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In April 1944, Rudolf Vrba became one of the very first Jews to escape from Auschwitz and make his way to freedom—among only a tiny handful who ever pulled off that near-impossible feat. He did it to reveal the truth of the death camp to the world—and to warn the last Jews of Europe what fate awaited them. Against all odds, Vrba and his fellow escapee, Fred Wetzler, climbed mountains, crossed rivers, and narrowly missed German bullets until they had smuggled out the first full account of Auschwitz the world had ever seen.

József Debreczeni, a prolific Hungarian-language journalist and poet, arrived in Auschwitz in 1944; had he been selected to go “left,” his life expectancy would have been approximately forty-five minutes. One of the “lucky” ones, he was sent to the “right,” which led to twelve horrifying months of incarceration and slave labor in a series of camps, ending in the “Cold Crematorium”—the so-called hospital of the forced labor camp Dörnhau, where prisoners too weak to work awaited execution.

In April 1944, a teenager named Rudolf Vrba was planning a daring and unprecedented escape from Auschwitz. After hiding in a pile of timber planks for three days while 3,000 SS men and their bloodhounds searched for him, Vrba and his fellow escapee Fred Wetzler would eventually cross Nazi-occupied Poland on foot, as penniless fugitives. Their mission: to tell the world the truth of the Final Solution.

The Traitors Circle tells the true, but scarcely known, story of a group of secret rebels against Hitler. Drawn from Berlin high society, they include army officers, government officials, two countesses, an ambassador's widow and a former model—meeting in the shadows, whether hiding and rescuing Jews or plotting for a Germany freed from Nazi rule. One day in September 1943 they gather for a tea party—unaware that one among them is about to betray them all to the Gestapo. But who is the betrayer of a circle themselves branded “traitors” by the cruelest regime in history?

The United States and China have struck a shocking bargain: In return for forgiving trillions in debt, the People's Republic of China - now the world's dominant global superpower - has established a permanent military presence on US soil. Years of decline have left America economically vulnerable, and evidence of China's cultural and political dominance is everywhere.

Neal Bascomb, a New York Times best-selling author, delivers the spellbinding story of the downed Allied airmen who masterminded the remarkably courageous - and ingenious - breakout from Germany's most devilish POW camp.

Jackal and his fellow half-orcs patrol the barren wastes of the Lot Lands, spilling their own damned blood to keep civilized folk safe. A rabble of hard-talking, hog-riding, whore-mongering brawlers they may be, but the Bastards are Jackal's sworn brothers, fighting at his side in a land where there's no room for softness.

The past is a battleground in many countries, but in China it is crucial to political power. In traditional China, dynasties rewrote history to justify their rule by proving that their predecessors were unworthy of holding power. Marxism gave this a modern gloss, describing history as an unstoppable force heading toward Communism's triumph. The Chinese Communist Party builds on these ideas to whitewash its misdeeds and glorify its rule. But in recent years, independent writers, artists, and filmmakers have begun challenging this state-led disremembering.

Jonathan Freedland har tidligere skrevet under forfatter-dæknavnet SAM BOURNE. En alfons findes død i et barsk New Yorker-kvarter. En højreekstremist bliver skudt uden for Seattle. En 18-årig hacker myrdes på vej hjem fra Indien. Én ting er fælles for disse tre ofre: Alle havde på et eller andet tidspunkt i deres skæve og spildte liv udført noget exeptionelt godt. En eller anden myrder altså gode mennesker.

Knust af flere års skuffelser arbejder den politiske rådgiver Maggie Costello endelig for en leder, hun sammen med resten af Amerika har sat sin lid til; Præsident Stephen Baker, som mener han kan gøre verden til et bedre sted. Men pludselig dukker en fjende op til overfladen - en mand ved navn Vic Forbes. Han afslører først en skandaløs hemmelighed om den nye præsident, og derefter en mere. Han truer med at offentliggøre en tredje – en der vil ødelægge Baker helt, og tvinge ham væk fra Det Hvide Hus.

