Owen has always done well, even without trying that hard. He gets As in school, is an avid photographer and knows he can count on his family's support. But then Owen makes a mistake. A big one. And now he must face his fear of...
Iceland
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Author:Kerrin, Jessica ScottSummary: -
Author:Greene, A. KendraSummary:Mythic creatures, natural wonders, and the mysterious human impulse to collect are on beguiling display in this poetic tribute to the museums of an otherworldly island nation. Iceland is home to only 330,000 people (roughly the...
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Author:Jónasson, RagnarSummary:Spanning the icy streets of Reykjavik, the Icelandic highlands and cold, isolated fjords, The Darkness is an atmospheric thriller from Ragnar Jonasson, one of the most exciting names in Nordic Noir. The body of a young Russian woman...
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Author:Ragnar JónassonSummary:Ari Thór Arason: a rookie policeman on his first posting, far from his girlfriend in Reykjavík--with a past that he's unable to leave behind. When a young woman is found lying half-naked in the snow, bleeding and unconscious, and a...
- Author:Lilja SigurðardóttirSummary:
When entrepreneur Flosi arrives home for dinner one night, he discovers that his house has been ransacked, and his wife Gudrun missing. A letter on the kitchen table confirms that she has been kidnapped. If Flosi doesn't agree to...
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Author:Asnong, JocelynSummary:Nuptse and Lhotse are back for their third mountain expedition! After traveling to the mountains of Nepal and the peaks of the Canadian Rockies, these two adventurous cats head into the land of fire and ice: Iceland! While digging in...
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Author:Ragnar JónassonSummary:When a policeman is shot in the dead of night, Ari Thór must solve a murder involving tangled local politics, a compromised new mayor, and someone held against their will in an asylum.
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Author:Sigurdardottit, YrsaSummary: - Author:Dennis, Andrew, Foote, Peter, Perkins, RichardSummary:
The laws of Medieval Iceland provide detailed and fascinating insight into the society that produced the Icelandic sagas. Known collectively as Gragas (Greygoose), this great legal code offers a wealth of information about early...
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Author:Arnaldur IndriðasonSummary: - Author:Auður A. ÓlafsdóttirSummary:
After being dumped and then winning the lottery, a woman in her thirties, along with her best friend's four-year-old deaf-mute son, takes a transformative road trip through Iceland, encountering eccentrics and finding herself.
- Author:Jóhannesson, JónSummary:
The founding of the Old Icelandic Commonwealth in 930 A.D. is one of the most significant events in the history of early Western Europe. This pioneering work of historiography provides a comprehensive history of Iceland from 870 A.D. to...
- Author:Cooke, C.J.Summary:
A deserted shipwreck off the coast of Iceland holds terrors and dark secrets in this chilling horror novel from the author of The Lighthouse Witches. The year is 1901, and Nicky is attacked, then wakes on board the Ormen, a whaling ship...
