In the world of Viking Magica girl can heal sword cuts with nettle stingsa boy can weave a wolfspell or make the lightning strikean arrow of fire can end a disputeBut can two children stop the Sheriff from turning their families out of...
Norway
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Author:CIDDOR, AnnaSummary: - Author:Marillier, JulietSummary:
All young Eyvind ever wanted was to become a great Viking warrior-a Wolfskin-and perform honorable deeds out in the name of his War fathergod, Thor. He can think of no future more glorious. And the chance to make it happen is his when...
- Author:Dolnick, EdwardSummary:
Traces the theft of Edvard Munch's "The Scream" from Oslo's National Gallery in 1994, recounting the efforts of art detective Charley Hill to recover the painting in an investigation ranging from the estates of...
- Author:Knausgaard, Karl Ove.Summary:
A major new work from the author of the renowned My Struggle series, MORNING STAR is an astonishing, ambitious, and rich novel about what we don't understand, and our attempts to make sense of our world nonetheless. It's a...
- Author:Hargrave, Kiran MillwoodSummary:
Absalom Cornet comes to the tiny Arctic town of Vardø from Scotland, where he burned witches in the northern isles. He brings with him his young Norwegian wife, Ursa, who sees something she has never seen before: independent women. But...
- Author:Mortensen, Gerd Kjustad, Mortensen, Einar OddSummary:
The Fur Trader is a critical edition of Einar Odd Mortensen Sr.'s personal narrative detailing the years (1925-1928) he spent as a free trader at posts in Pine Bluff and Oxford Lake in Manitoba during the waning days of the fur trade....
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Author:Simpson, CraigSummary:Finn Gunnersen and his best friend, Loki, are mad about planes. Finn wants to follow in the footsteps of his father and become a pilot. But with the Second World War raging on and German soldiers invading his Norwegian village, flying...
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Author:Cox, LynneSummary:A powerfully built man more than six feet tall, Amundsen's career of adventure began at the age of fifteen (he was born in Norway in 1872 to a family of merchant sea captains and rich ship owners). Twenty-five years later he was the...
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Author:Rosenberg Stenge, MargritSummary:In 1940 in the remote village of Rogne, Norway, eleven-year-old Margrit Rosenberg and her parents believe that they have finally found the safety that has eluded them since fleeing from Germany two years earlier. What could go wrong in...
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Author:Preus, MargiSummary:In Nazi-occupied Norway, fourteen-year-old Espen joins the resistance movement, graduating from deliverer of illegal newspapers to courier and spy.
- Author:Bascomb, NealSummary:
The author of the award-winning The Nazi Hunters returns with another thrilling true story of WWII espionage, including Nazis, nukes, fighting, failure, and everyday heroes. April 9, 1940. The invasion begins at night, with German...
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Author:Simpson, CraigSummary: - Author:Rose, Julie K.Summary:
Set during the separation of Norway from Sweden in 1905, this richly detailed novel of love and loss was inspired by the life of the author's great-great-aunts. Oleanna and her sister Elisabeth are the last of their family working their...
- Author:Knausgaard, Karl OveSummary:
My Struggle introduces American readers to the audacious, addictive, and profoundly surprising international literary sensation that is the provocative and brilliant six-volume autobiographical novel by Karl Ove Knausgaard. It has...
- Author:Nesbø, JoSummary:
L'ambassadeur de Norvège en Thaïlande est retrouvé mort dans un bordel de Bangkok, un poignard planté dans le dos et une valise au contenu sulfureux en sa possession. De quoi nuire, de quoi faire très mal... Un meurtre aux...
- Author:Tawn Bergren, LisaSummary:
Laissant derrière eux leur foyer en Norvège, Elsa et Peder Ramstad décident d’aller faire leur vie dans un pays jeune en compagnie de leurs amis proches, dont Kaatje Janssen, une femme qui cherche un nouveau départ pour son couple et l’...
- Author:Bjork, SamuelSummary:
A six-year-old girl is found in the Norwegian countryside, hanging lifeless from a tree with a jump rope around her neck. She is dressed in strange doll's clothes. Around her neck is an airline tag that says "I'm...
- Author:Aarø, Selma Lønning, Dickson, KariSummary:
In a society where we discuss sex openly, the most embarrassing secret is to admit that you can’t make “it” happen. I’m Coming is a hilarious and provocative novel about why women fake it. Ever since her sexual debut, Julie has faked...
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Author:Loe, Erlend, Bartlett, Don, Shaw, DonSummary:A Guardian Book of the Year and Chapters/Indigo Best Book A bestseller in Scandinavia -- Doppler is the enchanting, subversive, and very unusual story about one man and his moose. This beguiling modern fable tells the story of a man who...
- Author:Leipciger, SarahSummary:
A lyrical, powerful, and richly textured novel about three lives that intertwine across oceans and time. On the banks of the River Seine in 1899, a young woman takes her final breath before plunging into the icy water. Although she does...
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