Looking for the Hidden Folk: How Iceland's Elves Can Save the Earth
By: Nancy Marie Brown
3.41
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
*A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITOR'S CHOICE* "An impassioned, informative love letter to Icela…
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1. Names for the Sea: Strangers in Iceland
By: Sarah Moss
3.69
Format: 357 pages, Paperback
Novelist Sarah Moss had a childhood dream of moving to Iceland, sustained by a wild summer there wh… read more
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- travel
- nonfiction
- history
- nature
"Window weather. It’s not charming, or wimpish, but a state of mind in which a fairly serious hope, that winter is over, that life is returning, is lost. It’s the antithesis of Easter."-Sarah Moss, Names for the Sea: Strangers in Iceland
"we’re all enjoying thinking about how much where you come from shapes what you see when you leave. Home, I tell them, is the paper on which travel writes. Travel writers are always writing home."-Sarah Moss, Names for the Sea: Strangers in Iceland
"Foreigner, útlendingur. Ausländer. I have joined the Faculty of Foreign Languages. British people of my generation don't use that world, certainly not as casually as Icelanders. 'Foreigner' is a word…"-Sarah Moss, Names for the Sea: Strangers in Iceland
2. Last Rituals (Þóra Guðmundsdóttir, #1)
By: Yrsa Sigurdardottir , Bernard Scudder
3.56
Format: None pages, Hardcover
At a university in Reykjavik, the body of a young German student is discovered, his eyes cut out an… read more
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3. Butterflies in November
By: Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir , Brian FitzGibbon
4.50
Format: None pages, Paperback
After a day of being dumped - twice - and accidentally killing a goose, a young woman yearns for a … read more
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4. The Little Book of the Hidden People: Stories of elves from Icelandic folklore
By: Alda Sigmundsdóttir , None
3.62
Format: 171 pages,
Icelandic folklore is rife with tales of elves and hidden people that inhabited hills and rocks in … read more
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5. Everfound (Skinjacker, #3)
By: Neal Shusterman
2.56
Format: 201 pages, Hardcover
While Mary lies in a glass coffin aboard a ghost train heading west, her minions are awaiting her r… read more
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6. To Dye For: How Toxic Fashion Is Making Us Sick--and How We Can Fight Back
By: Alden Wicker
4.32
Format: 303 pages, Kindle Edition
A Silent Spring for your wardrobe, To Dye For is a jolting exposé that reveals the true cost of the… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- science
- audiobook
7. Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues
By: Jonathan Kennedy
3.94
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
An account of how the major transformations in history—from the rise of Homo sapiens to the birth o… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
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"Pathogens thrive on inequality and injustice."-Jonathan Kennedy, Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues
"Across the whole of the Americas, the introduction of infectious diseases from Europe resulted in a 90 percent fall in the population, from about 60.5 million in 1500 to 6 million a century later."-Jonathan Kennedy, Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues
"There is one universally incorrect choice: do nothing. This didn't work when humans thought that plagues were a punishment sent by angry gods. Nor does a laissez-faire approach help stop disease when…"-Jonathan Kennedy, Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues
8. Nordic Tales: Folktales from Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland, and Denmark
By: Ulla Thynell
3.85
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
A deluxe volume of 16 traditional Nordic folk tales that is sure to impress any fan of cultural and… read more
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- folklore
- mythology
- audiobook
9. The Age of Grievance
By: Frank Bruni
4.13
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
From bestselling author and longtime New York Times columnist Frank Bruni comes a lucid, powerful e… read more
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- cultural
- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
10. Secrets of the Octopus
By: Sy Montgomery
4.43
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
Remarkable new discoveries affirm the octopus as one of nature’s most intelligent and complex anima… read more
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- nature
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11. All the Horses of Iceland
By: Sarah Tolmie
3.53
Format: 111 pages, Paperback
A hypnotic historical fantasy with gorgeous and unusual literary prose, from the captivating author… read more
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"While Eyvind never became a literate man, he saw as he went on that books contained words that could transform men into priests and kings and healers."-Sarah Tolmie, All the Horses of Iceland
"That was the way it was with languages, Eyvind had observed once he left home and realized how many there were: some he could see into and some he could not. Listening to them was like looking down i…"-Sarah Tolmie, All the Horses of Iceland
12. Allergic: Our Irritated Bodies in a Changing World
By: Theresa MacPhail
3.89
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
An eye-opening exploration of allergies, from their first medical description in 1819 to the cuttin… read more
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- audiobook
- history
- nonfiction
- nature
- science
13. Hagitude: Reimagining the Second Half of Life
By: Sharon Blackie
3.81
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The highly anticipated new book by the author of the bestselling If Women Rose Rooted, empowering w… read more
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- nonfiction
- mythology
- audiobook
14. How Iceland Changed the World: The Big History of a Small Island
By: Egill Bjarnason
4.10
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
The untold story of how one tiny island in the middle of the Atlantic has shaped the world for cent… read more
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- cultural
- history
- travel
- nonfiction
- audiobook
15. Salt the Water
By: Candice Iloh
3.37
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Cerulean Gene is free everywhere except school, where they’re known for repeatedly challenging auth… read more
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- audiobook
16. The Language of Trees: A Rewilding of Literature and Landscape
By: Katie Holten
3.98
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
NATIONAL BESTSELLER "Inspiring. . . . insights that are scientific, intimate and surprising. . . . … read more
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- nonfiction
- natural history
- science
17. Woman, Captain, Rebel: The Extraordinary True Story of a Daring Icelandic Sea Captain
By: Margaret Willson
3.93
Format: 416 pages, Paperback
A notorious crime, a lone woman fighting for equality, and the thrills of the wide-open sea A da… read more
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- history
- audiobook
"We are survivors, harboring all the acquiring insights strengths and scars that word implies."-Margaret Willson, Woman, Captain, Rebel: The Extraordinary True Story of a Daring Icelandic Sea Captain
"She had the courage to retain compassion, the intelligence and strength to grow wisdom. This is the meaning of resilience."-Margaret Willson, Woman, Captain, Rebel: The Extraordinary True Story of a Daring Icelandic Sea Captain
"He dreamed of this day as he'd listened to his foster mother, Sesselja, and grandmother Ingibjörg tell of their sea adventures with the great Captain Thuridur. Their stories he knew were true because…"-Margaret Willson, Woman, Captain, Rebel: The Extraordinary True Story of a Daring Icelandic Sea Captain
18. Secrets of the Sprakkar: Iceland's Extraordinary Women and How They Are Changing the World
By: Eliza Reid
3.80
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
The Canadian first lady of Iceland pens a book about why this tiny nation is leading the charge in … read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
19. Looking for the Hidden Folk: How Iceland's Elves Can Save the Earth
By: Nancy Marie Brown
3.41
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
*A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITOR'S CHOICE* "An impassioned, informative love letter to Icela… read more
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- cultural
- nature
- science
- history
- travel
- natural history
- folklore
- nonfiction
- mythology
- audiobook
20. Bitter Roots (Wine Country Mysteries, #12)
By: Ellen Crosby
4.05
Format: 297 pages, Hardcover
The brutal murder of a beautiful vineyard expert and a devastating storm force Virginia winemaker L… read more
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21. The Message
By: Ta-Nehisi Coates
4.58
Format: 232 pages, Hardcover
Ta-Nehisi Coates originally set off to write a book about writing, in the tradition of Orwell’s cla… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
"My sense is that if I spend more time talking to you than I spend complaining about you, then something wonderful often happens and the enlightenment is mutual. So I don't really worry about the youn…"-Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Message
