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Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart. They can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere. A decade of monumental change and slaughter. Many of society’s telling questions are cast aside in times of that speak of greater needs, greater priorities. For these talented authors their ideas and words keep these magnificent stories at the forefront of our literary lives.

1918, la guerre se termine et les frontières se redessinent. Traversée par le Bosphore, Istanbul est déchirée entre Orient et Occident. Désormais aux mains des Alliés, la ville mythique devient plus que jamais un carrefour cosmopolite. Leyla, jeune épouse d'un secrétaire du sultan, élevée selon les coutumes ancestrales, assiste impuissante au démantèlement de l'Empire ottoman. Mais la résistance s'organise. En la rejoignant, Leyla va s'engager dans la plus belle et dangereuse des luttes : celle pour l'amour, l'indépendance et la liberté.

Casting light onto the once hidden tragedy of the 1918 Chilwell, England ammunition factory explosion, The Silent Canary tells of the catastrophic incident that resulted in the largest loss of life from a single accidental explosion during World War I.

As the armies of the British Empire march across the world in brutal conquest, Lieutenant Griff Whitaker resigns his commission under a burden of shame, intending to disappear – permanently. By uncanny chance, Ariadne and Griff are separately drawn to the secluded valley of the famed Jenolan Caves. Friendship blooms amid this place of peace and natural wonder. As desire ignites, Griff regains his passion for music and his violin, and begins to hope for another way of being in this world – while Ariadne's own talents and heightened perceptions might well defy the laws of science altogether.

When Jack Kelly, a captain in the Australian army, shows compassion towards his prisoner Paul Mann, a brave and high-ranking German officer, an unexpected bond is formed. But neither could imagine how their pasts and futures would become inextricably linked by one place – Papua. The Great War is finally over and both soldiers return to their once familiar lives, only to find that in their absences events have changed their respective worlds forever.

In the early years of the 20th century, Billy and Tommy Smith are growing up on the mean streets of Sydney's Millers Point. It's a hungry, hard-scrabble life, made even worse when their violent father returns home from prison. The girl next door, Angeline Dubois, is an ambitious young woman running a small boarding house. Circumstances beyond her control threaten to derail her big dreams for the future. In the wealthy eastern suburbs, Charles Davies is living an entirely different life, the beneficiary of his father's business acumen and insatiable, unyielding greed.

Through Time and Conflict - The Max Chronicles is an historical adventure that follows the extraordinary lineage of three generations of a courageous whippet named Max, whose loyalty and bravery shape pivotal moments in history.

What happens when a love story turns into a political nightmare? From the moment Amalia enters his shop, the immigrant shoemaker Erasmo imagines she will fulfill his dream of America. And their story begins in promise. The lovers are passionate for life and each other, but they both come to see the truth beneath the surface. Amalia has opened Erasmo's eyes to inequality and the exploitation of the poor. Against the backdrop of the WWI Red Scare, while the Spanish Flu rages, Erasmo becomes embroiled in the battle between Italian anarchists and the federal government.

Anna acaba de perder a una de las personas más importantes de su vida: su abuela Anita, su faro y su refugio, quien siempre la protegió y la amó incondicionalmente. Su ausencia le deja un profundo vacío, pero también un cometido que deberá asumir: desentrañar la historia oculta tras los silencios que se han apoderado de su familia a lo largo de varias generaciones.

Brought up in Cornwall by her grandparents, Aster thinks often of her parents, who were taken from her at a tragically early age. The only thing she has to remember her mother by is her Flower Book, a journal of pressed flowers that charts Violet’s life and dreams – and keeps all her secrets...On her 21st birthday, Aster receives devastating news that turns everything she knew about herself upside down. Will she finally discover what really happened to her parents?

From a bestselling Australian author comes a gripping novel of espionage, passion and sacrifice set in the Middle East during World War I. Based on an astonishing true story, it asks what are you willing to die for? For readers of Geraldine Brooks, Heather Morris and Alli Parker. During a train...

