《穿條紋衣的男孩》續集新作。91歲的葛瑞塔有個秘密—她是集中營納粹長官的後代。有一天，樓下搬來的年輕家庭竟使她面臨痛苦的選擇：她是否願意冒著過往一切全部曝光的風險，來拯救一位無辜的小男孩？When is a monster's child culpable? Guilt and complicity are multifaceted. John Boyne is a maestro of historical fiction. You can't prepare yourself for the magnitude and emotional impact of this powerful novel' John Irving'Exceptional, layered and compelling...This books moves like a freight train, with force and consequence for the reader' Amy BloomFrom the author of the globally bestselling, multi-million-copy classic, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, comes its astonishing and powerful sequel.Ninety-one-year-old Gretel Fernsby has lived in the same mansion block in London for decades.She leads a comfortable, quiet life, despite her dark and disturbing past. She doesn't talk about her escape from Germany over seventy years before. She doesn't talk about the post-war years in France with her mother.Most of all, she doesn't talk about her father, the commandant of one of the most notorious Nazi
A Coretta Scott King Author Honor BookWinner of the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical FictionWhen eleven-year-old Langston's father moves them from their home in Alabama to Chicago's Bronzeville distr
In this book from the critically acclaimed Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the life of Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-reigning monarch of modern times.Little Elizabeth loved dogs and horses and dreamt of living on a farm. But, one day, she heard chants on the streets. Her uncle Edward had renounced the crown, which meant her father would be the next king, and she heiress to the throne. From that day on, she had to learn how to one day be the queen.When she was only 13, World War Two broke out across the globe. Elizabeth bravely served as an ambulance driver, and after the war ended, she fell in love with and married the charming Prince Philip. In 1952, she was crowned Queen of the United Kingdom, and for the next 70 years she would serve as a beacon of continuity, looking after her subjects and serving the country she reigned over.This moving book features stylish and quirky illustrations and extra facts at the back, including a biographical timeline with historical photos
Countless children throughout the world grow up without fathers. In this revised and updated edition of The Father, accompanied by a new preface, Luigi Zoja studies the reasons for this and assesses t
Countless children throughout the world grow up without fathers. In this revised and updated edition of The Father, accompanied by a new preface, Luigi Zoja studies the reasons for this and assesses t
An overview of the work of the writer/artist includes critical and historical essays, examinations of "The Spirit" and Eisner's graphic novels, and two "Spirit" stories.
A Wife for the Sheriff? Schoolteacher Allison Grainger loves educating the children of Wolf Creek, Arkansas. She's nearly at her wit's end, though, when it comes to Sheriff Colt Garrett's two unruly y
Elegy is combined with larger historical allusion and reference in this third collection of the author's poems, which includes a collection of works dealing with a father's stroke and developing Alzhe
Spur Award-winning author, Rod Miller, brings us a page-turning historical fiction novel. Is Lee Pate a man of principle or a misguided dreamer? Troubled by the institution of slavery, he uproots his
The Daddy Dilemma Widower Abel Borgard has his hands full raising twins and establishing a homestead. Mercy Newell's offer to care for his son and daughter seems like the perfect solution. And though
From the critically acclaimed author of The Widow's War comes a captivating work of literary historical fiction that explores the tenuous relationship between a brilliant and complex father and his de
In this biography of Sir Y. K. Pao 包玉剛 (1918-1991), Anna Pao Sohmen recounts the pivotal role played by her father at a key historical juncture. By the mid-1970s, Sir Y. K. Pao has become the world’s
