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101 Reykjavikby Hallgrimur Helgason, Brian M. FitzgibbonsISBN 0743225147 (0-7432-2514-7)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster, Limited
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The Atom Stationby Haldor LaxnessISBN 0933256310 (0-933256-31-0)
Softcover, Permanent Pr Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Atom Station'Book summary:When the Americans make an offer to buy Icelandic land to build an atomic war base, a storm of protest is provoked throughout the country and it is here that Laxness finds the catalyst for his story. Told by a country girl from the north the novel follows her experiences upon taking up employment as a maid in the house of her Member of Parliament. She finds herself in a world very different to that of her upbringing and, marvelling at the customs and behaviour of the people around her, she emerges as the one obstinate reality in a world of fantasy. Her observations and experiences expose the intellectual society of the south as rootless and shallow and in stark contrast to the ancient culture of the solid and less fanciful north. The colourful, yet at times dark, cast of characters whom she meets personify the southern fantasy world. In this black comedy Laxness has painted a masterpiece of social commentary as relevant today as when it was first written in 1948. [via]
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Avalon: A Novelby Anya SetonISBN 0449233081 (0-449-23308-1)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Avalon: A Novel'Book summary:It is the last quarter of the tenth century, a time of conflict between Church and State, a time of threat from Viking invasions. Amidst the violence comes a knight called Rumon, whose love for the beautiful Merewyn leads them both across the seas to an unknown western land. [via]
Avalon: A Novelby Philippa Gregory, Anya SetonISBN 1556526008 (1-55652-600-8)
Softcover, Chicago Review Pr
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The Control of Natureby John McPheeISBN 0374522596 (0-374-52259-6)
Softcover, Noonday Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Control of Nature'Book summary:Master how-it-works writer John McPhee has instructed his readers in the arcana of how oranges are commercially graded, how mountains form, how canoes are built and oceans crossed. In The Control of Nature he turns his attention once more to geology and the human struggle against nature. In one sketch, he explores the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' unrealized plan to divert the flow of the Mississippi River into a tributary, the Atchafalaya, for flood control; in another, he looks at the ingenious ways in which an Icelandic engineer saved a southern harbor on that island from being destroyed by a lava flow; in a third, he examines a complex scheme to protect Los Angeles from boulders ejected from mountains by compression and tectonic movement. As always, McPhee combines a deep knowledge of his subject with a narrative approach that is wholly accessible; you may not have thought you were interested in earthquakes and flood control, but he gently leads you to take a passionate concern in such matters. [via]
Eddaby Anthony Faulkes, Snorri SturlusonISBN 0460014994 (0-460-01499-4)
Softcover, Dent
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Eddaby Snorri Sturluson, Anthony FaulkesISBN 0460876163 (0-460-87616-3)
Softcover, Everyman
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Edda'Book summary:But the king's heart swells, bulging with courage in battle, where heroes sink down...
Over a period of twenty years Snorri Sturluson, scholar, courtier and poet, compiled the prose Edda as a textbook for young poets who wished to praise kings. His work surveys the content, style and metres of traditional Viking poetry and includes a lengthy poem of Snorrie's own, praising the king of Norway. Ironically, Snorri was killed in his own cellar in Iceland in 1241 on the instigation of the king of Norway, as a result of political intrigue.
The Edda contains the most extensive account of Norse myths and legends that has survived from the Middle Ages as well as the popular stories of Odin winning back the mead of poetic inspiration and Thor fishing for the Midgard serpent. [via]
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Egil's Sagaby John Lucas, Snorri Sturluson, Christine FellISBN 0460112511 (0-460-11251-1)
Softcover, Dent
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Egil's Sagaby Christine Fell, John LucasISBN 0460872656 (0-460-87265-6)
Softcover, Tuttle Pub
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Egil's Sagaby Paul Edwards, Hermann PalssonISBN 0140443215 (0-14-044321-5)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Egil's Sagaby Snorri Sturluson, Anonymous, Bernard Scudder, Svanhildur OskarsdottirISBN 0140447709 (0-14-044770-9)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Egil's Saga'Book summary:[via]Egils Saga tells the story of the long and brutal life of tenth-century warrior-poet and farmer Egil Skallagrimsson: a psychologically ambiguous character who was at once the composer of intricately beautiful poetry and a physical grotesque capable of staggering brutality. This Icelandic saga recounts Egils progression from youthful savagery to mature wisdom as he struggles to defend his honor in a running feud with the Norwegian king Erik Bloodaxe and fight for the English king Athelstan in his battles against Scotland. Exploring issues as diverse as the question of loyalty, the power of poetry, and the relationship between two brothers who love the same woman, Egils Saga is a fascinating depiction of a deeply human character.
