Best European Fiction 2019 - April 2024

Best European Fiction 2019

Now in its tenth year, Best European Fiction continues to be an essential resource for readers, critics, and publishers interested in contemporary European literature. This year’s anthology brings together some of the most exciting prose writing in Europe today, by writers such as Alberto Olmos, Lars Petter Sveen, Xabier López López, Teolinda Gersão, and Ádám Bodor. Ranging from the firmly well-established to rising young writers never before translated into English, the stories of Best European Fiction 2019 are bound to provoke and delight.

• ASIN: 1628972866
• ASIN: 1628972866
• ISBN: 1628972866
• Manufacturer: Dalkey Archive Press

The Secret Orphan

Keep her secret Keep her safeOn the 14th November 1940, Hitler’s bombs rain down on Coventry. From the rubble of a bombed-out family home, a young girl is saved…This is a stunning and memorable page-turner of love, loss and resilience for fans of The Secret Wife by Gill PaulAs the Nazis’ relentless bombs fall during the Blitz of Coventry, six-year-old Rose Sherbourne finds herself orphaned and under the guardianship of a Cornish farmer's daughter, Elenor Cardew.Elenor knows that the only way to protect spirited Rose is to leave the city and make a new life for themselves away from harm. ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0008348022
• ASIN: 0008348022
• ISBN: 0008348022
• Manufacturer: One More Chapter

The Silent Patient

• ASIN: 1250301696
• ASIN: 1250301696
• ISBN: 1250301696
• Brand: Celadon Books
• Manufacturer: Celadon Books

The German Midwife

The USA Today Best Seller.“A powerful, haunting debut”―Kate Quinn, New York Times bestselling author of The Alice NetworkAn enthralling new tale of courage, betrayal and survival in the hardest of circumstances that readers of The Tattooist of Auschwitz, The Secret Orphan and The Man Who Broke into Auschwitz will love.Germany, 1944. A prisoner in the camps, Anke Hoff is doing what she can to keep her pregnant campmates and their newborns alive. But when Anke’s work is noticed, she is chosen for a task more dangerous than she could ever have imagined. Eva Braun is pregnant with the F�... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0008340528
• ASIN: 0008340528
• ISBN: 0008340528
• Manufacturer: Avon

The Silk Roads: A New History of the World

Far more than a history of the Silk Roads, this book is truly a revelatory new history of the world, promising to destabilize notions of where we come from and where we are headed next. From the Middle East and its political instability to China and its economic rise, the vast region stretching eastward from the Balkans across the steppe and South Asia has been thrust into the global spotlight in recent years. Frankopan teaches us that to understand what is at stake for the cities and nations built on these intricate trade routes, we must first understand their astounding pasts.  Frankopan re... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1101912375
• ASIN: 1101912375
• ISBN: 1101912375
• Brand: VINTAGE
• Manufacturer: Vintage

Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland

• ASIN: 0385521316
• ASIN: 0385521316
• ISBN: 0385521316
• Manufacturer: Doubleday

Madame Fourcade's Secret War: The Daring Young Woman Who Led France's Largest Spy Network Against Hitler

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The little-known true story of Marie-Madeleine Fourcade, the woman who headed the largest spy network in occupied France during World War II, from the bestselling author of Citizens of London and Last Hope Island“Brava to Lynne Olson for a biography that should challenge any outdated assumptions about who deserves to be called a hero.”—The Washington Post In 1941 a thirty-one-year-old Frenchwoman, a young mother born to privilege and known for her beauty and glamour, became the leader of a vast intelligence organization—the only woman to serve as a chef de... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0812994760
• ASIN: 0812994760
• ISBN: 0812994760
• Manufacturer: Random House

Escape to Willow Cottage: The brilliant, laugh-out-loud romcom you need to read in 2019 (Willow Cottage Series)

