Read Around Europe Challenge
Read at least one book by an author from each country in Europe.
Best books from Europe (4391)
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Los verdes años by A. J. Cronin ES
ScotlandDescription:
La nueva vida del huérfano que cambia de casa es uno de los temas más permanentes de la novelística de todos los tiempos. Las experiencias de la niñez se vuelven particularmente importantes en estas condiciones, a veces más ásperas y más dolorosas, pero en otras, llenas de esa ternura que sólo puede apreciar la hipersensibilidad del niño que vuelve a encontrar un hogar. Esta es una de las más conmovedores novelas de Cronin. SU obra se caracteriza siempre por el aspecto limpio de la vida, por la nobleza de los protagonistas y... continue
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In Ascension by Martin MacInnes EN
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If Richard Powers had written Arrival, an astonishing novel that is set to break out Martin MacInnes as one of the most important literary voices of his generation [Bokinfo].
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Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson EN
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'Fifteen men on the dead man's chest - Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum!' All hands on deck for the swashbuckling adventure of a lifetime! Treasure Island has captivated children for decades and remains Robert Louis Stevenson's most famous book. With the legendary Long John Silver leading a mutinous pirate crew, children won't want to miss the boat on this classic tale of treasure and treachery.
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Happiness by Aminatta Forna EN
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From award-winning writer Aminatta Forna, a stunning novel bringing an American scientist and a Ghanaian psychologist together in London in a hunt for a missing boy--and an expansive, subtle tale of loss, hope, love, compassion, culture, and the true meaning of happiness.
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An idealistic doctor finds he must battle with the establishment.
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The Island Child by Molly Aitken EN
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A rich, haunting and deeply moving novel about the power and the danger in a mother's love, from one of the most exciting new voices in Irish fiction.
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Dare to Be Great : Unlock Your Power to Create a Better World by Polly Higgins EN
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'I know it may not yet look like it, but we are sowing the seeds of greatness for countless generations to come. That is the Great Work of our times. Yours and mine.'This is a book unlike any other. It does not tell you what you must do, it does not set out a guide for the 10 definitive steps to becoming great by next Thursday. Dare To Be Great is both a playful, inspirational conversation and a heartfelt, lived call, daring each one of us and our society as a whole to become truly great. Celebrated Earth lawyer Polly Higgins was a luminary in the environmental justice movement as she worked t... continue
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The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks EN
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'Two years after I killed Blyth I murdered my young brother Paul, for quite different reasons than I'd disposed of Blyth, and then a year after that I did for my young cousin Esmerelda, more or less on a whim. That's my score to date. Three. I haven't killed anybody for years, and don't intend to ever again. It was just a stage I was going through.' Enter - if you can bear it - the extraordinary private world of Frank, just sixteen, and unconventional, to say the least.