Under the Sicilian Sun

Life could hardly be worse. It's the middle of winter in Scandinavia. The main character of this heart-warming story is unemployed, broke, depressed and the single mother of a little six year-old boy, who has ADHD.

Then she gets invited on holiday to Sicily. She gets to experience the beauty, the culture, the countryside and most of all the warmth of the local people of this ancient Mediterranean island. Everything changes. 

She ends up finding solutions to both her and her son's problems, and she finds love where and when she least expected it.

This is not just a romantic feel-good-story. It's also a philosophically rich work, which touches the thoughts and emotions of all of us.

As a bonus, the island life is illustrated with real-life-pictures of Sicily in springtime, so you feel like you are on holiday, while reading this little diary.

Another bonus is that this book includes a chapter with plenty of tips on how to help children with ADHD.

AMAZON-LINK:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00DKA5HBO

A holiday that changes everything

A holiday that changes everything

On her 50th birthday everything changes. The kids are now grown and have moved out, her husband asked for a divorce and even her career and financial survival are endangered, due to the global financial crisis.

All she's left with is doubt and regret. But then she finds a new friend who adds a new perspective to life. 

But sadly life seems to hold more bad surprises in store and all too soon that friend is taken away from her again.

What is she left with now?

An unexpected vacation in Vancouver turns all that around. All of a sudden she is able to see things for what they really are and understand why life has changed the way it did, but most of all she can now see that her future is going to be bright and just how easily she can get what she really wants in life!

This feel-good novel has been compared to the Meg Ryan-Comedy “French Kiss” and with 40 recipes and more than 250 photographs of Vancouver and many a delicacy it is as the same time a travel guide and a cookbook, mainly featuring delicious cakes and other baked goodies.
Amazon-Link:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CNV94ZG

ARTISTS OF THE WORD – Margarete Dwenger

ARTISTS OF THE WORD – Margarete Dwenger

In this art-guide artist Margarete Dwenger is featured as part of the “Artists of the world”-series.

Margarete Dwenger specializes in pencil, charcoal and oil and the book is illustrated beautifully with many an example of her naturalistic drawings and paintings.

This is a NVP-Guide and part of the “Artists of the World”-Series, which featured many different artists from all over the world.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CKX46I2

Artists of the World-Series: Sarah Sofia Granborg

ARTISTS OF THE WORLD – Sarah Sofia Granborg

The artists of the world-series features artist and writer Sarah Sofia Granborg in a colorful, well illustrated autobiographic art-guide.

Lots of examples are shown of her different types of art and she talks about inspiration, influences and techniques and of course about Scandinavia as well.

This is a NVP-Guide and part of the “Artists of the World”-Series.

Amazon-link:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CFQXWCA

My Danish Harbor

Art and Homesteading in Scandinavia

In this book the author shares her autobiographic story of how the family moved into the middle of nowhere: a lonesome harbor in southern Denmark.

Lots of photographs and poems illustrate daily life to such a degree that it almost feels as if the reader is part of it.

A very beautiful and romantic book which also offers insight in the rough parts of an alternative lifestyle.

It's a breathtakingly beautiful journey through Scandinavia and into the self – which shows what an artist's life doing homeschooling and homesteading is like in reality.

Amazon-Link:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00C3HOQ7Q

MOSAIC TILE FLOORS

Book Description

Publication Date: February 21, 2013

Did you know, that almost anyone can tile a simple mosaic floor? It is neither costly, nor very diffucult to do, as we will show you in this book.

This is another DIY-adventure that our family tried out on our old farm and the result was rather stunning. We will show you in many pictures just how we did it and what the final result was.

It often took us only three days per room and was great fun to do, because not only is the result very rewarding, it was also wonderful to be able to be creative on a job which otherwise might just have been a sour duty.

Amazon Link:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00BJQO3SE

How I Built My Own Sauna

Scandinavian sauna culture is known all over the world and considered a luxurious experience close to nature.

But building a sauna neither has to be expensive, nor time-consuming.
In fact you don't even need a lot of space nor much experience.
This is the story of how a normal family built their own sauna - completely from scratch, and with a very low budget.

Illustrated with many photographs and 2 drawings this book is a step-by-step DIY-adventure which explains how our family did it and made the dream of our own indoor-sauna come true!

Link to Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00BE9FBK0