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Cutting Wood
Narrative Non-fiction2016 · 176 pp

Cutting Wood

Svein Arne Strømsodd / Jon Erik Solberg

Cutting wood is great for both body and soul. It is an exciting, varied and relaxing activity which appeals to many.This book is a complete presentation of the art of cutting wood, with chainsaw use as the main theme. There are beautifully illustrated directions for correct and safe use of a chainsaw, with useful information about the various techniques and about sharpening the chain with a file and all the other maintenance.The chainsaw is used to fell and trim trees and cut the stems into logs. Then it is time to split the logs – either by muscle or machine power – before the wood can be stacked and dried. Enjoy! 'The illustrations in this book are good and plentiful, and the text informative and concise. Good inspiration for enthusiastic wood-cutters.'GAa, Skog

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MITTENS
Crafts and Hobbies / Narrative Non-fiction2016 · 192 pp

MITTENS

Nina Granlund Sæther

Nordic knitting has already charmed the knitting world. Author Nina Granlund Sæther has now researched traditional mitten patterns from all over Norway and brought them together in one book.In this book you will find old-style mitten patterns from different parts of Norway, patterns adapted to today's yarn and equipment, plus exciting stories of the origin and use of the mittens. It contains more than 40 patterns for mittens for women, men and children, with big, useful diagrams and beautiful illustrations.

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Our Man on the Coast
Narrative Non-fiction2016 · 208 pp

Our Man on the Coast

Arnfinn Haga

This is the exciting account of the pioneering telegraphists during the war. Eivind Viken was recruited in London after an exhausting journey from Sweden that involved, among other things, taking a train through Russia and Ukraine, and a ship around the Cape of Good Hope. He then became a Secret Service agent who operated five radio stations on the Norwegian coast in the period from the autumn 1941 until the end of the war.

Adventures in Memory
Narrative Non-fiction / Self Help2016 · 288 pp

Adventures in Memory

Ylva Berger / Hilde Østby

Take a plunge into the science of memory, together with sisters Hilde and Ylva Østby, in Diving for Seahorses.The writers explore the many facets of memory and how it influences our lives, both from a neuroscience perspective and through conversations with some of the most influential memory researchers of our time. They meet people with a special kind of memory – at both ends of the memory spectrum from mnemonists, actors and taxi drivers, to amnesiacs – and discover that most memories are transformed and some are best forgotten. In the middle of winter, they send divers deep into the Oslo fjord in search of where our memories are stored. They wonder if what lies at the heart of memory is what will change our future.Diving for Seahorses explains memory through personal and vivid tale telling, combining the best of two craftsmanships: Hilde is a novelist, and Ylva is a neuropsychologist.‘… readable and interesting. … Reading this book will leave you baffled about how complex memory is.’ FÆDRELANDSVENNEN‘Diving for seahorses is a unique book about memory … science and research presented with wit and energy.’ BOKSTAVER.NO

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12 Adventures and one Ghost
Narrative Non-fiction2015 · 240 pp

12 Adventures and one Ghost

Aleksander Gamme

In this book, Alexander Gamme has brought together a significant collection of stories of his many adventures. Like many other famous Norwegians, he has dashed ahead on skis. Among other things, he was the first man to do the world's longest ski journey, to the South Pole and back, alone and without back-up support. With a companion, he has cycled across the Sahara desert on a tandem, a trip not without complications. He also has extraordinary achievements in the heights. Using his training as a parachutist, he recently jumped from a cluster of helium balloons at 12,000 feet. As a mountaineer he has many towering peaks of achievement, including Mount Everest. He also takes us deep underground in narrow caves in Nordland, on horseback as a gold-digging cowboy on Dovrefjell and to noteworthy base jumping pranks in West Virginia. We also hear about his time as a spice merchant in Marrakesh. Alexander's accounts of his adventures are always unpredictable and amusing. His talent for reflecting and philosophising about both big and small questions adds colour to the experiences and will challenge and inspire the reader.

