Books from United Kingdom
21 popular british books
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The target of the Read Around The World Challenge is to read at least one book written by an author from each and every country in the world.
All books that are listed here as part of the "Read Around Europe Challenge" were written by authors from United Kingdom.
Find a great book for the next part of your reading journey around the world from this book list. The following popular books have been recommended so far.
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A Time for Grief by Adrian Tchaikovsky EN
Country: Europe / United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
Second volume in the Tales of the Apt series: short story collections set in the same world as the author's best selling ten book series Shadows of the Apt
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Country: Europe / United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
Set in late 1980s Europe at the time of the fall of the Berlin Wall, Black Dogs is the intimate story of the crumbling of Bernard and June Tremaine’s marriage, as witnessed by their son-in-law, Jeremy, who seeks to comprehend how their deep love could be defeated by ideological differences that seem irreconcilable. In writing June’s memoirs, Jeremy is led back to a moment, that was, for June, as devastating and irreversible in its consequences as the changes sweeping Europe in Jeremy’s own time. Ian McEwan weaves the sinister reality of civilization’s darkest moods—its black dogs—with the tens... continue
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Children of Memory by Adrian Tchaikovsky EN
Country: Europe / United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
The modern classic of space opera that began with Children of Time continues in this extraordinary novel of humanity's battle for survival on a terraformed planet. Earth failed. In a desperate bid to escape, the spaceship Enkidu and its captain, Heorest Holt, carried its precious human cargo to a potential new paradise. Generations later, this fragile colony has managed to survive, eking out a hardy existence. Yet life is tough, and much technological knowledge has been lost. Then strangers appear. They possess unparalleled knowledge and thrilling technology - and they've arrived from another ... continue
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Cum să schimbi lumea by John-Paul Flintoff RO
Country: Europe / United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
Cum poți schimba ceva în lume? Cu toții ne dorim să trăim într-o lume mai bună, însă uneori pare că nu avem puterea de a influența mersul lucrurilor. Jean-Paul Flintoff ne reamintește că de-a lungul generațiilor societatea a fost transformată de acțiunile celor care au înțeles că, dacă ceva nu le place, îl pot schimba. Discutând noi perspective asupra istoriei, politicii și culturii moderne, această carte îți insuflă curajul de a-ți depăși propria rutină și indiferență, te ajută să-ți identifici cele mai pregnante temeri și te inspiră să faci acel impo... continue
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Country: Europe / United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
Romanul Dinti albi a cistigat mai multe premii prestigioase, printre care James Tait Black Memorial Prize, Whitbread Book Award, Guardian First Book Award, Commonwealth Writers First Book Prize si Betty Trask Award. Revista Time a inclus romanul in lista sa cu cele mai bune 100 de romane scrise intre anii 1923 si 2005.
Spectaculos si privind indeaproape cele mai ascunse unghere ale vietii, amuzant si emotionant, Dinti albi este povestea a doua familii londoneze, a lui Archie Jones si a prietenului sau de-o viata – Samad Iqbal. Cei doi se cunosc din perioada celui de-al Doilea Razboi M... continue
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Dogs of War by Adrian Tchaikovsky EN
Country: Europe / United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
My name is Rex. I am a good dog. Rex is also seven foot tall at the shoulder, bulletproof, bristling with heavy calibre weaponry and his voice resonates with subsonics expecially designed to instil fear. With Dragon, Honey and Bees, he's part of a Multiform Assault Pack operating in the lawless anarchy of Compeche, Mexico. As a genitically engineered Bioform, Rex is a deadly weapon in a dirty war. But all he wants to be is a Good Dog. And to do that he must do exactly what Master says and kill a lot of enemies. But who, exactlym, ar the enemies? What happens when Master is tried as a war crimi... continue
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Elder Race by Adrian Tchaikovsky EN
Country: Europe / United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
In Adrian Tchaikovsky's Elder Race, a junior anthropologist on a distant planet must help the locals he has sworn to study to save a planet from an unbeatable foe. Lynesse is the lowly Fourth Daughter of the queen, and always getting in the way. But a demon is terrorizing the land, and now she’s an adult (albeit barely) and although she still gets in the way, she understands that the only way to save her people is to invoke the pact between her family and the Elder sorcerer who has inhabited the local tower for as long as her people have lived here (though none in living memory has approached ... continue
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Empire of the Sun by J. G. Ballard EN
Country: Europe / United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
Jim, an eleven-year-old British schoolboy living in Shanghai in 1941, must learn to survive on his own when he is separated from his parents and sent to a Japanese prison camp
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Country: Europe / United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
'Things are not simple but complex. If he bit Mr. Browning he bit her too. Hatred is not hatred; hatred is also love.' Virginia Woolf's delightful biography of the poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning's spaniel, which asks what it means to be human - and to be dog. One of 46 new books in the bestselling Little Black Classics series, to celebrate the first ever Penguin Classic in 1946. Each book gives readers a taste of the Classics' huge range and diversity, with works from around the world and across the centuries - including fables, decadence, heartbreak, tall tales, satire, ghosts, battles and e... continue
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Goldilocks and the Three Bears by Vera Southgate EN
Country: Europe / United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
Fairy stories and traditional tales have a special place in the life of every child. Trust Ladybird to bring you all the best-loved titles in our famous small, hard-wearing format. This tale of Goldilocks and the Three Bears is perfect for reading aloud, or for older, more confident readers to read by themselves. There are 24 Ladybird Tales to collect, so the only problem is which one to choose first!