Bøker utgitt av Vigmostad & Bjørke AS (VB Import)

A mother-daughter story about the strong pull of tradition, and the lure and cost of breaking free of it. When Shoko decided to marry an American GI and leave Japan, she had her parents' blessing, her brother's scorn, and a gift from her husband-a book on how to be a proper American housewife. As she crossed the ocean to America, Shoko also brought with her a secret she would need to keep her entire life... Half a century later, Shoko's plans to finally return to Japan and reconcile with her brother are derailed by illness. In her place, she sends her grown American daughter, Sue, a divorced single mother whose own life isn't what she hoped for. As Sue takes in Japan, with all its beauty and contradictions, she discovers another side to her mother and returns to America unexpectedly changed and irrevocably touched.

Over half a century since The Spy Who came in from the Cold made John le Carre a worldwide, bestselling sensation, David Cornwell, the man behind the pseudonym, remains an enigma. He has consistently quarried his life for his writing, and his novels seem to offer tantalizing glimpses of their author - but in the narrative of his life fact and fiction have become intertwined, and little is really known of one of the world's most successful writers. In Cornwell's lonely childhood Adam Sisman uncovers the origins of the themes of love and abandonment which have dominated le Carre's fiction: the departure of his mother when he was five, followed by 'sixteen hugless years' in the dubious care of his father, a man of energy and charm, a serial seducer and conman who hid the Bentleys in the trees when the bailiffs came calling - a 'totally incomprehensible father' who could 'put a hand on your shoulder and the other in your pocket, both gestures equally sincere'. And in Cornwell's adult life - from recruitment by both MI5 and MI6, through marriage and family life, to his emergence as the master of the spy novel - Sisman explores the idea of espionage and its significance in human terms; the extent to which betrayal is acceptable in exchange for love; and the endless need for forgiveness, especially from oneself. Written with exclusive access to David Cornwell himself, to his private archive and to the most important people in his life - family, friends, enemies, intelligence ex-colleagues and ex-lovers - and featuring a wealth of previously unseen photographic material, Adam Sisman's extraordinarily insightful and constantly revealing biography brings in from the cold a man whose own life has been as complex and confounding and filled with treachery as any of his novels. 'I'm a liar,' Cornwell has written. 'Born to lying, bred to it, trained to it by an industry that lies for a living, practised in it as a novelist.' This is the definitive biography of a major writer, described by Ian McEwan as 'perhaps the most significant novelist of the second half of the twentieth century in Britain'.

Forfatteren forteller om hvordan han på 1990-tallet på dagtid jobbet i et reklamebyrå mens han på kveldstid jobbet som drag-queen, samtidig som han forsøkte å etablere et stabilt og kjærlig parforhold.

Etter to måneders sjukemelding hadde Mike Croft håpet på ei enkel sak for å komme inn i ting igjen. I steden får han ei sak med en voldtektsmann som går løs i Norwichs gater og overfaller unge, blonde kvinner. Det virker som om det er tilfeldig hvem han angriper, men når obuksjonsrapportene er ferdige må Mike innse at det er et grusomt scenario han står overfor.

Ikke en gang FBI har klart å oppspore den kidnappede politiker-hustruen som C.W. Sughrue nå har fått i oppdrag å finne. Etter å ha krysset Vesten fra Montana til Aspen, sitter C.W. igjen med en liten, uthulet skulptur av en and.

Tre svarte barjenter blir funnet myrdet. Deretter en hvit stripteasedanser, myrdet etter samme mønster som de andre. Og da sistnevnte viser seg å være datter av en kjent statsadvokat, bryter helvete løs. Nok en gang blir privatdetektiv Easy Rawlins presset til å engasjere seg.

Easy Rawlins har mistet fabrikkjobben, og det nye huset hans står i fare for å gå tapt. Det er fristende å bite på det noe uklare tilbudet fra DeWitt Albright - et hundredollars oppdrag med å oppspore en viss Daphne Monet. Beløpet dekker første avdrag på huset, men trekker den godtroende Easy ut i en sump av vonde overraskelser. Underveis mot løsningen sveiper han fra barbersalonger, jazzkneiper og svartes vannhull til hvite folks luksusboliger, som bak den iøynefallende fasaden har desto mer å skjule.

