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Discovering two thought-provoking philosophical questions in her mailbox, Sophie enrolls in a correspondence course with a mysterious philosopher and begins to receive some equally unusual letters. Reprint.

A Doll's House

by Henrik Ibsen

A Doll's House is a play written in 1879 by Norweigian playwright Henrik Ibsen. This play, being Ibsen's most famous, is a required reading in many high schools and colleges around the world. Although the play was considered controversial when it was originally published, it's critical view of victorian marriage is now seen as being educational. This work is known for its unconventional ending, which ends in a... (more)

Hunger

by George Egerton, Knut Hamsun

This powerful, autobiographical novel by a Nobel Prize-winning author made literary history when it was first published in 1890. A modern classic about a penniless, unemployed young writer, the book paints an unforgettable portrait of a man driven to the edge of self-destruction by forces beyond his control.

Out Stealing Horses

by Per Petterson

NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW A TIME MAGAZINE BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR WINNER OF THE IMPAC DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD Out Stealing Horses has been embraced across the world as a classic, a novel of universal relevance and power. Panoramic and gripping, it tells the story of Trond Sander, a sixty-seven-year-old man who has moved from the city to a remote, riverside... (more)

The Solitaire Mystery

by Jostein Gaarder, Hilde Kramer

Weaving an astonishingly original tapestry of tales from the viewpoint of a 12-year-old boy named Hans Thomas, The Solitaire Mystery takes readers on a universal search for fulfillment and the meaning of life.

The Christmas Mystery

by Jostein Gaarder

A beautifully re-illustrated child-friendly edition of this bestseller.

Mysteries (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics)

Mysteries (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics)

by Tony Harrison, Knut Hamsun

Mysteries (1892) is the story of Johan Nilsen Nagel, a mysterious stranger who suddenly turns up in a small Norwegian town one summer-and just as suddenly disappears. Nagel is a complete outsider, a sort of modern Christ treated in a spirit of near parody. He condemns the politics and thought of the age, brings comfort to the insulted and injured and gains the love of two women suggestive of the biblical Mary and... (more)

Don't Look Back (Inspector Sejer Mysteries (Paperback))

Don't Look Back (Inspector Sejer Mysteries (Paperback))

by Karin Fossum

Don't Look Back heralds the arrival of an exotic new crime series featuring Inspector Sejer, a smart and enigmatic hero, tough but fair. The setting is a small, idyllic village at the foot of Norway's Kollen Mountain, where neighbors know neighbors and children play happily in the streets. But when the body of a teenage girl is found by the lake at the mountaintop, the town's tranquillity is shattered forever.... (more)

Hedda Gabler: From The collected works of Henrik Ibsen, volume X

Hedda Gabler: From The collected works of Henrik Ibsen, volume X

by Jon Robin Baitz, Andrew Upton, Henrik Ibsen

One of Ibsen's most powerful plays, providing a a richly coloured and brilliantly detailed portrait

Naïve. Super

by Erlend Loe, Tor Ketil Solberg

When this novel appeared in 1999, it became a publishing sensation in the author's native Norway, sitting at the top of the best-seller list for over a year. The twenty-five-year-old unnamed narrator of Naive, Super quits college in search of a raison d'etre. He begins to write lists. He becomes obsessed by time and whether it actually matters. He befriends a small boy who lives next door. He yearns to get to the... (more)

Giants in the Earth : A Saga of the Prairie

Giants in the Earth : A Saga of the Prairie

by Lincoln Colcord, O. E. Rolvaag

The classic story of a Norwegian pioneer family's struggles with the land and the elements of the Dakota Territory as they try to make a new life in America.

Nemesis LP

by Don Bartlett, Jo Nesbø

Gripping and surprising, Nemesis is a nail-biting thriller from one of the biggest stars in crime fiction. Grainy closed-circuit television footage shows a man walking into an Oslo bank and putting a gun to a cashier's head. He tells the young woman to count to twenty-five. When the robber doesn't get his money in time, the cashier is executed, and two million Norwegian kroner disappear without a trace. Police... (more)

Pan. (English)

by Knut Hamsun

First published in 1894, Knut Hamsun's PAN recounts Thomas Glahn's retrospective narrative of his life and adventures in the Norwegian woods. PAN provides a lyrical, yet disturbing, analysis of love and the recesses of the psyche. This superb new translation restores the power and virtuosity of Hamsun's original and includes an informative Introduction.

