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Outdoor Exercises
Self Help2016 · 192 pp

Outdoor Exercises

Kristin Granum Rosebø

The best exercises for training outdoors – whether you are already active or have not done very much physical training before. Training outdoors is super-effective and fun. Lots of variety and accessible to all. This book is for you if you love nature, whether you prefer power training, interval training or covering the miles. Learn here how best to train outdoors – in the park, in the woods, in the mountains or by the water. Get started alone or with friends. It's about the pleasure of training and about making use of the body's own measures. There is a special chapter for you if you enjoy clocking up the miles. The possibilities are endless and Kristin gives you the best and most enjoyable exercises and specific 30-minute programmes. Each chapter is rounded off with its own training programme which you can take a photo of on your mobile phone – handy to take out with you.

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The history of immortality
Narrative Non-fiction2016 · 304 pp

The history of immortality

Dag Øistein Endsjø

‘Do you really want to live forever?’ With this immortal lyric from the 1980’s as his soundtrack, religious historian Dag Øistein Endsjø goes in search of eternal life.The dream of immortality is possibly as old as humanity itself. One of the few things we all have in common, is the knowledge that we shall all die. The alternative appears as simple as it is unachievable. Is it possible to stop our bodies from changing and to preserve them forever? What would happen if time lost its power over us? What really distinguishes Jesus’ from vampires, or the zombies who come back to life in The Walking Dead? The History of Immortality will not give you the recipe for eternal life. Nor does it contain any irrefutable evidence that immortality is possible. What it does offer, however, is a wide-ranging, informative and entertaining account of humanity’s engagement with life’s most central question: What happens to us when we die, and what we might be able to do to avoid it? The story about immortality goes all the way back to how the Mesopotamians and ancient Greeks held that the gods made certain men and women physically immortal, by way of the breakthrough of Christianity, sex with gods, animals resurrected from skin and bones, almost invulnerable saints, incorruptible corpses, the most miraculous healings, revenants, cyborgs, people condemned to wander forever, and today’s experiments in genetics, nutrition and medicine.

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Invisible Snefrid and the Ghost
Children's Books2016 · 40 pp · Age 0 - 6

Invisible Snefrid and the Ghost

Ingunn Aamodt

The Snefrid children's series is about a kind lady who becomes invisible when she eats celery. She lives in a big house and has a big heart. In the books about Snefrid we also meet the pop-star, the princess, the ghost, the elf, the neighbour, the cook and other wonderful characters who live with her. In the second book of the series, the ghost is frightfully unhappy because it doesn't manage to scare anyone. That is when Snefrid takes a bite of celery and becomes invisible, so that she can help the ghost without the ghost knowing!

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Off on an adventure
Children's Books2016 · 48 pp · Age 3 - 9

Off on an adventure

Bjørn Ousland

Come along on an adventure! Three brothers go out into the world in search of honour and glory. But whoever who wants to enter Troll Mountain and outwit the terrible troll will need some good helpers. In this colourful tale, Bjørn Ousland goes right to the heart of the folk tales. It's still all about good against evil, and how we get further by being kind to others.

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The Wafflefish
Children's Books2016 · 56 pp · Age 3 - 9

The Wafflefish

Bjørn F. Rørvik

Fox and Piglet have borrowed a book about fish, with pictures ofall sorts of fish and sea creatures. Some of the fish look very funny, for example the Gurglefish. Others look very nasty to eat, suchas the Potatomouth, which is U.N.O.P – Unusually Nasty On Pizza. But there are also some which look remarkably good, and most tempting of all is the Wafflefish.Piglet fancies a wafflefish for dinner. So the two friends go on a fishing trip – but there may be more than wafflefish lurking in the deep.The Wafflefish (Vaffelfisken) is the twelfth book about Fox and Piglet. Here again Rørvik and Dybvig are in top form, as they have been right from their very first book, twenty years ago. 'The Wafflefish is good storytelling inspired by adventure, with funny animals given human attributes and weaknesses. This is a book that surprises, that we laugh at and grow fond of. In short: Quality fun for little ones.'DAGBLADET 'A fresh and fanciful fishy story which will delight readers of all ages.'BYAVISA FREDRIKSTAD

