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Flettemia’s Favourites
2015 · 264 pp

Flettemia’s Favourites

Maria Sindre

Have the best hairstyle! Do you want a fashionable plait? Would you like to learn to make fine plaits and hairstyles for yourself and others? Now you can teach yourself with @Flettemia. Be inspired to create your own style, using a little patience and Flettemia's expert tips, step-by-step guidance, and masses of ideas for hair decoration and styling. Chapters in the book include: Plait your own hair; Plaits for little girls; and Make your own hair decoration. Plaits and styles for everybody, including those who don't have super-long or super-thick hair. Flettemia shows you what you need to know to style hair like a professional. Learn everything from basic plaits such as Dutch plait and fishbone plait to party plaits and styles such as waterfall plait, crown plait, doughnut plait and elegant hair twists. All plaits and styles are presented with step-by-step guidance. In addition to plaits and styles, Flettemia shows you how to make your own hair decorations, with everything you need for bows, bands and other decorations.

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For You, For You Alone
Literature and Fiction2015 · 208 pp

For You, For You Alone

Line Nyborg

”To all single mothers” is the dedication at the front of Line Nyborg's novel For You, For You Alone (For deg, for deg alene). It is a stand alone sequel to Only Mother, who is God (Bare Mamma som er Gud) (2010) and You do not know who I am (Du vet ikke hvem jeg er) (2012). Nyborg's first book got exellent reviews, and her second novel won the Havmann Prize for the best North Norwegian novel that year. For You, for You alone gives an authentic picture of life as a single mother in the capital city. When Elin becomes pregnant for the second time, all she knows is that she can't face another abortion. But who is really the father? She hopes it is Agnar, the man who is from the north like her, who appears serious and for whom she has strong feelings. Except that he isn't really ready to have children. Or could it be Arvid, the man who is so distant and who comes from posh Slemdal, from a background quite different from her own? The lack of a father for her children and the daily toil to survive with limited means in a student flat, are vividly portrayed in this sensual novel. 'The author’s language succeeds in presenting the main character’s life sincerely and authentically without overflowing into sentimentality and pathos.' TØNSBERGS BLAD

BECAUSE I LOVE YOU
Children's Books2015 · 152 pp

BECAUSE I LOVE YOU

Helene Uri

Fredrik has the world's biggest smile. He is worldly-wise and always knows what to say. Everyone who meets him is soon captivated. And now he's Elin's boyfriend. Imagine that! It's like landing the lead role in a romantic film. Really, it is. Right up until text messages from Bjørn start arriving. And right up until the worst thing imaginable happens.Fordi jeg elsker deg is Elin's story. A story about love and being in love, and about manipulation, abuse and deceit. Helene Uri has written a book that is touching and shocking, but that also depicts the vulnerability and mood swings of youth. Protagonist Elin is in no way a victim. She is clearheaded and strong and knows what she wants. This only makes the age-old question for abusive relationships all the more valid: why does she stay?Fordi jeg elsker deg recognises that violence against women is not age-related, and Helene Uri's novel can be read by young adultsas well as teenagers. 'Fordi jeg elsker deg is a classic young person’s novel, in the best sense. It is about love; close bonds between girl friends; relationships between parents and children; feelings which swing between ecstasy and pure fear; the first sexual experiences. It is also about having a power-mad lover, who gradually turns violent. Uri handles these themes gently and credibly as she describes the swings of Elin’s emotional pendulum, from intense love to despair, till she doesn’t even trust her nearest and dearest. Elin is ashamed of being hit. … Uri’s writing is simple and controlled. … Above all, the tempo, energy and intensity make this a lively novel. You will be reluctant to put this book down before you have reached the last page.’ DAGBLADET ‘It is relevant to my life as a young person, and to young people generally. It includes relevant topics which I recognise in my own life, and which I think most young people can identify with. Through Elin’s story we can read about love, manipulation, friends, family, betrayal, modern technology and falling in love. … Helene Uri manages to build up an atmosphere throughout the whole book which means that you just have to go on reading to find out what happens on the next page.’ Hedda N. Mong, pupil in class 2 at senior high School NRK.No ’Because of its theme and its target market, Fordi jeg elsker deg has an educational element, but first and foremost Uri invites us to think more deeply about what it means to be exposed to violence within a couple. … The realism of this novel’s basic story makes it appropriate for young people, but also invites an older readership to thoughtful reflection. Uri has written a very thought-provoking and deeply moving novel about an ever-present theme.’ UNIVERSITAS ’Unfortunately, I believe that many girls recognise themselves in Elin’s story. It is a sad measure of worldly reality, but a winner for Helene Uri.’ LO MEDIA

