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Icelandic Grammar

Karl Smári Hreinsson & Katarzyna Jacewicz

Icelandic grammar, Declension - course with exercises. The purpose of this book is to facilitate the learning of declension which is the main problem in learning Icelandic, as well as to show that Icelandic is not only possible, but also not as difficult as it seems to be. The book is treated not only as a textbook, but also as an exercise and notebook. The book has also been published in English.

Icelandic for Beginners

Daria Łuczków

A handbook for people who have just started to learn Icelandic. It covers the grammar and vocabulary of Icelandic 1 course. The book is written in Polish. Besides the grammar description, there are a lot of exercises in the book.

The Travels Of Reverend Ólafur Egilsson

In the summer of 1627, Moorish corsairs from the north coast of Africa raided Iceland. In four ships, they attacked settlements on the eastern and southern coasts, and on the Westman Islands off the south coast, taking close to four hundred captives away into slavery. Among those captured on the Westman Islands were the Reverend Ólafur Egilsson, a Lutheran Minister in his sixties, and his family. The Travels of Reverend Ólafur Egilsson (Reisubók Séra Ólafs Egilssonar), is Reverend Ólafur’s own account of his capture in Iceland, his time as a slave in North Africa, and his subsequent travels across Europe to Denmark to raise ransom money for his wife and children. Along with Reverend Ólafur’s first-hand account, the book also includes a series of letters written by the captives themselves and by eyewitnesses to the raid. The Reisubók describes both Christian and Islamic civilization in the seventeenth century and tells a powerful, altogether remarkable story. The letters bring to life both the details of the raid itself and the conditions the Icelandic captives endured as slaves. None of this has ever before been translated into English.
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Northern Captives

Karl Smári Hreinsson & Adam Nichols

In the summer of 1627, Barbary corsairs raided Iceland. They killed dozens of people and captured over four hundred, packing the captives abroad their ships and transporting them to North Africa to be sold in the slave markets there. The first place the corsairs attacked in Iceland was Grindavik. This book recounts the story of that attack and its aftermath - a story that has never been told. Czytaj dalej (www.reisubok.net).

Stolen Lives

Karl Smári Hreinsson & Adam Nichols

In the summer of 1627, two groups of Barbary corsairs raided Iceland, one from Sale, on the Moroccan coast, and one from Algiers. Between them, they killed dozens of people and captured over four hundred, packing the captives aboard their ships and transporting them to North Africa to be sold in the slave markets there. Most of these captives were taken from Heimaey, one of the Westman Islands. This book recounts the story of the corsair raid on Heimaey and its aftermath, a story that has never before been told in full. Czytaj dalej (www.reisubok.net).

Íslenska fyrir Víetnama 1

Tracey Phuc Nguyen & Karl Smári Hreinsson

This is the very first student’s book for Vietnamese people. It covers the basics of Icelandic grammar and vocabulary, everyday expressions and common phrases. The book includes not only the explanation but also plenty of exercises.

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