WWII, The Warsaw Orphan is Kelly Rimmer’s most anticipated novel since her bestselling sensation, The Things We Cannot Say....
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Kelly did it again! 🥰
- By Eric Cardoza on 07-21-21
By: Kelly Rimmer
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Code Name Hélène
- A Novel
- By: Ariel Lawhon
- Narrated by: Barrie Kreinik, Peter Ganim
- Length: 17 hrs and 17 mins
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It is 1936, and Nancy Wake is an intrepid Australian expat living in Paris who has bluffed her way into a reporting job for Hearst newspaper when she meets the wealthy French industrialist Henri Fiocca....
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Mixed Feelings
- By carpsmarsh on 02-14-21
By: Ariel Lawhon
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All the Broken Places
- A Novel
- By: John Boyne
- Narrated by: Kristin Atherton, Helen Lloyd
- Length: 12 hrs and 42 mins
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From the New York Times bestselling author John Boyne, a devastating, beautiful story about a woman who must confront the sins of her own terrible past, and a present in which it is never too late for bravery....
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Such A Surprise!!!
- By M. Ryder on 12-06-22
By: John Boyne
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The Midwife of Berlin
- By: Anna Stuart
- Narrated by: Sophie Aldred
- Length: 12 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Berlin, 1945: Ester Pasternak walked out of the gates of Auschwitz barely alive. She survived against devastating odds, but her heartbreaking journey is only just beginning. In the camp, Ester gave birth to a tiny fair-haired infant....
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Let down
- By LannaQ on 12-10-23
By: Anna Stuart
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The Last of the Seven
- A Novel of World War II
- By: Steven Hartov
- Narrated by: Raphael Corkhill
- Length: 9 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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A spellbinding novel of World War II based on the little-known history of the X Troop—a team of European Jews who escaped the Continent only to join the British Army and return home to exact their revenge on Hitler’s military.
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Good read
- By jeanie soyars on 04-22-24
By: Steven Hartov
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Tears of Amber
- By: Sofía Segovia, Simon Bruni - translator
- Narrated by: Will Damron, Angela Dawe
- Length: 15 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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From the bestselling author of The Murmur of Bees comes a transportive novel of two families uprooted by war and united by the bonds of love and courage....
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A remarkable book - compelling story
- By just asking for some common sense on 05-11-21
By: Sofía Segovia, and others
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The Librarian of Burned Books
- A Novel
- By: Brianna Labuskes
- Narrated by: Caroline Hewitt, Eleanor Caudill, Karissa Vacker
- Length: 10 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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For fans of The Rose Code and The Paris Library, The Librarian of Burned Books is a captivating WWII-era novel about the intertwined fates of three women who believe in the power of books to triumph over the very darkest moments of war....
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Banned books, history repeating itself
- By Amazon Customer on 05-07-23
By: Brianna Labuskes
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Where Waters Meet
- By: Zhang Ling
- Narrated by: Nancy Wu, Dan John Miller
- Length: 10 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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A daughter discovers the dramatic history that shaped her mother’s secret life in an emotional and immersive novel by Zhang Ling, the bestselling author of A Single Swallow....
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The book was disheveled, wandering like a nomad. It makes no sense whatsoever.
- By busy nurse on 01-15-24
By: Zhang Ling
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The Only Woman in the Room
- By: Marie Benedict
- Narrated by: Suzanne Toren
- Length: 8 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Her beauty saved her from the rising Nazi party and led to marriage with an Austrian arms dealer. Underestimated in everything else, she overheard the Third Reich's plans while at her husband's side, understanding more than anyone would guess. She devised a plan to flee....
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incredible true story about heddy Lamar
- By S. Loew on 01-26-19
By: Marie Benedict
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The Last Green Valley
- A Novel
- By: Mark Sullivan
- Narrated by: Will Damron
- Length: 16 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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From the author of the number one best seller Beneath a Scarlet Sky comes a new historical novel inspired by one family’s incredible story of daring, survival, and triumph....
