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Vehicles, vehicles, vehicles--nearly 100 of them--in all shapes and sizes A giant crane hovers over a construction site, a space ship roars into space. . . . Supersized spreads feature marvelously detailed illustrations that just beg to be pored over again and again. Best of all, lots of flaps, popups, pull-tabs, and rotating wheels bring the various vehicles to life. Readers will poke into a ship's hold, explore the innards of a garbage truck, and help demolish a house. Any child who's ever been intrigued by the roar of an engine will adore this extraordinary collection of things on the go,...

Sophie Rostopchine (Sofia Fiodorovna Rostoptchina) est, comme son nom l'indique, issue de l'aristocratie russe. Elle est nee le 1er aout 1799 a Saint-Petersbourg et a passe son enfance dans le domaine familial Voronovo, pres de Moscou (45 000 hectares, 4 000 serfs) En 1812, Napoleon vient apporter au peuple russe les bienfaits de la revolution francaise a la tete de sa Grande Armee. Le general Fiodor Vassilievitch Rostopchine, pere de Sophie, est alors gouverneur de Moscou. Il fait incendier Moscou, ce qui provoquera la retraite de Napoleon et la disgrace de Fiodor. Reduit a l'exil, Fiodor...