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Simon Gillings wants to read: I like to read books about human endurance and survival in prison or war settings. Has to be true, not fiction

Oct 23, 2013 02:33PM · Like

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Location: The United Kingdom

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When Hell Was in Session
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Jeremiah A. Denton Jr.

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Oct 23, 2013 02:37PM · Like

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King Rat (Asian Saga, #4)
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James Clavell

he said: " This novel is *based on* the author's real life experiences as a POW. ...more "

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Oct 23, 2013 02:38PM · Like

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ONE FOURTEENTH OF AN ELEPHANT - A memoir of life and death on the Burma - Thailand Railway
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Ian Denys Peek

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Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption
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Laura Hillenbrand

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Oct 23, 2013 02:48PM · Like

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On Wings of Eagles
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Ken Follett (Goodreads Author)

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Oct 23, 2013 06:43PM · Like

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Operation Overflight:
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Francis Gary Powers

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Oct 23, 2013 06:53PM · Like

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Stolen Lives: Twenty Years in a Desert Jail
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Malika Oufkir

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Oct 23, 2013 06:56PM · Like

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Even Silence Has an End: My Six Years of Captivity in the Colombian Jungle
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Ingrid Betancourt

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Oct 23, 2013 07:01PM · Like

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A Season in Hell: My 130 Days in the Sahara with Al Qaeda
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Robert R. Fowler

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Oct 23, 2013 07:03PM · Like

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The Pianist: The Extraordinary Story of One Man's Survival in Warsaw, 1939–45
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Władysław Szpilman

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Oct 23, 2013 07:09PM · Like

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Night
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Elie Wiesel

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Oct 23, 2013 07:10PM · Like

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The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956 (Abridged)
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Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

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Oct 24, 2013 12:34PM · Like

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Colony
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Hugo Wilcken

they said: " Fiction; recommending this one because I see you like Papillon, so you may like this one too (plus it's set in a penal colony). ...more "

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Oct 24, 2013 12:36PM · Like

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