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Celebrity Sweetheart

Kirsti Kristoffersen

What if the person you love suddenly became the most famous person in the country? Celebrity Sweetheart is the second book in a trilogy by Kirsti Kristoffersen, who probably knows more about fan culture that almost anyone else in Norway. In the second book, Mathias, Karoline’s summer boyfriend, becomes a superstar overnight. He becomes someone that everyone has an opinion about and is completely unreachable. When some private pictures leak, Karoline has to come to terms with a completely new everyday consisting of persistent fans, press, managers, TV broadcasts and attention she hasn’t asked for. Is it even possible to be with a superstar?

The Knife in the Fire

Ingeborg Arvola

The Knife in the Fire is a riveting historical novel about work and love, strong communities, and carefree erotica, the individual and the community. The year is 1859. Brita Caisa Seipajærvi straps on her skis and takes the long road from Finland to Norway with her two children. Brita Caisa has been disciplined by the church for having an affair with a married man. She can heal animals and humans. The destination for their journey is Bugøynes, where the sea is said to be brimming with cod. The Knife in the Fire is the first title in the Ruijan rannalla/Songs from the Arctic Ocean series, about Finnish Kvens and the landscape they live in. Brita Caisa was the great-great-grandmother of author Ingeborg Arvola. Arvola’s writing evokes the smell of blood after slaughtering reindeer, the taste of cloudberries, the feeling of coldness from the snow and heat from the fire.WINNER OF THE BRAGE PRIZE FOR BEST WORK OF FICTION 2022NOMINATED TO NORDIC COUNCIL LITERATURE PRIZE 2023NOMINATED FOR THE BOOKSELLER'S AWARD 2022NOMINATED FOR THE CRITIC'S AWARD 2022NOMINATED FOR THE YOUTH CRITIC'S AWARD 2022The Knife in the Fire is a magnificent epic tale by Ingeborg Arvola. A fascinating and riveting read, with an ending promising for a future continuation. And yes, the publisher promises that there will be a trilogy. ******VG A dramatic, poetic and steamy novel sets the bar high [M]ore than anything, it's the forbidden attraction and love between Brita Caisa and the married Askan Mikko that gives the story its force. It's been long since bodies and desire have been portrayed so nakedly and simply put, sexy, in a Norwegian book! A sensuous, realistic and very poetic novel.KLASSEKAMPENThis really is an absolute treat of a novel. *****ALTAPOSTENJuicy sex and unbridled desire... Bestseller-potential. ... a riveting novel about love, work and superstition. ... historically interesting. ... can be read in one lustful rush. *****DAGBLADET There is much to like about this novel, dealing with an less communicated part of the Norwegian, Sami and Kven history. The writing is excellent, the story is exciting and dramatic, the descriptions of the landscape are beautiful, and the character descriptions are realistic. *****AFTENPOSTENMost exciting is the descriptions of the love between Brita Caisa and the married farmer Mikko, with intensely sensual erotic writing as a result. Together they are greater than his bible and triumphing the judgement by society. STAVANGER AFTENBLADForbidden love, boiling arctic fishing and warm hands. Ingeborg Arvola's novel set in Northern Norway has everything required to become a bestseller. ... lovesickness this hot – and equally steamy lovemaking – I have not encountered in a Norwegian novel in quite some time.NRK.NO Oh my, The Knife in the Fire is a good book ... Human and nature really melt together when Brita and Mikko are alone (without clothes) in the dead of night. And here Arvola writes so intensely and powerfully that the reading glasses fog up to ... All in all, Arvola writes really, really well. Insanely well, in fact. Like a dream you didn't know you were walking around with.BERLINGSKE (DENMARK), five/six stars A fascinating novel about the problems of cohabitation among nomads in Lapland. POLITIKEN (DENMARK) Arvola writes a bygone world out of oblivion, a Scandinavian Wild West where life was hard and death quick. It is not difficult to understand why 'The Knife in the Fire' has received so much praise. In the novel there is a hard-to-define energy that inspires confidence in art as well as life. It radiates not only from the exceptional character of the protagonist but also from the very language of the book.GOTHENBURG POST (SWEDEN) It is not difficult to understand that Arvola was awarded the Brage Prize, Norway's highest literary award, for this novel. It is a fascinating portrait of people's lives in an area during a time rarely described in literature.VI LÄSER (SWEDEN) I am totally blown away by the power of the portrayal and without a doubt name this one of the greatest reading experiences of 2024, even though the year is only a few weeks old! ... [U]nforgettable and impressive. Ingeborg Arvola received the 2022 Norwegian Brage Award for the masterpiece. An excellent choice!ALINGSÅS NEWSPAPER (SWEDEN) It is a beautiful book with a poetic, soaring language ... a both painful and life-giving experience.SYDSVENSKAN (SWEDEN) It is with great empathy that Ingeborg Arvola puts Brita Caisa and her sons on a pair of skis and sends them out in search of a new life... I salute Marianne Mattsson, who must have struggled with the translation of a prose that wanted to maintain a linguistic tradition, where, for example, the same person can have three different names.AFTONBLADET (SWEDEN) Besides the figure of Brita Caisa Seipajærvi, who both fascinates and frustrates, it is the insight into a world that is new to me that is the biggest takeaway from 'The Knife in the Fire'. The northern Norwegian Finnmark, which I have never visited in reality, and neither can I remember travelling there via literature’s travel agency. Ingeborg Arvola succeeds in portraying both the magnificent and the challenging life that characterizes the place. The story teems like the cod in the sea off the coast.GEFLE NEWSPAPER (SWEDEN) Arvola creates a strong presence with her intense snapshots of work and togetherness with people living in the grip of nature and chance. Poetry flows through the brutal narrative while dreams turn to dust and Brita and Mikko walk towards the abyss. But the last word about them has not been said. A trilogy is promised. As a reader, you are hooked. You want to know how it goes for these tightly drawn people, drawn into a vortex of emotions and events.VÄSTERBOTTENS-KURIREN (SWEDEN) ... a captivating tale of Finns, Sámi, and Norwegians in the wilds of Finnmark – spiced with an Arctic love story.Helsingin Sanomat (Finland)

