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Book Cover for: The Nursery, Szilvia Molnar

The Nursery

Szilvia Molnar
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Our book talk with Swedish author Szilvia Molnar on her new and haunting novel THE NURSERY is NOW STREAMING on our Youtube channel! See below for this incredible discussion as well as other book talks by Nordic authors: https://t.co/tINllAPplr

Paperback, 2024

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Rabbit Factor: Volume 1, Antti Tuomainen

The Rabbit Factor: Volume 1

Antti Tuomainen
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Starting at 6 PM ET tonight!! Join us to chat about Antti Tuomainen's "The Rabbit Factor" in Nordic Book Club Online. Thanks @krishaamer for sharing! https://t.co/QmZ5HcNba4

Paperback, 2022

$16.99$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Secrets of the Sprakkar: Iceland's Extraordinary Women and How They Are Changing the World, Eliza Reid

Secrets of the Sprakkar: Iceland's Extraordinary Women and How They Are Changing the World

Eliza Reid
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Our talk on "Secrets of the Sprakkar" w/ author Eliza Reid, First Lady of #Iceland, is streaming on our youtube! Follow along as Reid explores the policy, people, & history that has resulted in Iceland topping the World Economic Forum’s Gender Gap Index 🇮🇸 https://t.co/YKECx0wuxs

Paperback, 2023

$16.99$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: High: A Journey Across the Himalaya, Through Pakistan, India, Bhutan, Nepal, and China, Erika Fatland

High: A Journey Across the Himalaya, Through Pakistan, India, Bhutan, Nepal, and China

Erika Fatland
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Travel through literature! Erika Fatland's book talk on "High: A Journey Across the Himalaya, Through Pakistan, India, Bhutan, Nepal, and China" is now streaming on our YouTube channel! See it here: https://t.co/Ie4RNZ79Fe

Hardcover, 2023

$35.00$17.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Liar, Martin A. Hansen

The Liar

Martin A. Hansen
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Join us tomorrow, Tuesday, April 11 for a book talk with Paul Larkin and Morten Høi Jensen on Martin A. Hansen’s THE LIAR, one of the greatest works of modern Scandinavian fiction, out from @nyrbclassics! https://t.co/QTh87gVe0C

Paperback, 2023

$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Piano Concerto, Robert Schumann

Piano Concerto

Robert Schumann
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Join us tonight at 7:30 PM for Music on Park Avenue with Per Tengstrand and Princeton chamber music group, Opus! They will be performing “Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54,” the only concerto written by Robert Schumann. Tix: https://t.co/t0TceRe549

Paperback, 2014

$8.99$4.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Wanderlust: An Eccentric Explorer, an Epic Journey, a Lost Age, Reid Mitenbuler

Wanderlust: An Eccentric Explorer, an Epic Journey, a Lost Age

Reid Mitenbuler
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Our WANDERLUST book talk is now streaming! Meticulously researched and grippingly written, Reid Mitenbuler’s vivid portrait of the “Most Interesting Man in the World” chronicles the story of the wildly eccentric Peter Freuchen. https://t.co/ofQXMWXYkF

Paperback, 2024

$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Friday Night Club: A Novel of Artist Hilma af Klint and Her Creative Circle, Sofia Lundberg

The Friday Night Club: A Novel of Artist Hilma af Klint and Her Creative Circle

Sofia Lundberg
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On Tue, June 13, authors Sofia Lundberg, Alyson Richman & M.J. Rose discuss their book: The Friday Night Club: A Novel of Artist Hilma af Klint! The authors will discuss the groundbreaking Swedish artist & four of her contemporaries. @penguinrandom RSVP: https://t.co/e00mGimwGI

Paperback, 2023

$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Border: A Journey Around Russia Through North Korea, China, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Ukraine, Belarus, Lithu, Erika Fatland

The Border: A Journey Around Russia Through North Korea, China, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Ukraine, Belarus, Lithu

Erika Fatland
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Our virtual talk w/ acclaimed Norwegian author Erika Fatland on her book "The Border" is now streaming! Experience the colorful, exciting, tragic and often unbelievable histories of Russia's bordering nations in this book talk! Out from @Pegasus_Books! https://t.co/tDb1qBoYcb

Paperback, 2022

$18.95$9.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Woman, Captain, Rebel: The Extraordinary True Story of a Daring Icelandic Sea Captain, Margaret Willson

Woman, Captain, Rebel: The Extraordinary True Story of a Daring Icelandic Sea Captain

Margaret Willson
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TOMORROW, hear Margaret Willson discuss her book WOMAN, CAPTAIN, REBEL: THE EXTRAORDINARY TRUE STORY OF A DARING ICELANDIC SEA CAPTAIN. It's not too late to RSVP! https://t.co/zb1So0qtWl

Paperback, 2023

$16.99$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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