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Den unge kvinnen reiste seg opp og stirret, gned sand fra øyne og kinn og stirret; hun så maltrakterte kropper, kroppsdeler og blod, det dampet rødt fra den varme sanden og riksene skrek hest på den blå himmelen, hun vendte seg bort for ikke å se mer, men oppdaget plutselig en bevegelse midt i smuget; en av soldatene levde! han kom krypende mot henne med blodig ansikt og den ene foten avrevet, hun krøket seg sammen i redsel og trakk odooji-kniven fra sliren, det blanke stålet blinket...


I Afrodites basseng har borgerkriger, voldsomme demonstrasjoner og teknologisk sammenbrudd ført frostmannen Jonar Snefang og hans sønn Erlan til en avsidesliggende bygd i Norge. En dag kjenner plutselig Jonar en foruroligende lukt og han får tildelt en mystisk kiste som blant annet inneholder et kart over Sahara og en gammel bok med en gåte. Samtidig drømmer Jonar om den unge kvinnen Ooni som vandrer i ørkenen...

 

Utgitt: 2018
Forlag: Cappelen Damm
Innbinding: Paperback
Språk: Norsk Bokmål
Sider: 367

Lonely Planets reiseguide Experience Vietnam avslører spennende nye måter å utforske dette ikoniske reisemålet på, med unike eventyr i alle retninger. Nyt tykke nudler, cao lau, i Hoi An, ta en cruise rundt Halong-buktens gamle holmer, vandre på bananøyas plantasjer – bruk våre lokale eksperter og planleggingsverktøy for å lage din egen unike reise.

• Publisert: September 2022
• Utgave: 1. utgave
• Antall sider: 258
• Innbinding: Heftet
• Språk: Engelsk
• ISBN: 9781838694852

'This novel is one of his finest in a long and redoubtable oeuvre' William Boyd, New York Times From renowned author Paul Theroux comes a fascinating, atmospheric novel inspired by George Orwell's years in Burma There is a short period in everyone's life when his character is fixed forever . . .

' George OrwellEric Blair stood out amongst his fellow police trainees in 1920s Burma. Nineteen years old, unusually tall, a diffident loner fresh from Eton, after five years spent in the narrow colonial world of the Raj – a decaying system steeped in overt racism and petty class-conflict – he would emerge as the George Orwell we know. Drawing on all his powers of observation and imagination, Paul Theroux brings Orwell's Burma years to radiant life, tracing the development of the young man's consciousness as he confronts the social, racial and class politics and the reality of Burma beyond.

Through one writer, we come to understand another - and see how what Orwell called 'five boring years within the sound of bugles' were in fact the years that made him. One of John Irving’s best books of the 21st century‘Thoroughly enjoyable . .

 

• Utgitt: Feb 2025
• Pocket
• Engelsk
• Antall sider: 390
• 9780241998953

• Publisert: 2025
• Innbinding: Falset
• Materiale: Papir
• Målestokk: 1: 50 000
  

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Den norske zoologen, veterinæren og skarpskytteren Karl Iver Lyngvin blir headhuntet til CORAC, en forskningsstasjon i Kongos regnskog der et tyvetalls andre forskere driver studier på hvordan regnskogens flora og fauna påvirkes av klimaendringene. Sammen med den unge australske entomologen Zoe Wildt opplever Karl Iver noe som kan komme til å få svært dramatiske konsekvenser. Ikke bare for Karl Iver, men for hele klodens fremtid. I Gert Nygårdshaugs nye roman knyttes ubestridelige fakta og forfatterens grundige research sammen til en fiksjon som blir et høyaktuelt og spenningsfylt drama. Chimera er en klassisk Nygårdshaug-roman med sterke thriller-elementer og med et tema som allerede i nær framtid kan bli uhyggelig aktuelt.

