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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)
  Eyewitness Guide Sweden
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)
  The Vikings, Lords of the Seas
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)
  A History of Scandinavia: Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Iceland
Sweden Map  •   Freytag & Berndt
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A colorful map of Sweden at a scale of 1:600,000. Two Sides. 40x28 inches. (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)
 
 
Stockholm Map  •   Borch Maps    •  A convenient, detailed laminated map of Stockholm and surroundings at a scale of 1:12,000. (SWE33, $7.95)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
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 of the city center. (SWE56, $12.99)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
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, $21.95)
 
 
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, $14.00)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo  •  Stieg Larsson   • MYSTERY  •  Stieg 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, $14.95)
 
 
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, $12.00)
 
 
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, $14.95)
 
 


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