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Purriot and the TV Chef
Children's Books2017 · 104 pp · Age 6 - 9

Purriot and the TV Chef

Bjørn F. Rørvik

Finally – here comes the fourth book about master detective Purriot! Purriot and his wife Paprika are sitting in front of the TV watching cooking shows. Master chef Tom Beetroot and actor Cole Kohlrabi are competing to see who can make the world's best lasagna. But when the jury goes to try a sample, something truly nasty shows up in the lasagna dish. Who on earth put underpants in Beetroot's dish? And why didn't anyone see what happened? After all, everything was shown on TV… Fortunately, Purriot is persuaded to take the case. With Purriot og TV-kokken, Bjørn Rørvik and Ragnar Aalbu serve up a new mystery in the success series about the brilliant master detective Purriot.

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The Ultimate Redesign Book
Crafts and Hobbies / Narrative Non-fiction2017 · 176 pp

The Ultimate Redesign Book

Connie Riiser Berge / Siri Berrefjord / Marianne Hildeng Vigneau

Find value in old textiles and create your very own unique wardrobe! Redesign is environmentally friendly, fashionable and fun. The authors show you how to use what you find in flea markets, attics and cellars as a starting point for sewing. The materials are things anyone can get hold of: duvet covers, old pants and shirts, crocheted tablecloths and blankets, to name a few.

The Journey to Bretton Woods
Narrative Non-fiction2017 · 224 pp

The Journey to Bretton Woods

Maria Berg Reinertsen

Early one summers day of 1944, a small group of economists set to sea. Their wish was to create a better world. In their wake, London was getting over the first attack performed with the VI – the flying bomb – Hitlers new super weapon. Under the deck of the boat 2000 German war prisoners from the landing at Normandy was kept. On the bridge, Commodore Bisset, the English commercial fleets biggest hero. Ahead of them all – seven days at sea, journeying to the Bretton Woods-conference in the US. Reinertsen tells the tale about the boat journey that would lay the grounds for world economy the way we know it in our time, 70 years later. During the crossing the travellers drafted what would become IMF and The World Bank, while The Queen Mary was criss-crossing to avoid German submarines. Because of the war, the Atlantic more or less vast and empty, apart from the group of economists on deck discussing rules and deprecation of currencies. This journey at sea becomes a prism to describe the past – what was it that lead the way to Bretton Woods? – And for the future: What was the effect it had on the world in the half century that followed, and what traces can we still see today?

The Eyes of Rigel
Literature and Fiction2017 · 240 pp

The Eyes of Rigel

Roy Jacobsen

The Eyes of Rigel is the third book in the Barrøy trilogy. A strong, epic novel about a country and a people after a great war. In this moving story about a woman that does what everyone tells her not to, Ingrid Barrøy ventures out on a hazardous quest to find the young Russian Alexander, a man she had a love affair with and who is the father of her child.-- ‘Gripping road movie about a mother and child in search of a Russian refugee.’ ‘(...) few authors other than Roy Jacobsen can weave together the local, the national and the global; the shadows of the past and our conflict-ridden world in the here and now.’ Stavanger Aftenblad 6/6 ‘When we read The Eyes of Rigel (and the two other books), we hear the language of northern Norway. And it isn’t just in the dialogue either. The depictions of the environment transport you to that part of the country even when the reality is described in perfectly standard Norwegian. This is the work of a master. (…) Roy Jacobsen has done it again. It is melancholy, it is beautiful, it is funny and it is extremely good. If this is the end of Ingrid Barrøy’s story, then it’s a worthy ending.’ Book365 6/6 An unusually beautiful voyage ‘The third book in Roy Jacobsen’s novel cycle about Ingrid Barrøy is a beautiful, poetic and sometimes brutal story. (…) The whole of this great little novel is a vibrant portrayal of life after war, life after catastrophe, life after love. (…) Read it yourself, this extraordinarily beautiful voyage from sea to forest, inland and back, among people with internal and external scars, in a war for peace.’ VG 6/6 ‘Roy Jacobsen takes factual, known events as his starting point, then goes on to broaden the horizon, step by step, until we are left with truths about the human condition, mortality and vulnerability.’ Klassekampen Ingrid’s Wonderful Adventure ‘Jacobsen’s images of a society undergoing rapid development are as sharp and finely drawn as his glimpses of nature, forest, birdsong and the absence of the sea – in what also becomes a Wonderful Adventure of Ingrid Barrøy. (…) This book is a high point.’ NRK

