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Smyrna, 1912: Das Paradies – so nennen viele die Metropole am Ägäischen Meer, die inmitten von Krisen wirkt wie ein weltvergessenes Idyll. In die Stadt, in der Menschen aus aller Herren Länder seit jeher in Eintracht leben, kommt die Berlinerin Klara, um mit Peter, dem Sohn eines Kaufhausmagnaten, eine Zweckehe einzugehen. Doch er kann die lebenshungrige junge Frau nicht glücklich machen, und Klara verliert ihr Herz an den Arzt Sevan. Aber auch er ist gebunden, und als der Erste Weltkrieg ausbricht, beschließen beide, trotz ihrer Liebe füreinander ihre Partner nicht im Stich zu lassen.

Teufelhunden: 1918 is a gritty, in-your-face, fast-paced historical fiction short story that takes place in June 1918 during the battle of Belleauwood, France. This story is told through a first-person storytelling lens that follows Corporal Young over a nine-hour period that explores the desperation, brutality, and unapologetic trench warfare of the early 20th century and the ugly truths war exposes in ourselves.

Stockholm, 1913. Agneta ne peut que retenir ses larmes quand elle apprend que son père est décédé sans qu'elle ait pu le revoir. Sommée de retourner dans la demeure qu'elle avait fuie pour étudier l'art et vivre libre, loin des carcans imposés par son sexe, elle est désormais la seule héritière du domaine de Löwenhof et se doit de reprendre la gestion du haras familial.

Berlin, 1900: Die junge Käthe verliebt sich in den Künstler Max Kruse, die beiden bekommen eine kleine Tochter. Eines Tages näht Käthe für sie eine Puppe. Sie erkennt ihr Talent und stürzt sich in die Arbeit, entwirft immer schönere Puppen. Als das Warenhaus Hermann Tietz einige zum Verkauf anbieten will, ist Käthe stolz - doch sie will mehr. Eine große Bestellung aus Amerika erreicht sie, und Käthe gründet in Bad Kösen ihre eigene Puppenmanufaktur. Aber ihr Glück ist getrübt, denn sie spürt, dass sie und Max sich immer weiter voneinander entfernen.

Sie kämpft für ihre Rechte, das Leben und die Freiheit. Berlin, 1914. Dr. Amelie von Liebwitz hat es geschafft: Als erste Frau arbeitet sie als Chirurgin am Berliner Curias-Krankenhaus. Aber dann passiert ihr ein tödlicher Fehler. Sie zweifelt an ihrer Berufung zur Ärztin, doch ausgerechnet der Erste Weltkrieg scheint ihr einen Ausweg aus der Misere zu bieten. Amelie wird vom Militär für die medizinische Versorgung muslimischer Frauen in Bosnien engagiert.

"All the World" (1919) takes place in the aftermath of the Great War. The soldiers are back but they are struggling to settle down again, and so are the women who worked so hard during the war as well. One Sunday, after Dr. Ward’s sermon, something happens that will turn the life in his town upside down.

The First World War has left the world in agony. Disillusionment, hopelessness, and horror are rife when a despondent author gets a visit by Father Time and Father Christmas, who come to raise his spirits. He wishes for better days, but the war has taken everything, turning him into a hopeless and angry nihilist. Nevertheless, the Christmas spirit is here to bring hope and another chance at happiness.

Laura was raised to hide who she was. She'd been told repeatedly to never reveal her Cherokee heritage or the fact that she'd been attacked by her own father. And no one should ever know she had the second sight, or they might think she was crazy or possessed. Somehow, Laura built a life on her own, married a good man who adored her, and had children, all while managing to keep her secrets. She was determined to raise her children in a home filled with love and support, rather than in an atmosphere of fear and pain like the one she'd known.

WWI is waning in Europe, but Lieutenant Barksdale’s near-constant aerial combat missions have taken their toll. Lura Lee Dunn is an aspiring concert pianist whose own personal battle is just beginning. The women’s suffrage movement is on the rise, emboldening her to break free from her prominent father’s outdated expectations. Unexpectedly, at a posh Hollis House gala, she meets a young pilot, one just home from fighting the Jerries over France. Try as she might to avoid the young aviator, Lura finds herself drawn to him.

Der Krieg steht bevor. Düstere Zeiten brechen an. Zwei Buchhändlerinnen setzen für ihre Überzeugungen alles aufs Spiel. München, 1913. Für Elly wird ein Traum wahr, als sie in der Buchhandlung in der Amalienstraße ihre Ausbildung beginnen darf. Zusammen mit der jungen Buchhalterin Henni liest sie jedes Buch, das ihr in die Finger kommt. Die rebellische Elly und die wissbegierige Henni diskutieren angeregt über Emanzipation und engagieren sich für Frauenrechte, aber bald verdunkeln die heraufziehenden Wolken des Ersten Weltkriegs ihren Horizont.