Lonely Planet's Devon and Cornwall is our most comprehensive guide that extensively covers all the region has to offer, with recommendations for both popular and lesser-known experiences. Explore the botanical wonder of the Eden Project, marvel at the Exeter Cathedral and trek through Exmoor National Park; all with your trusted travel companion. 

Toolkit - all of the planning tools for solo travellers, LGBTQIA+ travellers, family travellers and accessible travel. Colour maps and images throughout. Language - essential phrases and language tips. Insider tips to save time and money and get around like a local, avoiding crowds and trouble spots. Covers Exeter, Torquay, Plymouth, Dartmoor, Exmoor, Bodmin, Newquay, Isles of Scilly.

• Publisert: Juni 2025
• Utgave: 7. utgave
• Antall sider: 288
  
• Innbinding: Heftet
• Språk: Engelsk
• ISBN: 9781837583430

This pocket-sized travel guide to Nice, Cannes & Monte Carlo is a convenient, quick-reference companion to discovering what to do, what to see and how to get around the destination. It covers top attractions like Promenade des Anglais, La Croisette, the Musee Matisse, Zplage, The Vieux Port, as well as hidden gems, including Cap d'Ail and Royal Fort. Our Nice, Cannes & Monte Carlo guide book will save you time and enhance your exploration of this fascinating region.

This Nice, Cannes & Monte Carlo travel guide has been fully updated post-COVID-19.

• Publisert: April 2023
• Utgave: 1. utgave
• Antall sider: 144
• Innbinding: Heftet
• Språk: Engelsk
• ISBN: 9781839058318

Soul of Marseille guide is a new approach to the art of travelling that consists of vagabonding around, chance encounters, and unforgettable experiences. Some of the experiences you can discover:Sample the city’s best pizzasSpend the night in an old palaceRediscover that – when it comes to food – the Phoenician city is the most Italian of French citiesDelve into the secret of the MucemExplore Marseille’s café-bar cultureFollow in the footsteps of Marcel PagnolVisit a villa-cum-art galleryEnjoy breakfast at the top of the calanquesBook one-of-a-kind hotel roomsThe ‘Soul of ’ guides are a new approach to the art of travel, full of secret places and unforgettable experiences. Each place holds the promise of an exceptional moment, with something for every taste and budget.

Don’t miss - Hidden inside these guides, you will always find a very secret location, carefully selected, waiting to be discovered. Are you up for a challenge?

• Publisert: Juni 2025
• Innbinding: Heftet
• Språk: Engelsk
• ISBN: 9782361958312

After eight years living in Copenhagen, an English journalist, driven by a passion for languages and mountains, finally rebels. With little more than an assortment of Earl Grey teabags, Danish candles and a map, Georgina Howard abandons her all-too-cosy, cinnamon-scented lifestyle and drives south. The journey leads to wild and craggy landscapes in the Basque Pyrenees on the French/Spanish border, where place names are written in a bizarre, foreign tongue full of 'x's and 'z's.

Losing her heart to this beautiful land and her pride to the inscrutability of the language, Howard moves into an isolated barn in a mountain hamlet. While pagan festivals reverberate through the valleys, her Basque neighbours - farmers, shepherds, a gravedigger and a champion female lumberjack - observe her, bemused. Only when her daughter, Marion, is born - after an unsuccessful relationship with an eccentric Basque miller - do Howard's neighbours drop their reserve and welcome her into their homes.

Taking Marion's upbringing upon themselves, they fatten her up on spicy Basque sausages and black bean stews, teach her Basque nursery rhymes and train her to milk sheep. Meanwhile, Howard converts a barn into the headquarters of an international business providing walking, culture and language tours. Resigned to the ineptitude of their new neighbour, with patience and amusement, the locals tow her car out of ditches and teach her how to stack wood, catch mice, unblock septic tanks and drink wine from a leather gourd.

