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: New York, oggi. Valerie Simpson, una giovane stella del tennis, sogna il grande ritorno sui campi da gioco. Sta valutando l'idea di scegliere Myron Bolitar come agente sportivo, quando viene assassinata tra la folla durante gli US Open. Perché ha cercato di contattarlo poco prima di morire? Dopo una carriera eccezionale ma breve, Valerie era crollata psicologicamente e a soli sedici anni era stata ricoverata in un ospedale psichiatrico. C'è forse un legame tra il doloroso passato della ragazza e il suo assassinio? La polizia sospetta del delitto Duane Richwood, un nuovo talento del tennis, e Roger Quincy, un ammiratore che la perseguitava, ma Myron non crede che questa sia la pista giusta. Indagando per conto suo, scopre che sei anni prima il fidanzato di Valerie, figlio di un noto senatore, era stato ucciso mentre si trovava con lei a una festa da un delinquentello mai più rintracciato. Il senatore potrebbe conoscere dettagli importanti per le indagini, ma sembra trincerarsi dietro un muro di silenzio, così come la madre di Valerie. Myron ha l'impressione che le persone coinvolte vogliano che smetta di scavare. La verità, spesso, è troppo pericolosa, se non addirittura mortale. E Myron potrebbe essere la prossima vittima...

Abstract: C'erano una volta dodici principesse che ogni mattina, al risveglio, erano talmente stanche da trascorrere Finterà giornata a sonnecchiare in giardino. Il Re, preoccupato per le sorti del regno, chiese aiuto a dottori, filosofi e detective... ma indovinate chi riuscì a svelare il mistero e a rompere Fincantesimo delle principesse dormiglione?

Abstract: Il libro racconta ai bambini la storia degli Elfi Scout. Ogni anno gli Elfi Scout hanno il compito di visitare le famiglie che li hanno adottati per segnalare a Babbo Natale i desideri dei bambini e se sono stati meritevoli di finire sulla lista dei bambini buoni.

Abstract: Bill Gates has spent a decade investigating the causes and effects of climate change. With the help of experts in the fields of physics, chemistry, biology, engineering, political science, and finance, he has focused on what must be done in order to stop the planet's slide toward certain environmental disaster. In this book, he not only explains why we need to work toward net-zero emissions of greenhouse gases, but also details what we need to do to achieve this profoundly important goal. He gives us a clear-eyed description of the challenges we face. Drawing on his understanding of innovation and what it takes to get new ideas into the market, he describes the areas in which technology is already helping to reduce emissions, where and how the current technology can be made to function more effectively, where breakthrough technologies are needed, and who is working on these essential innovations. Finally, he lays out a concrete, practical plan for achieving the goal of zero emissions-suggesting not only policies that governments should adopt, but what we as individuals can do to keep our government, our employers, and ourselves accountable in this crucial enterprise. As Bill Gates makes clear, achieving zero emissions will not be simple or easy to do, but if we follow the plan he sets out here, it is a goal firmly within our reach.

Abstract: È arrivato il Natale nel paese delle pulcette. Ognuna vorrebbe festeggiarlo con le proprie tradizioni. Alla fine quello che conta è stare tutte insieme

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....

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.

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