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Schindler's list Schindler's list Thomas Keneally Winner of the Booker Prize Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Award for Fiction Schindler's List is a remarkable work of fiction based on the true story of German industrialist and war profitee… OL103688W
Polonaise Polonaise Jane Aiken Hodge While Napoleon campaigns to conquer the world, Princess Isobel has one aim only: the freedom of Poland. Her dynastic marriage produces the prince who will be Poland’s hope. Her elaborate game, mixing… OL11068691W
Ish min ha-tsad ha-aḥer Ish min ha-tsad ha-aḥer Uri Orlev Living on the outskirts of the Warsaw Ghetto during World War II, fourteen-year-old Marek and his grandparents shelter a Jewish man in the days before the Jewish uprising. OL1580106W
Ruts, yeled, ruts Ruts, yeled, ruts Uri Orlev Based on the true story of a nine-year-old boy who escapes the Warsaw Ghetto and must survive throughout the war in the Nazi-occupied Polish countryside. OL1580109W
Lilac Girls Lilac Girls Martha Hall Kelly Inspired by the life of a real World War II heroine, this debut novel reveals a story of love, redemption, and secrets that were hidden for decades. New York socialite Caroline Ferriday has her h… OL17356561W
The beautiful truth The beautiful truth Belinda Seaward Moving between present-day Krakow and wartime Poland, 'The Beautiful Truth' tells a passionate and moving story of the way ordinary lives are swept up in extraordinary events. Heartbreaking and uplif… OL17871247W
A good war A good war Patrick Bishop Adam Tomaszewski is a Polish airman, flying Hurricanes alongside British pilots as the Battle of Britain rages in the summer skies over Kent and Sussex. Far from home and facing death daily Adam is d… OL17887441W
The Hamsa The Hamsa E.S. Kraay A historical novel about human dignity through the story of Bronislaw Czech, a three-time Polish Olympic skier who was the 349th prisoner incarcerated at Auschwitz. OL18202691W
The Amber Knight The Amber Knight Katherine John This fast-paced action thriller is a multi-layered story that spans eight centuries, from medieval Germany and Prussia to present day Poland and USA centred on the legend of the Amber Knight - a belo… OL1822442W
The sound of freedom The sound of freedom Kathy Kacer Anna and her family have only one hope left to escape certain doom. It s 1936 and life is becoming dangerous for the Jews of Krakow. As incidents of violence and persecution increase day by day, Anna… OL19740778W
Phantoms of Breslau Phantoms of Breslau Marek Krajewski Investigating the murder of four sailors on an island in the River Oder, Criminal Assistant Mock searches the brothels and drinking dens of Breslau for information on the crime only to discover that … OL19975829W
The one man The one man Andrew Gross "1944. Physics professor Alfred Mendl is separated from his family and sent to the men's camp, where all of his belongings are tossed on a roaring fire. His books, his papers, his life's work. The Na… OL20030826W
We were the lucky ones We were the lucky ones Georgia Hunter ""Reading Georgia Hunter's We Were the Lucky Ones is like being swung heart first into history. A brave and mesmerizing debut, and a truly tremendous accomplishment."--Paula McLain, New York Timesbes… OL20047348W
Swimming in the Dark Swimming in the Dark Tomasz Jedrowski 'One of the Most Astonishing Contemporary Gay Novels We Have Ever Read ... a Masterpiece' - Attitude OL20743897W
The puppet boy of Warsaw The puppet boy of Warsaw Eva Weaver I was twelve when the coat was made. Nathan, our tailor and dear friend, cut it for Grandfather in the first week of March 1938. It was the last week of freedom for Warsaw and for us ... Even in the … OL20857869W
A Different World A Different World Mary Nichols "1939. Pilot Jan Grabowski is at the heart of the conflict. His wife, Rulka, sees Poland overcome by the Nazis and joins the Resistance. In Norfolk Louise Fairhurst's war is very different. Evacuated… OL20891390W
One bullet too many One bullet too many Paul Bennett Life in the Polish resort of Lake Cezar is idyllic, that is, until local crime lord, Emil Provda, not satisfied with prostitution, drug-smuggling and gun-running, starts a protection racket among the… OL21628918W
Ogniem i mieczem Ogniem i mieczem Henryk Sienkiewicz <p>Goodwill in the seventeenth century Polish Commonwealth has been stretched thin due to the nobility’s perceived and real oppression of the less well-off members. When the situation reaches its ine… OL503492W
His current woman His current woman Jerzy Pilch "Pawel Kohoutek, veterinarian and womanizer, looks out the window one morning to see his mistress approaching his house. That's bad. She is hauling her suitcase (containing her books) and her backpac… OL666615W
The Jewish war and the victory The Jewish war and the victory Henryk Grynberg "The Jewish War is a rare Holocaust story, one told from the perspective of a young boy who has survived the war due to the extraordinary efforts of his parents to save him. The Jewish family moves t… OL694480W
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