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Berlitz Swedish Phrase Book
• Inc. Berlitz International
LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS •
2008 •
AUDIO CD
• 224 PAGES
With a focus on the traveler, this combination 90-minute CD and pocket phrasebook will help you learn basic vocabulary.
(SWE50, $14.95) |
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Blackwater
• Kerstin Ekman
LITERATURE •
1997 •
PAPER
• 448 PAGES
The suspicious death of an artist sends Police Constable Torsson skiing north to the remote Lapland village of Rakisjok to investigate, and there he encounters a frozen wall of resistance from the townspeople.
(SWE38, $18.00) |
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Blue Guide Sweden
• Blue Guides
GUIDEBOOK •
2004 •
PAPER
• 384 PAGES
A compact guide to Sweden with a focus on art and architecture. This revised edition includes practical information, city and site plans and a color map.
(SWE28, $26.95) |
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Carl Larsson, The Autobiography of Sweden's Most Beloved Artist
• Carl Lasson
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •
1992 •
PAPER
• 206 PAGES
Stories of Larsson's childhood and artistic life in his own words.
(SWE25, $17.00) |
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City Flash Stockholm
• Hallwag
MAP
A detailed, laminated map of Stockholm with major attractions and public transportation routes clearly indicated. Two Sides. 9.5x39 inches.
(SWE17, $6.95) |
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Clara's Grand Tour, Travels With a Rhinoceros in Eighteenth-century Europe
• Glynis Ridley
HISTORY •
2006 •
PAPER
• 240 PAGES
The entertaining history of a most unusual eighteenth-century European celebrity. Clara the Indian rhinoceros was brought to Europe in 1741 by the Dutch sea captain Douwemout Van der Meer, and toured for seventeen years, to the delight of heads of state such as Louis XV and Frederick the Great. A marvelous and unique look at the introduction of Eastern wildlife into the Western world.
(FRN536, $12.00) |
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Culture Shock! Sweden
• Charlotte Rosen Svensson
GUIDEBOOK •
2009 •
PAPER
• 256 PAGES
A practical guide to Swedish customs, etiquette and culture, of equal interest to the business traveler, casual visitor or resident.
(SWE74, $15.95) |
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Egil's Saga
• Bernard Scudder
• Svanhildur Oskarsdottir
LITERATURE •
2005 •
PAPER
• 254 PAGES
This chronicle of war and rivaly between ruling clans, written in the 13th century, blends history and legend. It's a vivid portrait of the Viking world. The action is set in 10th-century southern Scandinavia, the Baltic, Iceland and the North Sea. Egil, a rune reader, a healer, a drunk, a poet, and a farmer, dominated Viking history from his first murder at the age of six because another boy won a ball game. This vivid saga embraces five generations beginning with Egil's grandfather and ending with his grandson.
(VIK06, $16.00) |
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Faceless Killers
• Henning Mankell
MYSTERY •
2011 •
PAPER
• 369 PAGES
On a cold night in a remote Swedish farmhouse, an elderly farmer is bludgeoned to death, and his wife is left to die with a noose around her neck. As if this didn't present enough problems for Ystad Police Inspector Kurt Wallander, the dying woman's last word is "foreign," leaving the police with their only clue and the match that could inflame Sweden's smoldering anti-immigrant sentiments. First in the Kurt Wallander series, followed by The Dogs of Riga (Item BLT24).
(SWE66, $7.99) |
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The Fifth Woman
• Henning Mankell
MYSTERY •
2011 •
PAPER
• 608 PAGES
A serial killer has been preying on wealthy widowers across Ystad, Sweden, in the sixth novel of the popular Kurt Wallander mystery series. When Wallander realizes that the widowers' wives all vanished under mysterious circumstances, he suspects he may have an avenging angel on his hands.
(SWE70, $15.00) |
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Firewall
• Henning Mankell
MYSTERY •
2003 •
PAPER
• 416 PAGES
In the eighth book of the Kurt Wallander series, a man is found dead at an ATM machine -- the apparent victim of heart attack. Then two teenage girls are arrested for and confess to the brutal murder of a cab driver. As Wallander investigates these two seemingly open and shut cases, he begins to unravel a dangerous conspiracy that stretches beyond the borders of Sweden.
(SWE72, $14.95) |
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Fodor's Sweden
GUIDEBOOK •
2006 •
PAPER
• 320 PAGES
A practical guide in the popular series, saturated with valuable information on accommodation, shopping, sights, and dining.
(SWE48, $18.95) |
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Frommer's Sweden
• Darwin Porter
GUIDEBOOK •
2012 •
PAPER
A comprehensive, practical guide to the region with excellent recommendations for hotels, restaurants and excursions. With two-color maps throughout.
