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111.Spies: Read by Martin Jarvis by: Michael Frayn April 20, 2006
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112.Love Me Tender by: Anne Bennett August 05, 1999
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113.Moments of Reprieve (Abacus Books) by: Primo Levi 1994-10
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I approached this book with a degree of reluctance after it was recommended by a friend. A book about the Holocaust atrocities sounded very heavy going. I was delighted to find it to be one of the most thought-provoking books I've ever read. The stories, beautifully told in crystal clear language, are filled with the humanity that still struggled along in this darkest of places. It's full of little details that bring the events to life with heart-rending effectiveness, and yet it leaves you sharing the author's belief that humanity is stronger still.

114.City of Gold by: Len Deighton September 16, 1993
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As a fan of Len Deighton's books I found it odd that there was no review on Amazon of this particular work - which I would rate as amongst the best. The story centres on a half dozen or so primary characters - with the main character being a convicted soldier who passes himself off as a policeman assigned as the lead investigator in the search for a German Spy in Cairo in mid-World War II. This mechanism allows the plot to move through all levels of society and a wide variety of locations without stretching the storyline. The high level of research that Deighton has put into his histories of the period gives the book a high level of credible detail and his story-telling capabilities make the plot development well-paced ... Read More:

115.Gilgamesh by: Joan London August 14, 2003
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I brought this book while visiting friends in Perth, Australia and was lucky enough to actually attend a lecture given by the author about how the book was written. I found it a very gripping book and got into it very quickly. I found that i was unable to put the book down once i had started it. Read the book, enjoy the story and get lost in Armenia and travel back to Australia during the war. Joan London writes a very good book, and after listening to her and seeing the pictures just brought the whole book to life.

116.And All the King's Men by: Gordon Stevens September 06, 1991
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Britain prepares for invasion in the opening months of the war, on September 7th the Germans spring Operation Sealion after decimating the RAF and blitzing London and coastal towns. We follow Jack a farmer recruited into the Auxiliary Units, the codename for the Resistance who once occupation begins is ordered to restart a resistance, much in the style of the French. Stevens presents the novel in five books -Recruitment, Invasion, Occupation, Resistance and Liberation this spans September 1939 to May 1942. There are some inaccuracies but alternate history is as such that there is few. Indeed Len Deighton in SS-GB and others have presented books with the invasion happening differently or another period (Deighton's, February 1941) Regardless ... Read More:

117.Good Evening, Mrs Craven: the Wartime Stories of Mollie Panter-Downes by: Mollie Panter-Downes September 30, 1999
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This was such an enjoyable read - she has all of Dorothy Parker's insight and eye for detail, without the acidity and cynicism. Mollie Panter-Downes captures a time and place that are both long-gone, but manages to evoke them so clearly that you are right there with her. But don't be expecting something saccharine - far from it. Her wit is devastating, and she can capture a character in only a few words. This is a delight - read it!

118.For Valour by: Douglas Reeman September 07, 2000
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For Valour invites comparison with The Cruel Sea by Nicholas Monsarrat. Wars are fought by people, not machines and has been described as months of boredom and seconds of terror. Reeman captures all of this as well as the sheer exhaustion which must have set in among those who had survived several years of the war. The enemy was not only the German Navy, but the ocean and the cold of the arctic. World War II was a war which involved the home front as well. The irony of sailors in harm's way losing families at home is portrayed well. The characters are human and vulnerable, and entirely believable. They have the courage to continue human involvements in the face of separation and loss. All in all, the book is immensely moving and a good description ... Read More:

119.As Time Goes by by: Ted Allbeury July 06, 1995
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I actually listened to this book on audiobook. It is not the typical book I would read but since I was planning to listen to it in conjunction with my boyfriend I picked 'a war book' anyway. Yet I enjoyed it immensely and it has remained with us since; every so often it will come up in conversation and that surely is the sign of a good book. The thing that has stuck with me most about the book was the author's note that he wrote this book because he wanted to write a book specifically about the women in the SOE. He felt that their greatest battle was yet to come and that, after the war, it was very difficult for them to go back to their ordinary lives in that particular era. There was a very high rate of suicide in women operatives after the war. Read More:

120.The Seed and the Sower (Vintage classics) by: Laurens Van der Post January 03, 2002
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I first read this book when I was 15 and was extremely moved and intrigued as it gave a view of war that I had not ever encountered before. I take from the book that whoever is involved in a war will suffer, both the victor and the defeated. Read this book and see if you agree.

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