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Essential Books These 4 items are available for $76, including
U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXSWE23)		  
Eyewitness Guide Sweden  •  Eyewitness Guides
GUIDEBOOK •  2011 •  PAPER  • 352 PAGES
A handsomely illustrated guide to the country with color photos, recommended attractions, history and background information. (SWE32, $25.00)		   Eyewitness Guide Sweden
Modern Day Vikings, A Practical Guide to Interacting with the Swedes  •  Christina Johansson Robinowitz  •  Lisa Werner Carr
CULTURAL PORTRAIT •  2001 •  PAPER  • 216 PAGES
This insightful, readable guide to Swedish culture, manners, attitudes and values traces the country's history from its Viking routes through to present day challenges. (SWE40, $25.95)		  
The Vikings, Lords of the Seas  •  Yves Cohat
HISTORY •  2010 •  PAPER  • 175 PAGES
An indispensable reference that fits in your pocket, this slim volume, part of the "Discoveries" series, is packed with maps, archival photographs and illustrations. It tells of the Norse homeland, discoveries and settlements and features a useful chronology and excerpts from the Viking Sagas. (VIK01, $15.95)		   The Vikings, Lords of the Seas
Sweden Map  •  Freytag & Berndt
MAP
A colorful map of Sweden at a scale of 1:600,000. Two Sides. 40x28 inches. (SWE06, $14.95)		  



Also Recommended

Stockholm Map  •  ITMB    •  A convenient, detailed map of Stockholm and surroundings at a scale of 1:12,000. (SWUE33, $8.95)
 		  
Sweden Regional Map, East Svealand  •  Swedish Government Maps    •  A regional map including Stockholm and surroundings at a scale of 1:250,000 (SWE13, $16.95)
 		  
Culture Smart! Sweden  •  Charlotte J. DeWitt   • GUIDEBOOK  •  This concise no-nonsense guide to local customs, etiquette and culture includes a short overview of the land and people along with practical travel advice. (SWE45, $9.95)
 		  
Eyewitness Guide Stockholm  •  Kaj Sandell   • GUIDEBOOK  •  This superb, fully illustrated guide to Stockholm and surrounding islands features dozens of local maps and site diagrams. (SWE18, $20.00)
 		  
Frommer's Stockholm Day by Day  •  Mary Anne Evans   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A compact shirt pocket guide, ideal for a short visit, featuring remarkably good suggestions for everything from food, hotels and neighborhoods to shopping. With a separate foldout map. (SWE56, $12.99)
 		  
Rough Guide Sweden  •  James Proctor  •  Neil Roland   • GUIDEBOOK  •  This comprehensive, travel guide in the British series includes an excellent historical and cultural overview of Sweden along with extensive listings. (SWE30, $22.99)
 		  
Aquavit and the New Scandinavian Cuisine  •  Marcus Samuelsson   • FOOD  •  A wonderfully illustrated cookbook from the renowned chef at Aquavit, New York's premier restaurant for haute Scandinavian cuisine. (SCN40, $45.00)
 		  
The Swedish Table  •  Helene Henderson   • FOOD  •  Light and sophisticated, this collection of recipes from Swedish-born Henderson offers a healthier take on traditional Swedish cooking that is easily replicated in the American kitchen. (SWE46, $29.95)
 		  
A History of Scandinavia: Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Iceland  •  T.K Derry   • HISTORY  •  Scandinavia from prehistory to the present with chapters on the Viking and Lutheran kingdoms, medieval times, monarchies, the World Wars and modern period, emphasizing the common cultural, political and social backgrounds. (SCN03, $25.00)
 		  
Of Swedish Ways  •  Lily Lorenzen   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  A tribute to Swedish history, language, literature and culture. (SWE03, $16.95)
 		  
Stockholm, A Cultural History  •  Tony Griffiths   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  A literary, cultural guide to the art, architecture, traditions and history of Stockholm. (SWE57, $16.95)
 		  
The Vikings  •  Else Roesdahl   • HISTORY  •  This well-written look at Norse civilization goes beyond the limited view of the ruthless Viking invaders, creating a full picture of the vibrant, artistic, agricultural and ex-ploratory culture (VIK09, $17.00)
 		  
