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In the Library: Articles

Cunneen, Joseph. "Underground stories: spirited humor livens films about the down-and-out," National Catholic Reporter (5/16/03): 16.

In the Library: Non-Fiction Books

Allison, Roy. Finland's Relations with the Soviet Union, 1944-1984 (NY: St. Martin's, 1985).

Engman, Max & David Kirby (eds.) Finland: People, Nation, State (Bloomington: Indiana U, 1989).

Heikkila, Raimo. Finland, the Land of Cooperatives (Helsinki: U. Helsinki Institute of Cooperation, 1963).

Hiltunen, Heidi. Finland & Environmental Problems in Russia & Estonia (Helsinki: Finnish Institute of International Affairs, 1994).

Jakobson, Max. Finland in the New Europe (Westport CT: Praeger, 1998).

Kallas, Hillar & Sylvie Nickels (eds.) Finland: Creation & Construction (NY: Praeger, 1968).

Kallio, Veikko (ed.) Finland: Cultural Perspectives (Porvoo: Werner Soderstrom, 1989).

Kiljunen, Kimmo. Finland & the New International Division of Labour (Houndmills, Basingstoke: Macmillan, 1992).

Kirby, D.G. Finland in the 20th C. (Minneapolis: U. Minnesota, 1979).

Krosby, Peter. Finland, Germany, & the Soviet Union, 1940-41: The Petsamo Dispute (Madison: U. Wisconsin, 1968).

Lundin, Charles L. Finland in the Second World War (Bloomington: Indiana U, 1957).

Mazour, Anatole G. Finland between East & West (Princeton NJ: Van Nostrand, 1956).

Ruotsila, Markku. Churchill & Finland: A Study in Anticommunism & Geopolitics (NY: Routledge, 2005).

Shukman;, Harold (ed.) Stalin & the Soviet-Finnish War, 1939-1940 (London: Frank Cass, 2001).

Upton, Anthony. The Finnish revolution 1917-1918 (Minneapolis: U of Minnesota, 1981)

In the Library: Fiction

Carpelan, Bo. Urwind (Manchester: Carcanet, 1996).

Fagerholm, Monika. Wonderful Women By the Sea (NY: New Press, 1994).

Joensuu, Matti Y. The Stone Murders (NY: St. Martin's, 1987).

Kihlman, Christer. The Blue Mother (trans. Joan Tate; Lincoln: U. Nebraska, 1990).

Kilpi, Eeva. Tamara (trans. Philip Binham; NY: Delacorte, 1978).

Kivi, Aleksis (1834-1872). Seven Brothers: A Novel (trans. Alex Matson; NY: American-Scandinavian Foundation, 1962).

Lander, Leena. Cast a Long Shadow (trans. Seija Paddon; Toronto: Second Story, 1995).

Lehtinen, Lasse. Blood, Sweat & Bears (trans. Jeremy Parsons; Washington: Brassey's, 1990).

Linna, Vaino. The Unknown Soldier: A Novel (Porvoo: W. Soderstrom, 1968).

Meri, Veijo. The Manila Rope (trans. John McGahern & Annikki Laaksi; NY: Knopf, 1967).

Newsinger, John. "Revolution & counter-revolution: the case of Finland in 1917-18," Monthly Review 41,10 (3/90):23-32.

Paatalo, Kalie. Our Daily Bread: A Novel (San Luis Obispo CA: Finn Heritage, 1960).

Page, Kathy. The Story of My Face (London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2002).

Perle, Richard. Hard Line (NY: Random House, 1992).

Rintala, Paavo. The Long Distance Patrol (London: Allen & Unwin, 1967).

Vaananen-Jensen, Inkeri with K. Borje Vahamaki (ed. & trans.) Finnish Short Stories (St. Paul: Nordic Translators, 1982).

Wallenius, Kurt M. Men from the Sea (trans. Alan Blair: NY: Oxford, 1955).

Yliruusi, Tauno. Hand in Hand (Middlebury VT: P.S. Eriksson, 1992).

In the Library: For Young Readers

In the Library: Poetry

In the Library: Drama

In the Library: Photography

"Cuckoo (Kukushka)" [2002], dir. Aleksandr Rogoszhkin, 99m. In video stores. A Finn & a Russian, soldiers from opposing armies, are taken in by a hospitable Lapp woman towards the end of World War II.

"The Man Without a Past (Mies vailla menneisyyttä)" [2002], dir. Aki Kaurismäki, 97m. In video stores. Homeless amnesia sufferer surviving with help from friends provides unique view of Helsinki society.