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Rotten Richard
Children's Books2017 · 80 pp · Age 9 - 12

Rotten Richard

Vigdis Hjorth

How to beat Rotten Richard? He is so big and he runs so fast! He is there every day when Mari and Lars is walking to school, pushing Lars into the snow, rubbing his face in the cold and wet. Stupid, creepy, rotten Richard! Mari thinks. But she is afraid to shout it. Mari just hides behind a tree watching, feeling scared and strange inside. A story for young readers from Vigdis Hjorth, the bestselling author of Jørgen + Anne = True.

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See Europe
Literature and Fiction2017 · 304 pp

See Europe

Wera Sæther

We are in Oslo and Budapest, where we are following the fates of several people with a family connection: At the center of the story is Rita, who is no longer with them. Who are we and how can we live in the world we are committed to? Wera Sæther's first novel in eight years is a powerful and insightful story of loss and sorrow, about those who are left behind. See Europe is an opus compiled around a country on the outskirts.

The Mall
Literature and Fiction2017 · 152 pp

The Mall

Victoria Durnak

In The Center (Senteret), Victoria Durnak explores major themes such as loneliness and post-partum depression, but with a pleasant narrative voice that is both inquisitive and smart at the same time. As in her previous novel, The Marketplace (Torget) from 2015, Durnak examines how meetings between people can take place in our day and age. While The Marketplace looked at the website finn.no, the action in Durnak's new novel takes place at the mall. We get familiar with the book's protagonist: a young mother who has moved to Skien to get away – away from Oslo. Away from the man who does not want to be the father of her child. She spends her days at Herkules Shopping Center, visiting the shops and the people who work in them, watching them and trying to make contact with them – while at the same time trying to mother a daughter she still hasn't been able to name. According to the Naming Act, you have six months to name your child. You can do a lot in six months. "The harsh reluctance and all the black humor that pours out of the eyes of this single mother, creates both identification and empathy. There us life in the land of the mall! The Center is Victoria Durnaks best book so far."NRK"Durnak reminds me about the American multi artist Miranda July, both in form and content. It is playful, sometimes silly, and at the same time dead serious - and it works well, especially in treating the subject in this book. (...) Along with being very funny, Durnak is also innovative, straight forward and light in her writing."AFTENPOSTEN

SEPP
Narrative Non-fiction2017 · 256 pp

SEPP

Nina Kristin Nilsen

In Sepp, Nina Kristin Nilsen writes about one of the most exciting destinies in Norwegian emigration history. Leonhard Seppala was of Kven lineage – from Skibotn in Troms. He emigrated to the United States in 1900, during the gold rush in Alaska. Nilsen writes about this era, the gold miners, immigrants and life in the Arctic in a way that will leave the reader breathless. But Seppala's greatest claim to fame (in his time, he was one of America's best known people) didn't come from gold mining, but from dog mushing. When the small gold mining community of Nome – on the furthest west coast of Alaska, by the Barents Sea – was struck by a diphtheria epidemic, it couldn't be reached by neither boat nor plane. It was mid-winter, with temperatures down to 45 degrees below zero and winds of over 35 m/s. In a sled relay that was followed by all of the United States via telegraph lines, the dog teams struggled through the Arctic tundra – and when they reached their destination, a new set of heroes was born.

