A woman in Colorado decides to find out, once and for all, what happened to her father who disappeared after World War II. No sooner does she begin, than someone tries to kill her. Her daughter takes over and she, too, is attacked.
A stolen child. A terrible wartime secret. Will the truth set her free? Norway, 1940. Liv has lived a quiet life on her family farm, dreaming of a happy life after the war is finally over. But all of her dreams vanish when the Nazi soldiers arrive in her village and a senior officer see something special in her... something that Hitler and the high command in Berlin is desperate to have at any cost. England, 1968. Agnes, although made orphan from the war, has grown up happy in the quiet wealth of the English countryside, raised by her adoring grandfather to be a perfect lady. But when he suddenly dies, she unveils a secret that changes everything. Agnes is not who she thought she was - and she is not safe. Nothing will ever be the same - but should she pursue a deep-buried wartime secret and put herself, and others, in danger? Or forget what she has learned and continue living a lie? What readers are saying about Marius Gabriel: 'A must read for fans of WW2 books , it not only educates you... but also breaks your heart .... Five stars for this book... I loved it and cried at the end' Reader review, 5 stars 'A wonderful, unputdownable book... Tell all your friends to read this book, they'll love it too. Highly recommended' Reader review, 5 stars 'Just wonderful and will stay with me. A must read' Reader review, 5 stars 'An important read and an emotional one. The characters are so convincing and incredibly brave' Reader review, 5 stars 'I couldn't stop reading! I was hooked from the beginning! I felt like I was there living through it with them... Extremely poignant... This story is all too real! Exceptional!!' Reader review, 5 stars
Katya never wanted to look after Gretchen. Now she's the young girl's only hope of survival. 1937. Katya Komarovsky is studying medicine in Glasgow, living among friends and eager to begin her career as a doctor. But when her spendthrift parents announce that they've run out of money and are facing ruin--and that she'll now have to support them by working as a governess in Vienna--the life she's dreamed of goes up in smoke. Furiously resentful, Katya rages at her wealthy employer, Thor, for stealing her future--and saddling her with twelve-year-old Gretchen, a deeply troubled child who has only a blazing musical talent to redeem her. Yet as Katya grudgingly digs into her reserves of compassion, she finds herself losing her heart to both father and daughter. Storm clouds are gathering, though, and when Hitler annexes Austria, patriot Thor is arrested, leaving Katya wholly responsible for saving 'imperfect' Gretchen from being forced into a Nazi medical research laboratory. With the terrifying uncertainty of the new world order, can Katya and Gretchen flee to safety? And dare they dream of ever seeing Thor again?
Eden van Buren lies chained to an iron bedstead in a homemade cell. Her captor is a handsome tormented young sculptor who lives alone in the Arizona desert. He is honest, compassionate, and uninterested in money. Why then has he kidnapped Eden and demanded ten million dollars in ransom? And why does he seem intnet on destroying Eden's mother? The answer lies in half-century of dseire, brutality, and betrayal--a dark skein of tangled lives and shameful secrets that spans three generations and three continents, from Franco's Spain to the cruel brulaity of Veitnam, from the haut monde of Bevery Hills to exotic Costa Brava to the basement of an isolated house where Eden's captor seeks his ransom revenge. For he is more than a kidnapper; he is an avenging angel, and he represents the final piece in a puzzle of lies and deception that began with. . .the original sin. A gripping novel of love, revenge, and redemption,The Original Sin is a work of stunning intensity and riveting suspense--a novel that establishes Marius Gabriel as one of the most exciting new voices in contemporary fiction. From the Paperback edition.
No one is surprised when Michael Florio is suspected of setting the fire that killed his wealthy, estranged wife, Barbara. Michael arrived at the Pacific Heights mansion just in time to save his two daughters--but not Barbara. Handsome, charismatic, and feared, Michael has a past shrouded by violence. Now he has only one concern: to protect his daughters--one of whom has all but confessed to murder. It is a concern shared by Dr. Rebecca Carey. Thirteen years ago, Rebecca gave Therese Florio up for adoption. Now she is determined to save her daughter--innocent or guilty. Tracking the family to Michael's hideaway in the Italian countryside, Rebecca must watch every move she makes. She dares trust no one. Torn between her mission to save her troubled daughter and her growing attraction to a dangerously seductive man, Rebecca learns that what she feared most is true: You can never turn back.
Creating New Medical Ontologies for Image Annotation focuses on the problem of the medical images automatic annotation process, which is solved in an original manner by the authors. All the steps of this process are described in detail with algorithms, experiments and results. The original algorithms proposed by authors are compared with other efficient similar algorithms. In addition, the authors treat the problem of creating ontologies in an automatic way, starting from Medical Subject Headings (MESH). They have presented some efficient and relevant annotation models and also the basics of the annotation model used by the proposed system: Cross Media Relevance Models. Based on a text query the system will retrieve the images that contain objects described by the keywords.
This book discusses how tourism between neighboring countries like Poland and Germany is hindered despite the Schengen Treaty. Taking protected areas in north-eastern Germany and north-western Poland as exemplary cases, it analyses the phenomenon of socio-economic and cultural barriers for cross-border tourism. It also presents the results of a representative online survey in both countries, and discusses socio-economic and geographical research on border areas, nature tourism in protected areas, national stereotypes and prejudices. As one of the very few source market studies on protected area tourism, it is relevant for scholars and practitioners (protected area managers, tourism professionals) alike providing them with insights into the implications for future research and tourism practice.
Fleeing the Japanese in World War II, a Malay woman is forced to abandon her sick daughter, then learns she died. Years later in New York, now a self-made millionaire, the woman is visited by one claiming to be her daughter. She must decide whether the other is genuine, or an impostor after her money.
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