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Grann, David "The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder" - 2023 What an interesting story. Not just because of what happen...

Lanschot, Reinier van "We are Europe" (Dutch: Wij zijn Europa: een nieuw Europees verhaal) - 2024 A Christmas present from one of ...

Austen, Jane "The History of England: By a Partial, Prejudiced and Ignorant Historian" - 1791 This was the last of my Jane Austen ...

Adkins, Roy & Lesley "Eavesdropping on Jane Austen's England: How our ancestors lived two centuries ago" (aka "Jane A...

Sullivan, Margaret C. "The Jane Austen Handbook. A Sensible Yet Elegant Guide to Her World" - 2007 Part of my #Reading Austen proj...

Pierce, Patricia "Jurassic Mary: Mary Anning and the primeval monsters" - 2006 Ever since I read " Remarkable Creatures ...

Kishon, Ephraim "So sorry we won" ( Pardon, wir haben gewonnen. Vom Sechstagekrieg bis zur Siegesparade ein Jahr danach ) - 1967 ...

Mak, Geert "The Dream of Europe. Travels in a Troubled Continent" (Dutch: Grote verwachtingen. In Europa 1999-2019) - 2019 This b...

Garfield, Simon "To the Letter: A Curious History of Correspondence - A Celebration of the Lost Art of Letter Writing" - 2013 I re...

Orwell, George "The Road to Wigan Pier" - 1937 I read this for the " 1937 Club ". I have read a few books by George Orwe...

Tomalin, Claire "Jane Austen - A Life" - 1997 Jane Austen is one of my favourite authors. I have read all her novels, even the on...

Dorling Kindersley (Hewetson, Zöe) "Brussels. Bruges, Ghent & Antwerp" - 2000 A Dorling Kindersley Travel Guide One of the DK ...

Uusma, Bea "The Expedition: a Love Story: Solving the Mystery of a Polar Tragedy" (Swedish: Expeditionen: min kärlekshistoria) - 2...

Ernaux, Annie "The Years" (French: Les années) - 2008 We read this in our international online book club in July 2023. As so oft...

Fermor, Patrick Leigh "Between the Woods and the Water: On Foot to Constantinople from the Hook of Holland" - 1986 This travel boo...

Dumbach, Annette E.; Newborn, Jud; Gierlichs, Annerose "Sophie Scholl and the White Rose" (German: Die Geschichte der weißen Rose ...

Keefe, Patrick Radden "Say Nothing. A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland" - 2018 My son, who did an exchange seme...

Kampfner, John "Why the Germans Do it Better. Notes from a Grown-Up Country" - 2020 Another Christmas gift by one of my sons. They...

Gray, Martin "For those I loved" (French: Au nom de tous les miens) - 1971 I read this book many years ago, but it is one that has...

Illies, Florian "1913: The Year before the Storm" (German: 1913: Der Sommer des Jahrhunderts ) - 2012 How did the First World War ...