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All the World's Reward: Folktales Told by Five Scandinavian Storytellersby Reimund Kvideland, Henning K. Sehmsdorf, Hallfreur Orn EirikssonISBN 029597754X (0-295-97754-X)
Softcover, Univ of Washington Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'All the World's Reward: Folktales Told by Five Scandinavian Storytellers'Book summary:"All the Worlds Reward" presents ninety-eight tales from Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Swedish-speaking Finland, and Iceland. Each area is represented by the complete recorded repertoire of a single storyteller. Such a focus helps place the stories in the context of the communities in which they were performed and also reveals how individual folk artists used the medium of oral literature to make statements about their lives and their world. Some preferred jocular stories and others wonder tales; some performed mostly for adults, others for children; some used storytelling to criticize society, and others spun wish fulfillment tales to find relief from a harsh reality.For the most part collected a century ago, the stories were gleaned from archives and printed sources; the Icelandic repertoire was collected on audiotape in the 1960s. Each repertoire was selected by a noted folklorist. Introductions to the storytellers and collectors and commentaries and references for the tales are provided. A general introduction, a comprehensive bibliography, and an index of the tales according to Aarne-Thompsons typology are also included. Period illustrations add charm to the stories. The works contribution is both timely and unique and will serve as a valued source for researchers wishing to explore issues of folk narrative in northern Europe.The inclusion of female, as well as male, narrators assures the collection of usefulness in a variety of academic contexts, and the decision to include scatalogical and bawdy materials now tame by contemporary standards adds further interest to the collection. Thomas A. DuBois, University of Washington Reimund Kvideland is professor of folklore at the University of Bergen, Norway. Henning K. Sehmsdorf, who formerly taught Scandinavian folklore at the University of Washington, now lives and farms on Lopez Island, Washington. The other contributors are Hallfredur rn Eirksson, Gun Herranen, Bengt Holbek, and Bengt af Klintberg. [via]
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Andersen's Fairy Talesby Hans Christian Andersen, Sheila Greenwald, Pat Shaw Iversen, Greenberg, Joanne (AFT)ISBN 0451529375 (0-451-52937-5)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Andersen's Fairy Tales'Book summary:Originally published in 1991, this collection of classic fairy tales by Hans Christian Andersen, illustrated by internationally acclaimed artist Lisbeth Zwerger, has been expanded -- three stories added -- and completely redesigned.[via]More editions of Andersen's Fairy Tales:
- Andersen's Fairy Tales: ISBN 0448060051 (0-448-06005-1)
Hardcover, Grosset & Dunlap - Andersen's Fairy Tales: ISBN 0517205734 (0-517-20573-4)
Hardcover, Random House Value Pub - Andersen's Fairy Tales: ISBN 0448110059 (0-448-11005-9)
Softcover, Putnam Berkley - Andersen's Fairy Tales: ISBN 0451521072 (0-451-52107-2)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics - Andersen's Fairy Tales: ISBN 0451529375 (0-451-52937-5)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics
- Andersen's Fairy Tales: ISBN 0448060051 (0-448-06005-1)
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Anecdotes of Destinyby Isak DinesenISBN 0226152952 (0-226-15295-2)
Hardcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Anecdotes of Destiny'Book summary:As a young woman early in this century, Karen Blixen -- whom we know as Isak Dinesen -- managed a 6,000-acre hill farm in Kenya where she was doctor, judge and friend to native Kikuyu and Masai who lived on her land.
In middle age, back in her native Denmark, Blixen turned to weaving what may be described as adventures of the mind. [via]
Anecdotes of Destiny ; And, Ehrengardby Isak DinesenISBN 039474215X (0-394-74215-X)
Softcover, Vintage Books
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Architecture in the Scandinavian Countriesby Marian C. DonnellyISBN 0262041189 (0-262-04118-9)
Hardcover, MIT Press
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Ardizzone's Hans Andersen: Fourteen Classic Talesby Edward Ardizzone, H.C. AndersenISBN 0233969969 (0-233-96996-9)
Hardcover, A. Deutsch
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ardizzone's Hans Andersen: Fourteen Classic Tales'Book summary:A selection by Edward Ardizzone of his favorite Andersen fairy tales for which he provides numerous illustrations. [via]
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Babette's Feast and Other Anecdotes of Destinyby Isak Dinesen, Martha LevinISBN 039475929X (0-394-75929-X)
Softcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Babette's Feast and Other Anecdotes of Destiny'Book summary:In the classic "Babette's Feast," a mysterious Frenchwoman prepares a sumptuous feast for a gathering of religious ascetics and, in doing so, introduces them to the true essence of grace. In "The Immortal Story," a miserly old tea-trader living in Canton wishes for power and finds redemption as he turns an oft-told sailors' tale into reality for a young man and woman. And in the magnificent novella Ehrengard, Dinesen tells of the powerful yet restrained rapport between a noble Wagnerian beauty and a rakish artist.
