Read Around North America Challenge
Read at least one book by an author from each country in North America.
Best books from North America (2030)
1791.
The Afghan Campaign by Steven Pressfield EN
Country: North America / 
United States of America
United States of America
Description:
In words that might have been ripped from today's combat dispatches, Steven Pressfield, the bestselling novelist of ancient warfare, returns with a riveting historical novel that re-creates Alexander the Great's invasion of the Afghan kingdoms in 330 B.C., a campaign that eerily foreshadows the tactics, terrors, and frustrations of contemporary conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. Narrated by Matthias, a young infantryman in Alexander's army, The Afghan Campaign explores the challenges, both military and moral, that Alexander and his soldiers face as they embark on a new type of war and are forc... continue
1792.
The Writing of the Gods : The Race to Decode the Rosetta Stone by Edward Dolnick EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
The surprising and compelling story of two rival geniuses in an all-out race to decode one of the world's most famous documents--the Rosetta Stone--and their twenty-year-long battle to solve the mystery of ancient Egypt's hieroglyphs. The Rosetta Stone is one of the most famous objects in the world, attracting millions of visitors to the British museum ever year, and yet most people don't really know what it is. Discovered in a pile of rubble in 1799, this slab of stone proved to be the key to unlocking a lost language that baffled scholars for centuries. Carved in ancient Egypt, the Rosetta S... continue
1793.
Hills Like White Elephants by Ernest Hemingway EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
A couple’s future hangs in the balance as they wait for a train in a Spanish café in this short story by a Nobel and Pulitzer Prize–winning author. At a small café in rural Spain, a man and woman have a conversation while they wait for their train to Madrid. The subtle, casual nature of their talk masks a more complicated situation that could endanger the future of their relationship. First published in the 1927 collection Men Without Women, “Hills Like White Elephants” exemplifies Ernest Hemingway’s style of spare, tight prose that continues to win readers over to this day.
1794.
Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
From Harper Lee comes a landmark new novel set two decades after her beloved Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece, To Kill a Mockingbird. Maycomb, Alabama. Twenty-six-year-old Jean Louise Finch - 'Scout' - returns home from New York City to visit her ageing father, Atticus. Set against the backdrop of the civil rights tensions and political turmoil that were transforming the South, Jean Louise's homecoming turns bittersweet when she learns disturbing truths about her close-knit family, the town and the people dearest to her. Memories from her childhood flood back, and her values and assumptions ... continue
1795.
The Beautiful Room is Empty by Edmund White EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
The adventures continue for the hero of White's highly acclaimed A Boy's Own Story. Readers follow this hero from boarding school to college as he struggles to come to terms with his homosexuality.
1796.
What Everyone Should Know about the 20th Century : 200 Events That Shaped the World by Alan Axelrod, Charles Phillips EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
From the Wright Brothers to the election of Nelson Mandela, this engaging, reader-friendly compendium--from the authors of the enormously successful What Every American Should Know about American History--provides capsule summaries of the 200 most important events in world history since 1900.
1797.
For the Children's Hour by Carolyn S. Bailey, Clara M. Lewis EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
A choice collection of stories for the preschool child, carefully selected, adapted, and arranged by two veteran kindergarten teachers. Includes nature stories, holiday stories, fairy tales and fable, as well as stories of home life. Emphasis is placed on fanciful tales for their value in the training of the imagination and on cumulative tales for developing a child's sense of humor and appealing to his instinctive love of rhyme and jingle. Suiitable for children ages 4 to 7.
1798.
Go Tell it on the Mountain by James Baldwin EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
The story of the guilt, bitterness and spiritual strivings of the Grimes family which is told as the son, John, faces the issue of religious conversion in the Temple of the Fire Baptised.
1799.
Pipe Dreams : The Plundering of Iraq's Oil Wealth by Erin Banco EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
"A fascinating and revealing dive into the murky world of oil contracts that shape power and politics in Iraq." -- Loveday Morris, The Washington Post Jerusalem bureau chief Iraq sits on top of more than 140 billion barrels of oil, making it the owner of the world's fifth largest reserves. When the United States invaded in 2003, the Bush Administration promised that oil revenue would be used to rebuild and democratize the country. But fifteen years later, those dreams have been shattered. The Iraqi economy has flatlined, millions of people are internally displaced, and international institutio... continue
1800.
Peppe the Lamplighter by Elisa Bartone EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
Peppe becomes a lamplighter to help support his immigrant family in turn-of-the-century New York City, despite his papa's disapproval. But when Peppe's job helps save his little sister, he earns the respect of his entire family.