(SWE55, $22.99) |
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The Gothic Enterprise, A Guide to Understanding the Medieval Cathedral
• Robert A. Scott
ART & ARCHITECTURE •
2005 •
PAPER
• 294 PAGES
Scott, whose interest in the history of cathedrals began when he first saw the magnificent Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Salisbury, England, takes his reader on a historical, architectural and sociological tour of the magnificent spires and stained-glass windows that dot the landscape of Europe. It's an accessible, personable overview.
(EUR190, $21.95) |
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A Hedonist's Guide to Stockholm
• Stephen Whitlock
GUIDEBOOK •
2008 •
HARD COVER
• 157 PAGES
A slick, stylish guide to Stockholm highlighting the city's most decadent and fashionable spots. The Hedonist Guide series boasts the tips of a "sophisticated local," with well-photographed restaurants, clubs and bars and limited sightseeing information.
(SWE44, $29.65) |
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Here Is Where We Meet
• John Berger
LITERATURE •
2006 •
PAPER
• 256 PAGES
This novel weaves a portrait of several European countries through encounters with the dead, from the narrator's mother, whom he discovers on a park bench in Lisbon, to a childhood friend wandering a market in Krakow. "The dead don't stay where they are buried," the protagonist's mother tells him, and this becomes the mantra for this most unusual journey through Europe's history and people.
(EUR189, $15.00) |
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A History of the Vikings
• Gwyn Jones
HISTORY •
2001 •
PAPER
• 504 PAGES
A classic portrait of the Viking realms of Denmark, Sweden and Norway, their civilization and culture, first published in 1968. With 15 maps, 58 line drawings and 32 black-and-white photographs. Jones integrates history and archaeology nicely in this well-told tale. Revised in 1984.
(VIK20, $18.95) |
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Insight Guide Sweden
• Doreen Taylor-Wilkie
GUIDEBOOK •
2008 •
PAPER
• 364 PAGES
A profusely illustrated overview of Sweden, featuring concise essays by well regarded authors on history, politics, nature and culture, hundreds of photos and maps, and some limited practical information. In addition to an overview of places throughout the country, it includes chapters on the Vikings, the Stockholm Archipelago, contemporary design, and the Sami.
(SWE12, $23.95) |
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Knopf Mapguide Stockholm
• Knopf Guides
GUIDEBOOK •
2010 •
PAPER
• 48 PAGES
A practical and handy passport-sized guide to the city, featuring fold-out maps.
(SWE37, $11.95) |
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Lapland, A Natural History
• Derek Ratcliffe
NATURAL HISTORY •
2006 •
HARD COVER
• 320 PAGES
An authoritative, indispensable overview of the birds, plants, habitats and wildlife of the northern regions of Norway, Sweden, Finland and northwestern Russia. Divided by habitat, with color plates interspersed throughout, it is a detailed, meticulously researched -- and hefty -- reference.
(ARC182, $70.00) |
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Lonely Planet Scandinavia
• Glenda Bendure
• Ned Friary
GUIDEBOOK •
2011 •
PAPER
• 550 PAGES
An excellent practical guide to Scandinavian countries, as well as St. Petersburg and Tallinn, featuring a good overview of culture, history and nature, and plenty of information on excursions, accommodations and sightseeing.
(SCN01, $25.99) |
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Lonely Planet Stockholm Encounter
• Cristian Bonetto
GUIDEBOOK •
2009 •
PAPER
• 192 PAGES
With a section of not-to-missed highlights and a calendar of annual events, this lively pocket guide organized by neighborhood includes suggested side trips, along what to see and where to shop, eat, drink and play. With a double-sided pullout map.
(SWE43, $12.99) |
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Lonely Planet Sweden
• Becky Ohlsen
GUIDEBOOK •
2012 •
PAPER
• 372 PAGES
A comprehensive guide in the Lonely Planet style featuring 46 maps, background detail on the country and culture -- and practical information for the traveler.
(SWE51, $23.99) |
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Mammals of Europe
• Priscilla Barrett
• David W. MacDonald
FIELD GUIDE •
2002 •
PAPER
• 320 PAGES
Published by Princeton, this is a field guide to land and marine mammals throughout Europe, both endemic and introduced. With more than 600 color illustrations of over 200 mammals, it's a comprehensive handbook, with detailed descriptions, range maps and commentary on behavior.
(FG61, $38.50) |
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The Man from Beijing
• Henning Mankell
MYSTERY •
2011 •
PAPER
• 384 PAGES
In the aftermath of a massacre in a Swedish village, Judge Birgitta Roslin, a granddaughter of two of the victims, discovers the diary of a gang leader that reveals the case's connections to the abuse of Chinese slave workers.
