English books from Europe
Recommended English books (2975)
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If you speak English here are some English books from Europe for the next part of the "Read Around The World Challenge".
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Andorra Revealed by Clare Allcard, Judith Wood, Iain Woolward, Ursula Simpson Ure, Alexandra Grebennikova EN
ScotlandDescription:
Andorra Revealed: Entertaining stories about one of the world's more enigmatic countries. Journey with us through fact and fiction, memoire and imagination, behind the scenes and into the heart of this unique, pocket-sized country. The book is crammed with facts, past and present and interwoven with bedtime stories that reveal even more of this rare Co-Princedom: tales of smugglers and pigs, murder and even witches on broomsticks. Serving as an entertaining companion for would-be visitors and a practical guide for those considering Andorra as a place to live, it shares with you the allure that... continue
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Angels of the Universe by Einar Már Guðmundsson EN
IcelandDescription:
Set against the bleak landscape of Iceland, a story of madness unfolds as Paul describes growing up in a working-class family and his frequent retreat into his own fantasy world, which eventually leads him to Klepp, a psychiatric hospital.
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Anger Is My Middle Name : A Memoir by Lisbeth Zornig Andersen EN
DenmarkDescription:
An empowering memoir of resilience and redemption, and the rage that helped a girl escape the darkness of a harrowing childhood. Born to a violently dysfunctional home in working-class Denmark, Lisbeth Zornig Andersen and her three older brothers were bounced between foster care and state-run institutions, then back again to their chemically dependent mother and sadistic stepfather. For Lisbeth, it was a childhood without perimeters. It was blighted by poverty, sexual abuse, neglect, betrayal, and further victimization by the broken Danish social services system that forced Lisbeth to live whe... continue
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Animal Life by Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir EN
Description:
From winner of the Nordic Council Literature Prize and the Icelandic Literature Prize, Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir, comes a dazzling novel about a family of midwives set in the run-up to Christmas in Iceland In the days leading up to Christmas, Dómhildur delivers her 1,922nd baby. Beginnings and endings are her family trade; she comes from a long line of midwives on her mother's side and a long line of undertakers on her father's. She even lives in the apartment that she inherited from her grandaunt, a midwife with a unique reputation for her unconventional methods. As a terrible storm races towards... continue
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Anna ʹEdes by Dezső Kosztolányi EN
HungaryDescription:
Kosztolanyi, Anna Edes. Cruelty and emptiness of Bourgeois life permeate this novel.
Poland217.
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy EN
RussiaDescription:
Presents the classic nineteenth-century Russian novel in which a young woman is destroyed when she attempts to live outside the moral law of her society.
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Annapurna by Maurice Herzog EN
FranceDescription:
This day-by-day account of the French expedition that first conquered a 26,493-foot peak in the Himalayas presents the thrills and dangers of such a venture.
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Another Fine Mess : America, Uganda, and the War on Terror by Helen Epstein EN
Country: Europe / 
Czech Republic
Czech Republic
Description:
Is the West to blame for the agony of Uganda and its neighbors? In this powerful account of Ugandan dictator Yoweri Museveni's 30 year reign, Helen Epstein chronicles how Western leaders' single-minded focus on the War on Terror and their naïve dealings with strongmen are at the root of much of the turmoil in eastern and central Africa. Museveni's involvement in the conflicts in Sudan, South Sudan, Rwanda, Congo, and Somalia has earned him substantial amounts of military and development assistance, as well as near-total impunity. It has also short-circuited the power the people of this region ... continue
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Answer to Job by Carl Gustav Jung EN
Country: Europe / 
Switzerland
Switzerland
Description:
Explores the religious symbolism present throughout the Bible as it reflects the nature, needs, and processes of the human consciousness