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Boat of the Dead
Mystery and Crime / Narrative Non-fiction2008 · 224 pp

Boat of the Dead

Knut Nærum

The easily scared crime writer Kjell Nilsen is vacationing on the island Kjølholmen in archipelago of Southern Norway. When cosmetics magnate Malin Meller is found drowned in a locked room, all the traces are pointing to a murderer that is now of this world. The local police are stuck, the summer sky is darkening and the murderer is up to more trouble. Luckily private investigator Oberon Qvist is also amongst the summer guests, and he is keeping a cool head in the heat of the moment.

Haakon & Maud IV
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Narrative Non-fiction2008 · 464 pp

Haakon & Maud IV

Tor Bomann-Larsen

The fourth volume of Bomann-Larsen’s monumental work about Norway’s first royal couple in modern times begins with the outbreak of the First World War. Europe’s royalty and aristocracy crumble and the Russian Tsar and his family have been executed. King Haakon is still considering abdication. And while the war rages in Europe, two factions at home confront each other in what threatens to become a civil war – a war between Norway’s social classes. Tor Bomann-Larsen (1951–) wields one of Norway’s sharpest and wittiest pens, whether he is writing or drawing. In recent years he has been best known for his epic works chronicling the reign of King Haakon and Queen Maud, and for his biographies of Sigurd Christiansen and Roald Amundsen.

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Buddha's Children
Narrative Non-fiction2006 · 432 pp

Buddha's Children

Torbjørn Færøvik

This book takes you to the four Buddhist countries of Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand and Burma, from the greenest hills where the magnificent temples sparkle to the fragrance from the incense which lingers gently above the rooftops. Buddha preached the message of mercifulness. But like many others these countries have a past riddled with war and violence. And they are still struggling with the legacy of the past. The contrast between Buddha’s teachings and real life is often strikingly major. And yet, to travel through these countries is a real pleasure. You will encounter people and landscapes and remember them until your dying day. The journey starts in the noble, golden city of Hanoi and finishes in the far north in Burma, in the legendary Mandalay.

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Organisten
Narrative Non-fiction2006 · 464 pp

Organisten

Erlend Loe / Petter Amundsen

Who was Shakespeare really? What happened to his manuscripts? And what has this got to do with Oak Island – the treasure island? Erlend Loe has set out into unfamiliar territory. He has met an ordinary Norwegian organist who claims to have the key to one of the greatest treasures the world has ever seen. This treasure hunt is closely connected to the surroundings around William Shakespeare, and the main lead is found in the legendary First Folio edition of the master’s works. Shakespeare is a door to a hidden universe of secret pacts, elaborate code-breaking and ancient symbols. The resting-place for the same priory treasure which is being searched for in The Da Vinci Code, is probably located. We meet a down-to-earth Erlend Loe who at the beginning is sceptical to the claims made by the organist, but as the organist carefully outlines his theories, Loe bursts out, "This is staggering! There is absolutely no doubt about it. Discovery Channel – eat your heart out." If the organist is right, then our understanding of world history must change. Erlend Loe (1969–) is one of Norway's most popular authors.

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Haakon & Maud III
Narrative Non-fiction2006 · 384 pp

Haakon & Maud III

Tor Bomann-Larsen

Just eight years after Norway had elected its own king, Europe was plunged into a bloody world war, followed by famine and revolutions. Weather-bound in their mountain retreat, the Norwegian royal couple followed their relations’ struggle for life and death across Europe. What role could a king play at a time when crowns and ermine robes could be bought two a penny? From his unique sources, Tor Bomann-Larsen shows us the inside of a dramatic epoch and human drama. This is the third independent volume of biographies about King Haakon and Queen Maud, covering the period from 1906 to 1918, from the coronation in Nidaros Cathedral to the murders of the Russian Tsar Family in Yekaterinburg.