- New translation taken from the acclaimed The Sagas of Icelanders
- Includes introduction, further reading, explanatory notes, genealogical table, maps, chronology, glossary, and an index of characters
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Eyrbyggja Sagaby Hermann Palsson, Paul EdwardsISBN 0140445307 (0-14-044530-7)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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The Far-Farers: A Journey from Viking Iceland to Crusader Jerusalemby Victoria ClarkISBN 0802714226 (0-8027-1422-6)
Hardcover, St Martins Pr
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The Fish Can Singby Halldor Kiljan Laxness, Magnus MagnussonISBN 1860466877 (1-86046-687-7)
Softcover, Random House
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The Fish Can Singby Halldor LaxnessISBN 1860469345 (1-86046-934-5)
Softcover, Harvill Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Fish Can Sing'Book summary:Abandoned as a baby, Alfgrimur is content to spend his days as a fisherman living in the turf cottage outside Reykjavik with the elderly couple he calls grandmother and grandfather. There he shares the mid-loft with a motley bunch of eccentrics and philosophers who find refuge in the simple respect for their fellow men that is the ethos at the Brekkukot. But the narrow horizons of Alfgrimur's idyllic childhood are challenged when he starts school and meets Iceland's most famous singer, the mysterious Garoar Holm. Garoar encourages him to aim for the "one true note", but how can he attain it without leaving behind the world that he loves? [via]
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Frost on My Moustache: The Arctic Exploits of a Lord and a Loaferby Tim MooreISBN 0312270151 (0-312-27015-1)
Softcover, Griffin
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Grettir's Sagaby Denton Fox, Herman PalssonISBN 0802061656 (0-8020-6165-6)
Softcover, Univ of Toronto Pr
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Heimskringla: History of the Kings of Norwayby Snorri SturlusonISBN 0292730616 (0-292-73061-6)
Softcover, Univ of Texas Pr
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Heimskringla or the Lives of the Norse Kingsby A.H. Smith, Snorre Sturlason, Erling MonsenISBN 0486263665 (0-486-26366-5)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Heimskringla or the Lives of the Norse Kings'Book summary:Great classic by Icelandic poet/chieftain chronicles the reigns of 16 high kings descended from the warrior-wizard god Odin. Major section on 15-year reign of Olav II Haraldson, patron saint of Norway. Based on earlier histories, oral traditions, plus new material by author, all presented with intelligence, warmth and objectivity. Over 130 illustrations and 5 maps.[via]More editions of Heimskringla or the Lives of the Norse Kings:
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Heimskringla or, The Chronicle of the Kings of Norwayby Snorri SturlsonISBN 1404306803 (1-4043-0680-3)
Hardcover, IndyPublish.com
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Heimskringla Sagas of the Norse Kingsby Snorri SturlusonISBN 0460008471 (0-460-00847-1)
Hardcover, J M Dent & Sons Ltd
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A History of the Vikingsby Gwyn JonesISBN 0192801341 (0-19-280134-1)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Hrafnkel's Saga and Other Icelandic Storiesby Hermann PalssonISBN 0140442383 (0-14-044238-3)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Icelandby James ProctorISBN 1843532891 (1-84353-289-1)
Softcover, Rough Guides
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Icelandby Joseph Bindloss, Paul HardingISBN 1741040760 (1-74104-076-0)
Softcover, Lonely Planet Publications
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Iceland: Land of the Sagasby David Roberts, Jon KrakauerISBN 0375752676 (0-375-75267-6)
Softcover, Villard Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Iceland: Land of the Sagas'Book summary:"We raised our fists and cheered. . . . With the sagas in our heads, with Iceland at its wildest beneath our boots, it would not have been impossible to see Bárdr clumping along the summit ridge, prodding the glacier with his staff, ready to show us the way down."
