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READING AND TRAVEL GUIDE
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Eyewitness Guide Sweden
Eyewitness Guides
GUIDEBOOK
2005
PAPER
A handsomely illustrated guide to the country with color photos, recommended attractions, history and background information.
(SWE32, $25.00) |
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The Vikings, Lords of the Seas
Yves Cohat
HISTORY
1992
PAPER
146 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, $12.95) |
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A History of Scandinavia: Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Iceland
T.K Derry
HISTORY
2000
PAPER
447 PAGES
This comprehensive volume gives a historical overview of Scandinavia from prehistory to the present day, with chapters on the Viking and Lutheran kingdoms, medieval times, monarchies, the World Wars and modern period through the 1970s (with a short chapter addressing the 1990s). It emphasizes the common cultural, political and social backgrounds of the five modern states.
(SCN03, $23.50) |
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Sweden Map
Freytag & Berndt
MAP
A colorful map of Sweden at a scale of 1:800,000.
(SWE06, $12.95) |
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MapEasy's Guide to Sweden
Chris Harris
A tear-resistant, waterproof map of Sweden, with a detailed inset of Stockholm on the flip side
(SWE15, $7.95) |
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Stockholm Map
Borch Maps
A convenient, detailed laminated map of Stockholm and surroundings at a scale of 1:12,000.
(SWE33, $7.95) |
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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) |
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Blue Guide Sweden
Blue Guides
GUIDEBOOK
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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Culture Smart! Sweden, A Quick Guide to Customs and Etiquette
Charlotte J. DeWitt
GUIDEBOOK
A concise, no-nonsense guide to local customs, etiquette and culture with a short overview of the land and people along with practical travel advice.
(SWE45, $9.95) |
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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) |
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Insight Guide Sweden
Doreen Taylor-Wilkie
GUIDEBOOK
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.
(SWE12, $23.95) |
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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) |
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Stockholm Pocket Guide
Berlitz Pocket Guides
GUIDEBOOK
As advertised, this brief, illustrated guide to the city fits easily into a shirt pocket. It's a brief guide covering what to see and do in Stockholm -- with a convenient map of the city center.
(SWE01, $13.50) |
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Wallpaper City Guide Stockholm
Wallpaper Magazine
GUIDEBOOK
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, $8.95) |
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A Swedish Kitchen: Recipes and Reminiscences
Judith Pierce Rosenberg
FOOD
A culinary memoir from an American who became so enamored of Sweden and its food that she made it her second home. Rosenberg presents 80 recipes collected from 25 years of travels throughout the country.
(SWE34, $24.95) |
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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) |
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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) |
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Modern Day Vikings, A Practical Guide to Interacting with the Swedes
Christina Johansson Robinowitz
Lisa Werner Carr
CULTURAL PORTRAIT
A guide to Swedish culture and society, tracing the land from its Viking routes through to present day challenges.
(SWE40, $25.95) |
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Swedish Mentality
Ake Daun
CULTURAL PORTRAIT
Daun elucidates such issues of national character as why the Swedes distrust elevators and like to fish, before valiantly posing that most unaskable of questions: why are Swedes so dull? (His question, not ours.)
(SWE21, $29.95) |
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The Vikings
Else Roesdahl
HISTORY
A captivating and well-written look at Norse civilization. Roesdahl goes beyond the limited view of the ruthless Viking invaders, instead creating a full picture of the vibrant, artistic, agricultural and exploratory culture.
(VIK09, $17.00) |
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The Swedish House
Lars Sjoberg
ART & ARCHITECTURE
An oversize, handsomely produced survey of Swedish wooden architecture since the 17th century by a curator at the National Museum in Stockholm.
(SWE29, $60.00) |
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Letters on Sweden, Norway, and Denmark
Mary Wollstonecraft
William Godwin
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
In this small masterpiece, rich in detail of people and place, groundbreaking feminist Wollstonecraft records her observations of a late 18th-century journey through Scandinavia.
(SCN04, $16.95) |
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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) |
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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, $21.95) |
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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) |
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Missing
Karin Alvtegen
MYSTERY
Set in contemporary Stockholm, this tautly constructed mystery marks the debut of Sweden's Queen of Crime in the United States.
(SWE47, $24.00) |
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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) |
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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, $14.00) |
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Swedish Folktales and Legends
Lane Thygesen Blecher
George Blecher
LITERATURE
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.
(SWE05, $18.95) |
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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, $18.95) |
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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, $12.00) |
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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, $14.95) |
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