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A Practical Guide to the Runes: Their Uses in Divination and Magick by Lisa Peschel 9780875425931
RRP: $10.31$7.38Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780875425931Author Lisa PeschelFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Llewellyn Publications,U.S.Publisher Llewellyn Publications,U.S.Weight(grams) 101g -
Iceland's Secret: The Untold Story of the World's Biggest Con by Jared Bibler 9780857198990
RRP: $29.66$20.03Born in Massachusetts, Jared Bibler relocated to Iceland in 2004 only to find himself in the middle of an unprecedented financial crisis a handful of years later. Personally wiped out and seeking to uncover the truth about a collapse that brought the... -
Inari Sami Folklore: Stories from Aanaar by August V. Koskimies 9780299319045
RRP: $29.61$28.20A rich multivoiced anthology of folktales, legends, joik songs, proverbs, riddles, and other verbal art, this is the most comprehensive collection of Sami oral tradition available in English to date. Collected by August V. Koskimies and Toivo I. Itkonen... -
Viking Language 2 by Jesse L. Byock 9781481175265
RRP: $38.69$36.34Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781481175265Author Jesse L. ByockFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint CreateSpacePublisher CreateSpace -
A Short History of the Renaissance in Northern Europe by Malcolm Vale 9781780763859
$21.63The concept of a Northern European 'Renaissance' in the arts, in thought, and in more general culture north of the Alps often evokes the idea of a cultural transplant which was not indigenous to, or rooted in, the society from which it emerged. Classic... -
A History of the Vikings by Gwyn Jones
RRP: $25.79$18.42An utterly splendid book, quite the most brilliantly written, balanced, and explanative general work on the Vikings ever to appear in English or in any language.' Scandinavian Studies The subject of this book is the Viking realms, Denmark, Sweden, and... -
The Border - A Journey Around Russia: SHORTLISTED FOR THE STANFORD DOLMAN TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020 by Erika Fatland
RRP: $19.34$12.64"Erika Fatland [is] shaping up to be one of the Nordics' most exciting new travel writers" National Geographic**SHORTLISTED FOR THE STANFORDS DOLMAN TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020**"A hauntingly lyrical meditation to the contingencies of history" Wall... -
The Rules of the Game: Jutland and British Naval Command by Andrew Gordon
RRP: $24.50$16.62Winner of the Longman's History Today Book of the Year Award and the inaugural Westminster Medal for Military Literature More than a century had gone by since the Battle of Trafalgar. Generation after generation of British naval captains had been... -
How Finland Survived Stalin: From Winter War to Cold War, 1939-1950 by Kimmo Rentola 9780300273618
RRP: $32.25$26.99A dramatic and timely account of Stalin's failed invasion of Finland in 1939, and the decade of wars and fraught relations that followed In November 1939, Stalin directed his military leaders to launch an invasion of Finland. In what became known as... -
The Emergence of the English by Susan Oosthuizen
RRP: $21.87$21.44Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781641891271Author Susan OosthuizenFormat PaperbackPage Count 148Imprint Arc Humanities PressPublisher Arc Humanities Press -
The Sami Peoples of the North: A Social and Cultural History by Neil Kent
RRP: $24.50$21.90The first comprehensive history of the Sami people of the Nordic countries and northwestern Russia. There is no single volume which encompasses an integrated social and cultural history of the Sami people from the Nordic countries and northwestern Russia... -
Miracle at the Litza: Hitler'S First Defeat on the Eastern Front by Alf R. Jacobsen 9781612005065
RRP: $32.25$27.00In the early summer of 1941 German mountain soldiers under the command of General Eduard Dietl set out in northern Norway up through Finland to the Russian border. Operation Silberfuchs was underway. The northernmost section of the Eastern Front would... -
Saga Land: The Island Stories at the Edge of the World by Richard Fidler
RRP: $16.76$11.46'I adored this book - a wondrous compendium of Iceland's best sagas' - Hannah Kent A new friendship. An unforgettable journey. A beautiful and bloody history.This is Iceland as you've never read it before ...Broadcaster Richard Fidler and author Kari... -
Understanding Disability Throughout History: Interdisciplinary Perspectives in Iceland from Settlement to 1936 by Hanna Björg Sigurjónsdóttir 9781032017822
