Tecia Werbowski aime les voyages en train. Elle a un don pour les rencontres insolites et prête volontiers l’oreille aux confidences des voyageurs anonymes. Un jour, alors qu’elle est dans un train pour Cracovie, un mystérieux inconnu entre dans son compartiment. L’homme, qui vient de revoir son grand amour perdu, lui confie le drame de sa vie. Dans les années soixante, alors follement épris d’une jeune femme, il avait inexplicablement fui juste avant leur mariage. Tecia l’ignore encore, m...

The two short stories in this collection are steeped in the revelries and tragedies of nostalgia. A woman living in war-torn Prague contemplates revenge against her oppressors but instead chooses to "sleep with the enemy." Both tales are set against a glimmering and dangerous Prague—populated by characters who are equally mysterious and beautiful.

An inspiring story of unarmed civilians of all ages who took on the Gestapo, the SS, and the Wehrmacht—and outwitted them at least 20,000 times.Code Name: Zegota: Rescuing Jews in Occupied Poland, 1942-1945: The Most Dangerous Conspiracy in Wartime Europe tells the story of the only secret organization in occupied Europe set up for the sole purpose of saving Jews. The first book on the subject in English, it details the danger and complexity behind Zegota ...