Historical Survival

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER! The war may be officially over, but journalist Billie Walker's search for a missing young immigrant man will plunge her right back into the danger and drama she thought she'd left behind in Europe in this thrilling tale of courage and secrets set in glamorous...

Step into the untamed American frontier of the nineteenth century with this classic adventure tale by prolific British author W. H. G. Kingston. Narrated by young Loraine, the son of an Irish-born settler who has carved out a farm on the banks of the Ohio River in Illinois, With Axe and Rifle...

In 1942, the Nazis came for a Jewish family living in Montparnasse, occupied Paris. In the chaos, the eleven-year-old daughter ran to the only person she could trust, her piano teacher, Andrée Levallois, secretly a French Resistance operative. Andrée took her in, risking everything. But the authorities were closing in, and soon Andrée and the girl were caught in a desperate race to stay alive. Andrée was denounced, arrested, tortured and sent to the hell of Ravensbrück Women's Concentration Camp.

In Vienna, 1919, a gaunt, silver-haired man knocks on his sister's door. She refuses to open it. As far as the family knows, Chaim Zeidler died years ago on a battlefield in Galicia—they sat shiva, they mourned him, they let him go. So when he calls his own name through the wood, she screams that he's a dibbuk: a ghost come back to haunt the living. He isn't. He survived.

Caesar is dead. Revenge has armed his hand. His name is Octavian. Though little more than a boy, Octavian, Caesar's heir is determined to avenge his adoptive father's death. Battling against some of Rome's most imposing political figures, Octavian surrounds himself with a group of loyal allies who are as determined as himself to succeed: Maecenas, Agrippa and Rufus. They become known and feared as the 'Invincibles'; dedicated to vengeance, with the aim of punishing, one by one, all those who have Caesar's blood on their hands.

Wartime London. The air-raid sirens may scream across the sky, but for Vera, the real terror waits behind closed doors. On War Street, every family hides something — and Vera’s secret could destroy everything she holds dear. This powerful saga follows one woman’s fight to survive: battling not only the bombs raining from above, but the fury of an abusive husband whose temper blazes as fiercely as the fires lighting the night. When he’s sent overseas to serve, Vera finally dares to breathe again — until a handsome fireman arrives to battle the flames consuming London.

In these coming-of-age tales set on the Menominee Indian Reservation of the 1980s and 1990s, Thomas Pecore Weso explores the interrelated nature of meals and memories. As he puts it, “I cannot separate foods from the moments in my life when I first tasted them.” Weso’s stories recall the foods that influenced his youth in northern Wisconsin: subsistence meals from hunted, fished, and gathered sources; the culinary traditions of the German, Polish, and Swedish settler descendants in the area; and the commodity foods distributed by the government that made up the bulk of his family’s pantry.

After promising Sigmund on his deathbed that they would reunite the family in a peaceful and friendly country, they make their way via ship to Colombia, the country Nellie had made her home just as the Nazi movement in Germany was gaining momentum. After their safe arrival, Freddy is forced to look for work in order to support his mother and himself while adjusting to new surroundings at the same time. After some fortuitous, work-related encounters, Freddy decides to not only run his own lingerie business but produce the raw materials he needs himself.

Scotland, 1789. Bloodied, pregnant and with nowhere left to turn, young Jane stumbles onto the sands of Myreton. Taken in by three reclusive brothers and tended by Grace, the village healer, she begins to imagine a future beyond the cruelty she has fled. In Grace's herb garden and healing room, Jane discovers a gift for tending the sick–a calling that could finally grant her purpose and belonging. But the past is not easily outrun. Stoked by a sanctimonious church elder, whispers of scandal spread quickly through the village.

This comprehensive Finnish phrasebook audiobook is designed for travelers visiting Finland and exploring Helsinki's modern architecture, vast wilderness areas, and unique Nordic culture. The content is organized into practical, scenario-based sections covering everyday situations like shopping, dining, navigating public transportation, booking accommodations, and handling emergencies. Each phrase includes the English version, official Finnish translation, and accessible phonetic pronunciation guide.

In Echoes of Survival, Mehrborzin Jamshid Soroushian takes listeners on a deep exploration of his Iranian Zoroastrian heritage. This engaging memoir combines personal reflections with historical insights to reveal the strength and resilience of his ancestors.

From award-winning author Elizabeth Byler Younts comes a luminous and heartbreaking historical novel about resilience, friendship, and the search for belonging--perfect for readers of Susan Meissner and Katherine Reay. "Younts's successor to The Solace of Water (2018) has an enthralling...

Set in Liverpool at the outset of WW2, this is a gritty, heartfelt story of new love and hope in times of hardship. From the acclaimed author of Angel of Liverpool, Eliza Morton. A wartime secret . . . Betsy Drew has one thing on her mind – the hope that Alvis Dooley might someday glance in...

It doesn't matter if you are a history buff or if you love human interest stories, I've found this book to be the most unexpected page turner that I've read in a very long time. It's the story of Charles Pierce who lived through six, terrifying years of being a slave to the Nazis facing death most virtually one minute after the next and...miraculously surviving. Then, having the courage to build a lasting, loving and happy marriage with a woman he would call his bride for over a half century.

Revival is the dramatic inside story of the defining period of the Obama White House. It is an epic tale that follows the president and his inner circle from the crisis of defeat to historic success. Over the span of an extraordinary two months in the life of a young presidency, Obama and his...

A teenage boy becomes stranded in the remote woodlands of Northern Canada after his bush plane crashes and he is left as the sole survivor. With next to nothing, except the clothes on his back and a few items found from the crash site, he struggles to survive. He faces many dangers, but the biggest danger, one far greater than starvation, hypothermia or the threat of predators, is the danger he never sees coming until it’s almost too late.

Bloodied and barely conscious, a teenage boy wakes up at the side of a railway track in the middle of nowhere. It’s night and the dead of winter–bone-chillingly cold. Where he is and how he got there, he doesn’t remember. Nor does he remember anything else for that matter–not even his own name. The only clue left behind is a backpack covered in a foot of snow lying next to him. The one thing he knows for sure is that if he doesn’t get up and start moving, he’s going to freeze to death.