RRP: $50.30$44.14Understanding Disability Throughout History explores seldom-heard voices from the past by studying the hidden lives of disabled people before the concept of disability existed culturally, socially and administratively. The book focuses on Iceland from... -
Denmark - Culture Smart!: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture by Mark H. Salmon 9781857338843
RRP: $10.31$7.92Culture Smart guides help travellers have a more meaningful and successful time abroad through a better understanding of the local culture. Chapters on values, attitudes, customs, and daily life will help you make the most of your visit, while tips on... -
Hitler's Vikings: The History of the Scandinavian Waffen-SS: The Legions, the SS Wiking and the SS Nordland by Jonathan Trigg
RRP: $19.34$14.90The Nazis' dream of a world dominated by legions of Aryan 'supermen', forged in battle and absolutely loyal to Hitler, was epitomised by the Waffen-SS. Created as a supreme military elite, it grew to become Nazi Germany's 'second army', an immense force... -
Cnut the Great by Timothy Bolton
RRP: $16.76$14.78A seminal biography of Cnut, the underappreciated eleventh-century Scandinavian warlord-turned-Anglo-Saxon monarch who united the English and Danish crowns to forge a North Sea empire "A gripping and revelatory biography of Britain's Danish conqueror."-... -
Heimskringla: History of the Kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson
RRP: $45.15$40.94Beginning with the dim prehistory of the mythical gods and their descendants, Heimskringla recounts the history of the kings of Norway through the reign of Olaf Haraldsson, who became Norway's patron saint. Once found in most homes and schools and still... -
Japan: Land of the Rising Sun by Melanie Clegg
RRP: $25.79$17.61From shrines to megacities, from paddy fields to high speed trains to the latest in digital technology, Japan is a fascinating mix of the ancient and modern, of East and West. Featuring castles and hot springs, remote volcanic islands and intense... -
The Vikings in Iceland: The History of the Norse Expeditions and Settlements across Iceland by Charles River Editors 9781729843673
RRP: $13.21$10.44Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781729843673Author Charles RiverFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent Publishing... -
Viking Identities: Scandinavian Jewellery in England by Jane F. Kershaw
$55.66Viking Identities is the first detailed archaeological study of Viking-Age Scandinavian-style female dress items from England. Based on primary archival and archaeological research, including the analysis of hundreds of recent metal-detector finds, it... -
Norway - Culture Smart!: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture by Linda March 9781857338836
RRP: $12.89$9.73Providing information not found in standard guides about daily interactions, cultural dos and don'ts, etiquette, and the ways business is conducted Culture Smart! Norway steers you through the social and professional encounters of your visit to this new... -
Laughing Shall I Die: Lives and Deaths of the Great Vikings by Tom Shippey
RRP: $16.76$11.73In this robust new account of the Vikings, Tom Shippey explores their mindset, and in particular their fascination with scenes of heroic death. The book recounts many of the great bravura scenes of Old Norse literature, including the Fall of the House of... -
Hitler's Savage Canary: A History of the Danish Resistance in World War II by David Lampe 9781526760722
RRP: $19.34$14.13Adolf Hitler stated that after occupation Denmark would turn into a model protectorate'. Winston Churchill, meanwhile, maintained that the small country of (then) four million people would become the sadistic murderer's canary'. In the end, neither was... -
Norse Mythology: Tales of the Gods, Sagas and Heroes by Various Authors 9781789506556
RRP: $16.76$11.56Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781789506556Author Various AuthorsFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Arcturus EditionsPublisher Arcturus EditionsWeight(grams) 408gDimensions(mm) 234mm *... -
Viking: The Norse Warrior's (Unofficial) Manual by John Haywood
RRP: $16.71$11.07The fifth instalment in this popular and highly successful series, Viking follows on from Legionary, Gladiator, Knight and Samurai, your guide to the Norse world of the tenth century ad. Discover everything you will need to become a successful Viking... -
The Voices of Women in Witchcraft Trials: Northern Europe by Liv Helene Willumsen
