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Beowulfby Gareth HindsISBN 0763630233 (0-7636-3023-3)
Softcover, Candlewick Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Beowulf'Book summary:This exhilarating graphic-novel edition of an ancient classic honors the spirit of the original as it attracts modern readers.
The epic tale of the great warrior Beowulf has thrilled readers through the ages and now it is reinvented for a new generation with Gareth Hindss masterful illustrations. Grendels black blood runs thick as Beowulf defeats the monster and his hideous mother, while somber hues overcast the heros final, fatal battle against a raging dragon. Speeches filled with courage and sadness, lightning-paced contests of muscle and will, and funeral boats burning on the fjords are all rendered in glorious and gruesome detail. Told for more than a thousand years, Beowulfs heroic saga finds a true home in this graphic-novel edition. [via]More editions of Beowulf:
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Beowulfby GummereISBN 1420921584 (1-4209-2158-4)
Softcover, Digireads.Com
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Beowulf'Book summary:Dating from between the 8th and 11th century Beowulf is the oldest known English epic poem. Beowulf is a narrative poem about the kings and heroes of Denmark and Geatland. It is a story of mythic creatures and medieval battles between men and monsters. Follow the adventures of Beowulf, the story's title character, as he battles the Grendel, the Grendel's mother, and a dragon. As you read imagine yourself in one of the taverns or royal courts of Old England hearing the great epic Beowulf, for the first time as you might well have then. Passed down by oral tradition Beowulf's author is to this day unknown. The original manuscript was written in Anglo-Saxon or Old English. Presented here is the faithful translation of Francis B. Gummere. [via]
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Beowulfby Harold BloomISBN 0791040828 (0-7910-4082-8)
Softcover, Facts on File
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Beowulfby John McNamara, AnonymousISBN 1593082665 (1-59308-266-5)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Beowulf'Book summary:[via]Beowulf, by Anonymous, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:Widely regarded as the first true masterpiece of English literature, Beowulf describes the thrilling adventures of a great Scandinavian warrior of the sixth century. Its lyric intensity and imaginative vitality are unparalleled, and the poem has greatly influenced many important modern novelists and poets, most notably J. R. R. Tolkien, author of The Lord of the Rings.
Part history and part mythology, Beowulf opens in the court of the Danish king where a horrible demon named Grendel devours men in their sleep every night. The hero Beowulf arrives and kills the monster, but joy turns to horror when Grendels mother attacks the hall to avenge the death of her son. Ultimately triumphant, Beowulf becomes king himself and rules peacefully for fifty years until, one dark day, a foe more powerful than any he has yet faced is arousedan ancient dragon guarding a horde of treasure. Once again, Beowulf must summon all his strength and courage to face the beast, but this time victory exacts a terrible price.
New translation by John McNamara. Features an original map and genealogy chart.
John McNamara is Professor of English at the University of Houston, where he teaches the early languages and literatures of England, Scotland, and Ireland, with a special focus on their oral traditions. He is the co-editor of Medieval Folklore: An Encyclopedia of Myths, Legends, Tales, Beliefs, and Customs.
