Around the World discussion

Afghanistan
The Dressmaker Of Khair Khana Intl
The Storyteller's Daughter: One Woman's Return to Her Lost Homeland Read 1/12

America

Following Atticus: Forty-eight High Peaks, One Little Dog, and an Extraordinary Friendship 11/12
A Gathering of Finches Read 1/12
Caleb's Crossing Read 6/12
The Kitchen HouseRead 4/12
Maine 7/12
Nothing Daunted: The Unexpected Education of Two Society Girls in the West Read 5/12
True Sisters 11/12
The Wilder Life: My Adventures in the Lost World of Little House on the Prairie 8/12

Argentina
On a Hoof and a Prayer: Exploring Argentina at a Gallop8/12

Armenia
Family of Shadows Read 1/12

Australia
Rabbit-Proof Fence: The True Story of One of the Greatest Escapes of All Time Read 1/12

Austria
The Nazi Officer's Wife: How One Jewish Woman Survived the Holocaust Read 4/12

Azerbaijan
Ali and Nino: A Love Story Read 1/12

Bangladesh
A Golden Age 6/12
The Hungry Tide

Belarus
The Bielski Brothers: The True Story of Three Men Who Defied the Nazis, Built a Village in the Forest, and Saved 1,200 Jews Read 2/12


Bhutan
Beyond the Sky and the Earth: A Journey into Bhutan
Radio Shangri-La: What I Learned in the Happiest Kingdom on Earth Read 2/12

Bosnia & Herezegovina
The Bridge on the Drina
The Cellist of Sarajevo

Botswana
Twenty Chickens For A Saddle Read 3/12
Whatever You Do, Don't Run: True Tales of a Botswana Safari Guide

Brazil
The Seamstress Read 3/12
State of Wonder 9/12


Canada
Cool Water
In the Skin of a Lion
The Long Exile
The Tenderness of Wolves Read 5/12
Through Black Spruce

Channel Islands
Guernsey Under Occupation: The Second World War Diaries of Violet Carey
Lying With the Enemy 9/12

China
The Color of Tea: A Novel8/12
The Distant Land of My Father
Gladys Aylward: The Adventure of a Lifetime Read 5/12
Leaving Mother Lake: A Girlhood at the Edge of the World
Unbound: A True Story of War, Love, and Survival
Rabbit in the Moon
The Red Thread Read 5/12

Croatia
Running Away to Home Read 7/12

Cuba
Blessed by Thunder: Memoir of a Cuban Girlhood

Czech Republic
Fires in the Dark
The Lost Wife 1/12

Denmark
The Royal Physician's Visit

Dominican Republic
The Feast of the Goat

Easter Island
Easter Island Read 2/12

Ecuador
First Comes Love, Then Comes Malaria: How a Peace Corps Poster Boy Won My Heart and a Third World Adventure Changed My Life

Egypt
Sipping from the Nile: My Exodus from Egypt
The Winter Vault

England
A Field Full of Butterflies
Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport 7/12
The King's Speech 1/12
The Very Thought of You 8/12
World Without End

Ethiopia
There Is No Me Without You: One Woman's Odyssey to Rescue Africa's Children

France
All Our Worldly Goods Read 1/12
Behind Enemy Lines: The True Story of a French Jewish Spy in Nazi Germany
Claude & Camille: A Novel of Monet
From Here, You Can't See Paris: Seasons of a French Village and Its Restaurant
The Girl in the Blue Beret8/12
The Piano Shop on the Left Bank: Discovering a Forgotten Passion in a Paris Atelier
Wine and War: The French, the Nazis, and the Battle for France's Greatest Treasure