The youngest child of the local doctor and evangelical preacher, Annie Baldwin was expected to work hard and not protest. George Richardson, the underage Doctor Bernardo boy, orphaned and shipped to Canada a few years earlier, is loaned to the Baldwins to help bring in the hay. The Great War brought a lot of changes to life, even in the back woods of Ontario. In spite of the differences in their social standing, George and Annie fell in love. When George departed for France, he promised to return to her when the war was over. Like so many others, Annie waited and hoped.

Amid the chaos of the sinking Titanic, a young Eleanor Annenberg meets the eyes of a stranger and is immediately captivated. As the ship buckles around them, she follows him down into the hold and finds him leaning over an open sarcophagus, surrounded by mutilated bodies. She catches but a glimpse of what lies within. Elle is pulled out of the water, but the stranger is lost. Unintentionally, he leaves her a gift; one so compelling that Elle embarks on a journey that pulls her into a world of ancient evils, vicious hunters, and human prey to find the man who saved her that night.

The Return of the Soldier is the powerful debut novel of the prolific English novelist Rebecca West. First published in 1918, the novel opens with the return of the shell-shocked Captain Chris Baldry from the trenches of the First World War, and grapples with the devastation of mental trauma from that war and its effects on families. Recounted from the perspective of his cousin Jenny, the story examines the relationship between Chris and the three women in his life.

1914: Nach einem erbitterten Streit mit seinem Bruder hat Alexander von Seydell seine Heimat verlassen und sich in Navarra eine neue Existenz aufgebaut. Als der erste Weltkrieg ausbricht, scheint ihn das nichts anzugehen, doch wegen einer Verwechslung muss er sich der französischen Armee anschließen. Auch sein leiblicher Sohn Robert muss an die Front, wo seine Vaterlandstreue auf eine harte Probe gestellt wird. Und dann stehen sich Vater und Sohn als Feinde auf dem Schlachtfeld gegenüber.

His name was Thomas Hardwick. Follow his incredible adventures in three short stories. Travel back in time to 1913, London, and follow Thomas' adventures during World War One. Experience his emotional journey through this turbulent time in world history, as Thomas faces extreme danger, heartbreaking loss, the comfort of new friends, and the love of family.

Gaetano Marino interpreta "La camera in attesa", classica novella di Pirandello incentrata sul patetismo degli affetti familiari sullo sfondo della Grande Guerra.

La Grande Guerre est finie depuis sept ans quand Maurice Poudevigne, que tout le monde croyait mort, revient "au pays". En suivant pas à pas l'itinéraire de cet ouvrier agricole de son enfance à sa mort, Jean Anglade nous offre un bel hymne à la vie et à la culture paysanne du début du siècle dernier. Fataliste, Maurice Poudevigne ? Il aime les joies simples, vivre entre les siens, monter, chaque été, sur le plateau du Cézallier, faucher les foins comme son père puis son frère aîné l'ont fait avant lui, au point d'être jugé le meilleur du canton.

L'idée de passer tout l'été coupés du monde angoissait Franck mais enchantait Lise, alors Franck avait accepté, un peu à contrecœur et beaucoup par amour, de louer dans le Lot cette maison absente de toutes les cartes et privée de tout réseau. L'annonce parlait d'un gîte perdu au milieu des collines, de calme et de paix. Mais pas du passé sanglant de cet endroit que personne n'habitait plus et qui avait abrité un dompteur allemand et ses fauves pendant la Première Guerre mondiale.

1924. The First World War is over and eleven-year-old Alexa is growing up on the idyllic Cornish coast with her best friend Harvey. But she soon discovers there are secrets at the heart of her family that have been hidden for years. And when her mother dies suddenly, she finds her whole life thrown into turmoil. 1931. Still reeling from the secrets she uncovered, Alexa flees to the intoxicating city of Venice. But her new glamorous life is not what she hoped for and, with dark shadows closing in, she will question everything she thought she wanted.