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THE JOY OF DRIVING
Narrative Non-fiction2018 · 152 pp

THE JOY OF DRIVING

Hans Erik Næss

There are countless awards for the best, most scenic and not least most dangerous roads in the world for car touritsts to choose from. But where should you go? And why? This book features the most spectacular car trips in Europe. From feats of engineering and high-risk political projects, these roads have become cultural heritage – and they help explain why Europe looks the way it does.

The Immune mystery
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Narrative Non-fiction / Self Help2018 · 304 pp

The Immune mystery

Jørgen Jelstad / Anita Kåss

This is the story of a young researcher who thought outside the box, and about the immune system's unsolved conundrum autoimmunity. On the day of her mother's funeral, 13-year-old Anita Kåss took an encyclopedia down from the bookshelf and for the first time read about arthritis. She wanted an answer to the question Did Mom get sick because I was born? and decided to find out everything about arthritis, and to find a treatment. It was the beginning of her life as a researcher. When she was 20 years old, she began to study medicine. 15 years later, her research lead to a possible hormonal breakthrough, and pharmaceutical companies fought over the rights to this new treatment. It resulted in the biggest licensing agreement in the Norwegian medical history. Her quest towards more knowledge of autoimmune diseases forms the framework for a popular-science journey, hunting for the solution to a mystery no one has managed to solve yet: the mystery of autoimmunity.FULL ENGLISH TRANSLATION AVAILABLE.

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Mum’s Betrayal
Narrative Non-fiction2018 · 240 pp

Mum’s Betrayal

Anne-Britt Harsem

The trail of the Alvdal-case, Norway's most serious sexual assault case in modern times, started 11. January 2011. It's a case that shook the whole country, and revealed a pedofile community in a small village inland in Norway. On trail were a two couples and a retired teacher. They were accused for serious assaults, also against their own children. But the story does not start there. It starts many years earlier. Back then, the main female defendant lived in another city just north of the capital. This is the story of her oldest daughter.

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DIVERSITY MANAGEMENT
Narrative Non-fiction2018 · 272 pp

DIVERSITY MANAGEMENT

Loveleen Rihel Brenna

Diversity gives a competitive advantage, but it requires the manager to be able to manage the diversity. The management of diversity requires new knowledge, insight and expertise, and in this book you will learn how to use diversity to create value. Loveleen Rihel Brenna, who has worked in the field since 1995, shares her personal and management experiences in a way that will make you a better manager who is able to unleash the potential of diversity.

POP
Narrative Non-fiction2018 · 480 pp

POP

Audun Molde

This is a story about pop music and the music industry – a contemporary cultural history that spans 200 years, from the industrial revolution to the digital age. It's a story about the creators of pop music, and their ideas; professionals, employees, business people, colleagues, rivals, craftsmen, artists, stars, icons; who have written, produced, sung, played and sold songs that have affected people all over the world. ‘3000 years of verse and chorus ‘Excellent reference and all in all a welcome piece of work for all of those with a general, if not very deep, interest for the subject.’ DAGBLADET ‘Audun Moldes book shows the recognizable traces of the development of POP through history. Unlike many of those who write about popmusic, the musicologist Molde also has the knowledge of tones, building of rhythm and the peculiarities of the composition of the different genres. A clean presentation of the greater facts can also be good narration.’ DAGENS NÆRINGSLIV

PICK IT YOURSELF
Narrative Non-fiction2018 · 256 pp

PICK IT YOURSELF

Trond Svendgård

Collect Wild-Growing Treats - from the roadside, the forest and by the sea. Chef and wild plant enthusiast Trond Svendgård, takes the reader on inspirational walks at a time when these wild-growing treats are at their best. He focuses on the best flavors and shares his most tempting recipes. T his book provides an easy overview of where each plant-species can be found, and the character istics of each one.

ROW FOR YOUR LIFE
Narrative Non-fiction2018 · 264 pp

ROW FOR YOUR LIFE

Stein Hoff

Catalogue text When doctor Stein Hoff turns 70 he decides to row across the Atlantic alone. Here he tells the fascinating tale of the joy and challenges of rowing, about spending months alone at sea in a small boat, about the loss of his boat and being rescued. This is also the tale of a man's encounter with the forces of nature and looking on crossing the world's oceans as a family challenge.

