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The Human Shark

Hans Olav Lahlum

K2 and Patricia have officially become lovers when this book starts. It is the summer of 1972, and K2 is invited to a sociable weekend at a beautifully situated hotel in South Norway. The only drawback is that the hotel is on an island which is not really wheel-chair friendly. Nevertheless, Patricia comes too, on what will turn out to be a fateful weekend outing. Exactly ten years previously, a little baby boy had been found beaten to death at the hotel. His twin sisters were supposed to be looking after him, and they both swore that they had nothing to do with the murder. However, one of the sisters disappeared right after the misdeed was discovered. The child's mother committed suicide soon after, but the surviving guests from that gruesome weekend are now gathered at the hotel, and the manager's plan is for K2 to solve the mystery. The manager has his own weighty reasons to want to get to the bottom of the matter. Unfortunately there appears to be an uninvited guest at the hotel, a guest with murderous intentions, and this time Patricia comes into the firing line. With a respectful nod to Ten Little Niggers, Hans Olav Lahlum has written a perfect chamber play where passion and brutal death occupy the main stage. ’ Haimennesket takes its place among the row of good crime novels from the hand of Hans Olav Lahlum.' TVEDESTRANDPOSTEN 'It is not difficult to understand that Hans Olav Lahlum’s crime novels have a big circle of readers. They are a breath of fresh air in what seems an otherwise deadlocked genre.' DAGBLADET 'Haimennesket is thrilling and intense and is a positive change from bloody and loud hi tech action crime. The revelation of the whodonnut did not come as a shock, but the ending is exemplary witty and vibrant.' OPPLAND ARBEIDERBLAD'The charm of Hans Olav Lahlum´s quickly growing series about police commissioner Kolbjørn Kristiansen, aka K2, rests on a confident flair for the late 60´s and 70´s bourgeois social conventions. The characters speak in a typically civilized manner even in the most stressed situations, and the bloodshed is treated with stoic and distuinguished calm.' AFTENPOSTEN'This novel is the exact correct length for the pastiche not to be trying and it is definitely the most exciting novel of the K2-series so far.' STAVANGER AFTENBLAD

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.

Terror of the Sea

Jan-Kåre Øien

This is a real pirate book! Hedgehog has found a note in a bottle from someone asking for help. It is just as well that Rabbit is building a pirate ship. Together the two friends build a great ship that they christen Terror of the Sea. They dress up as pirates and embark on a sea voyage. But Hedgehog is worried. He cannot swim and doesn't like water, and when a huge pike tries to capsize the boat, things look bleak. But they have to get to the island where they think that the person who wrote the note is, and eventually they make it to shore unscathed. They search and search, but find no one. They also feel like someone is watching them. Eventually they decide to head home again. But there is a surprise waiting for them back on the ship. Terror of the Sea is the fifth book about Rabbit and Hedgehog, two charming friends that have exciting adventures. Jan-Kåre Øien's illustrations are lively, colourful and full of funny details that will amuse both children and adults.

Hooked on Cables

Denise Samson

Now anybody can learn cable-knitting. It really is easier than you think! This book is in two parts: The first part introduces 50 elegant cable-knitting design, all accompanied by big, detailed photographs, self-explanatory diagrams and a text describing the pattern, stitch by stitch and pin by pin. If you are still unsure how to start, you can scan the QR code included in the book and watch a video of the author demonstrating cable-stitch technique. The second part has 23 patterns for garments and accessories and some knitted interior furnishings. The different cable patterns are used for all or part of each garment, alone or in combinations with different cables or other techniques. This is the complete book of cable-knitting, with a wealth of patterns for headbands, caps, scarves, socks, jerseys, jackets, table-mats, cushions, rugs and much more.

Hellfire

Karin Fossum

Inspector Konrad Sejer is called to investigate the double murder of a mother and her young son. They have been found, knifed repeatedly, in a worn-out caravan on a remote piece of land. A bloody footprint is discovered. Meanwhile, another mother, dying of cancer, confesses to her 21-year-old son that he is adopted. The man who abandoned them, whom the boy has become obsessed by, is not his real father.Delving deep into the vagaries of family and why we lie, Fossum expertly intertwines their stories, forcing us to question what drives people to commit the most horrific of crimes. This is the twelft book about Inspector Sejer. Hellfire is one of Karin Fossum’s best crime stories. … In her writing, Fossum expertly captures the nuances of everyday life and the way in which living people struggle to make sense of life. She does it with a subdued tone and an unwavering dedication to her characters. … In Helvetesilden, the story approaches a point which is heartbreaking rather than thrilling. This novel shows that Karin Fossum is in a class of her own as a crime writer.DAGSAVISEN Here she delivers what must be one of her most penetrating and moving novels. An author at the height of her creative ability. … The composition is almost a stroke of genius in itself, as for a long time we are at a complete loss as to how Fossum intends to fuse the parallel storylines. … The way she does it demonstrates both her mastery of her trade and her formidable ability to portray tormented minds without diminishing them through inconsequential platitudes about insanity and other dissociative diagnoses.AFTENPOSTEN The opening scene showcases Fossum at her best – the dank camper van, the heat and the brutal murders. The detailed, subdued tone; the grotesque in the middle of the everyday.DAGBLADET Karin Fossum is the most literary of the Norwegian crime writers ... The novel is skilfully composed, and several of the characters from Hellfire will remain with the reader long after the final page has been turned.ADRESSEAVISEN