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Vampire
Literature and Fiction2016 · 256 pp

Vampire

Steffen Kverneland

The Edvard Munch expert Steffen is in charge of curating a Munch exhibition, when a strange death at the Munch musem sets him on the trail of a dangerous mystery. As Steffen digs deeper, he uncovers a dark secret in the painter's family history. Vampire is a gothic tale about a possible dark secret behind our greatest painter. It is about betrayal, desperation and sick love, seen through the eyes of a drunken cartoonist and Bohemian.This book is unlike anything else you’ve ever read. And much better than most of it. "Bloody and hilarious. Steffen Kverneland’s debut novel is a gothic horror tale about Edvard Munch."NRKBad blood in Bjørvika"Kverneland is right to the point here, both having a unique eye for visual details and an ear for lingual twists. ...And the illustrations is just remarkable!"DAG OG TIDSteffen Kverneland won the Brage Prize for his graphic biography MUNCH in 2013. Vampire is his first novel.

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Cutting Wood
Narrative Non-fiction2016 · 176 pp

Cutting Wood

Svein Arne Strømsodd / Jon Erik Solberg

Cutting wood is great for both body and soul. It is an exciting, varied and relaxing activity which appeals to many.This book is a complete presentation of the art of cutting wood, with chainsaw use as the main theme. There are beautifully illustrated directions for correct and safe use of a chainsaw, with useful information about the various techniques and about sharpening the chain with a file and all the other maintenance.The chainsaw is used to fell and trim trees and cut the stems into logs. Then it is time to split the logs – either by muscle or machine power – before the wood can be stacked and dried. Enjoy! 'The illustrations in this book are good and plentiful, and the text informative and concise. Good inspiration for enthusiastic wood-cutters.'GAa, Skog

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The World Plays Hide and Seek
Literature and Fiction2016 · 224 pp

The World Plays Hide and Seek

Siri M. Kvamme

The protagonist in The World Plays Hide and Seek (Verden leker gjemsel), Hanna, is in her thirties. All she wants to do is to be an author and to start a family with her boyfriend, Morten. But Morten shows very little understanding for both her writing and for her wish of becoming a mother. He has two children from a previous relationship and says he doesn't want any more kids. Then Hanna is served some devastating news: She has an eye sight condition, which will slowly turn her more and more blind each year passing. On a trip to Iceland to take part in a half-marathon, she finally understands she needs to change her life. During the race, instead of crossing the finish line, she runs off in the rural Icelandic landscape, and meets a man, Hallgrim. She decides to stay with him, but the choice between Morten and Hallgrim steadily becomes more acute as her eye sight continues to deteriorate.The World Plays Hide and Seek is a novel about finding your own way.'Oh, how I recogniced myself in this story. Wanting to write, almost at any price, being so pasionate about it, day and night. But the man you love thinks what your doing is just nonsense ... A painful and beautiful novel.' ANNE B. RAGDE, AUTHOR 'Siri M. Kvamme put the problems like a painful tip of literary reflections into the protagonist´s life, the sickness, the uncertainty ... But the main characters disease is just one of several weighted strong elements in this novel, that has more than one narratives carrying the story. I would like to say lifting it, to a existentially wondering and interesting level.' HAUGESUNDS AVIS

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Volvo Lorries
Literature and Fiction2016 · 224 pp