The Chess Masters
Narrative Non-fiction2018 · 432 pp

The Chess Masters

Atle Grønn / Hans Olav Lahlum

This is the World history of Chess told through the portraits of 16 of the world champions of Chess from 1886 to our time – a book that can be read by those who know nothing about chess, as well as the coming world champions. Central in this narrative, written by Norway´s foremost commenters of chess, is also the question about the spirit of chess: what kind of personalities and characters are hidden behind the most masterful chess moves? The book contains portraits of the following Chess Champions: Wilhelm Steinitz, Emanuel Lasker, José Raúl Capablanca, Aleksandr Alekhin, Max Euwe, Mikhail Botvinnik, Vasilij Smyslov, Mikhail Tal, Tigran Petrosian, Boris Spasskij, Bobby Fisher, Anatolij Karpov, Garri Kasparov, Vladimir Kramnik, Aleksandr Kahlifman, Visnawathan Anand, Ruslan Ponomarjov, Rustam Kasimdzjanov, Vaselin Topalov and Magnus Carlsen.

In Praise of Paths
Narrative Non-fiction2018 · 192 pp

In Praise of Paths

Torbjørn Ekelund

Torbjørn Ekelund takes the reader on a personal and fascinating journey through the history of the path; from when the first humans migrated north after the last ice age, to the organized hiking trails of our time. History of the Path is a tale of movement and sense of orientation, migration and shortcuts, about the migraiton routes of birds and animals, about the landscape's significance to our lives, about our inherited need to move around, and about what we have lost in an age where everyone is in an office, drives a car and navigates using GPS. The first thing humans did when they climbed down from the trees of the African savannah, 200,000 years ago, was move about. We were nomadic, we had no concept of residence. We walked, and from that the first footpaths emerged. Footpaths came before everything else, before tools, fire, religions and the formation of society. Footpaths appeared and vanished, and new ones came along; myriads of stories, spun around the earth like the thread in a ball of yarn. I dream about footpaths. How many have I walked? Hundreds, maybe thousands. I remember them all, clearer than almost everything else I’ve seen or experienced, better than people I’ve ever met.

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WOOF
Narrative Non-fiction2018 · 224 pp

WOOF

Tor Åge Bringsværd

“God created all the world, heaven and water, moon and sun. He created the human beings and the birds and the animals. But he did not create the dog. He had one already.”Words of Indian wisdom.Award-winning writer Tor Åge Bringsværd has written a great many novels, short stories, dramatic works and picture books. Now, he is in the news again with WOOF, a book about the dog as it appears in adventure stories, myths and fairy tales from around the world."I didn’t want this book to be about the history of the dog, or a list of the different kinds of dog. People looking for helpful instructions about how to care for a dog or tips about how to teach a dog to fetch sticks have picked up the wrong book. Instead, I have decided to concentrate on all the myths, stories and curious traditions in which this fascinating animal features," Bringsværd tells us about his book.In WOOF, you will find dog creation myths, narratives about the dogs that belonged to gods and witches, the story told by the Nyanga people in Congo about how the dog gave us fire, the Inuit adventure tale about the woman who married a dog and the saga that tells about the dog who became king here in Trøndelag.Bringsværd selects his material from religion, philosophy, myths, comics and films – and from all the corners of the world and all times. Here, we can learn about the many dog languages, and about the dogs who stalk starry skies and fairy tales and hell itself. Most of all, we will learn about the mysterious interconnectedness between two animals , who have wandered on Earth side by side for as long as anyone can remember – the dog and the human being.

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FEMALE DOCTORS
Narrative Non-fiction2018 · 448 pp

FEMALE DOCTORS

Cecilie Arentz-Hansen

Catalogue textThis is the story of the first female doctors in Norway and their struggle to gain the right to education. This victory in the medical field had major consequences for gender equality in a young Norway. Not least, this story demonstrates how this later benefitted society as a whole. Health services for and research on women and children improved dramatically with their participation. As such, this is not just medical history, but a story about when Norway became a modern nation.

TO SPEAK OUT AND TO STAY SILENT
Literature and Fiction / Narrative Non-fiction2018 · 96 pp

TO SPEAK OUT AND TO STAY SILENT

Vigdis Hjorth

Vigdis Hjorth has been at the centre of Norwegian literary debate during the last year. She's stayed silent herself, for the most part. Now she speaks out, indirectly but pointedly, in four essays about Alf Prøysen and Rolf Jacobsen, Agnar Mykle, Bertolt Brecht and Alexander Kielland. Life and truth, guilt and responsibility are central themes. Throughout invigorating readings, she examines how writers appear and portray themselves.