(SWE64, $15.00) |
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The Man Who Smiled
• Henning Mankell
MYSTERY •
2007 •
PAPER
• 325 PAGES
Wallander has just resolved to quit the Ystad police when a bizarre case gets under his skin. A lawyer driving home stops to investigate an effigy sitting in a chair in the middle of the road. The lawyer is hit over the head and dies, and his son is also killed within the week. These puzzling mysteries lead Wallander to a prime suspect: a powerful corporate mogul whose smile masks the face of a killer. The fourth in the Kurt Wallander series.
(SWE68, $15.00) |
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MapEasy's Guide to Sweden
• Chris Harris
1999 •
MAP
A tear-resistant, waterproof map of Sweden, with a detailed inset of Stockholm on the flip side. It contains useful information on hotels and restaurants, as well as tips for visiting Sweden's attractions. Two Sides. 27x18 inches.
(SWE15, $7.95) |
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Michelin Green Guide Scandinavia and Finland
• Michelin Travel Publications
GUIDEBOOK •
2008 •
PAPER
• 526 PAGES
A survey of the cities, villages and sites of Scandinavia in the classic Michelin style, featuring brief descriptions of all the major attractions, and with excellent full-color city maps. Organized alphabetically for easy reference,
(SCN10, $21.95) |
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Nationalism and the Nordic Imagination, Swedish Art of the 1890s
• Michelle Facos
ART & ARCHITECTURE •
1998 •
HARD COVER
• 250 PAGES
Facos looks at the influence of Swedish tradition on Carl Larsson, Bruno Liljefors, Hanna Hirsch Pauli and other prominent artists of Swedish National Romanticism of the 1890's.
(SWE24, $70.00) |
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Never End
• Ake Edwardson
LITERATURE •
2006 •
HARD COVER
An installment in the popular Erik Winter series, the book follows a series of unsolved rape-murders that Winter must race to solve in Gothenburg, Sweden..
(SWE42, $24.95) |
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One Step Behind
• Henning Mankell
MYSTERY •
2003 •
PAPER
• 448 PAGES
On Midsummer's Eve, three role-playing teens dressed in 18th-century clothes are shot dead in a secluded Swedish meadow. Soon after, one of Inspector Wallander's most trusted colleagues -- whose help he relied on to solve the crime -- also turns up dead. Wallander must figure out the connection between the two murders before the killer strikes again. The seventh Kurt Wallander mystery.
(SWE71, $15.00) |
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Orkneyinga Saga, The History of the Earls of Orkney
• Hermann Palssom
• Paul Edwards
LITERATURE •
1981 •
PAPER
• 253 PAGES
A fusion of myth and legend, circa A.D. 1200, by an unnamed Icelandic author. This medieval chronicle, with its center of action among the Orkney Islands, is a rich source of knowledge on the northern isles. Describing the conquest of the islands by Norwegian kings during the Viking expansion of the ninth century, it's an account of war and the struggle for supremacy by Sigurd the Powerful, St. Magnus the Martyr, and Hralf, the conqueror of Norway. This modern translation is very readable.
(VIK07, $16.00) |
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The Oxford Illustrated History of the Vikings
• Peter Sawyer
HISTORY •
2001 •
PAPER
• 298 PAGES
This compact, well-produced book, featuring contributions by 12 experts, is an insightful overview of the Viking Age. With numerous black-and-white illustrations.
(VIK18, $27.99) |
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The Pyramid, The First Wallander Cases
• Henning Mankell
MYSTERY •
2009 •
PAPER
• 392 PAGES
In these five riveting tales, we watch Kurt Wallander on his homicide first case as a 21-year-old patrolman, as a young father facing unexpected danger on Christmas Eve, as a middle-aged detective with his marriage on the brink, as a newly separated investigator solving the murder of a local photographer, and finally, as a veteran detective discovering unexpected connections between a downed plane and the assassination of a pair of spinster sisters.
(SWE73, $15.00) |
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Seven Viking Romances
• Hermann Palssom
• Paul Edwards
ANTHOLOGY •
1985 •
PAPER
• 304 PAGES
The medieval Icelandic imagination incorporated warriors' raids and local myths, legends, and heroic tales adapted over the centuries from Homer to French romance. This book is an entertaining anthology of Viking kings, adventurers and gods.
