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READING AND TRAVEL GUIDE
Here's a page from Longitude, the specialty bookseller for travelers. To order online, and to see the latest, most comprehensive selection of books and maps, go to http://reading.longitudebooks.com/LO3962. You may also call 800-342-2164 to order or request a catalog.
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Insight Guide Denmark
Insight Guides
GUIDEBOOK
2006
PAPER
346 PAGES
An illustrated overview of the history, culture and attractions of Copenhagen and Denmark featuring hundreds of color photographs, excellent maps and outstanding short essays. With chapters on the Vikings, Beer, Karen Blixen, Copenhagen, Hans Christian Andersen and other topics.
(DMK06, $23.95) |
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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 background of the five modern states.
(SCN03, $23.50) |
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The Stories of Hans Christian Andersen
Hans Christian Andersen
Diana Crone Frank
Jeffrey Frank
LITERATURE
2005
PAPER
293 PAGES
FAMILY
A newly refurbished (and handsomely produced) collection of twenty-two tales, adroitly re-translated by Diana and Jeffrey Frank and with the original illustrations by Vilhelm Pedersen and Lorenz Froelich. The translators provide a 40-page introduction on the real H.C. Andersen, notes and an annotated bibliography. Best of all, the lively new translation captures the oddball charm, surprising syntax and colloquial simplicity of the original Danish (or so we believe after perusing stilted previous translations).
(DMK27, $19.95) |
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Denmark Map
Geocart
MAP
A detailed map of Denmark with an inset of Copenhagen at a scale of 1:300,000.
(DMK07, $13.95) |
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Eyewitness Guide Denmark
Eyewitness Guides
GUIDEBOOK
This superb guide features color photography, dozens of excellent local maps and a region-by-region synopsis of the country's attractions.
(DMK28, $25.00) |
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Penguin Historical Atlas of the Vikings
John Haywood
REFERENCE
The history of the Vikings as shown through a series of innovative maps and excellent photographs. This book traces the route of the ninth-century Viking merchants and explorers throughout Europe and on to the New World.
(VIK02, $20.00) |
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Rough Guide Copenhagen
Lone Mouritsen
Andrew Spooner
GUIDEBOOK
A pocket guide to Copenhagen, its history, culture and attractions.
(DMK15, $16.99) |
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Rough Guide Denmark
Roger Norum
GUIDEBOOK
With snazzy photos and dozens of sidebars offering little-known facts and a wealth of historical and cultural information, this guide is an excellent companion to exploring Denmark.
(DMK34, $21.99) |
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Time Out Copenhagen
Michael Booth
GUIDEBOOK
A practical, hip guide by the British publisher, noted for its extensive listings. Features extensive listings for museums, historical sites, shopping, and eating out in Copenhagen, and also provides some basic background on the city's culture and history.
(DMK26, $19.95) |
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Wallpaper City Guide Copenhagen
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.
(DMK33, $8.95) |
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A World Lit Only By Fire: The Medieval Mind and the Renaissance, Portrait of an Age
William Manchester
HISTORY
In this wide-ranging study, Manchester evokes in vivid detail the great figures and daily life of the 16th century, with information on Henry VIII, Magellan, Borgia, da Vinci and Martin Luther.
(EUR06, $15.99) |
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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 Vikings, Lords of the Seas
Yves Cohat
HISTORY
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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Cathedrals and Castles, Building in the Middle Ages
Alain Erlande-Brandenburg
ART & ARCHITECTURE
HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE
A pocket-size encyclopedia of the art, architecture and culture of the Middle Ages. It features hundreds of drawings and color illustrations, a brief chronology and plenty more information.
(MED07, $12.95) |
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Hans Christian Andersen, The Life of a Storyteller
Jackie Wullschlager
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
The acclaimed biography of Copenhagen's most famous denizen, who rose from his lot as a washerwoman's son to dine with princes and literary lions -- yet who died alone and unhappy.
(DMK13, $19.00) |
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Isak Dinesen, The Life of a Storyteller
Judith Thurman
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
The prize-winning biography of Dinesen, brimming with detail on her eventful life at home in Denmark and abroad.
(DMK17, $20.00) |
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On Tycho's Island
John Robert Christianson
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
Tycho Brahe (1546-1601) was an outlandish figure among early European astronomers, what with his prosthetic golden nose, his close relations with the Danish monarch and his private laboratory island where he observed the heavens. This scholarly work brings to life the man, his island and his age.
(DMK18, $25.99) |
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Beowulf
Seamus Heaney
LITERATURE
A best-selling, critically acclaimed verse translation of the seminal Anglo-Saxon epic, which tells of a Scandinavian hero's bravery in defending Denmark from the monster Grendel. Nobel laureate Seamus Heaney translated.
(SCN27, $13.95) |
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Gertrude and Claudius
John Updike
LITERATURE
In Shakespeare's play, Elsinore and Medieval Denmark are evoked in a few expressive lines, a castle, a mood; but in Updike's novel, an atmospheric prelude to Hamlet, Elsinore and its inhabitants get the full historical-novel treatment.
(DMK19, $13.95) |
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Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
William Shakespeare
Barbara Mowat
Paul Werstine
LITERATURE
This is a convenient pocket edition of Shakespeare's most celebrated play, part of the New Folger Library. Sure, it says more about Elizabethan England (and the human soul) than historical Denmark, but how could we resist?
(DMK08, $3.99) |
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Niels Lyhne
J. P. Jacobsen
Tina Nunnally
LITERATURE
An award-winning translation of the much-loved Danish novel, originally published in 1880.
(DMK39, $15.00) |
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Smilla's Sense of Snow
Peter Hoeg
LITERATURE
Set in Denmark and Greenland and aboard a secret ship, this page-turner includes an excellent portrait of modern day Copenhagen in its first half.
(DMK03, $15.00) |
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The History of Danish Dreams
Peter Hoeg
LITERATURE
COMING IN SEPTEMBER
Hoeg's first novel is a sprawling family saga spanning four generations and exploring the transition in Denmark from medieval society to modern nation.
(DMK05, $15.00) |
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The Quiet Girl
Peter Hoeg
LITERATURE
Hoeg (Smilla's Sense of Snow) sets this fast-paced, inventive novel in present day Denmark.
(DMK36, $26.00) |
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The Royal Physician's Visit
Per Olov Enquist
LITERATURE
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.
(DMK21, $14.00) |
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The Saga of the Volsungs
Jesse Byock
LITERATURE
Full of traditional Norse 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, these tales are essential reading for anyone wishing to understand Viking society.
(SCN05, $14.95) |
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The Spectator Bird
Wallace Stegner
LITERATURE
An American literary agent goes to Denmark and meets Karen Blixen in this novel by Wallace Stegner. Winner of the National Book Award.
(DMK16, $15.00) |
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To Siberia
Per Petterson
LITERATURE
COMING IN SEPTEMBER
This beautifully wrought tale of a young girl and her big brother Jesper captures the loneliness, magic and world of rural WWII-era Denmark.
(DMK41, $22.00) |
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Winter's Tales
Isak Dinesen
LITERATURE
A collection of 11 haunting short stories by the Danish writer most famous as Karen Blixen. With their Nordic settings, the Gothic tales draw upon the folk tradition and myths of Denmark. Originally published in 1942.
(DMK25, $13.95) |
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Birds of Europe
Killian Mullarney
Lars Svensson
Dan Zetterstrom
Peter J. Grant
FIELD GUIDE
FAVORITE
A Princeton field guide to European birds, featuring 3,500 color illustrations that depict 722 species found across the continent.
(FG47, $29.95) |
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