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The Tricking Of Freya

The Draining Lake

  • The Draining Lake
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    Arnaldur Indriðason ; translated from the Icelandic by Bernard Scudder
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    Book, 1st U.S. ed, Thomas Dunne Books, 2008
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    An international sensation, published in over twenty five countries around the world, Arnaldur Indridason attained instant fame in the English-speaking mystery world after winning the Gold Dagger Award for Silence of the Grave. Inspectors Erlendur, Elinborg, and Sigurdur Oli?s investigation takes them back to the Cold War era, when bright, left-wing students in Iceland were sent to study in the ?heavenly state? (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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     (UPPER LEVEL)  PT7511.A67 K5413 2008  AVAILABLE

The Windows Of Brimnes : An American In Iceland

Last Rituals : An Icelandic Novel Of Secret Symbols, Medieval Witchcraft, And Modern Murder

How The Ladies Stopped The Wind

The Problem With Chickens

The Far Traveler : Voyages Of A Viking Woman

A Companion To Old Norse-Icelandic Literature And Culture

  • A Companion To Old Norse-Icelandic Literature And Culture
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    edited by Rory McTurk
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    Book, Blackwell Pub, 2005
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    This major survey of Old Norse-Icelandic literature and culture comprises 29 chapters written by leading scholars in the field, over a third of whom are Icelanders. Chapters on ‘archaeology’, ’social institutions’ and ‘geography and travel’ make it possible to view the literature in its wider cultural context while chapters on ‘reception’ and ‘continuity’ demonstrate the ways in which medieval Norse-Icelandic literature and culture overflow into the modern period. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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     (UPPER LEVEL)  PT7113 .C66 2005  AVAILABLE

Icelandic Online Dictionary And Readings

Viking Age Iceland

  • Viking Age Iceland
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    Jesse L. Byock
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    Book, Penguin Books, 2001
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    The popular image of the Viking Age is of warlords and marauding bands pillaging their way along the shores of Northern Europe. Combining history with anthropology and archaeology, this remarkable study serves as a valuable companion to the Icelandic sagas, exploring all aspects of Viking Age life: feasting, farming, the power of chieftains and the church, marriage, and the role of women. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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     (LOWER LEVEL)  DL352 .B96 2001  AVAILABLE

Summer At Little Lava : A Season At The Edge Of The World

  • Summer At Little Lava : A Season At The Edge Of The World
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    Charles Fergus
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    Book, 1st ed, North Point Press, 1998
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    Little Lava is a farm on the west coast of Iceland. In Summer at Little Lava, Charles Fergus tells how he fixed up an abandoned house on the farm and spent a summer there with his wife and their young son-living day to day in great simplicity, without heat, electricity, running water, or other conveniences. Inspired by Henry Beston’s classic book, The Outermost House-about a year Beston spent living in a cottage on Cape Cod-Fergus sought a place at the outer limits of civilization, and on the coast of Iceland he found it. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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     (UPPER LEVEL)  QH166 .F47 1998  AVAILABLE

Ring Of Seasons : Iceland, Its Culture And History

Historical Dictionary Of Iceland

  • Historical Dictionary Of Iceland
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    Guðmundur Hálfdanarson
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    Book, Scarecrow Press, 1997
  • Description

    Contains a detailed chronology, notes on the Icelandic language, a listing of abbreviations and acronyms, an introduction which highlights important events in Icelandic history, and a bibliography of titles to assist the interested researcher in learning more about this small but important European country. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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     (LOWER LEVEL)  DL338 .G82 1997  AVAILABLE

Nights Of The Pufflings

Iceland, Nato, And Security In The Norwegian Sea : A Report From A Conference In Reykjavík, Iceland, 12th-13th March, 1987