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The Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance

A dazzling history of the modest family which rose to become one of the most powerful in Europe, The Medici is a remarkably modern story of power, money and ambition. Against the background of an age …

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The Almost Nearly Perfect People: Behind the Myth of the Scandinavian Utopia

Journalist Michael Booth has lived among the Scandinavians for more than ten years and has grown increasingly frustrated with the rose-tinted view of this part of the world offered up by the Western m…

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Mrs. Caliban

Now back in print, Mrs. Caliban is “totally unforgettable” ( The New York Times Book Review ) and “something of a miracle” ( The New Yorker ) In the quiet suburbs, while Dorothy is doing chores and wa…

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Out Stealing Horses

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Tyranny of the Minority: Why American Democracy Reached the Breaking Point

A call to reform our antiquated political institutions before it’s too late—from the New York Times bestselling authors of How Democracies Die

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The Open-Air Life: Discover the Nordic Art of Friluftsliv and Embrace Nature Every Day

A complete guide to Friluftsliv, the Nordic secret to unplugging and connecting more deeply with nature.

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The Norse Myths

Here are thirty-two classic myths that bring the Viking world vividly to life. The mythic legacy of the Scandinavians includes a cycle of stories filled with magnificent images from pre-Christian Euro…

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Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings

The Viking Age - between 750 and 1050 - saw an unprecedented expansion of the Scandinavian peoples. As traders and raiders, explorers and colonists, they reshaped the world between eastern North Ameri…

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The Vikings

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Arctic Dreams

Winner of the National Book Award

This bestselling, groundbreaking exploration of the Far North is a classic of natural history, anthropology, and travel writing.

The Arctic is a perilous place. Only a …

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The Book of Delights: Essays

Ross Gay’s The Book of Delights is a genre-defying book of essays—some as short as a paragraph; some as long as five pages—that record the small joys that occurred in one year, from birthday to birthd…

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