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Names for the Sea
Counterpoint 2013; US$ 17.95Sarah Moss had a childhood dream of moving to Iceland, sustained by a wild summer there when she was nineteen. In 2009, she saw an advertisement for a job at the University of Iceland and applied on a whim, despite having two young children and a comfortable life in Kent. The resulting adventure was shaped by Iceland?s economic collapse, which halved... more...
World Film Locations: Reykjavík
Intellect 2012; US$ 24.95Though the creative community of Reykjavík, Iceland, has earned a well-deserved reputation for its unique artistic outputmost notably the popular music that has emerged from the city since the 1980sReykjavíks filmmakers have received less attention than they merit. more...
Iceland and European Integration
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 41.95Why has Iceland not sought membership of the European Union? This unique volume uses the case study of Iceland - the only Nordic state to have never applied for EU membership - to explore the complex attitudes of small states to European intergration and provide a new theoretical approach for understanding such relationships. The contributors explain... more...
Iceland Travel Adventures
Hunter Publishing 2008; US$ 17.99Iceland is unique. It has thermal hot springs, fantastic wildlife, glaciers, whales, long fjords, fishing villages, a bustling capital and a vast, unspoiled interior. The people are highly educated, and more books per capita are published here than anywhere else in the world. Reykjavik, the capital, is home to half of the population. While it is the... more...
Historical Dictionary of Iceland
Scarecrow Press 2008; US$ 109.99The second edition of the Historical Dictionary of Iceland traces Iceland's history and provides a compass for the direction the country is heading. This is done through its chronology, introductory essays, appendixes, map, bibliography, and hundreds of cross-referenced dictionary entries on important persons, places, events, and institutions and significant... more...
Icelanders in the Viking Age
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers 2010; US$ 35.00The Sagas of Icelanders are enduring stories from Viking-Age Iceland filled with love and romance, battles and feuds, tragedy and comedy. Yet these tales are little read today, even by lovers of literature. The culture and history of the people depicted in the Sagas are often unfamiliar to the modern reader, though the audience for whom the tales were... more...
Iceland Travel Complete Profile
World Trade Press 2010; US$ 14.40Whether planning your own trip to Iceland, or planning someone elses, youll be equipped with the all-inclusive travel reportboth of our Travel and Points of Interest reports rolled into one. more...
The Political Economy of Joining the European Union
Amsterdam University Press 2010; US$ 50.00Deze dissertatie onderzoekt de effecten van een volwaardig EU-lidmaatschap voor de politieke economie van IJsland. Het biedt tevens een overzicht van de EU, EER en de Europese Vrijhandelsassociatie (EVA) en een grondige analyse van de EMU en het vissers- en landbouwbeleid. Bovendien biedt dit proefschrift een blik op de voor- en nadelen van een EU-lidmaatschap.... more...
Top 10 Iceland
DK Publishing 2012; US$ 14.00Drawing on the same standards of accuracy as the acclaimed DK Eyewitness Travel Guides, DK Top 10 Iceland uses exciting colorful photography and excellent cartography to provide a reliable and useful travel. Dozens of Top 10 lists provide vital information on each destination, as well as insider tips, from avoiding the crowds to finding... more...
The Anthropology of Iceland
University of Iowa Press 1995; US$ 31.95The Anthropology of Iceland presents the first perspectives on Icelandic anthropology from both Icelandic and foreign anthropologists. The thirteen essays in this volume are divided into four themes: ideology and action; kinship and gender; culture, class, and ethnicity; and the Commonwealth period of circa 930 to 1220, which saw the... more...









