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From Green to Blue (The Nostrils Book 1)

From Green to Blue (The Nostrils Book 1)

Jonathan Cox

FREE

Humorous Biographical Fiction

Orphaned at 18, naïve and solitary Chris Pritchard joins the Metropolitan Police in search of a family, friends, and a regular income. 👮 He’s posted to a station in London’s tough East End, where his experienced instructor, WPC Dawn Matthews, barely conceals her contempt for her hapless new charge as she puppy-walks him through the job.

Cox served with the Met for over thirty years, and it shows—this is an insider’s account of how London was policed a generation ago, capturing the atmosphere and attitudes of the 1980s force. 🇬🇧 The journey is regularly amusing, frequently sad, and occasionally bizarre, with the kind of details only someone who lived it could provide.

The book has held UK No. 1 Best Seller status in five Amazon categories, including Police Procedurals and Humorous Fiction. 📚 First in “The Blue Trilogy.”

Here’s what you’re getting: authentic cop humor from someone who was actually there, wrapped in a coming-of-age story about finding your people in unlikely places. 🚔 If you’ve ever wondering what it was really like on the beat in Thatcher-era London, this is your window in.

A Credible Threat: Jeri Howard Book 6

Janet Dawson

FREE

Hard-Boiled Mysteries

Oakland PI Jeri Howard doesn’t usually make house calls, but when her ex-husband’s daughter Vicki is on the line, she makes an exception. 📞 Vicki, an undergrad at UC Berkeley, is terrified—her shared house has become the target of escalating threats from an unknown antagonist, starting with hostile phone calls and progressing to vandalism and stalking.

The situation turns personal when Jeri picks up the house phone and hears the stalker’s chilling voice herself. Meanwhile, a hateful flyer circulates around the law school targeting students of color and women—and it’s uncannily similar to the caller’s words. 🎯 But with so many potential targets under one roof, Jeri can’t pinpoint who’s in the crosshairs. Rachel volunteers at an abortion clinic. Ben is an African-American student on scholarship. Marisol helps victims of domestic abuse. And Vicki and Emily have already been harassed by a sexist chemistry student.

When someone throws a pipe bomb through the students’ window, the case explodes—literally. 💥 Dawson draws on her own journalism background to craft a tightly plotted mystery that tackles hate crimes, campus politics, and the question of who becomes a target and why.

Here’s what you’re getting: a crackling procedural that feels ripped from headlines, anchored by a smart, tenacious PI who takes things personally when family is involved. 🔍 Sixth in a series that rewards longtime readers but works perfectly as a standalone.

Cold Trail: The Jeri Howard Mystery Series Book 11

Janet Dawson

FREE

Hard-Boiled Mysteries

The morgue is the last place Oakland PI Jeri Howard wants to be—especially when the body she’s there to identify might be her kid brother. 💔 Brian has been missing four days, and the corpse was found on a burned-out boat at a marina with a dicey reputation, along with Brian’s MedicAlert bracelet.

The trail is getting cold. Jeri’s family draws together in crisis—her divorced parents seeking comfort from each other, her aunt a source of strength—but her sister-in-law Sheila’s reaction has Jeri wondering what the hell is going on. 🚨 Deep cracks have appeared in Brian’s marriage. Sheila is angry about his sudden job change, about their move from a pleasant house in Sonoma to a small rental in Petaluma. And she has suspicions about Brian’s friendship with a free-spirited potter who calls herself Willow.

Jeri goes looking for answers, tracking down Brian’s friends, colleagues, and Willow herself. 🔎 Is her brother involved in a murder, or is he a victim?

Here’s what you’re getting: the most personal case of the series, where Jeri’s professional skills collide with family loyalty and dread. 🖤 Dawson makes the emotional stakes as compelling as the mystery itself.

Tequila Midnight (Jessica Watts Book 1)

Kathryn Dodson

FREE

Crime Thriller

Jessica Watts knows three things: tequila burns, memories haunt, and the border keeps its secrets. 🥃 When a Mexican tycoon hires the amateur investigator to find his missing daughter, she should say no. She doesn’t. Now she’s in too deep to back out—and too close to the truth to survive.

As Jessica searches for the missing woman, she peels back layers of lies and deceit, uncovering a sinister web of corruption that stretches from dusty border towns to the heart of Central America. 🌵 With each clue, the stakes grow higher, and the line between allies and enemies blurs.

