Authors:Karlheinz Kautz, Peter Axel Nielsen,
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: information, scandinavian, systems, notes, august, processing, denmark, business, scis, research, first, conference, rebild
Number of Pages: 166
Published: 2010-10-14
List price: $72.00
ISBN-10: 3642148735
ISBN-13: 9783642148736

This book contains the refereed proceedings of the First Scandinavian Conference on Information Systems (SCIS), held in Rebild, Denmark, in August 2010. The conference was held in conjunction with the traditional IRIS seminar for information systems research in Scandinavia, and its objective was to extend and formalize part of the seminar to a full conference by presenting high-quality research with a particular view on the Scandinavian research community. At the same time, SCIS aims to continue with the Scandinavian information systems research tradition, which has for several decades placed

Author:
Publisher: teNeues
Keywords: designpockets, design, scandinavian, new
Number of Pages: 400
Published: 2005-09-15
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 3832790527
ISBN-13: 9783832790523

Clean lines, functionality and sophisticated form have characterized Scandinavian design for decades. This school is known for its innovation, sometimes with a touch of whimsy where you least expect it. Designs are often closely related to nature. Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden are all known for their practical yet aesthetic creations. Nevertheless, despite sharing common cultural roots, each of these Scandinavian countries has its own unique identity. Explore 400 pages of full-color photographs illustrating the latest in Scandinavian architecture and product design.

Author: Lonely Planet
Publisher: Lonely Planet
Keywords: phrasebook, scandinavian
Number of Pages: 384
Published: 2001-02-01
List price: $8.99
ISBN-10: 1741046033
ISBN-13: 9781741046038

Order your sill or any other dish on the smorgasbord in Swedish, enjoy Danish Hygge and chat with a couple of Norwegians while checking out their favorite fjord. Make the most of Iceland’s Bjordagurinn celebrations, stop for a late night snack at a Finnish grilli and yell yourself hoarse at a traditional Faroese rowing competition.In This Guide:Essential language for festivals, camping and the outdoors.Comprehensive food guide, including menu decoder in each language.Easy pronunciation guide, with tips throughout.Packed with useful phrases for sightseeing, shopping and getting around.Inc

Author: Sheila McGregor
Publisher: Dover Publications
Keywords: knitting, scandinavian, traditional
Number of Pages: 184
Published: 2004-07-23
List price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 0486433005
ISBN-13: 9780486433004

Classic guide to the styles of Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland, and the Faeroe Islands. Vibrant patterns for an array of garments include jerseys, gloves and mittens, stockings, and caps. Illustrated with 191 black-and-white and 20 color pictures, this volume is well known and prized among longtime practitioners of the craft.

Author: David Arter
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Keywords: politics, scandinavian
Number of Pages: 384
Published: 1999-02-15
List price: $30.00
ISBN-10: 0719051339
ISBN-13: 9780719051333

This volume represents a unique study of contemporary politics and policy-making in the five nation-states and three Home Rule territories of the Nordic region. Written in a lively and readable style by an expert in the field, its approach is systematically thematic and comparative. Chapters deal with current political science issues such as nation-building and state-building, party system change, semi-presidentialism and post-corporatism, as well as addressing intrinsically important regional questions such as whether or not there is a Nordic model of government, a distinctively Scandinavian

Author: Beatrice A. Ojakangas
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Keywords: book, baking, scandinavian
Number of Pages: 318
Published: 1999-08-23
List price: $18.95
ISBN-10: 0816634963
ISBN-13: 9780816634965

Beatrice Ojakangas, the author of Scandinavian Cooking and The Finnish Cookbook calls on her Scandinavian heritage and wide-ranging knowledge of Scandinavian baking to produce the definitive book on the subject. The emphasis is on ease of preparation, and all these unusual and tempting recipes will delight readers.

Author: Hjalmar Bergman
Publisher: Camden House
Keywords: literature, culture, scandinavian, studies, clown, jac
Number of Pages: 212
Published: 1996-04-21
List price: $60.00
ISBN-10: 1571130411
ISBN-13: 9781571130419

Hjalmar Bergman is one of the most important figures in twentieth-century Swedish literature, and his last novel, Jac the Clown (1930), is widely considered to be his best and most innovative work. Shaped by his own experiences as a Hollywood script writer, and tragi-comic in tone, it tells the story of Benjamin ’Benbé’ Borck, who travels to America to visit his famous artist cousin, the ’clown’ of the title, Jac Tracbac, alias Jonathan Borck, Bergman’s alter ego; his trip is bizarre and almost surreal, as is the eponymous Jac, whom Bergman depicts as attempting