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Christina, Queen of Sweden : Restless Life of a European Eccentric (05 Edition) by Veronica Buckley Publisher Comments Not unlike the elusive figure played by Greta Garbo, the real Queen Christina stood among the most flamboyant and controversial figures of the seventeenth century. All of Sweden could not contain her ambition or quench her thirst for adventure. Freed... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper 
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Discoveries: Vikings (Discoveries) by Yves Cohat Publisher Comments 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... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $3.50 Used - Trade Paper
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A Concise History of Sweden (Cambridge Concise Histories) by Neil Kent Publisher Comments Neil Kent's book sweeps through Sweden's history from the Stone Age to the present day. Early coverage includes Viking hegemony, the Scandinavian Union, the Reformation and Sweden's political zenith as Europe's greatest superpower in the seventeenth... (read more) List Price $31.25 Your price: $26.99 New - Trade Paper
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The Vikings: A History by Robert Ferguson Publisher Comments A comprehensive and thrilling history, based on the latest scholarship, offers the definitive portrait of the Vikings Raiders and traders, settlers and craftsmen, the medieval Scandinavians who have become familiar to history as Vikings never lose their... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Northern Danelaw: Its Social Structure, C. 800-1100 (Studies in the Early History of Britain) by D. M. Hadley Publisher Comments Investigating the changing nature of lorship and peasant statuses, the transformation of estate structures, the emergence of villages, and the development of the parish system, D. M. Hadley also explains the peculiarities of the northern Danelaw and... (read more) Your price: $210.75 New - Hardcover
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History of the Swedish People Volume 1 From by Vilhelm Moberg Synopsis The captivating early history of Sweden - now in paperback!... (read more) Your price: $16.95 New - Trade Paper
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Historical Atlas of the Vikings, the Penguin by John Haywood Publisher Comments Viking marauders struck fear into the hearts of ninth-century European peasants, monks and nobles alike for two centuries, but the Vikings were more than seaborne terrorists. This atlas illustrates their influence extending from the Holy Land to... (read more) List Price $20.00 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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A History of Denmark: Second Edition (Palgrave Essential Histories) by Knud J. V. Jespersen Publisher Comments Knud Jespersen traces the historical roots of the modern Danish state and Denmark's international position. This revised, updated and expanded new edition features additional material on issues such as the Danish church, the Enlightenment, cultural... (read more) Your price: $29.95 New - Trade Paper
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Denmark (Countries of the World) by Patrick J. Murphy Publisher Comments Travel to faraway places with the turn of page! Young readers grow in cultural understanding as they observe similarities and differences of featured countries' landscapes, geography, economics, and cultures. Teaching social studies through vibrant... (read more) Your price: $19.95 New - Library Bound
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Historical Dictionary of the Vikings (Historical Dictionaries of Ancient Civilizations and Histori) by Katherine Holman Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-378).... (read more) Your price: $105.95 New - Hardcover
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Viking World by Stefan Brink Publisher Comments Filling a gap in the literature for an academically oriented volume on the Viking period, this unique book is a one-stop authoritative introduction to all the latest research in the field. Bringing together today 's leading scholars, both established... (read more) Your price: $279.95 New - Hardcover
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The Well Spring of the Goths by Ingemar Nordgren Publisher Comments The Goths--a rumoured people first known by history around the river Vistula in present Poland--was the people that more than other contributed to the fall of the Roman Empire. It was however also the Goths who preserved the Roman culture against other... (read more) Your price: $6.00 DRM-Free PDF - Electronic
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Nordic Civil Society at a Cross-Roads: Transforming the Popular Movement Tradition by Filip Wijkstr Book News Annotation Social scientists present some of the ideas about organizational change and societal transformations that have emerged over several years of interaction in a research network. Within sections on drivers of change, the process of change, and changing... (read more) List Price $67.25 Your price: $36.18 New - Trade Paper
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Iceland Imagined: Nature, Culture, and Storytelling in the North Atlantic by Karen Oslund Publisher Comments Iceland, Greenland, Northern Norway, and the Faroe Islands lie on the edges of Western Europe, in an area long portrayed by travelers as remote and exotic--its nature harsh, its people reclusive. Since the middle of the eighteenth century, however, this... (read more) Your price: $35.00 New - Hardcover
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Viking America: The First Millennium by Geraldine Barnes Publisher Comments Viking America examined through the writing and rewriting of the Vinland story from the middle ages to the twentieth century.... (read more) List Price $109.50 Your price: $32.00 Used - Hardcover
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Finland, the Land of a Thousand Lakes by Ernest Young List Price $33.75 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Swedish Mentality by ke Daun Publisher Comments Is there a distinctly Swedish national character? Are Swedes truly shy, unemotional, conflict-avoiding, melancholy, and dour? Swedish Mentality, the English translation of the hugely successful book published in Sweden in 1989, considers the reality... (read more) Your price: $14.95 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Norseman in the Viking Age (02 Edition) by Eric Christiansen Publisher Comments This history of the Nordic peoples in the period 750-1050 focuses on their homelands and colonies, demonstrating the fluidity and incoherence of the world in which they lived. Considers the Nordic peoples in Viking times without undue recourse to... (read more) List Price $37.95 Your price: $29.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Danish Revolution, 1500-1800: An Ecohistorical Interpretation (Studies in Environment and History) by Thorkild Kjaergaard Publisher Comments This book tells how Denmark created, and then overcame its sixteenth-century ecological crisis.... (read more) Your price: $80.50 New - Trade Paper
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The Reformation of Community: Social Welfare and Calvinist Charity in Holland, 1572-1620 (Cambridge Studies in Early Modern History) by Charles H. Parker Publisher Comments A comparative study of social welfare institutions in Holland during the Reformation.... (read more) Your price: $65.25 New - Trade Paper
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