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Vikings in North America

Pursuing the Myth of Paradise

by Kathleen O'Neal Gear, W. Michael Gear
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2015

With VIKINGS IN NORTH AMERICA, W. Michael Gear and Kathleen O'Neal Gear, renowned archaeologists and bestselling authors of America's Forgotten Past series, discuss the fascinating myths that compelled the first Norse explorers to brave the oceans to reach North American shores. At the Publisher's...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2013

Comic Sagas and Tales brings together the very finest Icelandic stories from the thirteenth to the fifteenth centuries, a time of civil unrest and social upheaval. With feuding families and moments of grotesque violence, the sagas see such classic mythological figures as murdered fathers, disguised...
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by Lonely Planet, Becky Ohlsen, Charles Rawlings-Way
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2018

Lonely Planet: The world’s leading travel guide publisher Lonely Planet Pocket Stockholm is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Wander through Swedish history at Skansen, an excellent outdoor museum; marvel...
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by Lonely Planet, Anthony Ham, Oliver Berry
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2018

Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher Lonely Planet Norway is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Visit Oslo; Norway's cultural capital, hike glacier-strewn high country, or simply hope to...
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Discourses of Empire

Counter-Epic Literature in Early Modern Spain

by Barbara Simerka
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2003

The counter-epic is a literary style that developed in reaction to imperialist epic conventions as a means of scrutinizing the consequences of foreign conquest of dominated peoples. It also functioned as a transitional literary form, a bridge between epic narratives of military heroics and novelistic...
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by George Webbe Dasent
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2012

Embodying the fears, fantasies, and forebodings of the people who lived in northern Europe when the world was a darker and more frightening place, these 42 authentic folktales were culled from the rich legacy of Norse and German mythology by noted folklorist George Webbe Dasent. They include stories...
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The Book of Viking Myths

From the Voyages of Leif Erikson to the Deeds of Odin, the Storied History and Folklore of the Vikings

by Peter Archer
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2017

This fascinating new book reveals the origins of the Vikings—from Thor and Leif Erikson to Loki and the Valkyries—and the tales that have influenced our own lives. For thousands of years, Vikings have held a storied place in our culture—their distinct appearance, their mighty longships,...
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The Saga of Didrik of Bern

with The Dwarf King Laurin

by Ian Cumpstey
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2017

The Saga of Didrik of Bern tells the epic story of the legendary King Didrik and his warriors. Early in the saga, we hear about how the young Didrik assembles a formidable group of warriors, and about their journey to challenge a powerful king. These warriors include Wideke, whose father, Weland the...
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by Rachel Tsoumbakos
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2017

The famous Viking, Ragnar Lodbrok, accomplished many great deeds according to the Viking Sagas associated with him. However, for many, it is his personal life, and the women who loved him that garners the most interest. So, who were these women and why did they love him? Find out: *Who...
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by Harriet Monroe
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2018

In giving this sketch of the life of Gustavus Adolphus, no attempt has been made to present a complete life of the great king. It is a history difficult for young people to understand, and for that reason only the leading events of a most eventful life have been presented. It was first written for...
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Marta Oulie

A Novel of Betrayal

by Sigrid Undset
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2014

“I have been unfaithful to my husband.” Marta Oulie’s opening line scandalized Norwegian readers in 1907. And yet, Sigrid Undset had a gift for depicting modern women “sympathetically but with merciless truthfulness,” as the Swedish Academy noted in awarding her the Nobel Prize for Literature...
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by John Haywood
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2013

Combines the latest research and discoveries with a humorous eye to take us inside the Viking world So you want to be a Viking? Vikings are the lords of the northern seas. Fame, glory, and wealth await those who brave storms and enemy spears to plunder far and wide in foreign lands. Who wouldn’t...
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by Stephan Weaver
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2017

From the invasion of Britain to the siege of Paris, the Viking age is indeed one of the most tumultuous and formative periods of European history. But what of the forces behind the seismic raids and explorations? What of the ingenious craftsmanship behind the longboats that were beyond their time?...
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Arabia Felix

The Danish Expedition of 1761-1767

by Thorkild Hansen
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2017

A riveting account of a landmark expedition that left only one survivor, now back in print for the first time in decades. Arabia Felix is the spellbinding true story of a scientific expedition gone disastrously awry. On a winter morning in 1761 six men leave Copenhagen by sea—a botanist,...
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