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12-03-2015, 10:50 PM
Ann Morgan considered herself well read — until she discovered the "massive blindspot" on her bookshelf. Amid a multitude of English and American authors, there were very few books from beyond the English-speaking world. So she set an ambitious goal: to read one book from every country in the world over the course of a year. Now she's urging other Anglophiles to read translated works so that publishers will work harder to bring foreign literary gems back to their shores.
Watch her full TED Talk:
See more at Ted.com (https://www.ted.com), or explore interactive maps of Morgan's reading journey here (https://go.ted.com/readtheworld). You can also pick up the book she wrote about literary challenge, "The World Between Two Covers: Reading the Globe (http://amzn.to/1XL3TnB)."
Below are 49 of the most interesting titles that Morgan included in her list.
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Watch her full TED Talk:
See more at Ted.com (https://www.ted.com), or explore interactive maps of Morgan's reading journey here (https://go.ted.com/readtheworld). You can also pick up the book she wrote about literary challenge, "The World Between Two Covers: Reading the Globe (http://amzn.to/1XL3TnB)."
Below are 49 of the most interesting titles that Morgan included in her list.
-- This feed and its contents are the property of The Huffington Post, and use is subject to our terms. (http://start.westnet.ca/newstempch.php?article=terms.html/) It may be used for personal consumption, but may not be distributed on a website.
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