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Too Religious
- By Laurie N. on 06-02-21
By: Mark Sullivan
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Cilka's Journey
- By: Heather Morris
- Narrated by: Louise Brealey
- Length: 11 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Cilka is just 16-years-old when she is taken to Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration Camp in 1942, where the commandant immediately notices how beautiful she is. Forcibly separated from the other women prisoners, Cilka learns quickly that power, even unwillingly taken, equals survival....
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YOU MUST LISTEN TO THIS BOOK
- By Amazon Customer on 10-08-19
By: Heather Morris
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The Secret Book of Flora Lea
- A Novel
- By: Patti Callahan Henry
- Narrated by: Cynthia Erivo, Patti Callahan Henry
- Length: 12 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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When a woman stumbles across a mysterious children’s book, long-held secrets about her missing sister and their childhood spent in the English countryside during World War II are revealed in this novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Surviving Savannah....
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My mum was an evacuee…
- By Bettie on 06-09-23
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The Winemaker's Wife
- By: Kristin Harmel
- Narrated by: Robin Eller, Lisa Flanagan, Madeleine Maby
- Length: 11 hrs and 32 mins
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From the author of the international best seller The Room on Rue Amélie comes a remarkable and moving story of love, danger, and betrayal: two women in France in the darkest days of World War II and another in present-day America on a quest to uncover a secret that connects them....
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The narration was like nails on a chalkboard!
- By Diane on 08-20-19
By: Kristin Harmel
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The Huntress
- A Novel
- By: Kate Quinn
- Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld
- Length: 19 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Bold and fearless, Nina Markova always dreamed of flying. When the Nazis attack the Soviet Union, she risks everything to join the legendary Night Witches, an all-female night bomber regiment wreaking havoc on the invading Germans....
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EVEN BETTER THAN ALICE NETWORK
- By Nina on 03-02-19
By: Kate Quinn
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The Keeper of Hidden Books
- A Novel
- By: Madeline Martin
- Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld
- Length: 10 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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All her life, Zofia has found comfort in two things during times of hardship: books and her best friend, Janina. But no one could have imagined the horrors of the Nazi occupation in Warsaw....
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Audiobook of the year for me, truly exceptional!
- By john on 08-02-23
By: Madeline Martin
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When We Were Enemies
- A Novel
- By: Emily Bleeker
- Narrated by: Carlotta Brentan, Eva Kaminsky
- Length: 11 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Two women, generations apart, in the spotlight. A powerful novel about family secrets, devastating choices, and hope for the future by the bestselling author of When I’m Gone....
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who were the enemies?
- By Amazon Customer on 01-05-24
By: Emily Bleeker
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The War Orphan
- Women of War
- By: Anna Stuart
- Narrated by: Sophie Aldred
- Length: 12 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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1945, Auschwitz: I stumble out of the gates, tightly grasping the hands of two smaller children. Hunger swirls in my stomach and the barren landscape swims before my eyes. I can barely believe it. We’re free. We survived. But what happens now…
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Meh
- By K on 04-19-24
By: Anna Stuart
New releases
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Empire in Silence
- By: Robert Dobbs
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 10 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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"Empire in Silence" is a sinister exploration of how Nazi ideologies have insidiously permeated modern American society. After World War II, high-ranking Nazis and their zealous disciples used stolen European riches to seed corporate entities around the world, embedding themselves within America's corporate and political landscape. These entities carried not only advanced technology but also a dark, authoritarian philosophy that the Nazis hoped would eventually dominate the United States, turning it into a contemporary fascist empire. Michael Keller, a former CIA operative turned security ...
By: Robert Dobbs
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The Stars Are Our Witness
- A totally gripping, epic and emotional World War 2 novel
- By: Siobhan Curham
- Narrated by: Harrie Dobby
- Length: 11 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Working in the camp’s munitions factory, Adela Rubenstein discovers the underground network fighting against the devastating cruelty all around them. Imprisoned for teaching Jewish orphans in secret for the resistance, she doesn’t hesitate to join the rebellion. Every night on the way back to her hut, she looks up at the stars, the only witness to their plan to blow up the crematoria buildings.
