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Battle Cry (1953): Moving, shocking, tense, and glorious, here is a magnificent saga of men at war-Leon Uris's famous novel about life in the jaws of death, in the U.S. Marine Corps. Here are the men from the cities, farms, and whistle-stops. Here are the tough kids and the mama's boys, the liars and the lovers, the goldbricks and the heroes. Here are the men who made up the most courageous fighting force on the face of he earth-in the best novel about them ever written.

The Angry Hills (1955): Mike Morrison, American adventurer, is caught in war-torn Greece between the fleeing Allied army and the invading German blitzkrieg. While attempting to smuggle vital espionage papers out of the country, he becomes the object of an intensive Gestapo manhunt - led by deadly SS agent Konrad Heilser. In the nightmare of the chase, Morrison shares a desperate, hopeless love with passionate Lisa, a secret agent in the Greek underground. Inevitably, the German dragnet tightens and Mike Morrison must break for freedom, or face certain death. A terror-filled race through the blazing countryside provides the unforgettable climax to this classic war-time thriller by Leon Uris.

Exodus (1958): Exodus is an international publishing phenomenon—the towering novel of the twentieth century's most dramatic geopolitical event. Leon Uris magnificently portrays the birth of a new nation in the midst of enemies—the beginning of an earthshaking struggle for power. Here is the tale that swept the world with its fury: the story of an American nurse, an Israeli freedom fighter caught up in a glorious, heartbreaking, triumphant era. Here is Exodus—one of the great best-selling novels of all time.

Mila 18 (1961): The novel is set in the midst of the ghetto uprising that defied Nazi tyranny, as the Jews of Warsaw boldly met Wehrmacht tanks with homemade weapons and bare fists. Here, painted on a canvas as broad as its subject matter, is the compelling story of one of the most heroic struggles of modern times.

Armageddon (1963): The story of the origin of the cold war in strife-torn postwar Germany. It tells of the incredible struggle for Berlin from its capture by the Russians in 1945, through the years of Four Power Occupation, to the airlift - one of the most heroic episodes in American history.

Topaz (1967): The hero of Topaz is a diplomat of the contaminated Power: made privy to the entire plot, he is torn by demands of loyalty to his country and the conviction that his own service harbours a great traitor. His refusal to carry out orders to spy on the allies forces him to run for his life, but not before he has proof of the communist conspiracy.

QB VII (1970): Depicts the courtroom battle which ensues when an American novelist libels a distinguished British physician.

The Haj (1984): Examines the tragic history of the Middle East in an epic tale that recreates the turbulent era from World War I to the early decades of the existence of the state of Israel.

Mitla Pass (1988): In this semi-autobiographical story, unhappy novelist Gideon Zadok parachutes, on the eve of the 1956 Sinai War, into Mitla Pass with a company of Israeli soldiers to face his past and prove his courage.

A God in Ruins (1999): Presents the tale of Quinn Patrick O'Connell, an orphaned Jewish boy raised as a Catholic, whose Democratic nomination for the presidency in 2008 leads to a struggle for the fate of the United States.

O'Hara's Choice (2003): After the Civil War, stalwart warriors struggle to keep the Marine Corps alive. Their one hope may lie in Zachary O'Hara, the son of their hero, Paddy. But Zachary is haunted by a secret - one that may force him to choose between a career in the Corps or a life with a woman who fulfills his desires.