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  • The Life and Death of Cormac the Skald

    Or, Kormak's Saga

    by W.G. Collingwood & J. Stefansson ...
    Centered on the turbulent life of a tenth-century Icelandic poet, this saga recounts the career of Kormakr Ögmundarson and his enduring, troubled love for Steingerðr. As one of the Icelanders' sagas, it belongs to the early body of medieval Nordic narrative that blends history, legend, and verse.The text is distinctive for preserving a substantial corpus of skaldic poetry attributed to Kormakr, ... Read more

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  • THE SAGA OF CORMAC THE SKALD - A Norse & Viking Saga

    by Anon E. Mouse, Translated by W.G. Collingwood & J. Stefansson ...
    This is the story/saga of a poet, poor and proud, with all the strength of a Viking and all the weakness of genius. He loves a fine lady, a spoiled child; who bewitches him, and jilts him, and jilts him again. In true Viking style he fights for her, kills for her, writes verse for her, and rises, for her sake, to the height of all that a man in his age could achieve.Then, after years, he has her ... Read more

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  • Icelandic Folk Tales

    by Hjörleifur Helgi Stefánsson ...
    Iceland is a country where stories are as important as history. When Vikings settled the island, they brought their tales with them. Every rock, hot spring and waterfall seems to have its own story. Cruel man-eating trolls rub shoulders with beautiful elves, whose homes are hidden from mortal view. Vengeful ghosts envy the living, seeking to drag lost loves into their graves – or they may simply ... Read more

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  • Norse Sagas

    Enriched edition. Exploring the Epic Legacy of Norse Mythology and Viking Heroes

    by Anonymous, Snorri Sturluson, Darcy Wycombe8 ...
    Translated by William Morris, John Sephton, Samuel Laing, W. C. Green, Muriel A.C. Press, John Coles, G. W. DaSent, Eirikr Magnusson0, George Webbe1, W.G. Collingwood2, J. Stefansson3, F. York Powell4, Edmund Head5, Arthur Middleton Reeves6 ...
    The 'Norse Sagas' anthology presents an enthralling exploration of medieval Scandinavian literature, bringing together a rich tapestry of myths, legends, and histories that have profoundly influenced the realm of storytelling. This collection encapsulates the dramatic and often tumultuous narratives characteristic of Norse mythology and heroic sagas, ranging from epic battles and familial ... Read more

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  • My Life with the Eskimo

    by Vilhjalmur Stefansson ...
    ... They took me into their houses and treated me hospitably and courteously, but exactly as if I were one of them. They gave me clothes to wear and food to eat, I helped them in their work and joined in their games, until they gradually forgot that I was not one of them, and began to live their lives before my eyes as if I were not there. This gave me a rare opportunity to know them as they are.. ... Read more

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  • The Collected Norse Sagas

    Epic Norse Mythology and Viking Sagas: Tales of Gods, Heroes, and Myths from Ancient Scandinavia

    by Anonymous, Snorri Sturluson ...
    Translated by William Morris, John Sephton, Samuel Laing, W. C. Green, Muriel A.C. Press, John Coles, G. W. DaSent, Eirikr Magnusson, George Webbe, W.G. Collingwood, J. Stefansson, F. York Powell, Edmund Head, Arthur Middleton Reeves ...
    The Collected Norse Sagas offers an exhilarating foray into the mythic and historical terrain of medieval Scandinavia, encapsulating the vivid dynamism and profound narrative depth of Norse literary tradition. This volume encompasses a varied range of styles from legendary to historical sagas, each contributing its own voice to the rich tapestry of Norse lore. Through a tapestry of battles, ... Read more

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  • Not by Bread Alone

    by Vilhjamur Stefansson ...
    The arctic explorer's classic text on the benefits of an all-meat diet chronicles his experiences and clinical studies of Inuit food habits.Arctic explorer and anthropologist Vilhjalmur Stefansson spent years living with indigenous Inuit and Eskimo people. He noted their general healthiness (and good teeth), and an absence of many of the diseases that plagued western cultures, such as scurvy, ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Fish Have No Feet

    by Jón Kalman Stefánsson ...
    Narrated by Saul Reichlin ...

    Unabridged

    13 hours 9 min

    Keflavik: a town that has been called the darkest place in Iceland, surrounded by black lava fields, hemmed in by a sea that may not be fished. Its livelihood depends entirely on a U.S. military base, a conduit for American influences that shaped Icelandic culture and ethics from the 1950s to the dawning of the new millennium.It is to Keflavik that Ari - a writer and publisher - returns from ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

  • The Heart of Man

    by Jon Kalman Stefansson ...
    After coming through the blizzard that almost cost them everything, Jens and the boy are far from home, in a fishing community at the edge of the world.Taken in by the village doctor, the boy once again has the sense of being brought back from the grave. But this is a strange place, with otherworldly inhabitants, including flame-haired Álfhei?ur, who makes him wonder whether it is possible to love ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Summer Light, and Then Comes the Night

    A Novel

    by Jón Kalman Stefánsson ...
    A NEW YORK TIMES GLOBETROTTING PICK!Sometimes, in small places, life becomes bigger.SUMMER LIGHT AND THEN COMES THE NIGHT is a profound and playful masterwork from one of Iceland's most beloved authors that explores the dreams and desires of ordinary people in a rural town.In a village of only four hundred inhabitants, life could seem unremarkable. Yet in this remote town, a new road to the city ... Read more

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  • Your Absence Is Darkness

    by Jón Kalman Stefánsson ...
    Translated by Philip Roughton ...
    Series Book 45 - Biblioasis International Translation Series
    Longlisted for the 2024 Republic of Consciousness US and Canada Prize • A World Literature Today Notable Translation of 2024 • A Shelf Awareness Best Book of 2024A spellbinding saga about the inhabitants and inheritors of one rural community, by one of Iceland's most beloved novelists.A man comes to awareness in a cold church in the Icelandic countryside, not knowing who he is, why he’s th... ... Read more

    $12.39 USD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Hunters of the Great North

    by Vilhjalmur Stefansson ...
    In the present book I have tried by means of diaries and memory to go back to the vivid impressions of my first year among the Eskimos for the story of what I saw and heard. I have tried to tell the story as I would have told it then, except that the mature knowledge of ten succeeding years has been used to eliminate early faults of observation and conclusion.A good many interesting stories found ... Read more

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