I got a note from Norway. They can take personal checks drawn on US banks after all. They ask for an extra fee, chaged by their bank, to process a foriegn check. It is 75NOK, or about $13US.
That brings the total to about 520NOK or $95USD for the book\dvd set. The book is aspiral bound with stiff paper wrappers and color illustrations. I haven't read it yet, so I can't compare it to other texts, but it does not have as many pages. On the dvd, some of the steps taken are much simpler than the Kolb text or the text on copper plate photogravure.
Thanks.
-R