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  The Xenophobe's Guide to the Swedes
by Peter Berlin, Anne Taute

The Xenophobe's Guide to the Americans
by Stephanie Paul, Anne Taute

I just participated in a Cross Cultural training event for the American employees of a Swedish owned company and was advised about [and looked through the American version] of the Xenophobe Guides.

Outrageuosly funny - and accurate !!!

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The Swedes
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  The Brilliance of Swedish Glass, 1918-1939 : An Alliance of Art and Industry
by Anne-Marie Ericsson (Editor), Nina Stritzler-Levine (Editor), Derek E. Ostergard
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This book presents a wide selection of 157 works, shown in color.

     
    Sverige - Sluten Anstalt
by Ulf Nilson
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  Hanna's Daughters
by Marianne Fredriksson

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#1 bestseller in Sweden in both hardcover and paperback, with more than 300,000 copies sold.

A #1 bestseller in Germany for more than nine months, with more than 700,000 hardcover copies sold; voted Book of the Year.

Now the #2 bestseller in the Netherlands.

     
  As I Am : Abba Before & Beyond
by Agnetha Fältskog, Brita Ahman

Abba
by Nina Rasmussen

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As I Am
Abba

     

In Hollywood ! where else ?

  Saddlemaker to the Stars : The Leather and Silver Art of Edward H. Bohlin
by James H. Nottage, Susan Einstein (Photographer)
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I must admit that I had never heard about this gentleman, born in Sweden (1895-1980) and his development of spurs, saddles and belts used by the likes of movie heroes such as Hopalong Cassidy and Topper, the Lone Ranger and Silver and Roy Rogers and Trigger.

amazon.com has more than 2.5 million titles, this book is number 226,868 in their sales ranking system, in other words, in the Top 10%

     
  Monitor : The Story of the Legendary Civil War Ironclad and the Man Whose Invention Changed the Course of History
by James Tertius De Kay
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Sales rank 48,702 = in the Top 2% !

     
  Carl and Karin Larsson : Creators of the Swedish Style
by Carl Larsson (Editor), Karin Larsson (Editor), Michael Snodin (Editor)
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This book came out in April 1998 and has already achieved a Sales Rank of 11,833 at amazon.com, in other words in the Top 1%

     
  The Emigrant Novels
by Vilhelm Moberg, Gustaf Lannestock (Translator)

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The Emigrants - Book 1
Unto a Good Land - Book 2
The Settlers - Book 3
The Last Letter Home - Book 4

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The Unknown Swedes : A Book About Swedes and America, Past and Present:

     
  Absolut Book : The Absolut Vodka Advertising Story
by Richard W. Lewis

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  Sweden : The Rough Guide (Rough Guides)
by Jules Brown, James Proctor, Neil Roland
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Under the Snow
by Kerstin Ekman, Joan Tate
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  Bringing It Home Sweden : The Ultimate Guide to Creating the Feeling of Sweden in Your Home
by Cheryl MacLachlan, Bo Niles, Ivan Terestchenko (Photographer)
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  New Swedish Style : A Practical Decorating Guide
by Sasha Waddell, Pia Tryde (Photographer)
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  The Swedish Room
by Lars Sjoberg, Ursula Sjoberg, Ingalill Snitt (Photographer)

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  Notorious : The Life of Ingrid Bergman
by Donald Spoto
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  Greta Garbo : A Life Apart
by Karen Swenson
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The Adventures of Pippi Longstocking
by Astrid Lindgren, Michael Chesworth (Illustrator)

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    New Sweden on the Delaware, 1638-1655
by C.A.Weslager

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    History of New Sweden : Or the Settlements on the River Delaware
by Israel Acrelius
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    Good Food in Sweden : A Selection of Regional Dishes
by Oskar Jakobsson
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    Swedish Folktales and Legends
by Lone Thygesen Blecher & George Blecher (Translator)
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    Swedish-American Landmarks : Where to Go and What to See
by Alan H. Winquist
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    Swedish Place-Names in North America
by Otto Robert Landelius, Raymond Jarvi (Editor)
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  Gustavus Adolphus : A History of the Art of War from Its Revival After the Middle Ages to the End of the Spanish Succession War, With a Detailed ......
by Theodore Ayrault Dodge
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    Great Royal Palaces of Sweden; Vasa to Bernadotte
by Goran Alm
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