By: Siobhan Curham
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War Baby
- Sweet Sisters, Book 2
- By: Lizzie Lane
- Narrated by: Annie Aldington
- Length: 10 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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The war has had a devastating effect on the Sweet family, with young Charlie Sweet, lost at sea, presumed dead and bombs falling on nearby Bristol. Still there is a glimmer of hope on the horizon in the form of Mary Sweet’s upcoming wedding to her Canadian beau. But even that has failed to rouse their father from his grief. But in London a baby has been found in a bombed out house, sheltered in the arms of his dead mother. A child to make life worth living again...
By: Lizzie Lane
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War Orphans
- By: Lizzie Lane
- Narrated by: Penelope Freeman
- Length: 10 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Joanna Ryan’s father has gone off to war, leaving her in the care of her step-mother, a woman more concerned with having a good time than being any sort of parent to her. But then she finds a puppy, left for dead, and Joanna becomes determined to save him, sharing her meagre rations with him. But, in a time of war, pets are only seen as an unnecessary burden and she is forced to hide her new friend, Harry, from her step-mother and the authorities. With bombs falling over Bristol and with the prospect of evacuation on the horizon, can they stay together and keep each other safe?
By: Lizzie Lane
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Wartime Sweethearts
- The Sweet Sisters, Book 1
- By: Lizzie Lane
- Narrated by: Annie Aldington
- Length: 10 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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he Sweet family have run the local bakery for as long as anyone can remember. Twins Ruby and Mary Sweet help their widowed father out when they can. Mary loves baking and has no intention of leaving their small Gloucestershire village. while Ruby dreams of life in London. But as war threatens, there will be changes for all of the Sweet family, with brother Charlie off to serve and cousin Frances facing evacuation. But there will be opportunities, too, as the twins' baking talent catches the attention of the Ministry of Food.
By: Lizzie Lane
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A Wartime Friend
- By: Lizzie Lane
- Narrated by: Penelope Freeman
- Length: 11 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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After escaping a train bound for a death camp with a trusty German Shepherd dog, a girl wakes to find that she has no memory of her former life. Lily is fostered by the kind RAF pilot who found her and his wife, Meg. It is not long before their lives are disrupted once again by the war and, with their home in ruins, they are forced to flee to the country. In the Somerset countryside, Lily is reunited with Rudy, the heroic German Shepherd.
By: Lizzie Lane
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Empire in Silence
- By: Robert Dobbs
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 10 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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"Empire in Silence" is a sinister exploration of how Nazi ideologies have insidiously permeated modern American society. After World War II, high-ranking Nazis and their zealous disciples used stolen European riches to seed corporate entities around the world, embedding themselves within America's corporate and political landscape. These entities carried not only advanced technology but also a dark, authoritarian philosophy that the Nazis hoped would eventually dominate the United States, turning it into a contemporary fascist empire. Michael Keller, a former CIA operative turned security ...
By: Robert Dobbs
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The Stars Are Our Witness
- A totally gripping, epic and emotional World War 2 novel
- By: Siobhan Curham
- Narrated by: Harrie Dobby
- Length: 11 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Working in the camp’s munitions factory, Adela Rubenstein discovers the underground network fighting against the devastating cruelty all around them. Imprisoned for teaching Jewish orphans in secret for the resistance, she doesn’t hesitate to join the rebellion. Every night on the way back to her hut, she looks up at the stars, the only witness to their plan to blow up the crematoria buildings.
By: Siobhan Curham
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War Baby
- Sweet Sisters, Book 2
- By: Lizzie Lane
- Narrated by: Annie Aldington
- Length: 10 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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The war has had a devastating effect on the Sweet family, with young Charlie Sweet, lost at sea, presumed dead and bombs falling on nearby Bristol. Still there is a glimmer of hope on the horizon in the form of Mary Sweet’s upcoming wedding to her Canadian beau. But even that has failed to rouse their father from his grief. But in London a baby has been found in a bombed out house, sheltered in the arms of his dead mother. A child to make life worth living again...
By: Lizzie Lane
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War Orphans
- By: Lizzie Lane
- Narrated by: Penelope Freeman
- Length: 10 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Joanna Ryan’s father has gone off to war, leaving her in the care of her step-mother, a woman more concerned with having a good time than being any sort of parent to her. But then she finds a puppy, left for dead, and Joanna becomes determined to save him, sharing her meagre rations with him. But, in a time of war, pets are only seen as an unnecessary burden and she is forced to hide her new friend, Harry, from her step-mother and the authorities. With bombs falling over Bristol and with the prospect of evacuation on the horizon, can they stay together and keep each other safe?
