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The Christmas lights / by Swan, Karen(Writer),author.;
Norway, 1936. Fifteen-year old Signy Odegard is sent with her sister and village friends to the summer pastures. As milk maids, they will protect the herd and produce dairy that will sustain the farm throughout the winter months. But miles from home and the safety of their families, threats begin to lurk in friendly faces. December 2018. Free-spirited and untethered, Bo Loxley and Zac Elliott live a life of wanderlust most people can only dream of. With a social media following in the millions, they're paid to travel the globe, sharing their adventures with legions of fans. But with so many eyes on them, it's a struggle to keep anything about their lives private. Though Zac relishes the attention, Bo doesn't always feel safe, especially after one follower once went too far. Booked to spend Christmas in Norway, they set up home in a ramshackle farm owned by taciturn local guide Anders and his fierce grandmother, Signy, who are reluctant neighbours in the off-season period. Zac persuades Anders to help him find extreme locations for the most beautiful shots - and their follower engagement goes through the roof. But the camera can lie. With every post, the perfect life he and Bo are portraying is diverging from the truth as their relationship comes under strain. Something Bo can't explain is wrong at the very heart of their lives and where once she felt free, she now feels lost. As Bo grows closer to Signy, she stumbles upon a dark parallel between their lives - one that ended in tragedy many years ago, and which she fears can surely only end the same way again, now.
Subjects: Christmas fiction.; Domestic fiction.; Christmas; Man-woman relationships;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The resistance girl / by Robotham, Mandy,author.;
The next gripping and emotional historical fiction read from international bestseller, Mandy Robotham. Norway, 1942. War rages, and operation Shetland bus is in full swing. Under cover of darkness, Rumi Orlstad and other locals smuggle British agents, fugitives and supplies across the North Sea into occupied territory. But when one mission goes awry, and Rumi's fiance is lost to the dangerous waters, she retreats from the clandestine group, vowing never to take to the seas again. Meanwhile, her childhood friend Anya has been placed in Lebensborn, one of Himmler's secret Aryan maternity camps. And when Rumi learns the fate of Anya's child, she knows she has no choice but to face her fears and help Anya flee from Nazi grip.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; War fiction.; Novels.; Man-woman relationships; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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The memoirs of Stockholm Sven / by Miller, Nathaniel Ian,author.;
In 1916, Sven Ormson leaves a restless life in Stockholm to seek adventure in Svalbard, an Arctic archipelago where darkness reigns four months of the year and he might witness the splendor of the Northern Lights one night and be attacked by a polar bear the next. But his time as a miner ends when an avalanche nearly kills him, leaving him disfigured, and Sven flees even further, to an uninhabited fjord. There, with the company of a loyal dog, he builds a hut and lives alone, testing himself against the elements. The teachings of a Finnish fur trapper, along with encouraging letters from his family and a Scottish geologist who befriended him in the mining camp, get him through his first winter. Years into his routine isolation, the arrival of an unlikely visitor salves his loneliness, sparking a chain of surprising events that will bring Sven into a family of fellow castoffs and determine the course of the rest of his life. Written with wry humor and in prose as breathtaking as the stark landscape it evokes, The Memoirs of Stockholm Sven is a testament to the strength of our human bonds, reminding us that even in the most inhospitable conditions on the planet, we are not beyond the reach of love.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Psychological fiction.; Dogs; Human-animal relationships; Social isolation;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Black ice : a thriller / by Thor, Brad,author.;
"Scot Harvath is having his best summer ever. With a cottage on the fjord, a boat, and his beautiful girlfriend Sølvi, he's got everything he could possibly want. But out of vacation days and long overdue back home, America's top spy has a decision to make-return, or submit his resignation"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Political fiction.; Harvath, Scot (Fictitious character); Intelligence officers; Survival;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
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Black ice [sound recording] : a thriller / by Thor, Brad,author.; Schultz, Armand,narrator.; Simon & Schuster Audio (Firm),publisher.;
Read by Armand Schultz."Scot Harvath is having his best summer ever. With a cottage on the fjord, a boat, and his beautiful girlfriend Sølvi, he's got everything he could possibly want. But out of vacation days and long overdue back home, America's top spy has a decision to make-return, or submit his resignation"--
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Political fiction.; Thrillers (Fiction); Harvath, Scot (Fictitious character); Intelligence officers; Survival;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The hiking book from hell / by Kalvø, Are,author.; Moffatt, Lucy,translator.; translation of:Kalvø, Are.Hyttebok frå helvete.English.;
Includes bibliographical references."Jim Gaffigan meets Cheryl Strayed in this blisteringly funny memoir about the call of the wild, from one of Scandinavia's biggest comedians. Sometime around his forties, Are Kalvo starts losing his friends to the mountains. Friends who used to meet him at the pub are now hiking and skiing every weekend, and when they do show up, all they talk about is feeling at one with nature (without a hint of irony). When Are realizes he's the only person who hasn't posted a selfie on a mountain, he starts to wonder: does he have it all wrong? To find out, Are buys some ridiculously expensive gear and heads into the woods.The result of his sardonic trek is at once a smart and funny take-down of outdoors culture, and a reluctant surrender to nature's undeniable pull. An adventure, a comedy, and a tragedy, The Hiking Book from Hell is destined to become a nature writing (and nature hating) classic."--
Subjects: Humor.; Kalvø, Are; Backpacking.; Hiking.; Outdoor life;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The half-drowned king : a novel / by Hartsuyker, Linnea,author.;
Includes bibliographical references (page 431)."The first installment in a debut trilogy, THE HALF-DROWNED KING tells the compelling story of the political intrigues, battles, and struggles for power that led to the rise of King Harald the Fair-Haired, first king of Norway, seen through the eyes of the young man who became his most trusted warrior and advisor. Conjuring a bloodthirsty, superstitious, and thrilling ancient world (9th century), this debut novel is for fans of Game of Thrones, the Vikings TV series, and Outlander"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Harald I, Haarfagre, King of Norway, approximately 860-approximately 940; Civil war;
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1
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Scandinavian quilt style : over 40 sewing projects for home comfort and style / by Bakke, Trine.;
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Subjects: Patchwork; Quilting; Machine quilting.; Gifts.; Textile crafts.; Patchwork quilts;
© 2011., F&W Media International,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The winter fortress : the epic mission to sabotage Hitler's atomic bomb / by Bascomb, Neal,author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-365) and index.Documents the Allied raid against occupied Norway's Vermork hydroelectric plant, the world's only supplier of the heavy water needed by the Nazis to build an atomic bomb, citing the teamwork of spies and commandos that foiled Hitler's nuclear ambitions.
Subjects: Atomic bomb; Sabotage; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The leopard / by Nesbo, Jo,1960-; Bartlett, Don.; Nesbo, Jo,1960-Panserhjerte.English.;
Subjects: Detective and mystery stories.; Mystery fiction.; Detectives; Hole, Harry (Fictitious character); Serial murder investigation;
© c2011., Random House Canada,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 3
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