Author: Jacqueline Morley
Publisher: Franklin Watts
ISBN: 9780749662295
Category : Vikings
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Each title transports the reader back in time by giving detailed information on the aspects of life during a particular historical period.
How Would You Survive as a Viking?
Author: Jacqueline Morley
Publisher: Franklin Watts
ISBN: 9780749662295
Category : Vikings
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Each title transports the reader back in time by giving detailed information on the aspects of life during a particular historical period.
Publisher: Franklin Watts
ISBN: 9780749662295
Category : Vikings
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Each title transports the reader back in time by giving detailed information on the aspects of life during a particular historical period.
How to Live Like a Viking Warrior
Author: Anita Ganeri
Publisher: Hungry Tomato ®
ISBN: 1467790834
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Join Olaf the young Viking on a voyage of discovery around his world. Learn how to survive in those tough, adventurous times as he teaches you how to: ● train for battle ● choose your armor ● sail in a longship ● raid other lands Do you have the skills and guts to be a Viking warrior?
Publisher: Hungry Tomato ®
ISBN: 1467790834
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Join Olaf the young Viking on a voyage of discovery around his world. Learn how to survive in those tough, adventurous times as he teaches you how to: ● train for battle ● choose your armor ● sail in a longship ● raid other lands Do you have the skills and guts to be a Viking warrior?
Viking Warrior
Author: Judson Roberts
Publisher: Judson Roberts
ISBN: 0578076438
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
He's the son of a chieftain and a princess--yet Halfdan was born a slave. Now he is becoming a man and it is time for him to meet his destiny. Though raised a slave who could only dream of freedom, young Halfdan's fate may be about to change. If freed, he may train as a Viking warrior, and come to know the glories of true brotherhood and the horrors of unspeakable evil. In the world of Vikings, a warrior's destiny is forged in the heat of battle. If the fates decree it, Hafdan may emerge as a new hero . . . a new myth . . . and perhaps a new legend.
Publisher: Judson Roberts
ISBN: 0578076438
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
He's the son of a chieftain and a princess--yet Halfdan was born a slave. Now he is becoming a man and it is time for him to meet his destiny. Though raised a slave who could only dream of freedom, young Halfdan's fate may be about to change. If freed, he may train as a Viking warrior, and come to know the glories of true brotherhood and the horrors of unspeakable evil. In the world of Vikings, a warrior's destiny is forged in the heat of battle. If the fates decree it, Hafdan may emerge as a new hero . . . a new myth . . . and perhaps a new legend.
Viking Heat
Author: Sandra Hill
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 110114002X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 267
Book Description
Psychologist Joy Nelson thinks things are bad when she finds herself training in the modern-day female Navy SEALs program. But then her life takes a turn for the worse. Somehow she’s been thrust back in time to the cold Norselands, being auctioned off as a thrall, or slave—a gift for a Viking warlord, who would be a perfect candidate for Male Chauvinist Viking of the Centuries. Watch a Video
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 110114002X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 267
Book Description
Psychologist Joy Nelson thinks things are bad when she finds herself training in the modern-day female Navy SEALs program. But then her life takes a turn for the worse. Somehow she’s been thrust back in time to the cold Norselands, being auctioned off as a thrall, or slave—a gift for a Viking warlord, who would be a perfect candidate for Male Chauvinist Viking of the Centuries. Watch a Video
Laughing Shall I Die
Author: Tom Shippey
Publisher: Reaktion Books
ISBN: 1780239505
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 544
Book Description
Laughing Shall I Die explores the Viking fascination with scenes of heroic death. The literature of the Vikings is dominated by famous last stands, famous last words, death songs, and defiant gestures, all presented with grim humor. Much of this mindset is markedly alien to modern sentiment, and academics have accordingly shunned it. And yet, it is this same worldview that has always powered the popular public image of the Vikings—with their berserkers, valkyries, and cults of Valhalla and Ragnarok—and has also been surprisingly corroborated by archaeological discoveries such as the Ridgeway massacre site in Dorset. Was it this mindset that powered the sudden eruption of the Vikings onto the European scene? Was it a belief in heroic death that made them so lastingly successful against so many bellicose opponents? Weighing the evidence of sagas and poems against the accounts of the Vikings’ victims, Tom Shippey considers these questions as he plumbs the complexities of Viking psychology. Along the way, he recounts many of the great bravura scenes of Old Norse literature, including the Fall of the House of the Skjoldungs, the clash between the two great longships Ironbeard and Long Serpent, and the death of Thormod the skald. One of the most exciting books on Vikings for a generation, Laughing Shall I Die presents Vikings for what they were: not peaceful explorers and traders, but warriors, marauders, and storytellers.