Iceland is a pictorial classic on one of the last "undiscovered" countries in Europe--reissued for the first time in paperback.
Iceland is often thought to be covered by ice, but in fact it is gloriously green. Lush meadows, wildflower fields, and miles of rich tundra cover a landscape of remarkable variety: deep lakes, bubbling hot springs, tumbling waterfalls, snow-capped mountains. It's also a landscape amazingly alive with massive lava flows and enormous glaciers. The human story of Iceland goes back more than eleven thousand years, and its heritage is told here in a treasury of riveting sagas of real-life heroes and all manner of supernatural beings.
Both the land and the people of one of Europe's most gorgeous countries come to life in this colorful account of the authors' adventures as they walk, climb, and photograph their way through Iceland and connect to the bone-chilling sagas and the unfamiliar terrain. With breathtaking photographs from critically acclaimed writer and journalist Jon Krakauer, author of the international bestsellers Into Thin Air and Into the Wild, and a penetrating narrative from Outside contributing editor and travel writer David Roberts, Iceland splendidly captures the spirit of this enigmatic country.
Circumnavigating Iceland in summer and winter, Krakauer and Roberts encounter tales of monks and Vikings, outlaws and adventurers, trolls and witches. While touring and photographing, they discover the myths and legends of Iceland's stirring history. Numerous other feats--including a hazardous winter climb to the summit of one of Iceland's tallest mountains--round out a fascinating introduction to this unique and beautiful land. [via]More editions of Iceland: Land of the Sagas:
Iceland Sagaby Magnus MagnussonISBN 0752433423 (0-7524-3342-3)
Softcover, Tempus Pub Ltd
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Iceland's Bellby Halldor Laxness, Adam Haslett, Philip RoughtonISBN 1400034256 (1-4000-3425-6)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Independent Peopleby Halldor LaxnessISBN 1860466869 (1-86046-686-9)
Softcover, Harvill Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Independent People'Book summary:This magnificent novelwhich secured for its author the 1955 Nobel Prize in Literatureis at least available to contemporary American readers. Although it is set in the early twentieth century, it recalls both Iceland's medieval epics and such classics as Sigrid Undset's Kristin Lavransdatter. And if Bjartur of Summerhouses, the book's protagonist, is an ordinary sheep farmer, his flinty determination to achieve independence is genuinely heroic and, at the same time, terrifying and bleakly comic.
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Having spent eighteen years in humiliating servitude, Bjartur wants nothing more than to raise his flocks unbeholden to any man. But Bjartur's spirited daughter wants to live unbeholden to him. What ensues is a battle of wills that is by turns harsh and touching, elemental in its emotional intensity and intimate in its homely detail. Vast in scope and deeply rewarding, Independent People is a masterpiece.
Independent Peopleby J. A. Thompson, Halldor LaxnessISBN 0837188725 (0-8371-8872-5)
Hardcover, Greenwood Pub Group
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Insight Guide Icelandby Jane SimmondsISBN 0887291767 (0-88729-176-7)
Softcover, Langenscheidt Pub Inc
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Jar Cityby Bernard Scudder, Arnaldur IndridasonISBN 1843431017 (1-84343-101-7)
Softcover, Harvill Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Jar City'Book summary:Jar City introduces American readers to a new crime writer from Iceland whose work has created an international sensation. Arnaldur Indridason has been compared to such luminaries in the field as Henning Mankell, Georges Simenon, Per Wahloo and Maj Sjowall; everyone agrees that here is a world-class writer.[via]
When a lonely old man is found murdered in his Reykjavík flat, the only clues are a cryptic note left by the killer and a photograph of a young girls grave. Inspector Erlendur, who heads the investigation team, discovers that many years ago the victim was accused, though not convicted, of an unsolved crime. Did the old mans past come back to haunt him?
