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"On a golden August morning in 1939, sisters Antonina and Helena Dñabrowska send their father off to defend Poland against the looming threat of German invasion. The next day, the first bombs fall on Warsaw, decimating their beloved city and shattering the world of their youth. When Antonina's beloved Marek is forced behind ghetto walls along with the rest of Warsaw's Jewish population, Antonina turns her worry into action and becomes a key figure in a daring network of women risking their lives to shelter Jewish children. Helena finds herself drawn into the ranks of Poland's secret army, joining the fight to free her homeland from occupation. But the secrets both are forced to keep threaten to tear the sisters apart--and the cost of resistance proves greater than either ever imagined. Shining a light on the oft-forgotten history of Poland during WWII and inspired by true stories of ordinary individuals who fought to preserve freedom and humanity in the darkest of times, The Warsaw Sisters is a richly rendered portrait of courage, sacrifice, and the resilience of our deepest ties"--

'How Not to Choose Peace' is a what-if fiction, based in Nazi Germany during the course of WWII. The writing is set in a utopian Nazi-led Europe, which primarily explores an alternate reality on how Hitler rose to power, and how his subsequent downfall moulded a flourishing democracy. The narrative is a blend of reality and added fiction. Have fun flying through a Nazi-led paradise! 'How Not to Choose Peace' is a what-if fiction, based in Nazi Germany during the course of WWII. The writing is set in a utopian Nazi-led Europe, which primarily explores an alternate reality on how Hitler rose to power, and how his subsequent downfall moulded a flourishing democracy. The narrative is a blend of reality and added fiction. Have fun flying through a Nazi-led paradise!

The Paris Photo compassionately conveys the story of American soldier Ben Gordon and his relationship with a young mother and her son just after the Liberation of Paris in August 1944.

In the context of post-World War II Italy, amid great upheavals and epochal changes, two young protagonists move along parallel paths, brushing against each other for a long time before finally meeting.Anna and Paolino will experience an intense and authentic love, characterized by small gestures, painful sacrifices, and great redemptions, demonstrating limitless determination in overcoming adversities and achieving the happiness they desire.