Amcar
Narrative Non-fiction2015 · 224 pp

Amcar

Stéphanie Dumont / Karl Eirik Haug

Norway's best motoring journalist gives himself a much freer rein in this book than in his previous publication, Norske bilfavoritter (Norway's favourite cars) which ran to four editions. In this book Karl Eirik Haug is more thorough, more personal and less regulated by thematic chronology. Here we experience a riotous feast of American maximalism as we savour insights into the sound of a V8 engine and plunge deeply into rich visions of iconic models, including paint, fabric and leather catalogues. Karl Eirik Haug's prose is always based on wide knowledge and high literary standards. The needle on the rev-counter hits red right from the first page. The book gives a full-size view of the technical, aesthetic and sociological markers of Scandinavian's interest in American cars and a comprehensive insight into the golden age of American car production, 1950-1970.

Naked and Alone
Narrative Non-fiction / Self Help2015 · 280 pp

Naked and Alone

Tormod Huseby

Alene naken is an exceptionally warm, tolerant and insightful book about what really controls our behaviour. Tormod Huseby is a psychiatrist deeply engaged with his patients and colleagues. In the book he shows what becomes of our lives when we are not ourselves. Why do we not turn out as we were meant to be, and why as adults do we continue to conceal who we are? The author also explains how we can be affected when other people haven't been able to be their true selves – children, spouses, colleagues or friends. That can lead to weakened self-esteem in those of us who have been rejected by them. We can suffer loss of energy, conflict in relationships at work and worry about our friendships. We may also fear violence and terrorism. Through many stories from his meetings with people – and from his own life – he invites us to reflect on why we are who we are, why we make the choices we do, and how we can make different choices to enable us to find a life where we dare to be fully ourselves. ’Honest, open-hearted and well written reports of some of the problems and people a psychiatrist can meet in his everyday work.’AFTENPOSTEN

British Prime Ministers 1900 to 2015
Narrative Non-fiction2015 · 784 pp

British Prime Ministers 1900 to 2015

Øivind Bratberg / Hans Olav Lahlum

Britiske statsministere 1900-2015. Fra Lord Salisbury til David Cameron tells the story of all of the United Kingdom's prime ministers over the last 115 years. The book presents entertaining portraits of the lives of 22 very important politicians, and also explains both the United Kingdom's own development and the country's role in the international community. Readers are invited on an exciting and educational journey through contemporary political history. Through 400 pages we journey from the world's largest colonial empire at the end of the 1800s via two world wars and a cold war in the 1900s up to our century's financial crisis and war against terror – all in the company of still disputed historical figures such as Lloyd George, Winston Churchill, Clement Attlee, Margaret Thatcher and Tony Blair. The book brings forth from obscurity both the triumphs and tragedies in the lives and political careers of lesser-known prime ministers. This book will be of great interest to all readers with even a modicum of interest in history, politics or people. Political scientist Øivind Bratberg is one of Norway's leading experts on the United Kingdom, and historian Hans Olav Lahlum is one of Norway's leading mediators of political history.

C - Carbon
Narrative Non-fiction2015 · 264 pp

C - Carbon

Dag O. Hessen

There are good reasons for writing this book with the simple title of C, which is the first and unauthorised biography of carbon, life's central element.Most of the life processes within and around us involve carbon in one form or another. Carbon in pure form can be both graphite in a pencil, and diamond. It is also the starting point for most of the synthetic materials which pervade modern life. However, the essence of Dag O. Hessen's story is the lifecycle of carbon, the important balance between photosynthesis and cellular respiration, between building and burning. This book gives us the basis we need for that understanding. It is an informal, well-informed book written with strong personal commitment by one of Norway's best presenters of research and science.‘This is a brilliant and deep journey into the science, history, and indeed the morality of the Periodic Table's sixth element, carbon. An accomplished scientist and a masterful storyteller, Dag Hessen takes us from the elegance of the Kohi-Noor diamond to the putrescence of cow flatulence, explaining the science behind carbon's connection to our bodies and to our future given it's ongoing impact on global climate. Readers will enjoy the journey while also gaining some philosophical and ethical perspective on the tradeoffs and complexities that are involved as humanity struggles to decarbonize. Carbon – you thought you knew it? Think again and read this book.’ JIM ELSER, BIERMAN PROFESSOR OF ECOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA‘The literary technique is distinctly original. Dag O. Hessen succeeds in creating a piece of accessible literature on the border between science and politics.’ KLASSEKAMPEN

