The Ice Balloon: S. A. Andree and the Heroic Age of Arctic Exploration by Knopf $25.95
In this grand and astonishing tale, Alec Wilkinson brings us the story of S. A. Andrée, the visionary Swedish aeronaut who, in 1897, during the great age of Arctic endeavor, left to discover the North Pole by flying to it in a hydrogen balloon. Called by a British military officer “the most original and remarkable attempt ever made in Arctic exploration,” Andrée’s expedition was followed...
The Deluge, Vol. II. (of 2) (An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia.) by Jeremiah Curtin $5.99
The war with cannon was no bar to negotiations, which the fathersdetermined to use at every opportunity. They wished to delude the enemyand procrastinate till aid came, or at least severe winter. But Millerdid not cease to believe that the monks wished merely to extort thebest terms.In the evening, therefore, after that cannonading, he sent ColonelKuklinovski again with a summons to surrender....
The Lock and Key Library the Most Interesting Stories of All Nations; North Europe - Russian - Swedish - Danish - Hungarian by General Books LLC $29.87
The book has no illustrations or index. Purchasers are entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Subjects: Detective and mystery stories; Short stories; Fiction / Mystery
Twilight of the Gods: A Swedish Waffen-SS Volunteer's Experiences with the 11th SS-Panzergrenadier Division Nordland, Eastern Front 1944-45 by Helion and Company Ltd $34.95
Few new personal accounts by Waffen-SS soldiers appear in English; even fewer originate from the multitude of non-German European volunteers who formed such an important proportion of this service's manpower. Twilight of the Gods was originally written in Swedish, and published in Buenos Aires shortly after the end of WWII. Erik Wallin, a Swedish soldier who volunteered for service with the...
The Envoy: The Epic Rescue of the Last Jews of Europe in the Desperate Closing Months of World War II by Da Capo Press $26.00
December 1944. Soviet and German troops fight from house to house in the shattered, corpse-strewn suburbs of Budapest. Crazed Hungarian fascists join with die-hard Nazis to slaughter Jews day and night, turning the Danube blood-red. In less than six months, thirty-eight-year-old SS Colonel Adolf Eichmann has sent over half a million Hungarians to the gas chambers in Auschwitz. Now all that...
High Strung: Bjorn Borg, John McEnroe, and the Untold Story of Tennis's Fiercest Rivalry by Harper $25.99
The golden age of tennis came crashing down suddenly at the 1981 U.S. Open. Bjorn Borg, the stoical Swede who had become the richest and most famous player in the sport's history, had just lost to his brash young rival, John McEnroe, in the final at Flushing Meadows. After his last shot floated out, Borg walked to the net, shook McEnroe's hand in silence, and disappeared from the game he had...
The gist of Swedenborg by Nabu Press $20.75
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our...
The Story of San Michele by Da Capo Press $15.00
A bestseller in a dozen languages and a favorite of readers for decades, The Story of San Michele is one of a remarkable life filled with fabulous experiences and ambitions. Axel Munthe was a fashionable physician in Paris who built one of the best-loved houses in the world, San Michele, on the Isle of Capri, on the site of the villa of the emperor Tiberius. Written with intelligence and verve,...
Modern Day Vikings: A Practical Guide to Interacting with the Swedes (The Interact Series) by Nicholas Brealey Publishing $25.95
Many people think of Sweden as a compilation of four stereotypes: sex, suicide, socialism and spirits. Modern-Day Vikings: A Practical Guide to Interacting with the Swedes is a window into Swedish culture that allows readers to come to understand and contradict these stereotypes, and explore the true values underlying Sweden and Swedish culture.The book traces many of Sweden's cultural traits...
Swedish Death Metal by Chris Reifert $34.95
Sweden is a small country in freezing northern Europe, with less than nine million inhabitants and a reputation for Volvos, hockey players, cheap furniture, vodka, and blonde women. Since the late 1980s, however, Sweden has produced over a thousand extreme heavy metal bands, creating one of the most respected regional music scenes in the world. This is the improbable history of how a marginalized...