En tiempos de paz jugaron a ser otros. En tiempos de guerra descubrieron quiénes eran en realidad.Baviera, Alemania. El castillo de Fallstein es uno de los más fastuosos de la zona, pero, lejos de ser un remanso de paz alejado del frente, Hilda Sagnier ha comprobado cómo la guerra y sus consecuencias han entrado con fuerza en sus salones, pues su marido, el prestigioso conde bávaro de Fallstein, ha sido completamente seducido por Hitler. Decidida a luchar por lo que cree, la condesa no dudará en arriesgar su vida, sobrepasar sus límites y fingir ser quien no es para ayudar a los perseguidos del régimen.Mientras tanto, en Barcelona, los nazis empiezan a agasajar a José Manuel, pero el empresario sabe exactamente cuál es su objetivo. Él, que fue espía durante la Guerra Civil española, no tardará en involucrarse en la misión más secreta y de una relevancia capital, una misión que lo llevará a alternar con la élite alemana y a relacionarse con la alta sociedad de Potsdam. Allí, donde todos se relajan y hablan más de la cuenta, el espía deberá encontrar y destruir el arma en la que los alemanes confían su victoria.Hilda y José Manuel, dos españoles en el corazón del Tercer Reich, descubrirán que, en tiempos de guerra, nadie es quien dice ser y que a veces la urgencia y el peligro son los mejores aliados para que el amor y los verdaderos sentimientos afloren.Rafael Tarradas Bultó se consagra con su tercera novela ambientada en la Segunda Guerra Mundial tras El heredero y El valle de los arcángeles.@rafatarradasbultoLa crítica y los lectores dicen: «La voz de los valientes es un homenaje a las mujeres que ayudaron a ganar la Segunda Guerra Mundial; sigue los pasos de una ilustre hija de la burguesía de Barcelona, Hilda Sagnier, convertida en condesa alemana por matrimonio y en heroína por los acontecimientos desencadenados por el nazismo», Borja Martínez, El Mundo.«La voz de los valientes es una novela apasionante y entretenida, que ampliará nuestra visión de la Segunda Guerra Mundial y del papel que tuvieron multitud de personas anónimas que decidieron jugarse la ida por combatir a los nazis», Ahora Qué Leo, La Sexta.«En La voz de los valientes, que se desarrolla a lo largo de toda la Segunda Guerra Mundial y en numerosos escenarios europeos, el escritor firma un homenaje a quienes se opusieron al nazismo desde sus sombras internas», David Barreira, El Cultural.«Nunca segundas partes fueron mejores. No sé si mejor pero igual de brutal que El heredero. Final asfixiante. No dejéis de leerla», Mapi.«Me ha gustado mucho esta novela. Jamás seremos capaces de asimilar e imaginar todo lo que las personas vivieron en esas épocas tan oscuras. Sin embargo, anima saber que hay gente que se atrevió, que fue valiente y ayudó. Es el primer libro que leo del autor y no creo que sea el último. Me ha faltado saber alguna cosa y el final ha sido demasiado redondo para la mayoría de los personajes, pero ¡qué diantres! Lo prefiero... Ya la historia de por sí está llena de horror y sufrimiento y aunque entiendo lo que quieren decir con el tema de la venganza y la violencia me ha llenado de satisfacción», María«Disfruté muchísimo en su día con El heredero de este autor que nos traía las andanzas de los hermanos Bultó en la Guerra Civil; me gustó también, aunque algo menos, El valle de los arcángeles, y definitivamente me ha encantado La voz de los valientes», Albóndiga Lee.«Nadie es lo que parece en tiempos de conflicto y eso es lo que les sucede a Hilda Sagnier y José María Bultó en la novela de Tarradas Bultó que ocurre durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial, fiel al género histórico en el que tan cómodo se siente también leyendo», María Albilla, Diario de Ávila.«El escritor Rafael Tarradas Bultó ha retrocedido hasta el Tercer Reich para contar una historia de valientes y disidentes en la que el amor se convierte en un aliado en tiempos de guerra en su tercera novela La voz de los valientes», Laura Galdeano, Libertad Digital.«La novela de Rafael Tarradas Bultó tiene un ritmo trepidante que invita al lector a ser cómplice», Javier Lahoz, El Periódico de Aragón.«La voz de los valientes es entretenida, vertiginosa, absorbente, trepidante, plagada de tramas e intrigas, tan llena de espías como de traidores. Y todo ocurre en un marco histórico incomparable, la Segunda Guerra Mundial, que pondrá a todos al borde del abismo, al filo de la tragedia, a un paso del horror», Diario Sanitario.«La voz de los valientes es una gran trama sobre la Segunda Guerra Mundial en la que domina la acción, la construcción de espacios y personajes y en la que tampoco falta el amor. No hay que olvidar que el lector seguidor de la ficción histórica no dejará de asombrarse con la novela, ya que el autor suma detalles con los que amplificar lo que muchos ya conocen de esta guerra y su contexto», actualidadliteratura.com.«Rafael Tarradas advierte en su tercera novela, La voz de los valientes, sobre nuestra amnesia, necesaria porque es capaz de olvidar rápidamente cosas horribles», Andrés Mellado, La Razón.«Rafael Tarradas Bultó escribe con elegancia natural, sin brizna de teatralidad. En La voz de los valientes, su tercera novela, vuelve a escribir ficción histórica con los mimbres de la realidad», Ana Abelenda, La Voz de Galicia.

The full history of the two Belgian fighter squadrons of the RAF (Nos 349 and 350) detailled in this book illustrated with 90 photographs and 14 colour profiles.

Henriette Chardak recounts her search for Ela, rare survivor of the 15,000 children who passed through the Terezin camp and were used as propaganda tools by Hitler, and her anecdotes from the filming, as well as her own family history.

The mystery started in the spring of 1946 with a letter. Someone "drops a dime" and someone is murdered. Soon after, Jack disappears. Mickey and Frank must jump headlong into their most dangerous case yet.

