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Mascara Sleep

Caroline Kaspara Palonen

In Mascara Sleep, we meet Edit, a woman in her early 30s. She is traveling north on the Hurtigruten from Harstad. She isn't traveling to seek great adventure. She says she's traveling because she's been told to leave. Her luggage contains a heart that has been broken on several levels: A difficult relationship with her sister, an elective abortion, an unexpressed oeuvre as a painter, a cohabitation with Egil that was perhaps a bit too constructed, and another married man. The stillness on board and all the hours in the cabin evoke memories from her childhood, young adult and adult life. And out on deck, Edit is greeted with raw coldness and an all-consuming darkness. The language of this novel is stark, hard and diminished. Mascara Sleep is a reluctant, painful and humorous novel. This is Caroline Kaspara Palonen's fourth novel. All of her books have explored various forms of exclusion and other questions connected to identity.

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.

Milla hunts for gold

Selma Lønning Aarø

Best friends on summer holidays = speed, excitement and humor! Milla and Filla are best friends. They spend every day together. And when Filla finally gets to go with Milla to their summer cottage, they know it's going to be a super summer! Things start to look even better when they hear there's a treasure on the island. Milla decides they must find the treasure. But then along comes Otto, who claims to own everything on the island – even the treasure, if they happen to find it! That's when Milla makes a plan. Milla hunts for gold by Selma Lønning Aarø and Tiril Valeur is a loose followup to their charming, popular story Milla decides.

WARRIORS

Steffen Sørum

Warriors and weapons have always fascinated us. In Warriors, readers can learn about ten warriors who made the world less safe and left their mark on world history. Steffen Sørum simplifies history and spices things up with surprising, warlike facts. In this book we find warrior history from the Stone Age to the Knights Templar Crusades. We also find out what is special about the Samurai and the Vikings. The books is vividly illustrated by Jørn S. Jamtli.

LEONA IN RAT TROUBLE

Anneli Klepp

Leona in rat trouble is the first book in a series perfect for all children looking for their inner rascal! Leona does with the strangest things and always ends up in trouble. She's driven in a way all children aspire to be – a combination of Pippi and Roald Dahl's Matilda. Beside Leona on her adventures is her cautious sidekick, Felix, who serves as Leona's voice of reason – but who she always ignores. In this first book, Leona finds a rat and naturally wants to capture it and bring it to school, because they have swimming that day and Leona wants the rat to see how good she has become at swimming. To her surprise the rat escapes, which means guaranteed trouble. And it doesn't help that her teacher is already a very strict and angry type. Join Leona on a new adventure for 6 to 9 year olds that love a wild and funny story. Anneli Klepp, an experienced easy-readers author, has written this joyful series. It is illustrated by the extremely talented Cathrine Sandmæl who we remember from Dad Jokes. Together, they have managed to create a totally new world that children will love.

The world’s cutest

Martin von Dürenfeldt

Perfect for beginner readers aged 6 to 9 who want to find out fun facts about cute animals. Which is the world's sweetest animal ? A kitten, or maybe a fennec fox or a Japanese flying squirrel? There are lots of ways of being sweet. The animals in this book are large and small, round and thin, brightly coloured or black as coal. They fly, swim, climb, throw snowballs. This book will teach new facts to adults and children alike. The My First Reading Lion series offers books for the youngest readers – those who have learnt their alphabet and can read a bit.

Dad jokes

Lise Dragland

Dry, daft humour for 6- to 9-year-olds? It's dad jokes! Most dads have their own peculiar sense of humour, often involving their own personal wordplay or comic catchphrases that are repeated year after year. Now the very best dad jokes have been collected in book form. This book isn't just fun reading for kids –it will surely also make some dads chuckle. Perfect for beginner readers who need a bit of humor in their reading. The My First Reading Lion series offers books for the very young readers – those who have just learned the alphabet and can read a little.

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.