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1	Out Stealing Horses more books like this by Per Petterson add to wishlist In 1948, when he is fifteen, Trond spends a summer in the country with his father. The events - the accidental death of a child, his best friend's feelings of guilt and eventual disappearance, his father's decision to leave the family for another woman - will change his life forever. An early morning adventure out stealing horses leaves Trond ... see all copies from $2.97! new only from $7.36! \| first editions \| SVS
2	When the Devil Holds the Candle more books like this by Karin Fossum add to wishlist 'Fossum's elucidation of the criminally degenerate mind is first-rate'. - "Mail on Sunday". 'Has anyone seen Andreas?' Andreas's disappearance is a mystery to all, including his inseparable friend Zipp. But its not easy for Zipp to come forward with details of the last time he saw his friend - they had been following an old woman, an easy target ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Blessing in Disguise more books like this by Lauraine Snelling add to wishlist Her first mistake was emigrating alone. Was this one even worse? Augusta Bjorklund, after discovering her intended bridegroom married someone else, decided to leave her broken heart in Norway and start a new life in America. But knowing no English, Augusta misunderstands a ticket agent's directions in St. Paul, Minnesota, and in the harried ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.09! \| SVS
4	Hunger more books like this by Knut Hamsun 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 $3.43! new only from $4.35! \| first editions \| SVS
5	The Rescue Artist: A True Story of Art, Thieves, and the Hunt for a Missing Masterpiece more books like this by Edward Dolnick add to wishlist This suspense-filled book tells the true story of the 1994 theft of Edvard Munch's masterpiece "The Scream" from the National Gallery in Oslo, Norway, and the brilliant detective who gets it back. Includes a 16-page b&w photo insert. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.50! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Who's That Knocking on Christmas Eve? more books like this by Jan Brett (Illustrator) add to wishlist Once again Brett creates an original Christmas story full of warmth and magic. Featuring beautiful borders, intricate illustrations, and a stunning display of the Northern Lights, this story will take its place among her best. Full-color illustrations. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	Snow Treasure more books like this by Marie McSwigan add to wishlist A true story of how a group of Norwegian children fool the German guards by taking their country's gold out right under their noses. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.00! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Season of the Sun more books like this by Catherine Coulter add to wishlist Originally published in 1991, this classic is repackaged in a new cover. It tells the story of Zarabeth, a fiery redhead who is chosen by a Viking on a trading visit to York to be his wife. (July) see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.24! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Hedda Gabler more books like this by Henrik Ibsen add to wishlist Condemned by British critics in 1890 when it was written, "Hedda Gabler" has since become one of Ibsen's most frequently performed plays. Its title role is elusive and complex: Hedda is an intelligent and ambitious woman, trapped in the stifling environment of a bourgeois 19th-century marriage. When writer Eilert Loevborg, an old flame returns to ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
10	The Shetland Bus: A WWII Epic of Escape, Survival, and Adventure more books like this by David Howarth add to wishlist In a true story of secret World War II missions across the North Sea, the author of "We Die Alone" recounts the hundreds of trips made by Norwegian fishing boats in the dark of the Arctic winter to resist the Nazi onslaught in 1940. see all copies from $2.99! new only from $3.49! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Enemy of the People more books like this by Arthur Miller add to wishlist This volume is part of a series of novels, plays and stories intended for use at GCSE level. The complete, original text is accompanied by an introduction, activities for before, during and after study, as well as notes. Arthur Miller's adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's play reminds us that telling the truth can be a dangerous act. When the idealistic ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.00! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Don't Look Back more books like this by Karin Fossum add to wishlist In this mystery set in Norway, Inspector Konrad Sejer investigates the murder of Annie Holland, a well-liked woman who was suffering from ovarian cancer. As Sejer struggles to discover why someone would murder a person who has only a few months to live, he learns that everyone in Annie's village has a secret to hide. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.32! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	A Doll's House: A New Version by Frank McGuinness more books like this by Henrik Johan Ibsen, Frank McGuinness add to wishlist The text of Ibsen's play, written in 1879 and translated into English by the playwright, Frank McGuinness. Nora confronts her husband, Torvald, with her own brutal realization that by marrying she has moved from her father's doll's house into yet another situation of economic dependency. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Growth of the soil more books like this by Knut Hamsun add to wishlist In this allegorical novel, Isak, the hero of the story, is the archetypical man who labors and builds. A wanderer at the start of the tale, he builds a hut to shelter himself from the winds of the moors and decides to settle on the spot. He begins to cultivate the land, and eventually he meets a woman who stays to become his wife and raise his ... see all copies from $2.48! new only from $7.77! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Billy Boyle: A World War II Mystery more books like this by James R Benn add to wishlist A 22-year-old Irish American cop thinks he's avoiding military service by becoming a general's staff member, but the general turns out to be Dwight D. Eisenhower. Dispatched as an "investigator," Billy searches for a German spy amongst the exiled Norwegian government. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.81! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	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 $2.50! new only from $7.50! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	East of the Sun and West of the Moon: Old Tales from the North more books like this by Kay Nielsen (Illustrator) add to wishlist see all copies from $16.64! new only from $16.64! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Kristin Lavransdatter more books like this by Sigrid Undset add to wishlist In the third volume of Sigrid Undset's monumental historical saga, Kristin and her family return to her childhood home, where she watches her sons growing up in a difficult time while her marriage slowly crumbles. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $14.38! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	D'Aulaires' Book of Trolls more books like this by Ingri D'Aulaire, Edgar Parin D'Aulaire add to wishlist Enter the world of those strange long-ago inhabitants of the wild Norwegian mountains--the trolls. Children will be fascinated with the stories, anecdotes, and troll histories that come to life with d'Aulaire's magical illustrations. The New York Times Book Review hails this classic as "a nearly perfect picture book for children". Full color. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.93! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Vikings more books like this by Elizabeth Janeway add to wishlist Eric the Red, the Norse warrior who discovered Greenland more than 1,000 years ago, and his son, Leif Ericson, an adventurer in his own right, are profiled in this history of the Vikings that draws upon Norse saga. Illustrations. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.31! \| first editions
21 view cover	The Body in the Fjord more books like this by Katherine Hall Page add to wishlist In this eighth installment in the Faith Fairchild series, Faith's neighbor Pix Miller flies off to Scandinavia where she assumes the identity of a mild-mannered tourist scoping out the local sights. But all the while she is secretly investigating the strange disappearance of a friend who was last seen in the Norwegian fjords. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	An Enemy of the People more books like this by Henrik Ibsen add to wishlist This is a fresh and contemporary translation of Ibsen's "An Enemy of the People" by Nicholas Rudall. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Slay Ride more books like this by Dick Francis add to wishlist David Cleveland travels to Oslo to investigate the disappearance of a champion jockey the night before an international race he was favored to win. Cleveland doesn't believe in coincidences, but he does believe that he might end up on the killer's growing list of victims if he doesn't act quickly. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	The Three Billy-Goats Gruff: A Norwegian Folktale more books like this by Ellen Appleby (Illustrator) add to wishlist The classic folktale about three clever billy-goats who outwit the nasty troll. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Mysteries more books like this by Knut Hamsun add to wishlist In this psychological novel, most of the story is a monologue in which Nagel, a visitor to a small coastal town in Norway, discusses his dreams and opinions at great length. Nagel loves more than anything to talk, and he manages to confuse and fascinate the townspeople with his eccentric ideas and shifting perception of reality. Hamsun employs the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.92! \| first editions \| SVS

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