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Beowulfby Magnus Magnusson, Julian Glover, Sheila MacKieISBN 0750911042 (0-7509-1104-2)
Softcover, Sutton Pub Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Beowulf'Book summary:The poem 'Beowulf' is one of the glories of European Literature. It was composed in Anglo-Saxon verse early in the eighth century and has come down to just one surviving manuscript. This is the text that Julian Glover has taken for this book. [via]
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Beowulfby Michael SwantonISBN 0719051460 (0-7190-5146-0)
Softcover, Manchester Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Beowulf'Book summary:Beowulf is to English what the Odyssey and Iliad are to Greek literature ? the oldest example of vernacular literature of any substance not only in England but in the whole of western Europe. Since its rediscovery and the appearance of the first printed editions in the middle of the last century, this moving and dramatic epic has attracted considerable scholarly attention, and Dr Swanton is able to draw on this wealth of scholarship to present a considered and balanced introduction to the poem. Explanatory notes, drawing on archaeological sources, expand the poets more esoteric allusions and offer background information on contemporary manners and customs. A prose translation faces the text, which should be invaluable to both students and the general reader.[via]More editions of Beowulf:
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Beowulfby Roy LiuzzaISBN 1551111896 (1-55111-189-6)
Softcover, Broadview Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Beowulf'Book summary:The classic story of Beowulf, hero and dragon-slayer, appears here in a new translation accompanied by genealogical charts, historical summaries, and a glossary of proper names. These and other documents sketching some of the cultural forces behind the poem's final creation will help readers see Beowulf as an exploration of the politics of kingship and the psychology of heroism, and as an early English meditation on the bridges and chasms between the pagan past and the Christian present. A generous sample of other modern versions of Beowulf sheds light on the process of translating the poem. [via]
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Beowulf: An Adaptation by Julian Glover of the Verse Translations of Michael Alexander and Edwin Morganby Magnus Magnusson, Julian Glover, Sheila MacKieISBN 0862993377 (0-86299-337-7)
Hardcover, Sutton Pub Ltd
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Beowulf: Letterpress Editionby Bertha RogersISBN 0913559598 (0-913559-59-8)
Softcover, Birch Brook Pr
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Beowulf: With the Finnesburg Fragmentby W. F. Bolton, C.L. WrennISBN 0859895181 (0-85989-518-1)
Softcover, Univ of Exeter Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Beowulf: With the Finnesburg Fragment'Book summary:[via]This timely new edition of Beowulf strives to retain the four distinctive features of the previous editions: textual conservatism, concise presentation, concentration on the needs of literary students, and Wrenn's superb erudition and experience. For the most part it leaves intact Wrenn's basic intentions and editorial decisions; with rare exceptions, they have been altered only because of new evidence that Wrenn could not have seen.More editions of Beowulf: With the Finnesburg Fragment:
The Blue Vikingby Sandra HillISBN 0843948272 (0-8439-4827-2)
Softcover, Leisure Books
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Book of Viking Age Yorkby Richard HallISBN 0713470143 (0-7134-7014-3)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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Chronicles of the Vikings: Records, Memorials and Mythsby R.I. PageISBN 0802071651 (0-8020-7165-1)
Softcover, Univ of Toronto Pr
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Eaters of the Deadby Michael CrichtonISBN 1417618620 (1-4176-1862-0)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Eaters of the Dead'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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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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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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Egil's Sagaby John Lucas, Snorri Sturluson, Christine FellISBN 0460112511 (0-460-11251-1)
Softcover, Dent
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Egil's Saga'Book summary:Demon, killer and drunkard, poet, lawyer and farmer: Egil is on eof the most individual and paradoxical characters to emerge from the Icelandic sagas. [via]
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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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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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Fires of Winterby Johanna LindseyISBN 0727816373 (0-7278-1637-3)
Hardcover, Severn House Pub Ltd
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From Viking to Crusader: The Scandinavians and Europe 800-1200by Else Roesdahl, Galeries Nationales Du Grand Palais (France), Altes Museum (Berlin, Germany), Nationalmuseet (Denmark), David M. WilsonISBN 0847816257 (0-8478-1625-7)
Hardcover, Rizzoli Intl Pubns
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The Fury of the Northmen: Saints, Shrines and Sea-Raiders in the Viking Age Ad 793-878by John MarsdenISBN 1856262367 (1-85626-236-7)
Softcover, Trafalgar Square
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Hearts Aflameby Johanna LindseyISBN 0380899825 (0-380-89982-5)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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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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› Find signed collectible books: 'A History of the Vikings'Book summary:The history of the Viking peoples and kingdoms, from their half-glimpsed origins and legendary prehistory to the triumphs of Canute, is as exciting a story as has ever been told. Professor Jones's classic work incorporates all the latest research. [via]
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An Illustrated Viking Voyage : Retracing Leif Eriksson's Journey in an Authentic Viking Knarrby W. Hodding Carter, Russell KayeISBN 0743407024 (0-7434-0702-4)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'An Illustrated Viking Voyage : Retracing Leif Eriksson's Journey in an Authentic Viking Knarr'Book summary:Featuring the breathtaking images of award-winning photographer Russell Kaye, "An Illustrated Viking Voyage" tells the tale of an awe-inspiring modern expedition.
