The Arctic, A Guide to Coastal Wildlife  •  Tony Soper  •  Dan Powell FIELD GUIDE •  2007 •  PAPER  • 144 PAGES A compact, illustrated guide to coastal marine mammals and seabirds of the circumpolar north featuring handsome watercolor illustrations by Dan Powell and lively text on the natural history of each species by intrepid expedition leader and bird-lover Tony Soper. An essential handbook for the ship-based traveler. With a brief overview of history, short chapters on plants and invertebrates, and glossary of snow and ice. (ARC85, $21.95)
Arthur Miller's Adaptation of an Enemy of the People  •  Arthur Miller  •  Henrik Ibsen LITERATURE •  1977 •  PAPER  • 125 PAGES True to the original, compelling and accessible, this classic drama portrays public-minded Dr. Stockman's crusade to save his town from its contaminated water supply. Confronted by stubborn politicians, journalists unwilling to take the risks, and an indifferent, unenlightened citizenry, Stockman's morals are defeated and opposed by his fellow citizens, leading him and his family to be driven out of the town he was trying to save. (SCN26, $12.00)
Beginner's Norwegian  •  Laura Ziukaite-hansen LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS •  2005 •  PAPER  • 287 PAGES A beginner's course, including a textbook and two audio CDs. (NOR60, $26.95)
Birds of Europe  •  Killian Mullarney  •  Lars Svensson  •  Dan Zetterstrom  •  Peter J. Grant FIELD GUIDE •  2000 •  PAPER  • 400 PAGES • FAVORITE This Princeton Field Guide features 3,500 illustrations by Killian Mullarney and Dan Zetterstrom. Color plates depict every species -- and sometimes several different variants -- for 722 birds found from the Urals to the Atlantic, Scandinavia to the Middle East. (FG47, $29.95)
Chronicles of the Vikings: Records, Memorials and Myths  •  R.I. Page CULTURAL PORTRAIT •  1996 •  PAPER  • 240 PAGES A collection of Viking writings, organized thematically, including runic inscriptions, poems and a handful of eyewitness accounts. Scholar R.I. Page provides commentary to compliment his translations. (VIK16, $29.95)
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)
The Cross  •  Sigrid Undset  •  Tina Nunnally LITERATURE •  2000 •  PAPER  • 448 PAGES This masterpiece by the Nobel Prize-winning Norwegian author, first published in 1927, has never gone out of print. This is the third volume in Undset's trilogy of historical novels recreating a woman's life during the Middle Ages in devoutly Catholic Norway. The books combine scholarly knowledge of the era with keen psychological analysis to produce a vividly realistic picture of the past. In the third installment, Kristin must overcome the loss and devastation of the Black Death. (NOR17, $14.00)
Don't Look Back  •  Karen Fossum MYSTERY •  2002 •  PAPER  • 324 PAGES In her U.S. debut, Norwegian mystery author Karen Fossum weaves a tale of intrigue set in a small mountain town outside of Oslo. The protagonist, the unflappable inspector Sejer, is the star of Fossum's series; his efforts on behalf of the victims are proficient and make for entertaining reading. (NOR37, $14.00)
Edvard Grieg and Frederick Delius, The Correspondence  •  Edvard Grieg  •  Frederick Delius  •  Lionel Carley BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •  1993 •  HARD COVER  • 192 PAGES The life of Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg is revealed in this collection of his correspondence with his friend and fellow composer Frederick Delius. (NOR18, $35.00)
Edvard Munch, Behind The Scream  •  Sue Prideaux BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •  2005 •  HARD COVER  • 391 PAGES An incisive intellectual and psychological portrait of the artist, touching on his father's religious fanaticism, his alcoholism, and debilitating fear of death and illness. Interspersed with excerpts from Munch's private diary, this is the first comprehensive English-language biography of Munch. (NOR49, $38.00)
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, $15.00)
Elling  •  Peter Naess LITERATURE •  2003 •  DVD This charming, Academy Award-nominated comedy follows two former psychiatric patients -- a mouse of a man called Elling and a giant oaf named Kjell Bjarne. They move into a welfare apartment in Oslo, where they poke and prod each other out of their walled-in lives. (NOR52, $14.99)
Four Major Plays: A Doll's House, Ghosts, Hedda Gabler, the Master Builder  •  Henrik Ibsen  •  Jens Arup LITERATURE •  1998 •  PAPER  • 384 PAGES Drawn from the Oxford Ibsen, this compact paperback highlights the playwright's four most celebrated works in excellent translations. (NOR50, $9.95)
Gods and Myths of Northern Europe  •  Hilda Roderick Ellis Davidson RELIGION •  1990 •  PAPER  • 252 PAGES An classic survey of the Norse and Anglo-Saxon mythologies, gods and goddesses of pre-Christian Europe by a leading scholar of Norse and Anglo-Saxon religion and archaeology. (SCN23, $15.00)
