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• Publisert: 2025
• Innbinding: Falset
• Materiale: Papir
• Målestokk: 1:200 000

Forfattere: J. Corbeil mf
Publisert måned: Jul
Publisert år: 2013
Utgave: 7utg
Sider nr:767

Boken er beregnet på både polske og norske brukere. Inneholder ca 25. Oppslagsord samt tematisk del med opplysninger om grammatikk, uttale o.L.
forfattere: J. Corbeil mf
Publisert måned: -
Publisert år: 2017
Utgave: 4.Utg
Sider nr:477

«Baghdad» avslutter beretningen om Wolfgang fra Godesberg. I denne romanen opptrer han som Den stumme, som omgir seg med en liten gruppe gatebarn. Året er 1258 og Baghdad er omringet av mongolene. Fortelleren er denne gangen Rodrigo som etter hvert knytt er seg til den stumme tiggeren og barneflokken som omgir ham. Mens byens innbyggere venter på mongolenes angrep, forteller Rodrigo om sitt liv.

• Forfatter: Tor Åge Bringsværd
• Publisert: 2018
• Innbinding: Heftet
• Språk: Norsk bokmål
• Antall sider: 191
• ISBN: 9788202561260

Djevelens skinn og ben er tredje bok i Tor Åge Bringsværds mektige epos fra middelalderen. Munken Eusebius er falt i unåde hos sin unge venn, den mektige Chu, rådgiver hos mongolenes khan. For å redde livet må han fortelle en historie på et unikt og mesterlig vis. Mens karavanen beveger seg gjennom Gobiørkenen mot Karakorum, fortelles en bestialitetens historie av et menneske på desperat flukt fra sine onde gjerninger og et uhyggelig Europa. Det er de store mennekselig sprøsmål forfatteren tumler med: meningen med livet, kjærlighetens mysterium, ondskapens problem.

• Forfatter: Tor Åge Bringsværd
• Publisert: 2018
• Innbinding: Heftet
• Språk: Norsk bokmål
• Antall sider: 375
• ISBN: 9788202561246

Under den legendariske Djengis Khan skapte mongolene det største imperium verden noen gang har sett. Et rike som strakte seg fra Stillehavet og langt inn i Europa.

Dette er beretningen om Wolfgang fra Godesberg, gjøgleren som ble født i 1204 og som bare åtte år gammel dro ut for å befri Jerusalem og den hellige grav.

Bak eventyret om Rottefangeren fra Hameln aner vi omrisset av en av de mest ubegripelige hendelser i europeisk historie: Barnekorstoget.

1200-tallet var også mongolenes århundre. Under ledelsen av den legendariske Djengis Khan vandret de som et stormvær over den østlige verden.

I Wolfgang fra Godesberg samles strømminger fra tre vidt forskjellig kulturer: Kristendom, Islam og Taoisme.

Vinneren av Kritikerprisen.

• Forfatter: Tor Åge Bringsværd
• Publisert: 2018
• Innbinding: Heftet
• Språk: Norsk bokmål
• Antall sider: 206
• ISBN: 9788202560393

What do the Greek myths mean to us today? It's now a golden age for these tales - they crop up in novels, films and popular culture.

But what's the modern relevance of Theseus, Hera and Pandora? Were these stories ever meant for children? And what's to be seen now at the places where heroes fought and gods once quarrelled? Peter Fiennes travels to the sites of some of the most famous Greek myths, on the trail of hope, beauty and a new way of seeing what we have done to our world. Fiennes walks through landscapes - stunning and spoiled - on the trail of dancing activists and Arcadian shepherds, finds the 'most beautiful beach in Greece', consults the Oracle, and loses himself in the cities, remote villages and ruins of this storied land.

• Forfatter: Peter Fiennes
• Publisert: Juli 2022
• Innbinding: Heftet
• Språk: Engelsk
• ISBN: 9780861544356

The Taverna by the Sea is an enchanting, funny, poignant travel memoir about answering the call of adventure by taking on the challenge of running a Greek beach taverna. During a walking holiday on the island of Karpathos, a chance encounter with a Greek-American hotel owner results in a once-in-a-lifetime experience for Jennifer Barclay. The best-selling travel writer and long-term resident of Greece drops everything, returning with dog and tent to the remote bay that will form her home for one hectic, event-filled summer.

