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1	Voices more books like this by Mr. Arnaldur Indridason add to wishlist Detective Erlendur encounters memories of his troubled past in this gripping and award-winning continuation of the "Reykjavik Murder Mysteries". At a grand Reykjavik hotel, the doorman has been repeatedly stabbed in the dingy basement room he called home. It is only a few days before Christmas and he was preparing to appear as Santa Claus at a ... see all copies from $2.87! new only from $4.39! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Independent People more books like this by Halldor Laxness add to wishlist A novel by an Icelandic Nobel Prizewinner, about a sheep farmer who wants only to be an independent man. When his daughter expresses her own needs for independence, the battle of wills that results is both harsh and poignant. Brad Leithauser writes in his introduction: "I finished its last chapters one late afternoon in Rome, seated in an all-but ... see all copies from $4.00! new only from $7.05! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Jar City: A Reykjavik Thriller more books like this by Mr. Arnaldur Indridason, Bernard Scudder (Translator) add to wishlist A man is found murdered in his Reykjav-k flat, and the police have no obvious leads. The man lived alone and had no family, and of his only two friends, one is serving time for an array of petty crimes and psychotic violence, and the other hasn't been heard of for twenty-five years. Erlendur and his colleague Sigurdur -li head the investigation ... see all copies from $2.78! new only from $10.87! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	The Draining Lake more books like this by Mr. Arnaldur Indridason add to wishlist Following an earthquake, the water level of an Icelandic lake suddenly falls to reveal a skeleton half-buried in its sandy bed. It has clearly been there many years. There is a large hole in the skull. Yet more mysteriously, it is weighted down by a heavy radio transmitter bearing inscriptions in Russian. The police are called in and Erlendur, ... see all copies from $7.90! new only from $8.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	The Far Traveler: Voyages of a Viking Woman more books like this by Nancy Marie Brown add to wishlist Five hundred years before Columbus, a Viking woman named Gudrid sailed off the edge of the known world. She landed in the New World and lived there for three years, giving birth to a baby before sailing home. Or so the Icelandic sagas say. Even after archaeologists found a Viking longhouse in Newfoundland, no one believed that the details of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	Silence of the Grave more books like this by Mr. Arnaldur Indridason add to wishlist Building work in an expanding Reykjavik uncovers a shallow grave. Years before, this part of the city was all open hills, and Erlendur and his team hope this is a typical Icelandic missing person scenario; perhaps someone once lost in the snow, who has lain peacefully buried for decades. Things are never that simple. Whilst Erlendur struggles to ... see all copies from $2.53! new only from $8.26! \| signed copies \| first editions
7	Last Rituals: An Icelandic Novel of Secret Symbols, Medieval Witchcraft, and Modern Murder more books like this by Yrsa Sigurdardottir, Bernard Scudder (Translator) add to wishlist Set in modern-day Iceland--and already an international sensation--"Last Rituals" introduces one of the most compelling and exceptional new characters to appear in years, attorney Thra Guomunddottir, in a tale of medieval witchcraft and modern murder. see all copies from $2.53! new only from $4.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	Gunnar's daughter more books like this by Sigrid Undset, Arthur G. Chater, [from old catalog] add to wishlist In this epic, semi-autobiographical novel of poverty and despair, Hamsun's narrator is a poor writer who depends upon the sale of articles and stories to the press for his living. He is usually destitute and often hungry, and during the long intervals when he is underfed, his mood swings wildly between euphoria and bleak, self-destructive ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.64! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Avalon more books like this by Anya Seton add to wishlist This saga of yearning and mystery travels across oceans and continents to Iceland, Greenland, and North America during the time in history when Anglo-Saxons battled Vikings and the Norsemen discovered America. The marked contrasts between powerful royalty, landless peasants, Viking warriors and noble knights are expertly brought to life in this ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.37! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	The Fish Can Sing more books like this by Halldor Kiljan Laxness, Magnus Magnusson (Translator) add to wishlist This 1955 novel by Nobel laureate Halldor Laxness takes place in a rural village in Iceland, where a young boy is abandoned by his parents and grows up to become fanatically devoted to an internationally famous singer. see all copies from $2.95! new only from $8.40! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Photoshop Lightroom Adventure: Mastering Adobe's Next-Generation Tool for Digital Photographers more books like this by Mikkel Aaland add to wishlist Adobe created Photoshop Lightroom expressly for photographers, so twelve top-notch professionals took it for an intense, hands-on test run in the real world: a 10-day photographic adventure in Iceland. Now they are sharing that experience with you. In this PDF, Mikkel Aaland and Derrick Story have collected what they and their colleagues learned ... see all copies from $3.16! new only from $7.20! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Destruction of Convoy Pq-17 more books like this by David John Cawdell Irving add to wishlist First published in England, this is the highly controversial book banned in 1967. Detailing the fate of 35 Allied ships destined for the Barents Sea, Irving reveals the blundering that doomed the convoy and caused him to be sued for libel. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $31.00! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Icelander more books like this by Dustin Long add to wishlist "Icelander" is the debut novel from a brilliant new mind, an intricate, giddy romp steeped equally in Nordic lore and pulpy intrigue. When Shirley MacGuffin is found murdered one day prior to the annual town celebration in remembrance of Our Heroine's mother -- the legendary crime-stopper and evil-thwarter Emily Bean -- everyone expects Our ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions
