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Operation Hydra
Literature and Fiction / Mystery and Crime2014 · 320 pp

Operation Hydra

Johnny Brenna / Sigbjørn Mostue

A young Jewish boy is brutally knocked down and scarred for life outside Ila school in Oslo. The same day, someone sets fire to the house of a prominent but controversial Norwegian politician. A mother of two is killed in the blaze. This is just the prelude to a wave of violent attacks against the Norwegian population. One thing that seems to connect these events is Norway's MiddleEastern politics.Axel Th. Munthe, undercover detective in Oslo police force's special operations department is brought in early in the case. Both he and the security service work hard to combat various different extremist groups, but they find themselves struggling to keep up as things escalate. Finally the threat is directed at the heart of what it is to be Norwegian: the independence day parade on Karl Johan street. Meanwhile, Axel tries to get his regular partner Tobben back on his feet following a personal breakdown. All while the clock is ticking and the decisive hour draws nearer for Axel and thenation of Norway. ‘Operasjon Hydra is solid literary crime writing in which the authors chase us through the pages. ... The fact that I have decided to read Mostue and Brenna’s two first novels also speaks volumes.’FÆDRELANDSVENNEN‘Mostue and Brenna write well with great flow and suspense. I can’t fault them.’5/6MOSS AVIS‘... the book deserves at least five out of six as it has received from most other reviewers. I look forward to a follow-up. The rest of you should keep your fingers crossed for Christmas.’EIDSVOLL ULLENSAKER BLAD

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Survival Techniques for the Young Elderly
Narrative Non-fiction2014 · 224 pp

Survival Techniques for the Young Elderly

Klara Bøe / Petter Henriksen

The sixty-something year-old is approaching the quiet life of a pensioner. It's time to reap the harvest of all these years of fulfilling duties, surrender to old age and relax. That's what you think! Instead you realise that new expectations have grown up: the joyous ambitions for a rich life. Welcome to the hard world of the young elderly!There are lots of new things you have to master – or steel yourself against. This book shows you how. With a combination of friendly concern and biting ruthlessness, the authors describe the wide choice of roles which the young elderly are expected to master: Style icon (stay elegant); Globetrotter (see the world) Kitchen god or goddess (please your family and friends); Tough guy (control the physical decline); Intellectual (control the mental decline); Proprietor (manage property); Social animal (cultivate relationships with a growing circle of friends); Culture buff (keep up-to-date with cultural life); Play leader (spoil the grandchildren); Senior consultant (stay in the management network); Carer (give your own parents a dignified old age).A humorous slant at the many challenges of being a pensioner and how best to tackle them.

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The Poplars on St. Hanshaugen
Literature and Fiction2014 · 288 pp

The Poplars on St. Hanshaugen

Bjørg Vik

In the years after the war, Elsi Lund is a young girl facing confirmation, friendships, infatuations, and the first tentative steps toward adulthood. She moves between new environments and crossroads — from the cramped tenement building on St. Hanshaugen to secondary school and gymnasium and experiences both the freedom and the limitations that come with them. Through Elsi, post-war Oslo is reflected: a city in transition, marked by class divisions, dreams, and the emergence of a new era. With her distinctive eye for detail, and with warmth, humour, and precision, Bjørg Vik portrays how small events can have big ripple effects in a young person’s life. The Poplars on St. Hanshaugen is both a historical portrait and a gripping coming-of-age novel — a story about longings, coincidences, and the struggle to find one’s own way. The Poplars on St. Hanshaugen is the standalone continuation of Small Keys, Big Rooms, and the second volume in Bjørg Vik’s unforgettable trilogy about Elsi Lund.