This book offers a rare account of life in north Karpathos in the South Aegean, famous for its traditional community and dramatic, rugged landscape. While primarily a light, engaging, amusing read full of anecdotes, one-liners, twists and turns - perfect for summer - Barclay's fourth book about life in Greece also conveys the life-affirming importance of trusting one's instincts, taking risks and grasping opportunities. Wake with Jennifer to experience a summer of pink dawns over the olive grove and an empty bay, and swim with her in moonlight, hearing only the waves.

Or help yourself to local cuisine - creamy yoghurt and local honey and warm figs, olive oil and rosemary, freshly baked bread, and wine on tap. Alongside a cast of characters from farmers to fishermen, mad guests and a wicked witch, meet Minas the hotel owner, a creative, unconventional Greek-American with the ability to fix anything mechanical and create money out of thin air with food, plus a penchant for drinking, singing and falling asleep. Experience days full of music, days of no running water, and days with a goat tied to a tree - but also nights when the overworked taverna manager awoke convinced there was a large fish in the tent, and customers outside waiting to be served.

In The Taverna by the Sea, Barclay reveals what happens behind the scenes of an apparently blissful, peaceful paradise, capturing both the magic and the difficulties of island life. Underpinning an entertaining read for lovers of Greece and its cuisine is an inspiring call to live life to the full - and even escape the rat race.

• Forfatter: Jennifer Barclay
• Publisert: September 2022
• Utgave: 1. utgave
• Innbinding: Heftet
• Språk: Engelsk
• Antall sider: 224
  
• ISBN: 9781784779481

Welcome to Italy. A place that holds the answer to Zia-Lucia Costa Chalmers’ many questions. Not least, how she ended up with such a mouthful of a name.

When revelations close to home turn Zia’s world upside down, she realises the time has come to search out the Italian family she’s never known.But as she looks for answers, she can’t help but notice Piero, the vineyard owner next door – a distraction who may prove difficult to ignore… This summer, join Zia as she sets out to uncover her past. But can she find the future she’s always dreamed of along the way?

• Forfatter: Sue Moorcroft
• Publisert: Mai 2021
• Antall sider: 362
• Innbinding: Heftet
• Språk: Engelsk
• ISBN: 9780008393021

She needed a getaway. What she found was a home. When Louise surprises her boyfriend by returning early from a work trip, safe to say she wasn't expecting to see him in flagrante with another woman. Heart-torn and vowing to stay away from men, when Louise's next project involves restoring an ageing hotel in Italy, she leaps at the chance to get away.

Managed by a crew of sextagenarians, the Grand Hotel del Monferrato needs all the love and care Louise can give it. But it's hard to stay focused on the job when her thoughts keep straying to Vito, the reclusive and mysterious neighbour. With his tragic past and her no-romance policy, Louise knows they can't have a future.

Yet something keeps pulling the two together... A beautiful romance set in the hills of Turin, perfect for readers of Lucy Coleman and Alex Brown. Praise for An Escape to Remember' The story was compelling and entertaining, I rooted for the characters and liked the storytelling.

• Forfatter: T.A. Williams
• Publisert: Mars 2022
• Antall sider: 320
• Innbinding: Heftet
• Språk: Engelsk
• ISBN: 9781800327672

Lonely Planet Burmese Phrasebook & Dictionary is your passport to the most relevant Burmese phrases and vocabulary for all your travel needs. Find out-of-the-way temples, learn the etiquette of visiting someone's home and bargain for fruit at a market -all with your trusted travel companion. With language tools in your back pocket, you can truly get to the heart of wherever you go, so begin your journey now! 

• Publisert: Juli 2023
• Utgave: 6. utgave
• Antall sider: 222
  
• Innbinding: Heftet
• ISBN: 9781786570925

Lonely Planet Pidgin Phrasebook & Dictionary is your passport to the most relevant phrases and vocab for all your travel needs. Get more from your multi-country trip with easy-to-find phrases for you to meet new people, help you celebrate in traditional festivities, or order food -all with your trusted travel companion. With language tools in your back pocket, you can truly get to the heart of wherever you go, so begin your journey now! Coverage Includes: Bislama, Pijin and Tok Pisin Organised by language, this one-stop resource makes travelling through multiple countries simple.