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A Road Back from Schizophrenia
Narrative Non-fiction / Self Help2005 · 200 pp

A Road Back from Schizophrenia

Arnhild Lauveng

Arnhild Lauveng spent ten years in secure wards suffering from schizophrenia. She was deeply psychotic, self-destructive and broke glasses and plates to cut herself with the shards. In this book, the author takes the reader into a world of voices and hallucinations, where she is chased by hordes of rats and packs of wolves with yellow eyes and slavering jaws snap at her heels. We learn to understand that these illusions have their own logic and how they can be interpreted – and the author's interpretations are like solutions to small crime mysteries. This is the powerful story of her journey back to reality, assisted by a mother who refused to give up hope, a victory that only a handful believe is possible and that sadly is seldom achieved. Reviews: A Road Back from Schizophrenia is a unique book. About hope and identity [...] the fact that she also brings both humor and irony unto the book is all the more reason to recommend this book.'KRISTELIGT DAGBLAD, Denmark 'If it was up to me, A Road Back from Schizophrenia would be read and discussed in all psychiatric hospitals and institutions in this country. There is much to be gained, no matter what one does for a living.' POLITIKEN, Denmark

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Anti-Semitism
Narrative Non-fiction2005 · 696 pp

Anti-Semitism

Trond Berg Eriksen / Håkon Harket / Einhart Lorenz

A wide-ranging portrayal of the history of anti-Semitism from antiquity to the origins of Christianity, through the Middle Ages and the Age of Enlightenment, the Era of Racial Hatred and the Holocaust right up to the new post-war anti-Semitism. The history of anti-Semitism is long and brutal and culminated in the Nazi extermination of six million Jews. The authors aim to identify the reasons for anti-Semitism and the background for anti-Jewish feeling. Reviews on Anti-Semitism: 'An impressive work that will remain the standard reference in the foreseeable future.' –Fredrikstad Blad 'A nearly indispensable book about an unpleasant tradition.' –Dagbladet 'It is an important work, packed with information – a learned work, a work that we can be proud of having had researchers write it.' –Drammens Tidende 'Careful and wise specification of terminology, via a broadly laid diagnosis of products from various factories for anti-Semitism. A terrifying story that takes into account the story’s many sides.' –Aftenposten Rights sold to Sweden and Portugal

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Haakon & Maud II
Narrative Non-fiction2004 · 564 pp

Haakon & Maud II

Tor Bomann-Larsen

The second independent volume of this biography deals with the dramatic highpoint in the story of Norway's first royals - Prince Carl, son King Fredrik VIII of Denmark, and Princess Maud, daughter of King Edward VII and granddaughter of Queen Victoria. The volume starts with the newly weds leaving England and moving into the flat that Maud's mother-in-law, Queen Louise, has prepared for them in Copenhagen. It finishes, nine years later, with them moving into an uninhabited palace in a kingdom where they have neither family nor friends. But the population welcomes them with open arms and celebrations. The reader is drawn into a story where illness, loss and longing and family conflicts are played out against a backdrop of civil unrest and power politics, where the father of a young family is suddenly offered the role of saviour to a nation on the brink of war. For the first time, the story of 1905 – the year that the Kingdom of Norway became an independent nation - is told from the perspective of the young royals. We learn why Norway chose Prince Carl and Princess Maud, but also why they chose Norway - for themselves and for their only child. If Bomann-Larsen manages to fulfil the promise of the first volume, this will be a biography of international standing.AFTENPOSTEN WINNER OF THE 2004 BRAGE PRIZE FOR BEST NON-FICTION.

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China – A Journey on the River of Life
Narrative Non-fiction2003 · 432 pp

China – A Journey on the River of Life

Torbjørn Færøvik

It is almost like a fairy-tale: a journey through China on the Yangtze, the world's third longest river and the life blood of this vast nastion. A journey among 1,3 billion people. Few people are better suited to write from China than Torbjørn Færøvik. A historian specialising in China, he has travelled to the country close to 50 times in 29 years. "It sounded like a dream," he writes. "Before me the Long River flows - the very river of life." In Shanghai he boards the East Wind. Ninety-nine days and 6,400 kilometres later, he is on his knees by the river's source, in a wild landscape 5,500 metres above sea level. The reader travels with him, through the multitudinous reality of China, through its noisy everyday and its unique cultures. We encounter all kinds of people - Party bigwigs, weathered nomads, beggars with hands extended and billionaires feasting on roast duck sprinkled with gold dust - in a country whose history never ceases to enrapture. An adventure and learning journey second to none.

