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1) Viking
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Presents an illustrated look at the Vikings--their ships and weapons, heroes and myths, and great adventures in war and exploration.
2) The Vikings
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64 pages : color illustrations, map ; 29 cm.
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English
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Describes the daily life and customs of the Vikings and examines their many roles as farmers, traders, explorers. raiders, colonizers, and mercenaries.
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224 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), maps illustrations ; 30 cm
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It is better to stand and fight. If you run, you'll only die tired. - Viking saying. Beginning in 789 CE, the Vikings raided monasteries, sacked settlements and invaded the Atlantic coast of Europe and the British Isles. They looted and enslaved their enemies, terrorising all whom they encountered. But that is only part of their story. Sailing their famous longboats, they discovered Iceland and America (both by accident) and also sailed up the Seine...
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"Honorable Mention for the 2015 PROSE Award in European & World History, Association of American Publishers" Anders Winroth is the Birgit Baldwin Professor of History at Yale University.
A major reassessment of the vikings and their legacy
The Vikings maintain their grip on our imagination, but their image is too often distorted by myth. It is true that they pillaged, looted, and enslaved. But they also settled peacefully and traveled far from...
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160 pages : illustrations, maps, color ; 29 cm
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English
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"MGM's hit show Vikings on the History Channel has drawn millions of viewers into the fascinating and bloody world of legendary Norse hero Ragnar Lothbrok, who led Viking warriors to the British Isles and France. Covering the first three seasons of the series, this official companion book delves into the real history as well as the behind-the-scenes stories. Viking historian Justin Pollard explains shipbuilding and navigation, Norse culture and religion,...
6) Vikings
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120 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
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English
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Introduces the Vikings, discussing why they went on raids, what they wore, what their ships were like, and how they shaped history.
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1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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The Vikings were the most ferocious warriors of the Middle Ages. Especially fearsome were the select few who wielded a formidable weapon: a light, razor sharp, virtually indestructible sword with its maker's name, ULFBERHT, inlaid along the blade. But who Ulfberht was, where the sword came from, and how it was made remained secrets for more than 1,000 years?
11) Valhalla rising
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1 videodisc (93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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One Eye is a chained prisoner forced to fight to the death for the entertainment of his captors. When One Eye escapes, he stumbles upon a group of warriors headed to the Crusades. But fate has something else in store, as the men drift into the New World, where savages stalk them one by one in increasingly violent ways. Is One Eye an avenging angel or just the guiltiest of them all?
12) Vikings
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31 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 29 cm.
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English
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Presents an illustrated introduction to Vikings, describing their daily life and customs, mythology, writing,and contains an examination s their many roles as farmers, traders, explorers, raiders, colonizers, and mercenaries.
14) The Tartars
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1 videodisc (approximately 83 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Vikings and Tatars clash in the steppes of Russia.
16) The Vikings
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1 videodisc (116 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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The saga of the loves and lusts of the fierce Norse raiders who pillaged Britain over a thousand years ago.
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1 videodisc (97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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In the ninth century, a group of Vikings, is approaching Britain, aiming to plunder the rich monasteries in the north of the island. But their ship gets caught in a storm and is smashed to pieces on the rocks off the coast of Scotland, the only part of Britain without any Viking settlements. When the daughter of the Scottish King by chance falls into Viking hands, they see the opportunity for demanding a large ransom.
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How to train your dragon volume 7
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254 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm.
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Hiccup, the reluctant Viking hero, has three months, five days, and six hours to discover America, return to Berk, save his father, battle Polarserpents, and win the annual Inter-Tribal Friendly Swimming Race.
19) The long ships
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1 videodisc (approximately 125 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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The film features the adventure of Vikings battling Moors for fabled treasures.
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"Vikings are an enduring subject of fascination. The combination of adventure, mythology, violence, and exploration continues to grip our attention. As a result, for more than a millennium the Vikings have traveled far and wide, not least across the turbulent seas of our minds and imaginations. The geographical reach of the Norse was extraordinary. For centuries medieval sagas, first recorded in Iceland, claimed that Vikings reached North America...
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