Coco-Banana and the Fart Soda

Rolf Magne G. Andersen

Coco-Banana and the Fart Soda is the third book in a series. In this book, it is Grandad Banana’s birthday, and Coco-Banana and the family are going to his party. But Coco-Banana is dreading it, because it’s always really boring when the old bananas just sit around talking about grown-up things. He decides to inject some life into the party by inventing fart soda. But what will the serious Grandad Banana have to say when the grown-up conversation is drowned out by fart sounds? Victoria Hamre’s illustrations are like something straight from an animated film.

Coco-Banana and the Silly Machine

Rolf Magne G. Andersen

Pea lives next door to Coco-Banana. Suddenly one day her goldfish dies, and she becomes very upset. Luckily Coco-Banana knows how to help. He hurries into his inventor workshop and invents a Silly Machine to make her happy again. But will it work?

The Art of Reading Body Language

Vidar Hansen / Siri Lill Mannes

Vidar Hansen er tidligere politimann og etterforsker, og omtales som Norges svar på Sherlock Holmes. De kriminelle nektet avhør med ham fordi de mente han kunne lese tanker, han har også fått Politiprisen for å ha pågrepet flest kriminelle i Norge. Han har en forbløffende evne til å tyde menneskers kroppsspråk og ubevisste signaler. Her forteller han fascinerende historier om hvordan kroppsspråket røper oss, som hvordan han vet hvem som kaster en flaske mot politibilen uten å ha sett hvem som gjorde det, hvordan han avslører løgn eller hva politikere og andre kjente personer forteller med kroppsspråket. Kroppsspråk har endret både sportsresultater, politikk og historiens gang. Få mennesker er bevisst på sitt eget kroppsspråk, og enda færre klarer å styre det. Kroppsholdninger, bevegelser, stemmebruk og ansiktsuttrykk avslører oss. Visste du for eksempel at entusiastisk kroppsspråk kan bidra til suksess? Jo tydeligere du uttrykker begeistring og glede, jo mer smitter det over på andre. Med denne boka kan du forstå andre bedre og forbedre din egen kommunikasjon.

Women Philosophers in the Long Nineteenth Century

Are there women in nineteenth-century philosophy? By all means! This anthology presents the works of nine women philosophers in the tradition from romanticism to phenomenology. The collection demonstrates their central place within movements such as German Idealism, socialism, Marxism, and philosophy of experience. It presents excerpts from central works by Germaine de Staël, Karoline von Günderrode, Bettina Brentano von Arnim, Hedwig Dohm, Clara Zetkin, Lou Andreas Salomé, Rosa Luxemburg, Edith Stein, and Gerda Walther. In a clear and engaging style, these philosophers address questions such as: What is truth? What is a human self? How should the human self relate to non-human nature? How should it relate to itself? How can we best think about gender and identity? What are the conditions for community? Across the contributions, we encounter a wish to philosophize beyond the boundaries of academia, narrowly construed. The editors’ introduction offers a clear overview of women’s place and position in nineteenth-century philosophy and presents each of the nine philosophers with an eye to their historical importance as well as contemporary relevance. These are the philosophers we meet in this volume: Germaine de StaëlKaroline von GünderrodeBettina Brentano von ArnimHedwig DohmClara ZetkinLou SaloméRosa LuxemburgEdith SteinGerda Walther Published in the UK by Oxford University Press. The book is translated into Norwegian as part of the Thorleif Dahl Cultural Library. Brightly Shining WomenWho would have believed that an anthology on dead female philosophers would be one of last year’s best non-fiction publications?AFTENPOSTEN Kristin Gjesdal and Dalia Nassar have written much about women philosophers. Read their essay 'A rescue mission on behalf of women philosophers' here.