With each language you can: Feel at ease with essential tips on culture, manners, idioms and multiple meanings Order with confidence, explain food allergies, and try new foods with the menu decoder Save time and hassles with vital phrases at your fingertips Never get stuck for words with the 400-word two-way, quick-reference dictionary Be prepared for common and emergency travel situations with practical phrases and terminology Meet friends with conversation starter phrases Get your message across with easy-to-use pronunciation guides Inside Lonely Planet Pidgin Phrasebook & Dictionary: Full-colour throughout User-friendly layout organised by travel scenario categories Survival phrases inside front cover for at-a-glance on-the-fly cues Language map for quick reference Covers Basics - time, dates, numbers, pronunciations, reading tips, grammar rules, common language difficulties Practical - sightseeing, banking, post office, phones, bargaining, accommodation, directions, border crossing, transport Social - meeting people, interests, feelings, opinions, going out, culture, weather Safe Travel - emergencies Food - ordering, at-the-market, at- the-bar, dishes, ingredients The Perfect Choice: Lonely Planet Pidgin Phrasebook & Dictionary, a pocket-sized, comprehensive multi-language guide, provides on-the-go language assistance. Great for language students and travellers looking to interact with locals and immerse themselves in local culture.

Forfattere: M. O'rourke mf
Publisert måned: Mar
Publisert år: 2015
Utgave: 4.utg
Sider nr: 176

Never be stuck for words with our extensive two-way dictionary; order the right meal with our menu decoder; refreshed look and improved navigation. While most Fiji locals can speak English, it's not their mother tongue. Get more from your trip with easy-to-find phrases for every travel situation.

Order the right meal with our menu vocabulary. Use our carefully selected words and phrases to get around with ease.

Publisert: Sept. 2023
Utgave: 4.utg
Sider nr: 180

Frasebøkene fra Lonely Planet har inneholder vanlige setninger på fremmedspråket, delt inn I kapitler etter aktiviteter. I tillegg har bøkene en liten ordbokdel og lett innføring I grammatikk.

Denne boka over østeuropeiske språk tar for seg: Albansk, Bulgarsk, Kroatisk, Tsjekkisk, Ungarsk, Makedonsk, Polsk, Romansk, Russisk, Slovakisk og Slovensk. 

• Publisert: Oktober 2019
• Utgave: 6. utgave
• Antall sider: 456
  
• Innbinding: Heftet
• Språk: Engelsk
• ISBN: 9781786572844

Leave no Hill Tribe subgroup or culture unimpressed by a dash of your multi-lingual bon mots. Whether you're trekking Vietnam, China, Laos, Thailand or beyond, let this handy phrasebook do some talking. Covers Lahu, Akha, Lisu, Mong, Mien and more Individual guides to pronunciation, sounds and grammar Detailed language maps Practicalities - how to ask for directions or find a doctor Lonely Planet gets you to the heart of a place.

Our job is to make amazing travel experiences happen. We visit the places we write about each and every edition. We never take freebies for positive coverage, so you can always rely on us to tell it like it is.

• Publisert: Sept. 2025
• Utgave: 5. utgave
• Antall sider: 176
• Innbinding: Heftet
• ISBN: 9781788688321

Empires have collided here, cultures have clashed. Buddhist India claimed it from the south, Islam put down roots in its western approaches, Mongols and Manchus rode in from the north, and, from the east, China continues to absorb what it prefers not to call Tibet. Hunters have decimated its wildlife and mountaineers have bagged its peaks.

Today, machinery gouges minerals out of its rock. Roughly the size of Europe, the region is one of the most seismically active on the planet. Summers bring avalanches, rainfall triggers landslides and winters obliterate trails.

Glaciers retreat, rivers change course and whole lakes quietly evaporate. To some, Himalaya is an otherworldly realm, profoundly life-changing, yet forbidding and forbidden. It has mesmerised scholars and mystics, sportsmen and spies, pilgrims and mapmakers who have mingled with the farmers and traders on the Roof of the World.

Himalaya is the story of one of the last great wildernesses and, in particular, of the bizarre discoveries and improbable achievements of its pioneers. Ranging from botany to trade, from the Great Game to todays geopolitics, John Keay draws on a lifetime of exploration and study to enlighten and delight with this lively biography of a region in crisis.

• Forfatter: John Keay
• Publisert: Okt. 2023
• Antall sider: 432
• ISBN: 9781408891162

When Harlow Sands arrives on an idyllic Greek island to work on a big budget movie, it should be the opportunity of a lifetime. But her uncertainty over the direction of her life and the high expectations of Maeve Fennimore-Bell, her domineering Hollywood producer mum, threatens to ruin her summer on beautiful Skopelos.

Location manager Tyler Reed has his fair share of demons. His and Harlow's lives have been entwined for over a decade and now forced to work together, their complicated past begins to unravel. Harlow is desperate to break free and make her own way in the world, but with a fractured family, a long-hidden secret and a need to belong, can her happy-ever-after be found during one Greek summer? Escape to the beautiful Greek isles with bestseller Kate Frost for the perfect uplifting, feel-good romantic read.