The Escape to Willow Cottage was originally published as a four-part serial. This is the complete story in one package.A cosy and heartwarming seasonal romance, perfect for fans of Trisha Ashley.Beth is running away. With her young son Leo to protect, Willow Cottage is the lifeline she so desperately needs. Overlooking the village green in a beautiful Cotswolds idyll, Beth sees a warm, caring and safe place for little Leo.When she finally uncovers the cottage from underneath the boughs of a weeping willow tree, Beth realises this is far more of a project than she bargained for and the locals a... [Read More]

• ASIN: B01MSIEFA9
• ASIN: B01MSIEFA9
• Manufacturer: Avon

Dead Mountain: The Untold True Story of the Dyatlov Pass Incident (Historical Nonfiction Bestseller, True Story Book of Survival)

A New York Times and Wall Street Journal Nonfiction Bestseller! — What happened that night on Dead Mountain?The mystery of Dead Mountain: In February 1959, a group of nine experienced hikers in the Russian Ural Mountains died mysteriously on an elevation known as Dead Mountain. Eerie aspects of the mountain climbing incident—unexplained violent injuries, signs that they cut open and fled the tent without proper clothing or shoes, a strange final photograph taken by one of the hikers, and elevated levels of radiation found on some of their clothes—have led to decades of speculation over t... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1452140030
• ASIN: 1452140030
• ISBN: 1452140030
• Brand: Chronicle
• Size: N/A
• Manufacturer: Chronicle Books

Surviving The Forest: A WW2 Historical Novel, Based on a True Story of a Jewish Holocaust Survivor

Five shots on Saturday morning changed their fate …She was a beautiful and happy young woman who lived a fairytale life. Shurka, her beloved husband and their two small children lived in a pretty house in a village in Poland, surrounded by a little garden with lilies. This was their life and nothing could harm it, or so they thought…WWII broke out and though the happy family thought the Germans would never reach their idyllic village, they quickly understood they were wrong and their happiness came to a brutal end. The family had to flee their house and find shelter in a neighboring Ghetto... [Read More]

• ASIN: B07NDYGQ45
• ASIN: B07NDYGQ45

The Bed and Breakfast on the Beach

A gorgeous summer read to escape with this summer!A Greek island solves all life’s problems…doesn’t it?Winnie, Stella and Frankie have been best friends forever.When their lives unexpectedly unravel, they spontaneously decide to buy a gorgeous B&B on a remote Greek island. Drenched in hot sun, Villa Valentina is the perfect escape from reality. But when Winnie meets Jesse, their brooding neighbour, she finds that Greece is full of its own complications – not least how attractive he is…Meanwhile, Frankie and Stella are discovering that Villa Valentina has its own secrets – starting ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0008236755
• ASIN: 0008236755
• ISBN: 0008236755
• Manufacturer: Avon

Wolves at the Door: The True Story Of America's Greatest Female Spy

Virginia Hall left her Baltimore home in 1931 to enter the Foreign Service and went to work for the British Special Operations Executive (SOE) when Hitler was building toward the peak of his power in Europe. She was assigned to France, where she helped the Resistance movement, escaped prisoners of war, and American Allied paratroopers. By 1942 she was considered so dangerous to the Gestapo that she had to escape over the Pyrenees mountains―on an artificial leg, no less. When she got to England, she was reassigned to France by the OSS, disguised as an old peasant woman. She helped capture 500... [Read More]

• ASIN: 159921072X
• UPC: 884203109865
• ASIN: 159921072X
• ISBN: 159921072X
• Brand: Lyons Press
• Manufacturer: Lyons Press

The Lost Girls of Paris: A Novel

A New York Times Bestseller“Fraught with danger, filled with mystery, and meticulously researched, The Lost Girls of Paris is a fascinating tale of the hidden women who helped to win the war.” —Lisa Wingate, New York Times bestselling author of Before We Were YoursFrom the author of the runaway bestseller The Orphan’s Tale comes a remarkable story of friendship and courage centered around three women and a ring of female secret agents during World War II.1946, ManhattanOne morning while passing through Grand Central Terminal on her way to work, Grace Healey finds an abandoned suitcase ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0778330273
• ASIN: 0778330273
• ISBN: 0778330273
• Brand: Park Row
• Manufacturer: Park Row