Hauntingly evoked and sensuously realized, the five stories read and novella collected here have the hold of "fairy stories read in childhood . . . of dreams . . . and of our life as dreams" (The New York Times). [via]More editions of Babette's Feast and Other Anecdotes of Destiny:
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Beowulf: An Illustrated Editionby Seamus HeaneyISBN 0393320979 (0-393-32097-9)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Beowulf: An Illustrated Edition'Book summary:In Beowulf warriors must back up their mead-hall boasts with instant action, monsters abound, and fights are always to the death. The Anglo-Saxon epic, composed between the 7th and 10th centuries, has long been accorded its place in literature, though its hold on our imagination has been less secure. In the introduction to his translation, Seamus Heaney argues that Beowulf's role as a required text for many English students obscured its mysteries and "mythic potency." Now, thanks to the Irish poet's marvelous recreation (in both senses of the word) under Alfred David's watch, this dark, doom-ridden work gets its day in the sun.
There are endless pleasures in Heaney's analysis, but readers should head straight for the poem and then to the prose. (Some will also take advantage of the dual-language edition and do some linguistic teasing out of their own.) The epic's outlines seem simple, depicting Beowulf's three key battles with the scaliest brutes in all of art: Grendel, Grendel's mother (who's in a suitably monstrous snit after her son's dismemberment and death), and then, 50 years later, a gold-hoarding dragon "threatening the night sky / with streamers of fire." Along the way, however, we are treated to flashes back and forward and to a world view in which a thane's allegiance to his lord and to God is absolute. In the first fight, the man from Geatland must travel to Denmark to take on the "shadow-stalker" terrorizing Heorot Hall. Here Beowulf and company set sail:
Men climbed eagerly up the gangplank,
After a fearsome night victory over march-haunting and heath-marauding Grendel, our high-born hero is suitably strewn with gold and praise, the queen declaring: "Your sway is wide as the wind's home, / as the sea around cliffs." Few will disagree. And remember, Beowulf has two more trials to undergo.
sand churned in the surf, warriors loaded
a cargo of weapons, shining war-gear
in the vessel's hold, then heaved out,
away with a will in their wood-wreathed ship.
Over the waves, with the wind behind her
and foam at her neck, she flew like a bird...Heaney claims that when he began his translation it all too often seemed "like trying to bring down a megalith with a toy hammer." The poem's challenges are many: its strong four-stress line, heavy alliteration, and profusion of kennings could have been daunting. (The sea is, among other things, "the whale-road," the sun is "the world's candle," and Beowulf's third opponent is a "vile sky-winger." When it came to over-the-top compound phrases, the temptations must have been endless, but for the most part, Heaney smiles, he "called a sword a sword.") Yet there are few signs of effort in the poet's Englishing. Heaney varies his lines with ease, offering up stirring dialogue, action, and description while not stinting on the epic's mix of fate and fear. After Grendel's misbegotten mother comes to call, the king's evocation of her haunted home may strike dread into the hearts of men and beasts, but it's a gift to the reader:
A few miles from here
In Heaney's hands, the poem's apparent archaisms and Anglo-Saxon attitudes--its formality, blood-feuds, and insane courage--turn the art of an ancient island nation into world literature. --Kerry Fried [via]
a frost-stiffened wood waits and keeps watch
above a mere; the overhanging bank
is a maze of tree-roots mirrored in its surface.
At night there, something uncanny happens:
the water burns. And the mere bottom
has never been sounded by the sons of men.
On its bank, the heather-stepper halts:
the hart in flight from pursuing hounds
will turn to face them with firm-set horns
and die in the wood rather than dive
beneath its surface. That is no good place.More editions of Beowulf: An Illustrated Edition:
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Beowulf: A Verse Translationby Daniel Donoghue, Seamus HeaneyISBN 0393975800 (0-393-97580-0)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Beowulf: A Verse Translation'Book summary:Winner of the Whitbread Prize, Seamus Heaneys translation "accomplishes what before now had seemed impossible: a faithful rendering that is simultaneously an original and gripping poem in its own right" (New York Times Book Review).