The Gothic Enterprise, A Guide to Understanding the Medieval Cathedral  •  Robert A. Scott ART & ARCHITECTURE •  2005 •  PAPER  • 307 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, $17.95)
Hamsun  •  Jan Troell LITERATURE •  2006 •  DVD Based on the Thorkild Hansen's 1978 novel, The Hamsun Trial, this thougtful film depicts the postwar trial and treatment of Nazi sympathizer Knut Hamsun, and tackles the problem of reconciling his great literature with his political views. (NOR53, $29.95)
He Who Fears The Wolf  •  Karen Fossum MYSTERY •  2005 •  HARD COVER  • 271 PAGES Inspector Konrad Sejer investigates the murder of a woman who lives alone on a farm in this dark psychological mystery by the Norwegian author of Don't Look Back. (NOR38, $23.00)
He Who Fears the Wolf  •  Karin Fossum  •  Felicity David MYSTERY •  2006 •  PAPER  • 304 PAGES (NOR41, $14.00)
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, $14.00)
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)
Hitler's Sunken Secret  •  Nova EXPLORATION •  2005 •  DVD One of the most daring resistance operations of World War II was the 1944 sinking of the Norwegian ferry Hydro, with its cargo of heavy watter destined for the Nazi's secret atomic bomb project. Hitler's Sunken Secret features gripping first-person interviews with the sole living Norwegian saboteur and survivors who were aboard the Hydro when it blew up. Among the NOVA team's startling new discoveries is evidence that a second secret consignment of barrels eluded the saboteurs and made it all the way to Germany, but arrived too late to make a Nazi bomb feasible. WGBH Boston Video (NOR63, $19.95)
Hunger  •  Henning Carlsen LITERATURE •  2006 •  DVD A film adaptation of Hamsun's 1890 novel, about an author starving in Oslo while waiting for his work to be accepted. (NOR54, $29.95)
Ibsen, The Complete Major Prose Plays  •  Henrik Ibsen  •  Rolf Fjelde LITERATURE •  1978 •  PAPER  • 1152 PAGES Twelve masterful plays plus almost 100 pages of introduction and background. (NOR48, $30.00)
The Ice Palace  •  Tarjei Vesaas LITERATURE •  2002 •  PAPER  • 176 PAGES A spare tale of two girls and of ice, a haunting frozen waterfall, the best known of the great 20th century Norwegian author's work. (NOR46, $23.95)
An Illustrated History of the First World War  •  John Keegan HISTORY •  2001 •  HARD COVER  • 448 PAGES • COMING IN An illustrated edition of Keegan's outstanding history of the Great War, considerably enhanced by his selection of almost 500 photographs, maps, drawings and illustrations. The visuals clarify and augment his wide-ranging narrative of the origins, battles and consequences of WWI. (WAR16, $50.00)
King Harald's Saga  •  Magnus Magnusson  •  Paulsson Herman  •  Snorri Sturlusson  •  Hermann Palsson LITERATURE •  1976 •  PAPER  • 178 PAGES Written in the 13th century, this is a classic biography of the last Viking warrior King Harald and an account of the 1066 conflict between Norway and England. (NOR19, $12.00)
Kitchen Stories  •  Leif Andree LITERATURE •  2005 •  DVD A Swedish social scientist studies then befriends a cranky Norwegian farmer. Norwegian and Swedish, with English subtitles. (NOR55, $14.98)
Kon-Tiki, Across the Pacific by Raft  •  Thor Heyerdahl  •  F. H. Lyon EXPLORATION •  1995 •  PAPER  • 230 PAGES A hugely popular account of a 1947 raft sailing trip along the Humboldt and Equatorial currents from Peru to Tahiti, where the author set out to prove that early humans could have made the trip. Not just a great adventure story, the voyage and Heyerdahl's theories have been influential in the debate over settlement of the region. With photographs. (PAC10, $5.99)
Kristin Lavransdatter  •  Liv Ullmann LITERATURE •  2004 •  DVD This epic love story set in 14th-century Norway is Liv Ullmann's adaptation of Sigrid Undset's 1928 Nobel Prize-winning novel. (NOR57, $29.99)
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, $65.00)
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, $34.95)
Michelin Green Guide Scandinavia and Finland  •  Michelin Travel Publications GUIDEBOOK •  2006 •  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)
Nordic Gods and Heroes  •  Padraic Colum  •  Willy Pogany LITERATURE •  1996 •  PAPER  • 292 PAGES A reprint of the great Irish author Padraic Colum's age-old tales of the gods and goddesses of Asgard (originally published in 1928 as The Children of Odin) with 40 original illustrations by Willy Pogany. (SCN39, $10.95)
The Norsemen in the Viking Age  •  Eric Christiansen HISTORY •  2002 •  PAPER  • 378 PAGES This scholary history of the Norse takes somewhat of a revisionist approach, examining the evolution of Viking culture as a direct reaction to threatening environmental and social forces at home and abroad. (VIK17, $26.95)