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Christian Magnus Falsen
Narrative Non-fiction2015 · 320 pp

Christian Magnus Falsen

Marthe Hommerstad

When VG newspaper recently listed the most important Norwegians of the last 200 years, Christian Magnus Falsen came second only to Henrik Ibsen. Some claim that he should perhaps have topped the list. Norwegian history would have looked quite different without him. In 1814 he was one of the most influential leaders in the Norwegian independence struggle. He wrote the most important draft of the constitution and was a driving force in the constitutional assembly. But Falsen's story doesn't stop there. Ten years later he was pushed out of his public office by widespread mistrust in parliament. His opponents attacked him, claiming that he had betrayed the democratic ideals of 1814 and had gone into the service of King Karl Johan. When he died at the age of 48 he was marginalised, ill and overlooked. Norwegian historians have been arguing about Falsen's role since his death. Historian Marthe Hommerstad's biography of the statesman gives a more objective but also gentler portrayal. Falsen lived through one of world history's times of great change. The old order was coming to an end and new opportunities were opening up. His life is the story of an old state breaking apart and a new state rising up. This was the age of the revolutions, and Falsen stood in the front rank.

The Untouchables
Narrative Non-fiction2015 · 232 pp

The Untouchables

Ane Bjøru Fjeldsæter

Ane Bjøru Fjeldsæter is a psychologist who has done two tours of voluntary duty as a fieldworker for Médecins sans Frontières in the parts of Liberia and Sierra Leone affected by Ebola. While there, she wrote several accounts of her work with the deadly disease. The story of 5-year old Patrick from Liberia, who amazingly was one of the survivors, has been translated into 20 languages and has become known throughout the world since it was first published in English in The Guardian. In De uberørbare, Fjeldsæter adds stark new human stories to her report. Doctor Fanta, the renowned Congolese senior doctor who may have lost his mind. Ma Boko Dolly, the woman with a moon face and bruises who frightens the nurses by wanting a cuddle. Aisata, the uncomprehending little girl who has to be carried out of the ward where her mother dies. This book gives a hot, topical and gripping insight into the fight against the deadly illness which Fjeldsæter calls ‘the love virus' – the serial killer which is so weak that it can be eradicated by soap and water but whose secret weapon is the affection we show to our nearest and dearest. Ebola is the enemy within, which you pass on to the people who are closest and most sympathetic to you. De uberørbare is not just a story about Ebola, but also an account of how our attitude to events in developing countries affects our capacity to let ourselves be touched. ’…well written, well edited, well informed and full of interesting observations and challenging issues.… The Untouchables is a thoughtful, well written and moving book from one of the darkest corners of the world.’SYKEPLEIEN

A Good Decision
Narrative Non-fiction / Self Help2015 · 160 pp

A Good Decision

Nils Tore Meland

Why did I buy a flat with a balcony when I really needed a garage? Which candidate shall I employ? Do we need a turnaround at work? Should I set up this project? These are important questions with major consequences. Decisions are to do with making choices and putting an end to uncertainty and doubt. Unfortunately, an overwhelming mass of good research indicates that more than half of all our decisions turn out badly. Most of us think that it is difficult to make complex choices which involve risk and serious consequences. We put off and wait, or we just leave things as they are. We base our decisions on too much, too little or incorrect information. So we identify too few possibilities and propose inadequate solutions. Or we simply solve the wrong problem. Those who use a little more time, especially at the start of the decision process, identify more opportunities and formulate better solutions. In the whole process they make quicker and better choices, up to six times better in fact. Good decision-making can be both learned and practised to a high standard, and the process can be both exciting and fun. This book will give you seven practical steps towards better decision-making. ’A superbly good book about decision-making. An example for future authors of non-fiction’Elin Ørjaseter ’ … one of the year’s most exciting Norwegian books on management’HR Norge ’… a fantastic book for all who want to develop their skills at making better decisions … which many will get great benefit from reading.’ Hans-Petter Nygård-Hansen ’some of the best I have read on the subject. The book is so elegantly written that the main message never becomes boring.’Edvard Noer Bjørge