As the team of detectives reopen this very cold case, Inspector Erlendur uncovers secrets that are much larger than the murder of one old man--secrets that have been carefully guarded by many people for many years. As he follows a fascinating trail of unusual forensic evidence, Erlendur also confronts stubborn personal conflicts that reveal his own depth and complexity of character. Like all great crime fiction, Jar City is about much more than murder, and avid suspense fans are about to discover a first-rate writer who has already received rave reviews around the world. -
Jar Cityby Arnaldur IndridasonISBN 0312426380 (0-312-42638-0)
Softcover, Picador USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Jar City'Book summary:From Gold Dagger Award--winning author Arnaldur Indridason comes a Reykjavík thriller introducing Inspector Erlendur[via]
When a lonely old man is found dead in his Reykjavík flat, the only clues are a cryptic note left by the killer and a photograph of a young girl's grave. Inspector Erlendur discovers that many years ago the victim was accused, but not convicted, of an unsolved crime, a rape. Did the old man's past come back to haunt him? As Erlendur reopens this very cold case, he follows a trail of unusual forensic evidence, uncovering secrets that are much larger than the murder of one old man.
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A Journey to the Center of the Earthby Jules VerneISBN 1420926802 (1-4209-2680-2)
Softcover, Digireads.Com
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Journey to the Center of the Earth'Book summary:In this fully dramatized adaptation of Jules Verne's classic, "Journey to the Center of the Earth", Leonard Nimoy, John de Lancie, and cast members from Star Trek feature films and all four TV series take you on an incredible journey.
"Journey to the Center of the Earth" is the story of Professor Lindenbrock, his nephew Axel and their quest for the secrets contained at the earth's core. Led by Hans, their Icelandic guide, Lindenbrock and Axel descend deeper into the planet than anyone has ever gone before... but will they make it back to the surface alive?
Featuring virtuoso performaces from the entire cast, riveting sound effects and original music, Alien Voices' production of "Journey to the Center of the Earth" is an adventure in sound. [via]
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Softcover, Indypublish.Com - Journey to the Center of the Earth: ISBN 1593082525 (1-59308-252-5)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc - Journey to the Centre of the Earth: ISBN 1853262870 (1-85326-287-0)
Softcover, Wordsworth Editions, Limited - Journey to the Center of the Earth: ISBN 1575665336 (1-57566-533-6)
Softcover, Kensington Publishing Corporation - A Journey to the Center of the Earth: ISBN 1578400341 (1-57840-034-1)
Softcover, Acclaim Books - Journey to the Center of the Earth: ISBN 1575665328 (1-57566-532-8)
Hardcover, Kensington Publishing Corporation - A Journey to the Center of the Earth: ISBN 1576465411 (1-57646-541-1)
Hardcover, Quiet Vision Pub - A Journey to the Center of the Earth: ISBN 157765689X (1-57765-689-X)
Hardcover, Spotlight - A Journey to the Center of the Earth: ISBN 0812504712 (0-8125-0471-2)
Softcover, Tor Books - A Journey to the Center of the Earth: ISBN 0812970098 (0-8129-7009-8)
Softcover, Random House Inc - Journey to the Center of the Earth: ISBN 0816718687 (0-8167-1868-7)
Softcover, Troll Communications L.L.C. - A Journey to the Center of the Earth: ISBN 0804900604 (0-8049-0060-4)
Softcover, Airmont Pub Co - A Journey to the Center of the Earth: ISBN 089375417X (0-89375-417-X)
Softcover, Troll Communications Llc - A Journey to the Center of the Earth: ISBN 0816718679 (0-8167-1867-9)
Hardcover, Troll Communications Llc - A Journey to the Center of the Earth: ISBN 0866119604 (0-86611-960-4)
Hardcover, Abdo Pub Co - A Journey to the Center of the Earth: ISBN 089577402X (0-89577-402-X)
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King Harald's Saga: Harald Hardradi of Norwayby Snorri SturlusonISBN 0880290765 (0-88029-076-5)
Hardcover, Marboro Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'King Harald's Saga: Harald Hardradi of Norway'Book summary:This compelling Icelandic history describes the life of King Harald Hardradi, from his battles across Europe and Russia to his final assault on England in 1066, less than three weeks before the invasion of William the Conqueror. It was a battle that led to his death and marked the end of an era in which Europe had been dominated by the threat of Scandinavian forces. Despite England's triumph, it also played a crucial part in fatally weakening the English army immediately prior to the Norman Conquest, changing the course of history. Taken from the Heimskringla Snorri Sturluson's complete account of Norway from prehistoric times to 1177 this is a brilliantly human depiction of the turbulent life and savage death of the last great Norse warrior-king. [via]
