Raffaele Ruggeri
Finland's fight to defend her independence earned this tiny nation of just 3 million people a distinct place in history. Invaded by Stalin before World War II, Finland held out for months and inflicted huge losses on the invaders, but she was ... [... more]
Random House |
Edmund Wilson
Edmund Wilson's magnum opus, To the Finland Station, is a stirring account of revolutionary politics, people, and ideas from the French Revolution through the Paris Commune to the Bolshevik seizure of power in 1917. It is a work of history on a ... [... more]
Random House |
Brent Snodgrass
Finland's fight to defend her independence earned this tiny nation of just 3 million people a distinct place in history. Invaded by Stalin before World War II, Finland held out for months and inflicted huge losses on the invaders, but she was ... [... more]
Random House |
Terttu Leney
Finland - Culture Smart! Terttu Leney Written by Terttu Leney [... more]
Random House |
Markku Komonen
Mikko Heikkinen and Markku Komonen are the most important architects in post-Aalto Finland. In twenty-five years of practice, they have designed numerous projects in their native Finland and throughout Scandinavia. Though their work has been ... [... more]
Random House |
To the Finland Station
 A Signal Book About The Soviet Revolution!: It is a singularly ironic fact that one of the most important books of the 20th century, written and published in 1940 by one of its most perceptive, intellectually gifted, and universally accepted authors, [... more]
CDN$24.95
Amazon CA |
Linus Torvalds
Linus Torvalds was born in Finland. He graduated from the University of Helsinki and lives with his wife, the six-time karate champion of Finland, and his children. Linus currently works as a programmer on several projects for Transmeta. [... more]
Harper Collins |
Ilmatar (Finland)
From Amazon.com: Continuing the artistic revival they experienced with Vihma, Finland's Värttinä add plenty of space and new textures to their musical mix with Ilmatar. Unlike the constant, breakneck-speed music and singing that had been their [... more]
CDN$14.99
Amazon CA |
Finland, Cultural Lone Wolf
Highly Recommended: I wish I had read this book prior to my first trip to Finland. It explained so much about Finnish culture and demystified the Finnish businessman for me. I would highly recommend this book to anyone planning to do business in Finland. [... more]
CDN$31.20
Amazon CA |
A Short History of Finland
ditto: Ditto what the reader from Las Vegas said. It seemed a little bit too thin, but then it is called "A Short History". Given that it is so short, there should have been a little bit less about political machinations and the Left, and the [... more]
CDN$24.95
Amazon CA |
The Winter War: The Soviet Attack on Finland, 1939-1940
Trotter's "A Frozen Hell" is much better: I'm not sure but this book feels like it was translated directly from Finnish to English. Some of the grammar and sentences are a bit odd, and not all the terminology is explained that well. Also, the [... more]
CDN$25.95
Amazon CA |
Lonely Planet Finland
Essential really: I've just been to Helsinki for a few days, and although I didn't get the chance to test this book's usefulness in other parts of the country, it certainly proved worth having just for Helsinki. It tells you all the basic stuff, and some [... more]
CDN$28.05
Amazon CA |
