Popular European Adventure Books
Find adventure books written by authors from Europe for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge. (93)
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Heidi : (fetiţa munţilor) by Johanna Spyri RO
Country: Europe / 
Switzerland
Switzerland
Description:
A Swiss orphan is heartbroken when she must leave her beloved grandfather and their happy home in the mountains to go to school and to care for an invalid girl in the city.
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High Albania by Mary Edith Durham EN
Country: Europe / 
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
"High Albania is a passionate and flamboyant account of life in the formidable mountainous terrain of Northern Albania. Travelling throughout the Balkans for seven years - particularly in Albania with which she became intrigued - Durham cut a strange figure in her 'waterproof Burberry skirt' and 'Scotch plaid golf cape', but she won the people's trust, respect and affection and was called 'The Queen of the Mountain People'."--BOOK JACKET.
Italy34.
In Search of the Castaways by Jules Verne EN
FranceDescription:
A Romantic Narrative of the Loss of Captain Grant of The Brig Britannia and of the Adventures of his Children and Friends in his Discovery and Rescue. In Search of the Castaways (French: Les Enfants du capitaine Grant, lit. 'The Children of Captain Grant') is a novel by the French writer Jules Verne, published in 1867–68. The book tells the story of the quest for Captain Grant of the Britannia. After finding a bottle the captain had cast into the ocean after the Britannia is shipwrecked, Lord and Lady Glenarvan of Scotland contact Mary and Robert, the young daughter and son of Captain Grant, t... continue
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GermanyDescription:
Cornelia Funke, the enormously talented author of the international best-seller THE THIEF LORD, brings readers another spellbinding tale of adventure and magic. Meggie lives a quiet life alone with her father, a book-binder. But her father has a deep secret-- he posseses an extraordinary magical power. One day a mysterious stranger arrives who seems linked to her father's past. Who is this sinister character and what does he want? Suddenly Meggie is involved in a breathless game of escape and intrigue as her father's life is put in danger. Will she be able to save him in time?
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Inspire: Life Lessons from the Wilderness by Ben Fogle EN
Country: Europe / United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
The latest adventure from bestselling author Ben Fogle explores what we can learn from nature about living well and living wild. What can rowing across the Atlantic teach us about boredom and about patience? Can coming down from Everest take more resilience than climbing up in the first place? How can the isolation of the South Pole highlight what's most important? And how can we tap into the same reflective state in our daily lives? Writing during the unprecedented period of the coronavirus pandemic and drawing on a wealth of personal stories, Ben reflects on the significance of nature to all... continue
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Belarus38.
Kon-Tiki : Across the Pacific by Raft by Thor Heyerdahl EN
NorwayDescription:
The story of the Pacific journey by six men on a raft in search of the path taken by Kon-Tiki, a white voyager, 1500 years before. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.
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GreeceDescription:
La guerre de Troie est terminée depuis dix ans, mais Ulysse n'est toujours pas rentré chez lui. Poursuivi par la haine de Poséidon, il erre à travers les mers avec ses compagnons. Sur son chemin, il affronte toutes sortes d'épreuves : terribles tempêtes, sirènes ensorceleuses et sanguinaires cyclopes. Le héros aux mille ruses réussira-t-il à regagner le rivage d'Ithaque et à retrouver Pénélope, son épouse ? Des questionnaires progressifs de compréhension et d'analyse du texte ; Des exercices de lecture d'images ; Des exercices de vocabulaire à partir de champs lexicaux ; Des travaux d'écriture... continue
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La felicidad es un té contigo by Mamen Sánchez ES
SpainDescription:
La inexplicable desaparición del gentleman Atticus Craftsman en el corazón de las tinieblas de la España profunda parece estar relacionada con las malas artes de cinco mujeres desesperadas, las empleadas de la revista Librarte, capaces de cualquier cosa con tal de conservar su trabajo. El inspector Manchego será el encargado de desenredar una trama en la que la comedia romántica se mezcla con el drama más tierno, la intriga policiaca desemboca en el mayor hallazgo literario de todos los tiempos, lo más difícil se vuelve fácil y los problemas se ahogan en un mar de lágrimas... de risa. Todo est... continue