A brand new edition of the most in-depth guide available to Iceland, containing both the remotest offshore islands and the ins and outs of Reykjavik's music scene.
" -- The New York Times ‘Bjarnason’s intriguing book might be about a cold place, but it’s tailor-made to be read on the beach.’ –New Statesman The untold story of how one tiny island in the middle of the Atlantic has shaped the ...
Gunnar Karlsson, that country's premier historian, chronicles the age of the Sagas, consulting them to describe an era without a monarch or central authority.
This book will contain a range of texts, from evocative vignettes to illustrated essays written for Iceland's most widely-read newspaper.
This book provides a detailed overview of the key people, places, and events in this country's past and present.
'Viking Age Iceland' is an engaging, multi-disciplinary work bringing together findings in anthropology and ethnography interwoven with historical fact and masterful insights into the popular Icelandic sagas, this is a brilliant ...
These information-packed volumes provide comprehensive overviews of each nation's people, geography, history, government, economy, and culture
Northis a celebration of the utterly unique, starkly beautiful foodways and landscapes of Iceland.
Bringing the story up to the present, he assesses the recent economic and political collapse of the country and how Iceland has coped.
Sometimes grim, sometimes uproarious, and always captivating, Iceland's Bell by Nobel Laureate Halld r Laxness is at once an updating of the traditional Icelandic saga and a caustic social satire....
Names for the Sea is her compelling and very funny account of living in a country poised on the edge of Europe, where modernization clashes with living folklore. “Beautifully written . . .