Non Fiction category: 7616 books

An evocative, elegiac love letter to New York City and the immigrant culture that continues to make it the most original and influential city in the world. As the nineteenth century gave way to the twentieth, a surge of Jewish immigrants to New York City reshaped indelibly not only the culture...

Fractals are the geometry of the natural world. They're about the broken, wrinkled, wiggly world- the uneven shapes of nature, unlike the idealised forms of Euclidean geometry. We see fractals everywhere; indeed, we are fractals ourselves. Fractal geometry is an extension of classical geometry...

Au sommaire : Calais, terminus - La sémantique, c'est élastique - A l'état de projet - Mi-temps - Corriger le tir - Face B - Matière grise - Carnet de santé - La revue des cinés - D'or et de plomb - Trait pour trait

A funny and touching account of Lela's adventures as a volunteer with the charities supported by her own Trust. A journey which takes her through from living with a donkey "hard" enough to cut diamonds in Bolivia to goat shopping in Guatemala for her kids. An opportunity to reflect and experience the resilience and optimism shown by the underprivileged children and their families.

This is a short picture story of a little plant that gets lost. Aman, a small boy helps this little plant to find its home. This story helps children to learn about the different types of plants (like aquatic plants, conifers, terrestrial plants etc.) After reading the story, the children can ponder over the interesting questions to further enhance their learning and creative thinking.

L’adaptation bouleversante d’un classique de la littérature française. Yann Degruel y a déployé toute sa virtuosité, avec un dessin doux qui sert à merveille le texte respecté d’Hector Malot. Un album pour la jeunesse et pour tous les grands enfants. Le signor Vitalis est en prison,...

Michel, 19 ans, apprenti coiffeur, s'imagine que les filles sont toutes des princesses et qu'il faut avoir un corps parfait pour oser les embrasser avec la langue. Heureusement, au salon Dolorès et Gérard, Carole, une jeune coiffeuse de 27 ans, va se révéler un véritable guide pour Michel. Une comédie originale dans les coulisses d'un petit salon de coiffure !

This is a short picture story of an arrogant fox who used to make make fun of all the other animals. A clever ostrich helps the fox to realize his mistake. This story helps children to learn about the eating habits of animals - like rabbits gnaw the food, snake swallows the food etc. After reading...

Everyone knows Superman, but not everyone knows the story of two youngsters from Cleveland who created Superman. Based on archival material and original sources, "Truth, Justice, and the American Way: The Joe Shuster Story" tells the story of the friendship between writer Jerry Siegel and...

Never Eat a Booger ! offers up a cornucopia of hysterical options for that freshly picked greeny but eventually sums it all up at the end, leaving the picker with one final life-changing choice!

This prize-winning book is both an illustrated tour of a Tokyo rarely seen in Japan travel guides and an artist's warm, funny, visually rich, and always entertaining graphic memoir. Florent Chavouet, a young graphic artist, spent six months exploring Tokyo while his girlfriend interned at a...

This is a short funny story about a little girl Sona and her grandmother - who scare away the two thieves using a toy monster. This story helps children to learn about the following concepts of light - reflection and shadow. It also teaches children that knowledge is power. After reading the story,...

Dans l’envers des prisons Ils sont détenus, gardiens, avocats, médecins ou visiteurs. Pour le meilleur et pour le pire, ils partagent un temps le même espace, fait de béton et de métal. Pour le meilleur et pour le pire, ils vivent ensemble. Et derrière ces murs, ce sont des histoires...

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