In 1997, journalist and history buff W. Hodding Carter, along with a ragtag band of amateur sailors, set out to retrace Leif Eriksson's journey to North America. They sailed a handmade ship modeled after a traditional Viking "knarr." It was the first voyage by Westerners to precisely follow the Vikings' route in nearly a thousand years.
Beginning in a small boathouse in Maine, Carter's fifty-four-foot open-decked Viking boat, the Snorri, took shape from wooden planks and individually pounded iron rivets. Over the next year, the Snorri sailed from the ports and fjords of Greenland through the Arctic circle to a victorious landing at l'Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland.
Through the extraordinary images of photographer Russell Kaye, and a colorful running text from Carter, the chronicle of this remarkable voyage is captured in rich detail. Experience the feat of building an authentic Viking vessel; the power of sublime Arctic landscapes; the beauty and treachery of icebergs; and the fishermen of local villages who offered advice and companionship despite language barriers.
An unforgettable adventure as seen through a celebrated photographer's lens, "An Illustrated Viking Voyage" chronicles a once-in-a-millennium occurrence, one which fans of Viking lore and seafaring journeys will come back to time and again. [via]
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An Introduction to Viking Mythologyby John GrantISBN 1555215610 (1-55521-561-0)
Hardcover, Book Sales
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The Last Light Of The Sunby Guy Gavriel KayISBN 0451459857 (0-451-45985-7)
Softcover, Roc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Last Light Of The Sun'Book summary:In the often formulaic world of fantasy fiction, Guy Gavriel Kay stands out as an innovative and challenging writer. He not only pushes the genre's limits with his unique blend of high fantasy and historical fiction, he also expands his own boundaries as a writer by constantly exploring new directions. The Last Light of the Sun is no exception, as Kay leaves the courtly world of his recent novels for a harsh northern land populated with marauding sea raiders, grim kings struggling to establish some semblance of civilization, and a slowly dying faerie world. The Last Light of the Sun invokes the Britain of the Old English sagas, in which community is built upon honour and loyalty, and the end of the world is always but a battle away.
The book follows a large cast of characters from three different societies: the Viking stand-in Erlings, the Celtic Cyngael, and the Anglo Saxon-like Anglcyn. The three groups clash repeatedly and become more closely intertwined in each meeting, as characters fight, fall in love, and die, and complex family stories and quests are played out across generations and different landscapes. What makes the book truly remarkable is Kay's honest, unsentimental storytelling style. The characters in The Last Light of the Sun are real people, not stock fantasy characters, and the plot often takes unexpected, unconventional twists, resulting in a chain of events that more closely resembles real history than romantic tales. The Last Light of the Sun is one of Kay's bleaker works, largely because it's also one of his most real. But it is still an epic tale, and like the best epics it depicts not only heroes and mighty battles but also patterns of loss and change. It is a world upon which the sun is truly setting, but it is also a world about to be reborn into a new era, and Kay tells its story like the best bards of old. --Peter Darbyshire [via]
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Maidensongby Diana GroeISBN 0843957107 (0-8439-5710-7)
Softcover, Dorchester Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Maidensong'Book summary:Let Diana Groe take you on an unforgettable journey in this epic novel of adventure and passion that will sweep you from the icy fjords of Scandinavia to the sun-drenched streets of Byzantium. [via]
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The Mastermyr Find: A Viking Age Tool Chest from Gotlandby Greta Arwidsson, Gosta BergISBN 0965075516 (0-9650755-1-6)
Softcover, Norm Larson Books
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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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Norse Mythsby Kevin Crossley-HollandISBN 0394748468 (0-394-74846-8)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Norse Myths'Book summary:The Scandinavian myths form a linked chain of stories, creating a mighty, fantastical world teeming with gods and goddesses, master-smiths and magicians. Battles between gods and giants exist alongside unexpected love matches until the final days of destruction dawn, with their promise of rebirth. Using his talents as poet, translator and author, Kevin Crossley-Holland brings the myths alive. He reveals a dynamic culture in which is reflected the Norseman's spirit and confidence, his ruthlessness and cruelty, arrogance and generosity. [via]
