About Denmark

Denmark is officially the happiest nation on Earth. When Helen Russell is forced to move to rural Jutland, can she discover the secrets of their happiness Or will the long, dark winters and pickled herring take their tollA Year of Living Danishly looks at where the Danes get it right, where they get it wrong, and how we might just benefit from li...

Out of Africa is Isak Dinesen's memoir of her years in Africa, from 1914 to 1931, on a fourthousandacre coffee plantation in the hills near Nairobi. She had come to Kenya from Denmark with her husband, and when they separated she stayed on to manage the farm by herself, visited frequently by her lover, the biggame hunter Denys FinchHatton, for ...

Journalist Michael Booth has lived among the Scandinavians for more than ten years and has grown increasingly frustrated with the rosetinted view of this part of the world offered up by the Western media. In this timely book, he leaves his adopted home of Denmark and embarks on a journey through all five of the Nordic countries to discover who the...

Soren Kierkegaard was a Danish philosopher, theologian, and religious author interested in human psychology. He is regarded as a leading pioneer of existentialism and one of the greatest philosophers of the 19th Century.In Fear and Trembling, Kierkegaard wanted to understand the anxiety that must have been present in Abraham when God commanded him ...

Lonely Planet: The world's number one travel guide publisherLonely Planet Denmark is your passport to the most relevant, uptodate advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Sample the freshest and best Danish food, immerse yourself in Viking history, and make a pilgrimage to the home of Lego all with your trusted tr...

Amid the dark, ghastly history of World War II, the literally extraordinary story, never before fully researched by a historian, of how the Danish people banded together to save their fellow Jews from the Nazis?told through the remarkable unpublished diaries and documents of families forced to run for safety, leaving their homes and possessions beh...

Mention Denmark and some people will think of marauding Vikings with horned helmets or one of Denmark?s more famous exports?Carlsberg beer?or the fairy tales of Hans Christian Andersen. But of the Danes themselves they may know very little. The Danes tend to be more relaxed and less formal than their fellow Scandinavians?and more independently mind...

Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher Lonely Planet Pocket Copenhagen is your passport to the most relevant, uptodate advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Enjoy all the fun of the fair at Tivoli Gardens, relive history at the engrossing Nationalmuseet, or be inspired at Louisiana, one of Europ...

After eighteen years of marriage, an art historian wakes up one morning to find his wife standing in the bedroom doorway with her bags packed, leaving him with no explanation. Alone in his Copenhagen apartment, he tries to make sense of his enigmatic marriage and life. Memories of driving a cab, quiet walks in the snow, and intense sojourns in Pari...

What links Sarah Lund and Lars von Trier Or Carlsberg and Kierkegaard Or even Shakespeare and Metallica The answer lies in Denmark, the country that has gripped the British imagination more than any other in recent memory. But though we watch their TV series, wear their jumpers, and play with their toys, how much do we really know about the Dane...

The food culture of Copenhagen is woven into the fabric of Trine's daily life; she has lived in the heart of Copenhagen for more than 40 years. There is no smorrebrod, hot dog, ice cream, or coffee she hasn't tasted in this quietly gastronomic capital city.Now, in this groundbreaking book, Trine takes us on a tour of her home town, introducing us ...

AN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERA THRILLING EPIC TALE OF THE SEA?We, the Drowned sets sail beyond the narrow channels of the seafaring genre and approaches Tolstoy in its evocation of war?s confusion, its power to stun victors and vanquished alike . . . A gorgeous, unsparing novel.? ? Washington Post?A generational saga, a swashbuckling sailor?s tale, a...

Discover Denmark with this essential travel guide, designed to help you create your own unique trip and to transport you to this beautiful country before you've even packed your case. Cycle Copenhagen's picturesque streets, explore the rugged coastline of Bornholm, swig craft beer in Aarhus or follow in the footsteps of Vikings in Viborg and Fyrkat...

Kate, Eddie, and Angus are dazzled by pictures of Viking warriors? deadly axes and blingy swords in their library books. But when they?re transported back in time to Scandinavia in 991 CE, they must figure out if they have what it takes to become Vikings themselves.A big, burly Viking called Bjorn initiates the kids in the ways of wielding a battle...

Carl Mørck used to be one of Copenhagen?s best homicide detectives. Then a hail of bullets destroyed the lives of two fellow cops, and Carl?who didn?t draw his weapon?blames himself. So a promotion is the last thing he expects. But Department Q is a department of one, and Carl?s got only a stack of Copenhagen?s coldest cases for company. His collea...