Rete Bibliotecaria della Provincia di Como

Abstract: The Mystery, Inc. team investigates two mysteries. In "Ah-- rival," Mystery, Inc. and Sleuth Sisters Club compete in a tie-breaking competition to determine the winner of the Golden Magnifying Glass Award for the teen detectives of the year. In To zombie, or not to zombie?, zombies take over the stage during a production of A Midsummer Night's Dream featuring Shaggy's childhood friend, Jenny Turtletaub.

Abstract: Ispirato a una storia vera, che l’autore ha letto sul giornale. In seguito a una tempesta, una nave disperde nell’oceano un carico di giocattoli. Che cosa ne sarà mai di loro? Eric Carle ci racconta l’avventura di dieci paperelle di gomma: ogni incontro è una scoperta, ma soltanto una troverà… la sua mamma

Abstract: Da qualche anno l'evoluzione tecnologica ha permesso la nascita di apparecchi digitali: essi integrano l'ottica classica con sensori e circuiti stampati che trasformano l'informazione in numeri, secondo il principio utilizzato dagli scanner. Queste macchine, che possono essere compatte o dorsi digitali sui quali vengono montati obbiettivi tradizionali, non producono pellicole, ma file digitalizzati su vari supporti magnetici e presentano al fotografo nuovi problemi e nuove opportunità. Il volume si propone di spiegare tutti i segreti, tecnologici e operativi delle ultime frontiere della fotografia, attingendo all'esperienza dei grandi fotoreporter National Geographic per offrire una sorta di vademecum di facile e rapida consultazione.

Abstract: In this deliciously seductive account of an Italian neighborhood with a statue of the Virgin at one end of the street, a derelict bottle factory at the other, and a wealth of exotic flora and fauna in between, acclaimed novelist Tim Parks celebrates ten years of living with his wife, Rita, in Verona, Italy. Via Colombre, the main street in a village just outside Verona, offers an exemplary hodgepodge of all that is new and old in the bel paese, a point of collision between invading suburbia and diehard peasant tradition in a sometimes madcap, sometimes romantic always mixed-up world of creeping vines, stuccoed walls, shotguns, security cameras, hypochondria, and expensive sports cars. Tim Parks is anything but a gentleman in Verona. With an Italian-born wife, an Italian made family, and a whole Italian condominium bubbling around him, he collects a gallery full of splendid characters who initiate us into all the foibles and delights of life in provincial Italy. More than a travel book, Italian Neighbors is a sparkling, witty, beautifully observed tale of how the most curious people and places gradually assume the familiarity of home. Italian Neighbors is a rare work that manages to be both a portrait and an invitation for everyone who has ever dreamed about Italy.

Abstract: Louise Bourgeois (1911-2010) was a world-renowned modern artist noted for her sculptures made of wood, steel, stone, and cast rubber. Her most famous spider sculpture, Maman, stands more than 30 feet high. Just as spiders spin and repair their webs, Louise's own mother was a weaver of tapestries. Louise spent her childhood in France as an apprentice to her mother before she became a tapestry artist herself. She worked with fabric throughout her career, and this biographical picture book shows how Bourgeois's childhood experiences weaving with her loving, nurturing mother provided the inspiration for her most famous works. With a beautifully nuanced and poetic story, this book stunningly captures the relationship between mother and daughter and illuminates how memories are woven into us all....