(Part 2) Top products from r/Eesti
We found 3 product mentions on r/Eesti. We ranked the 23 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the products ranked 21-40. You can also go back to the previous section.
21. A History of the Baltic States (Palgrave Essential Histories series)
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
Palgrave MacMillan
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Are you okay with resources in English? E Nagu Eesti (which is one of the weirdest introductory textbooks I've ever used) only has translations in English/Russian/German/Finnish. I am not sure how much you will be able to learn before September -- with dedicated practice definitely enough to ask for directions, maybe order food and greeting people.
There are a lot of Estonian TV shows that I can watch from the US, and maybe you can too, stuff like soap operas and reality shows. There are also lots of SUPER cute videos like Jänku Juss, which teach culture and vocabulary to Estonian children, that I've found particularly easy to understand.
As far as radio goes, if you want to just listen to Estonian there's a show for kids called "Mina arvan" that will go over kids' preferences about things like food and weather.
Dictionaries with pronunciation are very hard. Estonian is a very literal language as far as pronunciation goes -- unless you mean you'd like to know about õ (and maybe ä) as a sound, that's a bit difficult. There are lots of examples of words like that if you listen during these shows, you'll be able to pick the sound out and imitate it. Without a native speaker around it will be difficult to know that you are making the sound properly.
There are other Estonian learning materials out there (and most of the ones I have are fairly advanced). I don't know of any in Norwegian, but phrase books might be useful in your situation. It can be a while before the books get to grammar -- Teach Yourself Estonian/Complete Estonian (again, in English) may be a good choice.
Alternatively, I have been wanting to learn Norwegian (family heritage)! We can Skype and I can teach you things in exchange...
EDIT: clarity + Laar's book was cheaper on rahvaraamat.ee
Alternatively, Mart Laar's (historian, politician and former PM) short paperback is available on the cheap from an Estonian book store but is more geared towards the casual reader. There are more books [on their website] (http://www.rahvaraamat.ee/c/estonian-history/1/6/15/62/en#/activeTab=tab02) if you want to check out more options.
If Amazon is your sole available means of acquiring said book, I would go with /u/daedalus_x's suggestion or expand the scope and go with Kasekamp's book that covers the history of all three Baltic countries. Kasekamp is a noted historian and foreign policy scholar currently heading the Estonian Institute of Foreign Policy.
Worth noting almost all these books end with Estonia's accession to the EU and NATO, not WW2.
No see ei ole otseselt usklik raamat, tundub mulle, vaid pigem ajalooline-analüüsiv. Amazonis ka kõrged hinded - http://www.amazon.com/Cult-Saints-Function-Christianity-Religions/dp/0226076229