Non-fiction

Country Life

Helene S Lundberg

Do you dream of living in the country surrounded by flea-market finds and family heirlooms? In this book Helene S. Lundberg offers ideas for new ways you can re-cycle old treasures left by your grandparents or things you bought at the flea market. It is a book that takes you back to the days of well-stocked cabinets full of handmade treasures.

LARS MONSEN

Lars Monsen / Kjetil Stensvik Østli

Outdoor adventurer Lars Monsen has achieved his own place in Norwegian folklore with millions of Norwegians following his extreme lifestyle and daring expeditions on his TV series and in his books. In this personal and open-hearted biography, from the pen of the Brage-prizewinning Kjetil Østli, Monsen talks about the amazing experiences from his countless expeditions, about near-death experiences, the childhood which shaped him, his heroin-addicted brother, and an alcohol intake that could have sent his life in another direction. Monsen made a choice, early on, to live on the fringes of society's demands and expectations. Now, for the first time, Norway's most fabled outdoorsman talks about what shaped him, what drives him – and what life has done to him.

YOGA THROUGH PLAY

Isabelle Schjelderup / Yvette Jansen Rudlang

This book is an introduction to Yoga through play. Simple instructions and pictures of children doing the yoga exercises describe how you do it. The different exercises follow the seasons and can be practiced both indoors and outdoors. The book provides the children with tools that will improve their balance in body, soul and mind. Yoga for Children is a way for children to feel that they master life and connect with their own body. This is a book for teachers or employees who work in kindergarten or lower grade schools; those who work with arranging activities for children or parents who want to try the exercises on their own with their children.

KNITS WITH STYLE

Tove Lindtein

Knits With Style takes inspiration from current trends, and this book will provide you with many of your new favorite garments. Lovely sweaters and cardigans that reflect the styles of the 70s and 80s; romantic garments perfect for a nice summer evening; cozy socks for a chilly autumn night when you want to relax on the couch and do some knitting; a hat that you can knit in an hour – and of course, the well-known "Lindtein" cardigan and matching sweater. And if you love football, you can now knit a supporters' sweater for the next match.

LIFE JUST IS

Åse Frafjord Johnson

Åse's bubbly spouse and best friend, Ivar, is dead. A brain tumor. Drawings and writings become – and are published as the book Life Is... and sold 3,500 copies. A lot has happened since – new texts and pictures have developed and result in the book Life Just Is. Life is... becomes Life Just Is – not as we want it to be. The choice we have is how to live it.

While I have Your attention

Tor Åge Bringsværd

A book about getting old"I don´t mind getting old. It is the dying part that I can´t stand. But those things are unfortunately often related."Most people are way to positive when they talk or write about getting old. Old age is portrayed as something so light and poetic that you almost get the impression that it is the very best of life. But obviously getting old is crap. It is a long line of one humiliation after the other. I mean: It is far from light and poetic when you have to realise that even though you got into the bathtub on your own, you have no way of getting the hell out of it without help! This is the way Tor Åge Bringsværd starts his introduction in his reflective diary about getting old - a poetic and self-exposing walk through the trials of old age, in what the author calls "A social realistic talkative tone". The reader get to share great and - not least - lesser thoughts about getting old, about becoming something else than before, conveyed through this (soon) 80 year old mans honesty and unquenchable curiosity. "It was never easy to jump after Wirkola, but it is even harder dying after Per Fugelli."

Mer eventyrlig oppussing

Halvor Bakke

Many people dream of somewhere they can live close to nature, and a cabin is often the ideal place. In this book, interiour and furniture designer Halvor Bakke shows you how to make your cabin as enticing inside as the nature is outside. Halvor Bakke takes you to the mountains, the forest and out to sea, to refurbish and furnish a number of different cabins. You’re given an insight into how Halvor and his team transform mediocre holiday-homes into incredible cabins; and you learn how you can use practical solutions to create your cabin paradise. In Amazing Renovations we follow interior- and furniture designer Halvor Bakke up in the mountains, out by the sea and into the woods, as he redecorates different type of cabins. We get to see how he and his team transform mediocre holiday homes, making them shine! His focus is to see how you with practical solutions can achieve cabin luxury or your very own holiday paradise. In this book we also get to visit Halvors own cabin, Boblebu, and see how he transformed the place and turned it into a magnificent and inspiring place.

Min metode

"My Method" is a collection of texts based on talks with ten prominent non-fiction writers, where they discuss their writing with persons that know their books very well. The talks where arranged by NFFO. Chapters in the book: Foreword by Kristine Iversen. Toril Moi: To write is to thinkToril Moi and Tore Rem: On Academic writingAgnes Ravatn and Marte Michelet: The Humoristic EssayÅsne Seierstad and Cathrine Sandnes: The Method on Documentary WritingTore Rem: The biography of Jens BjørneboeHans Petter Blad: The aesthetic exchange of reading non-fictionEspen Søbye: The biography Kathe, Always been in NorwayEspen Søbye and Dag Solstad: Talk about the biography Kathe, Always been in NorwayEspen Søbye: What are the Archive StudiesErle Marie Sørheim: About Steffen Kverneland - It will not be allowed to ruin the tripAgnete Øye: To work without being seenAgnete Øye and Per Qvale: On TranslationBjørn Arild Ersland and Liv Gulbrandsen: The joy of working things out with people I like. Non-fiction for young readers. Ane Farsethås and Bernhard Ellefsen: What makes the thing so very hard. On Literary critique. Dag O. Hessen and Espen Stueland: The Poetry of Reality. The motif and meaning in Science EducationPeter Englund: My Method Afterword by Helge Jordheim.

MODERN TRADITIONAL KNITWEAR

Birger Berge

Modern Traditional Knitwear offers more than just elegant and varied knitwear for men and women, it is also a journey through the author's great passion for traditional patterns, craftsmanship, and interplaying colors. You'll find patterns for sweaters, cardigans, scarves, hats and mittens – fashionable and practical garments. Also knits for the home are included here; nice pot-holders that can be used at home or at the cabin, or water-bottle cozies that you can keep in your rucksack. You can also give old bottles a new life by knitting them a cover decorated with flowers. Nostalgic and adventurous knitters can try making a bow-tie, and a matching belt for a nice party dress.

MUSIC AND THE BRAIN

Are Brean / Geir Olve Skeie

About the magic power of music and its amazing effect on the brainCreativity in music and the skills to play and appreciate music are uniquely human characteristics. All mammals seem to enjoy a tune but only human beings show true musicality and ability to communicate through music. The brain composes music to please itself: one can learn much about how the brain works by studying its responses to music and music-making.This book is written as three parts: The first part discusses what brain does with music, that is: how music is sensed and perceived, processes grouped together as the basis for "perception of music".The second part describes what music does to the brain: how it affects its functioning and enables it to change – effects known as manifestations of neuroplasticity. The authors then go on to analyse the characteristics of "the musician's brain" – the brains of musicians have shared features that set them apart from other people's brains.In the third part, the authors give an account of the ways in which the brain-changing effects of music can be used to aid recovery after blows to the head and to treat neurological and related disorders such as dementia, Parkinson's disease and mental illnesses. Music for the brain, not for the earsThe easy read, exciting and intriguing popular science book Music and the Brain is warmly recommended fro anyone who would like to learn more about the grey lump of water and fat that we carry between our ears.BALLADE Musically about the brainThis is a fascinating rendition of the power that music has over man. Music and the Brain is an engaging presentation of extremely advanced processes in the brain. The book is full of interesting facts and reflections around how we relate to music. It contains exciting and brand new research on the topic, well balanced and knowledgeable.AFTENPOSTEN