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Children's Books902Literature and Fiction722Narrative Non-fiction336Self Help179Crafts and Hobbies146Mystery and Crime143Cook Books107UpLit82

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Picture books318Easy read235Read-aloud184Children's novels238Young adult121Children's non-fiction181Comics33

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Death at Oslo Central Station
Children's Books2018 · 160 pp · Age 9+

Death at Oslo Central Station

Ingvar Ambjørnsen

It was half past ten. We walked down towards central again. It wasn’t necessary for us to agree on anything now. Prof knew what I wanted. And I knew what Prof wanted. We wanted to find Lena. We had to find Lena. Even if it took us all night long, we had to track her down. Best friends Pelle and Prof have little to contend with, in comparison to the dangerous and cynical underground environment their friend Lena is part of. But they can’t back our now, Lena must be saved from the clutches of the grown-ups who are ruining everything for her. Even though it could be deadly, Pelle and Prof have to act!

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THE HOUR OF DEATH
Mystery and Crime2018 · 352 pp

THE HOUR OF DEATH

Jaran Dammann

‘A faint groan made Claus jump. His eyes searched in the darkness. Someone was on their way through the forest, a man walking backwards with his head bowed. His hands wrapped in the hair of a lifeless girl.’ In this crime novel from Fagernes, we're not just following any ordinary hero. Claus is a homeless alcoholic who sleeps in the woods, surviving on rubbish, and whatever else he can find, out in the wild. But his life takes a sudden twist when he witnesses the murder of a young girl. The police connect this incident to several unsolved murders and immediately suspect Claus. On the run from the police, and a killer intent on stopping him from revealing what he knows, Claus escapes to the mountains. ‘Well written crime from rural Norway’ TVEDESTRANDSPOSTEN

Otherwise I’m not a Human Being
Children's Books2018 · 272 pp · Age 12+

Otherwise I’m not a Human Being

Agnar Lirhus

Mathilde is fourteen. She doesn't want to go to school. Mom doesn't understand what's going on – even when Mathilde ends up in the hospital. Mathilde doesn't have any friends other than a dog named Eddi, and Xiu, a friend she plays with online. But Xiu also has his, or her, own problems. Otherwise I'm not a Human Being is about being bullied, but still standing up for yourself, for others, and for the world. And about the fact that most things are the grown ups' fault. Nominated to the Critic's Prize 2018

Else sees a shrink
Narrative Non-fiction / Self Help2018 · 352 pp

Else sees a shrink

Else Kåss Furuseth

One day, Else Kåss Furuseth receives a phone call from her grandmother. Else's brother Lars Kristian hasn't come for supper. As he always does. At the door to his flat, Else finds a pile of newspapers. No response from inside. She calls the police and tells them that her brother is dead. Her Condolances is based on Else Kåss Furuseth's take on one of the great taboos of our time: suicide. Against the odds, her approach made the performance an amusing and touching experience, a tale of a moving, timeless act and a blackly humorous exploration of our relationship to death. In It is the smart ones who die, Kåss Furuseth investigates more deeply the mystery surrounding her brother Lars Kristian. Why did he make these decisions? A diary note for the day after his self-inflicted death shows that he had planned to spend seven hours watching a film about the extermination of the Jews. A few days after Lars Kristian's death, Else said to her father: “If I knew I had to watch that documentary, I‘d have killed myself, too.” Smiling, her father replied: “Me too. But you mustn't say this to anyone else. It's the kind of joke no one gets, except the two of us.”

In Love
Narrative Non-fiction2018 · 208 pp

In Love

Sophie Elise Isachsen

Sophie Elise’s second book is based on a number of very personal notes. It is about a young girl on her way into one of the strongest addictions a young person can experience: love. In Love presents all the unimaginable things people are willing to do for someone you've become reliant on, and who isn't necessarily reliant on you in return.

