books about: swedes

books about: swedes

books:

Swedes

Modern-Day Vikings: A Practical Guide to Interacting with the Swedes (The Interact Series)

Christina, Johansson Robinowitz, Lisa, Werner Carr

Intercultural Press, 2001

The Swedish delight of getting things in the right proportio
Lagom bok. Writing a book is easy. Getting it "just right" is the hard part. Lagom, as the authors of Modern-Day Vikings tell us is the Swedish delight of getting things in the right proportion, including what is fitting and appropriate, no more, no less, and, in this ...

Old Swedes Church, Wilmington, Delaware, 1698-1938,
Charles M Curtis

Delaware Tercentenary Commission, 1938

Swedes in Minnesota (The People of Minnesota)
Anne Gillespie Lewis

Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2004

Until We Reach Home
Lynn Austin

Bethany House, 2008

Life in Sweden seems like an endless winter for three sisters after their mother's death and father's suicide. Elin feels the weight of responsibility for her sisters' welfare, and when circumstances become unbearable, she writes to her relatives in Chicago, pleading for help. Joining sixteen million other immigrants who left their homelands for ...

Swede Dreams (S.A.S.S.)

Eva Apelqvist

Puffin, 2007

A 'Swede' way to spend the afternoon!
Showcasing your individuality when you're one half of a set of identical twins is never an easy task. Just ask sixteen-year-old, Calista "Cal" Swanson. Up until eighth grade, Cal loved having an identical twin to share secrets with, and participate in giggle fests that ...

Chemistry

Steven S. Zumdahl, Susan A. Zumdahl

Brooks Cole, 2006

Awesome.
I don't know what the other peoples problems are with this book, but it is great, and the online addition was very helpful. I learned chemistry from this book without going to class, and I pulled an A in the class. It teaches you the concepts very easily, and shows ...

Swedes of Greater Worcester Revisited (MA) (Images of America)

Eric J. Salomonsson, William O. Hultgren, ...

Arcadia Publishing, 2005

Home Sweet Home
Imagine showing this book to my 91 yr old Mother,as she pointed out her grandfather's store on Greenwood Street, and recognized many names and faces from our past, as I grew up there also. It is a lovely collection of photographs and area history. The house where my ...

After the Black Sox: The Swede Risberg Story

Alan Muchlinski

AuthorHouse, 2005

THE SWEDE RISBERG STORY
After the Black Sox: The Swede Risberg StoryI HAVE READ AND RE-READ THE SWEDE RISBERG STORY. I AM VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE AMOUNT AND THE THOROUGHNESS OF THE INFORMATION THE AUTHOR WAS ABLE TO FIND. UPON READING THE BOOK I WAS ENGULFED IN THE NOSTALGIA OF THE TIME. ...

The Streets of Babylon: A London Mystery

Carina Burman

Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd, 2008

1851, London, England - a land of pimps, mollies, and waifs
1851, London, England - a land of pimps, mollies, and waifs. "The Streets of Babylon: A London Mystery" is the story of a few people's attempts to dig their way through the hordes of ne'er-do-wells that infest the London underworld as they search for Agnes, someone ...

Almost Unseen : Selected Haiku of George Swede

George Swede

Brooks Books, 2000

A major collection
An anonymous review of Almost Unseen in Frogpond (Journal of the Haiku Society of America), 2001, Volume XXIV, Number 1, p. 78. A major collection of the haiku of one of our most significant poets. You'll find all the poems you expect here, and some less expected as ...

Wrestling, Enlarged Edition including official rules of the sport (Athletic Institute Series)
Arnold "Swede" Umbach Rex Peery

Sterling Publishing Company, 1979

5 3/4" x 8" x 9/16" - 158 pages - fully illustrated with photos - glossary of terms - including official rules for Greco-Roman & Freestyle - plusnterpretation of the international wrestling rules

The Swedes of Greater Brockton (MA) (Images of America)

James E. Benson, Lloyd F. Thompson

Arcadia Publishing, 2001

A Look Back
My husband and his family are among the Swedes of Greater Brockton. It was wonderful to find this book as few are aware of the contribution and connection of Swedish folk to the Brockton area. I recommend it to any one with an interest in Brockton or the history of ...

Swedes in the Twin Cities : Immigrant Life and Minnesota's Urban Frontier

Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2001

A detailed portrait of Swedish immigrant life and culture in the Twin Cities of St. Paul and Minneapolis, told in 22 essays by leading scholars from the U.S. and Sweden. In this book, contributions from twenty-four leading scholars in both the United States and Sweden investigate various facets of Swedish life and culture in the Twin Cities. For ...

Papa's Wife

Thyra Ferre Bjorn

Bantam Books (Mm), 1984

Rave
I read this book the first time when I was 12. I reread it at 32, married, with 3 children. It stopped me from whining, reminded me of how I used to view the world, and made me feel Comforted. Maria reminds us all how truly thrilling life can be as a woman.

A Folk Divided: Homeland Swedes and Swedish Americans, 1840-1940
H. Arnold Barton

Southern Illinois University Press, 1994

In this unique longitudinal study of how a divided people relate to one another, H. Arnold Barton outlines dilemmas created by the great migration of Swedes to the United States from 1840 through 1940 and the complex love-hate relationship that resulted between those who stayed and those who left. During that hundred-year period, one Swede out of ...