The translation that "rides boldly through the reefs of scholarship" (The Observer) is combined with first-rate annotation. No reading knowledge of Old English is assumed. Heaneys clear and insightful introduction to Beowulf provides students with an understanding of both the poems history in the canon and Heaneys own translation process. [via]More editions of Beowulf: A Verse Translation:
Christmas Trollsby Jan BrettISBN 0399225072 (0-399-22507-2)
Hardcover, Putnam Pub Group
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Comet in Moominlandby Tove Jansson, Elizabeth PortchISBN 0374413312 (0-374-41331-2)
Softcover, Sunburst
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Comet in Moominland'Book summary:When Moomintroll learns that a comet will be passing by, he and his friend Sniff travel to the Observatory on the Lonely Mountains to consult the Professors. Along the way, they have many adventures, but the greatest adventure of all awaits them when they learn that the comet is headed straight for their beloved Moominvalley.[via] 
The Complete Fairy Tales and Storiesby H. C. Andersen, Erik Christian HaugaardISBN 0385019017 (0-385-01901-7)
Hardcover, Random House Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Complete Fairy Tales and Stories'Book summary:Translated by Erik Hougaard, this is the only version available in trade paperback that presents the fairy tales exactly as Andersen collected them in the original Danish edition in 1874. His notes accompany the text. [via]
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The Complete Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Talesby H.C. Andersen, Lily FaowensISBN 0517092913 (0-517-09291-3)
Hardcover, Random House Value Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Complete Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tales'Book summary:Here are all 159 tales written by Hans Christian Anderson, the master Danish storyteller, accompanied by illustrations from Arthur Rackham, Hans Richter, and other. These cherished tales include:
" "The Little Mermaid"
" "Thumbelina"
" "The Emperor's New Clothes"
" "The Snow Queen"
" "Ib and Little Christina"
" "The Princess and the Pea" [via]More editions of The Complete Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tales:
- The Complete Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tales: ISBN 0517229242 (0-517-22924-2)
Hardcover, Random House Value Pub - The Complete Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tales: ISBN 0517336324 (0-517-33632-4)
Hardcover, Avenel Books - The Complete Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tales: ISBN 0517453754 (0-517-45375-4)
Hardcover, Chatham River Press - The Complete Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tales: ISBN 0517092913 (0-517-09291-3)
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- The Complete Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tales: ISBN 0517229242 (0-517-22924-2)
Danish Home Baking: Traditional Danish Recipesby Karen BergISBN 0486228630 (0-486-22863-0)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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East O' the Sun and West O' the Moonby Peter Christen Asbjrnsen, George Webbe Dasent, Jorgen Engebretsen MoeISBN 0486225216 (0-486-22521-6)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'East O' the Sun and West O' the Moon'Book summary:Remarkable collection the only complete edition of these wonderful tales contains scores of classic Norwegian tales made even more attractive by 77 illustrations by famed children's artists. Second only to Grimm.[via]More editions of East O' the Sun and West O' the Moon:
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East O' the Sun and West O' the Moon and Other Fairy Talesby Peter Christen Asbjrnsen, George Webbe Dasent, Marty NobleISBN 0486294390 (0-486-29439-0)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'East O' the Sun and West O' the Moon and Other Fairy Tales'Book summary:When a beautiful young girl goes with a great white bear after he saves her family from poverty, she learns he is an enchanted prince. Then he is carried off by the evil witch who enchanted him to marry her troll daughter, and the fearless girl sets out to rescue him. Full-color illustrations. [via]
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East of the Sun and West of the Moonby Jrgen Engebretsen Moe, Kay Rasmus Nielsen, Peter Christen AsbjornsenISBN 0385132131 (0-385-13213-1)
Hardcover, Doubleday
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Eaters of the Deadby Michael CrichtonISBN 0394494008 (0-394-49400-8)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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Eaters of the Dead: The Manuscript of Ibn Fadlan, Relating His Experiences with the Northmen in A. D. 922by Michael CrichtonISBN 0345354613 (0-345-35461-3)
Softcover, Random House Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Eaters of the Dead : The Manuscript of Ibn Fadlan, Relating His Experiences with the Northmen in A. D. 922'Book summary:Michael Crichton takes the listener on a one-thousand-year-old journey in his adventure novel Eaters Of The Dead. This remarkable true story originated from actual journal entries of an Arab man who traveled with a group of Vikings throughout northern Europe. In 922 A.D, Ibn Fadlan, a devout Muslim, left his home in Baghdad on a mission to the King of Saqaliba. During his journey, he meets various groups of "barbarians" who have poor hygiene and gorge themselves on food, alcohol and sex. For Fadlan, his new traveling companions are a far stretch from society in the sophisticated "City of Peace." The conservative and slightly critical man describes the Vikings as "tall as palm trees with florid and ruddy complexions." Fadlan is astonished by their lustful aggression and their apathy towards death. He witnesses everything from group orgies to violent funeral ceremonies. Despite the language and cultural barriers, Ibn Fadlan is welcomed into the clan. The leader of the group, Buliwyf (who can communicate in Latin) takes Fadlan under his wing.
