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The Absence
Literature and Fiction2024 · 144 pp

The Absence

Susanne Mørk

Every day we live is as fateful as it is destined. Anything can happen. In The Absence people meet people, often in an unusual way. People with unclear desires. People who don't really understand themselves. Who follow after one another. People who disappear. People who never leave. People left behind, without closure. It's as if there is a curse upon us as we read. Often, the author folds the lives of their characters together, like freshly laundered clothes, and the perception of time changes, as does truth, meaning, and all those things. They are understood as folded, rather than chronological. The stories in The Absence confirm that we live tragic lives, which we don't really have control over - but it doesn't make us condemned creatures.

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North of the Winter Sun
Narrative Non-fiction2024 · 210 pp

North of the Winter Sun

Veronica Skotnes

Only by travelling the sea way can you truly understand the coast. For three years, Veronica Skotnes has sailed along the coast of Northern Norway, searching for people stories and nature experiences from the country's most remote and windswept region. North of the Winter Sun depicts a journey by boat, as well as an inner journey. Veronica Skotnes travels through polar nights and under the midnight sun, on the calm sea and through storms. She's all by herself on the deck of an old sailing boat. The book emphasises a beautiful and dwindling part of Norway's coastal culture, alongside the author's own reflections, experiences and challenges from sailing in the Arctic. «A fantastic travel report that strongly touches on the challenges of life and the present.»Dagbladet BOK, five/six stars «The travel depiction North of the Winter Sun is a tribute to the sea, and a declaration of love to all who live along our northernmost coast.»Friluftsliv «This is a book completely out of the ordinary. Poetic texts about the sea and the people on the islands in the farthest north. Warm human encounters, written with honesty. Anyone who is interested in the coast and coastal culture should get this book.»Norsk Fyrforening

Poetic travel writing
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Animals who are worse parents than you
Narrative Non-fiction2024 · 160 pp

Animals who are worse parents than you

Anna Blix

As a parent, it’s not always easy to be the best version of yourself. We’ve all been there; scrolling on the phone instead of joining in with the four-year-old’s roleplay, serving the kids plain pasta for dinner several days in a row, and who hasn’t let them have a bit too much screen time in exchange for a sneaky lie-in? It might be a relief to know that there are worse parents out there. For example, you probably haven’t tricked anyone else into thinking that your child is theirs so that you can skip the whole child-rearing thing. You haven’t rolled over and accidentally squished your distraught youngsters, or let them fight their way out of a rotting corpse. Your kids didn’t come out of an egg, to discover that you had already abandoned them for the rest of their lives. You haven’t killed their half-siblings, or simply left them because the job of looking after them became too exhausting. You haven’t let a youngster starve to death. And not least: you’ll be surprised how many species actually eat their own children. Animals who are worse parents than you, gives an insight into the strange and often disturbing ways that some animal species relate to their offspring. Ultimately their strategies work, just like ours, but it must be said that human children have a lot to thank us for. «In addition to being funny, this is a great book for parents who feel like they aren't doing quite enough.»Aftenposten

Humorous and fascinating take on how other animals raise their young
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Death Hotel
Children's Books2024 · 136 pp · Age 9+

Death Hotel

Mari Moen Holsve

Sanna, her big sister Oksana and her friend Robin are driving along deserted country roads on their way to Mum’s house to celebrate Halloween. Suddenly something in the car starts beeping and they have to stop for the night. They check into a hotel where they are the only guests. In the evening, the boy on reception goes home for the night. They are all alone an old hotel. Or are they really all alone? Suddenly Oksana vanishes and the hotel starts to change. Or is it just Sanna and Robin’s imagination? They hear footsteps, the walls seem to start moving, and a mysterious grey girl appears and asks them for help. Then they find Oksana – but she’s in one of the many class pictures on the wall. Something is wrong. Terribly wrong! Sanna, who loves horror films, realises that they’ve ended up in a scary movie – and they won’t be able to escape until they find out what the hotel wants from them. It may help to know every horror movie trick and tip in the book – but that doesn’t make it any less scary to be trapped in a living, crazy and super-scary hotel with a bunch of schoolkids from the days of the Second World War.