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The Poetic Eddaby Carolyne LarringtonISBN 0192839462 (0-19-283946-2)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Poetic Edda'Book summary:The collection of Norse-Icelandic mythological and heroic poetry known as the "Poetic Edda" contains the greater narratives of the creation of the world and the coming of Ragnarok, the Doom of the Gods. Since the rediscovery of the "Poetic Edda" in the 17th century, its poetry has fascinated artists as diverse as Thomas Gray, Richard Wagner, and Jorge Luis Borges. This complete translation includes a scholarly introduction, notes, a genealogy of the gods and giants, and an index of names. [via]
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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 Saga of the Volsungsby Eirmkr Magnzsson, William MorrisISBN 1420926667 (1-4209-2666-7)
Softcover, Digireads.Com
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Saga of the Volsungs'Book summary:"The Saga of the Volsungs" is one of the truly great Icelandic sagas. Composed sometime in the twelfth or thirteenth century by an unknown author, it is the story of Sigurd the dragon-slayer. Filled with elements of Norse mythology and great human drama, "The Saga of the Volsungs" has greatly influenced the fantasy genre of literature. Presented in this volume is the translation of Eiríkr Magnússon and William Morris. [via]
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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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Sagas of the Norsemen: Viking and German Mythby Jacqueline Simpson, Duncan Baird Publishers, Loren Auerbach, Time-Life BooksISBN 0705435334 (0-7054-3533-4)
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Surrender My Loveby Johanna LindseyISBN 0783811241 (0-7838-1124-1)
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A Tale of Two Vikingsby Sandra HillISBN 0843951583 (0-8439-5158-3)
Softcover, Dorchester Pub Co Inc
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The Thrall's Taleby Judith LindberghISBN 0452288177 (0-452-28817-7)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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A vividly imagined chronicle of love, hatred, and revenge at a time when the Vikings were exploring to new worlds, Judith Lindberghs spectacular debut novel takes its inspiration from Old Norse Sagas and creates the riveting story of a beautiful slave, her ill-begotten daughter, and their maligned but powerful mistress.
Lindbergh spent the last ten years researching and writing The Thralls Tale. This monumental work, illustrated with maps and accompanied by historical notes, will surely appeal to readers of Norse history and sagas as well as to fans of great historical fiction like Anita Diamants The Red Tent and Sena Jeter Naslunds Ahabs Wife. [via]
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Three Complete Novelsby Michael CrichtonISBN 0517084791 (0-517-08479-1)
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Towns in the Viking Ageby Helen Clarke, Bjorn AmbrosianiISBN 071851792X (0-7185-1792-X)
Softcover, Continuum Intl Pub Group
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Until Foreverby Johanna LindseyISBN 0783813007 (0-7838-1300-7)
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Unwilling Betrayerby Joan Van NuysISBN 0843932732 (0-8439-3273-2)
Softcover, Dorchester Publishing Company, Incorporated
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Viking Age Headcoverings From Dublinby Elizabeth Wincott HeckettISBN 0954385551 (0-9543855-5-1)
Hardcover, Royal Irish Academy
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Viking Clothingby Thor EwingISBN 0752435876 (0-7524-3587-6)
Softcover, Tempus Pub Ltd
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Viking Designsby A. G. SmithISBN 0486404692 (0-486-40469-2)
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Viking Patterns for Knitting: Inspiration and Projects for Today's Knitterby Elsebeth LavoldISBN 157076137X (1-57076-137-X)
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Viking Scotlandby Anna RitchieISBN 0713472251 (0-7134-7225-1)
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The Viking Shipsby Ian AtkinsonISBN 0822512211 (0-8225-1221-1)
Hardcover, Lerner Pub Group
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A Viking Voyage: In Which an Unlikely Crew Attempts an Epic Journey to the New Worldby W. Hodding CarterISBN 0345420039 (0-345-42003-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Viking Voyage: In Which an Unlikely Crew Attempts an Epic Journey to the New World'Book summary:The author himself describes his story as a tale of "quixotic idiocy, passion, determination, frightening beauty, love, loss, enlightenment, failure, and redemption...." Initially, only the idiocy is apparent. On a whim, Carter decides to reenact the voyage of Viking Leif Ericson, who, in the year 1000, sailed his knarr (a Viking longboat) from Greenland to a land he called "Vinland." But why should anyone care? Because Vinland, many experts believe, was located somewhere on the northeast coast of North America, meaning that Ericson beat Columbus to the New World by nearly 500 years.
