Best Books of 2023
-
The Mighty StegosaurusStegosaurus was an enormous dinosaur known for its strong tail and the plates on its back. Learn more about this plant-eating giant of North America.Author: Jackie GoluskyPublisher: Lerner Publications (Tm)Published: 01/01/2022Pages: 24Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.20lbsSize: 8.90h x 8.60w x 0.20dISBN: 9781728448138Audience: Ages 9-12About the...
- CHF 17.75
- CHF 17.75
- Unit price
- per
-
Dangerous WildfiresA spark from a lightning strike or a campfire can quickly grow into a wildfire covering acres. Learn about the types of wildfires, how climate change increases the danger, and how to stay safe. Plus hear from a wildfire survivor!Author: Lola SchaeferPublisher: Lerner Publications...
- CHF 17.75
- CHF 17.75
- Unit price
- per
-
Travel to KenyaKenya is an East African country with an exciting variety of cultures and wildlife. Readers will explore Kenya's landscape while learning about life in the city, the beautiful highlands and valleys, and more.Author: Matt DoedenPublisher: Lerner Publications (Tm)Published: 01/01/2022Pages: 32Binding Type: Library BindingWeight: 0.50lbsSize:...
- CHF 60.55
- CHF 60.55
- Unit price
- per
-
Paddle BattleSet against a backdrop of the threat of wildfires on the West coast, this book looks at the effect changes at home can have on a young athlete's performance and the emotional support a team can provide. Thirteen-year-old kayaker Finn has been angry and...
- CHF 13.81
- CHF 13.81
- Unit price
- per
-
NarwhalsNarwhals are whales. They live in the ocean. Find out about them in this book designed to spark a love of reading. Reading Gems is a supplementary reading program that supports a child's learning at school. The books are graded into four levels to...
- CHF 17.75
- CHF 17.75
- Unit price
- per
-
The Great Silence: Volume 3The discovery of a human foot in an Edinburgh park, the inexplicable circumstances of a dying woman, and the missing daughter of Jenny's violent ex-husband present the Skelf women with their most challenging - and deadly - cases yet... _______________ Keeping on top of...
- CHF 24.51
- CHF 24.51
- Unit price
- per
-
Yes Yes More MoreTwo schoolgirls in Bolton take acid just before their English class. A film journalist shares tea and a KitKat with Marcel Proust, more or less, during a long train journey. An afterparty turns into a crime scene. Colleagues, maybe in love, have lunch and...
- CHF 29.12
- CHF 29.12
- Unit price
- per
-
2 Peter & Jude for You: To Help You Stand FirmWhen friends, family members, and even respected church leaders fall away from the faith, it is deeply sad and painful. But the reality is that we are all tempted to compromise our faith in one way or another. We all need to be careful...
- CHF 22.38
- CHF 22.38
- Unit price
- per
-
Soul Cats: How Our Feline Friends Teach Us to Live from the HeartSometimes life calls upon us to take matters into our own paws.Soul Cats carries with it a very special and personal mission. The dying wish of "soul cat" Max was for his human guardian to write this very book, as he passed away just...
- CHF 30.23
- CHF 30.23
- Unit price
- per
-
Treachery Times Two: Volume 4Secret military weapons, saboteurs, a volcanic eruption--and a probe of Chief Detective Koa Kane's criminal past On Hawaii Island, a volcanic earthquake disrupts an abandoned cemetery--unearthing the body of a woman mutilated by her killer to conceal her identity. The search for her identity...
- CHF 42.95
- CHF 42.95
- Unit price
- per
-
Andrei TarkovskyAndrei Tarkovsky is the most celebrated Russian filmmaker since Eisenstein, and one of the most important directors to have emerged during the 1960s and 70s. Although he made only seven features, each one was a major landmark in cinema, the most well-known of them...
- CHF 39.44
- CHF 39.44
- Unit price
- per
-
The Times Crosswords - The Times General Knowledge Crossword Book 1: 80 General Knowledge Crossword PuzzlesQuiz your family at home with crosswords, puzzles and games. A quiz in a grid. Test your memory and all round general knowledge with these 80 new crosswords. Not only for crossword lovers, but quizzers of all abilities. Contains previously unpublished puzzles. This Crossword...
- CHF 15.73
- CHF 15.73
- Unit price
- per
-
Within Tweeting Distance: How States Use Twitter DiplomacyOne of the most peculiar byproducts of media globalization is the creation of audiences close by but out of reach, and far away but within reach. Within Tweeting Distance is a study of one of the most compelling emerging subfields at the crossroads of...
- CHF 208.43
- CHF 208.43
- Unit price
- per
-
Silly to Say: A Book of Limericks, Tongue Twisters, and RiddlesDid you know that the oldest riddle was written 4,000 years ago? That's a long time! This jolly joke book is full of riddles, limericks, and tongue twisters for kids to giggle their way through. Little jokesters will practice problem-solving skills and reading aloud...
- CHF 29.18
- CHF 29.18
- Unit price
- per
-
Otter This World: Animal JokesThis book is turtle-y hilarious! Featuring all kinds of animals from ducks and dinosaurs to sheep and snails, kids won't be able to get enough of these seal-y jokes. Tons of real facts about animals ensure kids will be learning as they laugh.Author: Sequoia...
- CHF 29.18
- CHF 29.18
- Unit price
- per
-
Church as Field Hospital: Toward an Ecclesiology of SanctuaryThrough an ethnographically driven study of expressions of sanctuary in San Francisco, Church as Field Hospital constructs an ecclesiology that expands notions of public engagement and sacred space in Christian theology. Sanctuary practices that create spaces for those who have been marginalized--immigrants, refugees, and...
- CHF 38.34
- CHF 38.34
- Unit price
- per
-
Perceptions of Medieval Manuscripts: The Phenomenal BookPerceptions of Medieval Manuscripts takes as its starting point an understanding that a medieval book is a whole object at every point of its long history. As such, medieval books can be studied most profitably in a holistic manner as objects-in-the-world. This means readers...
- CHF 83.42
- CHF 83.42
- Unit price
- per
-
The Journalism ManifestoDrawing on the collaborative expertise of three senior scholars, The Journalism Manifesto makes a powerful case for why journalism has become outdated and why it is in need of a long-overdue transformation. Focusing on the relevance of elites, norms and audiences, Zelizer, Boczkowski and...
- CHF 25.59
- CHF 25.59
- Unit price
- per
-
A Dozen Things God Did with Your Sin (and Three Things He'll Never Do)Understand How God Banishes Your Sin, So You Can Let It Go Too Every Christian has experienced days or even seasons of feeling extreme guilt over past or present sins, thinking that God is angry or disgusted with them--sometimes even wondering if they're truly...
- CHF 27.64
- CHF 27.64
- Unit price
- per
-
HonorIn this riveting and immersive novel, bestselling author Thrity Umrigar tells the story of two couples and the sometimes dangerous and heartbreaking challenges of love across a cultural divide.Indian American journalist Smita has returned to India to cover a story, but reluctantly: long ago...
- CHF 72.21
- CHF 72.21
- Unit price
- per