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Laxdaela Sagaby Magnus Magnusson, Hermann PalssonISBN 0140442189 (0-14-044218-9)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Laxdaela Saga'Book summary:Written around 1245 by an unknown author, the Laxdaela Saga is an extraordinary tale of conflicting kinships and passionate love, and one of the most compelling works of Icelandic literature. Covering 150 years in the lives of the inhabitants of the community of Laxriverdale, the saga focuses primarily upon the story of Gudrun Osvif's-daughter: a proud, beautiful, vain and desirable figure, who is forced into an unhappy marriage and destroys the only man she has truly loved - her husband's best friend. A moving tale of murder and sacrifice, romance and regret, the Laxdaela Saga is also a fascinating insight into an era of radical change - a time when the Age of Chivalry was at its fullest flower in continental Europe, and the Christian faith was making its impact felt upon the Viking world. [via]
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Laxdaela Sagaby Muriel PressISBN 0460005979 (0-460-00597-9)
Hardcover, J M Dent & Sons Ltd
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Laxdla Sagaby AnonymousISBN 1406805025 (1-4068-0502-5)
Softcover, Echo Library
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Letters from Icelandby W. H. AudenISBN 1557782989 (1-55778-298-9)
Softcover, Continuum Intl Pub Group
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Lonely Planet Iceland Greenland and the Faroe Islands: A Travel Survival Kitby Deanna SwaneyISBN 0864422210 (0-86442-221-0)
Softcover, Lonely Planet
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Lonely Planet Iceland, Greenland & the Faroe Islandsby Deanna SwaneyISBN 0864424531 (0-86442-453-1)
Softcover, Lonely Planet
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Mcsweeney's Quarterly Concern: 15by McSweeney'sISBN 1932416145 (1-932416-14-5)
Hardcover, McSweeneys Books
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Medieval Iceland: Society, Sagas, and Powerby Jesse L. ByockISBN 0520069544 (0-520-06954-4)
Softcover, Univ of California Pr
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Njal's SagaISBN 1853267856 (1-85326-785-6)
Softcover, Lb May & Assoc Inc
Find This BookBook summary:Njal's Saga is the finest of the Icelandic sagas, and one of the world's greatest prose works. Written c.1280, about events a couple of centuries earlier, it is divided into three parts: the first recounts the touching friendship between noble Gunnar and the statesman Njal, together with the fatal enmity between their wives. The second part works out the central tragedy of the saga, while the third describes the retribution wrought by Flosi and Kari. The saga is remarkable not only for the details of everyday life - the farming, the feasting and the charcoal-burning - but also for the social structure of the society in which that life took place - the Althing or Parliament, the lawmaking and the lawgiving. The grandeur of the narrative and the beauty and distinction of the characters mark Njal's Saga as an essential text for all who love adventure and great literature. [via]
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Njal's Sagaby Robert CookISBN 0140447695 (0-14-044769-5)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Njal's Saga'Book summary:Written in the thirteenth century, Njal's Saga is a story that explores perennial human problems-from failed marriages to divided loyalties, from the law's inability to curb human passions to the terrible consequences when decent men and women are swept up in a tide of violence beyond their control. It is populated by memorable and complex characters like Gunnar of Hlidarendi, a powerful warrior with an aversion to killing, and the not-so-villainous Mord Valgardsson. Full of dreams, strange prophecies, violent power struggles, and fragile peace agreements, Njal's Saga tells the compelling story of a fifty-year blood feud that, despite its distance from us in time and place, is driven by passions familiar to us all. This Penguin Classics edition includes an introduction, chronology, index of characters, plot summary, explanatory notes, maps, and suggestions for further reading.[via]More editions of Njal's Saga:
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Njals Sagaby Hermann Palsson, Magnus MagnussoISBN 0140441034 (0-14-044103-4)
Softcover, Penguin USA
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Paradise Reclaimedby Magnus Magnusson, Halldor LaxnessISBN 0375727582 (0-375-72758-2)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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The Poetic Eddaby Carolyne LarringtonISBN 0192839462 (0-19-283946-2)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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The Poetic Eddaby Lee Milton Hollander, Lee M. HollanderISBN 0292764995 (0-292-76499-5)
Softcover, Univ of Texas Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Poetic Edda'Book summary:The Poetic Edda comprises a treasure trove of mythic and spiritual verse holding an important place in Nordic culture, literature, and heritage. Its tales of strife and death form a repository, in poetic form, of Norse mythology and heroic lore, embodying both the ethical views and the cultural life of the North during the late heathen and early Christian times.
