Recent Library Acquisitions (plus more New Arrivals)
The War with the Sioux: Norwegians Against Indians, 1862-1863 by Call Number: NOT YET CATALOGEDPublication Date: 2015Description: The Dakota War (1862-1864) stands among the most overlooked conflicts in American History. Karl Jakob Starstein's The War with the Sioux tells the story of the Norwegian immigrants, American soldiers, and Lakota and Dakota Indians as they fought to protect their families, communities, and way of life.
Contents: Translator's Introduction. -- Historical Introduction. -- Becoming American: A Brief Historiography of Norwegian and Native Interrelations / by Melissa Gjellstad. -- The Apple Creek Fight and Killdeer Mountain Conflict Remembered / by Dakota Goodhouse. -- The War with the Sioux. -- Sources and Literature. -- Notes on Contributors.
The Cambridge History of Scandinavia by Call Number: DL 46 .C36 2003ISBN: 9780521472999Publication Date: 2003Contents: Vol. 1: Prehistory to 1520 (3 volumes anticipated).
Description: The various countries and communities that constitute present-day Scandinavia consider themselves as integral parts of that larger region. Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland, and Greenland share a common geographic, historic and socio-cultural distinctness that differs from the rest of Europe. This "distinctness" provides the rationale for compiling a comprehensive and comparative history of Scandinavia. The present volume deals with the development of Scandinavian communities up to and including the Middle Ages, here ending in about 1520, which is considered the start of the early Modern Period treated in subsequent volumes.
De Håpefulle: Roman by Call Number: PT 8952.18 .O96 H37 2013ISBN: 9788210051319Publication Date: 2013Description: A family saga that follows the Lindberg family from the 1960's to the present day. We read of the lives of embattled businessman and husband Arne, his wife Elise, and the careers of their three children: the ambitious writer and surfer Joachim, ballet dancer and rebel Thea and the ever doubting chaplain Christoffer.
Heia Kabul!: En Vvinnes Kamp for Livet--Og Fotballen by Call Number: HQ 1735.6 .H35 2013ISBN: 9788203293481Publication Date: 2013Description: In this book by award-winning author Anders Sømme Hammer writes about one of the most poignant stories of war-torn Kabul: a young Afghan woman's struggle to play soccer. More than 20 girls met three times a week to train for soccer in Kabul. During the summer of 2010 they were invited for the first time to Norway Cup championship event. We follow the outspoken team leader Khalida and other players through the preparations for the trip the following year. The security situation in the Afghan capital creates a tense travel situation. Meanwhile, anyone who challenges the conservative forces is doomed to face strong opposition. The turmoil increases and Khalida must take his life difficult choices.
En Kald Død by Call Number: PT 8952.14 .E26 K35 2013Publication Date: 2013Description: When the sister of a young deceased boxer comes to journalist and private investigator Nicolay Wolff for help, he imagines a quick magazine article about boxing. The picture soon changes as several people claim the boxer was forced to take his own life.
