Scandinavia category: 802 books

LECTURE FACILE - DANOIS COURS AUDIO N° 3ÉCOUTE FACILE - LECTURE FACILE - APPRENTISSAGE FACILE Voici notre tout dernier cours.Vous êtes débutant dans l’apprentissage du danois ou avez besoin de faire quelques révisions ? Vous souhaitez non seulement pouvoir parler couramment...

A Slave’s Tale, the sequel to Hakon of Rogen’s Saga, is told from the point of view of a slave girl, Helga, who stows away on the longship when Hakon, the young Viking chieftain, sets sail for France on a voyage to return Rark, a freed slave, to his homeland. The voyagers’ journey is perilous—they...

LECTURE FACILE - SUÉDOIS COURS AUDIO N° 3ÉCOUTE FACILE - LECTURE FACILE - APPRENTISSAGE FACILE Voici notre tout dernier cours.Vous êtes débutant dans l’apprentissage du suédois ou avez besoin de faire quelques révisions ? Vous souhaitez non seulement pouvoir parler couramment...

THE EASY READER - SVEDESE CORSO AUDIO NUM. 1ASCOLTO FACILE – LETTURA FACILE – APPRENDIMENTO FACILE Questo è il nostro miglior corso di sempre.Sei quasi un principiante in svedese o vuoi rispolverare le tue competenze linguistiche? Vuoi non soltanto parlare come un madrelingua...

The third in the series featuring Ariel Kafka, Helsinki’s only Jewish homicide detective. Like the extensively reviewed Nights of Awe and Behind God’s Back, it is a brisk read, with rapid twists and turns leading to a satisfying resolution. Kafka’s dry humor is once again in evidence,...

5.0 out of 5 stars David Coulson Suddenly a piece of music or art or literature can arrive that becomes a landmark for it's genre. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, Jupiter's Travels and now Notes From The Road by Derek Mansfield. 5.0 out of 5 stars Paddy Tyson, Overland Magazine Just occasionally...

Selected passages from the accounts of nearly thirty travellers, together with Lurcock’s informed and entertaining commentary, chart the varied responses of British writers to the making of modern Finland up to 1917, the year of independence.The book includes a section on the Russian War of 1854–5,...

Sustainable Stockholm provides a historical overview of Stockholm’s environmental development, and also discusses a number of cross-disciplinary themes presenting the urban sustainability work behind Stockholm’s unique position, and importantly the question of how well Stockholm’s practices...

When the Vikings invaded and conquered England, France, and Ireland, they opened a new and fascinating chapter in their history. The nature of the beset lands, the traditions and character of their peoples, and the strengths and weaknesses of the various Viking leaders made each of these three invasions...

A terror to the outside world, Viking longships were a source of great, understandable pride to Norsemen. At a time when the majority of men and women in the West lived and died within walking distance of their birthplaces and travel was slow and dangerous, Vikings seemed to skitter over the globe...

The Vikings thought of themselves as the ultimate warriors. But this one-dimensional image belies considerable complexity. They were, in fact, as much merchants as marauders. Among the commodities they sold was one that brought them the greatest profit of all - more than amber, silver, or pelts. That...

Much about the Vikings remains a mystery - including the very name by which they are known. Whatever its origin, the word Viking quickly acquired a meaning it has never lost: a seaborne rover, raider, and conqueror. But the Vikings had another side that was exceptionally creative and constructive....

Perhaps the most legendary of the Vikings, Erik the Red founded a settlement in Greenland that would survive for nearly five centuries. His son Leif burned with the same desire to reach westward beyond their Scandinavian homeland. That hungering took him to the apogee of Norse explorations: America,...

The Vikings sailed to Iceland not as raiders but as settlers. They sought farmland and goods with which to trade. For the land-hungry Norwegians, the call of the new country, where vast stretches of real estate were open for the taking, must have seemed every bit as alluring as any treasure. As added...