Germany
Eva's Cousin
Saints and Villains
The Weaver's Loom

Ghana
Ama: A Story of the Atlantic Slave Trade
The Seasons of Beento Blackbird

Greece
Corelli's Mandolin
Eleni
Prey on Patmos 6/12

Greenland
This Cold Heaven: Seven Seasons in Greenland

Hungary
I Have Lived A Thousand Years: Growing Up In The Holocaust
Kasztner's Train: The True Story of Rezso Kaztner, Unknown Hero of the Holocaust
Nine Suitcases: A Memoir
The Storyteller: Memory, Secrets, Magic and Lies

Iceland
Independent People
The Tricking of Freya

India
Anila's Journey Read 2/12
Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, And Hope In A Mumbai Undercity
Bombay Anna: The Real Story and Remarkable Adventures of the "King and I" Governess
Climbing the Mango Trees Read 4/12
Miss Timmins' School for Girls
Secret Daughter
The Toss of a Lemon

Indonesia
Three Came Home

Iran
The Good Daughter: A Memoir of My Mother's Hidden Life
Maman's Homesick Pie 7/12
Persian Girls: A Memoir
Prisoner of Tehran: A Memoir
The Septembers of Shiraz Read 3/12

Iraq
After the Prophet: The Epic Story of the Shia-Sunni Split in Islam
Guests of the Sheik: An Ethnography of an Iraqi Village

Ireland
Annie Dunne Read 6/12
A Great Feast of Light: Growing Up Irish in the Television Age
Ireland 12/12
An Irish Country Christmas 12/12
The Outside Boy Read 4/12
THE PIG COMES TO DINNER Read 5/12
Skippy Dies
War Brides: A Novel 12/12

Israel
It's Easier to Reach Heaven Than the End of the Street: A Jerusalem Memoir
Our Holocaust
To the End of the Land
Wandering Star

Italy
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Drawing Conclusions 9/12
The Fall of a Sparrow: A Novel
The Homecoming Party
The Midwife of Venice 8/12
Passion on the Vine
Rosemary and Bitter Oranges: Growing Up in a Tuscan Kitchen Read 4/12
The Tuscan Sun Cookbook: Recipes from Our Italian Kitchen Read 5/12
That Summer in Sicily: A Love Story

Jamaica
The Book of Night Women
The Long Song

Japan
36 Views of Mount Fuji: On Finding Myself in Japan
The Ginger Tree
The Housekeeper and the Professor
Memories of Silk and Straw: A Self-Portrait of Small-Town Japan
Snow Country

Jordan
The Language of Baklava: A Memoir
Leap of Faith: Memoirs of an Unexpected Life

Kashmir
Chef: A Novel Read 5/12

Kenya
Africa in My Blood: An Autobiography in Letters Read 5/12
The Bolter: Idina Sackville - The Woman Who Scandalised 1920s Society and Became White Mischief's Infamous Seductress
The Flame Trees of Thika: Memories of an African Childhood
A Guide to the Birds of East Africa Read 1/12
Wildflower: An Extraordinary Life and Untimely Death in Africa

Korea
To Swim Across the World: A Novel

Kyrgyzstan
Jamilia

Lebanon
House of Stone: A Memoir of Home, Family, and a Lost Middle East

Liberia
The House at Sugar Beach

Lithuania
Between Shades of Gray
Light One Candle: A Survivor's Tale from Lithuania to Jerusalem
Thanks to My Mother

Malaysia
Evening Is the Whole Day

Malta
The Midwife of Venice 8/12

Mexico
The Hummingbird's Daughter

Morocco
The Caliph's House: A Year in Casablanca
The Tenth Gift

Nepal
Buddha's Orphans

Netherlands
Tamar: A Novel of Espionage, Passion, and Betrayal

New Guinea
In Papua New Guinea
Lost in Shangri-la 1/12

New Zealand
The Colour

Nigeria
The Famished Road
Half of a Yellow Sun
Tiny Sunbirds, Far Away

Norway
Out Stealing Horses 9/12
The Redbreast Read 5/12


Pakistan
A Golden Age
The Wandering Falcon

Palestine
Drinking the Sea at Gaza: Days and Nights in a Land Under Siege
Once Upon a Country: A Palestinian Life

