Read Around North America Challenge
Read at least one book by an author from each country in North America.
Best books from North America (2040)
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Dispatches from the Edge : A Memoir of War, Disasters, and Survival by Anderson Cooper EN
Country: North America / 
United States of America
United States of America
Description:
The correspondent and anchor for CNN recounts events from his life and career, offering a behind-the-scenes look at some of the most devastating modern tragedies and their effect on his own life.
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Women Workers on Strike : Narratives of Southern Women Unionists by Roxanne Newton EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
First Published in 2007. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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Girl Rising: Changing the World One Girl at a Time by Tanya Lee Stone EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
Worldwide, over 62 million girls are not in school. But one girl with courage is a revolution.Girl Rising, a global campaign for girls’ education, created a film that chronicled the stories of nine girls in the developing world, allowing viewers the opportunity to witness how education can break the cycle of poverty.Now, award-winning author Tanya Lee Stone uses new research to illuminate the dramatic facts behind the film, focusing both on the girls captured on camera and many others. She examines barriers to education in depth—early child marriage and childbearing, slavery, sexual traffickin... continue
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Before I Let Go by Kennedy Ryan EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
"Their love was supposed to last forever. But after two devastating tragedies, Yasmen and Josiah Wade realized love alone couldn't solve everything... or keep their marriage together. It's taken a year since their split for Yasmen to finally start feeling like herself again. To finally be able to breathe again. But the more she sees Josiah-whether it's parenting their two children or working together at the restaurant they co-own-the more Yasmen realizes she may not be ready to completely let go of everything they had together. Like magnets, Yasmen and Josiah are always drawn back to each othe... continue
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Bok : The Memoir of a Dysfunctional Dog by Paula H. W. Cohen EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
In first "person" voice, canine storyteller Bok, a geriatric Chow-Lab mix, details her life and interactions with the four- and two-footed residents of her lair. With wit and insight, Bok recounts enduring the traumas of obedience school and visits to the vet, spending a night in "doggy jail" and her disruption of a church's outdoor event. She delivers a sensitive, sometimes humorous story of love and compassion. Written by Bok with the help of Middletown, Ohio, resident Paula Cohen, a retired elementary special education teacher.