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SCANDINAVIA
Norway
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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/O4963. You may also call 800-342-2164 to order or request a catalog.
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These 4 items are available
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U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXNOR46) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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Also Recommended
Culture Smart! Norway
• Linda March
• GUIDEBOOK
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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)
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Lonely Planet Norway
• Deanna Swaney
• GUIDEBOOK
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With maps, practical details and information on sightseeing.
(NOR25, $23.99)
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Norway 1940
• Francois Kersaudy
• HISTORY
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A detailed account of the German invasion of Norway in 1940.
(NOR20, $26.95)
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Vikings, The North Atlantic Saga
• William Fitzhugh
• Elisabeth Ward
• HISTORY
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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)
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In Cod We Trust: Living the Norwegian Dream
• Eric Dregni
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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A Minnesotan of Norwegian extraction, Dregni writes entertainingly of Norwegian culture and the immigrant experience in this delightful account of a year living with his wife and infant son in Trondheim on a Fulbright scholarship.
(NOR68, $22.95)
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Letters on Sweden, Norway, and Denmark
• Mary Wollstonecraft
• William Godwin
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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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)
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The Fellowship of Ghosts, Travels in the Land of Midnight Sun
• Paul Watkins
• EXPLORATION
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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)
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Don't Look Back
• Karen Fossum
• MYSTERY
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In her U.S. debut, Norwegian mystery author Karen Fossum weaves a tale of intrigue set in a small mountain town outside of Oslo.
(NOR37, $14.00)
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Growth of the Soil
• Knut Hamsun
• LITERATURE
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The epic tale of a homesteader in the mountainous Norwegian interior, which helped win Hamsun a Nobel Prize in 1920.
(NOR36, $14.00)
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King Harald's Saga
• Magnus Magnusson
• Paulsson Herman
• Snorri Sturlusson
• Hermann Palsson
• LITERATURE
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A classic biography of the last Viking warrior King Harald and an account of the 1066 conflict between Norway and England.
(NOR19, $14.00)
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Kristin Lavransdatter: The Wreath, The Wife, The Cross
• Sigrid Undset
• Tina Nunnally
• LITERATURE
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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)
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Mysteries
• Knut Hamsun
• Sverre Lyngstad
• LITERATURE
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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)
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Out Stealing Horses
• Per Petterson
• LITERATURE
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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)
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Per Gynt, A Dramatic Poem
• Henrik Ibsen
• LITERATURE
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A Penguin Classics' edition of Ibsen's classic.
(NOR59, $11.00)
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The Norse Myths
• Kevin Crossley-Holland
• LITERATURE
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This classic collection includes 32 tales of Nordic gods, goddesses and heroes. With an overview of the Norse world, cosmology and gods.
(SCN38, $17.95)
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