Poland
22 Britannia Road: A Novel
The Beautiful Mrs. Seidenman
Dry Tears: The Story of a Lost Childhood
Mosaic: A Chronicle of Five Generations
My Two Polish Grandfathers: And Other Essays on the Imaginative Life

Romania
Between the Woods and the Water

Russia
The Romanov Bride 8/12

Rwanda
Left to Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust
We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families

Sardinia
From the Land of the Moon

Saudi-Arabia
In the Land of Invisible Women: A Female Doctor's Journey in the Saudi Kingdom

Scotland
The Crow Road
The Forgotten Highlander
The Observations

South Africa
Agaat
Forgive Me
Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography--The True Story of a Black Youth's Coming of Age in Apartheid South Africa

Soviet Union
Between Shades of Gray
The Kitchen Boy: A Novel of the Last Tsar9/12
The Romanov Bride 8/12
Russian Winter
Stalin's Children: Three Generations of Love and War

Spain
By Fire, By Water
Chickens, Mules and Two Old Fools: Tuck Into a Slice of Andalucan Life
Guernica: A Novel

Sudan
Emma's War: Love, Betrayal and Death in the Sudan
Slave
Tears of the Desert: A Memoir of Survival in Darfur
They Poured Fire on Us from the Sky: The True Story of Three Lost Boys from Sudan

Sweden
Astrid and Veronika
Swedish Tango: A Novel
Until We Reach Home

Switzerland
A Jew Must Die
On a Day Like This

Syria
The Bread of Angels: A Memoir of Love and Faith 7/12


Tahiti
Breadfruit: A Novel

Tibet
Sky Burial: An Epic Love Story of Tibet Read 6/12

Turkey
Birds Without Wings
Gray Wolves and White Doves
Not Even My Name: A True Story

Uganda
The Lion's Eye: Seeing in the Wild

Ukraine
Katerina: A Novel
The Little Russian Read 3/12
Shush! Growing Up Jewish under Stalin: A Memoir

Vietnam
Dragon House
If You Lived Here

Wales
Fall of Giants 10/12
Sixpence House: Lost in A Town Of Books

Yemen
Motoring with Mohammed: Journeys to Yemen and the Red Sea

Zimbabwe
Cocktail Hour under the Tree of Forgetfulness Read 7/12
Mukiwa: A White Boy in Africa
When a Crocodile Eats the Sun: A Memoir of Africa

Toni,
you can cut and paste this whole batch at the end of the first batch above.

You should have the option to edit along with reply and delete. It's at the bottom right of your list, in small print. Click on that. Your list will shrivel up. You can make it larger again.

Toni, you list is looking great!!!!!! I will spend some time browsing later. Osar has to go out first.

Toni wrote: "Yea! Thank you so much Anne - with all your help I'll get this figured out yet!! :o)"

Are you still having trouble getting your list onto one page? We can delete a couple messages that cut your list in two. I think I could fix your list. Do you want me to try? Or do you want to work at it yourself?

I cannot cut and paste for her as far as I can tell. The option isn't there. Only delete. If you know how to do it and she gives the okay, please do it.

I think you'll really like The Dressmaker of Khair Khana: Five Sisters, One Remarkable Family, and the Woman Who Risked Everything to Keep Them Safe. I'll pass Twenty Chickens for a Saddle on via Sarah. Laura and I both read it so I'm curious what you will think.

Thank you everyone for all your help...

I have your A through E on the master list, so I'll check back for more!

