What was it like to grow up as an urban urchin under bombs in Nazi Germany? Did he have a real childhood? Did he play pranks on grownups, as young rascals do in normal times? Could he be shielded against Nationalist ideology? In Urchin at War, Uwe Siemon-Netto answers these questions in the affirmative with humour and drama.The son of a lawyer blinded in World War I, he describes the parallel universe in which his bourgeois family lived in Leipzig. He vividly writes about t...

In the 1840s, love between a white English noblewoman and a Jamaican is taboo. Yet Lady Carmen finds herself with child by Jake Foster. Their mocha-skinned love child, Lilly, is banished to Savannah, longing to know her birth story. Soon Lilly falls prey to Baroness Genevieve, wearer of the mysterious Bloodstone Ring.The one person she counts on, Lady Katelyn, is powerless to save her. In a tale of betrayal, kidnapping, and harrowing illegal slave trade, nine-year-old Lilly runs fo...

Claudette, Laci Ann, and Justine are the beautiful daughters of billionaire Bill and Jeanette Lauden of Boston. Despite their social status, the young heiresses can’t seem to find inner peace or true love by honest relationships.With Laci Ann’s third wedding approaching quickly, the Lauden’s sprawling homestead on Nantucket Island calls for a perfect summer family gathering.When Claudette arrives with a handsome stranger she met on the airplane flight home, she surprises ever...

From master storyteller Barbara Taylor Bradford comes a magnificent new novel, a powerful, moving story of two women, two families, and an extraordinary friendship challenged by tragedy and a devastating secret from the past....Some secrets are too terrible to share--even with your best friend....Nothing hurts like the truth. A truth that has haunted Claire Benson all her life. A truth that Claire has revealed to no one, not even to her best friend, International art dealer...

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author comes an epic saga of intrigue and mystique set in Edwardian England. Cavendon Hall is Barbara Taylor Bradford at her very best, and its sweeping story of secrets, love, honor, and betrayal will have readers riveted up to the very last page.Cavendon Hall is home to two families, the aristocratic Inghams and the Swanns who serve them. Charles Ingham, the sixth Earl of Mowbray, lives there with his wife ...

Abandoned pregnant and penniless on the teeming streets of London, 16-year-old Amber St. Clare manages, by using her wits, beauty, and courage, to climb to the highest position a woman could achieve in Restoration England—that of favorite mistress of the Merry Monarch, Charles II. From whores and highwaymen to courtiers and noblemen, from events such as the Great Plague and the Fire of London to the intimate passions of ordinary—and extraordinary—men and women, Amber experiences it all. Bu...

Seeking some much-needed rest and relaxation after a long stint as a TV-news war correspondent in Bosnia, 33-year-old Bill Fitzgerald travels to Venice. There he is struck by the dark beauty of a young American woman, Vanessa Stewart, a 27-year-old glass designer from New York.Unhappily married, she welcomes a no-strings friendship with Bill. Soon they embark on an illicit affair and find themselves desperately in love. They vow to see each other whenever and wherever they can. But on thei...

A woman uncovers shocking revelations about her family in Barbara Taylor Sissel's unnerving thriller Evidence of Life.A mother's love. A wife's obsession. And the invisible fractures that can shatter a family.As her husband Nick and daughter Lindsey embark on a weekend camping trip to the Texas Hill Country, Abby looks forward to having some time to herself. She kisses them goodbye, and thinks to herself that she has it all—a perfect marriage, a perf...

A family confronts devastating truths in Safe Keeping, a chilling and emotionally charged mystery from highly acclaimed author Barbara Taylor Sissel.At the heart of every crime, there's a family.My son is a murderer . . .Emily Lebay had always thought of her family as ordinary. Sure, they've endured their share of problems, even a time of great trouble—what family hasn't? But when a woman's body turns up in the dense woods near their ...

Two novels of family secrets from a New York Times bestseller, one a "surefire tearjerker," the second a mystery with "clever and unexpected plot twists" ( Publishers Weekly).One of the world's most beloved and successful novelists, the incomparable Barbara Taylor Bradford has the golden touch—creating powerful stories of love and deception, crisis and triumph, that resonate with real emotion . . . and remarkable characters that live in the heart a...

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Barbara Taylor Bradford comes the first book in a stunning new historical saga.Victorian England is a country of sharp divides between rich and poor, but James Lionel Falconer, who spends his days working at his father’s market stall, is determined to become a merchant prince. Even as a child, he is everything a self-made man should be: handsome, ambitious, charming, and brimming with self-confidence. James quickly...

Snakes are often hated, sometimes loved, but rarely understood. This sssssssssuper book investigates these shy but remarkable reptiles, exploring their anatomy, instincts and survival skills. Discover the secrets of the deadly poisoners and stranglers. Find out why some species lay eggs while others give birth to live young, how a snake sheds its skin, and how they move across the ground. Detailed cross-section diagrams reveal the complex inner workings of a snakes body and Did You Know? S...