 | Finland (Culture Shock! A Survival Guide to Customs & Etiquette) by Deborah Swallow
Buy used from: $3.00 A pretty good book about the Finns and their ways
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 | Mannerheim, Marshal of Finland (Nordic Series) by Stig Axel Fridolf Jagerskiold
Buy used from: $77.89 Mannerheim is Finland's George Washington
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| Sauna as Symbol: Society and Culture in Finland (American University Studies. Series XI, Sociology and Anthro) by L. M. Edelsward
Buy used from: $7.30 The Finns invented it - "Sauna" is one of the few (if not only) Finnish words used in the English language
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 | Some Like It Hot: The Sauna, Its Lore & Stories by Nikki Rajala
Buy new: $14.95 / Used from: $6.33 In Finland, there is supposedly one sauna for every four Finns
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 | Alvar Aalto: Between Humanism and Materialism
Buy used from: $50.00 After Frank Lloyd Wright, Alvar Aalto was just about at the top of the 20th Century Architectural heap (along with Finnish born Eero Saarinen)
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 | Finnish Modern Design: Utopian Ideals and Everyday Realities, 1930-97
Buy used from: $84.98 Finnish modern and organic architecture and design
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 | The Winter War: The Soviet Attack on Finland 1939-1940 by Eloise Engle
Buy new: $14.96 / Used from: $5.62 The Finns heroic struggle against Communist invaders
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 | The Winter War (Talvisota)
Buy new: $45.00 / Used from: $27.00 The Winter War on film
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![Ariel [VHS]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/21W16G5T9GL._SL75_.jpg) | Ariel [VHS]
Buy used from: $2.95 Down and out in Helsinki
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 | The Man Without a Past
Buy used from: $6.30 Down and out in Helsinki - with amnesia
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 | The Kalevala: Or Poems of the Kaleva District by Elias Lonnrot
Buy new: $23.40 / Used from: $3.74 Ancient Finnish myths and legends set to verse
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 | The Nokia Revolution : The Story of an Extraordinary Company That Transformed an Industry by Dan Steinbock
Buy used from: $0.70 A few years ago, this Finnish company had the largest capitalization of any European corporation
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 | Sibelius: Orchestral Works (Finlandia, Vlase triste, Swan of Tuonela, Le Cygne de Tuonela, Karelia Suite, En Saga, Pohjola's Daughter)
Buy used from: $5.98 Sibelius put Finland "on the map" with respect to classical music
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 | A Short History of Finland by Fred Singleton
Buy new: $22.09 / Used from: $3.39 Singleton's coverage of the Civil War and the Wars with Russia suffer from his pronounced left-wing bias, however there aren't many Finnish history alternatives in the English language
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| A brief history of Finland by Matti Klinge
Buy used from: $4.13 Better than Singleton's book, but out of print
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 | Finnish Cookbook (International Cookbook Series) by Beatrice Ojakangas
Buy new: $12.21 / Used from: $3.83 Lots of great Finnish recipes - but, alas, none for my favorite: reindeer tongue
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 | Mika Hakkinen: Doing What Comes Naturally (Hilton, Christopher, Heroes on Wheels,) by Christopher Hilton
Buy used from: $17.23 Besides ice hockey, architecture, and mobile phone technology, Finn's have also reached the top in the field of auto racing
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![Lovers of the Arctic Circle (Amantes del Círculo Polar) [VHS]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71B54VAQG4L._SL75_.gif) | Lovers of the Arctic Circle (Amantes del Círculo Polar) [VHS]
Buy used from: $0.50 Spanish film partly set in Finland
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 | Helsinki: Daughter of the Baltic - A Short Biography by Matti Klinge
Buy used from: $12.71 The story of Finland's capital and largest city
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 | Fodor's Scandinavia, 9th Edition: The Guide for All Budgets, Completely Updated, with Many Maps and Travel Tips (Fodor's Gold Guides) by Fodor's
Buy used from: $0.01 Buy this book and go to Finland now! (Or next summer, if you're reading this in the winter months....)
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 | Insight Guides Finland (Insight Guide Finland) by Insight Guides
Buy used from: $0.80 Not as useful as Fodors, because of the format, this book still has lots of valuable info and beautiful photographs
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![Finland - Fresh and Original [VHS]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41A0zB1hnrL._SL75_.jpg) | Finland - Fresh and Original [VHS]
Buy used from: $2.59 If you can't get to Finland, you can at least see the country in the comfort of your living room
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 | Finnish: Language/30 (Educational Services Teaching Cassettes) (English and Finnish Edition) by Educational Services
Buy new: $18.96 / Used from: $0.22 Finnish is a very difficult language to learn - luckily, most every Finn knows English
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 | Born American
Buy used from: $17.59 Not the best of films, however, one of the few "American" (the Director is Finnish) movies set in Finland
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 | Leningrad Cowboys Go Space by Leningrad Cowboys
Buy used from: $26.00 I prefer Hector and Tommi Lantinen but this is certainly the oddest band in Finland (When in Helsinki, check out their bar/restaurant Zetor)
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