De Forenede Stater og Kina har indgået en chokerende handel: Til gengæld for eftergivelse af en milliardgæld har Folkerepublikken Kina – nu verdens førende supermagt – etableret en permanent militær tilstedeværelse på amerikansk jord. Mange års økonomisk tilbagegang har gjort Amerika økonomisk sårbar, og beviser på Kinas kulturelle og politiske dominans findes overalt. Journalist Madison Webb er besat af at afsløre de løgne og den korruption, der har ødelagt hendes engang så mægtige land. Da hendes søster bliver brutalt myrdet, hævder politiet, at det er en enkeltstående forbrydelse.

Jonathan Freedland har tidligere skrevet under forfatter-dæknavnet SAM BOURNE.

New York 2008. Tom Byrne er faldet i unåde siden sine dage som idealistisk ung advokat. Hans lidenskab for spil har kostet ham hjem, hustru og hæderlighed.

Så da han af FN bliver bedt om at påtage sig en moralsk tvivlsom opgave, tøver han ikke. En formodet selvmordsbomber, skudt og dræbt af sikkerhedsvagter, viser sig at være en harmløs gammel mand – og Tom får til opgave at lukke munden på familien.

József Debreczeni, a prolific Hungarian language journalist and poet, arrived in Auschwitz in 1944; had he been selected to go 'left', his life expectancy would have been approximately forty-five minutes. One of the 'lucky' ones, he was sent to the 'right', which led to twelve horrifying months of incarceration and slave labour in a series of camps, ending in the 'Cold Crematorium' - the so-called hospital of the forced labour camp Dörnhau, where prisoners too weak to work were left to die. Debreczeni beat the odds and survived.

Berlin, 1943. A group of high-society anti-Nazi dissenters meet for a tea party one late summer afternoon. They do not know that, sitting around the table, is someone poised to betray them all to the Gestapo - revealing their secret to the Nazis' most ruthless detective. They form a circle of unlikely rebels, drawn from the German elite: two countesses, a diplomat, an intelligence officer, an ambassador's widow and a pioneering headmistress.

For the better part of thirty-seven years, Frank Bruce has hobbled through his life, dragging his hunger for amphetamines, alcohol, and crime behind him like a heap of tarnished weight. Now, emboldened by the love of his child-fiancé Maddie Nicole, Frank turns his back on all his addictions and runs away from New Mexico hoping for a second chance. Trapped by his crooked past, but determined to protect everything he loves, Frank looks for help from his onetime mentor, drug kingpin and murderer Jon Santer.

They are a mass migration of thousands, yet each one travels alone. Solito, Solita (Alone, Alone) is an urgent collection of oral histories that tells - in their own words - the story of young refugees fleeing countries in Central America and traveling for hundreds of miles to seek safety and protection in the United States. Fifteen narrators describe why they fled their homes, what happened on their dangerous journeys through Mexico, how they crossed the borders, and for some, their ongoing struggles to survive in the United States.

Jonathan Freedland har tidligere skrevet under forfatter-dæknavnet SAM BOURNE.

En irakisk dreng stjæler en gammel lertavle fra et hemmeligt rum i kældrene under Nationalmuseet i Bagdad …

Ved en demonstration til fordel for en historisk fredsaftale mellem Israel og palæstinenserne maser en snigmorder sig frem mod den israelske premierminister, men bliver skudt og dræbt af dennes livvagter. I hans hånd er der dog ingen pistol, blot en blodplettet besked …

A chilling high-concept thriller from number-one best-selling author and award-winning journalist Jonathan Freedland. Perfect for fans of Robert Harris. She can't save her sister. Journalist Madison Webb is obsessed with exposing lies and corruption. But she never thought she would be investigating her own sister's murder. She can't trust the police. Madison refuses to accept the official line that Abigail's death was an isolated crime.

In this remarkable collection exploring the state of the United Kingdom and the future of its union, five presenters examine the identities, history and struggles of the nations, and ask what keeps them together as a united country.