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Icons of Danish Modernity: Georg Brandes and Asta Nielsen (New Directions in Scandinavian Studies; Modern Language Init) by Julie K Allen Publisher Comments Julie Allen utilizes the lives and friendship of the Danish literary critic George Brandes (1842-1927) and the silent film star Asta Nielsen (1881-1972) to explore questions of culture and national identity in early twentieth-century Denmark. Danish... (read more) List Price $50.00 Your price: $35.00 Used - Hardcover
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Counterfeiter: How a Norwegian Jew Survived the Holocaust by Moritz Nachtstern Publisher Comments Published for the first time in English, this is an enthralling personal account of the secret Nazi project, Operation Bernhard, devised to destabilize the British and, later, American economies by creating and putting into circulation millions of... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $16.95 Used - Hardcover
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Embarrassment of Riches : an Interpretation of Dutch Culture in the Golden Age (87 Edition) by Simon Schama Publisher Comments In a brilliantly inventive work, bestselling author Simon Schama explores the enigma of 17th-century Holland, a nation that attained an unprecedented level of affluence, yet lived in constant dread of being corrupted by prosperity. Drawing on a vast... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $13.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Sweden, the Nation's History by Franklin Dani Scott Publisher Comments Steven Kobliks epilogue extends Scotts now standard text with an analysis of contemporary Swedish political, economic, and social behavior. In addition to the epilogue, Scott has made a number of alterations in the text in order to maintain the... (read more) List Price $42.95 Your price: $19.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Manors and Markets: Economy and Society in the Low Countries 500-1600 by Bas Van Bavel Publisher Comments The Low Countries-an area roughly embracing the present-day Netherlands and Belgium-formed a patchwork of varied economic and social development in the Middle Ages, with some regions displaying a remarkable dynamism. Manors and Markets charts the history... (read more) List Price $159.25 Your price: $100.00 Used - Hardcover
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Madam Prime Minister by Gro Harl Brundtland Publisher Comments One of the world's leading woman politicians tells her inspiring story At forty-one, Gro Harlem Brundtland, physician and mother of four, was appointed prime minister of Norway-the youngest person and the first woman ever to hold that office. In this... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $3.50 Used - Hardcover
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Democracy and Citizenship in Scandinavia by Jorgen Gou Andersen Publisher Comments Major changes in citizenship and democracy have taken place in Scandinavia within the last two decades. Participation in conventional forms of politics has declined markedly, and political parties and trade unions are being questioned. Instead... (read more) List Price $196.95 Your price: $22.00 Used - Hardcover
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When Ways of Life Collide: Multiculturalism & Its Discontent by Paul Sniderman Publisher Comments In 2004, Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh was brutally murdered on a busy Amsterdam street. His killer was Mohammed Bouyeri, a twenty-six-year-old Dutch Moroccan offended by van Gogh's controversial film about Muslim suppression of women. The Dutch... (read more) List Price $50.25 Your price: $17.50 Used - Hardcover
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The Hidden Life of Otto Frank by Carol Ann Lee Publisher Comments Carol Ann Lee s impeccably researched portrait The Hidden Life of Otto Frank brings into sharp focus every facet of the extraordinary life, both charmed and cursed, of Otto Frank, the father of the most famous young girl of the twentieth century... (read more) List Price $13.99 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Even in Sweden: Racisms, Racialized Spaces, and the Popular Geographical Imagination by Allan Pred Publisher Comments Allan Pred writes compellingly about the reawakening of racism throughout Europe at the end of the twentieth century--even in Sweden, a country widely regarded as the very model of social justice and equality. Many thousands of non-European and Muslim... (read more) List Price $40.95 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Mannerheim: President, Soldier, Spy by Jonathan Clements Publisher Comments "An exemplary and generously illustrated account; it incorporates new historical material, and he describes the journey as if he had been there."The Times Literary Supplement Gustaf Mannerheim was one of the greatest figures of the twentieth... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $12.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Swedish Mentality by Ake 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) List Price $32.75 Your price: $8.50 Used - Trade Paper
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In Cod We Trust: Living the Norwegian Dream by Eric Dregni Publisher Comments Eric Dregni’s great-grandfather Ellef fled Norway in 1893 when it was the poorest country in Europe. More than one hundred years later, his great-grandson traveled back to find that—mostly due to oil and natural gas discoveries—it is... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $11.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Murder in Amsterdam: Liberal Europe, Islam and the Limits of Tolerance by Ian Buruma Publisher Comments In 2004, the celebrated and controversial Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh was shot and killed by an Islamic extremist for making a movie that insulted the prophet Mohammed. Buruma returned to his native land to investigate the shocking event and its larger... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $9.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Tivoli Gardens by Harry Benson Publisher Comments Situated on seventeen acres in the heart of Copenhagen, Denmark, Tivoli Gardens is one of the world's most spectacular and popular amusement parks. Comprised of a lush public garden, theme park, food and shopping mecca, and performing arts center, Tivoli... (read more) List Price $50.00 Your price: $30.00 Used - Hardcover
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Provo: Amsterdam's Anarchist Revolt by Richard Kempton Publisher Comments The first English-language history of Provo, the legendary Dutch insurrectional movement of the mid-1960s.... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Daily Life in Rembrandt's Holland (Daily Life) by Paul Zumthor Publisher Comments A clear and well-informed account of Dutch society in the seventeenth century.... (read more) List Price $33.75 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Christina, Queen of Sweden: The Restless Life of a European Eccentric by Veronica Buckley Publisher Comments She was born on a bitterly cold December night in 1626 and, in the candlelight, mistakenly declared a boy. On her father's death six years later, she inherited the Swedish throne. She was tutored by Descartes, yet could swear like the roughest soldier... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $16.95 Used - Hardcover
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Northern Europe: An Environmental History by Tamara Whited Publisher Comments Of interest to students and academics alike, this book provides a much-needed synthesis of the recent literature on northern Europe's environmental history. Beginning with the Paleolithic period and the recolonization of Europe after the Ice Age, this... (read more) List Price $103.75 Your price: $50.00 Used - Hardcover
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The Beggar and the Professor: A Sixteenth-Century Family Saga by Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie Publisher Comments From a wealth of vivid autobiographical writings, Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie reconstructs the extraordinary life of Thomas Platter and the lives of his sons. With masterful erudition, Le Roy Ladurie deepens and expands the historical contexts of these... (read more) List Price $47.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Hardcover
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