The inspiration for the acclaimed OWN TV series produced by Oprah Winfrey and Ava DuVernay, returning for season two on June 20th "Smart and heartfelt and highly recommended." --Karen Joy Fowler, author of The Jane Austen Book ClubReaders, booksellers, and critics alike are embracing Queen Sugar and cheering for its heroine, Charley Bordelon, an African American woman and single mother struggling to build a new life amid the complexities of the contemporary South. When Charley unexpectedly inherits eight hundred acres of sugarcane land, she and her eleven-year-old daughter say goodbye to smoggy Los Angeles and head to Louisiana. She soon learns, however, that cane farming is always going to be a white man's business. As the sweltering summer unfolds, Charley struggles to balance the overwhelming challenges of a farm in decline with the demands of family and the startling desires of her own heart.

Da alenemoren Charley uventet arver en 3 000 mål stor nedslitt sukkerplantasje, forlater hun Los Angeles for å starte et nytt liv i Louisiana. Ukjent med både sørstatskulturen og plantasjedrift må Charley knytte seg tett til sin fordomsfulle, men hjertevarme bestemor. Og bak det hele ligger hennes avdøde fars plan om å føre datteren tilbake til slektens røtter. Sukkerplantasjen er en uforglemmelig fortelling om håp, om å starte på nytt, og kjærlighet fra uventet hold. NATALIE BASZILE har en rekke eksamener i engelsk litteratur og afro-amerikanske studier fra flere anerkjente amerikanske universiteter. Hun har også skrevet for en rekke magasiner. Sukkerplantasjen er hennes debut roman. Baszile vokste opp sør i California og bor nå med sin familie i San Francisco.

From Lonely Planet, the world's leading travel guide publisher, Better Than Fiction 2, the follow-up to 2012's Better Than Fiction, is a second serving of true travel stories told by some of the world's best fiction writers including Dave Eggers, Jane Smiley and Karen Joy Fowler. Varied in place, plot and voice, these are stirring and evocative pieces that all share one common characteristic-they manifest a passion for the precious gift of travel, from its unexpected but inevitably enriching lessons about other peoples and places, to the truths, sometimes uncomfortable but always enlarging, it reveals about ourselves. By turns comic, dramatic, and moving - from Francine Prose's confrontation of the mysteries of India to DBC Pierre's search for Hemingway's muse in Italy - these 30 short tales reveal the joys, perils, and surprises of travel, and that truth can often be stranger (and better) than fiction. Whether on a plane en route to your own travel adventure, or at home settling in for a vicarious experience of world adventures, embark on this literary journey around the world and explore your passion for travel now! Authors: Lonely Planet, Don George, Dave Eggers, Jane Smiley, Karen Joy Fowler, Stefan Merrill Block, Francine Prose, DBC Pierre, Fiona Kidman, Alexander McCall Smith, Keija Parssinen, MJ Hyland, Catherine Lacey, Rebecca Dinerstein, Lloyd Jones, Porochista Khakpour, Jack Livings, Marina Lewycka, Lydia Millet, Suzanne Joinson, Sophie Cunningham, Christina Nichol, Mandy Sayer, Steven Amsterdam, Marie-Helene Bortino, Shirley Streshinsky, Steven Hall, David Shafer, Avi Duckor-Jones, Lily King, Aliya Whitely, and Natalie Baszile About Lonely Planet: Started in 1973, Lonely Planet has become the world's leading travel guide publisher with guidebooks to every destination on the planet, as well as an award-winning website, a suite of mobile and digital travel products, and a dedicated traveller community. Lonely Planet's mission is to enable curious travellers to experience the world and to truly get to the heart of the places they find themselves in. Lonely Planet's award-winning list travel literature anthologies include An Innocent Abroad (Independent Publishers Award, Silver for Essays, 2015) and A Fork in the Road (Lowell Thomas Award, Bronze for Travel Book, 2014; James Bear Award, Nominated for Travel Fiction, 2014). 'Lonely Planet. It's on everyone's bookshelves; it's in every traveller's hands. It's on mobile phones. It's on the Internet. It's everywhere, and it's telling entire generations of people how to travel the world.' -- Fairfax Media 'Lonely Planet guides are, quite simply, like no other.' - New York Times Lonely Planet guides have won the TripAdvisor Traveler's Choice Award in 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015.

Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher A collection of great travel writing by authors from around the globe, including original stories set in Scotland, Thailand, Malaysia, Moldova, Tanzania, Austria and beyond, edited by long-term Lonely Planet collaborator Don George. The 35 impassioned stories included in this collection - of fortune tellers, tribal baboon hunters, a friendly Japanese family, and other notable characters - span a worldwide spectrum of themes, styles and settings, but all show how travel in its unexpected turns tests and teaches us, making us aware that we are resilient, that we are not alone, and that there is so much love and connection to be had if we open ourselves up. This collection affirms that if we follow the compass of the heart, we will always find our way. Whether you read the book on the road or in an armchair at home, these tales are sure to entertain, amuse and inform you, and resonate long after the book is finished. 'As you travel through these pages, may your mind be widened, your spirit enlivened, and your own path illuminated by these worldly word-journeys.' ---Don George With sparkling contributions from some of the most acclaimed names in contemporary fiction and travel writing plus some new voices from around the world, including: Ann Patchett, Francine Prose, TC Boyle, Karen Joy Fowler, Pico Iyer, Torre DeRoche, Blane Bachelor, Rebecca Dinerstein, Jan Morris, Elizabeth George, Jane Hamilton, Alexander McCall Smith, Keija Parssinen, Mridu Khullar Relph, Yulia Denisyuk, Emily Koch, Carissa Kasper, Jessica Silber, Candace Rose Rardon, Marilyn Abildskov, Shannon Leone Fowler, Robin Cherry, Robert Twigger, Porochista Khakpour, Natalie Baszile, Suzy Joinson, Anthony Sattin, LH McMillin, Bridget Crocker, Maggie Downs, Bishwanath Ghosh, Jeff Greenwald, James Dorsey and Tahir Shah. About Lonely Planet: Started in 1973, Lonely Planet has become the world's leading travel guide publisher with guidebooks to every destination on the planet, gift and lifestyle books and stationery, as well as an award-winning website, magazines, a suite of mobile and digital travel products, and a dedicated traveller community. Lonely Planet's mission is to enable curious travellers to experience the world and to truly get to the heart of the places they find themselves in. TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice Awards 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015 winner in Favorite Travel Guide category 'Lonely Planet guides are, quite simply, like no other.' - New York Times 'Lonely Planet. It's on everyone's bookshelves; it's in every traveller's hands. It's on mobile phones. It's on the Internet. It's everywhere, and it's telling entire generations of people how to travel the world.' - Fairfax Media (Australia)

Muntlige ferdigheter er viktig. Å ha trening i å stå fram, uttrykke seg presist, delta i samtaler som likeverdig partner og kunne lytte og respondere på andres synspunkter er forutsetninger for aktiv deltakelse på alle områder i samfunnslivet. Alle elever skal ha mulighet til å delta i diskurser knyttet til ulike fag og emner i ulike språksituasjoner, og ikke bare ved hjelp av det uformelle hverdagsspråket. Det er ikke nok å ha kunnskap om fag, en må også vite hvordan kunnskapen skal uttrykkes, og hvilke normer som gjelder. Med Kunnskapsløftet er muntlige ferdigheter blitt sentralt i skolen. Muntlighet skal gjennomsyre alle fag på alle trinn, trenes på mange måter og knyttes til læring, dannelse og utvikling av kritisk evne. Denne boka gir perspektiver på og redskaper til utvikling av muntlig kompetanse. Boka presenterer noen sentrale muntlige kompetanser og sjangre og viser deres plass i læreplanen og deres betydning for læring. Boka inneholder også konkrete arbeidsmåter og øvelser som skal gjøre det mulig å arbeide systematisk og gjennomtenkt med de muntlige ferdighetene. Beate Børresen er førstelektor ved Fakultet for lærerutdanning og internasjonale studier, Høgskolen i Oslo og Akershus. Lise Grimnes er frilans forteller og kulturformidler. Sigrun Svenkerud er høgskolelektor ved Fakultet for lærerutdanning og skoleforskning, Høgskolen i Buskerud.

Charlie hater julen. Singel, midlertidig hjemløs og med en mild hjernerystelse ser hun at årets jul blir en av de verste. Kjæresten har forlatt henne. Moren har reist utenlands med sin nyeste ektemann. Charlies plan om en alenejul i London gikk fløyten da en gasslekkasje gjorde leiligheten ubeboelig. Så ringer telefonen. Kusinen Jez skal til Grønland i julen, for å møte en dame hun har truffet på nett. Kan Charlie passe på kennelen hennes? Der bor en umake forsamling: en gravid Beagle, en døv Grand Danois og liten spisshund med stort ego. Charlie er en byjente, hun er ikke vant til hunder og trenger hjelp. Den lokale veterinæren må stadig trå til. Men hvorfor er han så irriterende? Har han noe å skjule? "Sjarmerende og lettlest juleroman." Anne Marie Morvik, Åsane Tidene Livet på landet ble helt annerledes enn Charlie hadde tenkt og julen ble mye bedre enn sitt rykte.