Collected by an unidentified Icelander, probably during the twelfth or thirteenth century, The Poetic Edda was rediscovered in Iceland in the seventeenth century by Danish scholars. Even then its value as poetry, as a source of historical information, and as a collection of entertaining stories was recognized. This meticulous translation succeeds in reproducing the verse patterns, the rhythm, the mood, and the dignity of the original in a revision that Scandinavian Studies says "may well grace anyone's bookshelf."
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The Poetic Eddaby Ursula DronkeISBN 0198114974 (0-19-811497-4)
Hardcover, Clarendon Press
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The Prose Eddaby Snorri SturlusonISBN 0140447555 (0-14-044755-5)
Softcover, Penguin Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Prose Edda'Book summary:Prose Edda is a work without predecessor or parallel. Snorri Sturluson feared that the traditional techniques of Norse poetics, the pagan kennings, and the allusions to mythology would be forgotten with the introduction of new verse forms from Europe. Prose Edda was designed as a handbook for poets to compose in the style of the skalds of the Viking ages. It is an exposition of the rule of poetic diction with many examples, applications, and retellings of myths and legends. The present selection includes the whole of Gylfaginning (The deluding of Gylfi)--a guide to mythology that forms one of the great storybooks of the Middle Ages--and the longer heroic tales and legends of Skáldskaparmál (Poetic diction). Snorri Sturluson was a master storyteller, and this translation in modern idiom of the inimitable tales of the gods and heroes of the Scandinavian peoples brings them to life again.[via] -
Prose Edda of Snorri Sturlusonby Jean I. YoungISBN 0520012313 (0-520-01231-3)
Softcover, Univ of California Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Prose Edda of Snorri Sturluson'Book summary:The stirring, bloody, and tragic saga that inspired such artists as Wagner, Borges, and Tolkien
Written in Iceland a century after the close of the Viking Age, The Prose Edda is the source of most of what we know of Norse mythology. Its tales are peopled by giants, dwarves, and elves, superhuman heroes and indomitable warrior queens. Its gods live with the tragic knowledge of their own impending destruction in the cataclysmic battle of Ragnarok. Its time scale spans the eons from the worlds creation to its violent end. This robust new translation captures the magisterial sweep and startling psychological complexity of the Old Icelandic original. [via]More editions of Prose Edda of Snorri Sturluson:
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Prose Edda of Snorri Sturlusonby Snorri Sturlson, Jean Young, Snorri SturlusonISBN 0520012321 (0-520-01232-1)
Softcover, Univ of California Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Prose Edda of Snorri Sturluson'Book summary:The Prose Edda of Snorri Sturluson: Written by Iceland's most versatile literary genius, Snorri was born in western Iceland in 1179, the son of a great chieftain, and early in his career won a reputation at home and in Norway for his poetic talents. Later he traveled to Norway and wrote the lives of the kings: the Helmskringla Saga, Egil's Saga and St. Olaf's Saga, a work unsurpassed in Icelandic prose. The Prose Edda - edda means "the poetic art" - was designed as a handbook for poets to compose in the style of the skalds of the Viking ages. Snorri feared that the traditional techniques, the pagan kennings, and the allusions to mythology would be forgotten with the introduction of new verse forms from Europe [via]
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The Rough Guide to Icelandby Rough GuidesISBN 1858285976 (1-85828-597-6)
Softcover, Rough Guides
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The Sagas of Icelanders : A Selectionby Jane Smiley, Ornolfur ThorssonISBN 0670889903 (0-670-88990-3)
Hardcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Sagas of Icelanders : A Selection'Book summary:Commemorating the 1000th anniversary of Leif Eriksson's pioneering voyage to the New World, Viking will proudly publish a major new translation of the very greatest of the Icelanders' Sagas. A unique body of medieval literature, the Sagas rank with the world's greatest literary treasures--as epic as Homer, as deep in tragedy as Sophocles, as engagingly human as Shakespeare. Set during the Viking Age, these epic stories depict with an astonishingly modern realism the lives and deeds of the Norsemen and Norsewomen who first settled Iceland and of their descendants, who ventured farther west--to Greenland and, ultimately, the coast of North America.