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Captured in London
Children's Books2015 · 240 pp · Age 9+

Captured in London

Ingeborg Dybvig

It's the Easter holiday, and Clara is back staying with her grandparents in England, this time joined by her friend Emilie. When Grandma breaks her leg, the girls are kindly permitted to travel into London alone. There's shopping to be done on Oxford Street, after all. But then they see a man beaten up, and when they attempt to help him he thrusts a quadrangular contraption upon them. 'Don't go to the police,' he whispers. Clara has promised everyone that she won't play detective anymore. The girls make their way to the railway station With haste, but it's not their fault that somebody is on their tail... 13-year-old Clara has a tendency to get caught up in mysteries and criminal activities. Enthusiastic readers have followed her adventures throughout four books thus far, and it makes sense that they will also want to join Clara and Emilie in London – on a shopping trip, of course…

The Eastern Front Sisters
Narrative Non-fiction2015 · 232 pp

The Eastern Front Sisters

Vegard Sæther

In 2015 the President of the Norwegian Red Cross, Sven Mollekleiv, protested about the treatment of about 450 “Eastern Front Sisters” who had been sentenced as traitors after the Second World War. These were trained nurses and volunteers who worked with the German Red Cross on the Eastern Front. Nobody should be punished for giving medical help on either side of the front line in time of war. To the injured soldiers needing care in various field hospitals, the Eastern Front Sisters seemed like angels. However, because the Norwegian legal system regarded their service as assisting the enemy in time of war, they were tried and sentenced. They were deprived of their civil rights for ten years and had to pay back what they had earned in the service. In addition to this, they suffered lifelong scorn. In this book, Vegard Sæther tries to cast light on the Sisters of the Eastern Front – where they came from, how old they were when they signed up for this service, what motivated them to serve as nurses at the front, where and how did they serve, and what awaited them when the war was over? This is an unusual story about the role of women in the Second World war. By drawing attention to the consequences of the war-time stories, and especially relating what was taboo, it can stimulate debate about a theme with which many people can identify.

Mrs. Timian’s Best Dinners for Family and Friends
Cook Books2015 · 192 pp

Mrs. Timian’s Best Dinners for Family and Friends

Marit Røttingsnes Westlie

In this book, Marit Røttingsnes Westlie offers her very best dinner recipes, dishes eminently suitable for traditional Sunday dinner or for gatherings with friends. Delicious food cooked from the raw ingredients. There are both easily prepared, elegant dinners and mighty feasts which need more time for their good flavour to develop. For example, try grilled halibut, slow-roasted rolled rib with peas, or stuffed chicken breast. There are also desserts and cakes to take with coffee when we invite friends or for a Sunday family gathering. Four of the recipes have QR codes which can be scanned so that you can download filmed instructions.

Mrs. Timian’s Summer Favourites
Cook Books2015 · 208 pp

Mrs. Timian’s Summer Favourites

Marit Røttingsnes Westlie

Get into a good mood and enjoy sweet dreams with this book full of popular blogger Fru Timian's best summer food! The book contains 75 colourful and easily prepared dishes for lazy days, filled with the tastes and scents of summer. You can enjoy delicious breakfasts, delicate salads, delicious grills, handy picnics and lovely, quick dinners. None of them takes more than 30 minutes to prepare! There is a whole chapter devoted to the summer party, with masses of delicious party food for both young and old. Most of these dishes can be prepared before the actual day. So all the recipes in this chapter indicate what preparation can be done beforehand. Try the fantastic summer cakes and desserts, such as walnut and raspberry cake, fruit tart or yoghurt with blueberries. There is sunshine in every picture, radiant with colours like a flower meadow, and marvellous pictures of food from the garden terrace.

THE JOY OF BIRDS
Crafts and Hobbies / Narrative Non-fiction2015 · 280 pp

THE JOY OF BIRDS

Anne Havåg Holter-Hovind

How to get your gardens and balconies twittering This book teaches you everything you need to know to ensure a happy life for the birds in your garden or on your balcony. You’ll get tips about the right plants, the best bird boxes and much more besides. The book is illustrated throughout with masses of beautiful photographs of birds in Norwegian settings. Anne’s garden is teeming with songbirds that eat, drink, play, bathe, flirt and sleep. Her twittering garden guests are a source of great life and joy, and complete the garden with their colours, movements, sounds and personalities. They also combat pests and contribute to biological diversity. Anne Havåg Holter-Hovind isn’t just a gardening enthusiast and bird lover. She is also an architect and the brains behind Norway’s biggest garden blog, Moseplassen. In this richly illustrated brook, she takes you right up close to the different birds and their idiosyncrasies, telling you in an inspiring way about the best ways to create a bird-friendly outdoor space. Her charming, instructive and beautiful book is this year’s perfect gift for bird lovers.

