Self help

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.

Anorectic

Ingeborg Senneset

An honest, unflinching and unsentimental account of the illness from the inside.How does a patient with anorexia and obsessive-compulsive disorder experience psychiatry? What kind of battles are fought inside a person that wants to end an illness that since childhood has acted as a lifeline and the same time been a lethal threat? What does it take to let go? How much does weight really matter? Through admissions to three different psychiatric facilities for a total of three years, Ingeborg Senneset documented the slow task of regaining control over her own life. Through meetings with the best and the worst sides of health care, paradoxes and conflicts both on an interpersonal and private level, we get the whole story. Anorectic is an honest, ruthless and unsentimental depiction of the inside of the illness and the hospitals by an author that has the unique combination of being a patient, journalist and nurse. "It is not a matter of writing less about eating disorders, as some people has suggested, but simply about writing better. The hard topics should be brought into the light, with all it´s complexity. Writing better means staying away from idealising and romanticising eating disorders, and rather bring out the dry, boring and dangerous facts in a precise way and using a clear language. This book i guaranteed to be free of romanticising."Finn Skårderud, Psychiatrist, professor and writer. "Heartbreakingly insightful, mercilessly self-exposing and brilliantly written about suffering from anorexia. (...) All together a useful book in the treatment of all sorts of compulsive disorders. Ingeborg Senneset is ruthlessly self biographical. Some parts are tragically funny, others will make you cry blood. Every word teaches us something. " Six stars out of six! ADRESSEAVISA "Ingeborg Sennesets dark howl from hell has despite all the pain and anxiety become a documentary that work like a guiding light for all those others. (...) Relatives, therapists and anyone who has ever wondered how this sickness is experienced. Anyone with the slightest fragment of empathy in them should read this book, to understand more about mental illness."AFTENPOSTEN"A merciless, unpleasant and intense story. Ingeborg Senneset writes in a way that makes us want to read. And hopefully there is something to learn."MEDIER24.NO

The Practical Diabetes Book

Hege Hasler Barhaughøgda / Gunn-Karin Sakariassen

In this informative and easy-to-understand book, you get all the tools you need to recover from type 2 diabetes or pre-diabetes: a six-week program with simple practices and a menu for each day, as well as recipes for 80 delicious and glucose-friendly dishes. You'll lose weight, improve your blood pressure and cholesterol, sleep better and have more energy. If you have diabetes or pre-diabetes, this is the best book to start with!

The Joy of Good Order - Christmas

Gunn Beate Reinton Utgård

Christmas is the main holiday for lists, and The Joy of Good Order - Christmas will keep everything you need to remember in perfect order. Shopping, traditions and plans. This book collects all your Christmas plans in one place, and can be used for years. Here you can make lists for household chores, gift shopping, advent calendars, Christmas cards, menus, budget, activities and much, much more. The book also contains recipes for Norwegian Christmas food, candy and snacks. This is the book you need to get inspiration, order and control in the wonderful waiting time before christmas.

YOGA MADE SIMPLE

Bente Helene Schei

Exercises and programs for the whole body In Yoga made simple, yoga teacher Bente Helene Schei focuses on the classic and simple parts of yoga and gives you specific exercises and programs you can follow at home. You can choose the programs that suit you and your level best. The shortest program is 10–20 minutes, the longer ones are 30–60 minutes, and the longest are 60–90. The book also contains programs with exercises that specifically help fight ailments connected with stomach and digestion, neck and shoulders, as well as balance and concentration. All the poses are described clearly, step by step, and are illustrated with photos of the author.

Everyday Emotions

Carina Carl / Rebekka Egeland

Many people suffer in today's highachievement society. Very many of us will experience depression and/or stress in the course of our lives. Everyday Emotions gives us answers and help us meet and cope with the challenges we face in life. The book is about how we can have fewer negative thoughts and less worry, and instead experience more joy and increase our self­confidence. The author combines theory and case studies in a practical and accessible way to show how we can appropriately and effectively deal with problems such as anxiety, depression, stress and low selfesteem. ‘This is important and well written! Recommended!’ TV2

Outdoor Exercises

Kristin Granum Rosebø

The best exercises for training outdoors – whether you are already active or have not done very much physical training before. Training outdoors is super-effective and fun. Lots of variety and accessible to all. This book is for you if you love nature, whether you prefer power training, interval training or covering the miles. Learn here how best to train outdoors – in the park, in the woods, in the mountains or by the water. Get started alone or with friends. It's about the pleasure of training and about making use of the body's own measures. There is a special chapter for you if you enjoy clocking up the miles. The possibilities are endless and Kristin gives you the best and most enjoyable exercises and specific 30-minute programmes. Each chapter is rounded off with its own training programme which you can take a photo of on your mobile phone – handy to take out with you.

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

Harvest Outdoor Handbook

This book is about enjoying the outdoors with children and all the enjoyable, exciting and educational activities you can find there. It comes to us from the editors who publish the magazine Harvest on the internet: Torbjørn Ekelund, Simen Tveitereid, Kjetil Østli and Anders Aakre. Like many others, they have learned by experience that it is often better to be outdoors than in. All age-groups find that crossing the threshold is the longest mile, but once the bags are packed and the troops assembled and the whole family is trotting into the woods, along the shore or up into the mountains, a type of calm settles. Everybody suddenly feels content to be there, and it seems that the children have long forgotten that just a short time ago they were insisting on staying indoors. The aim of this book is to inspire families with small children to go out more – or at least give it a try.

I should have said I love you.

Audun Myskja

Are we looking out for the important moments in our lives? Are we following our dreams?When our time comes, can we manage to close life's book with the reassurance of knowing that we have lived the life we wanted to? Dr. Audun Myskja has sat by many deathbeds and had many difficult but fulfilling conversations with the dying. Here he writes about people who will soon have completed their life on Earth. People's inmost longings and wishes come out, with remorse about what didn't happen, joy about the bright moments, and the love and sincerity which life also offered. Myskja weaves the stories together with his own reflections based on his long experience as a doctor. This is a warm and thoughtful book which moves the reader to reflect on his own life and what it is being used for.