Non-fiction

The Book about the Book

Arne Nerjordet / Carlos Zachrison

You can now learn how to make Arne & Carlos’ wonderful books that overflow with inspiration, ideas, important things to remember, colours and collages. You have seen them pictured in all of the books that they have released, usually in chapter introductions. The book is split into two parts. The first part is a basic introduction to everything from cutting paper and adjusting it to the size you want to using a sewing machine to sew the pages together, gluing, making covers, binding the book and pressing. It is generously illustrated with step-by-step images of the entire process. The equipment that you need is easy to obtain across the country. No speciality shops involved. Part two of the book contains suggestions for book themes such as planning books for your wedding and memory books for a confirmation to guest and visitor books. Creative books for your own knitting, crochet or embroidery projects to gardening books, cookbooks, activity books and family tree books. You will be given ideas for making your own wholly unique notebooks or memory books to give as gifts. This book is bulging with ideas in very best Arne & Carlos style.

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

THE JOY OF BIRDS

Anne Havåg Holter-Hovind

How to get your gardens and balconies twittering This book teaches you everything you need to know to ensure a happy life for the birds in your garden or on your balcony. You’ll get tips about the right plants, the best bird boxes and much more besides. The book is illustrated throughout with masses of beautiful photographs of birds in Norwegian settings. Anne’s garden is teeming with songbirds that eat, drink, play, bathe, flirt and sleep. Her twittering garden guests are a source of great life and joy, and complete the garden with their colours, movements, sounds and personalities. They also combat pests and contribute to biological diversity. Anne Havåg Holter-Hovind isn’t just a gardening enthusiast and bird lover. She is also an architect and the brains behind Norway’s biggest garden blog, Moseplassen. In this richly illustrated brook, she takes you right up close to the different birds and their idiosyncrasies, telling you in an inspiring way about the best ways to create a bird-friendly outdoor space. Her charming, instructive and beautiful book is this year’s perfect gift for bird lovers.

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.

Home-sewn

Trine Bakke

Do you have a sewing machine standing idle? Get to know it, and do easy sewing with beautiful fabrics! All the ideas in Trine Bakke's new book have step-by-step illustrations. You can begin with the easy things and progress gradually. Teach yourself to sew cushions, netting, wine-carton coolers, Christmas stockings, patchwork quilts, iPad covers, spectacle cases, key rings and much more besides. There are four parts to the book, following a natural progression: For those who want to play with fabric; For those who want to sew something easy and neat; For those who want to learn to sew patches; For those who already do quilting. Hjemmesydd has a playful and informal approach to the subject. You will find cheerful fabrics, simple designs and, hopefully, few careless stitches. The patchwork sewing is mostly based on squares. This is easy sewing made exciting by the choices of fabric and colour.

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.

More Skappel Knitting

Dorthe Skappel

New patterns from the famous knitter – with even more Skappel knitting! The patterns in this book are more varied in both style and complexity than those in her previous book, but there are still very good easy patterns. All the patterns can be knitted in three sizes – small, medium and large – with attractive pictures of the garments, user-friendly illustrations and clear marking of the level of difficulty. The book is elegantly designed and expresses the author's warm and genuine pleasure in knitting. Several of the patterns are illustrated with watercolours painted by Dorthe herself.

Pancakes

Lise Finckenhagen

Hurray! Today we're having pancakes!Lise Finckenhagen's latest book is about pancakes – a favourite in many homes. Pancakes come in innumerable varieties. So why not try something new the next time pancakes are on the menu? In Lise's new book the limits of what you can serve with pancakes are set only by the limits of imagination. The classics are there. Elegant, wafer-thin crepes with vanilla custard and apple, for example, will be a wonderful ending to any meal, but this book will also help you to extend your repertoire.Try delicious and satisfying American pancakes with runny maple syrup for Sunday breakfast, or blinis with delicious fillings, or Chinese pancakes with crispy duck for dinner. Elvis fans can make an impression with a breakfast of American pancakes with peanut butter, honey, bananas and bacon. If you want to celebrate a special day or serve something unique, conjure up a wicked and very tasty pancake layer-cake with cream and strawberries.The book also includes pancake mixes for people who have to avoid egg, milk or gluten.

Knitting for All Ages

Trine Angelsen

Trine Angelsen is known as the author of a series of novels and is also creative with knitting needles. This book has patterns for sweaters for children and adults, in classic designs and in single colours, together with accessories such as hats, gloves and scarves. There are grades of difficulty from quite easy to rather more demanding. Trine has taken inspiration from her surroundings and her family.

Siblings - competitor or buddy

Elisabeth Gerhardsen

This book offers you practical advice about how to prevent sibling conflicts and rivalry. You can read about the many different reasons why children change their behaviour and become more demanding when their brother or sister arrives. What kind of changes can you expect, how do you best avoid the range of negative reactions and how to tackle the different ways in which the children respond? Among other things, you get ideas about how to pay attention to each individual child and avoid having favourites. The book also stresses how you can go about creating a good sibling relationship that will become life-long. The author tells us about the challenges related to different age groups and Family compositions. This book contains a wealth of practical advice and ideas for parents with young children and all the examples of problems are presented with solutions. Amusing, practical and easily accessible material. This is Elisabeth Gerhardsen's third book on important topics that matter for young families.

30 slippers - one pattern

Arne Nerjordet / Carlos Zachrison

This book is divided according to six themes: Hut Life; Rabbits; Skins; Moccasins; the Terrace and finally It's Christmas Again. There is something for every taste, whether you like the traditional classic design or whether you want bright-coloured slippers decorated with pearls. The main technique is knitting, but the decoration involves the use of pearls, cross-stitching, grafting stitches, etc. This is a book for both children and adults.