When the World Stood Still: Heartbreaking historical fiction set in the time of the Spanish flu, Paperback - Kate Eastham

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Reducere. Everything sparkles inside the French court, and nothing shines brighter than Queen Marie Antoinette. But on the grim streets of Paris, the people ...

Reducere. In the terrace courtyard of the palazzo overlooking a sparkling bay, the scent of ripening lemons filled the air. His deep brown eyes gazed into he...

Publisher: Austin Macauley PublishersAuthor(s): Manfred StorzIllustration(s): 0; 0Number of pages: 178Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 234 x 155 x...

Reducere. We stand in the back of the hall as the children troop in. Big ones, little ones. Straggly hair, cropped hair, curls... the adults surge forward to...

Reducere. In 1918, the Italian-Americans of New York, the Yupik of Alaska and the Persians of Mashed had almost nothing in common except for a virus--one tha...

Publisher: Austin Macauley PublishersAuthor(s): Manfred StorzIllustration(s): 0; 0Number of pages: 178Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 161 x 239 x...

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Publisher: Upfront PublishingAuthor(s): Kathleen SteeleIllustration(s): NoNumber of pages: 278Publication date: 2012Dimensions: 234 x 157 x 41Cover...

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Reducere. Pana in momentul de fata rasa umana nu a avut nici un contact cu o lume extraterestra. Asta pana cand are loc prima intalnire de gradul 3 cu Klaatu...

Reducere. In this gripping and heart-wrenching story, you will meet Sean. He was raised by a hustling, well-connected mother and was taught early about stree...

Reducere. The story of one young woman's exceptional courage in the darkest of times, set in the stunningly atmospheric mountains of Czechoslovakia during th...

Reducere. Every day he stood exactly where he was directed. He listened for his number, shouted his answer in the freezing cold. He was ragged and he was sta...

Reducere. Suddenly, it became hard to breathe and the sound of the engine throbbed in Eva's head. The plane crashed and skidded. She heard the wail of sirens...

Reducere. He drew in a deep breath. "I know it's too much to ask, but I ask it anyway... Will you wait for me, Harriet?" 1819, Isle of Mull, Scotland: When A...

Reducere. 1937, Europe and America. Based on a powerful true story, this extraordinary novel about wartime courage and extraordinary friendship, tells how tw...

DescriptionThe last time Valerie was in Paris, she was three years old, running from the Nazis, away from the only home she had ever known. Now as ...

From war-torn Somerset to modern-day London, Nikola Scott's powerful new novel about family secrets spanning a generation is perfect for fans of Ka...

Reducere. A secret wartime love affair. A girl nobody can find. Is it ever too late to say you're sorry?September 1940. As the bombs of the Blitz fall on Lon...

Reducere. Germany, 1939: The roof is the only place no one can hear us. All the lights in the village blur into the darkness, and the flame on my candle flic...

Reducere. There, on the dusty floorboards, was a piece of paper, folded neatly. A newspaper article, written in German, alongside a faded picture of two men ...

Reducere. Bristol Bay Remembers: The Great Flu of 1919 tells the story, through first-hand accounts and photographs, of the Spanish Flu Pandemic that struck ...

Reducere. DescriptionIn 1918, Minnesota and its residents were confronted with a series of devastating events that put communities to the test, forcing them ...

Reducere. 1945, Italy. Two sisters give birth to two little girls on the same night, huddled under blankets, deep in the black woods that surround the villag...

Reducere. To celebrate its 20th anniversary, Scholastic is re-releasing the ten original Magic School Bus titles in paperback. With updated scientific inform...

Reducere. Auschwitz, 1942: This unforgettable novel, based on a true story, brings to life history's most powerful tale of forbidden love. Set within the bar...

Now available in paperback: The Great Transformation is nothing less than a global account of the time when religion was born. 'A remarkable histor...

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1940, Nazi occupied France. In the middle of a devastating war, how many lives can you save?Publisher: Little, Brown Book GroupAuthor(s): Julie Orr...

Reducere. DescriptionFrance 1944 and the streets are filled with swastikas. The story of a brave English girl behind enemy lines, a German soldier, and a ter...

Reducere. An utterly heartbreaking tale of two young girls, worlds apart, who are thrown together when they have lost everything. Fans of Wives of War, Befor...

Reducere. This hilarious picture book cleverly tackles the universal challenge of balancing screen time and family time for today's device-obsessed kids (and...

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Reducere. Winner of the Louis Gottschalk Prize, American Society for Eighteenth-Century StudiesA Financial Times Best History Book of the Year A Choice Outst...

Reducere. "The Final Year" is part two of "None Stood Taller".Step back once again into Britain's wartime past. Relive the final year of WW2 and this inspira...

The Factory Girls of Lark Lane is a heart-wrenching family saga about women in World War II, the strength of friendship and the power of hopePublis...

Reducere. Elaine was typing out letters from POWs and reminding herself that she would not cry. Poor Sam in Burma doubted whether he would ever see his child...

As tensions within the family grow, Harriet's refusal to be silenced could be the undoing of them all...Harriet won't stand by while her family's i...

The final instalment in the Rivenshaw series set at the end of WWII in Lancashire.