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Roald Amundsen
Narrative Non-fiction2003 · 574 pp

Roald Amundsen

Tor Bomann-Larsen

”Exploits in the polar regions must be judged in the light of the subject’s former life.” Roald Amundsen wrote in his memoirs. Roald Amundsen (1872-1928) became one of Norway’s greatest national heroes. He sought out the earth’s best-kept secrets, but as he opened up undiscovered areas of the globe, he shielded his own life from outside scrutiny. Innumerable maps can show us where the polar explorer went. But what of the other outstanding and unanswered question about him: who was Roald Amundsen? No one knows the character of an island or a continent before he goes ashore. In this wide ranging and imaginative biography, Tor Bomann-Larsen retrieves, out of the mists of oblivion and the obscurity of myth, the legendary but hitherto undiscovered land of Roald Amundsen. Tor Bomann-Larsen’s biography of the celebrated Roald Amundsen throws new light on the man, in part by building on several previously unused and largely unknown sources. Tor Bomann-Larsen’s book will remain standing as great biographical art. I can rarely remember having read a biography in which the human enigma itself to such an extent is being thrown into relief.Erik Fosnes Hansen, Nordisk litteratur This Amundsen biography by Tor Bomann-Larsen has little in common with previous arctic books. In fact, it makes nearly all previous variants look withered and pathetic.Dagbladet It is OUTSTANDING. What more can I say?Roland Huntford, Cambridge Relentless, nicely illustrated and extremely elegant: a myth is brought back into historical reality.Der Spiegel A great read!Süddeutsche Zeitung Thrilling until the last page.Brigitte Amundsen is simply one of the best biographies ever.Deutschlandradio

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Dead men Skiing
Mystery and Crime / Narrative Non-fiction2002

Dead men Skiing

Knut Nærum

– One of you will kill me. These words are uttered by Sverre Hartkorn; billionaire, playboy and with an unhealthy attraction to murder. For his Easter vacation he brings a psycho analyst and seven of his closest friends to the remote Blåkamp cabin to play The Murder Game. The one who solves the murder mystery before 9PM on Easter Sunday will win five million kroners.

Haakon & Maud I
Narrative Non-fiction2002 · 464 pp

Haakon & Maud I

Tor Bomann-Larsen

The Regal Idea (Kongstanken) is the first book in a collection of books where Norway´s foremost biographer gets into two of the most interesting destinies that Norwegian history holds. Writing the story about Haakon & Maud, Tor Bomann-Larsen has taken on an extraordinary research. The archives of the European Royal families opened their doors for the very first time. First and foremost His Royal Majesty King Harald of Norway allowed access to the Norwegian archives of private letters and pictures, and also allowed access to material in the hands of the Danish, Swedish and English royal archives. This also opened the doors to the state archives of Moscow, where the letters between the Tsar family and other European royal families are kept. The material for the works are collected in seven different countries, and a well of new knowledge has been discovered. Through the material Tor Boman-Larsen learned about everything from everyday life to the great national and international political decisions that still have repercussions in the Europe of our time. In this, the first book in the series about Haakon & Maud we enter the story with a backdrop of a Europe in change, where the idea about autocracy is just as prominent as the dawn of socialism. In the Nordic countries, Bjørnsonian nationalism, the uncompromising Ibsen and the polar dreams of Nansen where some of the elements in the game that would lead to the birth of a nation. Not only does Bomann-Larsen give us the strange story about a young prince of Denmark and a princess of England that together would become the foremost national symbols of a nation that none of them had any special ties to. With the baffling connections between dynastical royal power, cultural events and political games, the writer give us nothing less than a new perspective on Norwegian - and European - history.

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