In the Footsteps of Smugglers follows the adventures of an outsider: a single mother, linguist, cosmopolitan nomad and cultural chameleon who paradoxically makes her home among an indigenous people deeply rooted in their land, with a language and culture dating back to Stone-Age times. Unwittingly, she repays their hospitality by luring anti-terrorist squads, blackmailers and spies into their midst as the dramatic past of the Basque Country proves to have unexpected and far-reaching consequences. An inspiring, humorous travel memoir, Bradt's In the Footsteps of Smugglers weaves behind-the-scenes vignettes of daily rural life and historical research to produce authentic insights on all things Basque, threaded with a rhapsody on the theme of identity.

• Forfatter: Georgina Howard
• Publisert: Jul. 2024
• Innbinding: Heftet
• Språk: Engelsk
• ISBN: 9781804692110

This practical travel guide to Provence & the Cote d'Azur features detailed factual travel tips and points-of-interest structured lists of all iconic must-see sights as well as some off-the-beaten-track treasures. Our itinerary suggestions and expert author picks of things to see and do will make it a perfect companion both, ahead of your trip and on the ground. This Provence & the Cote d'Azur guide book is packed full of details on how to get there and around, pre-departure information and top time-saving tips, including a visual list of things not to miss.

• Publisert: Juni 2023
• Utgave: 11. utgave
• Antall sider: 416
  
• Innbinding: Heftet
• Språk: Engelsk
• ISBN: 9781839058028

Featuring over 190 unusual and unfamiliar places, this Secret Corsica guide is ideal for local inhabitants, curious visitors and armchair travellers alike. Discover a forgotten fresco by Marc Chagall in a mountain village, a magnificent American villa where you can spend the night, the superb Corsican beach used as a setting for the D-Day Normandy landings in The Longest Day movie, remarkable paintings by a civilian First World War PoW, a miniature village built with pebbles, golden hands embedded in the rock a two-hour walk into the mountains, a papier-mache statue of the Virgin Mary, an unusual pool-table pocket bearing the image of Napoleon, a brick from the Holy Door of a church in Rome, a confessional cleverly hidden behind woodwork, the world's largest citrus fruit collection, the painting of an eagle under a balcony, a Bonaparte family tree made from locks of hair, a sleepover in a lighthouse far from civilisation... Corsica is far from the holiday cliches of beaches, mountains and gastronomy.

Forfattere: Dominique Memmi
Publisert måned: Juni
Publisert år: 2023
Sider nr: 256

 

Lonely Planet's Basilicata is our most comprehensive guide that extensively covers all the region has to offer, with recommendations for both popular and lesser-known experiences. Laze away a day on the beaches of the Ionian coast, hike the trails of Parco Nazionale del Pollino or take in the unique cityscape of Matera; all with your trusted travel companion.  Inside Lonely Planet's Basilicata Travel Guide:  What's NEW in this edition? NEW top experiences feature - a visually inspiring collection of Basilicata's best experiences and where to have them. What's NEW feature taps into cultural trends and helps you find fresh ideas and cool new areas. NEW Accommodation feature gathers all the information you need to plan your accommodation. Highlights and itineraries help you tailor your trip to your personal needs and interests. Eating and drinking in Basilicata - we reveal the dishes and drinks you have to try. Colour maps and images throughout. Insider tips to save time and money and get around like a local, avoiding crowds and trouble spots. Honest reviews for all budgets - eating, sleeping, sightseeing, going out, shopping, hidden gems that most guidebooks miss. Cultural insights give you a richer, more rewarding travel experience - history, people, music, landscapes, wildlife, politics. Over 30 maps. Covers Matera, Valle del Basento, Ionian Coast, The Badlands (Laterra dei Calanchi), Potenza, The Potentino, The Vulture, Val d'Agri, Parco Nazionale del Pollino, Maratea and the Tyrrhenian Coast, and The Hinterland.

• Publisert: August 2024
• Utgave: 1. utgave
• Antall sider: 208
  
• Innbinding: Heftet
• Språk: Engelsk
• ISBN: 9781837585854