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61) Iceland
Author
Pub. Date
c2008
Description
Explores the history, transportation, geography, economy, and culture of Iceland. Includes a glossary and related resources.
64) The reckoning
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Series
Children's House volume 2
Pub. Date
2019.
Description
Vaka sits, regretting her choice of coat, on the cold steps of her new school. Her father appears to have forgotten to pick her up, her mother has forgotten to give her this week's pocket money, and the school is already locked for the day. Grownups, she decides, are useless. With no way to call home, she resigns herself to waiting on the steps until her father remembers her. When a girl approaches, Vaka recognizes her immediately from class, and...
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
"Ready to Go Away? The experts at Fodor's are here to help. We're bringing you the very best of Iceland, including Reykjavik, Snaefellsnes Peninsula, and more. Our local experts vet every recommendation to ensure that you have all the essential information to plan a perfect trip and make the most of your time. Get inspired: Ultimate experience guide to top things to see and do ; Full-color photo features to spark your wanderlust ; Everything you need...
69) Voices
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Pub. Date
[2007]
Description
Erlendur and his colleagues have no shortage of suspects, between hotel staff and international travelers, in the stabbing of a hotel Santa Claus in Reykjavik.
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Series
Formats
Description
In a flat near Reykjavik city centre, a young man lies dead in a pool of blood although there are no signs of a break-in or any struggle. A vial of narcotics found in the victim's pocket among other clues soon lead Erlendur's colleagues down a trail of hidden violence, psychological brutality and of wrongs that will never be fully righted.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2018.
Description
"A man is found murdered in a small apartment in ReykjavÃk, shot in the head with a pistol. The police's attention is immediately drawn to the foreign soldiers who are on every street corner in the summer of 1941. So begins officers FlÃçvent and Thorson's investigation, which will lead them down a path darker than either of them expected, and force them to reckon with their own demons"--
Author
Series
Thora Gudmundsdottir novels volume 1
Pub. Date
[2007]
Description
Attorney Thóra Gudmundsdóttirand her new partner, Matthew Reich, journey to a remote corner of Iceland to investigate how the murder of a German student may be connected to the victim's interest in witchcraft.
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
"When Evie Perez is cut off from everything she loves and forced to move to Iceland for the summer, she takes her canvas and paintbrushes into the picturesque cherry orchard behind her guesthouse. She stains her lips with stolen cherries in the midnight sun and paints a boy she's never met. Oskar is startled to discover Evie in his family's orchard, and even more surprised to see himself on her canvas. Too ashamed to reveal his stutter, he remains...
Author
Series
Geronimo Stilton. Thea Stilton volume 25
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
When one of the Thea Sisters' favorite mystery writers goes missing, the five mice travel to the author's native Iceland, where they reconstruct the dangerous plot of his latest novel in the icy terrain to piece together clues.
Pub. Date
[2023].
Description
"Whether you want to soak in the Blue Lagoon, party in Reykjavik, or hike a glacier, the local Fodor's travel experts in Iceland are here to help! Fodor's Essential Iceland guidebook is packed with maps, carefully curated recommendations, and everything else you need to simplify your trip-planning process and make the most of your time." --
Author
Series
Erlendur Sveinsson mysteries volume 1
Pub. Date
2005.
Description
Inspector Erlendur Sveinsson heads up the investigation into the killing of a solitary man, found murdered in his Reykjavik apartment, only to discover that the victim has only two friends, one in prison and one missing for twenty-five years, and that the dead man had been accused but not convicted of a rape forty years earlier.