Insight Guides: Insight Guide Norway
2008, PAPER, 391 PAGES, $22.95
A profusely illustrated overview of Norway, featuring concise essays on natural history, politics and culture, hundreds of photos and maps, and some limited practical information. (Item no. NOR03)


John Haywood: Penguin Historical Atlas of the Vikings
1995, PAPER, 144 PAGES, $20.00
The history of the Vikings told through a series of
innovative maps and excellent photographs. This book
traces the route of the 9th-century Viking merchants and
explorers throughout Europe and on to the New World.
(Item no. VIK02)


David Howarth, Stephen Ambrose (Introduction): We Die Alone, A WWII Epic of Escape and Endurance
2007, PAPER, 208 PAGES, $16.95
This 1955 account of courage, determination and valor in
Nazi-occupied Norway follows Jan Baalrud's
extraordinary escape across the Lyngen Alps. (Item no.
NOR14)


Peter Asbjornsen: Norwegian Folk Tales
1982, PAPER, 188 PAGES, $14.95
This rich collection of stories, interpreted by a leading
scholar on ancient traditions and tales, will delight both
adults and children. (Item no. NOR06)


Freytag & Berndt: Norway Map
MAP, $12.95
A detailed map at a scale of 1:600,000. (Item no. NOR05)


ITMB: Oslo/Bergen Map
2006, MAP, $8.95
A walking map of Oslo and Bergen at a scale of 1:10,000.
(Item no. NOR44)


Eyewitness Guides: Eyewitness Guide Norway
2008, PAPER, 304 PAGES, $25.00
This handsome, illustrated guide covers the nature,
culture, history and attractions of Norway. (Item no.
NOR29)


Linda March: Culture Smart! Norway
2005, PAPER, 168 PAGES, $9.95
A concise, no-nonsense guide to local customs, etiquette and culture with a short overview of the land and people along with practical travel advice. (Item no. NOR43)


Yves Cohat: The Vikings, Lords of the Seas
1992, PAPER, 146 PAGES, $12.95
An indispensable reference that fits in your pocket, this
slim volume, part of the "Discoveries" series, is packed
with maps, archival photographs and illustrations. It tells of the Norse homeland, discoveries and settlements, and features a useful chronology and excerpts from the Viking Sagas. (Item no. VIK01)


T.K Derry: A History of Scandinavia: Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Iceland
2000, PAPER, 447 PAGES, $23.50
Scandinavia from prehistory to the present with chapters
on the Viking and Lutheran kingdoms, medieval times,
monarchies, the World Wars and modern period,
emphasizing the common cultural, political and social
backgrounds. (Item no. SCN03)

H. William Fitzhugh (Editor), Elisabeth Ward (Editor): Vikings, The North Atlantic Saga
2000, PAPER, 432 PAGES, $34.95
An extensively illustrated volume of Viking culture,
history and exploration that focuses especially on voyages to North America. Published in conjunction with a Smithsonian exhibit, it features essays and 400 color
photographs. (Item no. VIK11)


Ingrid Semmingsen: Norway to America, A History of the Migration
1980, PAPER, 224 PAGES, $16.95
The story of Norwegian immigration to the United States, describing the lifestyles known to the first pioneers in the Midwest and on the West Coast, and relating their experiences in light of their ties back home. (Item no. NOR33)


Thomas Gallagher: Assault in Norway, Sabotaging the Nazi Nuclear Bomb
2002, PAPER, 234 PAGES, $16.95
A small team of Norwegian ski commandos on a mission
to destroy the Vemork heavy water plant – and stop the
Germans from getting the atomic bomb. A gripping true
story of bravery and endurance against all odds, featuring hair-raising escapades – some of which are so outrageous they seem lifted from an action novel. Non-fiction. (Item no. NOR62)


Mary Wollstonecraft, William Godwin: Letters on Sweden, Norway, and Denmark
2005, PAPER, 129 PAGES, $16.95
In this small masterpiece, rich in detail of people and
place, groundbreaking feminist Wollstonecraft records her observations of a late 18th-century journey through
Scandinavia. (Item no. SCN04)


Fridtjof Nansen: Farthest North
2008, PAPER, 687 PAGES, $17.95
The great Norwegian polar explorer Fridtjof Nansen's
classic account of the voyage of the Fram, originally
published in 1897. His compelling adventure jumps from
the page through maps and photographs. (Item no.
ARC60)


Paul Watkins: The Fellowship of Ghosts, Travels in the Land of Midnight Sun
2006, PAPER, 233 PAGES, $15.00
Novelist Watkins tries his hand at travel, interweaving a
memoir of his own experiences in Norway with those of
early eccentric visitors. His solo wanderings also take into account the beautiful Norwegian countryside, with vivid descriptions of dramatic cliffs and expansive snowfields. (Item no. NOR35)


Kevin Crossley-Holland: The Norse Myths
1981, PAPER, 320 PAGES, $17.00
A classic collection of 32 tales of Nordic gods, goddesses and heroes. With an overview of the Norse world, cosmology and gods. (Item no. SCN38)


Knut Hamsun: Growth of the Soil
2007, PAPER, 352 PAGES, $13.00
The epic tale of a homesteader in the mountainous
Norwegian interior, which helped win Hamsun a Nobel
Prize in 1920. An insightful and engaging look at life in
Norway and living off the land. (Item no. NOR36)
We also carry Hamsun’s Mysteries (Item no. NOR08,
$15.00).


Per Petterson: Out Stealing Horses
2008, PAPER, 258 PAGES, $14.00
In this luminous novel of memory, childhood and loss in
rural Norway, Trond Sander, the elderly narrator, looks
back on his life and the chain of events that began one
fateful summer day in 1948. (Item no. NOR66)


Sigrid Undset, Tina Nunnally (Translator): Kristin Lavransdatter: The Wreath, The Wife, The Cross
2005, PAPER, 1184 PAGES, $25.00
A masterful historical epic by the Nobel Prize-winning
author, first published in 1927. This omnibus edition
follows the life of one woman from birth to death in
devoutly Catholic 14th-century Norway. A cornerstone of
Scandinavian literature, the trilogy is a powerful
introduction to the medieval society. (Item no. NOR40)