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The Stolen Sun – Kornei Chukovsky

In this post, we will see the illustrated children’s book The Stolen Sun by Kornei Chukovsky. In the book, a crocodile steals the Sun, which is then brought back by a bear. The book is beautifully illustrated: The book was translated … Continue reading

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Sister Fox And The Rolling Pin

In this post, we will see the children’s illustrated book titled Sister Fox And The Rolling Pin based on a Russian folk tale translated by Michelle MacGrath. As usual, the book is lavishly and beautifully illustrated. Here are some snippets: The book … Continue reading

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The Little Humpbacked Horse – Yershov

In this post, we will see the children’s book The Little Humpbacked Horse by P. Yershov. This is an illustrated children’s book set in verse with some amazing drawings. The book was translated from the Russian by Louis Zellikoff and was published … Continue reading

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Who’s The Strongest? – Suslov

In this post, we will see the children’s book Who’s The Strongest by Valery Suslov. This is a short (20 pages) illustrated children’s book, which tells us how using design and technology humans are the strongest animals on the planet. The … Continue reading

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The kinematic method in geometrical problems – Lyubich, Shor

In this post we will one of the volumes in the Little Mathematics Library series titled The kinematic method in geometrical problems by Yu. I. Lyubich and L. A. Shor. About the book: When solving a geometrical problem it is helpful to … Continue reading

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A History of India Volumes 1 and 2 – Antonova, Bongard-Levin, Kotovsky

In this post, we will see two volumes of the book A History of India by  K. Antonova, G.  Bongard-Levin, and G. Kotovsky. About the books: Soviet historians compiled and published a four-volume History of India in 1959-1969 which was well received … Continue reading

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Can Man Change The Climate? – Borisov

In this post, we will see the book Can Man Change The Climate? by P. Borisov. About the book: This book examines the ways to solve the very important problem of improving the climate and reducing agriculture’s dependence on Nature … Continue reading

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Einstein – Kuznetsov

In last few posts, we have seen two books on Einstein and his work (Albert Einstein’s Philosophical Views and The Theory of Relativity and Einstein and the philosophical problems of 20th-century physics). In this post, we will see yet another book … Continue reading

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Introductory Mathematics for Engineers – Myškis

In this post, we will see the book Introductory Mathematics for Engineers: Lectures in Higher Mathematics by A. D. Myškis. The book is around 800 pages and is very exhaustive in the number of topics it deals in. Starting from functions and … Continue reading

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Clocks and Watches – Dlugolensky

In this post, we will see the book Clocks and Watches by Yakov Dlugolensky. The book as the title suggests is about clocks and watches and time. We explore the variety of clocks and stories behind them. The book is amazingly … Continue reading

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