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Art: general interest (Children's/YA)

2013

Tortugas en el espacio de papel (Paper's turtules in the space)

by Manuel Marín

In this book the artist makes an essay about the different shapes of the turtles by going around space and folding the paper. Eight turtle sculptures made of paper and created by Manuel Marín shows us by constructing step by space each piece the basics of concave or convex since they can be assembled either from outside or inside.

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Poetry (Children's/YA)

2015

Antes no había nada, después comencé a imaginar mi propio jardín (There was nothing before. Then I began to imagine my own garden)

by Chiara Carrer

Collection of beloved things, of techniques, and various artistic instruments ( from naturalist and abstract illustration) with which Carrer brings various plants and trees to life. An open garden to every reader curious about shapes and colors, those who like to ponder, who want to know more about the.

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Art: general interest (Children's/YA)

2013

A cada quien su casa (To each his own house)

by Chiara Carrer

This beautiful book full of images, textures and voices builds «the house / of always maybe never / of time». Chiara Carrer parts from the poetic definition of home, but a book full of narrative and memories is established right from the beginning. «I forgot / the place, when / and where / I forgot», a woman with pink hair and yellow hands decribes as part of the adventure that this unique book proposes.

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Children's & YA

All the world's stage

The Story of the theatre

by Pyotr Vorotyntsev

Humanity has been acting and playing roles from time immemorial. The book explores theatre as an elusive, floating art and outlines the evolving dynamics between the actors, director, costume designer, composer and the public. How did the relationship between actor and spectator change with time? This is an illustrated history of theatre from Ancient Greece till the present. Opera and ballet, puppet shows and street theatre, Noh and kabuki theatre, Shakespeare, Stanislavsky and Meyerhold.

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Children's & YA

Patti´s horses

by Pato Segovia

Picture book tribute to rock and culture icon Patti Smith. Patti had some beautiful horses. But it’s been a while since she last saw them. Can you help Patti find her horses? We will share this trip with a mutant dog, songs, animals and lots of friends. Patti’s horses is a sincere tribute to all of those who live in search of freedom, passion and lost horses. For punks of all ages!

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People & places (Children's/YA)

March 2018

Mi Barrio

by María José Ferrada, Ana Penyas

Every morning Marta goes out and verifies that everytthing is the way it should be: her friends in a terrace playing an eternal game of cards, the same beach as always in the usual place, children having fun in the schoolyard... Just a regular and amazing life in the neighbourhood.

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Children's & YA

To the Mountains!

The history of mountaineering

by Lada Bakal

This is a unique story of how people changed their view of mountains and mountain climbing. First they saw mountains as an enemy to subjugate but with time the very process of ascent acquired a special meaning for the climbers. The subdued illustrations remind us of vintage postcards from the Alps.

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Children's & YA

Mathematics: History of Ideas

by Maria Astrina and Iosif Ribakov

This history of mathematics from prehistoric times till the 21st century tells about mathematicians and discoveries of each period, solutions to mathematical problems that led to unexpected discoveries in other fields of knowledge and the changing language of science. The authors concentrate not only on personalities and facts, but on the history of ideas and their progress, including the circumference of a circle, the π, the law of gravity, the theory of relativity, Euclid’s axioms and multidimensional Riemann spaces.

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Children's & YA

Amazing Parasites:plants, fungi, animals

by Alyona Vasnetsova

We often use the word parasite meaning a lazy sponger. In biology however, organisms living at the expense of others are called parasites. We are surrounded by these creatures, they are everywhere, sometimes inside us, too! What a huge community! Plants, fungi, insects, even fish, birds and animals! Learn about how parasites live, why they are needed in nature and what use they can be to us.

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Children's & YA

How do animals sleep?

by Evgenia Günter

A goodnight book about funny sleeping habits of birds and animals. Do you struggle with putting your child to sleep every night? Mommy Dormouse tells her baby bedtime stories about other animals –where and how they sleep. Flamingoes and hummingbirds, snakes and hedgehogs, elephants and hippos, fish and ants – they all go to sleep! Some sleep in the trees and some underground, some in the water, or in the air, with their eyes open or closed, alone or together with the whole family, or even hanging upside-down.

