Cultural Region/Scandinavian
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Beowulf: A New Verse Translation
$15.95 Add to cartComposed toward the end of the first millennium, Beowulf is the elegiac narrative of the adventures of Beowulf, a Scandinavian hero who saves the Danes from the seemingly invincible monster Grendel an
- Author: Heaney, Seamus
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: February 17 2001
- ISBN10: 0393320979
- Language: English
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The Other Name: Septology I-II
$18.95 Add to cartThe lives of an aging painter and his doppelganger converge and diverge in an elegiac meditation on our unlived lives, in the first volume of the celebrated Norwegian writer’s Septology.
- Series: Septology #1
- Author: Fosse, Jon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 340
- Publish Date: April 04, 2020
- ISBN10: 1945492406
- Language: English
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The Employees: A Workplace Novel of the 22nd Century
$14.95 Add to cartNow in paperback, The Employees chronicles the fate of the interstellar Six-Thousand Ship. The human and humanoid crew members complain about their daily tasks in a series of staff reports and memos. … [more below]
- Author: Ravn, Olga
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: February 07 2023
- ISBN10: 0811234827
- Language: English
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Number the Stars: A Newbery Award Winner
$9.99 Add to cartThe unforgettable Newbery Medal-winning novel from Lois Lowry. As the German troops begin their campaign to “relocate” all the Jews of Denmark, Annemarie Johansen’s family takes in Annemarie’s best fr
- Author: Lowry, Lois
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: May 02, 2011
- ISBN10: 0547577095
- Language: English
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A Shining
$16.95 Add to cartWINNER OF THE 2023 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE
A New Yorker Best Book of 2023
A man starts driving without knowing where he is going. He alternates between turning right and left, and ultimately finds him
- Author: Fosse, Jon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: October 31, 2023
- ISBN10: 1945492775
- Language: English
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Septology
$22.95 Add to cartWINNER OF THE 2023 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE
2022 International Booker Prize, Finalist
2022 National Book Award, Finalist
2022 National Book Critics Circle Award, Finalist
New York Times Editors’ Choice
Na- Author: Fosse, Jon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 672
- Publish Date: October 31, 2023
- ISBN10: 1945492759
- Language: English
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An Elsa Beskow Gift Collection: Children of the Forest and Other Beautiful Books
$40.00 Add to cartA beautiful gift collection of some of Elsa Beskow’s best-loved books.
Enter the world of Elsa Beskow, ‘Sweden’s Beatrix Potter’, and meet a cast of enchanting characters from Jack Frost to woodland
- Author: Beskow, Elsa
- Binding: Boxed Set
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: August 07, 2018
- ISBN10: 1782503803
- Language: English
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How Iceland Changed the World: The Big History of a Small Island
$19.00 Add to cart“[A] joyously peculiar book.” — The New York Times
‘Bjarnason’s intriguing book might be about a cold place, but it’s tailor-made to be read on the beach.’ –New Statesman
The untold story of how on- Author: Bjarnason, Egill
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: May 11 2021
- ISBN10: 143135880
- Language: English
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My Struggle, Book One
$19.00 Add to cartA New York Times bestseller, My Struggle: Book 1 introduces American readers to the audacious, addictive, and profoundly surprising international literary sensation that is the provocative and brilli
- Series: My Struggle #1
- Author: Knausgaard, Karl Ove
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: May 28 2013
- ISBN10: 0374534144
- Language: English
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Hunger
$17.00 Add to cartA modernist masterpiece: the Nobel Prize winner’s first and most important novel
A Penguin Classic First published in Norway in 1890, Hunger probes the depths of consciousness with frightening and gr- Series: Penguin Twentieth Century Classics
- Author: Hamsun, Knut
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: February 01, 1998
- ISBN10: 0141180641
- Language: English
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River Kings: A New History of the Vikings from Scandinavia to the Silk Roads
$18.95 Add to cartFollow an epic story of the Viking Age that traces the historical trail of an ancient piece of jewelry found in a Viking grave in England to its origins thousands of miles east in India.
An acclaimed- Author: Jarman, Cat
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: March 28, 2023
- ISBN10: 1639365427
- Language: English
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The Little Mermaid: A Pop-Up Adaptation of the Classic Fairy Tale
$39.99 Add to cartA beloved under-the-sea tale is now a pop-up masterpiece, from expert craftsman Robert Sabuda.
Come along on a magical journey under the sea in this stunning pop-up adaptation of the beloved fairy tal- Author: Sabuda, Robert
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 12
- Publish Date: October 01 2013
- ISBN10: 1416960805
- Language: English
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Fika: The Art of the Swedish Coffee Break, with Recipes for Pastries, Breads, and Other Treats [A Baking Book]
$20.00 Add to cartAn illustrated lifestyle cookbook on the Swedish tradition of fika–a twice-daily coffee break–including recipes for traditional baked goods, information and anecdotes about Swedish coffee culture, a… [more below]
- Author: Brones, Anna
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: April 07 2015
- ISBN10: 1607745860
- Language: English
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Norwegian by Night, 2
$18.99 Add to cartIn this winner of the Crime Writerss Association John Creasey Dagger Award and the Guardian Best Crime and Thriller of the Year, a former Marine sniper and a newly orphaned boy race across the Norwegi
- Series: A Sheldon Horowitz Novel #2
- Author: Miller, Derek B.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: May 06, 2014
- ISBN10: 0544292669
- Language: English
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Homestyle Icelandic Cooking for American Kitchens
$16.99 Add to cartWhether you’re looking to connect with your roots, try something new or already love Icelandic cooking, this book is a must for your cookbook shelf. This is a collection of 25 traditional everyday Ice
- Author: Herman, Heidi
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 76
- Publish Date: July 19, 2017
- ISBN10: 194723305X
- Language: English
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The Woman Inside
$28.99 Read moreA wealthy couple ends up murdered in the nicest part of town in this compulsively readable, page-turning thriller from M. T. Edvardsson, The Woman Inside.
Bill Olsson, recently widowed, is desperate- Author: Edvardsson, M. T.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: June 13, 2023
- ISBN10: 1250204623
- Language: English
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A Nearly Normal Family
$17.99 Add to cartNow a Netflix Limited Series
“…A compulsively readable tour de force.” —The Wall Street Journal
New York Times Book Review recommends M.T. Edvardsson’s A Nearly Normal Family and lauds it as a “page-- Author: Edvardsson, M. T.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: June 30, 2020
- ISBN10: 1250204593
- Language: English
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The Nordic Baking Book
$54.95 Add to cartThe acclaimed chef featured in the Emmy-Award winning US PBS series The Mind of a Chef and the Netflix docuseries Chef’s Table explores the rich baking tradition of the Nordic region, with 450 temptin
- Author: Nilsson, Magnus
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 576
- Publish Date: October 15 2018
- ISBN10: 0714876844
- Language: English
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Hildur, Queen of the Elves and Other Stories: Icelandic Folktales
$18.00 Add to cartOut of the country’s fascinating geography and history emerge a plethora of poetic and imaginative Icelandic legends that hold a particular wary respect of nature, and a wry wisdom at turns gentle and… [more below]
- Series: International Folk Tale
- Author: Bedell, J. M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: August 01 2006
- ISBN10: 1566566339
- Language: English
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The Couples Trip: A Thriller
$30.00 Add to cart**Swedish Academy of Crime Writers’ Award Best Debut of the Year**
**Shortlisted for the Crimetime Award 2022**Two couples set out together on a hiking trip that goes terrifyingly wrong in this addicti
- Author: Kvensler, Ulf
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: June 06, 2023
- ISBN10: 1335455000
- Language: English
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