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A mediados de 2023, apenas recuperado de una cirugía a corazón abierto, Héctor Abad Faciolince aceptó la invitación a una feria del libro en Ucrania. El viaje libresco, sin embargo, se convirtió en algo más: explorar los horrores de la invasión rusa en la región del Donetsk, cerca del frente de batalla, junto con otras cuatro personas. El último día, para despedirse, el grupo e viajeros se dispuso a cenar en una pizzería de Kramatorsk. Allí padecieron un hecho que los transformaría para siempre.

Sarinka is a moving Holocaust story that traces the life of a young woman beginning with her childhood in prewar Yugoslavia to experience living on the run, in hiding, and as a nurse among Tito’s partisans. She was one of the 982 refugees who resided at the Fort Ontario Emergency Refugee Shelter that was established in America for victims of the Nazi Holocaust during WWII. Author and daughter of the heroine, Linda Cohen takes the readers on a unique journey as she describes life in Yugoslavia—through her mother’s eyes—during the war and all the restrictions and dangers she ...

In the wake of the Nazi invasion of Europe, the tentative sparks of resistance in occupied countries were fanned by Britain's Special Operations Executive. Across the continent, SOE recruited women to "set Europe ablaze." Working as secret agents and saboteurs, these individuals bolstered resistance from within and provided much needed support and weapons. F Section's actions in France are renowned, and today some operatives have become household names.

The book tells the story of a person who, during World War II, saved all 48,000 Jews of Bulgaria. The events described in the book are based on research conducted by Israeli diplomat and intelligence agent - Nir Baruch. Nir Baruch is known for participating in the investigation of the disaster when a Bulgarian fighter plane shot down an Israeli plane with Jewish repatriates on board in 1955. The documents presented in the book are located in: the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, The New York Public Library, The Library of Congress, The Archive of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.

Step into 'The Unfolding Era,' a captivating journey through the quarter-century (1999-2024) of technological metamorphosis that reshaped our world, from the dial-up modem’s hesitant hum to the pervasive intelligence of AI. This sweeping novel chronicles revolutionary innovations—high-speed internet, smartphones, artificial intelligence, social media, and breakthroughs like mRNA vaccines and CRISPR gene editing—not as abstract forces, but through the intimate experiences of individuals whose lives were irrevocably altered by each new wave. Witness their moments of discovery, ...

We live in an age that seems eerily familiar. A time of dictators, populists, organised lying, European wars, grabs for territory, ideological extremism and even antisemitism, a time when things are falling apart and the centre is struggling to hold. It has all happened before, in the 1920s and 1930s. History is sending us a warning, and unless we heed it, history will have its revenge as we repeat the disaster of the 1940s. The world needs to learn the lessons of these decades, and fast.

Key West Wind by Donald Elton A lost treasure. A stormy past. A secret that could change the world. When traveling cardiologist Roger Jackson and his partner nurse Isabel Melendez accept short-term assignments in sun-soaked Key West, they expect a laid-back escape from the chaos of Miami hospitals. But their medical sabbatical soon takes a turn when an unexpected discovery beneath the sea links them to a centuries-old mystery—and to powers that still echo across time. Set against the colorful backdrop of modern-day Key West and the historic tragedy of the 1622 Spanish treasure fleet, Key ...

Sunset, 8 June 1982, East Falkland. Eight specially trained Royal Marines infiltrate Goat Ridge, a long rocky hilltop between Mount Harriet and Two Sisters which are occupied by a battalion of 600 Argentine infantry. Their daring mission was to hide out in hostile territory, reconnoiter the Argentine position and then report back. From their hiding place just metres away from the enemy, they note and sketch the Argentine positions, then withdraw as stealthily as they had come.

Viento de Key West (Viento de Cayo Hueso) por Donald Elton Un tesoro perdido. Un pasado tormentoso. Un secreto que podría cambiar el mundo. Cuando el cardiólogo itinerante Roger Jackson y su pareja Isabel Meléndez aceptan trabajos temporales en la soleada Key West, esperan un descanso relajado del caos de los hospitales de Miami. Pero su sabático médico da un giro inesperado cuando un hallazgo bajo el mar los vincula con un misterio de siglos—y con fuerzas que aún resuenan a través del tiempo. Ambientada en el vibrante entorno de la Key West actual y en la tragedia histórica de la...