Hunted by dangerous thugs and her own demons, Jessica must outwit ruthless adversaries while confronting the ghosts that haunt her. 🔥 Dodson delivers an R-rated mystery with a thriller edge—gritty, suspense-packed, and relentless.

Here’s what you’re getting: a female sleuth who’s messy, determined, and in way over her head, navigating a world where everyone has something to hide. 💀 Perfect for fans of Lisa Regan, Robert Dugoni, and T.R. Ragan.

The Elements of Style

William Strunk Jr. and E. B. White

FREE

Writing Reference

This brief book has shaped more writers than any other guide in the English language. ✍️ Strunk’s original 1918 rules—terse, dogmatic, and unforgettable—combined with White’s 1959 revisions and commentary created something that transcends its era: a book about writing that is itself beautifully written.

The principles are deceptively simple. Omit needless words. Use the active voice. Place emphatic words at the end of a sentence. 📝 But beneath these rules lies a philosophy: that clear writing reflects clear thinking, and that precision is a form of respect for your reader.

White’s additions soften Strunk’s severity while preserving his conviction. The result is authoritative without being stuffy, practical without being mechanical. 📚 Every writer—student, professional, hobbyist—will find sentences they want to argue with and advice they’ll never forget.

Here’s what you’re getting: the single most influential writing guide ever published, still earning its reputation a century later. 🎯 If you write anything—emails, reports, novels, texts—this belongs on your shelf.

Since the Day We Danced (Hadley Cove Book 1)

Kerk Murray

FREE

Sweet Romance

Emma Wright’s world shattered when her husband blindsided her with divorce papers on their anniversary and left her for a younger woman. 💔 Starting over at forty, she moves into a quaint beachfront cottage on the other side of Hadley Cove with her beloved rescue dog, Riley. But just as she’s picking up the pieces, Riley goes missing.

Meanwhile, widowed father Luke Grayson has moved from Chicago to Hadley Cove to repair his strained relationship with his teenage son, Jeremiah. 🏖️ They’re barely settled when an unexpected visitor arrives at their doorstep—a dog who seems to believe this is his home.

As destiny weaves Emma and Luke’s paths together, their lives begin to change in ways neither expected. 🐕 Murray delivers small-town charm, second chances, and the particular sweetness of finding connection when you’ve stopped looking for it.

Here’s what you’re getting: a warm, low-angst romance about two people brave enough to try again, with a loyal dog playing matchmaker. 🌊 First in the Hadley Cove series.

Santas’ Elf: Knotty Holidays Book 1

Lacey Daize

FREE

LGBTQ+ Short Reads

Benny wanted holiday overtime, but he didn’t expect to get it by wearing elf ears. 🎄 As a photographer, he’s good at getting kids to smile—which is probably why his boss tapped him for Santa photography duty. It’s a long day in costume, but at least the men playing Santa are easy on the eyes.

Pete and Warren are an alpha-alpha couple who love kids but face the realities of adoption. 🎅 Every holiday season, they don costumes and listen to thousands of children’s wishes as mall Santas. But this year brings something unexpected: their mutual attraction to their photographer.

Can these three find a bit of holiday magic in each other? ❄️ Daize delivers a sweet, steamy short about found family, festive charm, and the courage to want more than you thought you could have.

Here’s what you’re getting: a cozy holiday romance with heart, heat, and just the right amount of tinsel. 🦌 First in the Knotty Holidays series.

A Duke’s Lustful Christmas (Secrets and Courtships of the Regency)

Lucy Langton

FREE

Historical Regency Romance

Abigail Andrews has landed a maid’s position just in time for her favorite season—and not even the dreadful rumors about her strange new employer can dampen her holiday spirit. 🎄 She’s never met the so-called “Demon Duke,” so she has no idea that the arrogant man she clashed with at the village Christmas market is her new master.

Ezra Haddington, Duke of Brunswick, is haunted by childhood demons. He hates Christmas and has sworn never to marry. ❄️ Yet the spirited woman from the market has awakened something he thought long buried—and he’s stunned to discover she’s his new parlourmaid.

As their forbidden attraction ignites, a wicked man with an angelic face lurks to steal their happiness away. 🔥 Can their romance survive a painful past and save Christmas, or will their love vanish like a winter snowflake?

