bartzturkeymom's "2012 Olympics Reading Challenge"The point is to read one author per each of the 205 nations participating in the 2012 Summer Olympic Games by the end of the games. This seems like a real fit for me as I like challenges, I love learning about the world—both past and present, and I love to read. These are by no means the only books that can be chosen for the challenge. They are just mine and they only represent the countries for which I have found a book that fits the challenge and sounds interesting to me. I wish I could list the country and follow it with the book(s) I’ve chosen, but it looks like I can only list items on the list and not places. I’ll list the books in order by country and then list the countries with the titles in the comments as I read them. |
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The Light Garden of the Angel King: Travels in Afghanistan with Bruce Chatwin
by Peter Levi
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The Stranger
by Albert Camus (Tr. Matthew Ward)
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Coming of Age in Samoa: a Psychological Study of Primitive Youth for Western Civilisation
by Margaret Mead
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He Who Searches
by Luisa Valenzuela
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The Whispering Land
by Gerald Durrell
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The Power of One
by Bryce Courtenay
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Man’s search for meaning
by Viktor E. Frankl
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The Measure of a Man: A Spiritual Autobiography
by Sidney Poitier
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QuixotiQ
by Ali Al Saeed
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Brick Lane: A Novel
by Monica Ali
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The Matter of Desire: A Novel
by Edmundo Paz Soldan
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The Bridge Over the Drina
by Ivo Andric
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A Question of Power (African Writers)
by Bessie Head
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First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers (P.S.)
by Loung Ung
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New Islands: And Other Stories
by Maria Luisa Bombal
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Teenager in the Chad Civil War: A Memoir of Survival, 1982-1986
by Esaie Toingar
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Savage: the Life And Times Of Jemmy Button
by Nick Hazlewood
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Wild Swans : Three Daughters of China
by Jung Chang
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Mexico And The Caribbean
by Lewis Hanke
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As If I Am Not There
by Slavenka Drakulic
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City Sister Silver
by Jachym Topol
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Houseboy (African Writers)
by Ferdinand Oyono
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Maru (African Writers Series)
by Bessie Head
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Hans Christian Andersen: The Complete Fairy Tales and Stories (Anchor Folktale Library)
by Hans Christian Andersen
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Children of Gebelawi (African writers series)
by Najib Mahfuz
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One Day of Life
by Manlio Argueta
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The Egyptian: A Novel
by Mika Waltari
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Ndowe Tales I: The Ndowe Series
by Enenge, M.D. A'Bodjedi
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The Facade Lady of Corfu (Modern Greek Writers Series)
by Spyros Plaskovitis
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Tide Running; A Novel
by Oonya Kempadoo
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Complete Works and Other Stories (Texas Pan American Series)
by Augusto Monterroso
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The Dark Child: The Autobiography of an African Boy
by Camara Laye
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Disappearance
by David Dabydeen
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Breath, Eyes, Memory (Oprah's Book Club)
by Edwidge Danticat
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Jar City: A Reykjavik Thriller
by Arnaldur Indridason
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Independent People
by Halldor Laxness
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A Fine Balance
by Rohinton Mistry
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Letters of a Javanese Princess
by Raden Adjeng Kartini
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Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books
by Azar Nafisi
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Dubliners (Dover Thrift Editions)
by James Joyce
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To Know a Woman
by Amos Oz
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Twilight and Other Stories
by Shulamith Hareven
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The Aeneid
by Virgil
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The Name of the Rose (Everyman's Library (Cloth))
by Umberto Eco
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Invisible Cities
by Italo Calvino
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Certifiable
by Pamela Mordecai
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The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle: A Novel
by Haruki Murakami
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Out of Africa (Modern Library)
by Isak Dinesen
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Breaking the Tongue: A Novel
by Vyvyane Loh
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