Vi er i Los Angeles' svarte bydeler, og rasemotsetningene putrer eksplosivt. Easy Rawlins er en tvilsom helt. Han eier flere leiegårder, men leieboerne vet ikke hvem som til sist hover inn leiepengene. Ikke engang den fattige og syke Poitisettia vet hvem hun presses av når hun ikke har betalt leien på to måneder. En dag er hun død, hengt i stuelampa. Easy finner flere døde, og oppdager etterhvert at han er en brikke i et dobbeltspill der forfølger og forfulgt lett forveksles.

Eric Pearson hevder at han blir forfulgt fordi han har journalen til Simon Blake JP, som avdekker en pedofil ring som kan styrte mektige menn. Mike Croft blir tilkalt for å etterforske saken. Så blir en liten gutt funnet myrdet og avkledd.

When serial-killing local Florida historian Serge A. Storms is off his meds, noe one is safe, especially when $5 million in cash in a bugged suitcase is still racing up and down the Eastern Seaboard. But in the oddball circus known as the Sunshine State, little things like astronomical body counts tend to get lost in the shuffle.

Eddie starts stealing cars long before he's old enough to get a license, driven by a force so compelling that he never questions, just obeys. After a series of false starts, interrupted by stays in juvenile institutions and a state prison term, Eddie's skills and loyalty attract the attention of J.C., a near-legendary hijacker. Eddie becomes the driver for J.C.'s ultra-professional crew. J.C., the master planner, is finally ready to pull off that one huge job every con dreams of, the Retirement Score. But some roads have twists even a professional getaway man couldn't foresee.

This book tells the story of how American pop culture has evolved throughout the twentieth century to its current position as world cultural touchstone. From sex and music to fashion and commerce, the author tracks the arc of ideas as they move from subterranean Bohemia to Madison Avenue and back again. The book examines how hip has helped shape - and continues to influence - America's view of itself, and provides an incisive account of hip's quest for authenticity.

Caitlin kommer fra et privilegert hjem og da hun inviterer Victoria "Vix" med til sommerhuset i Martha's Vineyard, blir de snart kjent som "sommersøstrene". Her finner de kjærlighet og sex. Etterhvert som de vokser opp, studerer Victoria på Harvard, mens Caitlin reiser rundt i Europa og har en rekke kortvarige forhold. Det er først når hun kommer tilbake til Martha's Vineyard, at Caitlin gjør det utenkelige som forandrer både hennes vennskap til Vix og livene deres.

The advice book for married couples is controversy. Some might say it's old fashioned advice, others say - like 'The Rules' - that it works, and helps couples get along better together. Dr Laura's tell-it-how-it-is relationships book looks at what isn't working in today's marriages and prescribes a new set of values and rules to help make love blossom and marriages work. She tells wives to stop whingeing and work harder at nurturing the family and loving their men and rewards will be duly reaped. A central theme is the three A's: appreciation, approval and affection - or showing your man you need, admire and desire him.

Jenny's cat in "The Little Kitten", is restlessly looking for a comfortable spot to give birth to her kittens. The straw in the barn is too scratchy so Jenny gives up her bottom drawer.

De overlevde flystyrt og et snøskred i Andesfjellene. De hadde for lenge siden gitt opp å få hjelp fra omverdenen. Det som holdt dem i live i ti uker, var så redselsfullt at ingen greide å snakke om det. Dette er en fortelling fra virkeligheten om en flyulykke i 1972. Boken er filmet.

Boken gir en oversikt over Tolkiens kunst fra hans tidlige barnetegninger til hans siste utkast. Den viser illustrasjoner fra hans bøker, bilder som han har laget til sine barn, kalligrafi, dekorasjoner og bidrag til typografi og design til sine bøker. Boken har 200 reproduksjoner, og flere er i farger. Med bibliografi og stikkordregister.

Explore the cooking of China and Asia in this collection of 200 recipes, photographed throughout.

Mary er nitten år gammel og bor alene i Albuquerque. Når hun møter José Luis, en flyktning som er blitt smuglet inn i USA fra borgerkrigen i El Salvador, blir hun forelsket i øyeblikket og i mannen. Litt etter litt begynner hun å avsløre for José Luis den delen av seg selv hun aldri har kjent.

William møter Sarah på baren Bitter End i New York noen måneder før sin 21-årsdag. Han forelsker seg dypt og inderlig i Sarah, men i løpet av seks måneder faller William fra lykkens tinder til kjærlighetssorgens dype daler. Han har pleid å få det som han vil, men Sarah er bestemt på å forme sitt liv selv.