Here’s what you’re getting: enemies-to-lovers heat wrapped in holiday ribbon, with all the Regency trappings—brooding duke, spirited heroine, seasonal redemption. 💋 Steamy and satisfying.

Magic Steampunk Pirate Booty: A steamy (Magic Steampunk Pirate Booty: The Complete Series Book 1)

Grady Sparks

FREE

Men’s Adventure Harem Fantasy

When Jordan Threat falls into a glowing whirlpool in the Bermuda Triangle, he wakes on a tropical beach in another world—one where pirates rule the seas with tall-masted galleons and blood-slicked cutlasses. 🏴‍☠️ It isn’t long before he spills some blood himself, rescuing a gorgeous blue-skinned sea nymph from barbarous cutthroats.

The pirates have kidnapped this world’s most powerful supernatural beings, and this long-legged magical warrior needs help freeing them. 🔧 But after Jordan agrees to assist, he also rescues a spunky redhead with an hourglass figure and a passion for steampunk machinery. The engineer distrusts magic; the nymph has a grudge against technology. But they both have scores to settle with the pirates—and they both have the hots for Jordan.

Can this rag-tag team defeat the pirates and prevent a magical apocalypse? ⚓ Can Jordan convince the girls to kiss and make up using nothing but his charm and his enormous... negotiation skills?

Here’s what you’re getting: irreverent, over-the-top adventure that knows exactly what it is—lusty, action-packed, and unapologetically fun. 🌴 First in a series for readers who like their fantasy with a wink.

The Jungle Book

Rudyard Kipling

FREE

Classic Coming of Age Fiction

Mowgli is raised by wolves, tutored by a bear, and protected by a panther—but the tiger Shere Khan has marked him for death. 🐾 Kipling’s immortal collection follows the man-cub as he learns the Law of the Jungle and discovers what it means to belong, to be brave, and to find your place between two worlds.

Beyond Mowgli’s story, the collection includes other iconic tales: Rikki-Tikki-Tavi’s fearless battle against cobras, the haunting migration of the white seal, the elephant dance that Doyle can only witness in secret. 🐍 Each story blends danger, wisdom, and the magic of the natural world.

Kipling’s prose remains vivid and propulsive, and his themes—family, loyalty, the tension between civilization and wildness—resonate across generations. 🌿 This edition is beautifully formatted for modern readers while preserving the book’s original charm.

Here’s what you’re getting: adventure, heart, and unforgettable characters in one of the great works of children’s literature—though it’s never been just for children. 📖 Essential reading.

The True Purpose of Vines (The Winemakers Book 1)

Giovanna Siniscalchi

FREE

Victorian Historical Romance

Julia Costa is a gifted winemaker fighting to save her vineyards after her late husband burdened her lands with debt. 🍇 She’ll defend her legacy by any means necessary—which doesn’t include entertaining the arrogant Englishman sent to chase her down.

Griffin Maxwell doesn’t want to waste time in a Portuguese backwater village, but a lucrative partnership depends on collecting this debt. 🍷 Nothing prepared him for the headstrong winemaker who tempts him to enjoy Portugal’s vibrant tastes and threatens his carefully constructed plans.

When a mysterious plague begins decimating Europe’s vineyards, Griffin and Julia must work together to find a cure—or lose everything. 🌿 Cultural differences and old wounds stand between them, but the attraction is headier than a vintage.

Here’s what you’re getting: lush historical romance steeped in wine country atmosphere, where two stubborn people must compromise to save what they love—including each other. 💜 First in The Winemakers series.

When a mysterious plague decimates Europe’s vineyards, Griffin and Julia struggle to find a cure. They must compromise to face this new threat... or lose everything. Will they allow cultural differences to separate them, or will they fight for the love of a lifetime?

Brief Interviews with Hideous Men: Stories

David Foster Wallace

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Humorous Literary Fiction

David Foster Wallace was one of the most innovative and influential writers of his generation, and this collection showcases why. Through unconventional forms—fake interviews, fragmented narratives, obsessive footnotes—he dissects the ways men rationalize, manipulate, and deceive, both others and themselves. 🎭

The title pieces present a series of powerful mock interviews where unseen questioners draw out men’s disturbing confessions about women and relationships. “The Depressed Person” offers an almost unbearably precise rendering of anxiety and self-absorption. “Adult World” traces a newlywed’s spiraling uncertainty about intimacy with dark humor and surprising tenderness. 📖

Wallace’s prose demands attention—sentences that loop back on themselves, digressions that become the point, comedy that curdles into discomfort. It’s challenging, often uncomfortable, and occasionally exhausting in the best way. For readers who want fiction that makes them work, that rewards close attention with genuine insight into human self-deception, this collection delivers. 🧠

What you’re getting: a concentrated dose of one of American literature’s most singular voices at his most experimental and incisive. Whether you’re a longtime DFW devotee or curious what the fuss is about, this is the real thing.

