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Knitting with Dorthe Skappel
Crafts and Hobbies2014 · 176 pp

Knitting with Dorthe Skappel

Dorthe Skappel

Charming and elegant knitting patterns for the famous Dorthe Skappel sweater and many other garments including jackets, jerseys, knitted stockings and woollen hats. Every garment in the book has it's story, pictures and user-friendly illustrations of the techniques. The story began when Dorthe knitted a jersey between Christmas and New Year 2011. Her daughters Mary and Martha liked it immediately and later described it as their favourite garment on Mary's blog and in several magazines. Since then, many New garments have been designed and knitted and the patterns and wool sold on the internet. Anybody can knit these garments with their very easy patterns.They are light and comfortable to wear – just as favourite clothes should be. The book is richly and elegantly designed. It expresses warmth and the joy of knitting in a pallet of traditional and elegant colours.

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DANGER OF AVALANCHES
Literature and Fiction2014 · 72 pp

DANGER OF AVALANCHES

Maria Tryti Vennerød

Maria Tryti Vennerød worked on the blog project "Five seasons" throughout 2013. There she commented on large and small political and private events using poetic/dramatic language. She collaborated with Det norske teatret to turn this into four stunt performances around the country before the final full stop was added to the third scene. A selection of texts were woven together to create exciting and humorous theatre. Skredfare is political literature in the form of poetry.

FINISH YOUR BOOK ABOUT YOUR LIFE
Literature and Fiction2014 · 80 pp

FINISH YOUR BOOK ABOUT YOUR LIFE

Linda Klakken

In the long poem Finish the book about your life (Skriv ferdig boka om livet ditt), we follow Norwegian-Armenian Adam Zamjatin in his meeting with what we like to call the new, modern Norway. A meeting between absolute democratic requirements, you might say, and abandoned democratic ideals. As one of “the others” in Norwegian society, Adam faces countless unforeseeable challenges. He wants, like so many others, to remain individual, even if this means he is never accepted. Finish the book about your life ditt is an empathetic long poem which considers whether it's really wrong to ask for help, wrong to need help, wrong to get by without help. Linda Klakken (1979–) lives in Oslo. She debuted in literary fiction with the poetry collection Mother, Wife, Slave (Mamma, kone, slave) in 2013.

THE VILLAINS TAKE THE TRAIN
2014 · 80 pp · Age 9+

THE VILLAINS TAKE THE TRAIN

Tor Edvin Dahl / Nils Håkon Nordberg

A murder has been committed on the platform of Lillestrøm Train Station, and the murderer is most likely on the train on the way to Bergen. Is there a connection between the murder and a big jewellery robbery in Oslo which was committed a couple hours earlier? Our heroes Geniet and his good friend Ole Bøe, a former policeman, happen to be on board. It becomes their job to find the murderer, but not without help from the reader. It is really you who will have to solve the puzzle by reading and studying the illustrations carefully. Tor Edvin Dahl and Nils Håkon Nordberg present a crime riddle for young readers. Nothing is more exciting than solving crimes yourself!

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AS THE TREE FALLS
Literature and Fiction2014 · 494 pp