Hang on, it's a hell of a ride!From the band that lived by the motto "Anything worth doing was worth overdoing" -- Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Tom Hamilton, Brad Whitford, and Joey Kramer -- comes a quarter century of rock godhood: the life, the music, the truth, the hell, the lost years, and the raunchy, unsafe sex.And, of course, the drugs.But after crashing in a suffocating cloud of cocaine, crystal meth, and heroin, Aerosmith rose up from the ashes to become clean and sober -- and reclaim their rightful title as World Champion Rockers. Learn how they did it in a book that is pure Aerosmith unbound: where they came from, what they are now, and what they will always be -- a great American band.

Dale Stewart har sabotert sin egen karriere og sitt eget ekteskap. Nå er han på vei tilbake til hjemstedet Elm Haven for å finne fred og isolasjon. Det viser seg at det å flytte inn i et ubebodd hus i utkanten av byen bare er den siste i ei lang rekke av feil han har gjort. Med på flyttelasset har nemlig hans personlige demoner også fulgt med, og de forvrenger virkeligheten til nye og grusomme former.

En rik, ung mann blir funnet død i leiligheten sin, og han blir avskrevet som enda et offer for kokainoverdose. Til tross for innvendelser fra politi og overordnede, følger patologen Laurie Montgomery sin mistanke - rett inn i senteret av byens ledende sykehus.

Make-or-break decisions involving millions of dollars are all in a day's work for Christian Gillette, chairman of Everest Capital, New York's most renowned private equity firm. He's taken on the toughest, most powerful, and often most dangerous adversaries and prevailed–all the while honing his skill for being cool under fire, literally. But now Gillette will be put to the ultimate test. He's offered the chance to seal a deal unlike any other, one that goes beyond boardrooms, balance sheets, and even Everest itself–one that will leave its mark on history. Gillette is no stranger to Jesse Wood, the first African American president of the United States, having been Wood's chosen running mate in his historic bid for the White House. Though still slightly upset over being dropped from the ticket at the eleventh hour, Gillette's not about to ignore the chief executive's summons to a top-secret meeting at Camp David. There, Wood drops a bombshell: The president of Cuba is dead. Cuba's communist regime has kept the dictator's demise hush while it races to fill the power vacuum. And the United States is poised to support a cabal of Cuban professionals plotting a coup. The President wants Gillette to meet with the conspirators and size up the chances for a successful capitalist revolution. But by no means can his mission be traced back to the White House. If anything goes wrong, Gillette is on his own. And if certain people have their way, something will go wrong. For the conspiracy to liberate Cuba isn't the only one afoot. Enemies in highplaces, who will go to any lengths to wreak revenge on Gillette and to unseat President Wood, have set in motion a campaign of deception, sabotage, and murder whose shockwaves will resonate from the streets of Havana to the Oval Office. But for Gillette, who has just named his alluring and ambitious protégé, Allison Wallace, as his successor at Everest, the greatest peril may lie much closer to home. The Successor is blue-chip Stephen Frey, marshaling his flawless instincts for edgy, provocative, breathtaking suspense with a master's touch. > From the Hardcover edition>

A stunning debut novel of a young American woman who becomes a spy in Paris during World War II. May 1940. Fleeing a glamorous Manhattan life built on lies, Claire Harris arrives in Paris with a romantic vision of starting anew. But she didn't anticipate the sight of Nazi soldiers marching under the Arc de Triomphe. Her plans smashed by the German occupation, the once- privileged socialite's only option is to take a job in a flower shop under the tutelage of a sophisticated Parisian florist. In exchange for false identity papers, Claire agrees to aid the French Resistance. Despite the ever-present danger, she comes to love the enduring beauty of the City of Light, exploring it in the company of Thomas Grey, a mysterious Englishman working with the Resistance. Claire's bravery and intelligence make her a valuable operative, and slowly her values shift as she witnesses the courageous spirit of the Parisians. But deception and betrayal force her to flee once again-this time to fight for the man she loves and what she knows is right-praying she has the heart and determination to survive long enough to one day see Paris again.

This is a powerful, original and haunting debut: hard to put down and impossible to forget. I know what my husband would say: that I have too much time on my hands; that I need to keep myself busy. That I need to take my medication. Empty nest syndrome, he tells his friends at the pub, his mother. He's always said I have a vivid imagination. Marta and Hector have been married for a long time. So long that she finds it difficult to remember her life before him. He has always taken care of her, and she has always done everything she can to be a good wife. But now Marta is starting to doubt her life with Hector. A blonde girl has appeared in the shadows, and she seems to be telling her something. Is Marta hallucinating? Or could this be a memory, rising to the surface...?