English books from North America
Recommended English books (1773)
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If you speak English here are some English books from North America for the next part of the "Read Around The World Challenge".
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With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo EN
Country: North America / 
United States of America
United States of America
Description:
From the New York Times bestselling author of the National Book Award longlist title The Poet X comes a dazzling novel in prose about a girl with talent, pride, and a drive to feed the soul that keeps her fire burning bright. Ever since she got pregnant freshman year, Emoni Santiago’s life has been about making the tough decisions—doing what has to be done for her daughter and her abuela. The one place she can let all that go is in the kitchen, where she adds a little something magical to everything she cooks, turning her food into straight-up goodness. Even though she dreams of working as a c... continue
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Within These Wicked Walls : A Novel by Lauren Blackwood EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER REESE'S BOOK CLUB FALL 2021 YA PICK "Lauren Blackwood’s can’t-miss debut is a magical, Ethiopian-inspired remix of Jane Eyre." - Harper's Bazaar What the heart desires, the house destroys... Andromeda is a debtera—an exorcist hired to cleanse households of the Evil Eye. She would be hired, that is, if her mentor hadn’t thrown her out before she could earn her license. Now her only hope of steady work is to find a Patron—a rich, well-connected individual who will vouch for her abilities. When a handsome young heir named Magnus Rochester reaches out to hire her,... continue
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Woman in Battle Dress by Antonio Benitez-Rojo EN
Country: North America / 
Cuba
Cuba
Description:
Finalist for the 2016 PEN Center USA Award for Translation In 1809, at the age of eighteen, Henriette Faber enrolled herself in medical school in Paris—and since medicine was a profession prohibited to women, she changed her name to Henri in order to matriculate. She would spend the next fifteen years practicing medicine and living as a man. Drafted to serve as a surgeon in Napoleon's army, Faber endured the horrors of the 1812 retreat across Russia. She later embarked to the Caribbean and set up a medical practice in a remote Cuban village, where she married Juana de León, an impoverished loc... continue
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Woman on the Edge of Time by Marge Piercy EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
Hailed as a classic of speculative fiction, Marge Piercy’s landmark novel is a transformative vision of two futures—and what it takes to will one or the other into reality. Harrowing and prescient, Woman on the Edge of Time speaks to a new generation on whom these choices weigh more heavily than ever before. Connie Ramos is a Mexican American woman living on the streets of New York. Once ambitious and proud, she has lost her child, her husband, her dignity—and now they want to take her sanity. After being unjustly committed to a mental institution, Connie is contacted by an envoy from the year... continue
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Woman Take Two by Telcine Turner EN
Country: North America / 
Bahamas
Bahamas
Description:
A three-act play that deals with love and greed. Set in The Bahamas, it tells the tale of a few people forging alliances for themselves - for love and/or money. Suspenseful and intriguing, it provides a glimpse into the darker side of the human character.
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Women Talking by Miriam Toews EN
Country: North America / 
Canada
Canada
Description:
The internationally bestselling novel based on real events. Now a major motion picture from writer/director Sarah Polley, starring Rooney Mara, Claire Foy, Jessie Buckley, with Ben Whishaw and Frances McDormand. “This amazing, sad, shocking, but touching novel, based on a real-life event, could be right out of The Handmaid's Tale.” --Margaret Atwood, on Twitter "Scorching . . . Women Talking is a wry, freewheeling novel of ideas that touches on the nature of evil, questions of free will, collective responsibility, cultural determinism, and, above all, forgiveness." --New York Times Book Review... continue
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Women who Run with the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estés EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
'Women Who Run With The Wolves isn't just another book. It is a gift of profound insight, wisdom and love. An oracle from one who knows.' Alice WalkerIn the classic Women Who Run With The Wolves, Clarissa Pinkola Estes tells us about the '
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Women Workers on Strike : Narratives of Southern Women Unionists by Roxanne Newton EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
First Published in 2007. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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Women, Race & Class by Angela Y. Davis EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
From one of our most important scholars and civil rights activist icon, a powerful study of the women’s liberation movement and the tangled knot of oppression facing Black women. “Angela Davis is herself a woman of undeniable courage. She should be heard.”—The New York Times Angela Davis provides a powerful history of the social and political influence of whiteness and elitism in feminism, from abolitionist days to the present, and demonstrates how the racist and classist biases of its leaders inevitably hampered any collective ambitions. While Black women were aided by some activists like Sar... continue
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Womens Poems of Protest and Resistance. Honduras : 2009-2014: Spanish-English Bilingual Edition by Varias Autoras EN
Country: North America / 
Honduras
Honduras
Description:
The first edition of this anthology, was researched, compiled, prologued, and edited by poet Lety Elvir in September 2013 in the midst of death threats against several of its authors, unprecedented acts of violence against journalists and other defenders of the constitutionally guaranteed freedom of expression, and rampant attacks on community organizers and farmers claiming land rights, in a seemingly lawless environment of impunity for the perpetrators of certain crimes. Honduras is touted for touristic purposes by an informational site as "a vibrant country, brimming with clear turquoise wa... continue