AS THE TREE FALLS

Britt Karin Larsen

Winner of the Dobloug prize A farmhand comes to one of the big farms in Finnskogen, Valkola,and steals the aging Valborg's heart. Across the ocean, Amy finds a friend among the Native Americans. This new friend has abrother she also meets.?Nils and Elin, who now live in Oslo, dream about the smallholding they're going to buy. Will their dream ever become reality? Daniel, Taneli and Lina's son, who once dreamt of seeing his homeland and Finnskogen again, falls ill aboard the ship from America. The god child is still waiting for Karin with the beautiful voice to come home from America.The plot in Britt Karin Larsen'sSlik treet faller switches between those who emigrated to America and the remaining Forest Finns in Kristiania and Finnskogen. In this novel, the seventh in the series, events move up to the Second World War, when the Forest Finns are hit just as hard as the rest of Norway. Many of those growing up in Finnskogen are living in poverty, and things don't get any better when most of them turn to communism and are therefore not allowed to work.It is perhaps in portraying the strength and solidarity possessed by these distinguished and vulnerable people that Britt Karen shows her greatness as an author. ‘Beautiful, poetic and magnificent.’6 out of 6 VG‘Most of all, it is the intimate details that draw us in. Here you will find love and jealousy, longing and sorrow, and most of all destiny. ... The novel is a mosaic of short episodes that together constitute a great drama of destiny about small yet strong people in the mighty and merciless maelstrom of time that will not stop for anything or anyone.’DAG OG TID ‘What is most compelling is how she manages to maintain the action without any deadlocks, especially with a huge cast of characters that are always developing. ... Her novels are about mankind’s longing to fit in even though the urge to withdraw is just as strong. And it is in the tension between these forces that this wide-ranging family chronicle evolves.’HAMAR ARBEIDERBLAD‘This is classic storytelling from the heart and mind, using a poetic language that gives literary lift.’DAGSAVISEN ‘Poetic and beautiful … Britt Karin Larsen’s very personal and lyrical language sets her apart from other Norwegian writers.’VG about SOM STEINEN SKINNER‘Fantastic stories from Finnskogen Himmelbjørnens skog is an unexpectedly rich and earthy tale, crudely expressed and yet sophisticated. Superb!’ADRESSEAVISEN about HIMMELBJØRNENS SKOG ‘Britt Karin Larsen’s prose is sheer poetry and she has a great capacity for engagement.’WERMLANDIA, SWEDEN about DET VOKSER ET TRE I MOSTAMÄGG

Smut
Literature and Fiction / Children's Books2014 · 192 pp

Smut

Lene Ask / Martin Ernstsen / Lars Fiske / Sindre Wexelsen Goksøyr / Flu Hartberg / Anders Nordmo Kvammen / Sigbjørn Lilleeng / Tor Erling Naas / Inga Sætre

Smut (Smuss) is a collection of erotic comic strips from some of Norway’s best-known comic strip artists. Style and form varies throughout, but the contributions all share a concern with the beautiful, embarrassing and peculiar aspects of eroticism. First love, a librarian’s erotic fantasies, a robot’s visit to a brothel and the escapades of a sailor are just some of the stories collected in this collection. Comics by: Lene Ask, Martin Ernstsen, Lars Fiske, Sindre Wexelsen Goksøyr, Flu Hartberg, Anders Nordmo Kvammen, Sigbjørn Lilleeng, Tor Erling Naas and Inga Sætre. ‘[an] anthology spanning a very wide spectrum, […] The quality is [otherwise] uniformly high, and even though the stories express a lot of anxiety and frustration, the tone is generally positive.’SERIENETT.NO ‘The book is attractive and well compiled. Many of the stories start with us looking at something we’re not supposed to. A nice concept that connects the stories and reminds us of our voyeuristic tendencies.’DAGSAVISEN ‘Smuss is a sympathetic and varied anthology on the subject of sex […] There is a lot of variation in style and narrative, and the new illustrations bring a certain freshness to the anthology.’MORGENBLADET

Small Keys, Big Rooms
Literature and Fiction2014 · 224 pp

Small Keys, Big Rooms

Bjørg Vik

Elsi Lund is four years old when the war breaks out in Norway. She grows up in Oslo in a tenement building that is poor and overcrowded, yet rich in stories. With an unparalleled ability to capture scents, moods and small moments, Bjørg Vik portrays an environment and an era unlike any other writer. Here there is both toil and struggle, but also dreams, secrets and longings that shape people's lives. Small Keys, Big Rooms is the first volume in the critically acclaimed Elsi Lund trilogy, which together offers a uniquely powerful portrait of post-war Oslo as seen through the eyes of a young girl.

