Dalle metropoli del Nord America alle luci di Copenaghen ai vuoti silenziosi delle foreste: le donne e gli uomini descritti da Dorthe Nors sono persone in fuga da rapporti dissestati, in cerca di legami, ognuno con una solitudine da colmare e un altrove da raggiungere. Una scrittrice si rifugia in una baita e fa amicizia con la madre di un ex amante. Un uomo decide di andare a caccia per sfuggire qualche ora alla moglie ma non sa se riuscirà più a tornare indietro. Uno scapolo più che maturo mette tutto se stesso al servizio delle socie di un circolo per anziani. Nors proietta una luce negli angoli più nascosti e porta l'oscurità dove meno ce la aspettiamo. Queste pagine pulsano di amore, violenza, amicizia: pulsano di vita.

Dorthe Nors follows up her acclaimed story collection Karate Chop with a pair of novellas that playfully chart the aftermath of two very twenty-first-century romances. In "Days," a woman in her late thirties records her life in a series of lists, giving shape to the tumult of her days--one moment she is eating an apple, the next she is on the floor, howling like a dog. As the details accumulate, we experience with her the full range of emotions: anger, loneliness, regret, pain, and also joy, as the lists become a way to understand, connect to, and rebuild her life.

In "Minna Needs Rehearsal Space," a novella told in headlines, an avant-garde musician is dumped via text message. Fleeing the indignity of the breakup and friends who flaunt their achievements in life, career, and family, Minna unfriends people on Facebook, listens to Bach, and reads Ingmar Bergman, then decamps to an island near Sweden, "well suited to mental catharsis." A cheeky nod to the listicles and bulletins we scroll through on a daily basis,So Much for That Winter explores how we shape and understand experience, and the disconnection and dislocation that define our twenty-first-century lives, with Nors's unique wit and humor.

Fitting yoga into your life is now simpler and more convenient than ever withthis deck of cards that takes readers through the basic movements and techniquesspecific to power yoga. Power Yoga: The Card Set offers a fresh approach toyoga as exercise and as a vibrant part of a fulfilling lifestyle. Each card features abeautiful full-color photograph illustrating the different sun-salutations (the basisof power yoga exercises), numerous asanas (poses), and meditation, relaxation,and breathing techniques, along with clear and simple instructions. Integrateyoga into your daily routine smoothly with the help of this handy card deck.

According to Power Yoga, more than 16 million yoga enthusiasts in America spend almost $3 billion dollars on classes and products each year. Yoga is becoming an increasingly popular activity, and author Ulrica Norberg helps yoga-goers put their money to good work by demonstrating technique in vivid detail and by revealing yoga's extraordinary power to heal. Norberg believes yoga can aid us in developing our own life philosophies through a synthesis of Eastern ideology and self-reflection. Her book Power Yoga is at once a testament to the beauty and grace of yoga and a how-to guide that explains practice and form.

Norberg takes readers through the elements of yoga and the basic movements and techniques specific to power yoga. Filled with beautiful full-color photographs illustrating sun-salutations (the basis of power yoga exercises), numerous asanas (poses), and meditation techniques, her book is useful for all levels of instruction and inspiration. This is one of the few practical yoga books that truly expresses the joy, physicality, and temperament of yoga, which has become a passion for so many Americans-young and old and men and women alike.