The Light Over London

Julia Kelly

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Historical World War II Fiction

This dual-timeline novel braids together two women’s stories across decades—one in present-day England uncovering wartime secrets, one in 1941 London defending the city against the Blitz. 📚

Cara Hargraves works for an antiques dealer, more comfortable with the past than her own present. When she discovers an unfinished diary and a photograph of a young woman in uniform, she becomes obsessed with finding the author. What she uncovers will reshape her understanding of her own family history. 🔍

In 1941, nineteen-year-old Louise Keene feels suffocated by her Cornish village and the wealthy suitor her mother has chosen for her. Meeting RAF pilot Paul Bolton changes everything—and when his unit deploys without warning, Louise joins the Women’s Auxiliary Territorial Service, becoming one of the gunner girls who defended London during the deadliest nights of the Blitz. She survives on the promise that she and Paul will reunite when the war ends. But when her letters come back unopened, she learns that wartime romance carries darker possibilities than she’d imagined. 💔

Kelly excels at bringing the sensory details of wartime London to life—the searchlights, the deafening anti-aircraft guns, the camaraderie forged under fire. 🌙

What drew me in: the gunner girls themselves—young women operating anti-aircraft weapons during the Blitz is a piece of WWII history that deserves more attention. For readers who loved The Nightingale or Lilac Girls, this is another powerful story of women’s courage and resilience.

A Life on Our Planet: My Witness Statement and a Vision for the Future

Sir David Attenborough

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Earth Sciences

At 93, David Attenborough has witnessed more of the natural world than almost anyone alive—and watched more of it disappear. This book is his testimony: a clear-eyed account of planetary decline and a surprisingly hopeful roadmap for what we can still save. 🌍

Attenborough structures the narrative around key moments in his life, each paired with stark data about global wilderness, carbon levels, and species loss. The young naturalist who filmed in untouched rainforests now confronts what those same places have become. It’s not preachy—it’s precise, which makes it more devastating. 📊

But this isn’t a book designed to leave you hopeless. The final sections lay out concrete steps for stabilizing the planet: rewilding, shifting to sustainable energy, changing how we produce food, and reducing population growth through education and healthcare access. Attenborough argues these aren’t sacrifices but opportunities to create a world more abundant than the one we’re losing. 🌱

What makes this essential: it’s both witness statement and action plan from someone who’s earned the authority to deliver both. Winner of the Goodreads Choice Award for Best Science & Technology, this is the rare environmental book that leaves you informed and energized rather than paralyzed.

The Chosen

Sharon Sala

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Romantic Suspense

DC journalist January DeLena sees a pattern the police have missed—homeless men are being murdered by someone who calls himself “The Sinner.” When she brings her evidence to homicide detective Benjamin North, she gets more than a professional ally. The attraction between them is immediate and impossible to ignore. 🔥

As January and Ben work together to stop the killer, their investigation deepens alongside their relationship. But January is hiding something—a secret that puts her directly in the crosshairs of a man who believes he’s doing holy work. 🕵️

Sala balances the romance and suspense threads with skill, building tension on both fronts as the story races toward its climax. The killer’s POV chapters are genuinely unsettling, and the chemistry between January and Ben feels earned rather than obligatory. 💕

Here’s what you’re getting: a thriller that doesn’t skimp on the romance and a romance that doesn’t skimp on the danger. For readers who want real stakes with their love stories, The Chosen delivers on both counts.

