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“There are tales of Middle-earth from times long before The Lord of the Rings, and the story told in this book is set in the great country that lay beyond the Grey Havens in the West: lands where Treebeard once walked, but which were drowned in the great cataclysm that ended the First Age of the W... More

Fun activity book for younger fans of the new Batman movie, The Dark Knight. The Bat is back and this time, he's brought the Joker to town. Complete the activities, puzzles, games, colouring and quizzes to help Batman stop the Joker from casting his evil web over Gotham City. Includes movie images ... More

An anti-war novel in which Billy Pilgrim, prisoner of war, optometrist and time-traveller is the hero. This is a story of innocence faced with apocalypse.... More

'With the Wheel of Time, Jordan has come to dominate the world Tolkien began to reveal' —New York TimesAs the very fabric of reality wears thin all portents indicate that Tarmon Gai’don, the Last Battle, is imminent – and Rand al’Thor must ready himself to confront the Dark One. But Rand mus... More

A classic fantasy adventure from the author of "Coraline" is now repackaged for a younger audience. Young Tristan Thorn vows to retrieve a fallen star to win the hand of beautiful Victoria Forester. In his search, Tristan is propelled into a strange world where fallen stars come in many guises. Reis... More

The year is 802, 701. The planet is Earth. only teo races of people noe exist- the Morlocks and the Eloi.H.G. Wells (1866-1946) was a novelist, journalist, sociologist and historian, best-known for his science fiction novels. His first attempt at fiction writing was merely imitative, but he eventual... More

The Tempest is a powerful yet complex network of myth, symbol, romance and broad comedy. For generations, its gallery of characters has suggested a series of contrasts between Nature and Art, Community and Absolute Power and most recently, between the fear of alien savagery and the necessity of colo... More

This book is the first to present Wordsworth's greatest poem in all three of its separate forms. It reprints, on facing pages, the version of The Prelude that was completed in 1805, together with the much-revised work published after the poet's death in 1850. In addition the editors include the two-... More

This latest entry in the Dragonriders of Pern series introduces Pellar, an orphan taken in by Masterharper Zist. Though born mute, Pellar is a gifted tracker, and when Zist sets off to take over as harper for Natalon's coal-mining camp, Pellar and his fire-lizard Chitter, join Zist on a secret missi... More

Eight centuries ago the first Knight of the Word was commissioned to combat the demonic evil of the Void. Now that daunting legacy has passed to John Ross -- along with powerful magic and the knowledge that his actions are all that stand between a living hell and humanity's future.Then, after decade... More

In a sleepy steel-mill town, the ultimate battle between Good and Evil is about to begin . . . Sinnissippi Park, in Hopewell, Illinois, has long hidden a mysterious evil, locked away from humankind by powers greater than most could even imagine. But now the malevolent creatures that normally skulk i... More

Sojourn relates the story of Neeraja, a determinedly cosmopolitan woman, who is forced to move into a small town for a brief period. Even as she tries to make her life significant in her temporary home, Neeraja finds herself grappling with Amrutapura--with its casually bigamous landlords, its Mahila... More

At last in paperback in one complete volume, here are the five classic novels from Douglas Adams's beloved Hitchiker series. "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"Seconds before the Earth is demolished for a galactic freeway, Arthur Dent is saved by Ford Prefect, a researcher for the revised "Guide,... More

This outrageous volume contains six zany, out-of-this-world adventure stories by this incomparable novelist. From the very first to the very latest-- all best sellers-- includes The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy; The Restaurant at the End of the Universe; Life, the Universe and Everything, So Lon... More

As a Knight of the Word, John Ross has struggled against the dark forces of the Void and his minions for twenty-five years. The grim future he dreams each night-- a world reduced to blood and ashes--will come true, unless he can stop them now, in the present. The birth of a gypsy morph, a rare and d... More