Overview :In the tradition of Stacy Schiff's Cleopatra, Brown lays to rest the hoary myth that Viking society was ruled by men and celebrates the dram... Read More
Overview :An Indie Next pick for December 2012, Song of the Vikings brings to life Snorri Sturluson, wealthy chieftain, wily politician, witty storyte... Read More
Overview :An Indie Next pick for December 2012, Song of the Vikings brings to life Snorri Sturluson, wealthy chieftain, wily politician, witty storyte... Read More
Overview :While European restaurants race to footnote menus, reassuring concerned gourmands that no genetically modified ingredients were used in the ... Read More
Overview :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 live... Read More
Overview :A good horse can make its rider "king for a while," according to Icelandic poetry. But finding a good horse requires a keen and practiced ey... Read More
Overview :Nancy Marie Brown lays to rest the hoary myth that Viking society was ruled by men and celebrates the dramatic lives of female Viking warrio... Read More
Overview :The Valkyries, glorified waitresses and taxi service for the slain, or fearsome enigmatic goddesses of battle? An awesome new title explorin... Read More
Overview :*A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITOR'S CHOICE* "An impassioned, informative love letter to Iceland." --New York Times Book Review "This co... Read More
Overview :The medieval Catholic Church, widely considered a source of intolerance and inquisitorial fervor, was not anti-science during the Dark Ages-... Read More
Overview :In the early 1800s, on a Hebridean beach in Scotland, the sea exposed an ancient treasure cache: 93 chessmen carved from walrus ivory. Norse... Read More
Overview :In the early 1800's, on a Hebridean beach in Scotland, the sea exposed an ancient treasure cache: 93 chessmen carved from walrus ivory. Nors... Read More