The River
Children's Books2018 · 144 pp · Age 12+

The River

Anna Fiske

The River is a quiet and beautifully illustrated novel about the big and small things that make life difficult for teenage Helena. She feels like she's just washing away, like the water beneath the ice in the river she sees each day on her way to school. Helena wishes she could take up more space, that she could say what she thinks and feels. That she could manage to comfort her dad, or dare to talk to Andreas in the other class. Then one spring day, the ice starts to break – and something dramatic happens.

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A Blues for Jimmy Nicol
Literature and Fiction2018 · 72 pp

A Blues for Jimmy Nicol

Johan Brun / Lars Saabye Christensen

Copenhagen 4th of July 1964. Photographer Johan Brun from the Norwegian newspaper Dagbladet is in town to take pictures at the Beatles concert. The one who is not there is Ringo Starr. He is sick after having his tonsils taken out. In his place, the temp Jimmy Nicol is playing the drums of the World´s greatest band. Johan Bruns unique pictures from The Beatles first concert with the temp behind the drums has been laying as negatives in a drawer for 54 years. Now they are on public display. For Lars Saabye Christensen it was impossible not to write about them. The result is a beautiful, funny and thought-provoking blues for Jimmy Nicol, the temp that for a brief moment was the drummer of The Beatles.

Confessions of an erotic author
Literature and Fiction2018 · 171 pp

Confessions of an erotic author

Vigdis Hjorth

Here are humorous reflections on the boundaries between the private and the public, an article about the idiocy of sport, an introduction to Ghanaian forms of cohabitation, a report from a trip to Stockholm with the children and much more.. Confessions of an erotic author is a selection of the many texts Vigdis Hjorth has had in print in newspapers, magazines and anthologies over the years – as well as some texts that are being published for the first time. The book is permeated by Vigdis Hjorth's carefree humour, apt observation skills and refreshing perspectives, whether it is on the community or private trifles that the spotlight is shining on.

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A LITTLE BOOK ABOUT THE BIG THINGS THAT HAPPEN WHEN YOU STICK TO THE PLAN
Self Help2018 · 184 pp

A LITTLE BOOK ABOUT THE BIG THINGS THAT HAPPEN WHEN YOU STICK TO THE PLAN

Birgitte Lange

Lasting change in one small weekly task A simple method for those who would like to achive lasting change in their lives. Various tasks of your choosing are performed using a simple system of written notes, whether it be not eating sugar for a week, avoiding social media or perhaps saying yes to invitations and challenges. Birgitte discovered that her approach had great outcomes and brought about good changes in her life. Her method invites you to act, get a grip, bring about changes and try out something new and different.

A YOGA JOURNEY
Self Help2018 · 192 pp

A YOGA JOURNEY

Henriette Lien

This book includes simple meditation techniques; stretching exercises for good mornings and quiet evenings; and exercises that strengthen the neck, shoulders and core muscles. Henriette Lien's personal texts mean this book will also show you what can happen to you mentally when practicing yoga regularly. For example, she'll show you how breathing exercises can help let go of the unnecessary things in life.

One, Two and a Tree
Children's Books2018 · 40 pp · Age 3 - 9

One, Two and a Tree

Widar Aspeli

One, Two and a Tree is a lush, colorful story about building a tree house. Ane and Brage want to build a house in a tree, but who else lives and sleeps in the trees? And can you be a tree in a tree?

ENGLISH FOG
Literature and Fiction2018 · 96 pp

ENGLISH FOG

Frederik Svindland

‘The best debut of 2016!’ ‘Caught me totally off-guard.’ ‘Startling.’ Winner of the 2017 Saabye Scholarship. Nominated for the Tarjei Vesaas debutant prize. English Fog continues in the same vein after Pelargonia. This year's novel addresses young adulthood, and recounts a father's challenges in the face of old age. The story is expressed in language that contains both hopefulness and sorrow. ‘… the follow-up English Fog shows a language and literary talent out of the ordinary. (…) With these two short and thorough novels Svindland will be acknowledged as a different voice in contemporary literature. Svindland does not yell loudly, but sees clearly, and he can describe a sunset with stunning beauty.’ DAG OG TID