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Read at least one book by an author from each country in Europe.

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Best books from Europe (4465)
4451.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl EN

Rating: 5 (7 votes)
Country: Europe / Wales flag Wales
Description:
Each of five children lucky enough to discover an entry ticket into Mr. Willy Wonka's mysterious chocolate factory takes advantage of the situation in his own way.

4452.

Boy : Tales of Childhood by Roald Dahl EN

Rating: 4 (5 votes)
Country: Europe / Wales flag Wales
Description:
'Throughout my young days at school and just afterwards, a number of things happened to me that I have never forgotten.' Many remarkable things did happen to Roald Dahl when he was a boy, no doubt providing some of the marvellous ideas for his later books. And, like his stories, Dahl's childhood tales are unmissable.

4453.

The Witches by Roald Dahl EN

Rating: 5 (3 votes)
Country: Europe / Wales flag Wales
Description:
A young boy and his Norwegian grandmother, who is an expert on witches, together foil a witches' plot to destroy the world's children by turning them into mice.

4454.

The Twits by Roald Dahl EN

Rating: 4 (2 votes)
Country: Europe / Wales flag Wales
Description:
One of Roald Dahl's funniest books for children. Mr and Mrs Twit are extremely nasty, so the Muggle-Wump monkeys and the Roly-Poly bird hatch an ingenious plan to give them just the ghastly surprise they deserve! This includes a whole new exciting end section about Roald Dahl and his world.

4455.
La bahía

La bahía by Cynan Jones ES

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Wales flag Wales
Description:
El medio del mar, una tormenta inesperada, un hombre al que lo impacta un rayo. Cuando vuelve en sí, herido y a la deriva en su kayak, su mente comienza un devaneo atravesado por la desesperación por salvarse, la intuición de que alguien lo está esperando y el temple que le permite seguir adelante. En La bahía, Cynan Jones vuelve a sorprender con su capacidad para narrar el encuentro de un hombre con la inmensidad del paisaje y retratar la vulnerabilidad humana frente a las fuerzas de la naturaleza. Minimalista, desoladora y poética, esta novela borde... continue
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Tags: Set in Wales

4456.

Charlie et la chocolaterie by Roald Dahl FR

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Country: Europe / Wales flag Wales
Description:
"Moi, Willy Wonka, j'ai décidé de permettre à cinq enfants de visiter ma chocolaterie cette année. Ces cinq chanceux seront initiés à tous mes secrets, à toute ma magie."-- Quatrième de couverture.

4457.

Notes on Directing : 130 Lessons in Leadership from the Director's Chair by Frank Hauser, Russell Reich EN

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Country: Europe / Wales flag Wales
Description:
An accessible edition of a classic guide to film and theater directing offers insight into the craft's unique challenges from managing personalities and anticipating problems to working with a script and the key elements of staging, in a primer that also features life lessons gleaned by the co-authors throughout their careers. Reprint. 30,000 first printing.

4458.

The Science of Harry Potter : How Magic Really Works by Roger Highfield EN

Rating: 3 (4 votes)
Country: Europe / Wales flag Wales
Description:
Behind the magic of Harry Potter—a witty and illuminating look at the scientific principles, theories, and assumptions of the boy wizard's world, newly come to life again in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child and the upcoming film Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald Can Fluffy the three-headed dog be explained by advances in molecular biology? Could the discovery of cosmic "gravity-shielding effects" unlock the secret to the Nimbus 2000 broomstick's ability to fly? Is the griffin really none other than the dinosaur Protoceratops? Roger Highfield, author of the critically acclaimed The P... continue

4459.

Me and White Supremacy : Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor by Layla F Saad EN

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Country: Europe / Wales flag Wales
Description:
"Originally published as The me and white supremacy workbook in 2019"--Copyright page.

4460.

Being Christian : Baptism, Bible, Eucharist, Prayer by Rowan Williams EN

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Country: Europe / Wales flag Wales
Description:
"This book explains essential elements of the Christian life brilliantly but briefly, expounding themes and answering difficulties in everyday commonsense language. It lifts the heart and enriches the mind." --From book cover.


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