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"A HUMDINGER . . . A MASTERLY TALE TOLD WITH CLARITY AND VERVE."-"The Times" (London) The Avatars are immortal and live like kings-even though the empire is dying. Their immortality is guaranteed by magic crystals whose influence is now waning, overwhelmed by the sheer power of a great flood and a s... More

In the spellbinding Arthur C. Clarke tradition, here is an exhilarating adventure into the hearts of both the Universe and mankind... By the twenty-third century Earth has already had two encounters with massive, mysterious robotic spacecraft from beyond our solar system--the incontestable proof of ... More

In the twenty-third century pioneers have escaped the crowded earth for life in self-sustaining orbital colonies. One of the colonies, Rotor, has broken away from the solar system to create its own renegade utopia around an unknown red star two light-years from Earth: a star named Nemesis. Now a fif... More

Vroom Valley? That was where the trolls ambushed the dwarfs, or the dwarfs ambushed the trolls. It was very far away. It was a long time ago. But if he doesn't solve the murder of just one dwarf, Command Sam Vimes of Ankh-Morpork City Watch is going to see it fought again, right outside his office. ... More

These two renowned writers have invented a world not unlike our own--a world on the edge of chaos, torn between the madness of religious fanaticism and the stubborn denial of scientists. Only a handful of people on the planet Lagash are prepared to face the truth--that their six suns are setting all... More

A must-have accessory for the most dedicated Pratchett fans -- a Discworld cut-out book for adults. The phenomenal Discworld series has a new addition to its growing hoard of artifacts -- a cut-out book for adults. An extraordinary feat of paper engineering, the cut-out book contains the makings of ... More

In this classic tale, a newly-discovered ancient parchment reveals that a secret passage through a volcano extends into the depths of the earth. Three men are hurled into the adventure of their lives as they undertake a journey of scientific discovery and terrific danger.Written almost a century bef... More

When her parents' spaceship is attacked, Acorna's parents set her adrift in a lifepod to be found by three asteroid miners who become her uncles. But Acorna's special talents bring them unwanted attention, pulling her and her uncles into a series of dangerous and exciting adventures throughout known... More

The Discworld goes to war. It began as a sudden strange fancy . . . Polly Perks had to become a boy in a hurry. Cutting off her hair and wearing trousers was easy. Learning to fart and belch in public and walk like an ape took more time . . . And now she's enlisted in the army, and searching for... More

Police officer Dora Henry is investigating the bizarre murder of three geneticists when the world around her goes crazy. Weeds are becoming trees; trees are becoming forests. Overnight, a city is being transformed into a wild and verdant place inhospitable to what humankind has become. Stranger stil... More

Mythmakers and world builders of the first order, the Eddingses spin tales that make imaginations soar. Readers have thrilled to "The Belgariad" and "The Malloreon," magic-filled masterworks chronicling the timeless conflict between good and evil. But with those sagas brought to their triumphant con... More

Once the legendary knights of the Gabala defended the nine duchies. Their hearts were beautiful; their armor was beyond compare. They were greater than princes, more than men.But they were gone, disappeared through a demon-haunted gateway between worlds. Only one held back -- Manannan, whose every i... More

Young Tristan Thorn vows to retrieve a fallen star to win the hand of beautiful Victoria Forester in Gaiman's classic fantasy, now adapted for the big screen by Paramount Pictures, starring Robert De Niro, Clare Danes, and Michelle Pfeiffer, due for release in March 2007.What happens when you make a... More

In a novel that challenges our expectations at every turn, acclaimed author Wil McCarthy sweeps us into the future as only he can imagine it. Here is a thrilling odyssey of discovery and adventure aboard a ship of exiled rebels coming of age in an eternity that may be a lot shorter than anyone ever ... More

When the Viking lander on the planet Minerva was destroyed, sending back one last photo of a strange alien being, scientists on Earth were flabbergasted. And so a joint investigation was launched by the United States and the Soviet Union, the first long-distance manned space mission, and a symbol of... More

In their first collaboration, Greenwood and Cunningham pen this fourth novel in The Cities series, set in the most important city of the Forgotten Realms setting: Waterdeep, city of intrigue and secrets.In the streets of Waterdeep, conspiracies run like water through the gutters, bubbling beneath th... More

‘Each one of us is here because there is no other place in the world that we’d rather be …’Lights! Camera! Action! Meet Nacchamathu, an engineering graduate who would rather be a member of the Rajnikant Fan Club than work in an MNC; Vinod, a middle-aged movie extra who, after fifteen years i... More

Lyra Belaqua is content to run wild among the scholars of Jordan College, with her daemon familiar Pantalaimon always by her side. But the arrival of her fearsome uncle, Lord Asriel, draws her to the heart of a terrible struggle--a struggle born of Gobblers and stolen children, witch clans and armor... More