An updated and expanded edition of perennial bestseller Norwegian Wood by Lars Mytting, with 64 pages of new content ''You don''t need to have a wood-burning stove or fireplace to be captivated by the craft and lore surrounding a Stone Age method of creating heat.'' -Boston Globe Chopping and stacking wood is a pastime where the world makes sense once more. Because our relationship to fire is so ancient, so universal, it seems that in learning about wood, you can also learn about life. In Scandinavia, the extreme climate has obliged generations to hone and share their skills with tools, wood, and heat production. Lars Mytting has distilled the wisdom of enthusiasts, from experienced lifelong growers, stackers and burners to researchers and professionals of combustion and tree culture - and also from among his vast international readership. Part guide to the best practice in every aspect of working with this renewable energy source, part meditation on the human instinct for survival, Norwegian Wood now includes new material on clean-burning practices and a chapter on building a campfire in any conditions, based on the Sami tradition. This definitive handbook on the art of chopping, stacking and drying wood has resonated across the world, with more than a million copies sold. Chapters include: The Cold The Forest The Tools The Chopping Block The Woodpile The Seasoning The Stove The Fire The Campfire

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Lars Mytting was born in Fåvang, Norway, in 1968. His novel The Sixteen Trees of the Somme was awarded the Norwegian National Booksellers' Award and The Sister Bells Trilogy-The Bell in the Lake, The Reindeer Hunters and The Night of the Scourge-were all number-one bestsellers in Norway. The original edition of Norwegian Wood was published in English in 2015 and became an international bestseller.

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An updated and expanded edition of perennial bestseller Norwegian Wood by Lars Mytting, with 64 pages of new content

"You don't need to have a wood-burning stove or fireplace to be captivated by the craft and lore surrounding a Stone Age method of creating heat."-Boston Globe

Chopping and stacking wood is a pastime where the world makes sense once more. Because our relationship to fire is so ancient, so universal, it seems that in learning about wood, you can also learn about life.

In Scandinavia, the extreme climate has obliged generations to hone and share their skills with tools, wood, and heat production. Lars Mytting has distilled the wisdom of enthusiasts, from experienced lifelong growers, stackers and burners to researchers and professionals of combustion and tree culture - and also from among his vast international readership.

Part guide to the best practice in every aspect of working with this renewable energy source, part meditation on the human instinct for survival, Norwegian Wood now includes new material on clean-burning practices and a chapter on building a campfire in any conditions, based on the Sámi tradition. This definitive handbook on the art of chopping, stacking and drying wood has resonated across the world, with more than a million copies sold.

Chapters include:

• The Cold
• The Forest
• The Tools
• The Chopping Block
• The Woodpile
• The Seasoning
• The Stove
• The Fire
• The Campfire