Read Around Europe Challenge
Read at least one book by an author from each country in Europe.
Best books from Europe (4393)
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Brittle with Relics : A History of Wales, 1962-97 by Richard King EN
WalesDescription:
Brittle with Relics is a landmark history of the people ofWales during a period of great national change.
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Matilda by Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake EN
Description:
Matilda Wormwood's father is a mean crooked crook. And her mother's just plain stupid. They think Matilda is a nuisance who should watch more TV and read fewer books! But her lovely teacher Miss Honey thinks Matilda is a genius. Matilda has a few extraordinary tricks up her sleeve, so her horrible parents and even more horrible headmistress had better watch out.
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Pigeon by Alys Conran EN
Description:
An incongruous ice-cream van lurches up into the Welsh hills through the hail, pursued by a boy and girl who chase it into their own dark make-believe world, and unfurl in their compelling voices a tale which ultimately breaks out of childhood and echoes across the years. Pigeon is the tragic, occasionally hilarious and ultimately intense story of a childhood friendship and how it s torn apart, a story of guilt, silence and the loss of innocence, and a story about the kind of love which may survive it all."
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The Darkening Age : The Christian Destruction of the Classical World by Catherine Nixey EN
Description:
The Darkening Age is the largely unknown story of how a militant religion comprehensively and deliberately extinguished the teachings of the Classical world, ushering in centuries of unquestioning adherence to 'one true faith'. Despite the long-held notion that the early Christians were meek and mild, going to their martyr's deaths singing hymns of love and praise, the truth, as Catherine Nixey reveals, is very different. Far from being meek and mild, they were violent, ruthless and fundamentally intolerant. Unlike the polytheistic world, in which the addition of one new religion made no funda... continue
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Blue Ticket by Sophie Mackintosh EN
Description:
"A mesmerizing, refracted vision of our society: In a world where women can't have it all, but are selected as either mothers or workers at the beginning of their adult lives, is choice the biggest burden of all?"--
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The Water Cure by Sophie Mackintosh EN
Description:
"King has tenderly staked out a territory for his wife and three daughters, Grace, Lia, and Sky. He has lain the barbed wire; he has anchored the buoys in the water; he has marked out a clear message: do not enter. Or, viewed from another angle: not safe to leave. Here women are protected from the chaos and violence of men on the mainland. The cult-like rituals and therapies they endure fortify them from the spreading toxicity of a degrading world"--Provided by publisher.
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Fresh Apples by Rachel Trezise EN
Description:
Sarah's not abnormal or ugly, just a little bit fat, and she's got cerebral palsy. "No way was it rape or even molestation... she's fourteen, not a child. I'm not a paedophile." Gemma's mother had shagged Tom Jones. Nobody knew who her father was, least of all her mother. Spiderman doesn't want to inflict his petty-thief persona on self contained Caitlin, but he finds himself getting off at her stop. When chickens that belong to 'Chelle's grand-dad start to peck each other, sounding like death warming up, she wrings one of their necks and ends up doing worse. Johnny Mental was sitting on his p... continue
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Tiempo sin lluvia by Cynan Jones ES
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Una mañana seca y calurosa, Gareth sale en busca de una vaca que se escapó del establo. Esta búsqueda abre un universo: una vida familiar compleja llena de personas que se aman y aun así se lastiman. Una esposa silenciosa que no termina de nombrar lo que esconden sus migrañas, un hijo adolescente que quiere huir de su destino rural, una niña que interpreta como puede el mundo de los adultos. Tiempo sin lluvia es un relato poderoso de una concisión y pulcritud extrema. En el transcurso de un solo día, y con inesperada belleza y dolor, Cynan Jones cifra los deseos y las frustraciones, el pasado ... continue
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Dilwyn The Welsh Dragon by Samuel Langley-Swain EN
Description:
A charming tale behind the legend of the Weksh Dragon! In the valleys of Wales, everyone at the Royal Mint is hard at work, making coins. But one night, a baby red dragon hatches from a magical egg! The makers name him Dilwyn and take care of him until he's big enough to guard their coins. Every night Dilwyn sleeps high up in the rafters keeping watch - until two robbers foolishly try to break in...
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The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters EN
Description:
After being summoned to treat a patient at dilapidated Hundreds Hall, Dr. Faraday finds himself becoming entangled in the lives of the owners, the Ayres family, and the supernatural presences in the house.