Wing Commander Eric Benjamin was no stranger to danger or excitement. In an action-packed career as part of the RAF Volunteer Reserve (RAFVR), he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross twice for his bravery under fire. He flew Fairey Battles with No. 150 Squadron during the Battle of France, Main Force Avro Lancasters with No. 61 Squadron during the Battle of Berlin, and De Havilland Mosquitoes as an elite Pathfinder Master Bomber in the latter stages of the war. He survived being shot down on his first operation, when his air gunner was severely wounded, and was among the last RAF aircrew to be evacuated from France in the summer of 1940. He was pulled clear of the mangled wreckage of a Vickers Wellington that crashed in flames during a spell as an instructor, narrowly escaping with his life for a second time, and 'starred' as a Flight Commander interviewed for Pathé News after a successful raid on Berlin in 1943. Towards the end of 1944, he achieved his ambition of flying Mosquitoes, and was selected and trained as a Master Bomber, operating as part of No. 54 Base in No. 5 Group and helping to mop up what was left of German industry and military might. It was from one of these sorties that his aircraft failed to return.Authored by Sean Feast and Eric's daughter Jeannie, the book includes numerous previously unpublished photographs of Eric, his colleagues, and the aircraft he flew. An inveterate letter writer, Eric once said of flying that there was 'no greater sport'. He died as he had lived, doing what he loved best.

For Iris, each visit to her mother in St Mabon's Cove, Cornwall has been the same - a serene escape from the city.

'When Glass Breaks' is the heart-rending story of Ben Lindenheim, who became separated from his older brother during the Kindertransport, and who lived a life of heroism, trauma, adventure, love, denial, illness, family, failure and lies, but always in the hope of one day being reunited with his brother.Only at the end, does the reader discover the novel is narrated by Helen Painter, as she seeks to piece together fragments of her father's past, most of which he tried to conceal from his family. She knew only that he had a war pension due to a shrapnel injury - he had a scar; that he fought with the Royal Norfolk regiment - or so he said; that he was an army boxing champion - impossible to check out; that he spent a couple of years in South Africa - which may have been true as there were two African-language books on the bookshelves at home; that he was educated at Winchester - but he knew no Latin or Greek; that his family were killed in the Blitz, with one brother dying in North Africa, and which may have included a baby son - something his post-stroke lability let slip; and that he was Jewish - which she knew from her own DNA test, taken long after he died. Nothing much checked out and the family history searches revealed no mention of the surname before his marriage certificate. So, she filled in the blanks, and gave him a past, one which would honour the father with whom she had shared a difficult relationship, largely, she came to acknowledge, due to the psychological scars he bore.¿Anyone who has read 'En Passant' will have become acquainted with Saul Lindenheim, a minor character who has lived for many years with the guilt of being separated from his brother Ben during the Kindertransport and the hope of one day being reunited. 'When Glass Breaks' is the story of Ben's life.

"On a moonless night in August 1943, a US torpedo boat commanded by Lt John F Kennedy, on patrol in Solomon Islands, was rammed by a Japanese destroyer. Left clinging to wreckage within sight of Japanese encampments, the eleven surviving members of Kennedy's crew eventually struggled ashore on a small uninhabited island. Missing, presumed dead, behind enemy lines, with no food or water, and with several injured, the future looked bleak for the shipwrecked Americans. Fortunately, Australian 'coast watcher' Lt Reg Evans witnessed the immediate aftermath of the collision from his nearby jungle hideaway. Working under the searching eye of the Japanese military, over the next five days Evans and two Solomon Islander scouts Eroni Kumana and Biuku Gasa located Kennedy and his crew and ensured their rescue. This story of wartime bravery and survival helped create JFK's legend and paved his way to the White House. It also shone a spotlight on Australia and America's shared wartime experience. In Saving Lieutenant Kennedy, Brett Mason, author of Wizards of Oz, sets the heroic rescue and its colourful aftermath against the background of the Pacific war and the birth of the Australia-US alliance, which remains as vital today as when Kennedy and Evans first shook hands"--Publisher's description.

One of the last great memoirs of World War II, Into the Cold Blue is a riveting account of the air war over Europe, when hell was four miles above the earth.

The history of 332nd Fighter Group - only segregated Fighter Group that served in combat during the Second World War.

