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      • Children's & young adult: general non-fiction

        Advent calendar guide for the holiday circumnavigation. Book-Map-Quest

        Become a miracle worker's assistant and learn the secret of Santa Claus and his colleagues!

        by Mila Radchenko

        Every day in anticipation of the winter holidays, your child «travels» to a new country, learning about local curiosities and traditions. Parents just need to remember to hide a letter from one of Santa's colleagues in the refrigerator the day before - and an exciting morning is guaranteed. Children not only have fun, but also consolidate their knowledge of geography, learn to orient themselves on the world map.

      • Children's & young adult: general non-fiction

        Alone in the ocean

        He swam 100 km in the ocean among sharks. Three days, without water, food and sleep. In the middle of the storm and the burning sun. He was running from the USSR, but rather he was running towards his dream, which he fulfilled. He is one of us who has crossed the line beyond which there is no suffering.

        by Slava Kurilov

        An oceanographer by profession, romantic by nature, the citizen of the Universe by vocation. USSR has denied Slava Kurilov the right to travel abroad, but passionate scientist refused to accept that state of affairs. December 1974 he escapes from the tourist cruise-ship “USSR” not far from the Philippines. Without water or food, with no other swimming equipment than the mask, snorkel, and flippers, he swam nearly 100 km separating him from the Philippines, having spent in the open ocean almost three days. This book, written by Slava Kurilov himself and published soon after his death, tells about his road to freedom.

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