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Aunt Augusta’s Pantry
Children's Books2017 · 112 pp · Age 3 - 12

Aunt Augusta’s Pantry

Edle Catharina Norman / Vigdis Hjorth

The eccentric Aunt Augusta readily takes children out into the woods in search of wild garlic, bluebells and fireweed. And you can do the same with this magnificent book in hand! Edle Catharina Norman has previously published an encyclopedia about edible plants. Vigdis Hjorth is the author behind some of today's most discussed novels. Together, they have written a children's book about nature's pantry. Richly illustrated with an easily understood synopsis.

It´s time
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Literature and Fiction2017 · 96 pp

It´s time

Knut Ødegård

In his fiftieth year as a poet, Knut Ødegård is more vital than ever. This years collection shows us a poet painting bold pictures with his words, unafraid to enter the political scene of our days. The poets span from childhood to old age, from Molde to the mother fleeing Syria with her child, in the same way Mary fled with Jesus.

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The Interpreter
Narrative Non-fiction2017 · 240 pp

The Interpreter

Simen Sætre / Qais Wahidi

Afghan interpreter Qais Wahidi's account from within the Norwegian and Swedish military involvement in Afghanistan provides a unique documentation of an organization that the Norwegian public has never been fully aware of. The book, written by Simen Sætre, reveals serious events that until now have been unknown. Wahidi was a central witness to the control of a brigade of 3000 men, and present at key events in the Norwegian involvement in Faryab.

Tove’s Best Crocheting and Afghan Patterns
2017 · 152 pp

Tove’s Best Crocheting and Afghan Patterns

Tove Fevang

This is Tove Fevang's best crochet and Tunisian crochet patterns, collected in a book. Here, you'll find both small and large projects of variying levels of difficulty – such as gorgeous scarves for cool summer or winter evenings, beautiful blankets, pillows and throws for children and adults alike. Potholders and placemats in different patterns and techniques. The book is illustrated with good descriptions and step-by-step pictures. A thorough introduction of the different stitches used for crochet and Tunisian crochet are assembled in the back of the book.

Train Together 2
Self Help2017 · 240 pp

Train Together 2

Lasse Tufte / Jørgine Massa Vasstrand

Fun with even more effective and entertaining exercises you can do with one or more training buddies. Try everything from simple push-ups, side thrusts and duo knee lifts to leapfrog. The book contains descriptive images of over 100 exercises the authors demonstrate themselves. The exercises combine muscle strengthening exercises and fitness exercises. It's about bodyweight training, little equipment and no gym. Jørgine “Funkygine” Vasstrand and Lasse Tufte are among the most well-known trainers in Norway, with many followers on social media. They are dedicated to bodyweight training and hold workshops.

Trine Invites You
Cook Books2017 · 264 pp

Trine Invites You

Trine Sandberg

Trine Sandberg is celebrating 10 years as a Scandinavias most popular food blogger, and invites you to join her for good food and company! In this new book, she presents a broad range of exciting menus and writes about the art of inviting people over – about menu choice, planning and preparations when you're cooking for many. Trine brings her own touch and what she is particularly good at: the menus and composition of dishes and tastes that feed so many so tastily. In Trine Invites, there are close to 100 recipes and 20 different menus for both everyday use and parties. Among the menus are a Tex-Mex party, fish Tuesday, gourmet dinner, weekday party, Sunday brunch and a summer party. As part of the menus you will find nachos, Mediterranean chicken pie, French country bread, reindeer steak with root vegetable gratin, crispy duck, bacalao, broccoli salad, rhubarb lemonade, pavlova, coffee cake wreaths and much, much more. All the menus are illustrated with Trine's food photos, which she is known for from her blog and her former bestselling cookbooks.

