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  • Tomorrow They Won't Dare to Murder Us

    A Novel

    by Joseph Andras ...
    Translated by Simon Leser ...
    **Lyrical and radical, a debut novel that created a sensation in FranceWinner of the Prix Goncourt for first novel, one of the most prestigious literary awards in France**A young revolutionary plants a bomb in a factory on the outskirts of Algiers during the Algerian War. The bomb is timed to explode after work hours, so no one will be hurt. But the authorities have been watching. He is caught, ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Faraway the Southern Sky

    A Novel

    by Joseph Andras ...
    Translated by Simon Leser ...
    Series series Verso Fiction
    **"Joseph Andras writes with the swiftness of lightning."–Viet Thanh Nguyen, author of The SympathizerA biographical historical fiction retelling of Ho Chi Minh's immigration and radical life in underground Paris in the 1920s**Fleeing persecution in Indochina, the young Ho Chi Minh arrived in Paris as World War I was sputtering to a close. A painfully shy twentysomething who stammered when he ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

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    From the New York Times bestselling author of The Frozen River, this thrilling novel about a daring socialite spy chronicles the true wartime exploits of a woman who deserves to be a household name."Will fascinate readers of World War II history and thrill fans of fierce, brash, independent women." —Lisa Wingate, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Before We Were Yours**It is 1936 and Nancy ... Read more

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  • A Hero of France

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    by Alan Furst ...
    **NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the bestselling master espionage writer, hailed by Vince Flynn as “the best in the business,” comes a riveting novel about the French Resistance in Nazi-occupied Paris.NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST**The City of Light is dark and silent at night. But in Paris and in the farmhouses, barns, and churches of the French countryside, ... Read more

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  • The Lost Girl in Paris

    A gripping and heartbreaking WW2 historical novel

    by Jina Bacarr ...
    'A moving novel of strength and resistance in the face of evil but also an inspiring journey of resilience after loss' Erin Litteken'I will never forget what the Nazi did to me. Never'1940, Nazi-occupied Paris. A powerful story of love, tragedy and incredible courage, about one woman whose life is ripped apart by war and risks everything to seek justice.As Nazis patrol the streets of the French ... Read more

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  • Sisters of Night and Fog

    A WWII Novel

    by Erika Robuck ...
    **Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2022 by Buzzfeed · Bookbub · BookTrib · and more!Two women, two countries. Nothing in common but a call to fight.**A heart-stopping new novel based on the extraordinary true stories of an American socialite and a British secret agent whose stunning acts of courage collide in the darkest hours of World War II.1940. In a world newly burning with war, andin spite of ... Read more

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  • The Blood Promise

    A Hugo Marston Novel

    by Mark Pryor ...
    Series series Hugo Marston
    Hugo Marston must figure out what lies hidden inside an old sailor's chest before a 200-year-old blood promise is revealed and claims another life. In post-Revolution Paris, an old man signs a letter in blood, then hides it in a secret compartment in a sailor's chest. A messenger arrives to transport the chest and its hidden contents, but then the plague strikes and an untimely death changes ... Read more

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  • The Last Days of New Paris

    A Novel

    by China Miéville ...
    A thriller of war that never was—of survival in an impossible city—of surreal cataclysm. In The Last Days of New Paris, China Miéville entwines true historical events and people with his daring, uniquely imaginative brand of fiction, reconfiguring history and art into something new.“Beauty will be convulsive. . . .”In the chaos of wartime Marseille, American engineer—and occult disciple—Jack ... Read more

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  • The Invisible Woman

    A WWII Novel

    by Erika Robuck ...
    “An extraordinary profile of immense courage and daring.”—Chanel Cleeton, New York Times bestselling author of Before We Left Cuba“If you only read one WWII book this year, make it this one."—Natasha Lester, New York Times bestselling author of The Paris OrphansIn the depths of war, she would defy the odds to help liberate a nation…a gripping historical novel based on the remarkab... ... Read more

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  • The Last Hours in Paris

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    by Ruth Druart ...
    From the author of While Paris Slept comes a story of great love, betrayal, and redemption, set in WWII and 1960s France and England."Words are power. They can bring you down, lift you up, make your heart soar, make you fall in love. Or make you hate."Paris 1944**.** Elise Chevalier knows what it is to love . . . and to hate. Her fiancé, a young French soldier, was killed by the German army at the ... Read more

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  • The Grand Budapest Hotel

    by Wes Anderson ...
    The Grand Budapest Hotel recounts the adventures of Gustave H (Ralph Fiennes), a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars, and Zero Moustafa (Tony Revolori), the lobby boy who becomes his most trusted friend. Acting as a kind of father-figure, M. Gustave leads the resourceful Zero on a journey that involves the theft and recovery of a priceless Renaissance painting; the ... Read more

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  • The Bad Mother

    by Marguerite Anderson ...
    Translated by Donald Winkler ...
    The Trillium Award-winning autobiographical novel "La mauvaise mere" by Marguerite Andersen is now in English. Prolific author Marguerite Andersen traces the important moments of her life in this honest and harrowing examination of motherhood. She gives an unflinching account of her relationship with her three children and her years spent following her caprices and lovers, trying to regain the ... Read more

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