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The story of a family of miniature people who live in a quiet, out-of-the-way country house and who tried never to be seen by human beings.
Author : Mary Norton
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 49,78 MB
Release : 1953
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780152047375
The story of a family of miniature people who live in a quiet, out-of-the-way country house and who tried never to be seen by human beings.
Author : Mary Norton
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 31,74 MB
Release : 1953
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780152099879
Fascinating tale of a leprechaun-like family whose curious daughter wanders off to see the world.
Author : Mary Norton
Publisher : A Puffin Book
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 36,75 MB
Release : 2014
Category : Borrowers (Fictitious characters)
ISBN : 9780141354866
The Borrowers live in the secret places of quiet old houses; behind the mantelpiece, inside the harpsichord, under the kitchen clock. They own nothing, borrow everything, and think that human beings were invented just to do the dirty work. Arrietty's father, Pod, was an expert Borrower. He could scale curtains using a hatpin, and bring back a doll's teacup without breaking it. Girls weren't supposed to go borrowing but as Arrietty was an only child her father broke the rule, and then something happened which changed their lives. She made friends with the human boy living in the house...
Author : Mary Norton
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 46,88 MB
Release : 1982
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780152047313
Escaping from an attic where they had been held captive over the long, dark winter, a family of tiny people sets up house in an old rectory. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.
Author : Rebecca Makkai
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 43,63 MB
Release : 2011-06-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1101516089
In this delightful, funny, and moving first novel, a librarian and a young boy obsessed with reading take to the road. Lucy Hull, a young children's librarian in Hannibal, Missouri, finds herself both a kidnapper and kidnapped when her favorite patron, ten- year-old Ian Drake, runs away from home. The precocious Ian is addicted to reading, but needs Lucy's help to smuggle books past his overbearing mother, who has enrolled Ian in weekly antigay classes with celebrity Pastor Bob. Lucy stumbles into a moral dilemma when she finds Ian camped out in the library after hours with a knapsack of provisions and an escape plan. Desperate to save him from Pastor Bob and the Drakes, Lucy allows herself to be hijacked by Ian. The odd pair embarks on a crazy road trip from Missouri to Vermont, with ferrets, an inconvenient boyfriend, and upsetting family history thrown in their path. But is it just Ian who is running away? Who is the man who seems to be on their tail? And should Lucy be trying to save a boy from his own parents?
Author : Mary Norton
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 10,55 MB
Release : 1955
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780152101664
The borrowers escape capture and find themselves in a dangerous field.
Author : Mary Norton
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 11,58 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780152049287
Imprisoned in an attic by a greedy couple who want to use them as performers, the Borrowers escape by balloon.
Author : Mary Norton
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 1103 pages
File Size : 41,50 MB
Release : 2016-10-25
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0544868242
Together in one volume, here are complete versions of Mary Norton’s five beloved bestselling books about the tiny, stouthearted Borrowers. Put this volume into the hands of little readers—or of any reader who delights in classic adventure. Includes complete editions of The Borrowers, The Borrowers Afield, The Borrowers Afloat, The Borrowers Aloft, and The Borrowers Avenged. These editions include the original charming black-and-white illustrations by Beth and Joe Krush. A enchanting and enduring children's classic, The Borrowers is the award-winning tale of three tiny people who are big heroes. The Clock family—Homily, Pod, and their fourteen-year-old daughter, Arrietty—are tiny people who live underneath the kitchen floor of an English manor. All their minuscule home furnishings, from postage stamp paintings to champagne cork chairs, are “borrowed” from the “human beans” who tromp around loudly above them. All is well until Pod is spotted upstairs by a human boy! Can the Clocks stay nested safely in their beloved hidden home, or will they be forced to flee? The four subsequent books are equally charming and appealing, perfect for independent readers as well as shared reading with younger children. The Borrowers Afield: Driven from their home in the big house, Pod, Homily, and Arrietty take up life in a boot. The Borrowers Afloat: Uprooted once again, the little people journey down a drain, live briefly in a teakettle, and are swept away in a flood. “As irresistible as its predecessors.”—Booklist The Borrowers Aloft: Imprisoned in an attic by a greedy couple who want to use them as performers, the Borrowers escape by balloon. The Borrowers Avenged: Pod, Homily, and Arrietty escape from the Platters’ attic and set off to an old rectory to begin life anew.
Author : Mary Norton
Publisher : Turtleback Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,27 MB
Release : 1997-04
Category : Fairy tales
ISBN : 9780606131476
Finding himself in a land peopled with fairy tale characters, James attempts to help Princess Dulcibel who is destined to marry a toad after her ball falls into the well.
Author : Mauricio Drelichman
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 30,34 MB
Release : 2016-12-13
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 069117377X
What the loans and defaults of a sixteenth-century Spanish king can tell us about sovereign debt today Why do lenders time and again loan money to sovereign borrowers who promptly go bankrupt? When can this type of lending work? As the United States and many European nations struggle with mountains of debt, historical precedents can offer valuable insights. Lending to the Borrower from Hell looks at one famous case—the debts and defaults of Philip II of Spain. Ruling over one of the largest and most powerful empires in history, King Philip defaulted four times. Yet he never lost access to capital markets and could borrow again within a year or two of each default. Exploring the shrewd reasoning of the lenders who continued to offer money, Mauricio Drelichman and Hans-Joachim Voth analyze the lessons from this important historical example. Using detailed new evidence collected from sixteenth-century archives, Drelichman and Voth examine the incentives and returns of lenders. They provide powerful evidence that in the right situations, lenders not only survive despite defaults—they thrive. Drelichman and Voth also demonstrate that debt markets cope well, despite massive fluctuations in expenditure and revenue, when lending functions like insurance. The authors unearth unique sixteenth-century loan contracts that offered highly effective risk sharing between the king and his lenders, with payment obligations reduced in bad times. A fascinating story of finance and empire, Lending to the Borrower from Hell offers an intelligent model for keeping economies safe in times of sovereign debt crises and defaults.