Threads
Children's Books2017 · 40 pp · Age 3 - 9

Threads

Torill Kove

Threads is based on Torill Kove's latest animated film of the same name. A red thread lifts a woman up and leads her to a small child. The child is anxious and doesn't like to be touched, but eventually the two are tied together. We follow them through the child's upbringing – until the thread loosens and the child goes its own way. A poignant and touching story about love and attachment, told almost without a single word. The red thread of love…She let´s the thread that binds them together become longer and longer, and the bubble that surround them become bigger and bigger, before the daughter eventually breaks the bubble and severs the thread. Then something happens! The read thread becomes a small red tussle inside the both of them. A heart symbolizing the love and safe feeling they both carry with them onwards. A beautiful picture - striking and instantly understandable for both children and adults. Here Kove creates her own very original metaphor.DAGBLADET Strong Children´s book from the Norwegian Oscar-winnerIs this a story about adoption? Possibly. But the insight that is conveyed is valid in any safe relationship between children and adults. That people who love each other are bound together by threads is a beautiful and precise picture of our dependence in each other and our need to be loved and cared for.VG Warm and tenderThreads contain a story that many may relate to, and it is told with a gripping warmth and sensitivity. It is a piece of wisdom chiselled out on bright and clean pages. The relationship between mother and child is expressed wisely, and there is thoughtfulness in the portrayal.HAMAR ARBEIDERBLAD Beautiful about adoption and motherly loveAs usual, Kove´s illustration is stylistic and hushed. The characters are drawn two-dimensional and in full figure, mostly in a normal perspective. The background is absent or outlined, the colour palette soft. It is obvious that the deeply personal story becomes stronger through the simple narrative. And this works! It feels like a declaration of love and a philosophy of life.AFTENPOSTEN It is really wonderful how a few small sentences can have such a deep impact and can so accurately describe what is really important in life. It is a great book to talk to children about life and unconditional love.LEESBEVORDERING IN DE KLASIt feels like a universal story about love, security, growth and independence, exactly what a human life entails from baby to adulthood. ... The love between mother and child is beautifully represented.NOORDHOLLANDS DAGBLADMoving picture book by Torill Kove about love and parenting.JEUGDBOEKHANDEL SILVESTER

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The French kiss/The Dream/ On the corner at night
Children's Books2017 · 64 pp · Age 9 - 12

The French kiss/The Dream/ On the corner at night

Vigdis Hjorth

A collection of three short stories for young readers written by Vigdis Hjorth - the bestselling author of Jørgen + Anne is trueThe French Kiss is the story of Tom and Benedikte and their very fist kiss. In the short story The Dream, we meet Lars in 7th grade, and his dreams about the young music teacher Hilde, who is bringing out complicated feelings in him. In On the corner at night we meet Rolf, Truls and Trine, who would stand on the corner at night, as it got dark.They would talk about their stupid teachers and the stupid homework. Rolf would talk the most. But Truls was also there. And so was Trine. And then came the couple. - Look at them, they are, like, so in love, said Rolf. - Let's spy on them!

Through and through unreliable
Literature and Fiction2017 · 544 pp

Through and through unreliable

Gro Dahle

It has been 30 years since Gro Dahle made her debut. Through and through unreliable is a collection of all her poetry for adults, showing a unique and playful poet that never seize to surprise. In this book she also writes a poetic, like a reflection on her own writing. poetry is read by a wide audience, and this collection is a perfect occasion to find new favourites amongst her poems.

Avoid Eye Contact
2017 · 136 pp

Avoid Eye Contact

Nora Aschim

Suicide is one of the most frequent reasons for youth and young people dying. And suicidal thoughts are far more common than what we would like to believe. Catalysts can be heartbreak, family conflict, academic failure and problems at school; almost always in interaction with the young persons sensibility and vulnerability facing the world. Suicide notes often tell the tale of unbearable feelings of shame and worthlessness. About self-blaim, loneliness and longing. In Nora Aschims debut collection; we are not told the exact reason for why the 24 year old girl has decided to end her life. But we are welcomed into the Last of Days. Filled with a greater calm than one might imagine. Clarity of sorts. That makes the poems not only sad. Watch me dancingalonein ballerinasand silk ribbonsin my hairthis will not be the last timei wear pink Nora Aschims debut does not put the blaim of the endlessly tragic on someone. It rather moves in and sit beside a young girl that for a variation of reasons has had enough of life and herself. "Beautiful poems that hit you in the heart, the lungs and the head. Even if it hurts, you do not want to let go when the book is finished."HAMAR ARBEIDERBLAD