The clever peasant Arnaud du Tilh had almost persuaded the learned judges at the Parlement of Toulouse when, on a summer's day in 1560, a man swaggered into the court on a wooden leg, denounced Arnaud, and reestablished his claim to the identity, property, and wife of Martin Guerre. The astonishing case captured the imagination of the continent. Told and retold over the centuries, the story of Martin Guerre became a legend, still remembered in the Pyrenean village where the impostor was executed more than 400 years ago.Now a noted historian, who served as consultant for a new French film on Martin Guerre, has searched archives and lawbooks to add new dimensions to a tale already abundant in mysteries: we are led to ponder how a common man could become an impostor in the sixteenth century, why Bertrande de Rols, an honorable peasant woman, would accept such a man as her husband, and why lawyers, poets, and men of letters like Montaigne became so fascinated with the episode.Natalie Zemon Davis reconstructs the lives of ordinary people, in a sparkling way that reveals the hidden attachments and sensibilities of nonliterate sixteenth-century villagers. Here we see men and women trying to fashion their identities within a world of traditional ideas about property and family and of changing ideas about religion. We learn what happens when common people get involved in the workings of the criminal courts in the ancien regime, and how judges struggle to decide who a man was in the days before fingerprints and photographs. We sense the secret affinity between the eloquent men of law and the honey-tongued village impostor, a rare identification across class lines.Deftly written to please both the general public and specialists, The Return of Martin Guerre will interest those who want to know more about ordinary families and especially women of the past, and about the creation of literary legends. It is also a remarkable psychological narrative about where self-fashioning stops and lying begins.

Historisk roman fra 2. verdenskrig med familien Henry og den engelske piken Pamela som hovedpersoner.

"Thirty years ago my older brother, who was ten years old at the time, was trying to get a report on birds written that he'd had three months to write. [It] was due the next day. We were out at our family cabin in Bolinas, and he was at the kitchen table close to tears, surrounded by binder paper and pencils and unopened books on birds, immobilized by the hugeness of the task ahead. Then my father sat down beside him, put his arm around my brother's shoulder, and said. 'Bird by bird, buddy. Just take it bird by bird.'" With this basic instruction always in mind, Anne Lamott returns to offer us a new gift: a step-by-step guide on how to write and on how to manage the writer's life. From "Getting Started,' with "Short Assignments," through "Shitty First Drafts," "Character," "Plot," "Dialogue." all the way from "False Starts" to "How Do You Know When You're Done?" Lamott encourages, instructs, and inspires. She discusses "Writers Block," "Writing Groups," and "Publication." Bracingly honest, she is also one of the funniest people alive. If you have ever wondered what it takes to be a writer, what it means to be a writer, what the contents of your school lunches said about what your parents were really like, this books for you. From faith, love, and grace to pain, jealousy, and fear, Lamott insists that you keep your eves open, and then shows you how to survive. And always, from the life of the artist she turns to the art of life. "An inspiring book about writing as a way of finding the truth — San Francisco Chronicle "Surpasses all the other books on writing already out there — even the wonderful stuff by Natalie Goldberg, John Gardner, and AnnieDillard." — Seattle Times "Well-written, funny, and useful." — Denver Post "I ended up reading it twice and expect to dip into it again in times of need. I recommend this book to other writers without reservation....This woman is uncanny." — Marie Winn, Wall Street Journal "A quirky, personal, mordant, down-to-earth guide to fiction writing by a wonderful novelist essayist. Lamott makes writing seem like something you could actually enjoy." — The Nation

This is Home is about simple living - how to focus on our values to create authentic homes full of meaning and joy. Natalie Walton steps inside fifteen homes across the world to meet the people who made them, and discover whether there is some universality to what makes us happy in the spaces we inhabit. Filled with beautiful photography, transporting stories and practical advice, This is Home reminds and inspires us to nurture the space that helps make our lives possible.

'There is one question that devours me still. Why didn’t I close my eyes?' Medusa is the only mortal in a family of gods. Growing up with her sisters, she quickly realizes that she is the only one who gets older, experiences change, feels weakness. Her mortal lifespan gives her an urgency that her family will never know. When desire pushes a God to commit the unforgivable, Medusa’s mortal life is changed forever. Her punishment is to be turned into a Gorgon: sharp teeth, snakes for hair, and a gaze that will turn any living creature to stone. Appalled by her own reflection, Medusa can no longer look upon anything she loves without destroying it. She condemns herself to a life of solitude in the shadows to limit her murderous range. That is, until Perseus embarks upon a fateful quest to fetch the head of a Gorgon . . . This is the story of how a young woman became a monster. And how she was never really a monster at all.

