"Describes Viking warriors, including their training, fighting methods, and weapons, as well as their decline and their place in popular culture"--Provided by publisher.

When his best friend Fishlegs is stricken with Vorpentitis, Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III must outwit Sharkworms, Doomfangs, and Hooligans to find a potato--the rare cure for this deadly disease.

Recounts the further escapades of Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the Third as he continues his Viking training, during which he escapes from a boatload of Roman soldiers and searches for his kidnapped dragon.

With the Doomsday of Yule and the future of dragonkind in Hiccup's hands, he must prove himself to be king and end the rebellion in order to save the dragons.

"The Viking Age--between 750 and 1050--saw an unprecedented expansion of the Scandinavian peoples. As traders and raiders, explorers and colonists, they reshaped the world between eastern North America and the Asian steppe. Based on the latest archaeological and textual evidence, Children of Ash and Elm tells the story of the Vikings on their own terms: their politics, their cosmology, their art and culture. From Björn Ironside, who led an expedition...

Forced to live with his evil identical-twin uncles after his father's death, twelve-year-old Peer tries to find a way to stop their plan to sell the neighbor's children to the trolls.

"Abby Beckett is proud to come from a long line of elite Viking warriors known as the Aesir. She's spent her entire life training to hunt the horrific creatures known as Grendels-the ancient foe of the Aesir...But there's just one, small problem: No one has seen a Grendel in centuries, and the Viking Council wants to disband the Aesir... Abby is forced to take refuge at Vale Hall, a mysterious school...where nothing is quite as it seems. She soon...

Presents a history of the Nordic warriors and explorers who plundered and traded their way across Europe, and discusses how their conquests helped spread and enhance accomplishments in the arts, culture, and government.

Follows the further adventures and misadventures of Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the Third as his Viking training continues and his father leads a stranger and the Hairy Hooligans to the Isle of Skullions in search of a pirate's treasure.