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Covid teens
Narrative Non-fiction / Self Help2023 · 192 pp

Covid teens

Lars Halse Kneppe

As a psychologist at a Norwegian high school in Oslo, Lars Halse Kneppe has spent the entire pandemic visiting schools and spending time among young people. The world was changing from week to week, and no one knew how long it would last. There has been much written about the youth during the pandemic, but Kneppe has met these young people who are the cause of scary statistics and worrying numbers. Behind the numbers are real humans with their own stories who can complement the impression we get from graphs or statistics. In this book Kneppe shares the stories of the youths, about how they’ve been coping during the pandemic, but also after the world opened back up. To understand what the youth has been through, and in order to meet them halfway in the aftermath, it’s more important to listen to their stories rather than reducing them to numbers as part of a statistic. This is an exploration of time and an insight into the day-to-day lives of the teenagers throughout the pandemic; how were they feeling and how were they doing, and how have their experiences affected the teenagers many refer to as the corona generation?

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Living in a Life Jacket
Narrative Non-fiction2023 · 232 pp

Living in a Life Jacket

Sumaya Jirde Ali

Life in a Life Jacket is a deeply personal book, shaped as a coversation between author Sumaya Jirde Ali and her younger self. Jirde Ali raises sentral questions about racism, how it works and what it leads to, even if it comes in small doses, when those doses come each and every day. It's a touching and thought-provoking text that will refuse to leave any reader unaffected.

Haakon
Narrative Non-fiction2023 · 560 pp

Haakon

H.K.H. Kronprins Haakon / Kjetil Stensvik Østli

For the past two years, journalist and author Kjetil S. Østli has spent a lot of time with H.R.H. Crown Prince Haakon. The result is a book where the heir to the Norwegian throne himself tells the stories of his childhood, the freedom of studying in California, when he met his wife Mette-Marit, about life as a father, his burning wish to change the world, and about growing older. We accompany him to his secluded family home at Skaugum and to the Royal Palace, to his cabin in the Norwegian Mountains, and on road trips with the Crown Prince himself behind the wheel. We travel to a NATO exercise, to Oslo's east side, and to Windsor Castle. Haakon - Stories from an Heir is an unusually frank, modern, funny and multifaceted portrait of a coming king. «After grandfather died, we drove from Kongsseter to the Royal Palace. That's when I saw all the candles outside. First a few candles, then more and more, they grew to an ocean. (...) We stood in the windows and watched it. We saw people slowly approach. Everything was very quiet. We saw them light candle after candle. It moved me to stand there in the palace window and see the palace square shining.» REVIEWS Will be known as a masterpiece in the genre of royal biographiesAlthough the two have become well-acquainted through this long process, where Østli also has followed the Crown Prince to work and to the cabin and into the mountains, they’ve held the distance that’s completely necessary for this to be a critical, yet close portrait. Østli has simply placed himself at Champions League-levels when it comes to this rare literary genre.NETTAVISEN, six/six stars ... one of the best royal portraits I’ve read.DAGBLADET, six/six stars The book offers interesting insights into both the person and the institution. […] The result of the collaboration between Østli and Crown Prince Haakon is an original biography worth reading.NRK, five/six stars Reflected, knowledgeable, self-assured and sensible. The Crown Prince makes an almost unreasonably good impression in the new biography of him. […] It’s become a vividly written book, where author Østli often shifts between fascination and wonder.VG, five/six stars A playful and close portraitBy capturing and putting into words the strange, yet also freeing connection between responsibility, gravity, duty and play, Kjetil Østli has created a strikingly good and likeable portrait of Crown Prince Haakon. One that rightfully places him at eye-level with the people he is born to one day reign over. DAGSAVISEN Østli is an unusually good observer. He really manages to create a sense of who the reserved heir is, despite the book containing few revelations or unknown information. VÅRT LAND

Hello!
Narrative Non-fiction2023 · 176 pp

Hello!

Atle Nielsen

In Hello! you’ll read about anxiety over telephone charges, queues for telephone boxes, long-distance phone calls, receiving-party-pays systems, prank callers and nuisance calls. The telephone has left its mark on film and literature, music and theatre. Some telephone calls have changed the world, others have altered the direction of people’s lives. This book is full of fantastic facts and photographs spanning a period of 160 years. A highly informative and entertaining book about how one invention changed the world, becoming humanity’s most cherished possession and most important tool.