Secret Huts

Anna Fiske

Sometimes you just want to be alone; alone with your ideas; alone with good experiences; alone among the huts you are building. But then someone comes along who wants to be with you. A friend who isn't necessarily a best friend; someone who takes away important bits of wood; who makes strange suggestions; who even uses the floor of the finest wooden hut as a toilet. Prize-winning author and illustrator Anna Fiske brings a lot of humour to her description of what it is like to have somebody close by you when you really don't want to have anybody close by; when somebody just worms their way in. It's about me against you, about how difficult it is to set boundaries and how difficult it is to reject somebody, in this instance when you are building huts.

Help

Øyvind Kvalnes

Helping others is one of the best things we can do on this Earth. That's when we are at our very best as human beings. It's also good for the heart, and reduces stress and depression. More help is needed, both locally and globally. How can we help in the best way possible? A tiny extra input can be all that is needed to transform a situation for somebody else. Help can be anything from feeding the cat for friends while they are on holiday, to running into a burning house to rescue somebody. It can be taking a neighbour's washing in from the clothes-line when rain approaches. It can also be going into war zones to provide medical and humanitarian help at the risk of one's own life. Tweeter and philosopher Øyvind Kvalnes is engaged with aid not only professionally but also more personally as a father, grandfather and local citizen. Helpfulness is one of the most important things we can teach our children, provided we find the golden middle way and don't push them too hard. In this book he takes examples from his own life, from philosophy and from psychology.

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.

Knitting

Kari Hestnes

Hjertestrikk-boka er for deg som er på jakt etter noe så sjeldent som oppskrifter for jenter og gutter mellom 6 og 12 år! Du får godt forklarte oppskrifter på herlige gensere, kjoler, ponchoer, luer, skjerf og votter. Det er oppskrift på puter og sjal også, som passer fint til både barn og voksne. Alt er strikket i den mykeste alpakka. Inspirasjonen, mønstrene og fargene Kari Hestnes har brukt, har hun funnet på reisene sine i Peru - hvor alpakkadyrene lever. I tillegg til alle Karis fantastiske bilder fra Peru, får vi historien om hvordan det hele begynte da Kari møtte Per og de til slutt bestemte seg for å takke alpakkagjeterne ved å bygge en skole hvor barna deres kunne gå - Mirasol-skolen. En varm bok på 200 sider full av ekte kjærlighet til gode strikkeoppskrifter, vakre farger, barna i Peru, alpakkadyrene og gjeterne deres - og til Per, da. 2 % av royaltien på denne boken går uavkortet til Mirasolskolen i Peru.

White Shadow

Roy Jacobsen

This is the stand alone sequel to the successful novel The Unseen. White Shadow is a dramatic love story from the small island Barrøy in the year 1944–45. Ingrid thinks she is alone on the island, but experiences an unusual love affair in the course of several intense winter-weeks. In this novel Roy Jacobsen gives us a welcome reunion with the people of Barrøy. This time he unrolls an even bigger canvas as he delivers a powerful and eventful novel about a fateful year in Norwegian history. ‘Roy Jacobsen’s novel creates plot without sweeping gestures and effects. The unspoken dramas lie in the subtext of many of the utterances. Through the art of suggestion, the reader is constantly drawn into the underlying tension of the book, which is created through the interplay and exchanges between the novel’s protagonists. Few other contemporary Norwegian authors match him in living up to the Hemingwayesque motto of “show don’t tell”, using language that bears the stamp of the terse style of the sagas. It is masterly.’ Tønsbergs Blad 6/6 Great, great art from Roy Jacobsen ‘The only thing to be said about this book is that it is fantastic. Gripping. This is less to do with the novel’s story than the very way Roy Jacobsen has told it. He has a fantastic story to tell, true, but in another author’s hands it could easily have become a mess of sentimentality. In Jacobsen’s it has become great, great art.’ Fæderlandsvennen 6/6 Beautiful and brutal ‘He is the master of the coastal folk, Roy Jacobsen, a virtuoso, poetic portrayer of coastal culture – with its fish, boat crews and practical activities. (…) The novel is safe in the hands of a novelist who commands a wonderfully beautiful language and has a poetic power. The dialogue and the powerful expressions in local dialect create authenticity. The chapters and scene after scene are rounded off with elegance and finesse. Roy Jacobsen masters the short format. A joy for heart and soul.’ VG 6/6 ‘Jacobsen’s poetic prose is well-tempered for the most part, and yet it is remarkably rich in precise, era-appropriate nouns. Among the novel’s most outstanding qualities is its capacity to fill the rooms of the empty houses on Barrøy with ghostly traces of the past.’ Morgenbladet ‘Roy Jacobsen is a true storyteller; with his capacity to give the reader both overview and detail in the same image – without losing perspective. (…) In White Ocean, life is portrayed with both beauty and brutality.’ Bergens Tidende 5/6