The Sagas of Icelanders collects a dozen of the most outstanding Sagas, including the celebrated "Vinland Sagas," which contain the oldest descriptions of the North American continent. Much more than rousing adventure narratives, though, the Sagas introduce modern readers to a now-vanished world separated from ours by a thousand years--a richly imagined and psychologically complex world, comparable in realistic effect with the novelistic genius of Austen or Dickens.
The publication of these volumes is a reminder that the Icelandic Sagas can hold their own with the literature of the Mediterranean." ---Seamus Heaney, Nobel Laureate, 1995
The Icelandic Sagas remain one of the great marvels of world literature, a great human achievement."--Ted Hughes [via]More editions of The Sagas of Icelanders : A Selection:
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The Sagas of the Icelandersby Robert Kellogg, Jane SmileyISBN 0141000031 (0-14-100003-1)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Sagas of the Icelanders'Book summary:A unique body of medieval literature, the Sagas rank with the world's greatest literary treasures--as epic as Homer, as deep in tragedy as Sophocles, as engagingly human as Shakespeare. Set around the turn of the last millennium, these stories depict with an astonishingly modern realism the lives and deeds of the Norse men and women who first settled Iceland and of their descendants, who ventured further west--to Greenland and, ultimately, the coast of North America itself.[via]The 10 Sagas and seven shorter tales in this volume include the celebrated "Vinland Sagas," which recount Leif Eiriksson's pioneering voyage to the New World and contain the oldest descriptions of the North American continent.
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Silence of the Grave: A Thrillerby Arnaldur Indridason, Bernard ScudderISBN 0312340710 (0-312-34071-0)
Hardcover, St. Martin's Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Silence of the Grave: A Thriller'Book summary:[via]Now Iceland has its own Mankell.
---Holger Kreitling, Die Welt (Germany)
Last year Jar City introduced international crime-writing sensation Arnaldur Indridason to rave reviews and a rousing welcome from American thriller fans. And now, Silence of the Grave, the next in this stunning series has won the coveted Golden Dagger Award. Presented by the British Crime Writers' Association, previous winners of this award include John Le Carre, Minette Walters, Henning Mankell, and James Lee Burke.
In Silence of the Grave, a corpse is found on a hill outside the city of Reykjavík, and Detective Inspector Erlendur Sveinsson and his team think the body may have been buried for some years.
While Erlendur struggles to hold together the crumbling fragments of his own family, slowly but surely he finds out the truth about another unhappy family. Few people are still alive who can tell the tale, but even secrets taken to the grave cannot remain hidden forever.Destined to be a classic in the world of crime fiction, Silence of the Grave is one of the most accomplished thrillers in recent years.More editions of Silence of the Grave: A Thriller:
The Story of Rolf and the Viking Bowby Allen FrenchISBN 1883937019 (1-883937-01-9)
Softcover, Ignatius Pr
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Under The Glacierby Magnus Magnusson, Halldor Laxness, Susan SontagISBN 1400034418 (1-4000-3441-8)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Under The Glacier'Book summary:Nobel laureate Halldór Laxnesss Under the Glacier is a one-of-a-kind masterpiece, a wryly provocative novel at once earthy and otherworldly. At its outset, the Bishop of Iceland dispatches a young emissary to investigate certain charges against the pastor at Sn?fells Glacier, who, among other things, appears to have given up burying the dead. But once he arrives, the emissary finds that this dereliction counts only as a mild eccentricity in a community that regards itself as the center of the world and where Creation itself is a work in progress.