No One is Innocent: Anti-Semitism on the Left
Narrative Non-fiction2023 · 248 pp

No One is Innocent: Anti-Semitism on the Left

Torkel Brekke

Does the Norwegian left have a problem with anti-Semitism? Yes, argues Torkel Brekke in this book. The author shows how parts of the left have cultivated conspiracy theories about Jews and how Soviet Holocaust revisionism was spread in the Norwegian public. He examines how violence against civilian Israelis is justified and how parts of the Norwegian trade union movement and organizational life moved from post-war sympathy for Israel and the Jews to a rhetoric with an anti-Semitic character. No One Is Innocent takes an uncomfortable but necessary reckoning with a political tradition that has been ignored for far too long. For the left, it has been easy to stick the Jew-hatred on the others, i.e. Nazis and the far-right. The left has failed to look in the mirror and ask how they themselves have referred to and treated Jews.

No One Can Spit at a Smiling Face
Narrative Non-fiction2023 · 208 pp

No One Can Spit at a Smiling Face

Synne Sun Løes

As long as difference exists, it will always speak with a contradictory tone. Speak over itself. Interrupt, protest and bang its fist on the table. Try to convince the world that it deserves to be heard. At the same time it’s also scared to death and trying to hide under that same table. Tries to muzzle itself. All because it’s scared to be exposed. In these personal and investigative essays Synne Sun Løes writes about adoption and identity. She bases her writing on her own experiences as adopted, as well as non-fiction, academia and the public debates. The themes being illuminated are widely spread, from xenophobia, racisms, being different, “the trend of diversity”, hysteria around infringement and Korean revenge art, to more psychological topics such as transgenerational traumas, psychoanalysis, and connectional damage. How can one take ownership of one’s own experiences as adopted and as a ‘’different child’’ without being accused of taking on the role of a victim? How can one adopt one’s own personal identity, as oneself, when one is “different” in present day Norway? How is identity affected by meeting one’s own biological parents? How can one survive in a world which time and time again tries to spit in one’s face? The author approaches these questions both with wonder, humour and seriousness, and she also casts a critical view at the tendency of society to simplify, edit and polarize the stories from marginalized groups.

Wolverine Tracks
Narrative Non-fiction2023 · 224 pp

Wolverine Tracks

Dag O. Hessen

One day in February 1972 Dag O. Hessen is on a ski trip with his father in the mountains when they come across a wolverine track in the snow. The young Dag convinces his father to follow the trail, but after half an hour of searching the imprints of the predator disappear down a steep passage and they have to give up on their hunt. 50 years later he’s back at the same place to pick up on the trail of the animal that escaped him. His father is now long gone, but the mountains are still there and somewhere out there is a wolverine. Tracking the Wolverine is Hessen’s most personal book so far. It’s a portrait of Norwegian nature’s most fascinating and shy animal, so compact in its wildness and power that there is hardly anything like it. An animal with a jaw strong enough to bite through even the thickest thigh bones and enough power to take down an animal many times its own weight, bite its head off and then drag its body up a tree. Seeing the animal in its natural habitat is a rarity only very few people get to experience. The wolverine, and the desire to meet the wild animal, is the framing of the story taking place in the mountainous nature. But this is also a story about time passing and changes we cannot prevent. About everything that slips through our fingers. The things we cannot completely catch and tame: A childhood long gone, close family members who have passed, the wild nature and a natural diversity which is about to weather away. And at the bottom of all of this lies a deep affection and respect for nature and biology, presented by one of Norway’s most respected non-fiction authors.«... several of the country's non-fiction writers should envy his effortless elegance and ability to find formulations like this one, about the author's fascination for the wolverine as 'a primal force, the wilderness in animal form, everything that is lost in an increasingly tame residual landscape.'»MORGENBLADET «Hessen the poet rises to his full height. This he has threatened to to in previous books too, but not dared to take the leap, perhaps? But this book was worth the wait. Hessen shows the tender and weary nuances in life, and in nature. The nature descriptions are touching. I feel I am gazing into the mountains, and feel, in an animalistic way, that life is good.» «He is our Thoreau, in the year 2023.» VÅRT LAND «Dag O. Hessen’s Tracking the Wolverine will place as one of this year’s best non-fiction books.» «The book deserves a place next to the author’s own favourite cabin reads: Zappfe, Thoreau, and Ingstad.» BOKMAGASINET/KLASSEKAMPEN

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Artificial Intelligence Saves Lives
Narrative Non-fiction2023 · 280 pp