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A Brief Introduction to the Israeli–Palestinian Conflict
Narrative Non-fiction2024 · 212 pp

A Brief Introduction to the Israeli–Palestinian Conflict

Jørgen Jensehaugen

A Brief Introduction to the Israeli–Palestinian Conflict provides an accessible, yet thorough and research-based account of the key features of the contentious conflict between Palestinians and Israelis. The chapters are structured to address the most significant defining events and how they shaped the conflict. The author outlines the central causes of the dispute, who the key actors are, what kinds of solutions have been discussed, and the obstacles standing in the way of implementing these solutions. This revised edition was finalized in September 2024 and includes, in addition to minor revisions and updates, a new chapter titled A New Catastrophe. The chapter discusses the Gaza war that began on October 7, 2023, and its implications for the conflict and for the Middle East region in general. “The book is informative, well-written, and nuanced. Where different scholars disagree on how to interpret a course of events, he provides an account of these differing views. The numerous footnotes throughout refer to the sources consulted, which are compiled in a reference list of more than 20 pages at the back. The book is well-suited for teachers and students seeking a solid foundation for making their own assessments of this conflict.”Gunnar Holth, Religion og livssyn 3/2025 “Jørgen Jensehaugen has delivered a well-written and insightful book. May it find many readers.”Odd Karsten Tveit, Morgenbladet“Its strength lies in his ability to create structure and present the wealth of available facts in a reliable manner, rendered in an elegant prose style. As such, the book delivers on its promise. It represents a worthy overview of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict and serves as a corrective to literature written from an ideological, activist, or formalistic diplomatic standpoint. The book deserves a wide readership.»Tor Erik Gjerde, Bistandsaktuelt“[...] an excellent introduction to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. It is an accessible and concise overview for anyone approaching this protracted conflict without much more background knowledge than what they have gathered from the news. Timo R. Stewart, Babylon 2/2023

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Rising Tides
Narrative Non-fiction2024 · 261 pp

Rising Tides

Even Moland

Join us in the depths and get an insight into the wonderful life teeming below the surface of the sea, as well as the changes that are slowly happening there. In Rising Tides, Even Moland conveys the most up-to-date knowledge about our seas and oceans. What role do the world’s oceans play for life on this planet? How are the radical changes taking place in the ocean linked to the way we have exploited its resources? What are the most important threats to a healthy, abundant and well-functioning ocean? The oceans are the planet’s lungs, as well as a valuable source of food. Our ecological and climate crises mean that we have to readjust the way we use the oceans. Can we manage the transition from resource exploiter to attentive caretaker in time? Even Moland, who is a diver and researcher, takes readers on a lively and knowledgeable journey below the surface of the ocean. «Even Moland has a unique storytelling ability. In Rising Tides, he conveys difficult material in a pedagogically sound way. The text is easy to read with good explanations. It is an achievement in itself to convey information about research, climate change, pollution and overfishing in a way so everyone can understand what is happening.»TVEDESTRANDPOSTEN, five/six stars «Stands out in every way when in comes to literature about the ocean.»RANDABERG24, five/six stars «A love letter to the ocean.»FORSKERFORUM

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Esa Sweeps
Children's Books2024 · 40 pp · Age 3 - 6

Esa Sweeps

Gro Dahle

Funny and thought-provoking picture book from award-winning children’s author Gro Dahle Esa loves sweeping! There’s so much in the way and so much that needs to be swept away. Sand and dust and oat flakes on the floor. Drawing pins and pine needles and crusts and crumbs. Things that break, infectious illnesses, people who pull your hair, Mum who’s crying, Dad who’s shouting. Esa sweeps and sweeps to get rid of everything that’s in the way and everything that hurts her. But what happens when Esa has swept away the whole world? Won’t it be a bit too quiet? Gro Dahle isn’t afraid of dealing with serious and difficult topics in her picture books. Esa Sweeps is illustrated by Kaia Dahle Nyhus.

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Last Christmas
UpLit / Literature and Fiction2024 · 320 pp

Last Christmas

Siri Østli

Finally a new Christmas book from the Norwegian queen of feelgood! Christmas is drawing near, but the idyll and calm Kirsti longs for during the holiday season seems completely out of reach this year. This autumn the complications in Kirsti’s life is piling higher than gifts under the tree. Her teenage daughter Iben is having mood swings, Kirsti's mother and sister has decided to spend Christmas on the Canary Islands without them, and her new boyfriend Tobias is spending all his time as a climate activist. Then, Kirsti gets a phone from her doctor. Breast cancer. Suddenly, she must face the possibility of Iben having to grow up without her. Which means she also has to face the fact that Iben has a father, who doesn't know about his daughter. As Kirsti grapples with everything, her neighbourhood rallies around her while Tobias practically evaporates from her life, blaming his absence on a phobia of diseases. Is this Kirsti’s last Christmas? Or can a Christmas miracle happen?

