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1	The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo more books like this by Stieg Larsson add to wishlist Forty years ago, Harriet Vanger disappeared off the secluded island owned and inhabited by the powerful Vanger family. There was no corpse, no witnesses, no evidence. But her uncle, Henrik, is convinced that she was murdered by someone in her own family - the deeply dysfunctional Vanger clan. Disgraced journalist Mikael Blomqvist is hired to ... see all copies from $2.49! new only from $4.67! \| first editions \| SVS
2	We Die Alone: A WWII Epic of Escape and Endurance more books like this by David Howarth, Professor Stephen E Ambrose (Introduction by) add to wishlist The incredible story of a Norwegian commando saved from the Nazis by residents of a small arctic village--an astonishing true story of heroism and endurance. Photos throughout. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.25! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Sophie's World more books like this by Jostein Gaarder add to wishlist When 14-year-old Sophie encounters a mysterious mentor who introduces her to philosophy, mysteries deepen in her own life. Why does she keep getting postcards addressed to another girl? Who is the other girl? And who, for that matter, is Sophie herself? To solve the riddle, she uses her new knowledge of philosophy, but the truth is far ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.85! \| first editions
4	Sidetracked more books like this by Henning Mankell add to wishlist Kurt Wallander is back. This time he must discover why a teenage girl doused herself in petrol and burned herself to death, leaving no clues as to who she was. Then a former minister of justice is butchered in a bizarre murder that proves to be the first of a killer who strikes again and again. see all copies from $2.53! new only from $6.74! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Sophie's world : a novel about the history of philosophy more books like this by Jostein Gaarder add to wishlist When 14-year-old Sophie Amundsen finds two questions in her mailbox: "Who are you?" and "Where does the world come from?", she begins a tour through Western philosophy guided by a mysterious mentor. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.46! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	One Step Behind more books like this by Henning Mankell add to wishlist A serial killer invades the peaceful Swedish city of Ystad, and Chief Inspector Kurt Wallander soon finds that the killer is no ordinary criminal but an evil man determined on a most unusual--and deadly--mission. see all copies from $2.14! new only from $5.75! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Doll's House more books like this by H Ibsen add to wishlist The slamming of the front door at the end of A Doll's House shatters the romantic masquerade of the Helmers' marriage. In their stultifying and infantilised relationship, Nora and Torvald have deceived themselves and each other both consciously and subconsciously, until Nora acknowledges the need for individual freedom. A revised student edition ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Rick Steves' Scandinavia more books like this by Rick Steves add to wishlist Who but Rick Steves can tell travellers the best way to see Copenhagen, Oslo, Stockholm, Helsinki, Tallinn, and the Norwegian fjords? With Rick Steves' "Scandinavia", travellers can experience the best of everything Scandinavia has to offer - economically and hassle-free.Completely revised and updated, this guide includes: opinionated coverage of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| SVS
9	Giants in the earth : a saga of the prairie more books like this by Ole Edvart Rolvaag add to wishlist The classic story of a Norwegian pioneer family's struggles with the land and the elements of the Dakota Territory as they try to make a new life in America. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.50! \| first editions \| SVS
10	D'Aulaires' Book of Norse Myths more books like this by Ingri D'Aulaire, Edgar Parin D'Aulaire, Michael Chabon (Preface by) add to wishlist Now back in print after more than 20 years, this beautifully illustrated introduction to Norse legends tells the stories of Odin the All-father, Thor the Thunder-god and the theft of his hammer, Loki the mischievous god of the Jotun Race, and many other tales. Full color. see all copies from $14.19! new only from $14.19! \| SVS
11 view cover	Eleven Minutes more books like this by Paulo Coelho add to wishlist This gripping and daring new novel by the author of the million copy bestseller "The Alchemist" sensitively explores the sacred nature of sex and love and invites readers to confront their own prejudices and demons. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Kierkegaard Anthology more books like this by Robert Bretall (Editor), Soren Kierkegaard add to wishlist Chronicles Kierkegaard's intellectual and spiritual development through selected writings. see all copies from $5.00! new only from $7.25! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Pippi Longstocking more books like this by Astrid Lindgren add to wishlist Pippi Longstocking is a nine-year-old girl who lives in ramshackle house along with her monkey, Mr. Nilsson, her horse, and a treasure chest full of gold--but no parents. As Pippi waits for her father to return from being lost at sea, she befriends her neighbors--two children named Tommy and Annika Settergren--and together they have many ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Faceless killers more books like this by Henning Mankell add to wishlist When a dying woman's last word seems to implicate members of the Swedish immigrant community, Police Inspector Kurt Wallander must race to solve a crime for which there are no apparent clues before local white supremacists take the law into their own hands, evidence or not.... see all copies from $2.12! new only from $8.40! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	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
16 view cover	Hanna's Daughters: A Novel of Three Generations more books like this by Marianne Fredriksson add to wishlist A family saga that was a bestseller in Europe, this is the story of three generations of women: Hanna, born in 1871, raped at 12, then married; Johanna, who has no use for the kind of domestic life her mother embraced; and Anna, a writer in search of her roots. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	The Poetic Edda more books like this by Carolyne Larrington (Translator) add to wishlist Young were the years when Ymir made his settlement, there was no sand nor sea nor cool waves; earth was nowhere nor the sky above, chaos yawned, grass was there nowhere. The sun turns black, earth sinks into the sea, the bright stars vanish from the sky; steam rises up in the conflagration, a high flame plays against heaven itself. Seeress's ... see all copies from $3.84! new only from $4.73! \| SVS
18 view cover	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
19 view cover	The dogs of Riga more books like this by Henning Mankell add to wishlist Another mesmerising and brilliant mystery from Sweden's renowned crime writer. It is February, 1991. Inspector Kurt Wallander and his team receive a call to the Ystad police station. A dinghy has washed ashore, carrying a hideous cargo: two men, dressed in expensive suits, shot dead. The dead men were Latvian criminals, and this time Wallander ... see all copies from $2.53! new only from $8.97! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Firewall more books like this by Henning Mankell add to wishlist A man stops at an ATM and suddenly falls dead to the ground. A blackout cuts power to a large swath of southern Sweden. When a serviceman arrives at the malfunctioning power substation, he makes a grisly discovery. Inspector Kurt Wallander begins to sense a connection between all of these events and, at the same time, becomes increasingly aware of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	The White Lioness more books like this by Henning Mankell add to wishlist Inspector Kurt Wallander's look into the execution-style murder of a Swedish housewife leads to an investigation of international scope and harrowing consequences, involving a plot to assassinate Nelson Mandela. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.97! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	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 $2.25! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	The long ships; a saga of the Viking Age more books like this by Frans Gunnar Bengtsson add to wishlist Bringing alive the world of the 10th century, this book follows the Vikings as they raid the coasts of England - defeating Ethelred the Unready's army at Maldon. In particular, the book tells the story of one fighting man, Orm, the son of a famous pirate. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.80! \| first editions
24 view cover	Woman with Birthmark more books like this by Hakan Nesser, Laurie Thompson (Translator) add to wishlist Detective Van Veeteren and his associates are left bewildered by the curious murder of a man shot twice in the heart and twice below the belt. Revenge seems to be the motive, in this chilling novel filled with deception, blackmail, and murder. see all copies from $12.49! new only from $13.05! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Sisterchicks on the Loose more books like this by Robin Jones Gunn add to wishlist Zany antics abound when best friends Sharon and Penny take off on a midlife adventure to Finland, returning home with a new view of God and a new zest for life. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.95! \| first editions \| SVS

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