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The Norse Myths
• Kevin Crossley-Holland
LITERATURE •
1981 •
PAPER
• 320 PAGES
A classic collection of 32 tales of Nordic gods, goddesses and heroes in the Pantheon Library of Fairy and Folktales. A poet and editor, Crossley-Holland has published a number of folk and children's tales (including a three-volume re-telling of the Arthur legend). With an overview of the Norse world, cosmology and gods.
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Norway 1940
• Francois Kersaudy
HISTORY •
1998 •
PAPER
• 284 PAGES
A detailed account of the German's invasion of Norway on April 9, 1940 and the Allied response. With campaign maps and photographs of important personalities. Kersaudy pulls no punches in his history of missed opportunities and mistakes in the disastrous two-month campaign.
(NOR20, $26.95) |
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Norway to America, A History of the Migration
• Ingrid Semmingsen
CULTURAL PORTRAIT •
1980 •
PAPER
• 224 PAGES
By a Norwegian scholar, the story of Norwegian immigration to the United States, describing the lifestyles known to the first pioneers in the Midwest and on the West Coast, and relating their experiences in light of their ties back home.
(NOR33, $16.95) |
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The Svalbard Archipelago
• P.J. Capelotti
CULTURAL PORTRAIT •
2000 •
PAPER
• 180 PAGES
A reprint of a slim WWII-era report on Spitsbergen by U.S. military intelligence, covering the geography, history and geo-politics of the archipelago, and its strategic significance. With original maps and illustrations. Subtitled "American Military and Political Geographies of Spitsbergen and Other Norwegian Polar territories, 1941-1950, " Capoletti also includes a 1950 report by the C.I.A.on the country. With 63 photographs, maps, glossary, illustrations, bibliography, appendices, and index.
(ARC91, $49.95) |
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