Jens Andersen

The extraordinary inside story of LEGO, based on unprecedented access to the company’s archives and rare interviews with the founding family that still owns the company "This book tells the story of how my family built the LEGO brand." —Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen, former President/CEO of the LEGO Group and 3rd generation owner It’s estimated that each year between eighty and ninety million children around the globe are given a box of LEGO, while up to ten million adults buy sets for themselves. Yet LEGO is much more than a dizzying number of plastic bricks that can be put together and combined in countless ways. LEGO is also a vision of the significance of what play can mean for humanity. This book tells the extraordinary story of a global company and a Danish family who for ninety years have defended children’s right to play—and who believe grown-ups, too, should make the time to nurture their inner child. The LEGO Story is built on Jens Andersen’s unique access to LEGO’s own archives, as well as on Andersen’s extensive conversations with Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen, former president and CEO of the LEGO group and grandson of its founder, Ole Kirk Christiansen. A riveting cultural history of changing generations’ views of childhood and the importance of play, The LEGO Story also a fascinating case study of how innovation and creativity helped leaders transform LEGO from a small carpentry business into the world’s largest producer of play materials and one of the most beloved brands in the world. Richly illustrated with never-before-seen photos from the family’s private archive, this is the ultimate book for fans of LEGO, revealing everything you ever wanted to know about the brand.

How a Little Toy Sparked the World's Imagination

The LEGO Story

The Inside Story of the Little Toy That Sparked the World's Imagination

Lego

Kim Larsen

Et liv med LEGO

Astrid Lindgren. Ihr Leben

„Jeg lever løs og synes, at man skal behandle hver dag, som om den var den eneste, man har,” sagde Astrid Lindgren. Hun døde som 94-årig i 2002. Ordene ”Denne dag, et liv” mødte hun første gang som ung oprørsk pige i 1925. De fulgte hende gennem livet, i kærligheden og i kunsten som et mantra, som en form for ledetråd i menneskets uforskammet korte liv: Grib det, nyd det, brug det! Den kunst forstod Astrid Lindgren, hvad enten hun befandt sig i naturen, forsvandt dybt ind i en skriveproces, legede heks med sine små slægtninge, kæmpede for børnebogens status, for unges rettigheder, eller som ældre trådte i karakter som miljøaktivist, fredsforkæmper og filantrop. DENNE DAG, ET LIV er den første nordiske Astrid Lindgren-biografi i 40 år. Den fortæller en ny historie, den går bag forfatterskabets facade, og skildrer forfatterens tanker og handlinger, kampe, nederlag og sejre, drømme og depressioner. Bogen bygger på et væld af hidtil ukendte, aldrig tidligere publicerede breve, dagbøger og fotos, samt på halvandet års samtaler med Astrid Lindgrens datter, Karin Nyman, der på nærmeste hold fulgte sin berømte mors karriere og splittede forhold til berømmelse, rigdom, ensomhed, magt - og mænd.

En Astrid Lindgren-biografi

Denne dag, et liv

I åtte kapitler føres leseren heleveien rundt om fenomenet Tove Ditlevsen (1917-1976) og stifter bekjentskap med nye og spennende sider ved en av dansk litteraturs mest leste og elskedeforfattere. Det er historien om et hensynsløst ærlig kvinne- og forfatterliv, derliv og verk var nært forbundet, og der litteratur og ekteskap fulgtes ad i en fascinerende synkronisitet. Dette portrettet av Tove Ditlevsen viser hennes mange ansikter. På den ene siden en kvinne med lengsel etter trygghet i moderskap og familie, på den andre siden kunstner med en ubendig lyst til å realisere seg selv. Illustrert (forhåndsomtale)

et portræt af Tove Ditlevsen

Til døden os skiller

"The extraordinary inside story of the LEGO company--producer of the most beloved and popular toy on the planet--based on unprecedented access to the founding family that still owns the company, chronicling the brand's improbable journey to become the empire that it is today"--

Tove Ditlevsen skrev autofiktion, længe før det ord var opfundet, og brugte sig selv og sine nærmeste nådesløst i sit forfatterskab. Hun skrev om psykisk sygdom, misbrug og moderskab, om køn, begær og sex, mens det stadig var tabu. I sin brevkasse i Familie Journalen rådgav Tove Ditlevsen i to årtier kvinder om det gode familieliv. Selv levede hun et kaotisk et af slagsen – mor til tre, gift og skilt fire gange – og når det hele brændte sammen i hjemmet, skrev hun allerbedst. I DITLEVSEN. EN BIOGRAFI tegner Jens Andersen med en række nye kilder det hidtil mest nuancerede portræt af en flamboyant og kompromisløs kunstner.