By: Lizzie Lane
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Wartime Sweethearts
- The Sweet Sisters, Book 1
- By: Lizzie Lane
- Narrated by: Annie Aldington
- Length: 10 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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he Sweet family have run the local bakery for as long as anyone can remember. Twins Ruby and Mary Sweet help their widowed father out when they can. Mary loves baking and has no intention of leaving their small Gloucestershire village. while Ruby dreams of life in London. But as war threatens, there will be changes for all of the Sweet family, with brother Charlie off to serve and cousin Frances facing evacuation. But there will be opportunities, too, as the twins' baking talent catches the attention of the Ministry of Food.
By: Lizzie Lane
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A Wartime Friend
- By: Lizzie Lane
- Narrated by: Penelope Freeman
- Length: 11 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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After escaping a train bound for a death camp with a trusty German Shepherd dog, a girl wakes to find that she has no memory of her former life. Lily is fostered by the kind RAF pilot who found her and his wife, Meg. It is not long before their lives are disrupted once again by the war and, with their home in ruins, they are forced to flee to the country. In the Somerset countryside, Lily is reunited with Rudy, the heroic German Shepherd.
By: Lizzie Lane
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Home Sweet Home
- The Sweet Sisters, Book 3
- By: Lizzie Lane
- Narrated by: Annie Aldington
- Length: 9 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Frances Sweet can’t really remember her real parents. Brought up by her uncle, her cousins Ruby and Mary have always treated her like their little sister. As the war continues to keep her cousins separated from the men they love – Frances is growing up fast enough to catch the eye of dashing American soldier Declan. But she also has a greater longing – to find the mother who abandoned her years before.
By: Lizzie Lane
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Only the Brave
- By: Danielle Steel
- Narrated by: Samuel Roukin
- Length: 7 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1930s Berlin, dark days dawn under Hitler's Third Reich. For nineteen-year-old Sophia Alexander, life will never be the same. The daughter of a respected doctor, Sophia has always believed that her destiny is to look after others, and as the persecution of Jewish families begins, she joins a group of dissidents who are committed to helping them to safety.
By: Danielle Steel
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Victory for the Cornish Girls
- Cornish Girls, Book 6
- By: Betty Walker
- Narrated by: Annette Holland
- Length: 12 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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When Alice is forced away from her spy training in London under tragic circumstances, she is distraught. That is, until she’s asked to join a local branch of codebreakers that might just be finding the key to winning the war. Young Imogen feels impotent to help her beloved Bude as war rages on. When she suspects the attractive new Vicar of betraying their country, she gets to work to uncover his deceit. Meanwhile, American entertainer to the troops Pearl pours her heart into supporting the troops to stop their moral from waning, but is jilted by her young soldier love.
By: Betty Walker
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Whale Fall
- By: Elizabeth O'Connor
- Narrated by: Gwyneth Keyworth
- Length: 3 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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It is 1938 and for Manod, a young woman living on a remote island off the coast of Wales, the world looks ready to end just as she is trying to imagine a future for herself. The ominous appearance of a beached whale on the island's shore, and rumours of submarines circling beneath the waves, have villagers steeling themselves for what’s to come. Empty houses remind them of the men taken by the Great War, and of the difficulty of building a life in the island's harsh, salt-stung landscape.
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A Wedding for the Bomber Girls
- Bomber Command Girls, Book 2
- By: Vicki Beeby
- Narrated by: Sofia Engstrand
- Length: 11 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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At RAF Fenthorpe, instrument repairer Thea is helping her sister, Pearl, plan her wedding alongside fellow WAAF and maid of honour Jenny. A misfit amongst the women on the base, though, Thea is struggling to get others onboard. When Flight Sergeant Fitz makes a point of befriending and standing by her, sparks fly between the two. And when Fitz’s crew member, Jack, faces being stripped of his rank due to cowardice, Thea throws herself into seeking justice and support for him.
