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It isn't easy for a woman to cut loose in 1890s Berlin. But the winds of change are blowing, and nothing can stop Josephine from pursuing her dreams. After the tragic death of her little brother, Josephine travels to the Black Forest to heal. There she discovers a feeling of freedom astride a brand-new invention called the "velocipede." The very idea of a woman on a bicycle is beyond taboo--it is indecent and even illegal--but Josephine will not be...
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When Isabelle took a chance and eloped with Leon Feininger, her true love, she hadn't stopped to consider what would happen next. Winter on his family's isolated vineyard proves tougher than she expected, and Isabelle finds herself daydreaming, envisioning the wines she and Leon will make when they have their own land. An unexpected inheritance opens a door for the newlyweds--Leon's uncle has left them a vineyard, and in champagne country no less!...
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Akcja książki rozpoczyna się w momencie dojścia Hitlera do władzy w 1933 roku, kilka lat po wydarzeniach opisanych w Upadku Gigantów. Pojawiają się tu postacie, których losy składały się na fabułę tamtej książki, a także ich dorastające i dorosłe dzieci. W Niemczech mnożą się akty przemocy wobec Żydów, represje wobec politycznych przeciwników partii nazistowskiej. Rodziny von Ulrichów i Francków czynnie przeciwstawiają...
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Century trilogy volume 1
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Thirteen-year-old Billy Williams enters a man's world in the Welsh mining pits. Gus Dewar finds a surprising new career in Woodrow Wilson's White House. Brothers Grigori and Lev Peshkov embark on radically different paths when their plan to immigrate to America falls afoul. Billy's sister Ethel, a housekeeper for the aristocratic Fitzherberts, takes a fateful step above her station, while Lady Fitzherbert falls in love with Walter von Ulrich, a spy...