To realize his dream voyage, Carter endures an almost comical assortment of trials. First, he must find someone to build, pay for, and help sail the boat. Then, he and his novice crew must sail it from Greenland to North America, struggling with the arctic cold, 1,000-year-old technology, and their own ineptitude. Carter describes their exploits with equal parts humor and terror. Fighting frostbite, he muses,
Like Robert Peary, I was going to lose my toes. Unlike him, I would whine and scream until the end. And I certainly would not be able to claim I discovered the North Pole or anything at all beyond learning that Viking boats were not meant to sail windward in anything beyond a duck pond.
For the landlubber, it's difficult to fathom why even the most die-hard Viking fanatics would go to such dangerous lengths to emulate their Norse heroes. Carter's account renders their passion more understandable, revealing little-known gems of Viking history and myth, and garnishing them with thrills and triumphs from his own adventures. Readers may not be inspired to rush out and build their own knarr, but they will find that Carter makes good on his introductory boast, wrenching new adventure from a world with seemingly no unexplored territory. --Andrew Nieland [via]
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A Viking Voyage: In Which an Unlikely Crew of Adventurers Attempts an Epic Journey to the New Worldby W. Hodding CarterISBN 0345420047 (0-345-42004-7)
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The Vikingsby Else Roesdahl, Susan M. Margeson, Kirsten WilliamsISBN 0713990481 (0-7139-9048-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Vikings'Book summary:For almost 300 years, from the 8th to the 11th centuries, the Vikings played an important and often decisive role in shaping the history of large parts of Europe. Their long ships took them from Scandinavia to conquer England, exploit the Franklin Empire, rule Normandy, trade in Russia, colonize Iceland, discover Greenland and America and much else. At the same time the three Scandinavian kingdoms of Denmark, Norway and Sweden started to take form. Towns were founded, far-flung trade routes were organized, art and poetry flourished and Christianity was introduced. This book covers the contributions of the many disciplines involved in modern Viking studies, giving a full survey of the Viking's achievements abroad. It also investigates the background which made it all possible and presents a picture of a strong, self-contained and fast developing society and culture. It discusses the sources of our knowledge, and those of the popular Viking myth. [via]
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The Vikingsby Jonathan WoodingISBN 0847821064 (0-8478-2106-4)
Hardcover, Rizzoli International Publications, Incorporated
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The Vikingsby National Geographic Society (U.S.), Howard La FayISBN 0870441086 (0-87044-108-6)
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The Vikings and Their Originsby David M. WilsonISBN 0500050376 (0-500-05037-6)
Hardcover, Thames and Hudson
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The Vikings and Their Origins: Scandinavia in the First Milleniumby David M. WilsonISBN 0500275424 (0-500-27542-4)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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The Vikings: Lords of the Seasby Yves CohatISBN 0810928655 (0-8109-2865-5)
Softcover, Harry N Abrams Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Vikings: Lords of the Seas'Book summary:Well-written, loaded with information, and with a rich assortment of illustrations, each Discoveries "RM" volume is a look at one facet of art, archaeology, music, history, philosophy, popular culture, science, or nature. These innovatively designed, affordably priced, compact paperbacks bring ideas to life and amplify our understanding of civilization in a new way. [via]
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The Vikings: Recreated in Colour Photographsby Britta Nurmann, Schulze NurmannISBN 1861262892 (1-86126-289-2)
Softcover, Crowood Pr
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The Vikings: Recreated in Colour Photographsby Carl Schulze, Britta Nurmann, Torsten VerhulsdonkISBN 1859150586 (1-85915-058-6)
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The Vikings: The British Museum, London, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New Yorkby British Museum, James Graham-Campbell, Dafydd Kidd, Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)ISBN 0870992198 (0-87099-219-8)
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Vikings: The North Atlantic Sagaby National Museum of Natural History (U.S.), William W. Fitzhugh, Elisabeth I. WardISBN 1560989955 (1-56098-995-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Vikings: The North Atlantic Saga'Book summary:In the early Middle Ages, driven by famine at home and the promise of wealth to be had in other lands, the Viking people exploded out of Scandinavia and set about conquering parts of England, Ireland, France, Russia, and even Turkey. Emboldened by their successes, the Vikings pushed ever farther outward, eventually crossing the North Atlantic and founding settlements in Iceland, Greenland, and eastern Canada.