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)
Norwegian, A Language Map  •  Kristine K. Kershul LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS •  2000 •  PLASTIC CARD This durable, foldout card, featuring 1,000 words and phrases, works as a quick reference for travelers. (NOR39, $7.95)
Norwegian-English Dictionary  •  E. Haugen LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS •  1965 •  PAPER  • 504 PAGES A comprehensive Norwegian-English, English-Norwegian dictionary, geared for students. (NOR61, $29.95)
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, $15.00)
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, $27.95)
Peer Gynt  •  Henrik Ibsen LITERATURE •  1990 •  PAPER  • 101 PAGES The last of Ibsen's verse plays, based on the Norwegian folk hero. (NOR13, $12.95)
Per Gynt, A Dramatic Poem  •  Henrik Ibsen LITERATURE •  1966 •  PAPER  • 224 PAGES A Penguin Classics' edition of Ibsen's classic. (NOR59, $10.00)
The Poetic Edda  •  Carolyne Larrington LITERATURE •  1999 •  PAPER  • 368 PAGES The Norse-Icelandic poems of mythological deities are translated into modern English. Includes an index to Pagan names. Redisovered in the 17th century, this is the source for much of what we know of pre-christian belief systems in Northern Europe. (SCN25, $14.95)
The Promise of America, A History of the Norwegian-American People  •  Odd S. Lovoll CULTURAL PORTRAIT •  1999 •  PAPER  • 288 PAGES An account of Norwegian migration to North America and the Norwegians contribution to their adopted land. With 227 black-and-white photos. (NOR47, $24.95)
Rick Steves' French, Italian & German Phrase Book & Dictionary  •  Rick Steves LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS •  2003 •  PAPER  • 400 PAGES A compact phrase book for travelers, organized thematically and with a brief dictionary. French, German and Italian phrases are side-by-side on the page so that you can pick and choose depending on the situation. This is no dry litany but instead peppered with humor and Rick Steves' insider insight into how to break the ice and make friends around the world. (EUR142, $9.95)
Rough Guide Norway  •  Jules Brown GUIDEBOOK •  2006 •  PAPER  • 480 PAGES This compact guide includes an excellent historical and cultural overview of Norway, with special attention to its legends and myths. It's otherwise an opinionated, thorough travel guide with region-by-region descriptions. (NOR07, $20.99)
The Royal Physician's Visit  •  Per Olov Enquist LITERATURE •  2002 •  PAPER  • 320 PAGES Swedish novelist Enquist fleshes out a footnote in Danish history in this story of the Enlightenment-era Danish court, the mad king Christian VII, the ambitious royal doctor and the passionate young queen. It's a wonderfully realized book. (DMK21, $14.00)
Runes  •  R. I. Page HISTORY •  1987 •  PAPER  • 64 PAGES An excellent introduction to Scandinavian pre-Roman script. (NOR56, $14.95)
The Saga of the Volsungs  •  Jesse Byock LITERATURE •  2001 •  PAPER  • 145 PAGES This heroic tale by an unknown Icelandic author of the 13th century is a prose epic based on stories found in much older Norse Eddic poetry. Full of traditional lore, including runic knowledge, jealousies of princes, betrayals, unrequited love, the vengeance of a barbarian queen, the greed of Attila the Hun, and the mythic deeds of a dragon-slayer, this is the Scandinavian version of the German Niebelungenlied used by Wagner for his opera cycle. It's essential reading for anyone wishing to understand Viking society. (SCN05, $14.95)
The Sagas of Icelanders  •  Jane Smiley  •  Robert Kellog EXPLORATION •  2000 •  PAPER  • 544 PAGES Nine sagas and six tales collected in a single volume, all newly translated for this edition marking the 1,000th anniversary of Leif Eriksson's voyage to North America, and including an introduction by Jane Smiley (whose books include the wonderful novel of Norse settlements "The Greenlanders"). Composed between 1000 and 1500, these rousing tales are told with surprising directness and simplicity. Any modern explorer setting off across the North Atlantic should consider taking along this big book. (ICL13, $22.00)
Seabirds of the World, A Photographic Guide  •  Peter Harrison FIELD GUIDE •  1996 •  PAPER  • 317 PAGES • COMING IN A field edition of Harrison's definitive seabird identification guide, featuring 740 color photographs. It illustrates all the world's seabirds, many in a variety of plumages. The book also contains a convenient key to identifying the confusing albatrosses, petrels and other tubenoses, as well as range maps and information about habitats and distribution. This is the book that you'd carry on any sea voyage; our ten-year-old edition has been everywhere. (FG16, $29.95)
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)
