Father's Day

The Viking Game "Hnefatafl," pronounced nef-ah-tah-fel, is one of the oldest games in the world and was the most popular board game of its time. The word Hnefatafl means the King's Table. Hnefatafl is a chess-like tactical warfare game and...

In western and northern Norway, brides wore a silver or gilded bridal crown with hanging decorations, often shaped like bowls, leaves, or flowers. Crowns were usually owned by wealthy farmers or church parishes and were available for brides to rent....

In Norway, drinking ale or beer was an important tradition, and it was served at births, baptisms, weddings, and funerals, as well as holidays, like Christmas and Midsummer. Ale was poured into a special bowl to drink and then pass...

Whether you're a professional woodworker, architect, hobbyist, designer, or one simply captivated by classical design and ornamentation, there is much to discover about this mysterious and enduring leaf. History, designs, how-to-carve instructions, line drawings, and full-cover photographs. Italian, Greek, Scandinavian,...

Many Norwegian immigrants came to the United States to form the Wisconsin 15th Regiment and fight in the Civil War. Through historical photographs and the soldiers own words, this book vividly brings to life the human dimension of this pivotal moment...

By Hiram Drache and Bruce Gjovig. This book profiles the innovators and entrepreneurs who founded 65 successful businesses in North Dakota and Northwest Minnesota over the past 150 years. From the early Bonanza farms to retail, agriculture, financial, electronics, and...

For thousands of years, the acanthus leaf as a motif has spread through the realms of architecture, decorative items, furniture, marine carvings, signs, and frames. While this decorative element is ubiquitous, until now, no one has described in writing the...

Play this favorite game with replicas of the famous Lewis chess pieces. The originals were found hidden on the Isle of Lewis, Scotland, in the early nineteenth century and were carved of walrus tusk between 1150 and 1200 A.D. The...

The Insight Guides are beautiful, visual guides to destinations worldwide. They are renowned for their striking color photographs which vividly convey a sense of everyday life. They each contain detailed maps and helpful travel tips, along with a wealth of...

By Harley Refsal. Instructions for carving 20 wonderful characters in the Scandinavian flat-plane style, including trolls and nisse. Softcover.