White, Norwegian man

Brynjulf Jung Tjønn

what do you want to be when you grow up? I want to be a white, Norwegian man White, Norwegian Man is a touching and important book about a subject many experience every day – namely racism. In this poetry collection the author Brynjulf Jung Tjønn depicts his own experiences of racism. Brynjulf Jung Tjønn was adopted from South Korea to Norway as a child and has always noticed that he looks different, as he puts it himself. With the pandemic – and the awareness around racism and Asian hate – he got new and painful perspectives about his own background and upbringing. White, Norwegian Man is about Norway and the racism many ignore, both the hidden type and the visible one. And not to mention the lonely human who hopes for understanding and finding somewhere to feel at home.WINNER OF THE CRITIC'S AWARD 2022NOMINATED TO THE YOUTH CRITIC'S AWARD 2022NORLA SELECTED TITLE SPRING 2023 ‘What a clenched fist of a book this is! .... Among the most powerful things I’ve read. Everyone should read it.’VG, six/six stars‘A gripping poetry collection about racism. ... a tragic seriousness, often wrapped in witty turns of phrase. ... I would recommend it to any young adult and up, but also for use in anti-racist work and in classrooms.’FRAMTIDA, six/six stars ‘Poetic protest against racism. ... one poem in particular is so compelling and gripping I think it will remain forever in Norwegian literature ... a wistful, vital and necessary contribution to contemporary literature.’AFTENPOSTEN 'Brynjulf Jung Tjønn's poems about the experience of adoption breathes of life.'KLASSEKAMPEN 'It's been a while since I've read something as brutally vulnerable and poetically probing as this. [...] really, when I think about it, these poems should be read by absolutely everyone.'NRK.NO

Jesus in 1-2-3

Cecilie Winger

Who was Jesus really? What do we know about him?Was he the son of God? Or was Josef his father?What do we think and what do we know?Here the more experienced readers are offered a taste of how intensely thrilling the story of Jesus is. Come along for an exciting and humorous story through Jesus’ life. Perfect for little readers from 7 to 11 years.

Like me: The first time

Anne Wisløff

How do you even have sex? What if you don’t want to have sex, while everyone else acts like it has to happen now? How do you cope if the person you like likes someone else? This book is based on the sixth season of the TV series Like me. The kids are sixteen, and it’s time for sexual education at school. Sex is a subject the teenagers pretend they know all about aand have a big interest in, but what happens when it’s time to try it out in real life with someone? Neither the experience nor the emotions around it may be as expected, and what happens when everyone else thinks they know what happened and it gets shared on social media? The vulnerability of being young and inexperienced in sexuality and love are recurring themes for the characters in this book. Like Me: The First Time is about being sixteen, about unrequited love, about being naked and scared with someone else, about exploring the scary and unknown. And about trying to like yourself when everyone else does something different. Guaranteed to cause butterflies. REVIEWS ‘Anne Wisløff’s Like Me: The First Time can be the teenager’s most lovely, awkward, but also the most important reading experience of the summer.’ ‘The novel is a thorough sexual education, which in 240 pages has time to touch upon pretty much everything about sex. Consent, contraception, fetishes, toys, rape, porn, pregnancy and so on. And everything is done on the teenagers's premises.’ BOK365, ***** ‘Anne Wisløff’s new young adult novel is a sure-fire tale of the youth’s conflicts, fears, dilemmas and loves. […] In this book everything is refreshingly up to date.’ DAGBLADET, *****

Mad About Pets

Martine Grande

New Lion Cub book with lots of humour! Super fun Lion Cub book suitable for children aged 4–7. Molly desperately wants a pet. Mum says she can go buy one. but it has to be small. But when Molly gets to the pet shop, almost all the small pets are sold ourt except one. A baby crocodile, but the baby crocodile is a small pet. Molly buys it, but what happens when the little crocodile grows? Martine Grande writes and illustrates a Lion Cub book for the first time.

Everyone has to eat

Lena Lindahl

In Everyone has to Eat, we meet many different animals and learn how they eat. It is astonishing and strange how many different ways it is possible to eat. Did you know that monkeys fish using rods? Or that the sea nettle eats with its rear end? Or that the shrew eats more than its own bodyweight every day? My First Reading Lion books are perfect for beginner readers who can read slightly longer texts. This book of facts about animals will be an inspiring read for children aged 6–9. The book is written by Lena Lindahl and richly illustrated by Jens A. Larsen Aas. Fun and fascinating facts about how animals eat!