Open Sesame
Children's Books2017 · 48 pp · Age 6 - 12

Open Sesame

Gro Dahle

Brothers Al and Kas share a room and a computer. When big brother Kas has friends over, Al isn't allowed to hang out with them. But he can use the computer again after they've gone. And one day there is something on the screen that shouldn't have been there... Children are more vulnerable to sexual content online than ever before. Very few parents enable filters on web searches at home, and today's children learn about pornography earlier than ever before. Gro Dahle has won awards and critical acclaim for addressing problematic themes for children and young readers. Dahle writes rhythmic, sensitively and well, drawing the parallel to the story about Ali Baba and the Forty Robbers from A Thousand and One Nights. Sesame, sesame is the words that brothers Kasim and Ali use to open the doors to the robbers cave. The doors that are opened for Kas and Al also lead to gold. But the Internet also has darker caves. Here the action of adults is crucial, and Als mother solves the situation well. She does not add to the feeling of shame for the boys, but explain that pornography is acting for grown-ups. We need books about the dilemmas that the children meet. That children’s books have a clear educational mission, like explaining pornography, is not a problem. The premise must be that the artistic level is high, as it is with Gro Dahle in books about topics like divorce, incest, violence and depression. DAGBLADET Gro Dahle challenges the last taboo of Children’s Books: Looking at Porn. A typical objection to Gro Dahles books is that "they are not for everyone". That is, at it´s best, a misunderstanding. Children have a great deal of curiosity and empathic competence. But you might say that the books rarely are right for a cosy read. They work best for readers who are prepared for the topics that are dealt with. AFTENPOSTENFairytale sexWhat is so good with Open Sesame is that it does not leave the child alone with its questions, shame and disgust, nor with its curiosity, lust and the tingling feeling in the body. It lets things just be - and gives the child the opportunity to talk about something that is really hard and really weird. In it´s own way it sides wholeheartedly with the child. I warmly recommend it to all my both prude and frivolous friends out there.AFTONBLADET, SwedenOh yes, we should talk about pornGro and Kaia challenges us. Their books may have an educational angle, but they become more than that, where Dahles responsive language fills out or relativize Dahle Nyhus intense and fearless illustrations.NRK

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Chocolate Sivert
Children's Books2017 · 56 pp · Age 3 - 6

Chocolate Sivert

Elna Teigen

Charlie loves chocolate. He thinks about chocolate. He dreams about chocolate. But Mom refuses to buy it at the shop and says that he has to wait until Saturday.Charlie thinks: What if the whole world were made of chocolate? And the next morning, he discovers that his dream has come true – but is that necessarily a good thing? A funny and easily recognizable twist on the story of King Midas, with original and playful illustrations. Both Elna Teigen and illustrator/designer Renate Thor are debuting with this book.

Skrekkens mestere
Literature and Fiction / Children's Books2017 · 288 pp · Age 12+

Skrekkens mestere

Tore Aurstad

Tore Aurstad har redigert en samling korte fortellinger og noveller for lesere som elsker å bli skremt. Her er det klassikere, men også tekster fra kjente forfattere som aldri har vært tilgjengelig på norsk tidligere. En ypperlig samling for ungdom og voksne. Her dekkes alle sjangere som vampyrer, gotisk grøss, aliens, spøkelser, mordere og mystiske monstre under en flytebrygge. Tore Aurstad har også skrevet korte og begeistrete tekster om hver enkelt forfatter. En godt sted å begynne hvis man vil sette seg inn i grøssende litteratur.

Battlefield
Literature and Fiction2017 · 176 pp

Battlefield

Geir Olav Jørgensen

Familyman Torgrim Eik moves out of his home one weekend to sail over the fjord and go hunting. As he walks through the mountains, memories from a wandering life appear to him. And he begins an internal hunt. Geir Olav Jørgensen reappears as one of our most powerful writers with a novel that descends into the undercurrents of humanity. Full German translation avaliable.