Popular European Memoir Books
Find memoir books written by authors from Europe for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge. (237)
Russia132.
Night by Elie Wiesel EN
RomaniaDescription:
Presents a true account of the author's experiences as a Jewish boy in a Nazi concentration camp.
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No Matter What: An Adoptive Family's Story of Hope, Love and Healing by Sally Donovan EN
EnglandDescription:
[This book] tells the ... story of an ordinary couple who build an extraordinary family - describing Sally and Rob's journey from a diagnosis of infertility to their decision to adopt two children who suffered abuse in their early lives. ..."--Back cover.
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No Picnic on Mount Kenya by Felice Benuzzi EN
AustriaDescription:
A rediscovered mountaineering classic and the extraordinary true story of a daring escape up Mount Kenya by three prisoners of war. When the clouds covering Mount Kenya part one morning to reveal its towering peaks for the first time, prisoner of war Felice Benuzzi is transfixed. The tedium of camp life is broken by the beginnings of a sudden idea - an outrageous, dangerous, brilliant idea. There are not many people who would break out of a P.O.W. camp, trek for days across perilous terrain before climbing the north face of Mount Kenya with improvised equipment, meagre rations, and with a pict... continue
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Noi, i ragazzi dello zoo di Berlino by Christiane F. IT
GermanyDescription:
Milioni di copie vendute negli anni Settanta. E questo libro di Christiane F. resta attuale nella sua forza di denuncia. Frutto di due mesi di interviste e colloqui con ricercatori nell'ambito del sociale, è un libro-cult, una testimonianza lucida e impietosa sul mondo della droga e dei giovani tossicodipendenti.
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Bosnia and Herzegovina138.
One Pair of Feet by Monica Dickens EN
Description:
As the effects of the war raging in Europe begin to be felt at home in London, Monica Dickens decides to do her bit and to pursue a new career, and so enrols as a student nurse at a hospital in rural Hertfordshire. By nature clever and spirited, she struggles to submit to the iron rule of the Matron and Sisters, and is alternately infuriated and charmed by her patients. That's not to mention the mountains of menial work that are a trainee's lot. But there are friends among the staff and patients, night-time escapades to dances with dashing army men, and her secret writing project to ... continue
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France140.
Our House Is on Fire : Scenes of a Family and a Planet in Crisis by Greta Thunberg, Svante Thunberg, Malena Ernman, Beata Ernman EN
SwedenDescription:
"A must-read ecological message of hope . . . Everyone with an interest in the future of this planet should read this book." --David Mitchell, The Guardian When climate activist Greta Thunberg was eleven, her parents Malena and Svante, and her little sister Beata, were facing a crisis in their own home. Greta had stopped eating and speaking, and her mother and father had reconfigured their lives to care for her. Desperate and searching for answers, her parents discovered what was at the heart of Greta’s distress: her imperiled future on a rapidly heating planet. Steered by Greta’s determinatio... continue