Tragedy is feared when the youngest of a family of miniature people is discovered missing.

The miniature Clock family, Pod, Homily, and their daughter Arriety, live in a big world among the "human beans" from whom they "borrow" everything they need-matchbox dressers, postage stamp artwork, and a trinket box settee. Now lifelong enthusiasts and brand-new fans can escape into the small world of the Borrowers in this beautiful volume. It includes Mary Norton's classic illustrated stories about three little people and their not-so-little adventures:...

"Icon painting has reached its zenith in Ukraine between the 11th and 18th centuries. This art is appealing because of its great openness to other influences – the obedience to the rules of Orthodox Christianity in its early stages, the borrowing from Roman heritage or later to the Western breakthroughs – combined with a never compromised assertion of a distinctly Slavic soul and identity.This book presents a handpicked and representative selection...

A reclusive Hong Kong PI and hacker investigates a teenager's mysterious death in this technological thriller by the author of The Borrowed.
A schoolgirl—Siu-Man—has committed suicide, leaping from her twenty-second floor window to the pavement below. Siu-Man is an orphan and the librarian older sister who's been raising her refuses to believe there was no foul play—nothing seemed amiss. She contacts a man known only as N.—a...

"Mice siblings who live in the White House prepare for a new president to move in"--

After painstakingly handcrafting a replacement copy of a library book, a medieval monk tries to protect it from a hungry bear with a taste for literature. Includes historical note on illuminated manuscripts.

Alex finds a strange pencil in his father's bag, and when the monster he draws with it comes to life disaster follows at the Renaissance fair.

A home is often the most expensive purchase a person makes in his or her lifetime. Whether it's a single-family house or a unit in a condominium or co-op building, the total price is usually far more than what most people can pay at once. Many people cover the cost by borrowing money from a bank or lender through a mortgage loan. This detailed and informative resource clearly describes the process of taking out a mortgage, the various components of...

Brother Hugo can't return his library book - the letters of St. Augustine - because, it turns out, the precious book has been devoured by a bear! Instructed by the abbot to borrow another monastery's copy and create a replacement, the hapless monk painstakingly crafts a new book, copying it letter by letter and line by line. But when he sets off to return the borrowed copy, he finds himself trailed by his hungry new friend. Once a bear has a taste...