A Norwegian classic from a pioneering feminist voice
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Sleep All Night Long
Self Help2014 · 128 pp

Sleep All Night Long

Nina Misvær / Birte Svatun

Half of all parents with small children have problems with their child’s sleep behaviour. And we spend more time than ever before trying to get our children to sleep.Here is all the information, knowledge and emergency help you need!• Facts about sleep: How children sleep and how much sleep they need for their age• How to establish good bedtime patterns, step by step, and how to keep them• Identifying different sleeping problems and how to solve them• Two versions of sleep cures• Parents discuss their problems, with comments from sleep specialists• Questions and answers ‘Sove hele natten is both a workbook and a reference book, written in plain language. The tone is non-critical. On the contrary, it recognises that many people struggle from time to time to get their children to sleep. The book refers to current research and provides a list of references at the back … . Sleep ALL NIGHT LONG is a really useful book for parents of young children.’KULTURSPEILET ‘Post-natal advice. Are you too struggling to cope with very little sleep since your little one came into the world? Obviously quite natural, but no less exhausting when you suffer from sleep deprivation month after month. This is my sleep bible ... This book will restore your faith in the possibility of returning to nights of sleep!’TRINE-LISE GISKE, INSTAGRAM

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Edibility in Small Spaces
Crafts and Hobbies2014 · 168 pp

Edibility in Small Spaces

Kenneth Ingebretsen / Tommy Tønsberg

You don't need a big garden to grow great-tasting berries and fruit, crunchy vegetables or fragrant herbs, all you need is a couple of pots and to be inventive with the space you have. Use window sills, balconies, a hook on the terrace, a raised bed or hanging basket, or hang self-watering boxes on the wall. This book tells you what you can grow and how to do it, from soil preparation to sowing, fertilisation and caring for your plants. Make use of the season with mini greenhouses, juggle with early and late crops, and use the space you have by combining what is useful with what is beautiful in exciting mixed pots. At the back of the book you'll find great advice on how to grow vegetables, herbs, edible flowers, fruit and berries. The Authors advise growing something you love to eat. Food from your own garden tastes extra good. An inspiring and useful text for growing edible plants in a limited space.

Strong Tranquility
Self Help2014 · 232 pp

Strong Tranquility

Anders Meland

Stillhetens råskap will give you insight into what mindfulness training is and how it can help you to achieve more. Mindfulness gives you the resilience and strength you need to be able to stand firm in chaotic or unpleasant situations. Mindfulness gives you insight into who you are behind your thoughts and feelings, and so gives you a quiet place where you can feel safe. Mindfulness enables you to base your choices on something more than just impulses, desires, wishes, fear or belief. You use less energy on things you can do nothing about and more energy on the here and now, on quality of life and on getting things done. Mindfulness is attention to the present situation, or as the author says: you are aware of the situation without passing judgement. This book gives you all you need to start mindfulness training. You also get access to unique sound-files with guided exercises by scanning a QR bar-code. Mindfulness can develop psychological strength and robustness and a capacity for achievement far beyond what other known methods can do. The author has practical experience and starts from new results of research on mindfulness. He gives examples from top athletes and from the armed forces and shows how we ‘ordinary' people can learn from their experience. Simply and imaginatively written by a young author who researches the results of mindfulness training among high achievers.

Weight Training for Girls
Self Help2014 · 184 pp

Weight Training for Girls

Martin Norum / Benjamin Christensen

This is the long-awaited follow-up to the bestseller Bygg muskler! This time, the authors focus their attention specifically on girls. Weight training is an effective way of changing the appearance of your body, and this type of training also increases well-being, self-confidence and physical strength. This is the book for any girl who wants a stronger, healthier and slimmer body. It contains everything you need to know about effective and correct weight training, the right diet and burning fat so that your newly-trained muscles can be seen. Here you will gain the knowledge required to achieve Your goals as well as a comprehensive training guide with step-bystep illustrations of all the exercises described in the book. It also contains QR codes for downloading training programmes and other content to your own webpage. You can finally get the body you want! New book to make you strong ‘Don’t be put off by all the pink, we give this book a 6.’ I FORM

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DUST
Children's Books2014 · 48 pp · Age 3 - 9

DUST

Rune Johan Andersson

Where does dust really come from? This is the big question in this intriguing picture book. The young ask questions and wonder about things while the grownups explain and try to argue that dust shouldn’t be wiped away. But this story has a disturbing and unexpected ending. Rune Johan Andersson has his own unique way of approaching his subject matter, both in terms of content and form. Many of his books have a mixture of coloured and black and white drawings. The same also applies to Støv.

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