Kon-Tiki: Across the Pacific by Raft

by F.H. Lyon, Thor Heyerdahl

Kon-Tiki is the record of an astonishing adventure -- a journey of 4,300 nautical miles across the Pacific Ocean by raft. Intrigued by Polynesian folklore, biologist Thor Heyerdahl suspected that the South Sea Islands had been settled by an ancient race from thousands of miles to the east, led by a mythical hero, Kon-Tiki. He decided to prove his theory by duplicating the legendary voyage. On April 28, 1947,... (more)

Ringmasters Daughter

by Jostein Gaarder

Panina Manina, a trapeze artist, falls and breaks her neck. As the ringmaster bends over her, he sees around her neck an amber charm—just like the one he gave his own child before she was swept away in a torrent 16 years earlier. This tale is narrated by Petter, a precocious child and a fantasist, and perhaps Jostein Gaarder’s most intriguing creation since Sophie. Petter makes his living selling stories and ideas... (more)

Ghosts

by Henrik Ibsen

"Ghosts" is the story of Helen Alving, a widow who is haunted by the many mistresses of her deceased husband and by her son who has inherited syphilis from his philandering father. "Ghosts" is a scathing indictment of Victorian society in which Ibsen refutes the notion that if one simply fulfills one\'s duty rather than following one\'s desires then a good and noble life will be achieved. Scandalous in its day for... (more)

He Who Fears the Wolf (Inspector Sejer Mysteries (Paperback))

He Who Fears the Wolf (Inspector Sejer Mysteries (Paperback))

by Karin Fossum

Inspector Sejer is hard at work again, investigating the brutal murder of a woman who lived alone in the middle of the woods. The chief suspect is another loner, a schizophrenic recently escaped from a mental institution. The only witness is a twelve-year-old boy, overweight, obsessed with archery, and a resident at a home for delinquents. When a demented man robs a nearby bank and accidentally takes the suspect... (more)

The Ice Palace (Peter Owen Modern Classics)

The Ice Palace (Peter Owen Modern Classics)

by Tarjei Vesaas

Two 11-year old girls, Unn and Siss, meet. Unn is about to reveal a secret, one that leads to her death in a formation of ice caused by a large waterfall. Siss's struggle with her fidelity to the memory of a friend, the strange frozen world of the waterfall, and the description of Unn's fatal exploration of the ice palace are described in prose of a lyrical economy that ranks among the memorable achievements of... (more)

LErlend Loe

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by Erlend Loe

Text: Norwegian

Christmas Treasury

by Jan Brett

This gorgeous Christmas collection combines seven of Jan Brett's most famous, highly acclaimed, best-selling, beloved books: The Mitten, The Wild Christmas Reindeer, Trouble with Trolls, The Twelve Days of Christmas, The Hat, Christmas Trolls , and The Night Before Christmas . Jan Brett's exquisite art is universally recognized as being among the finest in children's books today. In this incredible volume... (more)

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A Novel about the History of Philosophy

by Jostein Gaarder

by Henrik Ibsen

by George Egerton, Knut Hamsun

by Per Petterson

by Jostein Gaarder, Hilde Kramer

by Jostein Gaarder

by Tony Harrison, Knut Hamsun

by Karin Fossum

by Jon Robin Baitz, Andrew Upton, Henrik Ibsen

by Erlend Loe, Tor Ketil Solberg

by Lincoln Colcord, O. E. Rolvaag

by Don Bartlett, Jo Nesbø

by Knut Hamsun

by F.H. Lyon, Thor Heyerdahl

by Jostein Gaarder

by Henrik Ibsen

by Karin Fossum

by Tarjei Vesaas

by Erlend Loe

by Jan Brett