14 view cover	My Soul to Take: A Novel of Iceland more books like this by Yrsa Sigurdardottir add to wishlist In this chilling follow-up to "Last Rituals," lawyer and single mother of two Thora Gudmundsdottir is once again pulled into a darker side of Iceland's history as she hunts for a savage killer. see all copies from $7.61! new only from $14.91! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Iceland (Signed Edition): Land of the Sagas more books like this by Jon Krakauer add to wishlist A pictorial classic on one of the last "undiscovered" countries is offered by David Roberts and Jon Krakauer, author of "Into Thin Air". While touring and photographing a landscape of remarkable variety, the authors survive numerous adventures and discover the myths and legends of Iceland's stirring history. Full color. see all copies from $10.67! new only from $14.33! \| first editions
16 view cover	The Windows of Brimnes: An American in Iceland more books like this by Bill Holm add to wishlist In his most ambitious book to date, poet, musician, wit, and polemicist Bill Holm repairs to his Icelandic cottage to reflect on the United States and what it might learn from the land of his ancestral roots. The book begins with a description of the extraordinary setting of Brimnes, a small fishing village on the Arctic Circle. From his house, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.00! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Ice Land more books like this by Betsy Tobin add to wishlist Infused with the rich history and mythology of Iceland, Tobin's sweeping novel is an epic adventure of forbidden love, lust, jealousy, faith, and magical wonder set under the shadow of a smoldering volcano. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.11! \| SVS
18 view cover	Medieval Iceland more books like this by Jesse L Byock add to wishlist The history of medieval Europe is incomplete if it does not take Iceland into account. Jesse Byock's reassessment of medieval Iceland uses all the available sources--the medieval Icelanders' historical writings, extensive saga literature, and intricate laws--to explore the way Iceland's social order functioned. see all copies from $4.45! new only from $17.84! \| first editions \| SVS
19	Independent people, an epic more books like this by Halldór Kiljan Laxness, J. Anderson Thompson, [from old catalog] add to wishlist A novel by an Icelandic Nobel Prizewinner, about a sheep farmer who wants only to be an independent man. When his daughter expresses her own needs for independence, the battle of wills that results is both harsh and poignant. Brad Leithauser writes in his introduction: "I finished its last chapters one late afternoon in Rome, seated in an all-but ... see all copies from $2.70! first editions
20 view cover	Frost on My Moustache: The Arctic Exploits of a Lord and a Loafer more books like this by Tim Moore add to wishlist Inspired by the swashbuckling travelogues of Victorian diplomat Lord Dufferin, frail surburbanite Tim Moore sets out to prove his physical and spiritual worth before his sceptical Nordic in-laws by retracing Dufferin's epic voyage to Iceland and Spitzbergen. Dufferin's battles with icebergs, polar bears and the deep potations of hospitable ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.33! \| first editions \| SVS
21	The Norse Atlantic saga : being the Norse voyages of discovery and settlement to Iceland,Greenland,America. more books like this by Gwyn Jones add to wishlist The story of the Viking voyages across the North Atlantic which led to the colonization of Iceland and Greenland and an acquaintance with the eastern seaboard of North America. The new edition has been enlarged to take account of the latest knowledge. see all copies from $2.89! new only from $99.00! \| first editions
22 view cover	The story of Rolf and the Viking bow more books like this by Allen French add to wishlist This turn-of-the-century novel by Allen French is in the style and tradition of the great Icelandic sagas and is set in the time just after Iceland had become Christian. see all copies from $5.19! new only from $8.91! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Iceland saga more books like this by Magnus Magnusson add to wishlist Magnus Magnusson relates the world-famous Icelandic sagas to the spectacular living landscapes of today, taking the reader of a literary tour of the mountains, valleys and fjords where the heroes and heroines of the sagas lived out their eventful lives. And he tells the story of the first Viking settler Ingolfur Anarson. see all copies from $2.53! new only from $92.26! \| signed copies \| first editions
24 view cover	The Tricking of Freya more books like this by Christina Sunley add to wishlist Freya Morris lives an almost nocturnal existence working in a basement photography studio in Manhattan - when she is summoned back to the formative place of her youth, a remote Icelandic-Canadian village called Gimli, where her ancient grandmother clings to life. Freya is the last in a remarkable family line. Her immigrant grandfather, a famous ... see all copies from $5.99! new only from $18.94! \| SVS
25 view cover	Heimskringla: History of the Kings of Norway more books like this by Snorri Sturluson, Lee M Hollander (Translator) add to wishlist Beginning with the dim prehistory of the mythical gods and their descendants, Snorri Sturluson tells us how scions of those descendants, the Swedish kings, colonised and subdued Norway, shire by shire, until King Harald Fairhair united the whole realm. The long line of his successors ruled Norway with varying fortunes, achieving, at one time, a ... see all copies from $11.46! new only from $29.99! \| first editions \| SVS

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