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Author: Helge Ingstad
Publisher: New York : St. Martin's Press
Published: 1966
Total Pages: 440
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKNorwegian explorer reconstructs all aspects of life in Norse communities founded by Eirik the Red about 1000 A.D.
Author: Helge Ingstad
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Published: 1966
Total Pages: 381
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Stef Penney
Publisher: Quercus
Published: 2017-09-05
Total Pages: 675
ISBN-13: 1681441152
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSometimes you have to travel to the farthest edge of the world in order to find your true place in it... A panoramic historical epic and an unforgettable love story from the author of The Tenderness of Wolves, for fans of Kristin Hannah, Sarah Perry, and Barbara Kingsolver A whaler's daughter, Flora Mackie first crossed the Arctic Circle at the age of twelve. Years later, in 1892, determination and chance lead her back to northern Greenland as a scientist at the head of a British expedition, defying the expectations of those who believe a woman has no place in that harsh world. Geologist Jakob de Beyn was raised in Manhattan. Yearning for wider horizons, he joins a rival expedition. Jakob and Flora's paths cross. It is a fateful meeting, where passion and ambition collide and an irresistible attraction is born. The violent extremes of the north obsess them both: perpetual night and endless day; frozen seas and coastal meadows, and the strange, maddening pull it exerts on the people trying to make their mark on its vast expanses - a pursuit of glory whose outcome will reverberate for years to come.
Author: Helge Ingstad
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Published: 1966
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Helge Ingstad
Publisher: Breakwater Books
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9781550811582
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFaced with harsh conditions in their Greenland home, a group of Vikings took the reins of fate into their own hands. With incredible luck, skill and fortitude, they discovered lands filled with a profusion of wood, wild game and fertile land. In the sagas that grew from this discovery, the lands were given names that resonated with hope and promise. Almost 1000 years later, a husband and wife team united their talents. Intrigued by allusions in the ancient sagas to fabled Vinland, they considered the scholarship on Viking culture and technology; they studied maps and they researched intensively the prominent theories on Vinland's location. And finally their efforts bore fruit when a remote Newfoundland peninsula yielded up a soapstone spindle-whorl, a Viking ring pin, and what had to be the overgrown remnants of over a dozen Viking buildings.
Author: Helge Ingstad
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Published: 1959
Total Pages: 381
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Alexander Richard Glen
Publisher: London : Methuen
Published: 1937
Total Pages: 498
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKNarrative of expedition to Nordaustlandet.
Author: Ryan Sines
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2019-10-10
Total Pages: 121
ISBN-13: 076187173X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHorned helmets. Pirates. Murderers. The Vikings are often depicted as fierce invaders who straddle the line between barbarians and civilized people. However, the Norse spread throughout Europe and Asia during the Middle Ages, taking with them new ideas. They discovered and settled the islands of Iceland and Greenland and tried to build their own idealized societies, free of the kings they left behind in Norway and Denmark. In Iceland the experiment worked and thrived while the settlement in Greenland failed. Using information gathered from archaeology and historical sources, Ryan Sines answers the question: What allowed Iceland to succeed while the last Greenlander died waiting for a supply ship that never came?
Author: Martin Cruz Smith
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2013-08-15
Total Pages: 592
ISBN-13: 1849838240
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDon't miss the latest book in the Arkady Renko series, THE SIBERIAN DILEMMA by Martin Cruz Smith, ‘the master of the international thriller’ (New York Times) – available to order now! AN ARKADY RENKO NOVEL: #2 'One of those writers that anyone who is serious about their craft views with respect bordering on awe' Val McDermid 'Makes tension rise through the page like a shark's fin’ Independent *** Arkady Renko, former Chief Investigator of the Moscow Town Prosecutor's Office, made too many enemies and lost the favour of his party. After a self-imposed exile in Siberia, Renko toils on the 'slime line' of a factory ship in the Bering Sea. But when an adventurous Georgian woman comes up with the day's catch, the signs of murder are undeniable. Up against the Soviet bureaucracy in a complex international web, Renko must again become the obsessed, dedicated cop he once was. And in doing so, he discovers much more than he bargained for . . . Praise for Martin Cruz Smith 'The story drips with atmosphere and authenticity – a literary triumph' David Young, bestselling author of Stasi Child 'One of those writers that anyone who is serious about their craft views with respect bordering on awe' Val McDermid ‘Cleverly and intelligently told, The Girl from Venice is a truly riveting tale of love, mystery and rampant danger. I loved it’ Kate Furnivall, author of The Liberation ‘Smith not only constructs grittily realistic plots, he also has a gift for characterisation of which most thriller writers can only dream' Mail on Sunday 'Smith was among the first of a new generation of writers who made thrillers literary' Guardian 'Brilliantly worked, marvellously written . . . an imaginative triumph' Sunday Times ‘Martin Cruz Smith’s Renko novels are superb’ William Ryan, author of The Constant Soldier
Author: Stef Penney
Publisher: Quercus Books
Published: 2017-08-10
Total Pages: 608
ISBN-13: 9781786481191
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFlora Mackie first crossed the Arctic Circle at the age of twelve, and fell in love with the land and people of the far north. In 1889, the whaler's daughter from Dundee sets out to become a scientist and explorer. She struggles to be taken seriously