Tender Triumph (Sonnet Books)

Judith McNaught

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Contemporary Romance

Katie Connelly has built a careful life—successful career, elegant apartment, relationships that stay safely superficial. She’s buried her painful past so deep she’s almost forgotten what’s missing. Then she meets Ramon Galverra, and everything she thought she wanted stops making sense. 💫

Ramon is proud, passionate, and utterly different from the men Katie usually dates. He’s also secretive about his past and his plans for the future. What begins as an intense weekend connection forces Katie to confront whether she’s willing to risk real vulnerability for real love—or whether the safety she’s constructed is actually a prison. 🔐

McNaught writes emotional stakes as vividly as physical attraction. Katie’s fear of surrender isn’t just romantic reluctance; it’s rooted in genuine trauma that makes her hesitation feel earned. Ramon walks the line between commanding and controlling in ways that will either sweep you up or give you pause, depending on your tolerance for alpha heroes. 🌹

What makes this a classic: McNaught at her most emotionally intense, with a hero who demands everything and a heroine who has to decide if she’s brave enough to give it. For fans of Julie Garwood and Lisa Kleypas who like their romance dramatic and unapologetic.

Knight (The Unfinished Heroes Series Book 1)

Kristen Ashley

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Contemporary Romance

Anya Gage has learned not to expect much from life. She works hard, keeps her head down, and doesn’t dream about white picket fences. Then she wanders into the wrong bedroom at a party and meets Knight Sebring. 🖤

Knight knows exactly who he is and what he wants—and he’s never wanted anything like Anya. She’s sweet and genuine, everything he’s not. He tries to walk away, to leave her to the normal life she deserves. But when she shows up at his nightclub and finds herself in trouble, Knight stops fighting it. He’s going to take care of her whether she likes it or not. 🌙

What follows is Knight systematically dismantling Anya’s low expectations and teaching her that good things don’t just happen to other people. But Knight’s past is dark, and the life he leads isn’t the kind that comes with picket fences. He’s betting that when Anya sees who he really is, she’ll run. 💔

Ashley writes alpha heroes who are genuinely commanding—not just bossy but competent, protective, and unapologetically intense. 🔥

Here’s what you’re getting: the first in the Unfinished Heroes series, and it sets the template for Ashley’s signature blend of sweetness and heat. If commanding heroes are your thing, Knight delivers in abundance.

Forever Her Duke (Dukes Most Wanted Book 1)

Scarlett Scott

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Victorian Historical Romance

Vivi, Duchess of Bradford, loved her husband from the moment they met—she was an unabashed hoyden, he was her brother’s best friend and heir to a dukedom. She vowed to marry him, and she did. What she couldn’t have predicted was how badly that fairy tale would curdle. 💔

After a year alone in England while Court gallivants abroad, Vivi has thrown herself into the Lady’s Suffrage Society and sworn to banish her absent husband from her heart. She’s hosting a country house party with her closest friends when the last person she expects arrives: Court himself, back from the continent and determined to reclaim his wife. 🏰

The problem? Vivi isn’t interested in being reclaimed. She wants answers, apologies, and possibly revenge. Court wants her complete surrender. Neither of them is prepared for how much they still want each other. 🔥

Scott writes Victorian settings with sharp attention to period detail and heroines with genuine agency—Vivi’s involvement in suffrage isn’t window dressing but central to who she is. The steam level runs high (the author’s warning is accurate), and the emotional reconciliation earns its payoff. 📖

What drew me in: a heroine who’s done waiting around and a hero who has to actually earn his second chance. First in the Dukes Most Wanted series, returning to Scott’s popular Notorious Ladies of London world.

Length: novella

All Because of You: A Novel

Lissa Lovik

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Domestic Thrillers

The scariest thing about Chris isn’t that he’s watching Serena. It’s that he genuinely believes he’s in love with her. 😬

After a chance meeting at a grocery store, Chris finds Serena’s name on a dropped receipt and does what any romantic would do—he looks her up online, finds her address and workplace, and schedules a house showing with her since she’s a realtor. He’s not being creepy. He just wants to learn everything about her so he can make her happy. 🔍

Lovik writes from Chris’s perspective, and the effect is deeply unsettling. His logic is meticulous, his justifications perfectly reasonable to himself. He’s patient, attentive, and absolutely certain that he knows what’s best for Serena—better than she does, better than her friends do. When people get in the way of their happiness, well, that’s their fault. 🕸️

The horror here isn’t gore or jump scares—it’s recognition. Chris sounds like a dozen “nice guys” you’ve encountered, just with the volume turned up enough to see the danger clearly. 👁️

What makes this one stick: a debut that gets under your skin by making the monster utterly convinced he’s the hero. Sharp, uncomfortable, and impossible to shake.