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Cheeky Monkeys and Little Angels
Self Help2014 · 160 pp

Cheeky Monkeys and Little Angels

Stein Erik Ulvund

Many people like to think there is a definitive way of bringing up children, but there is not.This book is about children's different temperaments and how you can use this knowledge in your parenting.A child's temperament has a great influence on how it is brought up. An outgoing child will be met with negative reactions, and thus starts the vicious circle. An accommodating child will be met with positive reactions and do well. In this sense children contribute to their own development, but it is the parents who are chiefly responsible for how their lives are.Temperament is significant for how you relate to a child who will not sleep or eat, how you tackle cleanliness and what to do if Your child does not have friends. A means of doing this with multiple children is also illuminated.The point is that there is not one way of approaching children, you need to adapt your parenting for your child! This book is based on the very latest research. The triumph of temperament ‘This is a successful “do-it-yourself” book with a lot of thought-provoking advice for parents who feel that they don’t particularly understand their child.’FORSKERFORUM ‘This is an easily read and accessible textbook with interesting and useful material for both professionals and parents.’UTDANNING

Quick Stitches - Simple Embroidery
Crafts and Hobbies2014 · 128 pp

Quick Stitches - Simple Embroidery

Nina Granlund Sæther

Nina Granlund Sæther invites you into a world where she uses embroidery in a playful and exciting way. This book contains around 25 projects with different degrees of difficulty and on different backgrounds. Embroider sneakers, watch straps, T-shirts for adults and children, cushions and a lot more. If you have not embroidered before, you are sure to feel the inclination when you see all the possibilities in this book.

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A purer life
Self Help2014 · 168 pp

A purer life

Tina Holt / Birgitte Magnussen

Personal, lively, simple and inspiring tips for purer diet, more natural beauty, greener fashion and a more environmentally friendly home. Lots of recipes using organic food. Advice about beauty products and cleaning materials. The health benefits of vegetarian food, a mini-guide to super-food, how to choose purer cosmetics, do-it-yourself, insider tips on the best in eco fashion, gentle alternatives to toxic cleaning products, etc. A very useful review of pollutant substances, the authors' favourites, the best recipes, witty checklists and valuable trade directories. Fun and a purer lifestyle! All you need to know to live more naturally.

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Roleplay
Children's Books2014 · 64 pp

Roleplay

Matthijs Holter / Ole Peder Giæver

A factbook on role-plays – how they are played and how they are created. Role-play and live action games are forms of storytelling that are more exciting than film and computer games, say those-in-theknow. Many young people are interested and play, but there are very few games and worlds that act as an easy introduction for new, curious players. Rollespill is more than just a factbook about role-play featuring player codes, history and exciting ideas for creating your own roles and characters; in the book there is also a game that you and your friends can develop and through which you can travel wherever you like! ‘This book provides a great overview of this hobby for a younger audience. It also looks at the transition from children's usual role-playing games to role-playing as a more organised activity. The book is great to look at, especially inside, and contains a just the right amount of text written using good and appropriate language. Although I haven’t been part of this target group for quite some time, I consider this book a great buy and "worth trying" if you want to recruit future role-playing geeks. The book is also useful for laying to rest the worries of skeptical parents and other adults, and presents roleplaying as an equal (if not better) alternative to video games.’IMAGONENG.ORG ‘In short, Rollespill tells you some the most important things you need to know about role-playing: everything from the most basic terms and tips for introducing a roleplaying evening to the history of role-playing games. It is of course possible to read the book as an introduction from A to Z, but your understanding will only reach a higher level when you actually try role-playing games in practice. This is why I think it was a very appropriate choice of authors – role play veterans Matthijs Holter and Ole Peder Giæver have created a comprehensive do-it-yourself guide to role-playing games.’SPILLPIKENE.NO

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Samira and the Skeletons
Children's Books2014 · 40 pp · Age 3 - 6

Samira and the Skeletons

Camilla Kuhn

Samira strongly protests when her teacher tells her that everybody has a skeleton inside them. 'Not me!' Samira declares. And not her best friend Frida, either. The rest of the day is horrible. To think that Samira and everyone around her is walking around with a skeleton inside them! It doesn’t bear thinking about. Luckily Mummy has some advice. She lays Samira down on the kitchen table and fetches a bucket and some tools. Surely Samira is happy now? A playful, witty and ever-so-slightly scary picture book from Camilla Kuhn. “Kuhn has a wonderful perception of the people she draws [...] Kuhn is familiar with the art of making things bigger, presenting exaggerated close-ups and shamelessly cutting images. The result is funny illustrations where the teacher is no more than a pair of legs, only to appear on the next page as a cruel monster that won’t stop lecturing about the wonders of the human skeleton. Kuhn’s illustrations and text almost seem to follow a child’s imaginative thought process – they are unregulated and whimsical. A book which is both warm and enthralling.”Numer