Can a Christmas miracle heal a fractured life?
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The Family Secret
UpLit2024 · 336 pp

The Family Secret

Elisabeth Hammer

The Family Secret is the first book in the gripping drama series Promises in Sand. The setting is the idyllic southern Norway in 1806, a historic turning point – with elegant dresses and romantic promises – where ships sailed the Seven Seas, and the consequences of the Napoleon wars were felt by rich and poor alike. Amalie grows up poor, but she appreciates the little she has, and her heart beats for those with even less. In secret, she takes of her family’s limited stock of food to feed children who starve. She is living with her parents in a cosy, but draughty, shipper's room. Her father got badly injured as a seaman at a young age, and is struggling to get work that pays. Her mother grew up in a well-to-do family, and she wants better for Amalie. In secret, she tries to get Amalie into the upper-class circles, so her daughter can find a rich husband. Blissfully unaware of her mother's scheming, Amalie keeps running into the town's finer gentlemen and ladies. As the clerk at a posh hat-maker’s shop, Amalie is all too familiar with how arrogant and superior they can be. When a beautiful comb disappears, Amalie gets the blame. Amalie is certain she knows who took it, but when she confronts the woman a Mr. Wickfall comes to the woman's defense. Amalie and Mr. Wickfall end up in a hefty fight. Although she cannot risk losing her small, but essential, income, he has nothing to lose. As their roads continue to cross, Amalie quickly understands that he has the power to ruin her future – and no scruples in doing just that. All the while, dark secrets lay hidden in the past, and soon Amalie's life will take a drastic turn. What are her dear parents keeping from her? Who is she really?

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The von Humbug Family: The Miracle Powder
Children's Books2024 · 304 pp · Age 9 - 12

The von Humbug Family: The Miracle Powder

Karen Kilane

Do you like stories with a good moral and a happy ending? Are you looking for a book without tall tales and humbug? Then this is not the book for you! All her life, Lucy has dreamed of a grandfather who can look after her, bake buns and make her hot chocolate with whipped cream. But when her long-missing Grandpa von Humbug finally appears, Lucy quickly realizes that he is not like other grandfathers. Grandpa loves to invent and travel, but above anything he loves to make quick money – no matter the cost. Grandpa and his new girlfriend, Vanessa Jones, get their hands on Lucy's latest invention, a miracle powder that makes things young and new and shiny. It's a disaster waiting to happen! The Miracle Powder is the first book in the series about the Familien von Humbug, written by debut author Karen Kilane and illustrated throughout by renowned artist Hans Jørgen Sandnes, known from the series Detective Agency No. 2 and Krypto. «The book is charming and concrete, with fantastic images – and a lot of tongue-in-cheek. Karen Kilane and Hans Jørgen Sandnes have created a universe you'll want to stay in, and a kid you'll learn to love.»PERISKOP

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Felix
Children's Books2024 · 160 pp · Age 9 - 12

Felix

Felix Baldauf / Eren Gjægtvik / Michael Stilson

Powerful graphic novel about finding your way out of the darkness through sport Felix moves from Germany to Kristiansund with his mum and little brother. He can’t speak a word of Norwegian and can’t quite seem to settle in. And he can’t invite anyone back home either because he doesn’t know what will be waiting for him there. What state will Mum be in? Will she be drunk? Will she even be conscious? Felix feels different. He is burdened by a dark secret, a secret he doesn’t want to share with anyone. But the new wrestling trainer Gekken understands him in a totally different way. Even if he comes late, is in a bad mood or doesn’t deliver his best performance, he’s still welcome in the locker room. It’s a place where he’s on the same footing as everyone else, and where he feels safe. Slowly but surely, Felix comes out of his shell and turns out to be an incredibly talented wrestler. But with everything that’s going on at home, can he get as far as he wants to in the sport he loves?

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Before They Disappear
Narrative Non-fiction2024 · 286 pp

Before They Disappear

Birger Emanuelsen

Are our children small wonders and mysteries or just stepping stones to adulthood? How have we perceived and treated children throughout history? And how can we get closer to our own children before they grow up? Birger Emanuelsen investigates and explores our perceptions of children. Through a wealth of sources, he writes about the value and importance of children, how we decide how to treat them, and what it really means to be a parent. Before they dieappear is a well-informed documentary novel about the responsibility parents have to prepare their children for the world, and how they can approach doing this. But it is also an up close and personal tale about one of the most fundamental questions of life: What is a child? «An enriching and thought-provoking book»KLASSEKAMPEN Child-rearing for connoisseurs«This is for those of you who can't stand another banal self-help book.»VÅRT LAND Moving book«Birger Emanuelsen has written a poetic and scholarly book about childhood.»MORGENBLADET

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