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• Forfatter: Kate Frost
• Publisert: 2022
  
• Innbinding: Heftet
• Språk: Engelsk
• ISBN: 9781802804430

1000 års gleder og sorger er de etterlengtede memoarene fra en av verdens viktigste levende kunstnere.

Ai Weiweis skulpturer og installasjoner har blitt sett av millioner over hele verden, og hans politiske aktivisme har lenge gjort ham til et mål for kinesiske myndigheter.

I sine memoarer gir Ai Weiwei oss et portrett av Kina fra de siste hundre år, samtidig som han belyser sin kunstneriske prosess. Det er også historien om hans far, Ai Qing, en gang nær venn av Mao Zedong, og en av Kinas mest innflytelsesrike diktere. Under kulturrevolusjonen ble Ai Qing stemplet som dissident og dømt til straffarbeid. Hele familien, inkludert sønnen, ble forvist til en avsidesliggende og øde del av landet kjent som "Lille Sibir".

Ai Weiwei beskriver barndommen i eksil og den vanskelige beslutningen om å forlate familien for å studere kunst i Amerika, hvor han ble venn med Allen Ginsberg og ble inspirert av Marcel Duchamp og Andy Warhol. Og han forteller om sin retur til Kina og veien fra ukjent kunstner til kunstverdenens superstjerne og internasjonal menneskerettighetsaktivist – og hvordan hans arbeid har blitt formet ved å leve under et totalitært regime.

1000 års gleder og sorger gir en dyp forståelse av de utallige kreftene som har formet det moderne Kina og tjener som en påminnelse om det presserende behovet for å beskytte ytringsfriheten.

 

Utgitt: 2022
Forlag: Cappelen Damm
Innbinding: Innbundet
Språk: Norsk Bokmål
Sider: 339
ISBN: 9788202485658
Utgave: 1. utg.
Orig.tittel: 1000 years of joys and sorrow: A memoir
Format: 23 x 16 cm

Forlagets omtale:

over grensen og hjem er den nye boken til en av latin-amerikas mest anerkjente nålevende forfattere. Erasmus aragon bor I mexico der han jobber som journalist, men drømmer stadig om å vende tilbake til sitt hjemland el salvador. Han planlegger å starte et nytt liv og jobbe for et tidsskrift. Han ser det samtidig som en rømningsvei vekk fra det stormfulle forholdet til eva, som han har en datter med. Men før han reiser besøker han legen chente for å få hjelp med magesmerter. Legen foreslår hypnose og erasmus blir etterhvert usikker på hva han har fortalt legen under behandlingen, samtidig blir han stadig mer paranoid ettersom han minnes mer og mer fra sitt tidligere liv I el salvador. «et velkomment, øyeåpnende bidrag til den nye litteraturen om det latinamerikanske marerittet" anderson tepper - time out new york «det er dusinvis av øyeblikk I over grensen og hjem, den kjappe, fantastiske nye romanen til horacio castellanos moya, der leseren forventer at fortellingen beveger seg mot det surrealistiske. (...) men det briljante med hr. Castellanos moyas nye roman, helt klart hans beste så langt, ligger I hvor urokkelig den nekter å benytte disse gamle triksene. (... ) den har den intense vitalitet til stor litteratur, den typen som viser det spesifikt menneskelige I omstendigheter der vår medfølelse ellers for det meste ville forblitt teoretisk.» charles finch, the new york times «herlig komisk og urovekkende (...) castellanos moya har gjort angst til en kunstform og en opprørshandling.» natasha wimmer - the nation «besk humor, som en buster keaton film eller en tidsinnstilt bombe.» roberto bolaño

forfattere: Moya
Publisert måned: -
Publisert år: 2017
Utgave: 1.Utg
Sider nr:128

Rabiat, grotesk og komisk portrett av en ung mann på leting etter ståsted I en verden der tilværelsen er blitt til et spill dagens vestlige turist leter etter stadig mer enestående opplevelser, stadig større adrenalinkick, stadig mer eksotiske eventyr ... Og alt skal være ekte. I en tidsalder der fjerntliggende folks nød er autentiske turistattraksjoner og tv-seeren er blitt lidelseskonsument, blir det for kjedelig for romanens hovedperson erik olafsen å observere de tv-overførte krigene på trygg avstand. Han forlater den traurige rutinejobben på postkontoret I solbergelva og begir seg ut I verden som krigsturist. Fullstendig ute av kontroll sjangler han gjennom krigsområdene, fra nagorno-karabakh via rwanda til irak, I jakten på sterkere og sterkere opplevelser. Turisten er en litterær road movie spekket med skrudd humor, og gjennom olafsens møter med volden og vanviddet I krigssonene, stilles vår hang til elendighetsfascinasjon I et ubehagelig selvransakelsens lys.

