Scandinavia category: 802 books

Cover of Greenland Travel Guide - Tiki Travel
by Tiki Travel
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2012

Greenland Travel Guide - Tiki Travel The Tiki Travel guides use the text from WikiTravel.org, a complete and reliable worldwide travel guide written and edited by Wikitravellers from around the globe. An active table of contents enables users to jump directly to the section selected....
Cover of Quick Guide: Number the Stars
by College Guide World
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2013

“Number the Stars” by Lois Lowry one of the most highly acclaimed historical novels.The story is set during the Nazi occupation of Denmark. The German forces have occupied Denmark for three years. Like in other neighboring countries, they have started hunting the Jews in Denmark, their...
Cover of Finnish Aces of World War 2
by Kari Stenman
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2012

Always outnumbered by their Soviet counterparts, the small band of Finnish fighter pilots who defended their Scandinavian homeland from the 'communist hordes' in three separate wars between 1939 and 1945 amassed scores only bettered by the Luftwaffe's Jagdflieger. Initially equipped with a motley...
Cover of Ivory Vikings: The Mystery of the Most Famous Chessmen in the World and the Woman Who Made Them
by Nancy Marie Brown
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015

In the early 1800's, on a Hebridean beach in Scotland, the sea exposed an ancient treasure cache: 93 chessmen carved from walrus ivory. Norse netsuke, each face individual, each full of quirks, the Lewis Chessmen are probably the most famous chess pieces in the world. Harry played Wizard's Chess with...
Cover of More than Mythology: Narratives, Ritual Practices and Regional Distribution in Pre-Christian Scandinavian Religions
by
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2012

Written by distinguished scholars from multiple perspectives, this account widens the interpretative scope on religious life among the pre-Christian Scandinavian people. The religion of the Viking Age is conventionally identified through its mythology: the ambiguous character Odin, the forceful Thor,...
Cover of From Day to Day

From Day to Day

One Man's Diary of Survival in Nazi Concentration Camps

by Odd Nansen
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2016

In 1942 Norwegian Odd Nansen was arrested by the Nazis, and he spent the remainder of World War II in concentration camps—Grini in Oslo, Veidal above the Arctic Circle, and Sachsenhausen in Germany. For three and a half years, Nansen kept a secret diary on tissue-paper-thin pages later smuggled...
Cover of The Poetic Edda & The Prose Edda (Complete Edition)

The Poetic Edda & The Prose Edda (Complete Edition)

The Elder Saemundar Edda: Baldr's Dreams, Loki's Altercation + The Younger Snorri's Edda: Of Odin, Of Thor, Of Ragnarok, Gylfi's Journey To Asgard

by Saemund Sigfusson, Snorri Sturluson
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2019

This meticulously edited ebook collection is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. "Edda" is an Old Norse term attributed by modern scholars to these two main Medieval Icelandic literary works of mythology: Contents: The Elder Eddas of Saemund Völuspâ....
Cover of The Sun Road

The Sun Road

A Woman of Viking Age Iceland seeks Love, Land and Luck

by Afiena Kamminga
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2014

In tenth century Iceland a young woman, Thora Thorvinnsdottir, is orphaned at age fifteen, out of a home and close to destitute. Goaded by her misfortune Thora strives to fill in the gaps between the warp threads of her life's weaving pattern — which the Norns, maidens of fate, set up for each mortal...
Cover of Sigurd and His Brave Companions

Sigurd and His Brave Companions

A Tale of Medieval Norway

by Sigrid Undset
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2013

Inspired by tales of the hero Vilmund Vidutan and his fellow knights, Sigurd Jonsson and his young friends Ivar and Helge set out to reenact these exploits on their medieval Norwegian farm. They carve swords and lances and spend hours making shields. With a little imagination, a pasture becomes a battlefield,...
Cover of Learn Norwegian II - Parallel Text - Short Stories (Norwegian - English)
by Polyglot Planet Publishing
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2015

Learning Norwegian II with parallel text is the most rewarding and effective method to learn a language. Existing vocabulary is refreshed, while new vocabulary is instantly put into practice. The Norwegian grammar easily sinks in through our cleverly written and well formatted stories. Each sentence...
Cover of Norwegisch Lernen II - Paralleltext - Kurzgeschichten (Norwegisch - Deutsch)
by Polyglot Planet Publishing
Language: German
Release Date: December 21, 2015

Norwegisch lernen II mit Paralleltext (Bilingual, Zweisprachig) ist eine sehr lohnenswerte und effektive Art um eine neue Sprache zu erlernen. Satz für Satz wird die Deutsche Übersetzung unauffällig angezeigt - Kein Nachschlagen oder Wörterbuch nötig! Ihr Wortschatz wird aufgefrischt, während neues...
Cover of Aprender sueco | Fácil de leer | Fácil de escuchar | Texto paralelo CURSO EN AUDIO n.º 3
by Polyglot Planet
Language: Spanish
Release Date: August 9, 2016

LECTURAS FÁCILES - SUECO CURSO EN AUDIO N.º 3FÁCIL DE ESCUCHAR, FÁCIL DE LEER, FÁCIL DE APRENDER Lo último en cursos de aprendizaje de idiomas.¿Tiene nivel de principiante en sueco o necesita refrescar sus conocimientos del idioma? ¿Desea no solo hablar como un nativo,...
Cover of Imparare il norvegese - Lettura facile | Ascolto facile | Testo a fronte - Norvegese corso audio num. 1
by Polyglot Planet
Language: Italian
Release Date: December 19, 2015

THE EASY READER - **NORVEGESE CORSO AUDIO NUM. 1** ASCOLTO FACILE – LETTURA FACILE – APPRENDIMENTO FACILE  Questo è il nostro miglior corso di sempre. Sei quasi un principiante in norvegese o vuoi rispolverare le tue competenze linguistiche? Vuoi non soltanto parlare come...
Cover of Aprender Danés - Texto paralelo | Fácil de leer | Fácil de escuchar - CURSO EN AUDIO n.º 3
by Polyglot Planet
Language: Spanish
Release Date: August 8, 2016

LECTURAS FÁCILES - DANÉS CURSO EN AUDIO N.º 3FÁCIL DE ESCUCHAR - FÁCIL DE LEER - FÁCIL DE APRENDER Lo último en cursos de aprendizaje de idiomas.¿Tiene nivel de principiante en danés o necesita refrescar sus conocimientos del idioma? ¿Desea no solo hablar como un nativo,...
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