The Five Thieves of Happiness

John B. Izzo

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Motivational Self-Help

Izzo’s premise is simple but counterintuitive: happiness isn’t something you need to chase. It’s your natural state, and it’s being stolen from you by five mental patterns he calls thieves—control, conceit, coveting, consumption, and comfort. 🧘

He developed this framework during a sabbatical year walking the Camino de Santiago and living in the Peruvian Andes, and the book reflects that contemplative journey. Each thief gets its own examination: how it disguises itself, how it breaks into your mind, and practical methods for locking it out. 🚶

What elevates this above standard self-help is Izzo’s extension of the framework to society as a whole. The same thieves stealing individual happiness are also destroying communities and the planet. It’s a connection that feels organic rather than forced, and it gives the personal work a larger purpose. 🌍

What you’re getting: thoughtful, well-structured wisdom that’s mercifully free of empty affirmations. For readers who want their self-help grounded in something more substantial than positive thinking.

Just Visiting This Planet

Neil deGrasse Tyson

NEW RELEASE

Astrophysics & Space Science

Tyson resurrects Merlin, the omniscient alien from his earlier Merlin’s Tour of the Universe, to field another round of cosmic questions from curious Earthlings. The format—Q&A with a visitor from Planet Omniscia—lets Tyson’s wit and clarity shine while covering everything from lunar explosions to black hole mysteries. 🚀

Sample questions: If aliens blew up Earth’s moon, what would happen to us? Are black holes stockpiling matter for another Big Bang? Why does the Moon look so much bigger on the horizon? Merlin’s answers are scientifically rigorous but delivered with the playful tone that’s made Tyson one of science’s most effective communicators. ✨

Stephen J. Tyson’s illustrations add charm throughout, and the Q&A format makes this ideal for browsing—you can dip in anywhere and come away with something fascinating. 🌌

Here’s what you’re getting: accessible, entertaining science writing that’s surprisingly deep when it wants to be. A companion to Merlin’s Tour for longtime fans, and a perfect entry point for readers new to Tyson’s particular brand of cosmic wonder.

100 Rules for Living to 100: An Optimist’s Guide to a Happy Life

Dick Van Dyke

NEW RELEASE

Actor & Entertainer Biographies

Dick Van Dyke is turning 100, and he’s still dancing. This book distills a century of living into stories, reflections, and advice from a man who has somehow maintained his joy and curiosity through fame, addiction, loss, and reinvention. 🎭

Van Dyke shares memories from his pivotal childhood, his years on film sets (Mary Poppins, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, The Dick Van Dyke Show), his expansive family, and finding love again late in life. But this isn’t a conventional memoir—it’s organized around the principles that have kept him engaged with life when so many people his age have retreated from it. 📖

His secret isn’t complicated: stay curious, keep moving, maintain close relationships, and approach each day with genuine enthusiasm rather than obligation. What makes it compelling is watching these principles play out across the specific moments of his extraordinary life. 💫

What drew me in: this isn’t generic advice from someone who got lucky—it’s hard-won wisdom from a man who’s faced real darkness and chosen joy anyway. Warm, funny, and genuinely inspiring without being saccharine.

Crash of the Heavens: The Remarkable Story of Hannah Senesh and the Only Military Mission to Rescue Europe’s Jews During World War II

Douglas Century

NEW RELEASE

Women in History

In 1944, Hannah Senesh parachuted into Nazi-occupied Europe as part of a desperate mission: Jewish volunteers from Palestine working with British Intelligence to rescue downed Allied pilots and help Jewish civilians escape deportation to the death camps. She was 23 years old. 🕊️

Century reconstructs the full arc of Senesh’s life—her comfortable Budapest childhood, her emigration to Palestine at 18, her dreams of becoming a poet and teacher, and her transformation into a paratrooper with the most critical role on her team: wireless operator carrying top-secret British radio codes. ✡️

Captured almost immediately after crossing into Hungary, Senesh endured months of torture but never revealed her codes or betrayed her mission. Her final choice—facing a firing squad rather than begging for clemency—cemented her status as the “Jewish Joan of Arc.” 💔

But this isn’t just biography. Century places Senesh’s story within the larger context of the only Allied military mission specifically aimed at rescuing Jews during the Holocaust. The volunteers knew the odds were terrible. They went anyway. 📖

What makes this essential: a story of extraordinary courage that deserves to be far better known, finally given the comprehensive treatment it warrants. History that reads like a thriller—because it was.



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