Weaving wartime intrigue, rural village life, and little-known historical facts about the role of carrier pigeons in WWII, Stephanie Graves continues the adventures of British pigeoneer Olive Bright, but as bitter cold weather forces her racing birds indoors in November 1941, Olive is assigned to a new role in the war effort – escorting none other than Lieutenant Commander Ian Fleming on his visit to the Brickendonbury Manor spy training center…As the weather turns bitterly cold in the dark days of November 1941, fewer pigeons are being conscripted for missions into occupied Europe and Olive fears her covert program may be dropped altogether. In fact, the new CO of the Baker Street intelligence operation at Brickendonbury Manor, Major Blighty, has expressed his doubts regarding her birds—not to mention Olive herself—and assigned her to a far more insignificant role: escort to a visiting officer of the Royal Navy Intelligence Special Branch. She’s none too keen on her assignment or her charge—the aloof and arrogant Lieutenant Commander Ian Fleming—but the last place she expects to accompany him is to a séance. Self-proclaimed medium Velda Dunbar—new to the village of Pipley—has drawn fascination and skepticism after a very public channeling of a doomed seaman aboard the HMS Bartholomew, which she claims has sunk. Fleming remains tight-lipped about his reason for attending her séance, but his arrival with Olive raises eyebrows as she is still maintaining the ruse of dating Captain Jameson Aldridge. When murder occurs before her very eyes, Olive must trust her own instincts and not rule out anyone as a suspect—including the secretive Fleming—for one of them is harboring a hidden deadly agenda.Praise for A Courage Undimmed “A charming portrayal of village life, romance, and sacrifice set against the horrors of war.” —Kirkus Reviews “Fascinating historical detail, as Graves paints a gritty picture of war on the home front. This portrait of sacrifice, bravery, and the unbreakable power of a community during WWII should win Graves new fans.” —Publishers Weekly “Graves brings the classic British village alive like a warm hug, then deftly blends it with the espionage and intrigue of WWII. The historical facts, engaging mystery, and the clever and charming Olive Bright put this series on my list of auto-buys!” —Dianne Freeman, Agatha and Lefty award–winning author of The Countess of Harleigh mysteries “Another fabulous entry in a stellar historical mystery series! Seriously, this one has it all--a smart and witty heroine, well-drawn characters, insightful history, intricate mysteries, and a swoon-worthy romance. If you haven't yet made the acquaintance of sleuth Olive Bright, you really must remedy that ASAP." —Anna Lee Huber, USA Today bestselling author.

The Last Ghetto is a social and cultural history of Terezín, or Theresienstadt, a transit ghetto for Central and Western European Jews prior to their deportation for murder in the East. It offers the first analytical case study of a Holocaust victim society that explains human behavior in extremis, and demonstrates how prisoners created new social hierarchies, reshaped their conceptions of family, and developed new loyalties. Based on extensive research in archives around the world and empathetic reading of victim testimonies, this history of everyday life in a prisoner society reveals the many forms of agency and adaptation in Nazi concentration camps and ghettos.

.On the eve of WWII, three former freedom fighters arrive in Germany to do the unthinkable: kill an SS officer. American idealists Billy Lachance and Lum Del Luca join forces with German socialist Josef Weiss and plunge deep into the greater Reich. With single-minded determination, they search for Rolf von Huber to repay him for violating the laws of war during the Spanish Civil War. Escaping the killing fields of Spain, the three make their way across the treacherous Pyrenees Mountains, careful to avoid fascist patrols. Capture means an instant firing squad. France offers no comfort either. If army patrols seize them, they'll land in an open-air concentration camp, where pneumonia awaits. With help, the three evade capture while carrying sacks of Spanish gold coins taken from looters. They succeed in swapping the coins for hard cash, which is deposited in a Swiss bank. Billy, Lum, and Josef board a train that takes them to Cottbus, on the border with Poland. Blissfully unaware of what awaits him, Rolf now wears his black Hugo Boss SS uniform, busy with the problem of resettling all Untermensch once Panzer tanks crash into Poland. From the blood baths of Spain to a nerve-wracking trip across the heart of darkness, Impacting History brims with the atmospheric tension of men at their best and worst.