Without warning, the chieftain is ordered to haul his warriors back to Scandinavia to save his people from the "monsters of the mist." Ibn Fadlan follows the clan and must rise to the occasion in the battle of his life.--Gina Kaysen [via]
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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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Eleven Plays by Henrick Ibsenby Henrik IbsenISBN 0394604148 (0-394-60414-8)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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The Emigrantsby Vilhelm MobergISBN 0446314927 (0-446-31492-7)
Softcover, Grand Central Pub
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An Enemy of the People, the Wild Duck, Rosmersholmby Henrik Ibsen, James McFarlaneISBN 0192839438 (0-19-283943-8)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'An Enemy of the People, the Wild Duck, Rosmersholm'Book summary:Taken from the Oxford Ibsen, this collection of Ibsen's plays includes An Enemy of the People, The Wild Duck, and Rosmersholm. [via]
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Fairy Tales and Legendsby H.C. Andersen, Rex WhistlerISBN 0370010388 (0-370-01038-8)
Hardcover, Bodley Head
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Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersenby Hans Christian Andersen, Isabelle Brent, Neil PhilipISBN 0276428307 (0-276-42830-7)
Hardcover, Reader's Digest Association (Canada)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen'Book summary:"The Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen" is a magnificent collection of 40 of his most magical works, including "The Little Mermaid", "The Princess and the Pea", "The Tinderbox" as well as lesser-known delights such as "The Shepherdess and The Chimney Sweep", "The Teapot and The Goblin at the Grocer's". Unlike many other dull and stilted translations, this collection of Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tales captures the freshness and sparkle of Andersen's original Danish text. Beautifully illustrated with exquisite watercolours and edged and picked out in sumptuous gold, the "Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen" is a book for both young and old to treasure and the perfect gift for children. The "Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen" begins with an introduction that sets Andersen in the context of earlier and contemporary storytellers and those he has influenced, such as J. K. Rowling. This biographical introduction provides a fascinating account of 'the fairytale of my life' as Andersen described it, backed up with photographs and Andersen's own artworks. The publication date of the "Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen" is set to coincide with the 200th anniversary of Andersen's birth. [via]
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Finn Family Moomintrollby Tove JanssonISBN 0374423075 (0-374-42307-5)
Softcover, Farrar Straus & Giroux
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Fires of Winterby Johanna LindseyISBN 0380757478 (0-380-75747-8)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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Four Major Playsby Henrik IbsenISBN 0451524063 (0-451-52406-3)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Four Major Plays'Book summary:Among the greatest and best known of Ibsen's works, these four plays--A Doll's House, The Wild Duck, Hedda Gabler, The Master Builder--brilliantly embody his landmark contributions to the theater. Rich in symbolism and often autobiographical, each work deals convincingly with the human emotions of greed, fear, and sexual hostility, and confronts the external conflicts between reality and illusion. Reissue. [via]
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The Frugal Gourmet on Our Immigrant Ancestors: Recipes You Should Have Gotten from Your Grandmotherby Jeff SmithISBN 0380717085 (0-380-71708-5)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Frugal Gourmet on Our Immigrant Ancestors: Recipes You Should Have Gotten from Your Grandmother'Book summary:Television's well-known Frugal Gourmet presents a collection of authentic recipes brought to the United States from around the world, including dishes from Mexico, Italy, France, Germany, Spain, Sweden, the Middle East, Asia, and others. Reprint. [via]
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Gertrude and Claudiusby John UpdikeISBN 0449006972 (0-449-00697-2)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Gertrude and Claudius'Book summary:Borrowing a phrase from Hamlet for the title of his 1999 nonfiction collection, John Updike may perhaps have been dropping hints about his fictional work in progress. He has, in any case, now delivered Gertrude and Claudius--and his variation on what is arguably the Bard's greatest hit sits very handsomely in the Shakespearean shadows. As its title suggests, this is a prelude to the actual play, focusing not on the sulky star but on his mother and fratricidal stepfather (think of it as a Danish, death-struck version of The Parent Trap). Updike's great achievement here is to turn our customary sympathies on their heads. This time around, Gertrude is a decent, long-suffering wife, whose consciousness happens to be raised to the boiling point by her sexy brother-in-law. And Claudius, too, seems half a victim of this fatal attraction, with a strong neo-Platonic accent to his lust:
