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	Storming the Gap First Strike (World At War 85 Series, #1) by Brad Smith (Goodreads Author), Keith Tracton (Narrator) 3.96 avg rating — 150 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Storm and Steel (Tales of World War III: 1985) 4.02 avg rating — 128 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Storm and Steel Second Wave (World At War 85 Series, #2) 4.40 avg rating — 91 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	World War III: 1985: Volume One (Tales of World War III: 1985) 4.20 avg rating — 85 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	An Army of Two (World At War 85 Series #3) 4.03 avg rating — 61 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Ghost Insurgency (World At War 85 #4) by Brad Smith (Goodreads Author), Preston Rosales (Narrator) 3.95 avg rating — 56 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Harrier Air War: 1985 (Tales of World War III: 1985) 3.98 avg rating — 48 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Circles of Damage (Tales of World War III: 1985) 3.84 avg rating — 37 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Insurgent (Tales of World War III: 1985) 3.90 avg rating — 31 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Battle for Berlin: 1985 (Tales of World War III: 1985) 3.88 avg rating — 25 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Brad Smith and 1 other person liked Richard's review of Jane Eyre: "Jane Eyre might not be the greatest Victorian novel - Bleak House and Middlemarch instantly spring to mind as books I'd rank ahead of it - but it's not hard to see why it might be the best-loved, and certainly one of the most memorable. Of the many r" Read more of this review »
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