An engrossing history of the desperate battles for the Rzhev Salient, a forgotten story brought to life by the harrowing memoirs of German and Russian soldiers.The fighting between the German and Russian armies in the Rzhev Salient during World War II was so grisly, so murderous, and saw such vast losses that the troops called the campaign 'The Meat Grinder'. Though millions of men would fight and die there, the Rzhev Salient does not have the name recognition of Leningrad or Moscow. It has been largely ignored by Western historians - until now. In this book, Prit Buttar, a leading expert on the Eastern Front during World War II, reveals the depth and depravity of the bitter fighting for Rzhev. He details how the region held the promise of a renewed drive on the Soviet capital for the German Army - a chance to turn the tide of war. Using both German and Russian first-hand accounts, Buttar examines the major offensives launched by the Red Army against the salient, all of which were defeated with losses exceeding two million killed, wounded or missing, until eventually, the Germans were forced to evacuate the salient in March 1943.Drawing on the latest research, Meat Grinder provides a new study of these horrific battles but also examines how the Red Army did ultimately learn from its colossal failures and how its analysis of these failures at the time helped pave the way for the eventual Soviet victory against Army Group Centre in the summer of 1944, leaving the road to Berlin clear.

IN YUGOSLAVIA OF JANUARY 1942 a civil war rages; factions of royalists, communists, and fascists are either fighting or collaborating with each other. To the Allies fighting the wider World War this fractured country is an unknown cipher. Captain Reginald Wallace of the British Merchant Navy is enjoying his rest & relaxation in Egypt after his ship was torpedoed out from under him. For ten years too focused on advancing his career - approaching thirty and unmarried - he's getting older and feeling it. He begins a torrid affair with Millicent Featherstone, the General's clerk.But he's tapped to be a temporary SOE agent for a single short mission: very simply, he's to be dropped into occupied Yugoslavia to retrieve the HLV BELFAIR, a neutral Swedish-crewed ship stranded there, and bring it out to safety in Egypt. Millie eagerly awaits his return.Things never do go as planned, do they? In Yugoslavia he becomes enamoured with Pavlina, a gorgeous assassin on the run from the Nazis. But Slavic commanders have ordered their female partisans to never become pregnant, or the man will be executed. Now what's a fellow to do? Well, first, get the ship out! Easier said than done when the ship is under 24 hour guard.

LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE,ONE OF THE NEW STATESMAN'S BOOKS OF THE YEAR ONE OF THE SPECTATOR'S BOOKS OF THE YEAR 'A truly radical book; radical in subject, radical in form. For the most tragic reasons, it could not feel more immediate; and yet it's a fluid, fast-paced, hugely enjoyable and engaging read.' - Andrew Marr''Unforgettable... Non fiction will be different as a result.' - Jonathan Freedland'This is an extraordinarily original way of writing memoir, history and truth. An enthralling book and a wonderful new writer.' - Laura Cumming'So fascinating, so enjoyable, and beautifully told through diaries, memoirs, speeches and newspapers'. - Simon Sebag Montefiore'a remarkable book' - Robert MacfarlaneOn June 7th 1907, a ship packed with Russian Jews sets sail not to Jerusalem or New York, as many on board have dreamt, but to Texas. The man who persuades the passengers to go is David Jochelmann, Rachel Cockerell's great-grandfather. It marks the beginning of the Galveston Movement, a forgotten moment in history when 10,000 Jews fled to Texas in the lead-up to WWI.The charismatic leader of the movement is Jochelmann's closest friend, Israel Zangwill, whose novels have made him famous across Europe and America. As Eastern Europe becomes infected by anti-Semitic violence, Zangwill embarks on a desperate search across the continents for a temporary homeland: from Australia to Canada, Angola to Antarctica. He reluctantly settles on Galveston, Texas. He fears the Jewish people will be absorbed into the great American melting pot, but there is no other hope. In a highly inventive style, Cockerell uses exclusively source material to capture history as it unfolds, weaving together letters, diaries, memoirs, newspaper articles and interviews into a vivid account of those who were there. Melting Point follows Zangwill and the Jochelmann family through two world wars, to London, New York and Jerusalem - as their lives intertwine with some of the most memorable figures of the twentieth century, and each chooses whether to cling to their history or melt into their new surroundings. It is a story that asks what it means to belong, and what can be salvaged from the past.

