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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

        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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        Children's & YA

        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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        Children's & YA

        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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        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
        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

        My first book of rock and roll

        by Pato Segovia

        Best book to introduce kids to rock icons in a fun way. For rockers of all ages!

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        Children's & YA

        My first book of movies

        by Pato Segovia

        Best book to introduce kids to movie icons in a fun way. This book follows our most celebrated actors in their most extraordinary tranformations.

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        Children's & YA

        My first book of yoga

        by Pato Segovia

        Best book to introduce children to yoga by playing and imitating animals.

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        Swimming & water sports (Children's/YA)
        October 2020

        Nadadores

        by María José Ferrada, Mariana Alcántara

        There might be many swimmers for sure who, after training so much during the day (“50 meters of Front Crawl, 50 meters of Back and 50 meters of Butterfly”) at night they dream about being fish. But during those same nights, when the moon illuminates the oceans, will fish dream about being swimmers? The authors of this book use humor and poetry to show us that a page can be a deep sea or an Olympic-size swimming pool, depending on the eyes with which it is looked at.

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