Gudrun's Tapestry

Gudrun's Tapestry
Author: Joan Schweighardt
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2003
Genre: Burgundians
ISBN: 9780967959139

Gudrun?s Tapestry is a powerful, enchanting and vivid tale of one woman?s quest to eliminate Fifth Century Europe?s greatest threat: Attila and his Huns. Along the way Gudrun unexpectedly discovers the capacity to love a man who may be a mortal enemy. In finally confronting her true self, she finds that she must embark on an inner journey to cope with adversity in the outer world. Grounded in history and loosely based on the Poetic Edda, Gudrun?s Tapestry takes the reader on a quest of self-discovery in a tale of magic and courage that resonates through the centuries to touch the reader?s heart and soul.

Gudrun’s Kitchen

Gudrun’s Kitchen
Author: Irene O. Sandvold
Publisher: Wisconsin Historical Society
Total Pages: 269
Release: 2012-05-29
Genre: Cooking
ISBN: 0870205722

The youngest of a large Norwegian immigrant family, Gudrun Thue Sandvold was known for her beaming blue eyes and a reserve that gave way to laughter whenever she got together with her sisters. She took immeasurable pride in her children and grandchildren, kept an exquisite home, and turned the most mundane occasion into a party. And to all who knew her, Gudrun’s cooking was the stuff of legend. Part cookbook, part immigrant story, and part family memoir, Gudrun's Kitchen features hundreds of Gudrun Sandvold’s recipes for comfort food from a time when families and friends gathered at the table and connected with one another every single day. But this book is much more than a guide to Norwegian culinary traditions; it is an important contribution to immigrant history and a vital documentation of our nation’s multicultural heritage.

Drinking from My Leg

Drinking from My Leg
Author: Paul Martin
Publisher: iUniverse
Total Pages: 239
Release: 2010-06-01
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1450217540

Twenty-five years old, fresh out of college, Paul Martins life took a major turn. In 1992, as a result of a car accident, Martins left leg was amputated five inches below the knee. His future plans hadnt included a prosthetic leg. But after returning to his workout routine, Martin realized he was destined to be a disabled athlete. In this, his second memoir, Martins story takes up where One Mans Leg left off. He narrates the events of his life on the race course during the eight years and reveals what his life as a competitive triathlete, runner, and cyclist has been like. Drinking from My Leg details a host of accomplishments, including the completion of ten Ironman Triathlons and the raising of the flag after he won the Disabled Cycling World Championships in 2002. Engaging and written with a sense of humor, Drinking from My Leg serves as an inspiration for others who face challenges. Martin shows that optimism is the key to winning the battle.

Gudrun

Gudrun
Author: Emma Letherbrow
Publisher:
Total Pages: 292
Release: 1863
Genre:
ISBN:

The Edda

The Edda
Author: Winifred Faraday
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 47
Release: 2014-05-22
Genre: History
ISBN: 1633552381

The term Edda (Old Norse Edda, plural Eddur) applies to the Old Norse Poetic Edda and Prose Edda, both of which were written down in Iceland during the 13th century in Icelandic, although they contain material from earlier traditional sources, reaching into the Viking Age. The books are the main sources of medieval skaldic tradition in Iceland and Norse mythology.

The Saga of the Volsungs

The Saga of the Volsungs
Author:
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 160
Release: 2012-06-19
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0520951514

The Saga of the Volsungs is an Icelandic epic of special interest to admirers of Richard Wagner, who drew heavily upon this Norse source in writing his Ring Cycle and a primary source for writers of fantasy such as J. R. R. Tolkien and romantics such as William Morris. A trove of traditional lore, it tells of love, jealousy, vengeance, war, and the mythic deeds of the dragonslayer, Sigurd the Volsung. Byock's comprehensive introduction explores the history, legends, and myths contained in the saga and traces the development of a narrative that reaches back to the period of the great folk migrations in Europe when the Roman Empire collapsed.

Reading Group Choices 2004

Reading Group Choices 2004
Author: Mark Kaufman
Publisher:
Total Pages: 100
Release: 2003-10
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780964487697

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