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Children's & YA

Animals and their superpowers

by Evgenia Günter

We will establish who among them is the fastest, cunning, strongest. Who has the most sophisticated hunting methods, and who at any moment can disappear or turn into invisibility. Let's find out if it's true that polar bears have membranes, snakes sniff with their tongues, and frogs fly. And finally, the most amazing thing is whether there are animals in the world that practically do not get sick, and maybe even those that live forever ... Interesting? Then go ahead for unique facts!

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Children's & YA

Fantastic Animals all over the world

by Ekaterina Stepanenko

From time immemorial people believed there were all kinds of wondrous creatures in faraway places. They fly in the air and swim deep in the ocean waters and hide in the mountains. Some have been hunted for hundreds of years and are still sought today. This book describes some of the bizarre creatures born by humankind’s fantasy: their habits and habitats and what science has to say about the possibility of their existence.Here you will find unicorn and cockatice, dragon and kitsune, the kraken and the Nessie, tripodero and bigfoot and many others.

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Paleontologists and their petsAND THEIR PETS

by Anton Nelikhov

Since ancient times, people found fossilized bones and shells of strange creatures. For thousands of years they did not understand who these remnants belonged to, and tried to explain their findings somehow: these bones belonged to giants and monsters, or to antediluvian fauna. Gradually, scientists began to understand that such remains belonged to animals, and finally they declared: long before the appearance of people, these bizarre animals, fishes and lizards existed on Earth, and those fossils were their remains.

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We live in the stone age

by Ekaterina Zavershneva

The encyclopedia "We Live in the Stone Age" will tell you about how children and adults lived many thousands of years ago. With your own eyes, you will see archaeological excavations and plunge into the life of the Ice Age. You will learn how ancient people dressed and how they treated diseases, what a totem and taboos were, what were the first languages and the first letters. Children will understand how to hunt a mammoth, light a fire, sew clothes from skins, celebrate the primitive New Year, navigate the forest, apply festive and war paint, understand the language of animals and birds. The story will come to life, become understandable and close

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Children's & YA

Football: the game that changed the world

by Laurent Nicolet and Lev Virovets

Is it true that the first football players in Russia entertained the public between bicycle races? Why did bachelors and married men have to play against each other? Is it possible to cheat, to deceive the referee and win the world championship? What teams did the Little Mozart, Black Spider and Black Panther play for? Most people never ask such questions, while the authors of this book have not only asked them, but also found the answers. This is an exciting history of football from the very beginning till present day, for both children and adults, either long-standing fans or those trying to understand what inspires their friends and family.

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Children's & YA

June 2020

Eu rezemos só que me safo

Sessenta redacções de crianças Napolitanas

by Marcello D’Orta

This debut book by elementary school teacher Marcello D'Orta presents an amusing collection of sixty essays by students from Arzano elementary school. It was considered by critics a bestseller of biblical power, where rebellion, ignorance and bad education become expression, even revolution of the language. It renews faith in the existence of Napolitano humor as an autonomous literary genre. An encounter between the unknown and childlike thought that is both grandly serious and comical.

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Children's & YA

2019

Daniella's ravanne

by Armanath Hosany, Joëlle Betsey-Maestracci

Daniella will soon be turning 12. When she hears that a ravanne show will soon be hosted in her village, she feels the music inside her heart. But how will she learn to play of ravanne when all the boys around her think that this instrument is reserved for boys only?

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Science fiction (Children's/YA)

September 2019

La Nacionalien

by Sandro Bassi

How often do you check your cell phone? Do you wear it while you walk or take the bus? In the subway? Do you have WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook? How many likes did you get this week? The cell phone is without any doubt your door to the rest of the world. It connects you, but more important, you disconnect.

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Animal stories (Children's/YA)

October 2019

Aullido

by Adolfo Córdova, Armando Fonseca

Do you hear the wolves howling underneath the ground? They are buried waiting to be invoked by mother wolf, grandmother wolf and sister wolf. Only then, from the deepest side of the earth, they will rise. From a great explosion they will then be acknowledged as what they are: wolves, corn, wolf opossum, human wolves.

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Animal stories (Children's/YA)

October 2019

Panthera Tigris

by Sylvain Alzial, Hélène Rajcak

Once upon a time there was a scientist. The scientist knew everything: the history of the Earth and the sky, of men and women. One day, he realized that he knew nothing about Bengal tigers! The scientist will venture into the remote jungle of India in search of the fearsome Panthera Tigris, accompanied by a local guide. Along the way, life will give hime an important wisdom message.

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