Publisher: Reaktion Books
ISBN: 1780239505
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 544
Book Description
Laughing Shall I Die explores the Viking fascination with scenes of heroic death. The literature of the Vikings is dominated by famous last stands, famous last words, death songs, and defiant gestures, all presented with grim humor. Much of this mindset is markedly alien to modern sentiment, and academics have accordingly shunned it. And yet, it is this same worldview that has always powered the popular public image of the Vikings—with their berserkers, valkyries, and cults of Valhalla and Ragnarok—and has also been surprisingly corroborated by archaeological discoveries such as the Ridgeway massacre site in Dorset. Was it this mindset that powered the sudden eruption of the Vikings onto the European scene? Was it a belief in heroic death that made them so lastingly successful against so many bellicose opponents? Weighing the evidence of sagas and poems against the accounts of the Vikings’ victims, Tom Shippey considers these questions as he plumbs the complexities of Viking psychology. Along the way, he recounts many of the great bravura scenes of Old Norse literature, including the Fall of the House of the Skjoldungs, the clash between the two great longships Ironbeard and Long Serpent, and the death of Thormod the skald. One of the most exciting books on Vikings for a generation, Laughing Shall I Die presents Vikings for what they were: not peaceful explorers and traders, but warriors, marauders, and storytellers.
Antarctica
Author: Otto Nordenskjöld
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Antarctic regions
Languages : en
Pages : 658
Book Description
Account of Swedish South Polar Expedition, 1901-1903, which was led by Nordenskjöld.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Antarctic regions
Languages : en
Pages : 658
Book Description
Account of Swedish South Polar Expedition, 1901-1903, which was led by Nordenskjöld.
The Viking Heart
Author: Arthur Herman
Publisher: Mariner Books
ISBN: 1328595900
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 519
Book Description
From a New York Times best-selling historian and Pulitzer Prize finalist, a sweeping epic of how the Vikings and their descendants have shaped history and America
Publisher: Mariner Books
ISBN: 1328595900
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 519
Book Description
From a New York Times best-selling historian and Pulitzer Prize finalist, a sweeping epic of how the Vikings and their descendants have shaped history and America
You Wouldn't Want to be a Viking Explorer!
Author: Andrew Langley
Publisher: Franklin Watts
ISBN: 9780531271032
Category : JUVENILE NONFICTION
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Presents a light-hearted approach to what life was like as a Viking explorer.
Publisher: Franklin Watts
ISBN: 9780531271032
Category : JUVENILE NONFICTION
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Presents a light-hearted approach to what life was like as a Viking explorer.
The Strongbow Saga, Book One: Viking Warrior
Author: Judson Roberts
Publisher: HarperTeen
ISBN: 9780060799977
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
A young man only at peace when he is at war Young Halfdan is a slave. He is crafty with a bow and arrow and wise in the ways of the animals, but he can only dream of a warrior's life. That is, until the dark day a Saxon's blows lay his father on his deathbed, and his mother makes a tragic bargain for Halfdan's freedom. A boy's destiny can come at the most terrible price. Halfdan must suffer a grave loss in order to grasp what he most desires: to train by, to live by, and, if the fates decree it, to die by the force of his sword and the swiftness of his arrow. He is to be a warrior -- a great warrior. Bloody, furiously paced, heart-wrenching, and unflinching, this is a story of a land where the destinies of boys and men are forged in the heat of battle. Young Halfdan shall come to know the glories of true brotherhood and the unspeakable horrors of true evil. In this first book in a saga teeming with thrilling details of the Viking world, young Halfdan emerges as a new hero . . . a new myth . . . a new legend.
Publisher: HarperTeen
ISBN: 9780060799977
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
A young man only at peace when he is at war Young Halfdan is a slave. He is crafty with a bow and arrow and wise in the ways of the animals, but he can only dream of a warrior's life. That is, until the dark day a Saxon's blows lay his father on his deathbed, and his mother makes a tragic bargain for Halfdan's freedom. A boy's destiny can come at the most terrible price. Halfdan must suffer a grave loss in order to grasp what he most desires: to train by, to live by, and, if the fates decree it, to die by the force of his sword and the swiftness of his arrow. He is to be a warrior -- a great warrior. Bloody, furiously paced, heart-wrenching, and unflinching, this is a story of a land where the destinies of boys and men are forged in the heat of battle. Young Halfdan shall come to know the glories of true brotherhood and the unspeakable horrors of true evil. In this first book in a saga teeming with thrilling details of the Viking world, young Halfdan emerges as a new hero . . . a new myth . . . a new legend.
How Would You Survive in the American West?
Author: Jacqueline Morley
Publisher: Franklin Watts
ISBN: 9780531153086
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Describes what life was like in the West during the period when white settlers arrived.
Publisher: Franklin Watts
ISBN: 9780531153086
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Describes what life was like in the West during the period when white settlers arrived.