(VIK04, $15.00) |
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Sidetracked
• Henning Mankell
MYSTERY •
2003 •
PAPER
• 432 PAGES
In Mankell's fifth acclaimed mystery, Wallander is called to a field outside Ystad where a teenage girl douses herself in gasoline and set herself aflame. The next day, Sweden's former Minister of Justice is found axed to death on a beach. Is this the work of a serial killer? Wallander's investigation is beset with obstacles, including his haunting memories of the girl who set herself on fire -- who may be the key to the case.
(SWE69, $15.00) |
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Stockholm Series 2: Children of Their City
• Pers Anders Fogelstrom
LITERATURE •
2008 •
PAPER
• 384 PAGES
Second in a series of classics by the Swedish author, this book continues the tale of Henning Nilsson and his family -- whose origins and growth in the underclass of 19th-century Stockholm mirror the growth of Stockholm itself into a modern European metropolis. Orginally published in 1962.
(SWE52, $18.95) |
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Strindberg's Star
• Jan Wallentin
MYSTERY •
2012 •
HARD COVER
• 464 PAGES
Cave diver Erik Hall finds a dead body buried deep in an abandoned mind and adorned with an ancient ankh. When religious symbol expert Don Titelman seeks out Erik, he finds Erik dead and quickly becomes the target of a secret society that will go to any length to obtain the ankh. In this international bestseller, Jan Wallentin weaves together Nils Strindberg's 1897 Andree Expedition, Nazis and present-day Sweden to create a pulse-pounding, genre-blurring thriller that is impossible to put down.
(SWE77, $28.95) |
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Swedish Folktales and Legends
• Lane Thygesen Blecher
• George Blecher
LITERATURE •
2004 •
PAPER
• 416 PAGES
Illustrated with woodcuts and drawings, this representative sampling of tales from centuries gone by ranges from the ribald to the romantic, from the rustic to the mystical. 150 stories of animals, trolls, giants, ghosts, household spirits, hags, heroes and heroines, forest and water spirits flesh out this collection of metamorphoses, moral tales, superstitions, and folklore.
(SWE05, $18.95) |
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The Thirty Years' War
• Geoffrey Parker
HISTORY •
1997 •
PAPER
• 316 PAGES
Now in a revised edition, this scholarly history of the major European conflict of the 17th century includes contributions by 10 historians. Habsburgs, French, Danes, Dutch, Swedes and Spanish all participated in what was essentially a German civil war. Among the outcomes were the annexation of Alsace by France, the annexation of Pomerania by Sweden and the legalization of Calvinism in Germany.
(EUR115, $39.95) |
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Time Out Stockholm
• Time Out
GUIDEBOOK •
2011 •
PAPER
• 256 PAGES
An up-to-date guide on what to do and where to go by the people who publish Time Out Magazine.
(SWE36, $19.95) |
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The Troubled Man
• Henning Mankell
MYSTERY •
2012 •
PAPER
• 384 PAGES
Last in the wildly popular series. Brooding detective Kurt Wallander (star of The Dogs of Riga) may be in over his head investigating the disappearance of his daughter's father-in-law to be, a former Swedish naval officer, in this darkly atmospheric whodunit set in and around Stockholm. Though Kenneth Branagh stars in the award-winning BBC series (there's a new installment in the works), Wallander is as Swedish as they come, rather the antithesis of James Bond -- vulnerable, lonely, feeling his age. But a crack detective all the same.
(SWE63, $15.00) |
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The Vikings, A Very Short Introduction
• Julian D. Richards
HISTORY •
2005 •
PAPER
• 152 PAGES
This slim volume is a stimulating, concise introduction to the Vikings.
(VIK24, $14.99) |
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Wallpaper City Guide Stockholm
• Wallpaper Magazine
GUIDEBOOK •
2012 •
PAPER
A stylish, thin (it fits in your back pocket) city guide compiled by the design magazine Wallpaper's local reporters. Well-organized, with chapter tabs, many photographs and of-the-moment recommendations.
(SWE35, $9.95) |
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The White Lioness
• Henning Mankell
MYSTERY •
2003 •
PAPER
• 448 PAGES
The execution-style murder of a Swedish housewife looks like a simple case. But when the cops catch their suspect, his alibi is airtight. Ystad Inspector Kurt Wallander realizes that what seemed a simple crime of passion is actually far more complex as his investigation leads him into a dangerous tangle with both the secret police and a ruthless foreign agent.
(SWE67, $15.00) |
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A Year in Lapland, Guest of the Reindeer Herders
• Hugo Beach
TRAVEL NARRATIVE •
2001 •
PAPER
• 242 PAGES
• COMING IN
An account of a year among the Saami in Swedish Lapland. An anthropologist by training, the author combines travelogue, history and meditation on the cycle of life in the north. Originally published in 1993.
(SCN12, $26.95) |
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