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Arabian Sands

by Wilfred Thesiger

The author recounts his travels in the Empty Quarter of Arabia between 1945 and 1950, and describes the vanishing way of life of the Bedouins.

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The Far Traveler

by Nancy Marie Brown

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... (learn more about this book)

Letters from Africa

by Isak Dinesen

"Here is a rich new biographical perspective on the brilliant storyteller whose sophisticated romantic fiction . . . made her an international success and perpetual candidate for the Nobel Prize for Literature. . . . <These letters> contain the raw material that was later transformed... (learn more about this book)

The Diary of Søren Kierkegaard

by Søren Kierkegaard

Soren Kierkegaard, who was born in Denmark and died there at the age of forty-two, is regarded by many as the father of existentialist thinking. During his lifetime the Hegelian theologian he reacted against the Hegelian theologists in Denmark, denounced organized religion and held that the... (learn more about this book)

Viking Archaeology : Digging Up the Past

by Shane Hultquist

A telling of a trip to Gotland, Sweden to excavate a viking homestead.

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Christina, Queen of Sweden: The Restless Life of a European Eccentric (P.S.)

by Veronica Buckley

Not unlike the elusive figure played by Greta Garbo, the real Queen Christina stood among the most flamboyant and controversial figures of the seventeenth century. All of Sweden could not contain her ambition or quench her thirst for adventure. Freed from her crown, she cut a breathtaking path... (learn more about this book)

Short Residence in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark and Memoirs of the Author (Penguin Classics)

by Mary Wollstonecraft

In these two closely linked works - a travel book and a biography of its author - we witness a moving encounter between two of the most daring and original minds of the late eighteenth century: "A Short Residence in Sweden" is the record of Wollstonecraft's last journey in search of happiness,... (learn more about this book)

In Cod We Trust

by Eric Dregni

Eric Dregni’s great-grandfather Ellef fled Norway in 1893 when it was the poorest country in Europe. More than one hundred years later, his great-grandson traveled back to find that—mostly due to oil and natural gas discoveries—it is now the richest. The circumstances of his return were... (learn more about this book)

The Fellowship of Ghosts

by Paul Watkins

From the author of The Ice Soldier, comes a real-life adventure among the fjords and icy mountains of Norway.   Certain geographies speak to people. We are awed by mountains, challenged by the ocean, haunted by the bleakness of deserts. The effect of landscape on human consciousness is at... (learn more about this book)

Early Kings Of Norway

by Thomas Carlyle

Harald took the sword, drew it, or was half drawing it, admiringly from the scabbard, when the English excellency broke into a scornful laugh, "Ha, ha; thou art now the feudatory of my English king; thou hast accepted the sword from him, and art now his man!" (acceptance of a sword in that... (learn more about this book)