Virginia: 1900 books

Weaving, fishing, and storytelling are all part of this spirited book that celebrates Native American traditions as it teaches young children to count from one to ten. The book's whimsical illustrations, reminiscent of Beatrix Potter, glow with brilliant color and are filled with fascinating detail....

The My Itty-Bitty Bio series are biographies for the earliest readers. This book examines the life of Nobel Prize winner medical physicist Rosalyn Sussman Yalow in a simple, age-appropriate way that will help children develop word recognition and reading skills. Includes a timeline, primary sources, and informative backmatter.

Clarisse Dalloway, Londres, Westminster, Big Ben, dès le matin, à la mi-juin, fin de la guerre. Et la journée commence. Chaque petit fait réveille des souvenirs en elle, avec tout le fumet de l'aristocratie anglaise, dans un vagabondage léger de l'esprit. ...

Extrait du livre : « Oui, bien sûr, s’il fait beau demain, dit Mrs. Ramsay. Mais il faudra vous lever à l’aurore », ajouta-t-elle. Ces paroles causèrent à son fils une joie extraordinaire. Pour lui il était désormais...

Rachel Vinrace embarks for South America on her father's ship and is launched on a course of self-discovery in a kind of modern mythical voyage. The mismatched jumble of passengers provide Woolf with an opportunity to satirize Edwardian life. The novel introduces Clarissa Dalloway, the central character...

In Woolf’s last novel, the action takes place on one summer’s day at a country house in the heart of England, where the villagers are presenting their annual pageant. A lyrical, moving valedictory.

The novel centres, in a very ambiguous way, around the life story of the protagonist Jacob Flanders, and is presented entirely by the impressions other characters have of Jacob (except for those times when we do indeed get Jacob's perspective). Thus, although it could be said that the book is primarily...

The attempts of a group of upper-middle-class young people to find their rightful marriage partners within the stilted conventions of courtship in Edwardian England form the substance of Night and Day. The plot, which covers a nine-month period from October to the following June, has many of the elements...

L'histoire d'une famille anglaise, les Pargiter, qui s'étire sur trois générations, de 1880 à 1936. Les années défilent avec en arrière-plan l'évolution rapide de la société britannique et le changement des valeurs spirituelles....

De son enfance sur les falaises de Cornouailles à ses études à l'Université de Cambridge, la vie de Jacob Flanders est révélée au gré de sensations et d'impressions : lettres de sa mère, conversations amicales, pensées de la femme qui l'aime... Jusqu'à ce qu'il apparaisse dans la lumière...

OUVRAGE BILINGUE ! « J’aime souvent les femmes. J’aime leur anticonformisme. J’aime leur complétude. J’aime leur anonymat... » ​ Nouvelle traduction de l’essai qui bouleversa toute la condition féminine à l’échelle de son siècle, présentée et annotée par le traducteur Jean-Yves Cotté.

The My Favorite Animal series lets the earliest readers explore the animal kingdom. Bison examines the characteristics and habitat of the giant grazer in a simple way that will help children develop word recognition and reading skills. Includes a glossary and index.

The 21st Century Junior Library Extraordinary Engineering series explains how important feats of engineering are accomplished. Water Parks examines the engineering concepts that make these fun and exciting structures possible. Sidebars encourage readers to engage in the material by asking deeper questions...