free book on Viking textiles

from the Bujold list:


Woven into the Earth: Textile Finds in Norse Greenland by Else Ostergard

Free PDF for December, quick !

Free (DRM-free PDF) Woven into the Earth [1300s Norse Clothing & Methods
Archaeology]

Woven into the Earth: Textile Finds in Norse Greenland by Else ?sterg?rd is
the English-language version of her lavishly-illustrated mostly
layperson-comprehensible comprehensive academic overview of historical
Viking Age and medieval Norse textile finds from the Herjolfsn?s settlement
(Wikipedia DK) in Greenland, along with plenty of backgrounder information
on the accompanying archaeological excavations, period era materials and
methods, modern exhibitions, etc., courtesy of the Aarhus University Press
in Denmark.

This is their featured English-language Free Ebook of the Month selection
for December, and is really very nifty, and teach you a great deal about not
just what people wore and where it was found, but also how they preserved
the finds and what they learned from each garment and accessory, and the
tools and techniques of the entire Norse Greenlandic textile manufacturing
industry, such as it was.

There is a companion book, Medieval Garments Reconstructed: Norse Clothing
Patterns, which is also pretty nifty and was once offered as a previous
FBotM selection over a year ago,

http://en.unipress.dk/m%C3%A5nedens-gratis-e-bog/

Books Read 2015: A Fistful of d'Aulaires

September, 2015
Marie Brennan--A Natural History Of Dragons
Gene Luen Yang--The Eternal Smile
Ingri & Edgar Parin d’Aulaire--D’Aulaires’ Book Of Norse Myths
Judy Corbalis--Porcellus, The Flying Pig
Sophie Hannah--The Monogram Murders
Tamora Pierce--Shatterglass [reread--Mark Reads]
Ian McDonald--”The Fifth Dragon”
Gene Luen Yang--The Shadow Hero
Ingri & Edgar Parin d’Aulaire--D’Aulaires’ Book Of Trolls
Ingri & Edgar Parin d’Aulaire--George Washington
Molly MacRae--Lawn Order

October, 2015
Gene Luen Yang & Ursula Vernon--Comics Squad: Recess!
Ingri & Edgar Parin d’Aulaire--Too Big
Ingri & Edgar Parin d’Aulaire--Foxie The Singing Dog
Ingri & Edgar Parin d’Aulaire--Buffalo Bill
Ingri & Edgar Parin d’Aulaire--Animals Everywhere
Ingri & Edgar Parin d’Aulaire--Children Of The Northlights
Elizabeth Coatsworth--Boston Bells
Paul Galdone--Obedient Jack
Seanan McGuire--”Velveteen Vs. A Disturbing Number Of Crows”
Mark Clifton--The Science Fiction Of Mark Clifton [reread]
Terry Pratchett--Small Gods [reread--Mark Reads]
Marie Brennan--The Tropic Of Serpents
Delia Sherman--”The Fiddler Of Bayou Teche”
Delia Sherman--”The Faerie Cony-Catcher”
Seanan McGuire--”The Way Home”
Delia Sherman--”Cotillion”
Jack Zipes--The Irresistible Fairy Tale - The Cultural & Social History Of A Genre
Clare B. Dunkle--The Hollow Kingdom
Georgette Heyer--Frederica [reread]
Seanan McGuire--”Velveteen Vs. Trick Or Treat”
Patricia Wentworth--The Case Of William Smith

Terry Pratchett's daughter remembers her dad

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/dec/27/terry-pratchett-remembered-by-rhianna-pratchett-daughter-obituary-2015

This is very cool! Between my own dad's passing this month and the cat comments, I found plenty to relate to.