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Explore all kinds of landscapes – the internal and the external – with these evocative reads selected by other site users. To suggest your own landscape read, click here.

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

The Kite Runner

By Khaled Hosseini

The lives of two boys are shattered when Russia invades Afghanistan. A tale of friendship, loyalty, jealousy and betrayal simply and movingly told. An epic!

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Lie in the Dark and Listen by Ken Rees

Lie in the Dark and Listen

By Ken Rees

An inspirational true story of a young adventurer who joined the RAF to become a fighter pilot rather than continue in a reserved occupation as a farmer. Tales of derring-do don't get any more real than this.

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Beyond the Bamboo Screen by Tom McGowran

Beyond the Bamboo Screen

By Tom McGowran

This harrowing account written by Scottish survivors of Japanese POW camps makes for uncomfortable reading, but is a genuine tribute to those who never made it back. Illustrated with drawings, maps and photographs, this book doesn’t pull its punches. Expect to read it like it was.

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