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Before They Come to Fetch Us
Literature and Fiction2015 · 160 pp

Before They Come to Fetch Us

Peter Franziskus Strassegger

It is always a sign of quality when the second book is better than the first, but this is particularly impressive when it is better than a Vesaas Prize winning debut novel. In Peter Strassegger's new novel we meet Alma, who is married to Oscar. She is old, and he is much older. They live in a ruined and neglected landscape where the rich earth has been washed away by rain and flood. In these almost post-apocalyptic conditions the pair of them go home and wait to be fetched. It is unclear who will come to fetch them or where they will take them. Every time they think they see a car at one of the neighbours they scurry slow-footedly up the stairs to put on their Sunday best. They have clear ideas about how they are to be fetched, and they hope it will be done correctly. Alma is the spokesperson, and through her eyes we see the scorched, ash-grey landscape with only a couple of occupied houses, where the only accessible shop is a filling station which is about to be demolished. In flashbacks and in the present time we also meet Elisa, the neighbour who spends her days sitting out on the veranda of her grand house. She has a place there for Alma if she wants to come to visit, but otherwise the door is bolted. In case anybody should be in doubt, this is a very special novel, and like Strassegger's first book it is refreshingly un-Norwegian. 'Alma’s unsentimental account, rambling between then and now, seems believable, touches on fundamental existential questions and is based on precise sensory impressions (…)'STAVANGER AFTENBLAD 'Strassegger shows inventiveness and impressive determination in describing a situation very different from his own. (…) The dramatic element adds weight to the novel’s ecopolitical message.'KLASSEKAMPEN 'Strassegger writes so well.'NRK 'What work best are the many passages where Strassegger devastates the immediate environment and the human bodies (…) The tactile descriptions are good, and the language creaks in time with the badly treated and neglected bodies of the two characters.'VÅRT LAND

The Run-up to Christmas
Crafts and Hobbies2015 · 176 pp

The Run-up to Christmas

Miriam N. Morken / Tone M. Stenkløv

December is a month full of expectation. From the very first day of the month, there is a special atmosphere in the house. Advent calendars are ready, and families gather round the table for fun activities and to relax after an otherwise busy day. Here come a new book from the same authors who brought you Julegleder in 2008, a lavish Christmas book that has sold well in several print runs and editions. This is a similar type of Christmas book with all sorts of projects, liberally supplemented with numerous atmospheric photos from Oppdal, where there is snow and Christmas spirit from early autumn to late spring. There is a large variety of materials and techniques: knitting, crochet, felting, sewing, papercrafting, simple woodwork and much more. The authors are generous in their sharing of ideas and patterns for Christmas tree decorations, wreaths, table decorations, blankets and cushions, bags, gingerbread houses, gifts for her and small projects ideal for Christmas activity sessions with friends and family. Delicious Christmas baking and hot drinks are also part and parcel of this festive season. In brief, this book contains everything great about advent and Christmas!

Stream of Poison
Mystery and Crime2015 · 432 pp

Stream of Poison

Eystein Hanssen

During a drug raid in Oslo, the police detaine five persons. One of them is a young man from Uganda. At the same time, the Norwegian embassy in Kampala receives a package. The content documents that Otto Kamperud has been taken hostage by the ruthless guerrilla he for some time has been negotiating with. This is the second book in the Elli-series."Ambitious crime with an international twist" Bokelskerinnen.no "Knowledgeable about the fight for resources in Africa" DAGBLADET Eystein Hanssen was nominated to the Norwegian Booksellers Award for the second time for this book.

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Lost and Found
Children's Books2015 · 48 pp · Age 3 - 12

Lost and Found

Knut Nærum

Greger and Cosy Clown are with Grandma at the library. But when it's time to go, Cosy Clown is missing. Gregor looks for the library's lost and found. All of the lost items are recorded in a book, but Greger can't see Cosy Clown in there. That is why he must go downstairs to lost and found and look for it himself. There he finds endless, looming shelves of forgotten items, but that is not all. There is something far worse lurking down there: the threat of oblivion. Glemmestedet is about our dearest possessions and how important it is never to be forgotten. ‘This is an extremely beautiful and poetic story. The plot is familiar. … Knut Nærum uses simple, short sentences with distinctive wordplay and humour that we adults can also enjoy without it being too intrusive.’5/6, DAGBLADET‘Wonderful, imaginative and slightly scary story for children.’ØSTLANDS-POSTEN

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