The amused play of her mouth and eyes, the casual music of her considerate voice, a glimpse of her bare feet and rosy morning languor were to him amorous nutrition enough: at this delicate stage the image of more would have revolted him.... What we love, he understood from the poetry of Provence, where his restless freelancing had more than once taken him, is less the gift bestowed, the moon-mottled nakedness and wet-socketed submission, than the Heavenly graciousness of bestowal.
Subtract the poetry (and leave in the wet-socket business) and we're not too far from Rabbit Angstrom. As in the bulk of his fiction--and most conspicuously in the underrated In the Beauty of the Lilies--Updike sacrifices artistic firepower when he goes archaic on us. That explains why Gertrude and Claudius gets off to a wobbly start, with the author's medieval diction careening all over the page. But once his narrative gets up to speed, Updike dispenses one brilliant bit of perception after another. Note, for example, Ophelia's teeth, "given an almost infantile roundness by her low, palely pink gums, and tilted very slightly inward, so her smile imparted a glimmering impression of coyness, with even something light-heartedly wanton about it." Who else could make mere dentition such a window into the soul?Gertrude and Claudius also amounts to a running theological argument, in which men constantly impale themselves on metaphysical principle while the adulterous queen is willing "to accept the world at face value, as a miracle daily renewed." (That would explain Gertrude's snap diagnosis of her neurotic son: "Too much German philosophy.") A superlative satellite to Shakespeare's creation, Updike's novel is likely to retain a kind of subordinate rank, even within his own capacious body of work. Still, it's packed with enough post-Elizabethan insight about men and women, parents and children, to suggest that the play's not the thing--not always, anyway. --James Marcus [via]
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Great Holiday Baking Bookby Beatrice A. OjakangasISBN 0517593300 (0-517-59330-0)
Hardcover, Crown Publishing Group
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The Great Scandinavian Baking Bookby Beatrice A. OjakangasISBN 0316633720 (0-316-63372-0)
Hardcover, Little Brown & Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Great Scandinavian Baking Book'Book summary:Beatrice Ojakangas, the author of Scandinavian Cooking and The Finnish Cookbook calls on her Scandinavian heritage and wide-ranging knowledge of Scandinavian baking to produce the definitive book on the subject. The emphasis is on ease of preparation, and all these unusual and tempting recipes will delight readers. [via]
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Growth of the Soilby Knut HamsunISBN 0394717813 (0-394-71781-3)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Hans Andersenby H. C. Andersen, Michael Foreman, Erik Christian HaugaardISBN 0385133642 (0-385-13364-2)
Hardcover, Random House Childrens Books
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Hans Christian Andersen the Complete Fairy Tales and Storiesby H. C. Andersen, Virginia HavilandISBN 0385189516 (0-385-18951-6)
Softcover, Anchor Books
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Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Talesby Hans Christian Andersen, Val BiroISBN 0517227185 (0-517-22718-5)
Hardcover, Random House Value Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales'Book summary:Charming color illustrations in this gorgeous volume bring the classic stories of Hans Christian Andersen to life, including:
" "The Wild Swans"
" "The Emperor's New Clothes"
" "The Ugly Duckling"
" "Thumbelina" [via]More editions of Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales:
Hearts Aflameby Johanna LindseyISBN 0380899825 (0-380-89982-5)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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The History of Danish Dreamsby Peter HoegISBN 0385315910 (0-385-31591-0)
Softcover, Dell Publishing
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The History of Danish Dreams'Book summary:One of Scandinavia's most talented young authors follows an eccentric family as they try to cope with the transition of Denmark from medieval society to modern welfare state. By the author of Smilla's Sense of Snow. [via]
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Hungerby Knut Hamsun, Robert Bly, Paul AusterISBN 0374525285 (0-374-52528-5)
Softcover, Farrar Straus & Giroux
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hunger'Book summary:[via]This powerful, autobiographical novel by a Nobel Prize-winning author made literary history when it was first published in 1890. A modern classic about a penniless, unemployed young writer, the book paints an unforgettable portrait of a man driven to the edge of self-destruction by forces beyond his control. 
