Lilliput

Lilliput
Author: Sam Gayton
Publisher: Holiday House
Total Pages: 206
Release: 2016-09-06
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1561459836

In a city full of giants, can one tiny girl find her way home? She is a girl three inches tall with eyes like drops of dew. Her clothes are cut from handkerchiefs and stitched with spider silk. For half her life, she has been suspended in a birdcage while Gulliver, her giant kidnapper, sits below her, writing in a leather-bound book the size of a house. Her name is Lily, and tonight she is planning her 35th escape attempt. She is going to find a way to get home. To Lilliput. Inspired by Gulliver's Travels, Lilliput is an exhilarating and imaginative adventure filled with cunning escape plans, evil clock makers, and talkative parrots. Join Lily as she travels through eighteenth-century London—over rooftops, down chimneys, and into chocolate shops—on a journey to find the one place in the world where she belongs...home.

Essays

Essays
Author: John Boynton Priestley
Publisher:
Total Pages: 72
Release: 1926
Genre:
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Gulliver's Travels

Gulliver's Travels
Author: Jonathan Swift
Publisher: Echo Library
Total Pages: 204
Release: 2011-08-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781603037228

Encyclopedia of the Essay

Encyclopedia of the Essay
Author: Tracy Chevalier
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 1032
Release: 1997
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9781884964305

A hefty one-volume reference addressing various facets of the essay. Entries are of five types: 1) considerations of different types of essay, e.g. moral, travel, autobiographical; 2) discussions of major national traditions; 3) biographical profiles of writers who have produced a significant body of work in the genre; 4) descriptions of periodicals important for their publication of essays; and 5) discussions of some especially significant single essays. Each entry includes citations for further reading and cross references. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Atlas of Imagined Places

Atlas of Imagined Places
Author: Matt Brown
Publisher: Batsford Books
Total Pages: 507
Release: 2021-09-28
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1849947422

WINNER, Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards 2022: Illustrated Travel Book of the Year. HIGHLY COMMENDED, British Cartographic Society Awards 2022. From Stephen King's Salem's Lot to the superhero land of Wakanda, from Lilliput of Gulliver's Travels to Springfield in The Simpsons, this is a wondrous atlas of imagined places around the world. Locations from film, tv, literature, myths, comics and video games are plotted in a series of beautiful vintage-looking maps. The maps feature fictional buildings, towns, cities and countries plus mountains and rivers, oceans and seas. Ever wondered where the Bates Motel was based? Or Bedford Falls in It's a Wonderful Life? The authors have taken years to research the likely geography of thousands of popular culture locations that have become almost real to us. Sometimes these are easy to work out, but other times a bit of detective work is needed and the authors have been those detectives. By looking at the maps, you'll find that the revolution at Animal Farm happened next to Winnie the Pooh's home. Each location has an an extended index entry plus coordinates so you can find it on the maps. Illuminating essays accompanying the maps give a great insight into the stories behind the imaginary places, from Harry Potter's wizardry to Stone Age Bedrock in the Flintstones. A stunning map collection of invented geography and topography drawn from the world's imagination. Fascinating and beautiful, this is an essential book for any popular culture fan and map enthusiast.

The Borrowers Avenged

The Borrowers Avenged
Author: Mary Norton
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 308
Release: 1982
Genre: 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.

English Readers Starter Level 2: Gulliver's Travels

English Readers Starter Level 2: Gulliver's Travels
Author: Laura Cowan
Publisher: Usborne Publishing
Total Pages: 40
Release: 2019-05-02
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9781474939966

An engaging retelling of one of the most famous of classic British stories. The story is followed by activities and a glossary of less familiar words, and links to a full recording of the text online in either British English or American English.