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Restraint
Literature and Fiction2014 · 176 pp

Restraint

Stig Sæterbakken

Andreas Feldt meets his oldest daughter, Marit, to take care of a financial matter. It has been years since they last saw each other. Seeing her again brings him out of balance, and in a confused moment he tells the daughter that he is divorcing her mother. This impulsive lie does not only destroy the conversation with the daughter, but also put doubt in his own mind about his own existence, shaped by routine and the people around him. A glaring suspicion awakens. It is like he has a blind spot in his memory. Is there something he has forgotten, something he does not want to, or is not capable of remembering? Restraint (Selvbeherskelse) can be read as a burlesque comedy and a dark tragedy. "Stig Sæterbakkens Restraint is a intensely exploring novel. That people loose self control happens all the time. And you are supposed to have certain feelings. But what if restraint is the only think keeping you from loosing your mind? (...) With his fourth novel Sæterbakken envisions his abilities to describe some of the least graspable aspects of human existence. Stig Sæterbakken himself appears as an insightful, independent and artistically reflected novel writer, with a book that you can only congratulate him on writing."DAGBLADET

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Say You´re Sorry
Literature and Fiction2014 · 240 pp

Say You´re Sorry

Roy Jacobsen

Roy Jacobsen´s authorship contains a number of great and well known novels - The Victors, Frost, The Burned out town of Miracles, Wonder Child and The Unseen, to name but a few. Less known is that he is also a writer of exquisite short stories, and has so far written four collections with great strength and intensity, and they have earned him both the Tarjei Vesaas First writers award and The Norwegian Critics Award for his short stories. Jacobsen´s short stories are full of surprises, and tend to leave behind a mysterious lingering feeling, that keeps you challenged. Say you´re sorry is a selection of thirteen of his short stories, showing how masterful this writer can be, also in short form. "I do not mind getting older, when I see the heir I have." KJELL ASKILDSEN

Siamese
Literature and Fiction2014 · 208 pp

Siamese

Stig Sæterbakken

"The light had gone out in the bathroom when I entered this morning. He had of course not noticed. He was sitting there in the pitch dark and chewing gum, like he always does, when I opened the door and the light from the hallway that fell sideways into the room cut him in two - I could see the back of the chair and the back of his head, nothing more - silver gum paper sparkling like valuable, swirling silently around his chair." In a typical suburban apartment lives Erna and Edwin, an elderly couple. He is blind and paralyzed from the waist down, and spends all the hours of the day in a chair in the bathroom. He thinks, chews gum and is tended by his wife. They have little or no contact with the world around them, and keep terrorizing each other in old and habitual patterns. They are both the "I" in this gloomy and absurd chamber play.

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Chess
Children's Books2014 · 176 pp · Age 6+

Chess

Ellisiv Reppen

Are you ready to become a chess champion? Chess is the world's most popular board game and is played by several hundred million people of all ages. In this book you can learn how the pieces can be moved and the smartest moves to make at the different stages of the game. Both those who've never touched a chess piece and those who already know the basics can learn something from this book. Containing smart tips from some of the best chess players in the world, this book can help you to become a chess champion! Classical pedagogy aplenty “This is a magnificent book in large format on great quality paper. […] The pedagogy is impressive. Sjakk. Slik blir du helt konge really caters for players of all levels. […] In a traditionally male-dominated sport, it’s good to see women represented in both Flu Hartberg’s illustrations and in tips from famous chess players. […] These challenges make Sjakk. Slik blir helt konge a handy book to have even if you don’t have anyone to play with.”BARNEBOKKRITIKK.NO A champion book“It was a good idea to get such a talented and distinctive comic book artist as Hartberg involved with this project. His work is clear and clever, whether he is illustrating anecdotes from the story and the situation on the chessboard or creating caricatures of characters from chess history. […] Sjakk. Slik blir du helt konge is an excellent first textbook on the basic rules of the game and its almost insolvable mysteries.”DAGBLADET

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