Explores the work of nineteenth-century Danish philosopher Soren Kierkegaard, includes excerpts from his writings, and discusses his key philosophical concepts.
Their work delivering newspapers for the Danish underground lands twins Peter and Elise in a Nazi prison where they experience firsthand the importance of faith.
Presents the complete text of Shakespeare's drama about the Prince of Denmark, and includes an introduction, a list of further reading, commentary, brief explanatory notes, plot summaries, and illustrations.
the unlikely partnership that forever changed our understanding of the heavens
Ferguson, Kitty
2002
Chronicles the lives of sixteenth-century Danish and German astronomers Tycho Brahe and Johannes Kepler and explains how Tycho's inaccurate findings actually helped Kepler develop the three Laws of Planetary Motion, on which modern cosmology is based.
Presents Shakespeare's tragedy in which a Danish prince seeks vengeance for his father's murder after being visited by his ghost; and includes details on the play's production, text, and sources; a further reading list; and a list of memorable lines.
Contains Lois Lowry's novel "Number the Stars" in which ten-year-old Annemarie, during the German occupation of Denmark in 1943, learns how to be brave and courageous when she helps shelter her Jewish friend from the Nazis; and includes seven related readings, including poems, autobiographies, and a biography.
In 1945, while taking a train to Copenhagen to meet the King, Peter and Elise meet a man with a strange clocklike device and later have other strange adventures and encounters.