forfattere: E.B.Olafsen
Publisert måned: Feb
Publisert år: 2007
Utgave: 1utg
Sider nr: 200

• Forfatter: NoViolet Bulawayo
• Publisert: 2014
  
• Innbinding: Innbundet
• Språk: Norsk bokmål
• ISBN: 9788202407117

Forfattere: Malcom knox
Publisert måned: Apr
Publisert år: 2009
Utgave: 3utg
Sider nr:393

From the Iran-Iraq War through the Occupation, this collection of fictional short stories presents an uncompromising view of the relationship between the West and Iraq, as well as a haunting critique of the postwar refugee experience. Blending allegory with historical realism and subverting expectations in an unflinching comedy of the macabre, these tales manage to be both phantasmagoric and shockingly real. For all the despair and darkness portrayed in these gripping stories, from spotlighting hostage-video makers in Baghdad to following human trafficking in Serbia's forests, what lingers more than the haunting images of war is the spirit of defiance and of indefatigable courage.

• Forfatter: Hassan Blasim
• Publisert: September 2009
• Språk: Engelsk
• ISBN: 9781905583256

Congo Masquerade is about mismanagement, hypocrisy and powerlessness in what has proved to be one of Africa's most troublesome and volatile states. In this scathing study of catastrophic aid inefficiency, Trefon argues that whilst others have examined war and plunder in the Great Lakes region, none have yet evaluated the imported 'template format' reform package pieced together to introduce democracy and improve the well-being of ordinary Congolese. It has, the book demonstrates, been for years an almost unmitigated failure due to the ingrained political culture of corruption amongst the Congolese elite, abetted by the complicity and incompetence of international partners.

• Forfatter: Theodore Trefon
• Publisert: 2011
• Innbinding: Heftet
• Språk: Engelsk
• ISBN: 9781848138360

In her very dusty provincial museum of fake exhibits lovingly crafted from cardboard, wire and glue, Tanya dreams of Russian art's long colours and wonders when Yuri will stop fishing long enough to notice how she adores him, while she tries the zero-one-zero diet in order to meet Aeroflot's maximum waist requirements for trainee cabin crew. When her boss at the museum gives her the vast responsibility of cultivating some potential benefactors from America, and persuading them to give their money to the very needy All-Russian All-Cosmopolitan City Museum, Tanya finds herself involuntarily enlisting all her neighbours in the scheme. But their shared hopes of riches and dreams of escape start to rot.

And the rounded corpse of Mircha in the courtyard refuses to decompose, as the snow turns it into a hill, and its spirit takes flight around the apartments, dispensing more advice than anyone desires, goading the men, annoying the women, in a block where too many mothers and fathers are missing and too many memories lie stagnant on old battlefields.

Forfattere: Gina Ochsner
Publisert: Apr 2010

Sider nr: 370

A sexually charged satire of the Cultural Revolution and a huge underground hit in China, where it is banned. 'Slanders Mao Zedong, the army, and is overflowing with sex & Do not distribute, pass around, comment on, excerpt from it or report on it.' Chinese Central Propaganda Bureau This political satire by one of China's most distinguished authors has been banned in its native land for its depiction of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) during the Cultural Revolution.

Set in 1967, at the peak of the Mao cult, when 'Serve the People' was one of the great man's most famous slogans, it tells the story of the bored wife of a military commander who artfully seduces a peasant soldier. When the lovers discover that the sacrilegious act of breaking a statue of Mao deliciously increases their desire, they compete to see who can destroy the most sacred icons of their Great Leader - smashing the commander's beloved Mao icons, ripping up the "Little Red Book" or defacing the Great Helmsman's epigrams. Defacing an image of Mao was punishable by death during the Cultural Revolution. Yan Lianke tramples on the most sacred taboos of the army, the revolution, sexuality and political etiquette. As a subversive critique of official corruption, leadership hypocrisy and the insanity of the Cultural Revolution, his book has a huge cult following in China.

• Forfatter: Yan Lianke
• Publisert: 2007
  
• Antall sider: 144
• Språk: Engelsk
• ISBN: 9781845295042