Marian Elliot Adams, an outspoken advocate for sensible undergarments for women, sweeps onto the Chautauqua stage under a brown canvas tent on a sweltering August night in 1917, and shocks the gathered town of Emporia with her speech: How can women compete with men in the work place and in life if they are confined by their undergarments? The crowd is further appalled when Marian falls off the stage and sprains her ankle, and is forced to remain among them for a week. As the week passes, she throws everything into turmoil.

Eine Familie. Eine Vision. Ein Weg. Hamburg 1912: Der junge Kaufmann Otto Lagerfeld ist zu Besuch bei seiner Familie, als er zufällig der Schwester seines besten Freundes begegnet. Er ist sofort von Theresias Liebreiz bezaubert. Zum Abschied schenkt sie ihm ein vierblättriges Kleeblatt als Glücksbringer. Trotz seiner aufregenden Reisen kann Otto Theresia nicht vergessen, ihren Glücksbringer trägt er immer bei sich. Doch gerade als Ottos neugegründetes Unternehmen zu florieren beginnt, bricht der Krieg aus, und er gerät in Gefangenschaft.

Lenin's journey in a sealed train took place in April 1917 during the First World War. The journey took Vladimir Ilyich Lenin together with other emigrants from Swiss exile through the German Reich via Scandinavia to Petrograd, today's Saint Petersburg. The "sealed train" was only used on the German part of the route. Lenin's arrival in Russia led to the 1917 revolution and the peace treaty between Russia and Germany in March 1918.

Audiobook narrators Mike Vendetti and Kathy Verduin bring Hemingway's classic masterpiece "The Sun Also Rises" to life. Travel with them through pre-WWII Europe as Hemingway explores the dysfunctional relationship of friends drawn together by a beautiful, troubled, and often confused woman, plus the drama and excitement of the bullfights.

1918 - America is at war with Germany, and, for the first time in history, the US Navy has allowed women to join up alongside the men. Ten thousand of them rush to do their part. German-American Marjory Kunwald enlists in the Navy to prove her patriotism. Suffragette Blanche Lawrence to prove that women are the equal of men. And shy preacher’s daughter Viv Weston in a desperate attempt to hide from the police.

"Dodo Wonders" is the third and final installment in the "Dodo" series by E. F. Benson. The series was rumoured to be based on Lady Asquith, though she herself claimed that she had little in common with the character of Dodo - except the splendour of her drawing-room, perhaps. The glitzy life of Lady Dodo Chesterford is abruptly interrupted by the arrival of World War I. Along with her husband and their friends, Lady Dodo is faced with the challenge of rapidly adapting to an unfamiliar and dangerous new environment.

1914: A Alemanha se prepara para a guerra e os Aliados começam a construir suas defesas. Ambos os lados precisam da Rússia, que enfrenta graves problemas internos e vive na iminência de uma revolução. Na Inglaterra, Winston Churchill arquiteta uma negociação secreta com o príncipe Aleksei Orlov, visando a um acordo com os russos. No entanto, o anarquista Feliks Kschessinsky, um homem sem nada a perder, está disposto a tudo para impedir que seu país envie milhões de rapazes para os campos de batalha de uma guerra que nem sequer compreendem.

March, 1914. When talented artist Isobel embarks on a journey to Egypt, it's to reunite her best friend, Alice, with her husband, Wilfred—and to use the stunning sights of Cairo as inspiration for her own paintings. A whirlwind romance was the last thing she expected, but when Isobel meets Wilfred's handsome brother, Edward, neither can deny the strong connection between them—especially when unexpected tragedy strikes, leaving them all reeling. Just as they get to grips with their grief, WW1 erupts, and the lovers are forced to separate.

Orphaned as an infant, Oklahoma heiress Adelaide Fitzgerald has enjoyed every advantage. She possesses a unique gift for music and has excelled on the opera stage in Italy. As a philanthropist, she's adored from America to Europe. But Miss Adelaide is about to awaken in a 1918 nightmare. In The Awakening of Miss Adelaide, war and peace, laughter and heartache, love and loss come together to ignite a fresh fire that reveals one woman's hidden needs and potentials.

Lieutenant Devlin Collins, an Irish American flier in the Royal Flying Corps, expecting to fly on the Western Front, instead finds himself flying antiquated two-seater bomber and photo reconnaissance missions over the Egyptian desert against the forces of the Central Powers that are trying to capture the Suez Canal.