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      • Neurology & clinical neurophysiology

        Medicom Conference Reports EAN 2020

        EAN 2020

        by Prof. Hans Peter Hartung

      • Children's & YA
        January 2021

        Lottie Loves Nature: Bee-ware

        by Jane Clarke, ill. by James Brown

        A Brand New Eco-Adventure Series for Young Readers. There are four book in the series.   Lottie loves wildlife and dreams of becoming a nature show presenter like Samira, host of her favourite programme "Every Little Thing". Lottie wants to encourage wildlife into her garden, but Mr. Parfitt, her neighbour, hates creepy crawlies and wants to rid his garden of all insects. So when he finds a bees' nest, he wants to exterminate them. Lottie has to save the bees! Lottie convinces Mr. Parfitt to call a beekeeper instead - because every little thing matters.   Nature Hooks: Bee and insect facts, how to make a bug hotel and butterfly feeder.

      • The Turtle Family Goes to the Sea

        by Zhang Ning

        IBBY Honour List in 2018Won the 5th ( 2017 ) Feng Zikai Chinese Children's Picture Book AwardThe book applies the unique method of embroidery patch and cloth cuttingembroidery. The fabric used is cotton and linen, both machine-woven andhand-woven. The dyeing methods are Scrape pulp dyeing, batik and tie-dyeing,as well as dyeing with tool holders by the author. Collage techniques and multi-layered cloth dyeing effect add dimension to the illustrations, making themunique and artistic.

      • ELT resource books for teachers
        May 2001

        Teacher Development Resource Book

        by Fiona Balloch

        A “treasure chest” of enabling activities This book is designed for teachers or future teachers of English as a foreign language. The activities are appropriate for participants on the new Cambridge Integrated Language Teaching Schemes (CILTS), or for those taking other teaching qualifications such as Trinity TESOL certificate or working at undergraduate or post-graduate level. Less formally, they also provide excellent, thought provoking, ‘one off’ materials for short staff training sessions, combining serious examination of professional issues with a touch of humour and the opportunity for individual input. Raises awareness of strengths, and allows constructive sharing of concerns.

      • History of architecture
        March 2016

        Dingbat 2.0

        The Iconic Los Angeles Apartment as Projection of a Metropolis

        by Thurman Grant and Joshua G. Stein (eds)

        The first critical study of the most ubiquitous and mundane Los Angeles building type best known for its mid-century decorative facade and parking under a soft second story that was a critical enabler of Los Angeles’ rapid post-war expansion. Including essays by leading architects, urbanists, and cultural critics; photographic series and speculative designs from architects around the world, Dingbat 2.0 considers how qualities of the inarguably flawed housing type can foreground many crucial issues facing global metropolises today. Essays by Barbara Bestor, Aaron Betsky, James Black, John Chase, Dana Cuff, Thurman Grant, John Kaliski, John Southern, Joshua G. Stein, Steven A. Treffers, and Wim de Wit. Photographic series by Judy Fiskin, Paul Redmond and Lesley Marlene Siegel.

      • Science & technology: general interest (Children's/YA)
        September 2020

        A Day in the Life of a Poo, a Gnu and You

        by Mike Barfied. Jess Bradley

        If you've ever wanted to know what a panda does all day long, how your heart manages to shift all that blood around your body or what makes a rainbow shine, you've come to the right book. A Day in the Life of a Poo, a Gnu and You features the answers to all of these questions and many more, all told in a super-fun comic book format in three awesome sections: Human Body, Animal Kingdom and Earth and Science. A Day in the Life... is packed with facts, laughs and amazing illustrations you can dive into all day long.

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