An Illustrated Guide to Runesby Jonathan DeeISBN 0517163969 (0-517-16396-9)
Hardcover, Random House Value Publishing
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ImmigrantISBN 0446311332 (0-446-31133-2)
Softcover, Grand Central Pub
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Kalevala: The Land of the Heroesby Michael Branch, W.F. KirbyISBN 0485120488 (0-485-12048-8)
Softcover, Athlone Press
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Knit Your Own Norwegian Sweaters: Complete Instructions for 50 Authentic Sweaters, Hats, Mittens, Gloves, Caps, Etc.by Dale Yarn CompanyISBN 0486230317 (0-486-23031-7)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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Kristin Lavransdatterby Sigrid UndsetISBN 0394752910 (0-394-75291-0)
Softcover, Vintage Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Kristin Lavransdatter'Book summary:The acknowledged masterpiece of the Nobel Prize-winning Norwegian novelist Sigrid Undset, Kristin Lavransdatter has never been out of print in this country since its first publication in 1927. Its story of a woman's life in fourteenth-century Norway has kept its hold on generations of readers, and the heroine, Kristin-beautiful, strong-willed, and passionate-stands with the world's great literary figures. Volume 1, The Bridal Wreath , describes young Kristin's stormy romance with the dashing Erlend Nikulausson, a young man perhaps overly fond of women, of whom her father strongly disapproves. [via]
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The Last Light Of The Sunby Guy Gavriel KayISBN 0451459857 (0-451-45985-7)
Softcover, Roc
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Author Biography: Guy Gavriel Kay has been awarded the International Goliardos Prize for his work in the literature of the fantastic, is a two-time winner of the Aurora Award, and has been nominated three times for the World Fantasy Award. His works have been translated into 21 languages.
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The Master Builderby Henrik IbsenISBN 0486419282 (0-486-41928-2)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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The Mittenby Jan BrettISBN 039921920X (0-399-21920-X)
Hardcover, Putnam Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Mitten'Book summary:A Ukrainian boy named Nicki wants his grandmother Baba to knit snow-white mittens for him. She warns her grandson that a white mitten will be hard to find if he loses it in the snow, but of course he promptly does just that! What happens next is the surprising part, as a mole takes refuge in the lost mitten, then a rabbit, then a hedgehog, an owl, a badger, and a fox. If you think the mitten might be a wee bit stretched out at this point, just wait: "Then a big bear sniffed at the mitten. The animals were packed in tight, but the bear didn't care. He crawled in anyway." When a tiny mouse squeezes in, her whiskers tickle the bear's nose. He sneezes, and "Aaaaa-aaaaa-ca-chew!" all the animals fly out of their crocheted cave. As the mitten sails through the air, Nicki spots it, reclaims it, and takes it home to show his smiling Baba.
