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Release : 2021
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ISBN : 9781641256902
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Viking Life
John Guy
Author : John Guy
Publisher : Snapping-Turtle Guide
Page : 23 pages
File Size : 45,21 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Civilization, Viking
ISBN : 9781860070709
Lifestyles of the rich and poor - Food and drink - Pastimes and fashions - Art and architecture - Health and medicine - Women and children - Crime and punishment - Transport and science - Religion - Valhalla - Odin - Valkyries - Thor - Bayeux Tapestry - American settlements - Longships - Weapons.
Viking For Life
Scott Studwell
Author : Scott Studwell
Publisher : Triumph Books
Page : 173 pages
File Size : 38,22 MB
Release : 2021-09-07
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1641256885
An unforgettable look at a lifetime of Vikings football packed with Studwell's insights into the game, on and off the field. In professional football, careers are often short and turnover is a constant. So when one man's career spans more than four decades with one organization, it is quite an achievement. Scott Studwell did just that with the Minnesota Vikings. As a linebacker, Studwell totaled a Vikings record 1,981 tackles in 14 seasons, reaching two Pro Bowls. After retiring as a player after the 1990 season, Studwell moved into the Vikings' player personnel department and served as the team's Director of College Scouting. In Viking for Life: A Four-Decade Football Love Affair, Studwell shares stories from the Vikings teams of the 1970s and '80s under head coaches Bud Grant and Jerry Burns, teams that reached two NFC championship games. He also provides rare insight into his three decades in the Vikings' scouting department and draft room, during which he helped the Vikings identify countless stars, including Randy Moss, Adrian Peterson, and Harrison Smith. In the pages of this striking memoir, Studwell shares a passion for the Vikings that he calls "a dream come true."
Viking Age
Kirsten Wolf
Author : Kirsten Wolf
Publisher : Union Square & Company
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 30,79 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Civilization, Viking
ISBN : 9781454909064
Though infamous for their pirating and raiding, active Vikings were actually only a tiny fraction of the total Scandinavian population during the so-called Viking Age. This exploration of their culture goes beyond the myths into the prosaic realities and intimate details of family life; their attitude toward the more vulnerable members of society; their famed longships and extensive travels; and the role they played in the greater community. In addition to images and maps, a timeline lays out Viking history.
The Last Viking
Stephen R. Bown
Author : Stephen R. Bown
Publisher : Da Capo Press
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 37,78 MB
Release : 2012-09-25
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0306821621
The Last Viking unravels the life of the man who stands head and shoulders above all those who raced to map the last corners of the world. In 1900, the four great geographical mysteries--the Northwest Passage, the Northeast Passage, the South Pole, and the North Pole--remained blank spots on the globe. Within twenty years Roald Amundsen would claim all four prizes. Renowned for his determination and technical skills, both feared and beloved by his men, Amundsen is a legend of the heroic age of exploration, which shortly thereafter would be tamed by technology, commerce, and publicity. Féd in his lifetime as an international celebrity, pursued by women and creditors, he died in the Arctic on a rescue mission for an inept rival explorer. Stephen R. Bown has unearthed archival material to give Amundsen's life the grim immediacy of Apsley Cherry-Garrard's The Worst Journey in the World, the exciting detail of The Endurance, and the suspense of a Jon Krakauer tale. The Last Viking is both a thrilling literary biography and a cracking good story.
Laughing Shall I Die
Tom Shippey
Author : Tom Shippey
Publisher : Reaktion Books
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 20,57 MB
Release : 2018-05-15
Category : History
ISBN : 1780239505
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.
Daily Life of the Vikings
Kirsten Wolf
Author : Kirsten Wolf
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 27,52 MB
Release : 2004-11-30
Category : History
ISBN : 0313322694
Examines the daily lives of the Vikings.
A Viking Way of Life
Steven P. Ashby
Author : Steven P. Ashby
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 18,64 MB
Release : 2014-01-15
Category : History
ISBN : 1445620588
An engaging look at life in the Viking Age.
Viking for Life
Scott Studwell
Author : Scott Studwell
Publisher :
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 17,84 MB
Release : 2021-10-12
Category :
ISBN : 9781629378909
An unforgettable look at a lifetime of Vikings football packed with Studwell's insights into the game, on and off the field. In professional football, careers are often short and turnover is a constant. So when one man's career spans more than four decades with one organization, it is quite an achievement. Scott Studwell did just that with the Minnesota Vikings. As a linebacker, Studwell totaled a Vikings record 1,981 tackles in 14 seasons, reaching two Pro Bowls. After retiring as a player after the 1990 season, Studwell moved into the Vikings' player personnel department and served as the team's Director of College Scouting. In Viking for Life: A Four-Decade Football Love Affair, Studwell shares stories from the Vikings teams of the 1970s and '80s under head coaches Bud Grant and Jerry Burns, teams that reached two NFC championship games. He also provides rare insight into his three decades in the Vikings' scouting department and draft room, during which he helped the Vikings identify countless stars, including Randy Moss, Adrian Peterson, and Harrison Smith. In the pages of this striking memoir, Studwell shares a passion for the Vikings that he calls "a dream come true."
The Littlest Viking
Alexandra Penfold
Author : Alexandra Penfold
Publisher : Knopf Books for Young Readers
Page : 22 pages
File Size : 43,45 MB
Release : 2018-01-02
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0399554319
A hilarious story about what happens to the littlest and loudest Viking when an even littler and louder Viking arrives, perfect for fans of The Princess and the Pony and I Don't Want to Be a Frog. Sven might be the littlest Viking, but he has no trouble making himself known. He has the loudest warrior cry and the fiercest set of teeth. He loves to pillage and plunder. But there's a new kid in town--a warrior princess, who is smaller than Sven and even louder. What's a little Viking to do? "Penfold folds in fun ancient analogues to tried-and-true methods of appeasing cranky little ones, and Roxas's liberal use of a color perhaps best described as neon snot brings a punk edge to her scenes of Viking family life. Irreverent yet tender."--Publishers Weekly, Starred review "A warm tale of family togetherness."--Kirkus "A spirited tale about stopping a tantrum with a story, perfect for storytime or one-on-one sharing."--SLJ