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A Cultural Odyssey: Focus on Norwegian Art by Gunnar Jerman
"A Cultural Odyssey" gives readers an overview of the arts in Norway from the ancient rock carvings to the wide spectrum of contemporary art. Norwegian painting, literature, theatre, film, music, architecture, folk art, handicrafts, and design are each presented in...
$55.00
Alpha Girls: The Women Upstarts Who Took On Silicon Valley's Male Culture and Made the Deals of a Lifetime by Julian Guthrie
An unforgettable story of four women – Magdalena Yesil, Mary Jane Elmore, Theresia Gouw, and Sonja Perkins. Through grit and ingenuity, they became stars in the cutthroat, high-stakes, male dominated world of venture capital in Silicon Valley, and helped build...
$28.00
Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings by Neil Price
The Viking Age saw an unprecedented expansion of the Scandinavian peoples into the world. As traders and raiders, explorers and colonists, they ranged from eastern North America to the Asian steppe. But for centuries, the Vikings have been seen through...
$22.99
Counterfeiter: How A Norwegian Jew Survived The Holocaust by
This is an enthralling personal account of the secret Nazi project, Operation Bernhard, devised to destabilize the British and, later, American economies by creating and putting into circulation millions of counterfeit banknotes. A team of typographers and printers was pulled...
$16.95
Crossing the Atlantic to America in 1825 by Anne Elisabeth Skogen
In this picture book for both children and adults, you will find a version of the story of the first Norwegian emigrants who traveled to North America. In the summer of 1825, 52 children, young people, and adults left Norway...
$77.00
Elverhoj by William B. Rhoads and Leslie Melvin
The Arts and Crafts Colony at Milton-on-Hudson "Elverhoj (Danish for “hill of the fairies,” pronounced “El-ver-hoy”) was an Arts and Crafts colony established on the picturesque west shore of the Hudson River in 1912 by Danish American artists and craftsmen...
$35.00
Embers of the Hands: Hidden Histories of the Viking Age by Neil Price
In imagining a Viking, a certain image springs to mind: a barbaric warrior, leaping ashore from a longboat, and ready to terrorize the hapless local population of a northern European town. Yet while such characters define our imagination of the...
$32.99
Four Great Plays of Henrik Ibsen: A Doll's House, The Wild Duck, Hedda Gabler, The Master Builder
$7.99
Four Great Plays of Henrik Ibsen: A Doll's House, The Wild Duck, Hedda Gabler, The Master Builder
A Doll's House (1879) and Ghosts (1881) established Ibsen's reputation as one of the finest playwrights in Europe, but his next two plays—Hedda Gabler (1890) and The Master Builder (1892)—gave him undisputed international fame.This edition includes:-A concise introduction that gives readers important background information-A chronology of...
$7.99
God Jul: A Swedish Christmas by Anders Neumuller
The charm, warmth, and beauty of a Swedish Christmas is captured in this remarkable collection of 300 colorful, fun, and historic postcards dating back to the 1800s. Each postcard reveals the magic behind Christmas and of Scandinavian tradition and folklore.With...
$19.99
Heime Traditional Norwegian Food by Bodil Nordjore
Traditional Norwegian Food by Bodil Nordjore. With this book, Bodil wishes to convey some of the fundamentals of traditional Norwegian to the Norwegian immigrant community in the United States. This book is a love letter written to both traditional food...
$30.00
Innovative Entrepreneurs from North Dakota: 125 Years of Impact! Impact! by Bruce Gjovig
Bruce Gjovig, CEO Emeritus of the University of North Dakota Center for Innovation Foundation, has written a second book of profiles of more North Dakota innovators and entrepreneurs. This second edition features 46 chapters of inspiring stories about individuals who...
$29.99
Joy of Hygge By Jonny Jackson
Hygge (pronounced “hoo-gah”) is a Danish word that describes the feeling of being cozy, comfortable, and at peace with the world. It’s almost impossible to translate to English, and it’s probably the reason that Denmark is one of the happiest countries...
$14.99
Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset
In her great historical epic Kristin Lavransdatter, set in fourteenth-century Norway, Nobel laureate Sigrid Undset tells the life story of one passionate and headstrong woman. Painting a richly detailed backdrop, Undset immerses readers in the day-to-day life, social conventions, and political...
$32.00
Last Word on Lefse by Gary Legwold
A joyous book dedicated to preserving the traditions of this Scandinavian food. It includes folktales, stories, and history surrounding this Norwegian delicacy. Along with corny songs, poems, and jokes, is a serious chapter with photographs and tips on how to...
$12.95
Liberating Sapmi by Gabriel Kuhn
The Sámi, who have inhabited Europe’s far north for thousands of years, are often referred to as the continent’s “forgotten people.” With Sápmi, their traditional homeland, divided between four nation-states—Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia—the Sámi have experienced the profound oppression...
$17.00
Magazine Vol. 22 No. 1 - 2024 Journeys
Vesterheim is published twice a year, featuring in-depth articles focusing on the museum's priceless collections of artifacts, Norwegian-American history and culture, and up-to-date information on all museum events, classes, tours, and education opportunities. This issue's theme is "Journeys," and it features...
$5.00
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