Impressive and satisfying . . . a novel that succeeds both in creating pages that turn themselves, and in continually feeding the reader's sense of wonder' Daily TelegraphIt is 1940 and twenty-year-old Charlotte Richmond watches from her attic window as enemy planes fly over London. Still grieving her beloved brother who never returned from France, she is working hard to keep her own little life ticking over: holding down a dull typist job at the Ministry of Information, sharing gin and confidences with her best friend Elena, and dodging her difficult father. She has good reason to keep her head down and stay out of trouble. She knows what happens when she makes a nuisance of herself.On her way to work she often sees the boy who feeds the birds - a source of unexpected joy amidst the rubble of the Blitz. But every day brings new scenes of devastation, and after yet another heartbreaking loss Charlotte has an uncanny sense of foreboding. Someone is stalking the darkness, targeting her friends. And now he is following her.She no longer knows who to trust. She can't even trust herself. She knows this; her family have told so her often enough. As grief and suspicion consume her, Charlotte's nerves become increasingly frayed, and soon her very freedom is under threat . . .'Intriguing and thrilling . . . it had me by the throat' EMMA DONOGHUE'A marvel of storytelling . . . your heart will be in your mouth as you read' FRANCIS SPUFFORD'Immersive and utterly enthralling' CATHY RENTZENBRINK'Riveting and moving . . . masterful' NINA STIBBE'I stayed up late reading and was glad' SARAH MOSS

Berlin, 1942. Max and Mally, two out of millions murdered in the Holocaust, are deported to Theresienstadt where they will starve to death.Decades later, on a whim, their granddaughter Jackie googles their names to find two commemorative stones recently placed outside their old home. The discovery compels her to open a long-closed cupboard of haunting family papers, piece together the story of the family she never knew and find her place in it.With searing prose and meticulous detective work, Jackie Kohnstamm offers a gripping and poignant portrait of an ordinary family and reveals a remarkable story of loss, discovery and memory.

A dying man's last words point toward a tantalizing treasure, a forbidden love, and the secrets of a shattered family's past.1941, the island of Zante, Greece. Pantelis Kokinis and his family live under the dark cloud of Italian occupation. As the horrors of the war draw nearer, reality for the Kokinis family grows more and more fraught. Long-held secrets, raw emotions, and the fear of what's coming leave them scrambling to hold their emotions in check and their family together.When Pantelis meets Violeta Dalmedikos, the beautiful daughter of a prominent local Jewish family, he is instantly smitten. Unfortunately, love between a Christian and a Jew is strictly forbidden.In 1943, the German commander demands a list with all the Jewish residents of the island. The Mayor and the Christian bishop hand in a list with only two names: theirs. Overnight, the Jewish population goes into hiding as Christian Zantiots make a great sacrifice. Pantelis and Violeta come closer, and a medieval treasure suddenly vanishes.80 years later, Pantelis' grandson is looking for the treasure. What he unearths is a shipwreck, a manslaughter, and a truth he never expected.The Island of the Righteous is a gripping novel by Greek author Stefanos Livos. It expertly weaves the past and present. With evocative depictions of a shattered family's secrets and a love that never died, this poignant story is set against the backdrop of modern Greece's rocky history."The Island of the Righteous" was originally published in Greece by Dioptra Books in 2015.

FATE WAS NOT KIND TO SABAN GRABO AND HIS THREE-MONTHS-PREGNANT WIFE ELISAVETA . . . OR WAS IT?TRAIN Z is a World War II historical fiction novel that follows a young Romani (Gypsy) couple who travel from Sarajevo to a family funeral in German-occupied Brussels in December 1943 and are arrested. In their efforts to escape and keep a step ahead of the Nazis, they fall in with members of the Belgian Resistance and find themselves involved in harrowing and dangerous operations in support of the Allied Forces. Saban and Elisaveta are determined to return home to Sarajevo, but will they die trying?

Based on extensive archival research in six countries and intensive fieldwork, the book analyzes the history of the village of Nkholongue on the eastern (Mozambican) shores of Lake Malawi from the time of its formation in the 19th century to the present day. The study uses Nkholongue as a microhistorical lens to examine such diverse topics as the slave trade, the spread of Islam, colonization, subsistence production, counter-insurgency, decolonization, civil war, ecotourism, and matriliny. Thereby, the book attempts to reflect as much as possible on the generalizability and (global) comparability of local findings by framing analyses in historiographical discussions that aim to go beyond the regional or national level. Although the chapters of the book deal with very different topics, they are united by a common interest in the social history of rural Africa in the longue durée. Contrary to persistent clichés of rural inertia in Africa, the book as a whole underscores the profound changeability of social conditions and relations in Nkholongue over the years and highlights how people's room for maneuver kept changing as a result of the Winds of History, the frequent and often violent ruptures brought to the village from outside.

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