The Swedish House  •  Lars Sjoberg   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  A handsomely produced, oversized survey of Swedish wooden architecture since the 17th century by a curator at the National Museum in Stockholm. (SWE29, $60.00)
 		  
Fishing in Utopia, Sweden and the Future That Disappeared  •  Andrew Brown   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  A eulogy to a lost way of life, memoir and travelogue, Brown's poignant account of his time in Sweden in the 1970s and many travels since (he was married to a Swedish woman) also traces changes in culture and society. (SWE58, $16.95)
 		  
Letters on Sweden, Norway, and Denmark  •  Mary Wollstonecraft  •  William Godwin   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  Groundbreaking feminist Wollstonecraft records her observations of a late 18th-century journey through Scandinavia in this small masterpiece, rich in detali of people and place. (SCN04, $16.95)
 		  
Linnaeus, The Compleat Naturalist  •  Wilfrid Blunt   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  A biography of Carl Linnaeus, a celebrated name in science, highlighted with over 200 illustrations. (SWE75, $59.95)
 		  
On My Swedish Island, Discovering the Secrets of Scandinavian Well-Being  •  Julie Catterson Lindahl   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  Lindhal writes of exchanging her fast-paced urban life for a simpler, more fulfilling Scandinavian lifestyle in this part self-help book, part memoir. (SWE39, $25.95)
 		  
Five Plays  •  August Strindberg   • LITERATURE  •  A collection of the Swedish modernist's most-performed plays, including "Miss Julie", "The Father", "A Dream Play", "The Dance of Death" and "The Ghost Sonata". (SWE20, $23.95)
 		  
Hanna's Daughters  •  Marianne Fredriksson   • LITERATURE  •  A family saga spanning a swiftly changing century of Swedish history. Fredriksson reveals the female experience in 19th and 20th century Scandinavia. (SWE27, $14.95)
 		  
Missing  •  Karin Alvtegen   • MYSTERY  •  Set in contemporary Stockholm, this tautly constructed tale marks the U.S. debut of Karin Alvtegen -- Sweden's Queen of Crime. Intricately poltted and emotionally complex. (SWE47, $14.95)
 		  
Stockholm, City of My Dreams  •  Pers Anders Fogelstrom   • LITERATURE • HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE  •  Young Henning Nilsson arrives in Stockholm on the eve of the Industrial Revolution, eager for success, love and a fully experienced life, in this Swedish classic of historical realist fiction, happily now available in an English translation. (SWE22, $18.95)
 		  
Sun and Shadow, an Erik Winter Novel  •  Laurie Thompson  •  Ake Edwardson   • MYSTERY  •  A complex psychological murder mystery set in Gotheberg, the first of Ake's Chief Inspector Erik Winter books to be translated into English. (SWE31, $16.00)
 		  
The Emigrants  •  Vilhelm Moberg  •  Gustaf Lannestock   • LITERATURE  •  The first in a series of four novels about Swedish emigrants who flee poverty and oppression to make a new life in Minnesota. (SWE14, $19.95)
 		  
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo  •  Stieg Larsson   • MYSTERY  •  Larsson combines murder mystery, family saga, love story and financial intrigue into a complex and atmospheric novel set in Stockholm and the snowy landscapes of northern Sweden. (SWE54, $15.95)
 		  
The Messiah of Stockholm, A Novel  •  Cynthia Ozick   • LITERATURE  •  Set in the dark of Stockholm's winter, this atmospheric short novel follows the peregrinations of Lars Andemeing -- and his search for his father Bruno Schulz. (SWE11, $13.95)
 		  
The Saga of Gosta Berling  •  Selma Lagerlof   • LITERATURE  •  Set at a country estate in 1820s wintry rural Sweden, this epic novel by the Swedish Nobel Prize-winner (the first woman to win the prize) follows the fate of a defrocked minister and the women who fall under his spell. (SWE59, $16.00)
 		  
The Saga of the Volsungs  •  Jesse Byock   • LITERATURE  •  Full of traditional Norse lore, including runic knowledge, jealous princes, betrayals, unrequited love, the vengeance of a Barbarian queen, the greed of Attila the Hun and the mythic deeds of a dragon-slayer, these tales are essential reading for anyone wishing to understand Viking society. (SCN05, $18.95)
 		  
 
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