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  • Woman at 1,000 Degrees

    A Novel

    by Hallgrímur Helgason ...
    Translated by Brian FitzGibbon ...
    "THE HOTTEST NEW BOOK FROM ICELAND IS WOMAN AT 1,000 DEGREES . . . What a story it is, one worth reading to further understand the complexity of World War II—and to enjoy the quick wit of a woman you won't forget." —Bethanne Patrick, The Washington Post"I live here alone in a garage, together with a laptop computer and an old hand grenade. It's pretty cozy."Herra Björnsson is at the beginning of ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD

  • Forbidden Literature

    Case Studies on Censorship

    Edited by Erik Erlanson, Jon Helgason, Peter Henning, Linnéa Lindsköld ...
    Freedom of the printed word is a defining feature of the modern world. Yet censorship and the suppression of literature never cease, and remain topical issues even in the most liberal of democracies. Today, just as in the past, advances in media technology are followed by new regulatory mechanisms. Similarly, any attempt to control cultural expression inevitably spurs fresh discussions about ... Read more

    $41.39 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Hitman's Guide to Housecleaning, The

    by Hallgrimur Helgason ...
    Narrated by Luke Daniels ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 20 min

    With some 66 hits under his belt, Tomislav Bokšić, or Toxic, has a flawless record as hitman for the Croatian mafia in New York. That is, until he kills the wrong guy and is forced to flee the States, leaving behind the life he knows and loves. Suddenly, he finds himself on a plane hurtling toward Reykjavik, Iceland, borrowing the identity of an American televangelist named Father Friendly. With ... Read more

    $49.46 CAD

  • Women's Language

    An Analysis of Style and Expression in Letters Before 1800

    Edited by Eva Haettner Aurelius, Hedda Gunneng, Jon Helgason ...
    By linguistic close-reading of more than a thousand letters from the 12th through the 18th centuries - written in Latin, Swedish, French, German, and English - this compilation analyzes the differences in language and communication between women and men. Armed with an exhaustive stylistic analysis, this volume attempts to answer the question Is there a special niche reserved for women's language? ... Read more

    $33.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Interaction Between Mental and Physical Illness

    Needed Areas of Research

    by E.E. Anttinen, R.J. Daly, T. Helgason, H. Hippius, R. Sadoun, E.A. Sand ...
    The group of European Medical Research Councils (EMRC) was formed in 1971 and became a Standing Committee of the European Science Foundation (ESF) in 1975. EMRC is an association of medical research councils or equivalent organizations in Western Europe. The National Institutes of Health, the Israel Academy of Sciences, and the European Office of WHO are associated with EMRC and take an active ... Read more

    $115.29 CAD

  • Hype

    Bestsellers and Literary Culture

    Edited by Jon Helgason, Sara Kärrholm, Ann Steiner ...
    In the world of books and literature, “hype” is associated with bestsellerism - the books that sell the most, are read by vast numbers, and constantly talked about in media and staff rooms. Often, it is the success in itself that generates an interest because popularity begets popularity. Quite often though, a hyped bestseller is met with a skeptic criticism of poor language, a badly constructed ... Read more

    $26.49 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Women´s language : an analysis of style and expression in letters before 1800

    Edited by Hedda Gunneng, Eva Hættner Aurelius, Jon Helgason ...
    ”Overall, the book summarises an ambitious project that draws on corpora and stylistics to investigate the empirical validity of a theoretical cornerstone in feminist literary criticism. The transparency of the analyses is impressive, with detailed appendices illustrating the main findings, the corpora contents, and the methods of statistical test”Journal of Literary SemanticsFör svensk text, se ... Read more

    $21.94 CAD

  • Hype : bestsellers and literary culture

    Edited by Jon Helgason, Sara Kärrholm, Ann Steiner ...
    Bästsäljare är böcker som säljer i stora upplagor, som får ett stort antal läsare och är omtalade i medier och bland läsare. Trots att bästsäljare kan anses vara den mest synliga litteraturen på bokmarknaden har forskning om hur de skapas, framställs och mottas varit begränsad, likaså forskning kring bästsäljares kulturella och sociala betydelse. I forskningsantologin Hype är bästsäljaren som ... Read more

    $21.94 CAD

  • From Iceland to the Americas

    Vinland and historical imagination

    Edited by Tim William Machan, Jón Karl Helgason ...
    Series series Manchester Medieval Literature and Culture
    This volume investigates the reception of a small historical fact with wide-ranging social, cultural and imaginative consequences. Inspired by Leif Eiriksson’s visit to Vinland in about the year 1000, novels, poetry, history, politics, arts and crafts, comics, films and video games have all come to reflect rising interest in the medieval Norse and their North American presence. Uniquely in ... Read more

    $142.99 CAD

  • Egil, the Viking Poet

    New Approaches to 'Egil's Saga'

    Edited by Laurence de Looze, Jon Karl Helgason, Russell Poole, Torfi H. Tulinius ...
    Series series Toronto Old Norse-Icelandic Series (TONIS)
    Egil, the Viking Poet focuses on one of the best-known Icelandic sagas, that of the extraordinary hero Egil Skallagrimsson. Descended from a lineage of trolls, shape-shifters, and warriors, Egil’s transformation from a precocious and murderous child into a raider, mercenary, litigant, landholder, and poet epitomizes the many facets of Viking legend.The contributors to this collection of essays ... Read more

    $59.19 CAD

  • Psychological Treatment of Mental Illness

    Research Strategies and Design

    by E.E. Anttinen, T. Helgason, H. Hippius, R. Sadoun ...
    Series series Medicine (R0)
    The group of European Medical Research Councils (EMRC) was formed in 1971 by the medical research councils or equivalent organizations in Western Europe and became a Standing Committee of the European Science Foundation in 1975. The aims of the EMRC are to exchange information on research policies and to initiate and stimulate international cooperation in biomedical research. Research on mental ... Read more

    $115.29 CAD

  • Forbidden Literature: Case studies on censorship

    by Klara Arnberg, Dag Heede, Kristin Johansson, Kenneth Lindegren, Åsa Ljungström, Liviu Malita, Ilona Savolainen, Claus Schatz-Jakobsen ...
    Så länge det har funnits litteratur har det även funnits försök att kontrollera och styra den. Konst och litteratur är ofta gränsöverskridande, och en betydande del av de texter som vi numera räknar till de litterära klassikerna har från början uppfattats som provocerande, blasfemiska eller anstötliga. Provokationen är ett kännetecken för den moderna litteraturen och har alltsedan 1800-talets mitt ... Read more

    $24.03 CAD