Artificial Intelligence Saves Lives

Ishita Barua

Artificial intelligence both shapes and changes our society. It affects all parts of our lives, from social media to the industries and not least the health services. Artificial intelligence may seem difficult to understand for most people, but in order to shape our own future with the technology, and ensure that it’s used in a smart manner, it’s important that we try to understand and manage it. In this book the authors show how artificial intelligence can be used within healthcare, where it helps doctors to solve their tasks in a better way. Artificial intelligence can offer the doctors superpowers, give patients better access to good healthcare, and even save lives. In this book real stories are shared as well as experiences from Norway and the rest of the world, amongst other things from the authors’ own research within medicine and technology. The book also offers an introduction to what artificial intelligence really is, how it works and how it can improve our lives, as well as which challenges it brings along with it, such as several ethical dilemmas.

Learn to Sing Like a Pro
Narrative Non-fiction2023 · 184 pp

Learn to Sing Like a Pro

Didrik Solli-Tangen

Learn to Sing Like a Pro is an easy-to-read and entertaining book where you learn the basics of singing. With warmth and charm Norwegian singer Didrik Solli-Tangen pours his own knowledge and experience into this book; you get fun voice exercises, simple techniques and tips for songs, guides to keys and vibratos, as well as tricks to sound like a real opera singer. The QR-codes in the book offers exclusive videos with singing exercises, tips, and tricks – with and by Didrik himself.

Hiking with Dogs
Narrative Non-fiction2023 · 280 pp

Hiking with Dogs

Stine og Jarlen

In Hiking with Dogs authors Stine and Jarlen offer advice and smart tips for dog owners who want to bring their dogs along on outdoor adventures, as well as inspiration for fun activities to do together. The book addresses everything you should consider when it comes to comfort, safety, and health for your dog on longer and shorter trips. In this book you’ll learn what you and your dog should practice, which equipment is actually necessary and how the dog should be trained in advance to handle physical stresses and challenges. Stine and Jarlen help those of you with a dog that’s scared of heights, they offer smart solutions for tired and cold dogs, and have lots of advice for a dog that doesn’t like to sit in a car. The book is illustrated by Stine and Jarlen’s amazing photography which will excite and tempt you to go for a hike.

Birds of a Feather
Narrative Non-fiction2023 · 296 pp

Birds of a Feather

Tor Åge Bringsværd

We have always admired and envied the birds. The dream of wings has followed us ever since the first human lifted their gaze and saw birds floating above the tree tops. Ever since the story of the ancient egg which the world was supposedly created from, birds have been floating above the mythical skies of people all over the world. Author Tor Åge Bringsværd brings the reader on a journey to the Siberian plains and the sand dunes of Sahara, to the igloos of the Inuits, the tents of the Navahos and the palace of King Salomon and shows us how our fascination for the flying creatures is both universal and timeless. In fairytales, folklore, myths, and religious texts from all over the world birds abound. In this collection, which covers thousands of years and reaches across all continents, we get to meet everything from the smallest and most ordinary house sparrow to the giant Middle Eastern mythical bird Roc. With Beaks and Claws is part of a series where Tor Åge Bringsværd brings to light the stories of animals in myths, fairytales, legends and folklore. Other titles in the series are Big Bad Wolf, Giddy-Up, Woof and Reynard, as well as the collection Sacred Animals.

My Shame
Narrative Non-fiction2023 · 256 pp

My Shame

Nadia Ansar

Nadia Ansar was named after the Romanian gymnast Nadia Comăneci. She was the symbol of the “perfect 10”; unattainable, flawless, and perfect. On the outside she was the immaculate daughter, the good immigrant and the well-integrated psychologist, an expert in feelings such as shame and guilt. What no one could see was that she carried with her a heavy rucksack of shame and dark secrets. Through the book My Shame she now wishes to use her own personal and professional voice to tell the story about the talented minority girl’s fight to be able to be herself. About growing up in Oslo as the daughter of the local grocer and the only girl in her school class with a minority background. About her dad’s breakneck split between the equal Norwegian society and the patriarchal expectations of their culture. About the fight for equality in her marriage, after marrying the love of her life. As an adult Nadia Ansar has often witnessed several well-educated sisters of minority backgrounds give up on the painful balancing act in the supposedly equal Norway. They become housewives with hijabs, and some move back to their parents’ home country. Nadia Ansar believes it is the feelings of shame which primarily prohibits them from leading free lives. NOMINATED TO THE NORWEGIAN BOOKSELLER AWARD 2023