What is the emissary to make, for example, of the boarded-up church? What about the mysterious building that has sprung up alongside it? Or the fact that Pastor Primus spends most of his time shoeing horses? Or that his wife, Ua (pronounced ooh-a, which is what men invariably sputter upon seeing her), is rumored never to have bathed, eaten, or slept? Piling improbability on top of improbability, Under the Glacier overflows with comedy both wild and deadpan as it conjures a phantasmagoria as beguiling as it is profound. [via]More editions of Under The Glacier:
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Viaje Al Centro De La Tierra / Journey to the Center of the Earthby Jules Verne, Trinidad Garcia Del CidISBN 842399063X (84-239-9063-X)
Softcover, Planeta Pub Corp
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Viking Age Icelandby Jesse L. ByockISBN 0140291156 (0-14-029115-6)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Viking Age Iceland'Book summary:The popular image of the Viking Age is of warlords and marauding bands pillaging their way along the shores of Northern Europe. In this fascinating history, Jesse Byock shows that Norse society in Iceland was actually an independent one-almost a republican Free State, without warlords or kings. 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. With masterful interpretations of the blood feuds and the sagas, Byock reveals how the law courts favored compromise over violence, and how the society grappled with proto-democratic tendencies. A work with broad social and historical implications for our modern institutions, Byock's history will alter long-held perceptions of the Viking Age.[via]More editions of Viking Age Iceland:
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World Lightby Halldor Laxness, Magnus Magnusson, Sven BirkertsISBN 0375727574 (0-375-72757-4)
Softcover, Vintage Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'World Light'Book summary:As an unloved foster child on a farm in rural Iceland, Olaf Karason has only one consolation: the belief that one day he will be a great poet. The indifference and contempt of most of the people around him only reinforces his sense of destiny, for in Iceland poets are as likely to be scorned as they are to be revered. Over the ensuing years, Olaf comes to lead the paradigmatic poets life of poverty, loneliness, ruinous love affairs and sexual scandal. But he will never attain anything like greatness.
As imagined by Nobel Prize winner Halldor Laxness in this magnificently humane novel, what might be cruel farce achieves pathos and genuine exaltation. For as Olafs ambition drives him onwardand into the orbits of an unstable spiritualist, a shady entrepreneur, and several susceptible womenWorld Light demonstrates how the creative spirit can survive in even the most crushing environment and even the most unpromising human vessel. [via]More editions of World Light:
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Voyage au Centre de la Terre: Level 1by Jules VerneISBN 2090319178 (2-09-031917-8)
Hardcover, Creations loisirs enseignement International
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Voyage au Centre de la Terre: Level 1'Book summary:Jules Verne s'amuse. La littérature est un jeu pour lui, chaque livre l'occasion d'un nouveau pari, plus insensé que le précédent. Un fou de savant (il en produira par dizaines, de ces illuminés, tous plus extravagants les uns que les autres) descend en compagnie d'un adolescent candide et d'un guide muet, jusqu'au centre (enfin, presque) de la Terre, pour y créer une mer libre (eh oui, docteur Freud) avec ses tempêtes, son climat "méditerranéen", ses monstres antédiluviens, ses forêts pétrifiées puis remonte illico, à cent à l'heure, poussé par un torrent de lave en fusion... Sur les traces de son maître Edgar Poe (il avait lu ses oeuvres traduites par Baudelaire), Jules Verne prend le canular scientifique pour prétexte, et refaçonne un univers électrique, volcanique, traversé d'énergies furieuses, où sa puissance visionnaire éclate, à la mesure d'une folie créatrice insatiable et sans limites. --Scarbo [via]
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Die Edda: Gotterdichtung, Sprachweisheit Und Heldengesange Der Germanenby Felix GenzmerISBN 3424007188 (3-424-00718-8)
Hardcover, Diederichs
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Norges Kongesagaerby Snorri Sturluson, Finn Hdneb, Hallvard MageryISBN 8252506410 (82-525-0641-0)
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Brekkukotsannallby Halldor LaxnessISBN 997920074X (9979-2-0074-X)
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