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1	Out Stealing Horses more books like this by Per Petterson 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 $8.05! new only from $8.05! \| SVS
2	Snow Treasure more books like this by Marie McSwigan 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 $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Who's That Knocking on Christmas Eve? more books like this by Jan Brett (Illustrator) 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 $4.99! \| first editions \| SVS
4	The Rescue Artist: A True Story of Art, Thieves, and the Hunt for a Missing Masterpiece more books like this by Edward Dolnick 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 $2.93! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Hunger more books like this by Knut Hamsun Set in Oslo, this is a compelling trip into the mind of a young writer, driven by starvation to extremes of euphoria and despair. Whilst never quite falling into the abyss of suicide, Hamsun's narrator is forever on the verge of losing it. see all copies from $2.01! new only from $4.33! \| first editions \| SVS
6	East O' the Sun and West O' the Moon more books like this by Peter Christen Asbjornsen, Sir George Webbe Dasent (Translator) A retelling of a classic love story from Norwegian folklore. A beautiful but poor farm girl exchanges her freedom for riches for her family when she goes to live with a big white bear. Of course the bear is a prince under a curse and they soon fall in love. Unfortunately, the beautiful girl breaks one of her promises to the bear and so he is ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.35! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Don't Look Back more books like this by Karin Fossum Beneath the imposing Kollen Mountain lies a small village where the children run in and out of one another's houses and play unafraid in the streets. But the sleepy village is like a pond through which not enough water runs - beneath the surface it is beginning to stagnate. When a naked body is found by the lake at the top of the mountain, its ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.93! \| first editions \| SVS
8	We Die Alone more books like this by David Howarth In 1943 a team of Norwegian commandos sailed from England for Nazi-occupied Norway to organize the Norwegian resistance. They were betrayed and only one man survived the Nazi ambush, to find a tiny Arctic village. There, near death, he found villagers willing to risk their lives to save him. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $25.59! \| first editions \| SVS
9	An Enemy of the People more books like this by Henrik Ibsen 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
10	Growth of the soil more books like this by Knut Hamsun 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 $1.99! new only from $7.15! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Slay Ride more books like this by Dick Francis The hero of this explosive tale is David Cleveland, investigator for the Jockey Club, who goes to Norway in response to an appeal from Oslo racecourse. A British jockey, riding there, has disappeared, and with him has gone a day's takings from the turnstiles. The Norwegian police have found no trace of him, and the case is being filed as just one ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.65! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Season of the Sun more books like this by Catherine Coulter When Zarabeth is chosen by Magnus, a Viking on a trading visit to York, to be his wife, she is stunned and fascinated. But her stepfather, Olav the Vain, has no intention of setting a bride price on Zarabeth because he is eaten up with desire for her, and will not see her wed to another. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.49! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Blessing in Disguise more books like this by Lauraine Snelling 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 $2.95! new only from $7.93! \| SVS
14	Changing more books like this by Liv Ullmann see all copies from $1.99! new only from $22.63! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	He Who Fears the Wolf more books like this by Karin Fossum A boy arrives - breathless and aghast - at his police station, to report the discovery of a horribly maimed body outside an isolated house in the woods. Yet there was another person in the woods that day - standing nearby, hidden within the trees, was the mysterious figure of the local misfit, Errki. The next morning a bank in the nearby town is ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.60! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Listen for the Whisperer more books like this by Phyllis A. Whitney Leigh Hollins was determined to find her mother--the famous Hollywood actress Laura Worth. She found her all right, but it was not a happy reunion. For Laura was being haunted by the murderer who had killed the director of one of her movies twenty years earlier. Laura was being stalked, harrassed, and frightened near to death. And because Leigh ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.76! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	When the Devil Holds the Candle more books like this by Karin Fossum '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
18 view cover	Three Billy Goats Gruff more books like this by Paul Galdone Three goat brothers are trying to reach a grassy meadow where they can eat all they want, but, in order to get to the meadow, the goats must cross a bridge guarded by a fierce troll. Colorful ink illustrations accompany the text. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.45! \| SVS
19 view cover	Billy Boyle: A World War II Mystery more books like this by James R Benn 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 $2.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	The Redbreast more books like this by Jo Nesbo In 1944, Daniel, a soldier legendary among the Norwegians fighting the advance of Bolshevism on the Russian front, is killed. Two years later, a wounded soldier wakes in a Vienna hospital. He becomes involved with a young nurse, the consequences of which will ripple forward to the end of the century. It was 1999: Harry Hole, working alone having ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.50! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Midnight sun's magic more books like this by Betty Neels Four classic tales that epitomize true romance from "USA Today" bestselling author Betty Neels are available once again. Set in international settings, her timeless love stories featuring strong-willed Dutch doctors and spunky heroines continue to entertain. Reissue. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $79.71! \| first editions
22 view cover	Mysteries more books like this by Knut Hamsun First published in 1892, Mysteries revolves around a small Norwegian coastal town turned on end by the sudden appearance of Johan Nagel, the prototypical social outcast -- a wanderer, dropout, and eternal foe of the establishment. Nagel becomes the catalyst that brings to the surface all the hidden impulses, concealed thoughts, and dark instincts ... see all copies from $2.95! new only from $3.68! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Enemy of the People more books like this by Arthur Miller 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
24 view cover	King Harald's Saga: Harald Hardradi of Norway: From Snorri Sturluson's Heimskringla more books like this by Snorri Sturluson, Hermann Palsson (Introduction by), Magnus Magnusson (Translator) This compelling Icelandic history describes the life of King Harald Hardradi, from his battles across Europe and Russia to his final assault on England in 1066, less than three weeks before the invasion of William the Conqueror. It was a battle that led to his death and marked the end of an era in which Europe had been dominated by the threat of ... see all copies from $4.99! new only from $6.00! \| first editions
25 view cover	The Three Billy-Goats Gruff: A Norwegian Folktale more books like this by Ellen Appleby (Illustrator) 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

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