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Essential Books These 4 items are available for $68, including
U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXNOR46)		  
Eyewitness Guide Norway  •  Eyewitness Guides
GUIDEBOOK •  2010 •  PAPER  • 304 PAGES
This handsome, illustrated guide covers nature, culture, history and attractions of Norway. We also carry Eyewitness guides to Sweden (SWE32), Stockholm (SWE18) and Denmark (DMK28). (NOR29, $25.00)		   Eyewitness Guide Norway
Penguin Historical Atlas of the Vikings  •  John Haywood
REFERENCE •  1995 •  PAPER  • 144 PAGES
A thorough history of the Vikings as told through a series of innovative maps and excellent photographs of Viking artifacts. This book traces the route of the 9th-century Viking merchants and explorers throughout Europe and on to the New World. (VIK02, $20.00)		   Penguin Historical Atlas of the Vikings
Norwegian Folk Tales  •  Peter Asbjornsen
ANTHOLOGY •  1982 •  PAPER  • 188 PAGES
This rich collection of stories, interpreted by a leading scholar on ancient traditions and tales, will delight both adults and children. (NOR06, $15.95)		   Norwegian Folk Tales
Norway Map  •  Michelin Travel Publications
MAP
A handsome map of Norway at a scale of 1:1,000,000, with a place index and shaded relief. Two Sides. 40x27 inches. (NOR05, $11.95)		   Norway Map



Also Recommended

Culture Smart! Norway  •  Linda March   • 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. (NOR43, $9.95)
 		  
Glaciers and Glaciation  •  Douglas I. Benn   • REFERENCE  •  In this new edition, the text, references, and illustrations have been thoroughly updated to give today's reader an up-to-the minute overview of the nature, origin and behavior of glaciers and the geological and geomorphological evidence for their past history on earth. (GEO60, $69.95)
 		  
Insight Guide Norway  •  Insight Guides   • GUIDEBOOK  •  Featuring concise essays on natural history, politics and culture, hundreds of photos and maps, and some limited practical information. (NOR03, $23.95)
 		  
Rough Guide Norway  •  Jules Brown   • GUIDEBOOK  •  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, $22.99)
 		  
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)
 		  
The Vikings, Lords of the Seas  •  Yves Cohat   • HISTORY  •  An indispensable reference that fits in your pocket, this slim volume is packed with maps, archival photographs, and illustrations. It tells of the Norse homeland, discoveries and settlements, and also features a useful chronology and excerpts from the Viking Sagas. Part of the "Discoveries" series. (VIK01, $15.95)
 		  
Vikings, The North Atlantic Saga  •  William Fitzhugh  •  Elisabeth Ward   • HISTORY  •  An extensively illustrated volume of Viking culture, history and exploration that focuses especially on voyages to North America. Published in conjunction with a Smithsonian exhibit, it features essays and 400 color photographs. (VIK11, $34.95)
 		  
Assault in Norway, Sabotaging the Nazi Nuclear Bomb  •  Thomas Gallagher   • EXPLORATION  •  A small team of Norwegian ski commandos on a mission to destroy the Vemork heavy water plant -- and stop the Germans from getting the atomic bomb. A gripping true story of bravery and endurance against all odds, featuring hair-raising escapades -- some of which are so outrageous they seem lifted from an action novel. Non-fiction. (NOR62, $18.95)
 		  
Edvard Grieg and Frederick Delius, The Correspondence  •  Edvard Grieg  •  Frederick Delius  •  Lionel Carley   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  The correspondence of two friends and fellow composers. (NOR18, $35.00)
 		  
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)
 		  
The Fellowship of Ghosts, Travels in the Land of Midnight Sun  •  Paul Watkins   • EXPLORATION  •  Novelist Watkins tries his hand at travel, interweaving a memoir of his own experiences in Norway with those of early eccentric visitors. His solo wanderings also take into account the beautiful Norwegian countryside, with vivid descriptions of dramatic cliffs and expansive snowfields. (NOR35, $16.00)
 		  
We Die Alone  •  David Howarth   • EXPLORATION  •  Howarth's riveting account of courage, determination and valor in Nazi-occupied Norway follows Jan Baalrud's extraordinary escape by ski across the Lyngen Alps. (NOR14, $16.95)
 		  
Growth of the Soil  •  Knut Hamsun   • LITERATURE  •  The epic tale of a homesteader in the mountainous Norwegian interior, which helped win Hamsun a Nobel Prize in 1920. (NOR36, $14.00)
 		  
Kristin Lavransdatter: The Wreath, The Wife, The Cross  •  Sigrid Undset  •  Tina Nunnally   • LITERATURE  •  A masterful historical epic by the Nobel Prize-winning author, first published in 1927. This omnibus edition follows the life of one woman from birth to death in devoutly Catholic 14th-century Norway. A cornerstone of Scandinavian literature, the trilogy is a powerful introduction to the medieval society. (NOR40, $25.00)
 		  
Mysteries  •  Knut Hamsun  •  Sverre Lyngstad   • LITERATURE  •  An odd character settles in a small Norwegian village and charms the locals. First published in 1890, this book is an insightful look at life in Norway and our favorite of Hamsun's many novels. (NOR08, $16.00)
 		  
Out Stealing Horses  •  Per Petterson   • LITERATURE  •  In this luminous novel of memory, childhood and loss in rural Norway, elderly narrator Trond Sander looks back on his life and the chain of events that began one fateful summer day in 1948. (NOR66, $14.00)
 		  
The Body in the Fjord  •  Katherine Hall Page   • MYSTERY  •  A Faith Fairchild mystery, distinguished by its intricate plot and its setting along the fjords of Norway. Hall Page, as usual, includes a section of recipes at the end (part-time sleuth Faith Fairchild is, after all, a caterer). (NOR34, $7.99)
 		  
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)
 		  
The Wreath  •  Sigrid Undset  •  Tina Nunnally   • LITERATURE  •  A romantic masterpiece by the Nobel Prize-winning Norwegian author, first published in 1927. The first volume in Undset's trilogy of historical novels recreating a woman's life during the Middle Ages in devoutly Catholic Norway. Also available are the other two parts of the trilogy, "The Mistress of Husaby" (NOR16) and "The Cross" (NOR17). (NOR10, $15.00)
 		  
Glacier Ice  •  Austin Post  •  Edward R. LaChapelle   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  A classic book of extraordinary black-and-white aerial photographs of mountains and glaciers by two devoted men of ice. Ed LaChapelle's text is paired with Austin Post's stunning aerial photographs of glaciers from Alaska and Chile to Switzerland, the Himalayas and other parts of the world. (SCI07, $27.95)
 		  
Birds of Europe  •  Lars Svensson   • FIELD GUIDE • FAVORITE  •  Featuring 3,500 glorious paintings by Killian Mullarney and Dan Zetterstrom, the second revised edition of this exquisite guide has been brought up to date with revised text and maps. (FG47, $29.95)
 		  
 
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