The Shetland Bus, A WWII Epic of Escape, Survival and Adventure  •  David Howarth HISTORY •  2008 •  PAPER  • 236 PAGES David Howarth, author of "We Die Alone," tells another little-known story of courage and survival during World War II. This time he writes of the "Shetland Bus," a fleet of fishing boats that made regular journeys across treacherous waters from the Shetland Islands to Norway, in order to bring relief and fortifications to Norwegians weathering Nazi attacks. Howarth, who was second in command at the Shetland base, knows the story first-hand, and brings out the ferocity of the storms and battles endured by a few hundred brave men. (NOR26, $16.95)
Skis Against the Atom, The Exciting, First Hand Account of Heroism and Daring Sabotage During the Nazi Occupation of Norway  •  Knut Haukelid BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •  1989 •  PAPER  • 244 PAGES Commando Haukelid and his small but courageous band of Norwegian soldiers led a daring raid to destroy a German heavy water plant in WWII, sabotaging the Nazis' efforts to develop an atomic bomb. (NOR58, $13.95)
Spitsbergen Explorer Map  •  Ocean Explorer Maps 2006 •  MAP A detailed map of Svalbard for the traveler, at a scale of 1:1,000,000, with illustrated biographies of 27 explorers and a brief guide to wildlife on the reverse. Designed and published by intrepid expedition leader and editor Nigel Sitwell. Tony Soper contributed the natural history information. (ARC88, $11.95)
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)
The Svalbard Passage  •  Thomas Kirkwood  •  Geir Finne LITERATURE •  2000 •  PAPER  • 320 PAGES A Cold War thriller lush in the details of its Norwegian setting. The novel opens with a description and map of the Arctic archipelago. First published in 1981. (NOR31, $15.95)
Trailblazer Norway's Arctic Highway  •  John Douglas GUIDEBOOK •  2004 •  PAPER  • 320 PAGES A comprehensive, detailed guide to the overland trip from Mo i Rana to Kirkenes, a 900-mile route across Lapland mostly north of the Arctic Circle. With city guides to Oslo, Larvik, Bergen, Stavanger, Gothenburg, Helsinki and Turku, 35 maps and a selection of color photographs. (NOR32, $19.95)
Travelers' Tales, A Woman's Europe  •  Marybeth Bond  •  Mary Morris ANTHOLOGY •  2004 •  PAPER  • 298 PAGES This entertaining collection depicts Europe through the eyes of a diverse group of women writers, including Frances Mayes, Jan Morris and Mary Morris. These humorous and well-written true stories capture the misadventures, discoveries and slices of life that the continent (and travel!) has to offer. (EUR160, $17.95)
The Vikings  •  Magnus Magnusson HISTORY •  2003 •  PAPER  • 336 PAGES A well-regarded history of the Vikings. (VIK23, $20.00)
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, $11.95)
Vinland Sagas, Norse Discovery of America  •  Magnus Magnusson EXPLORATION •  1965 •  PAPER  • 124 PAGES These Icelandic sagas, as edited by the great Magnus Magnusson, tell the compelling story of the Norse discovery of America five centuries before the arrival of Christopher Columbus. (VIK03, $13.00)
When the Devil Holds the Candle  •  Felicity David  •  Karin Fossum MYSTERY •  2007 •  PAPER  • 288 PAGES An unexpected sequence of events in a small Norwegian town randomly intersects the lives of very different people in this gripping psychological thriller. Only the unflappable Inspector Konrad Sejer can discover what has happened and why. (NOR42, $14.00)
The Wife  •  Sigrid Undset  •  Tina Nunnally LITERATURE •  1999 •  PAPER  • 352 PAGES This masterpiece by the Nobel Prize-winning Norwegian author, first published in 1927, has never gone out of print. This is the second volume in Undset's trilogy of historical novels recreating a woman's life during the Middle Ages in devoutly Catholic Norway. The books combine scholarly knowledge of the era with keen psychological analysis to produce a vividly realistic picture of the past. The second installment tells of Kristin's turbulent married life on the estate of Husaby, to which her husband has taken her. (NOR16, $15.00)
The Wreath  •  Sigrid Undset  •  Tina Nunnally LITERATURE •  1997 •  PAPER  • 305 PAGES This masterpiece by the Nobel Prize-winning Norwegian author, first published in 1927, has never gone out of print. "The Wreath" is the first volume in Undset's trilogy of historical novels recreating a woman's life during the Middle Ages in devoutly Catholic Norway. The books combine scholarly knowledge of the era with keen psychological analysis to produce a vividly realistic picture of the past. In this installment, young Kristin Lavransdatter -- beautiful, wild, and passionate --engages in a romance with a man whom her father strongly dislikes. The other two parts of the trilogy are also available, "The Mistress of Husaby" (NOR16) and "The Cross" (NOR17). (NOR10, $15.00)