![]() ![]() ![]() Written and illustrated as a dynamic superhero story, this book introduces children to Marie Curie as an important scientist whose greatest achievement was not the discovery of radium and polonium, nor having earned two Nobel Prizes, but rather for her extraordinary power – the power of persistence. The first book, Marie Curie and the Power of Persistence (Sourcebooks, 2020), uses a novel storytelling approach to bring this historical figure to life for readers, both young and old. This series is designed to introduce children to science as it really is: an epic adventure complete with heroes, super powers and evil villains. My Super Science Heroes is a picture book series for children ages 4-9. ![]() Today, I am so pleased to have author Karla Valenti as my guest to celebrate the release of her debut picture book, MARIE CURIE and the POWER OF PERSISTENCE, illustrated by Annalisa Beghelli and out with Sourcebooks. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() Briggs has rendered both with a particular exactness and a vigorous precision not to be found, I think, in any previous translation.' - John Bayley, author of 'Elegy for Iris' 1424 pp. Maguire, professor emeritus of Russian studies, Columbia University 'In Tolstoy's work part of the translator's difficulty lies in conveying not only the simplicity but the subtlety of the book's scale and effect. ![]() \* Includes an introduction, note on the translation, cast of characters, maps, notes on the major battles depicted, and chapter summaries BACKCOVER: 'The best translation so far of Tolstoy's masterpiece into English.' - Robert A. As Tolstoy follows the changing fortunes of his characters, he crafts a view of humanity that is both epic and intimate and that continues to define fiction at its most resplendent. ![]() At its center are Pierre Bezukhov, searching for meaning in his life cynical Prince Andrei, ennobled by wartime suffering and Natasha Rostov, whose impulsiveness threatens to destroy her happiness. Besorgungstitel Neuware - Rare Book Procurement - Set against the sweeping panoply of Napoleon's invasion of Russia, 'War and Peace' - presented here in the first new English translation in forty years - is often considered the greatest novel ever written. ![]() ![]() ![]() It took me a while to get started at the beginning. ![]() Amazing stories of multiple characters, through many years – summed up in compact chapters. I thought I would struggle reading this book because of its size. More than half a century later, Hadley Baxter, a troubled Hollywood starlet beset by scandal, is irresistibly drawn to play Marian Graves in her biopic, a role that will lead her to probe the deepest mysteries of the vanished pilot’s life. In 1940s London, after a series of reckless romances and a spell flying to aid the war effort, Marian embarks on a treacherous, epic flight in search of the freedom she has always craved. ![]() When she witnesses the roll, loop and dive of two barnstorming pilots, she is determined that one day, she too will take to the skies. In 1920s Montana, wild-hearted Marian Graves spends her days roaming the rugged forests and mountains of her home. I was shaped to the earth like a seabird to a wave ![]() |