The Accidental President: Harry S. Truman and the Four Months That Changed the World

“[A] well-judged and hugely readable book . . . few are as entertaining.”—Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday Times “A. J. Baime is a master. His reporting and storytelling are woven to hypnotic effect. This is history and humanity in lush, vivid color.”—Doug Stanton, author of The Odyssey of Echo Company   Heroes are often defined as ordinary characters who get pushed into extraordinary circumstances, and through courage and a dash of luck, cement their place in history. Chosen as FDR’s fourth-term vice president for his well-praised work ethic, good judgment, and lack of enemies, Harry ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1328505685
• ASIN: 1328505685
• ISBN: 1328505685
• Brand: Mariner Books
• Manufacturer: Mariner Books

What Once Was True: An Irish WW2 Story (The Robinswood Story Book 1)

New from USA TODAY Bestselling author, Jean Grainger,One House, two families and a war that changes everthing that once was true....Robinswood, Co Waterford, 1939. The once grand house is home to two very different families.Despite delusions of grandeur, Lord and Lady Kenefick and their adult children, live a life of decayed opulence as the money needed to keep such a large house and grounds ever dwindles. Meanwhile, the Murphy family, Dermot, Isabella and their three almost grown up girls, live and work on the estate and do their best to keep everything running smoothly.Social structure is ... [Read More]

• ASIN: B07F1KTZDL
• ASIN: B07F1KTZDL

Best European Fiction 2019

Now in its tenth year, Best European Fiction continues to be an essential resource for readers, critics, and publishers interested in contemporary European literature. This year's anthology brings together some of the most exciting prose

• UPC: 114008338

The Best American Mystery Stories 2019

New York Times best-selling author of ten genre-bending novels Jonathan Lethem helms this collection of the year’s best mystery short

• UPC: 497261548

A Year with Rilke : Daily Readings from the Best of Rainer Maria Rilke

The translators of Rainer Maria Rilke's "The Book of Hours: Poems About God" now team up to offer daily readings from the beloved poet's

• UPC: 11599901

The Best American Poetry 2019

The 2019 edition of The Best American Poetry--"one of the mainstays of the poetry publication world" (Academy of American Poets)--now guest edited by Major Jackson, award-winning poet and poetry editor of the Harvard Review. Since

• UPC: 368810733

Best Remembered Poems

The 126 poems in this superb collection of 19th and 20th century British and American verse range from famous poets such as Wordsworth, Tennyson, Whitman, and Frost to less well-known poets. Includes 10 selections from

• UPC: 34682218
• Rating: 4.0

A Million Brilliant Poems: Pt. 1: A Collection of the Very Best Children's Poetry Today (Paperback)

Roger Stevens has selected the very best children's poetry published over the last 15 years in one fabulous book. Funny poems, sad poems, and poems to learn by heart and many many more from today's

• UPC: 996461795

Best European Fiction 2010 - eBook

Historically, English-language readers have been great fans of European literature, and names like Franz Kafka, Gustave Flaubert, and Thomas Mann are so familiar we hardly think of them as foreign at all. What those writers

• UPC: 783094887
• Rating: 3.0

The Pushcart Prize XLIII : Best of the Small Presses 2019 Edition

"More good poems, essays and stories are found in these presses than any other place on the planet." Richard

• UPC: 420842519

Best European Fiction

Edited by acclaimed Bosnian novelist and MacArthur Genius Award-winner Hemon, the Best European Fiction series offers a window into what's happening in literary scenes throughout

• UPC: 11550738
• Rating: 3.0

Best European Fiction

Presents a collection of contemporary short stories from countries in Europe, including Poland, Bulgaria, Ireland, and Finland, with additional information about the writers and

• UPC: 38310470
• Rating: 4.5