Nouveautés

The twenty-fourth, and final, book in the dramatic and intriguing story about the colonisation of Australia: a country made of blood, passion, and dreams. Finally the end has been reached as the Australians look towards the future. The Australians have reached a time of technological advance that features steam power of ships and auto mobiles becoming the preferable personal transportation for the wealthy Australians. Australia becomes Australia as we know it today.

Den attende bog i den spændende og dramatiske beretning om Australiens kolonisering – et land skabt af blod, passion og drømme. På trods af modstand fra maorierne og Hauhauerne befinder bosætterne sig i en krig mellem kulturer. Bosætterne prøver at overtage uudforsket land i New Zealand, men møder modstand fra to indfødte stammer. Rejsen er farlig og konsekvenserne blodige. Det er et spørgsmål om overlevelse eller undergang. Deres loyalitet vil blive testet, kærligheden falme, mænd vil dø, men ingen af dem vil give op uden en kamp.

Den nittende bog i den spændende og dramatiske beretning om Australiens kolonisering – et land skabt af blod, passion og drømme. Jon Fisher og Harry Ryan tager del i en blodig krig mellem den britiske side og zuluerne i Sydafrika. Jon Fisher står over for at skulle i krig i Sydafrika. Zuluerne har bevist at de er en magtfuld fjende, mod det britiske militær. Efter han har mistet sine mænd i slaget, beslutter Jon Fisher sig for at tage hjem til Australien. Harry Ryan har arrangeret at de kan få pladser på et handelsskib. Der begynder deres rejse, hvor de må krydse havet for at komme hjem.

Den femtende bog i den spændende og dramatiske beretning om Australiens kolonisering – et land skabt af blod, passion og drømme. I Australien i det 19. århundrede befinder ireren Michael Wexford sig i straffekolonierne efter at have trodset retssystmet. Her er han i færd med at genoverveje sin eksistens og de beslutninger, som har ført ham til denne skæbne. I mellemtiden har søskendeparret Kitty og Patrick Cadogan begivet sig afsted til Norfolk Island for at finde deres bror.

Den syttende bog i den spændende og dramatiske beretning om Australiens kolonisering – et land skabt af blod, passion og drømme. Skæbner sammenflettes, og brutale kampe sættes i gang for at sikre en lysere fremtid. I 1860’erne var Kitty Broome og Adam Vincent iblandt australske nybyggere, som drog ud på nye, spændende eventyr, der ledte til en krig mellem kulturer, venner og elskere, imens de kæmper for en fremtid i deres egen verden.

Den tyvende bog i den spændende og dramatiske beretning om Australiens kolonisering – et land skabt af blod, passion og drømme. Jon Fisher and Harry Ryan vender tilbage til Australien. Ved deres tilbagekomst hører Jon Fisher, at hans familie står over for en konflikt med de velhavende besættere og de såkaldte ’vælgere’. Truslen om krig og interne kampe for familien var under opsejling, imens vi nærmer os det nye århundrede.

NAJCHĘTNIEJ CZYTANA SAGA SKANDYNAWSKA. "- Tego właśnie chcę - wyszeptała Guro do poduszki, odwracając się plecami do pokoju. - Właśnie tego chcę. Zanim zasnęła, przez głowę przemknęła jej złowieszcza, mroczna myślwkradająca się do marzeń o przyszłości. Emilie... Emilie może wprost tego nie powiedziała, ale Guro podejrzewała, że siostra też mogłaby myśleć o karierze scenicznej. Musiała temu próbować zapobiec. Emilie tam nie pasuje - Guro sama siebie próbowała przekonać, że ma rację. Emilie nie jest zdolna tak, jak ona. Muszę dopilnować, żeby nie wygłupiła się i nie przyniosła mi wstydu.

It is 2003 in New Zealand, and Louisa Greenwood and her daughter Ngaroma are on a quest to discover their ancestry. Louisa has a greenstone necklace left to her in her father’s will, and from the first time Ngaroma wears it, she has unusual experiences, both good and bad. It leads her to various locations in New Zealand and England until, through a series of meetings and coincidences, she discovers the final resting place of her five times great grandmother.

You see, I was the commoner who fell for the handsome king. He promised me a future by his side and handed me a red rose, but the thorns cut me deep when I took it. The fantasy shattered, and the king killed everything in my world, including me...or so he thought. I became a ghost dragged deep into the underworld that my uncle controlled. No longer human but now a pawn, a possession. For years I suffered the games until one day, my soul slipped free from hell and came back to wander the earth.

