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Into the Ice: The History of Norway and the Polar Regions
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Into the Ice: The History of Norway and the Polar RegionsInto the Ice: The History of Norway and the Polar Regions

The course will examine the history of Norwegian activities in the Arctic and Antarctic, including heroic expeditions, research activities, and commercial exploitation. Attention will be given to national political and cultural as well as international comparative perspectives on the making of Norway as a ‘polar nation’.

 
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Tags: activities, Norway, perspectives, making, comparative, History, Regions, Polar
The Lilac Fairy Book
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The Lilac Fairy BookThe Lilac Fairy Book

33 tales from Portugal, Ireland, Wales, and points East and West, among them "The Brown Bear of Norway," "The Enchanted Deer," "The Story of a Very Bad Boy," and "The Brownie of the Lake."
 
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Tags: Story, Enchanted, Brownie, Lilac, Fairy, Norway
Neither Here Nor There - Travels in Europe
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Neither Here Nor There - Travels in Europe

After 20 years as a London-based reporter, American journalist Bryson ( The Mother Tongue ) set out to retrace a youthful European backpacking trip, from arctic Norway's northern lights to romantic Capri and the "collective delirium" of Istanbul.
 
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Tags: romantic, Capri, lights, northern, Norway
The Leopard
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The LeopardThe Leopard

Harry Hole is back and this time he's back from very, very far away. Another gripping instalment in this prize-winning and acclaimed series by the internationally #1 bestselling crime writer in Norway.
 
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Tags: crime, bestselling, writer, Norway, Leopard, internationally
Fargrskinna, a Catalogue of the Kings of Norway - A Translation with Introduction and Notes
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Fargrskinna, a Catalogue of the Kings of Norway - A Translation with Introduction and NotesFargrskinna, a Catalogue of the Kings of Norway - A Translation with Introduction and Notes

This volume includes the first complete translation of a thirteenth-century vernacular history of Norway from the ninth to the twelfth centuries. An immediate source for the Heimskringla of Snorri Sturluson, it is a central text in the Old Norse genre of Kings’ sagas. It includes extensive citation of skaldic verses, some of them preserved nowhere else. This translation preserves many of the metrical features of this complex verse form, which are explained in the commentary along with aspects of historical and cultural interest arising from the text. The introduction places the text within the Kings’ saga tradition and examines the particular concerns of its anonymous author.
 
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Tags: Norway, includes, translation, Fargrskinna, Kings\'