By: Vicki Beeby
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Your Presence Is Mandatory
- A Novel
- By: Sasha Vasilyuk
- Narrated by: Sam Rushton
- Length: 11 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Yefim Shulman, husband, grandfather and war veteran, was beloved by his family and his coworkers. But in the days after his death, his widow Nina finds a letter to the KGB in his briefcase. Yefim had a lifelong secret, and his confession forces them to reassess the man they thought they knew and the country he had defended.
By: Sasha Vasilyuk
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The Tuscan Daughter
- By: Tessa Harris
- Narrated by: Lucy Walker-Evans
- Length: 11 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Tuscany, 1942: having moved from England to the beautiful city of Lucca before the outbreak of war, Lizzie Thornton adores her job as tutor to eight-year-old Cristo – despite the fact that his father, Count Antonio de Falco, is a notable fascist and supporter of Mussolini. Then war is declared, and Lizzie is suddenly regarded as an enemy in the country she loves so much. When new tutor Vincenzo Baldini arrives, Lizzie is exposed to a new secret world; Vincenzo is actually a member of the Italian resistance, running an anti-fascist propaganda magazine.
By: Tessa Harris
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Hard Times for the East End Library Girls
- Library Girls, Book 2
- By: Patricia McBride
- Narrated by: Julie Maisey
- Length: 7 hrs and 20 mins
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War strikes close to home for chief librarian Cordelia when her flat is bombed, and her beloved Robert is called up and sent abroad. Fortunately, her colleagues Mavis and Jane can help see her through hard times. The three friends find purpose in making the Silvertown library a friendly sanctuary for their deprived and devastated community. But sinister forces, from callous bureaucrats to crafty criminals, still lurk among the stacks.
By: Patricia McBride
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The Counterfeit Candidate
- The Reich Trilogy, Book 1
- By: Brian Klein
- Narrated by: John Chancer
- Length: 10 hrs and 27 mins
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Chief Inspector Nicolas Vargas of the Buenos Aires Police Department and Lieutenant Troy Hembury of the LAPD are sucked into a dark political conspiracy concealing an incredible historical truth stretching from the infamous Berlin bunker to Buenos Aires and to Washington, which threatens the very heart and soul of American democracy.
By: Brian Klein
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The Führer’s Prophecy
- The Reich Trilogy, Book 2
- By: Brian Klein
- Narrated by: John Chancer
- Length: 11 hrs and 10 mins
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As the world emerges from the COVID pandemic, an encrypted Zoom call involving five participants, based across four continents, approves a plan that could have unimaginable consequences for the State of Israel. Chief Inspector Nicolas Vargas of the Buenos Aires Police Department and Lieutenant Troy Hembury of the LAPD join forces with Lea Katz, an elite Mossad agent, in a race against time to try and prevent the unthinkable consequences of Operation Gesamtkunstwerk.
By: Brian Klein
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Dekker's Demons: Suicide Run - Book 1
- By: Alan Caillou
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 5 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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High Octane World War II Action! First in the Dekker's Demons Series. It was a mission even Colonel "Wild Bill" Donovan called suicide! It called for parachuting behind enemy lines, into a country crawling with Nazis, and bringing out the man code-named Catinat - the mysterious leader of the French Resistance. Allied troubleshooter Josh Dekker had handpicked the squad: an Algerian murderer with an appetite for unwilling women; a young hashish smuggler on the run; a British weapons whiz expelled from the army for an unmentionable offense; a sullen Pole with a deep and deadly anger. And Jill,...
By: Alan Caillou
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Dekker's Demons: Blood Run - Book 2
- By: Alan Caillou
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 5 hrs and 14 mins
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A World War Two Espionage Thriller! TWO MILLION DOLLARS IN A BOOBY-TRAPPED SUITCASE - IN THE MIDDLE OF AN ARMED GERMAN CAMP... The French Resistance needs it, and Josh Dekker and his deadly crew has to get it. And, as if that weren’t enough, Colonel “Wild Bill” Donovan has another explosive surprise for them: a mysterious allied agent captured by the Germans after his parachute drop. The suitcase is caught in a treetop, the agent is being tortured by the Nazis, and nothing, and no one, is what it seems. But Dekker, the beautiful Jill Magran, and the rest of the Demons have to bring ...
By: Alan Caillou