Product Description: This book was designed to present the geography of Sweden to nine-year-olds, but quickly won international fame and popularity. The story of the naughty boy who climbs on the gander's back and is then carried the length of the country, learning both geography and good behavior as he goes, has captivated adults and children alike...read more

Product Description: The Wonderful Journey of Nils is so well known in Swedish culture that a picture of Nils Holgersson, on the back of a goose flying over the plains of Scania, is printed on the reverse side of the Swedish 20 krona banknote. The background for publication was a commission from the National Teachers Association in 1902 to write a geography reader for the public schools...read more

Product Description: A feat of straightforward folksy storytelling, The People of Hemso is set on an island in Strindberg's beloved Stockholm archipelago. Written during a difficult period in exile from Sweden, the novel paradoxically has a strong sense of place...read more

Product Description: Strindberg (1849-1912) is best known internationally as Sweden's greatest dramatist. Less well known outside Sweden is the range of his other writings-novels, short stories, essays, journalism, and poetry. This novella, translated into English here for the first time, was written in the autumn of 1888...read more

Product Description: Many of us know the Lord's Prayer so well that we take it for granted, and can even find ourselves saying the words without thinking. In doing so, we undervalue this masterpiece of sprituality, which in less than 60 words gets to the heart of the message of Jesus...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: How can the quality of service provision and clinical governance in primary care be assessed? This book is designed to help evaluate the way practices interpret their legal obligations, the way the management systems within practices run, and the quality of the systems and processes that most affect the patient care...read more

Contains the author's three bestselling historical sagas: Alaska, Chesapeake, and Texas. Read by Peter Graves and George Grizzard.

Product Description: Featuring pronunciation, a menu guide, a mini-dictionary, hotel information, and emergency phrases. Whether you're trying to order dinner or get back to your hotel, you cannot make your way without knowing what to say, and the Eyewitness Travel Guide Phrase Books are the perfect guide for tongue-tied tourists...read more

Product Description: Now learning a foreign language can be enjoyable as well as challenging, and not require a trip back to the classroom. Available in both book-only or book-and-cassette format, these Three-Month Language Courses are outstanding self-study programs designed for the individual seeking to acquire a good working knowledge of a language in a short amount of time...read more

Product Description: Cassette Tape

Product Description: This essential companion contains all the Swedish words and phrases the traveller is likely to need, together with signs, menu terms, standard replies and the basics of grammar and pronunciation.

Presents portraits of competing players at the U.S. Open tennis tournament, looks at the tournament's history, and lists prize money and champions