In The Vikings: The North Atlantic Saga, some three dozen scholars examine the growing archaeological evidence of the Viking presence in the New World--including such items as a Norse coin excavated in Maine, runic stones from the Canadian Arctic, and farming implements found in Newfoundland. The contributors consider the sometimes friendly, sometimes warlike history of Viking interactions with the native peoples of northeastern North America (whom the Norse called skraelings, or "screamers"); compare the archaeological record with contemporary sagas and other records of exploration; and argue for the need to better document the Viking contribution to New World history.
"As an historical and cultural achievement," write the editors, "the Viking Age and its North American medieval extension stand out as one of the most remarkable periods in human history." This oversized, heavily illustrated volume celebrates that little-understood time. --Gregory McNamee [via]
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Vladimir, the Russian Vikingby Vladimir VolkoffISBN 0879519932 (0-87951-993-2)
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Women in the Viking Ageby Judith JeschISBN 0851153607 (0-85115-360-7)
Softcover, Boydell Pr
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Woven into the Earth: Textiles from Norse Greenlandby Else Ostergaard, Else stergardISBN 8772889357 (87-7288-935-7)
Hardcover, Aarhus Universitetsforlag
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Woven into the Earth: Textiles from Norse Greenland'Book summary:One of the century's most spectacular archaeological finds occurred in 1921, a year before Howard Carter stumbled upon Tutankhamun's tomb, when Poul Norlund recovered dozens of garments from a graveyard in the Norse settlement of Herjolfsnaes, Greenland. Preserved intact for centuries by the permafrost, these mediaeval garments display remarkable similarities to western European costumes of the time. Previously, such costumes were known only from contemporary illustrations, and the Greenland finds provided the world with a close look at how ordinary Europeans dressed in the Middle Ages. Fortunately for Norlund's team, wood has always been extremely scarce in Greenland, and instead of caskets, many of the bodies were found swaddled in multiple layers of cast off clothing. When he wrote about the excavation later, Norlund also described how occasional thaws had permitted crowberry and dwarf willow to establish themselves in the top layers of soil. Their roots grew through coffins, clothing and corpses alike, binding them together in a vast network of thin fibers - as if, he wrote, the finds had been literally sewn in the earth. Eighty years of technical advances and subsequent excavations have greatly added to our understanding of the Herjolfsnaes discoveries. Woven into the Earth recounts the dramatic story of Norlund's excavation in the context of other Norse textile finds in Greenland. It then describes what the finds tell us about the materials and methods used in making the clothes. The weaving and sewing techniques detailed here are surprisingly sophisticated, and one can only admire the talent of the women who employed them, especially considering the harsh conditions they worked under. While Woven into the Earth will be invaluable to students of medieval archaeology, Norse society and textile history, both lay readers and scholars are sure to find the book's dig narratives and glimpses of life among "the last Vikings" fascinating. [via]
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Die Edda: Gotterdichtung, Sprachweisheit Und Heldengesange Der Germanenby Felix GenzmerISBN 3424007188 (3-424-00718-8)
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Vikingos/ Vikings: La Batalla al final de los tiempos/ The Battle At The End of Timesby Tony AllanISBN 8495537281 (84-95537-28-1)
Hardcover, Jaguar Ediciones
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Norges Kongesagaerby Snorri Sturluson, Finn Hdneb, Hallvard MageryISBN 8252506410 (82-525-0641-0)
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