Invisible Hands
Literature and Fiction2017 · 264 pp

Invisible Hands

Stig Sæterbakken

Police Inspector Kristian Wold has been assigned the year-old, unsolved case of a missing person. There is no mistaking the message from his superiors: this is to be the last ditch attempt in finding the person before the case is dropped. Nonetheless, Kristian's conscience forces him to agree to meet Inger Danielsen, the mother of the 14-year-old girl who has disappeared. It is to be a meeting that will have unexpected consequences for them both. While Kristian feels committed to continuing an investigation that has so far proved fruitless, an exciting intimacy is also developing between him and the mother. Inevitably, and against all the odds, the two are drawn to each other, with an unpleasant outcome in store. 'In a good, old-fashioned way Usynlige hender grips you from page one. It is a novel you read fast, and which you do not want to put down.'AFTENPOSTEN 'Stig Sæterbakken writes disturbingly well about desire, the crossing of moral boundaries and people you absolutely do not want to resemble.'DAGSAVISEN 'Usynlige hender is a very strong novel, written in a precise and economic language where each and every word has meaning and weight, where there are hardly any clichés, and where merciless passion takes care of the drive.'DAGBLADET 'The strength in Sæterbakken’s authorship lies in his ability to look deep. Deep into human inner life, history, hopes, dreams, darkness and longing.'MORGENBLADET ´A cruel stylist. Stig Sæterbakken shows the reader what morality really is. (...)He is extremely exact in his observations of our weak sides, the moments when our moral ideals and our moral behavior fall apart.'DAGENS NYHETER, Sweden 'In a chopped, precise language Sæterbakken dramatizes the entire relational-psychological circuit of idealizing, polarizing and evil integration. Less than a hardboiled, black detective story Usynlige hender is a novel which tests our ability to understand and forgive, while at the same time pushing the reader farther and farther out on morally boggy ground.'SVENSKA DAGBLADET, Sweden

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A View to Paradise
Literature and Fiction2017 · 160 pp

A View to Paradise

Ingvar Ambjørnsen

A book about loneliness. Tender, and very, very funny. Elling is 32 years old and lives in the apartment that he shared with his mother until her death. He passes the time by documenting the lives of his neighbours through a telescope, while nurturing his love to prime minister Gro Harlem Brundtland. A condition he treats by collecting pictures of the prime minster - the woman who represents the only thing safe in an otherwise chaotic environment. Reviews: “This is a dense, meticulously well constructed, muted and shimmeringly sad novel.” ARBEIDERBLADET “Laughter and contemplation are two important ingredients in our experience of reading Ingvar Ambjørnsen’s latest novel… What captivates most is the experience of a person with an enormous capacity for observation and a teeming wealth of associations, but who lives locked into utter solitude, both social and mental. A rich book written in smooth and supple conservative Norwegian. A new and exciting Ingvar Ambjørnsen.” AFTENPOSTEN “Ingvar Ambjørnsen’s book – so unlike his earlier novels – may be read as a psychological study of a lonely, stunted life, and of an attempt to write one’s way out of solitude… Ingvar Ambjørnsen has gazed deep into a special psyche, offering a convincing portrayal of a sorrowful fate, an intractable solitude.” BERGENS TIDENDE Ambjørnsen hits the bullseye “This time Ambjørnsen has written an insanely funny and thoroughly serious novel. With A view of paradise, Ambjørnsen has totally remade himself in both language and content. He opens with a hint of Camus and continues with a glimmer of Solstad. This is a joyous book.” VG

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