Jan Brett is the illustrator of many well-known folktales, fairy tales, and poems, such as Goldilocks and the Three Bears and The Owl and the Pussycat, by Edward Lear. Her special signature in her detailed artwork is the intricate borders, seen in this book as birch-bark panels with embroidered details and mitten-shaped vignettes offering additional insights into the story line. Brett is at her best when she illustrates animals, and the expressions on the faces of her creatures are a delight. She carefully researched the costumes, furniture, and house in this traditional Ukrainian tale--all are authentic. A fine story to read on a frosty night with a cup of hot chocolate, and if you ever get your fill of The Mitten, you can always try its delightfully original companion book, The Hat, winner of the 1998 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award. (Ages 4 to 8) [via]
Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagasby H. A. GuerberISBN 0486273482 (0-486-27348-2)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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Nightlands: Nordic Buildingby Christian Norberg-SchulzISBN 0262640368 (0-262-64036-8)
Softcover, Mit Pr
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Norse Mythsby Kevin Crossley-HollandISBN 0394748468 (0-394-74846-8)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Norsemenby H. A. GuerberISBN 0517604396 (0-517-60439-6)
Hardcover, Random House Value Pub
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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 Role of Inflection in Scandinavian Syntaxby Anders Holmberg, Christer PlatzackISBN 0195067460 (0-19-506746-0)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr on Demand
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Scandinavian Girl and Boy Paper Dollsby Kathy AllertISBN 0486276848 (0-486-27684-8)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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Scandinavian Knitwearby Alice StarmoreISBN 0517612739 (0-517-61273-9)
Hardcover, Random House Value Pub
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Scandinavian Knitwear: 30 Original Designs from Traditional Patternsby Alice StarmoreISBN 0442278357 (0-442-27835-7)
Hardcover, Van Nostrand Reinhold Co
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Scandinavian Studies: Essays Presented to Doctor Henry Goodard Leachby Carl F. BayerschmidtISBN 029573924X (0-295-73924-X)
Hardcover, Univ of Washington Pr
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Seven Gothic Talesby Isak DinesenISBN 0394718070 (0-394-71807-0)
Hardcover, Vintage Books
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Stories and Talesby Hans Christian Andersen, H. W. Dulcken, A. W. BayesISBN 0415285984 (0-415-28598-4)
Softcover, Routledge
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Surrender My Loveby Johanna LindseyISBN 0380762560 (0-380-76256-0)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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Tales and Stories from Hans Christian Andersenby H. C. Andersen, Sven Hakon Rossel, Patricia L. ConroyISBN 0295959363 (0-295-95936-3)
Softcover, Univ of Washington Pr
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Tales of Protectionby Nadia Christensen, Erik Fosnes Hansen, Fosnes HansenISBN 0374272409 (0-374-27240-9)
Hardcover, Farrar Straus & Giroux
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The Thrall's Taleby Judith LindberghISBN 0452288177 (0-452-28817-7)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Three Complete Novelsby Michael CrichtonISBN 0517084791 (0-517-08479-1)
Hardcover, Random House Value Pub
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Traditional Knittingby Amy CarrollISBN 0345309103 (0-345-30910-3)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Traditional Knitting'Book summary:Small sized paperback with 96 pages has table of contents, index, full color samples. Includes basic techniques; fruit and flowers; birds, beasts, bees; trees; sea and sailors; hearts and snowflakes; figures and motifs. [via]
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Traditional Knitting Patterns, from Scandinavia, the British Isles, France, Italy and Other European Countries: The British Isles, France, Italy, and Other European Countriesby James NorburyISBN 0486210138 (0-486-21013-8)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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The Troll With No Heart in His Body: And Other Tales of Trolls from Norwayby Lise Lunge-Larsen, Peter Christen Asbjornsen, Jorgen Engebretsen Moe, Betsy BowenISBN 0395913713 (0-395-91371-3)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin
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Viking America: The Norse Crossings and Their Legacyby James Robert EnterlineISBN 0385025858 (0-385-02585-8)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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The Vikings and Americaby Erik WahlgrenISBN 0500281998 (0-500-28199-8)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Who's That Knocking on Christmas Eve?by Jan BrettISBN 0399238735 (0-399-23873-5)
Hardcover, Putnam Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Who's That Knocking on Christmas Eve?'Book summary:Every year, trolls knock down Kyri's door and gobble up her Christmas feast. But this year, the trolls are in for a surprise: a boy and his pet ice bear on their way to Oslo have come in from the cold. And once the ice bear is finished with the trolls, you can bet they won't come knocking next Christmas Eve![via]
Once again, Jan Brett creates an original Christmas story full of warmth and magic. Featuring beautiful borders, intricate illustrations, and a stunning display of the Northern Lights, Who's That Knocking on Christmas Eve? will rightfully take its place among Jan's Christmas favorites with the whole family.More editions of Who's That Knocking on Christmas Eve?:
The Wild Christmas Reindeerby Jan BrettISBN 0399221921 (0-399-22192-1)
Hardcover, Philomel Books
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The Wonderful Adventures of Nilsby Thea Kliros, Selma Lagerlof, Velma Swanston HowardISBN 0486286118 (0-486-28611-8)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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