En biografi

Ditlevsen

Huikea tarina maailman rakastetuimmasta lastenkirjailijasta - ja naisesta, joka yllätti kaikki.

Tämä päivä, yksi elämä

Astrid Lindgren

Hans Christian Andersen was a storyteller for children of all ages, but he was more than that. He was a critical journalist with great enthusiasm for science, an existential thinker, an observant travel book writer, a passionate novelist, a deft paper cut-out artist, a neurotic hypochondriac, and a man with intense but frustrated sexual desires. This startling and immensely readable, definitive new biography by Danish scholar Jens Andersen is essential to a full understanding of the man whose writing has influenced the lives of readers young and old for centuries. Jens Andersen sheds brilliant new light on Hans Christian Andersen's writings and on the writer whose own life had many aspects of the fairytale. Like some of the memorable characters he created, Andersen grew up in miserable and impoverished circumstances. He later propagated myths about his life and family, but this new biography uncovers much about this man that has never been revealed before.

A New Life

Hans Christian Andersen

“Andersen provides a fascinating backdrop for the life of the acclaimed fairy tale writer . . . a budding genius placed in the context of his time.” —Publishers Weekly Hans Christian Andersen was a storyteller for children of all ages, but he was more than that. He was a critical journalist with great enthusiasm for science, an existential thinker, an observant travel book writer, a passionate novelist, a deft paper cut-out artist, a neurotic hypochondriac, and a man with intense but frustrated sexual desires. This startling and immensely readable, definitive biography by Danish scholar Jens Andersen is essential to a full understanding of the man whose writing has influenced the lives of readers young and old for centuries. Jens Andersen sheds brilliant new light on Hans Christian Andersen’s writings and on the writer whose own life had many aspects of the fairytale. Like some of the memorable characters he created, Andersen grew up in miserable and impoverished circumstances. He later propagated myths about his life and family, but this new biography uncovers much about this man that has never been revealed before. “[An] enthralling, ground-breaking new biography . . . Jens Andersen has a novelist’s insights which enhance his meticulous biographical skills, making us appreciate (among much else) that ambiguity is as intrinsic to the life as to the art that came out of it.” —The Independent

en bog om Tom Kristensen

Dansende stjerne

Astrid Lindgren. Päev nagu elu

Jag bara lever på och tycker att man ska behandla var dag som om den var den enda man har, sa Astrid Lindgren som avled 2002, vid 94 års ålder. Orden Denna dagen, ett liv följde henne hela vägen genom livet, kärleken och konsten, som ett mantra och en mening med människans oförskämt korta liv: Grip det, njut av det, använd det! Denna dagen, ett liv är den första nordiska Astrid Lindgren-biografin på fyrtio år. Den bygger på en mängd okända och aldrig tidigare publicerade brev, dagböcker och fotografier, samt på samtal med Astrid Lindgrens dotter Karin Nyman, som på nära håll följde sin berömda mors karriär och kluvenhet inför berömmelse, rikedom, ensamhet, makt - och män.

En biografi över Astrid Lindgren

Denna dagen, ett liv

The first English†‘language biography of Astrid Lindgren provides a moving and revealing portrait of the beloved Scandinavian literary icon whose adventures of Pippi Longstocking have influenced generations of young readers all over the world. Lindgren’s sometimes turbulent life as an unwed teenage mother, outspoken advocate for the rights of women and children, and celebrated editor and author is chronicled in fascinating detail by Jens Andersen, one of Denmark’s most popular biographers. Based on extensive research and access to primary sources and letters, this highly readable account describes Lindgren’s battles with depression and her personal struggles through war, poverty, motherhood, and fame. Andersen examines the writer’s oeuvre as well to uncover the secrets to the books’ universal appeal and why they have resonated so strongly with young readers for more than seventy years.

The Woman Behind Pippi Longstocking

mine unge år

A powerful biography of the internationally renowned writer who created one of the most enduring characters in children's literature

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