Volvo Lorries

Erlend Loe

Volvo Lorries continues where Doppler stopped. We follow the same person and the same elk some distance into the Swedish forrest of Värmland, where they meet a scout who has slept under the stars twenty-five thousand times and an old lady who is addicted to weed and wants to change the world.Erlend Loe gives his imagination free rein this time, and the result is a madcap and playful text that some will clutch to their breast and others will avoid like the plague. "Into this Swedish Värmland universe walks a man. Doppler has arrived. Andreas Doppler. A Norwegian. He has with him his year-old elk, Bongo. And his son, Gregus. The elk walks behind him on the path and his son is asleep in the cart behind the elk.""Nothing short of masterly. (...) Sharp and intelligent. And strikingly funny."BERLINGSKE TIDENDE, Denmark"Fabulously funny. Yet another supernaïve and extraordinary novel from Erlend Loe."JYLLANDSPOSTEN, Denmark"With the follow up to Doppler, Loe has written one of his funniest and most unpredictable works."NRK P2"Damned. Super."DAGSAVISEN"It is a joyous read, and Erlend Loe has equipped the book with lots of comments and footnotes that are precious also on their own."KULTURSPEILET

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MITTENS
Crafts and Hobbies / Narrative Non-fiction2016 · 192 pp

MITTENS

Nina Granlund Sæther

Nordic knitting has already charmed the knitting world. Author Nina Granlund Sæther has now researched traditional mitten patterns from all over Norway and brought them together in one book.In this book you will find old-style mitten patterns from different parts of Norway, patterns adapted to today's yarn and equipment, plus exciting stories of the origin and use of the mittens. It contains more than 40 patterns for mittens for women, men and children, with big, useful diagrams and beautiful illustrations.

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Adventures in Memory
Narrative Non-fiction / Self Help2016 · 288 pp

Adventures in Memory

Ylva Berger / Hilde Østby

Take a plunge into the science of memory, together with sisters Hilde and Ylva Østby, in Diving for Seahorses.The writers explore the many facets of memory and how it influences our lives, both from a neuroscience perspective and through conversations with some of the most influential memory researchers of our time. They meet people with a special kind of memory – at both ends of the memory spectrum from mnemonists, actors and taxi drivers, to amnesiacs – and discover that most memories are transformed and some are best forgotten. In the middle of winter, they send divers deep into the Oslo fjord in search of where our memories are stored. They wonder if what lies at the heart of memory is what will change our future.Diving for Seahorses explains memory through personal and vivid tale telling, combining the best of two craftsmanships: Hilde is a novelist, and Ylva is a neuropsychologist.‘… readable and interesting. … Reading this book will leave you baffled about how complex memory is.’ FÆDRELANDSVENNEN‘Diving for seahorses is a unique book about memory … science and research presented with wit and energy.’ BOKSTAVER.NO

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Children’s Book about Astrid Lindgren
Children's Books2015 · 112 pp · Age 6 - 12

Children’s Book about Astrid Lindgren

Agnes-Margrethe Bjorvand

This book about Astrid Lindgren is an inspiring illustrated biography that provides children with knowledge about the person, author, editor and dedicated contributor to the community that Astrid Lindgren was. Through stories, quotes, facts and magical illustrations, we become familiar with one of the world's greatest children's authors. The book follows a classic chronological development from Astrid's happy childhood to her old age in Stockholm. The book explores important, exciting and humorous episodes in Astrid's life and work. We learn about her love of nature, her lifelong joy of playing and climbing trees, reading and writing, and fighting for children's and animal rights. But we also learn about her life's many dark moments – her life as a young and impoverished single mother, her longing for love, and – as she so often expressed it – the experience of «how difficult it can be to be human». This biography is a unique starting point for inspiring new generations to read Astrid Lindgren's books. ‘… a rock-solid and beautifully illustrated biography for children. … Small details and big topics are told with the same interest and enthusiasm, and Bjorvand's detailed knowledge makes the biography intimate and entertaining. Lisa Aisato, the illustrator, shows great skill as a visual artist. The tightly written and inspired text and the fine art illustrations together capture the tone of Lindgren's life and universe and make the biography of the year a pure joy.’ DAGBLADET ‘This book is a pleasure to behold.’ FÆDRELANDSVENNEN

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