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Post by frankiegth on Jan 31, 2010 18:36:34 GMT
French revolutions by Tim Moore about le tour de France very amusing, especially if you do a bit on the bike.
On a lighter note, War of the century (when Hitler fought Stalin) about the war on the eastern front in WW2.
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Post by ambersalamander on Feb 1, 2010 12:59:13 GMT
I surprise myself in terms of how much I like war books - before I started reading them, I would never have thought I'd like them. How many of us have read All Quiet on the Western Front? Possibly the best war novel ever written - it is an incredible book.
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Post by regan on Feb 1, 2010 15:42:27 GMT
I agree, very good book. Over the summer I read the biography of Harry Patch "Last Tommy Standing"... an emotive read.
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Post by robotsmfc on Feb 1, 2010 16:54:11 GMT
I've read that one too. I like how it fleshes out the life of a Tommy after the First World War; a subject which is often ignored, forgotten or glossed over when the media covers some of them on November 11th.
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Post by ambersalamander on Feb 1, 2010 19:30:32 GMT
I thought Birdsong was a rather spiffing book, too. Anyone read it?
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Post by regan on Feb 1, 2010 20:13:01 GMT
This one? I have the book back at home in Southampton, but I've never read it. Recommended?
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Post by ambersalamander on Feb 2, 2010 13:04:46 GMT
That's it, and yes I would. It's an immensely powerful book. I suspec, cynically, that it was a bestseller due to all the shagging in the first section, but I'd like to hope there's more to people's choices than that!
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