RRP: $59.33$51.77Women come to the fore in witchcraft trials as accused persons or as witnesses, and this book is a study of women's voices in these trials in eight countries around the North Sea: Spanish Netherlands, Northern Germany, Denmark, Scotland, England, Norway,... -
The Vikings by Rene Chartrand
RRP: $16.76$12.24The history of the Vikings is bloody and eventful, and Viking warriors capture the popular imagination to this day. They made history, establishing the dukedom of Normandy, providing the Byzantine Emperors' bodyguard and landing on the shores of America... -
The Travels of Reverend Olafur Egilsson (Reisubok Sera Olafs Egilssonar): The story of the Barbary corsair raid on Iceland in 1627 by Karl Smari Hreinsson
RRP: $32.19$30.78In the summer of 1627, Barbary corsairs raided Iceland, killing dozens of people and abducting close to four hundred to sell into slavery in North Africa. Among those taken were the Lutheran minister Reverend Olafur Egilsson.Reverend Olafur (born in the... -
Old Norse Folklore: Tradition, Innovation, and Performance in Medieval Scandinavia by Stephen A. Mitchell 9781501773402
RRP: $29.66$25.81The medieval northern world consisted of a vast and culturally diverse region both geographically, from roughly Greenland to Novgorod and culturally, as one of the last areas of Europe to be converted to Christianity. Old Norse Folklore explores the... -
The Batmaker of Copenhagen: The Story of Cricket's Second World War Hero by Tim Brooks 9781801506977
RRP: $25.79$18.42The Batmaker of Copenhagen is the inspiring story of a cricketing hero who defied the German occupation to keep cricket alive throughout the Nazi occupation of Denmark during the Second World War.With Copenhagen under the iron grip of the Gestapo, and... -
A Short Residence in Sweden & Memoirs of the Author of 'The Rights of Woman' by Mary Wollstonecraft
RRP: $16.76$11.73In these two closely linked works - a travel book and a biography of its author - we witness a moving encounter between two of the most daring and original minds of the late eighteenth century: A Short Residence in Sweden is the record of... -
Viking Age Iceland by Jesse L. Byock
RRP: $19.34$14.13Medieval Iceland was unique amongst Western Europe, with no foreign policy, no defence forces, no king, no lords, no peasants and few battles. It should have been a utopia yet its literature is dominated by brutality and killing. The reasons for this,... -
Beyond the Light: Identity and Place in Nineteenth-Century Danish Art by Freyda Spira
RRP: $51.60$44.62Placing artists at the center of nineteenth-century Demark's dramatic cultural, political, and philosophical transformation, this publication explores their persistent national pride in a time of turmoil Though known as the Danish Golden Age,... -
How Iceland Changed The World: The Big History of a Small Island by Egill Bjarnason 9780143135883
RRP: $19.34$13.20Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143135883Author Egill BjarnasonFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam Inc -
The Viking Wars: War and Peace in King Alfred's Britain: 789-955 by Max Adams 9781643132549
RRP: $25.74$15.17Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781643132549Author Max AdamsFormat PaperbackPage Count 512Imprint Pegasus BooksPublisher Pegasus BooksWeight(grams) 431gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 137mm * 38mm -
Mannerheim, Marshal of Finland: A Life in Geopolitics by Henrik Meinander
RRP: $32.25$28.42Field marshal and statesman Gustaf Mannerheim (1867-1951) was the most acclaimed and the most hated Finn of the twentieth century. After three decades of loyal and distinguished service in the Russian Tsarist army, he returned to his homeland in 1917 to... -
The Kalmar War, 1611-1613: Gustavus Adolphus's First War by Michael Fredholm Von Essen 9781804510063
RRP: $38.64$26.99Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781804510063Author Michael Fredholm Von EssenFormat PaperbackPage Count 332Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
One of Us: The Story of a Massacre and its Aftermath by Asne Seierstad
RRP: $16.76$11.09THE STORY OF ANDERS BREIVIK AND THE INSPIRATION FOR THE NETFLIX FILM 22 JULY, FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE BOOKSELLER OF KABULOn 22 July 2011 Anders Behring Breivik killed 77 of his fellow Norwegians in a terrorist atrocity that shocked the world... -
Norse Goddess Rune Oracle: Divine Feminine Perspectives on the Elder Futhark by Rebecca Joy Stark
RRP: $38.64$24.07Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780738777733Author Rebecca Joy StarkPage Count 160Imprint Llewellyn PublicationsPublisher Llewellyn PublicationsWeight(grams) 454gDimensions(mm) 170mm *...