En dag Andrine er ute sammen med Julian, får hun øye på et stort skip i Stavanger havn. Nysgjerrig betrakter hun fartøyet, men i det samme får hun en følelse av noe skremmende. Erkebiskop Loyola i Roma venter på at hans utsendinger skal vende tilbake. Denne gang må de klare å få tak i den unge kvinnen fra nord og det spesielle smykket hennes.

ER DU GLAD I DYR? Syns du bløte hundemager, varme hestemuler og morsomme grisetryner er det beste i verden? Men har du tenkt på at mennesket også er et dyr? Vi har mye til felles med de andre pattedyrene. Likevel har vi endt opp helt forskjellige steder. Hvorfor ble hunden bestevennen din, mens grisen ble til bacon? BACON ELLER BESTEVENN? er full av store spørsmål, fascinerende fakta og spennende forskning. Forfatter Lise og dyrlege Andreas forsøker å finne ut hvordan vi kan forstå andre arter enn oss selv, og de diskuterer hvordan forholdet egentlig er mellom dyr og mennesker. For er det virkelig sånn at vi mennesker er SJEFEN OVER ALLE DYRENE PÅ JORDA? «Bacon eller bestevenn? kombinerer populærvitenskap med filosofisk undring på en måte som vil appellere til yngre, nysgjerrige lesere som liker å tenke selv.» Gro Jørstad Nilsen, Barnebokkritikk.no

Oppmuntre barnet til å snakke og sette ord på ting! I denne lille pekeboka setter vi ord på 30 kjente og kjære hverdagsting. Hvert av de sju oppslagene har sitt tema - kjæledyr, ute i parken, kjøretøyer, i lekekassen, på gården og mat. De vennlige og fargerike illustrasjonene er unike collager av fotos og fingeravtrykk satt sammen til bilder barna vil dra kjensel på!

Jamilet er usedvanlig vakker, men under klærne skjuler hun et grotesk fødselsmerke. Med håp om å bli som alle andre flykter hun fra Mexico til USA. Hun får som jobb å ta seg av gamle Señor Peregrino, og når han forteller om sin pilegrimsvandring til Santiago de Compostella, forandres alt. Historien om Jamilet fortsetter i La Peregrina.

Coming soon as a BBC2 drama adaptation -- a masterful novel about London life from the bestselling, prize-winning Zadie Smith. Zadie Smith's brilliant tragi-comic NW follows four Londoners - Leah, Natalie, Felix and Nathan - after they've left their childhood council estate, grown up and moved on to different lives. From private houses to public parks, at work and at play, their city is brutal, beautiful and complicated. Yet after a chance encounter they each find that the choices they've made, the people they once were and are now, can suddenly, rapidly unravel. A portrait of modern urban life, NW is funny, sad and urgent - as brimming with vitality as the city itself.Praise for NW:'Her dialogue sings and soars; terse, packed and sassy. Smith is simply wonderful: Dickens's legitimate daughter' Boyd Tonkin, Independent'Astonishing, dazzling. Really - without exaggeration - not since Dickens has there been a better observer of London scenes. Zadie Smith is a genius. It's hard to imagine a better novel this year - or this decade' A.N. Wilson'Intensely funny, richly varied, always unexpected. A joyous, optimistic, angry masterpiece. No better English novel will be published this year' Philip Hensher, Daily Telegraph'Absolutely brilliant. So electrically authentic' TIME'Captivating. Funny, sexy, weird, full of acute social comedy, like London. She's up there with the best around' Evening Standard'Marvellous . . . crackles with reflections on race, music and migration. A lyrical fiction for our times' Spectator'Undeniably brilliant . . . rush out and buy this book' Observer

Orlando Suero (*1925) started snapping photos with the Kodak Jiffy his father gave him in 1939. He later attended NY Institute of Photography and worked at camera shops and photo labs including Compo Photo Color where he printed the images for Edward Steichen's monumental exhibition, The Family of Man. One of his first assignments was to spend five days in May 1954 with newlyweds, Jackie and Senator John F. Kennedy at their Georgetown duplex, documenting their everyday lives. This was the beginning of a successful career shooting some of the most recognizable faces in Hollywood, among them Natalie Wood, Brigitte Bardot, Michael Caine, Sharon Tate, Paul Newman, Julie Andrews, Jack Nicholson, and Dennis Hopper. Because of his friendly and unaffected approach, his subjects opened up to him and his camera in a way not many others have been able to accomplish.This monograph contains many never-before seen images of celebrities from the 1950's to the 1980's that have been sitting in storage for 40-50 years.