Magnus Magnusson Reihenfolge der Bücher (Chronologisch)

As an unloved foster child on a farm in rural Iceland, Olaf Karason has only one consolation: the belief that one day he will be a great poet. The indifference and contempt of most of the people around him only reinforces his sense of destiny, for in Iceland poets are as likely to be scorned as they are to be revered. Over the ensuing years, Olaf comes to lead the paradigmatic poet's life of poverty, loneliness, ruinous love affairs, and sexual scandal. But he will never attain anything like greatness.As imagined by Nobel Prize winner Halldor Laxness in this magnificently humane novel, what might be cruel farce achieves pathos and genuine exaltation. For as Olaf's ambition drives him onward-and into the orbits of an unstable spiritualist, a shady entrepreneur, and several susceptible women-World Light demonstrates how the creative spirit can survive in even the most crushing of environments, and even the most unpromising human vessel.

Drawing on a great deal of modern scholarship that has redefined the nation's story, Magnusson vividly re-creates the long and fascinating story of Scotland, offering the most up-to-date and comprehensive history available today. 40 pages of photos.

The natural history of Scotland from the creation of its foundation to today's usage of the land. Key sections deal with conservation, seas and waterways, cities and heritage protection.

20,000 profiles of distinguished people from every age and every walk of life. The coverage is international, and covers all aspects of human endeavour. The dictionary is revised and updated regularly; the previous edition was published in 1984.

Auf ihren wendigen Langschiffen machten die Wikinger jahrhundertelang Europas Küsten unsicher. Waren sie beutegierige Raufbolde oder kluge Kaufleute, womöglich eine Mischung aus beidem? Was trieb sie dazu, ihre Länder zu verlassen? Magnus Magnusson gibt uns umfassend Auskunft über die Seefahrer und Krieger aus dem Norden. Wir erfahren von ihren Ursprüngen in den Fjorden Skandinaviens, von ihren großen Reisen und ihrem bleibenden Einfluss auf die Länder, in die sie zogen; von mächtigen Handelsstädten wie Haithabu und York, von ihrer Religion, Kunst und ihrem hoch entwickelten Handwerk. Magnusson zeichnet das lebendige Bild eines Volkes zwischen Mythologie und Geschichte, zwischen kriegerischen Raubzügen, technischen Leistungen und Kunstfertigkeit.