Brought up on her parents' smallholding in Jarrow in the harsh years of the 1870s, selling vegetables to poverty-struck Irish labourers such as the unruly McMullens, Rose dreams of the world beyond the grime of the town, a world she glimpsed at a fairytale wedding on the Ravensworth Estate as a child. Capturing the heart of handsome and respectable steelworker William Fawcett, it seems her wish for a better life is finally within reach. But tragedy strikes, and to save her young family from destitution, Rose must turn to wild John McMullen.

Auch Frauen können Helden sein – für die junge Krankenschwesterschülerin Frances McGrath gleichen diese Worte einer Offenbarung. In der sich wandelnden Welt des Jahres 1965 wagt sie es, von dem ihr vorherbestimmten Pfad abzuweichen, und folgt ihrem Bruder nach Vietnam. Und während sie inmitten der Grausamkeit des Krieges über sich hinauswächst, erwartet sie die wahre Herausforderung bei ihrer Rückkehr. Wie schon in Die Nachtigall lässt Weltbestsellerautorin Kristin Hannah einen besonderen Moment der Geschichte aus der Sicht von Frauen lebendig werden, deren Mut und Tatkraft allzu oft vergessen werden.

Sitting in a jail cell, uncertain of his innocence, Hume Rankin finds himself lost and a long way from home as he recalls dismissing the blind old negro woman’s warning and is haunted by the possibility that he may have played a part in how own demise.

Sarah Lark vuelve a deslumbrar con la continuación de la cautivadora saga protagonizada por dos amigas veterinarias cuyas vidas atraviesan el siglo XX. Tras huir de Alemania, Nellie y Maria por fin encuentran en Nueva Zelanda un lugar seguro en el que establecerse con sus familias y abren una consulta veterinaria en un criadero de caballos. Pero su buena fortuna no dura mucho. Las consecuencias de la crisis económica mundial también afectan a su país de acogida y las dos amigas pronto deben emprender caminos separados.

When her father dies unexpectedly, Beth Macintosh rushes home to the island of Anglesey to be by her mother’s side. Stepping into the converted windmill she once called home, Beth is flooded with memories of her childhood spent on the island. Then she encounters Megan Williams, her estranged best friend. Fifteen years of silence and secrets have kept them apart, with Beth pursuing city life while Megan remained on the island, isolated and weighed down by painful regrets.

Wyoming Territory, 1873. Tim Colter and his trusted guide, mountain man Jed Reno, are on the trail of a vicious gang of train robbers when they happen upon a bloody and shocking scene. Lying on the ground, barely breathing, a Secret Service agent has been left for dead in the wake of a brutal ambush. His final words: "President Grant . . . assassination . . . Dugan . . . trust nobody."

As winter descends upon Cutthroat County, Ashton Maddox has to rely on a skeleton crew to keep his cattle from succumbing to the dangers of the cold winter months. County Sheriff John T. Drew has his hands full this time of year heading up search and rescue missions for adventurous snowboarders and skiers tempting fate on nearby Always Winter mountain range. When an unexpected blizzard covers the region, Drew finds himself babysitting a vicious gang of prisoners stranded in town. And as the storm triggers avalanches, Drew and Maddox learn their son and daughter are trapped on the mountain.

Waking up in a rickety hospital bed, the sweet ten-year-old girl with soft blonde hair and flushed cheeks is lucky to be alive. But all she can remember is the screech of the air raid siren. The nurses call her ‘Rosie’, and hope someone will save her. But no one does, and without a family, she is taken to Blakely Orphanage in Scotland under the supervision of the strict Miss Black.

An epic generational story about womanhood and Judaeo-Scottish experience across two World Wars, the creation of Israel and the fall of the Berlin Wall. Jenni Daiches's Somewhere Else explores today's most difficult and urgent questions, not least of which: how to find identity in displacement. An epic generational story about womanhood and Judaeo-Scottish experience across two World Wars, the creation of Israel and the fall of the Berlin Wall. Jenni Daiches's Somewhere Else explores today's most difficult and urgent questions, not least of which: how to find identity in displacement.

The war is far from over for soldier Raymond de Guise. His wife, Nancy, is overjoyed to be reunited with her husband, and to introduce him to their son. But their safety is threatened once more as Raymond returns to the ballroom at the Buckingham Hotel, ordered to discover the dark secrets held by the glittering high society

It’s all change for the Seaside Girls…Singer Jessie Delaney has finally got her big break in London’s West End and is determined to make the most of her golden opportunity, even with the start of the Blitz. Lonely, and lacking the guidance of friends and family, Jessie hopes that seasoned performer Adele Bailey will help her find her feet. But, when fame beckons friendships are tested and loyalties are divided.