Lynne wrote: "I think you'll really like The Dressmaker of Khair Khana: Five Sisters, One Remarkable Family, and the Woman Who Risked Everything to Keep Them Safe. I'll pass Twenty Chickens..."</i>

The "Dressmaker" should really be read. It is amazing how this woman lived through such turbulent times and yet the book ends on an optimistic note. Lynne, I believe we both gave it four stars, and both you and I are stingy with our stars. I STILL haven't read [book:Twenty Chickens For A Saddle. It is tilllnot available.;0(

Lynne wrote: "I think you'll really like The Dressmaker of Khair Khana: Five Sisters, One Remarkable Family, and the Woman Who Risked Everything to Keep Them Safe. I'll pass Twenty Chickens..."</i>
The Dressmaker is an excellent choice. Although the experiences of this woman are horrendous there the book shows there is hope for the future. I am stilll waiting for "RTwenty Chickens" to be available here.

I very much enjoyed [book:The Nazi Officer's Wife: How One Jewish Woman Survived the Holocaust. My views toward the women changed dramatically from the beginning to the end. Yup, I wrote a review of that too: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/... This book is worth reading because it shows you a different perspective.

I am going through you list slowly. You have Ali and Nino: A Love Story. You lucky person, that is ahead of yoiu. My review which explains why I loved it; http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
After finishing this you will probably want to read The Orientalist: Solving the Mystery of a Strange and Dangerous Life about the author. What a guy!

You have the "Hungry Tide" and the Bielski Brothers" both are good. You are going to have an exceptional reading year. Both of the two you have for Bosnia are excellent. So you can read one right away........ I have reviews on both if you don't now wich to read first.

I am a little worried about The Lost Wife. I have that on my list too. I enjoyed this author's Swedish Tango: A Novel, but found The Last Van Gogh poor. Shomeret said The Mask Carver's Son, by this author, was good. I might read that first this year. I am going to go look in my books, I have an excellent book for Czech Republic. ( I will be right back....) Here it is: Under a Cruel Star: A Life in Prague 1941-1968. Excellent book. The author recently died. My review: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/... This is a must read!

Hm-m-m-m, good feedback - thank you. I have doubts about The Lost Wife also, so I think I will substitute Under a Cruel Star: A Life in Prague 1941-1968. Am also adding Swedish Tango: A Novel. You are probably correct in that I will be curious about Ali and Nino: A Love Story and will want to read about the author.

In my opinion Swedish Tango could be placed either under Chile or Sweden. Actually it is what happened in Chile that lies behind the story, so that is the best. Here is my review of that:http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/... When the protagonist fell in love in a monastery in Chile is something I will never forget.What happened was beautiful.This got four stars.

Ali and Nino got five_ http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/... You cannot go wrong with this book! It is short and sweet. Not everyone will enjoy thThe Orientalist: Solving the Mystery of a Strange and Dangerous Life and my review: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/... This book is detailed, but what a life! The author was born in Azebadjan, changed religion and went to Germany as a Muslim and died in........ What happened to this guy is more strange than any fiction novel. I gave it four stars. It is a pain that you can no longer "see review" here on GR. I have to resave the dam thing.

Thank you Judy - you have been so helpful to me.

Hi Toni, I added the rest of your list to the master list... all the American titles are under United States. I see Haunted Ground on your list, and while I don't typically read mystery, I really loved the two by that author set in the bogs.

Thanks Jenny - you have done an amazing job on the Master List. I think we all appreciate your efforts :o)

Oh, I didn't even think of Spain.

I hope you like Kaffir Boy: The True Story of a Black Youth's Coming of Age in Apartheid South Africa That's been my favourite memoir since I read it when I was 13. It's very eye-opening.

Fantastic list Toni! I've read some of your books - The Nazi Officer's Wife: How One Jewish Woman Survived the Holocaust, The Tenth Gift, 22 Britannia Road and The Observations - I recommend them all, but especially The Nazi Officer's Wife and The Observations - I loved both of them!

I'm also going to read The Cellist of Sarajevo and I Have Lived A Thousand Years: Growing Up In The Holocaust

I'm reading The Cellist of Sarajevoas well. It came in at the library, so I'll be picking it up next week.