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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

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

The chaos spirit had chosen the child Alexander to be its human host. But Parmenion, most powerful warrior of ancient Greece, had won a small victory over the darkness that sought to rule through Alexander. The boy's soul had not been destroyed by evil, but instead had merged with it -- and now Parm... More

In Time Warps: The Insistent Politics of Silent and Evasive Pasts Ashis Nandy argued that his work can be seen as ‘an adventure in one kind of time travel, where one mainly uses or invokes the past to shape the contemporary.’ In the present collection he reverses that journey. Using the metaphor... More

This giant volume combines two collections of the best science fiction stories from the fifties, sixties, and seventies, edited and with an introduction by the incomparable Isaac Asimov. These thrilling and sometimes frightening visions of the future include: - "The Last Question" by Isaac Asimov- "... More

The first of four beautifully designed slipcased volumes, "The Absolute Sandman," Vol. 1, collects issues 1-20 of "The Sandman" and features completely new coloring, approved by the author, on the first 18 issues, as well as a host of never-before-seen extra material.... More

This "New York Times"-bestselling tale of magic, science, bravery, and adventure by master storyteller Gaiman and Emmy-winning writer Reaves is now in paperback. Joey Harker has always had a terrible sense of direction. One day he gets lost in his own town and walks right out of his universe.Joey Ha... More

A Doll's House was published on December 4, 1879, and first performed in Copenhagen on December 21, 1879. The play was so controversial that Ibsen was forced to write a second ending that he called "a barbaric outrage" to be used only when necessary. The controversy centered around Nora's decision t... More

From two delightful imaginations comes a comic masterpiece in which the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse ride motorcycles, the hound of the devil chases sticks, and the end of the world is subject to Murphy's Law.There is a distinct hint of Armageddon in the air. According to "The Nice and Accurate P... More

Written in the 1990s by American author Steven Gould, Jumper is the inspiration for the film of the same name – to be released in Feb 08 and starring Samuel L Jackson.It tells the story of Davy Rice, played by Hayden Christensen, as he escapes his tortured childhood to explore the world via te... More

"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

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 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

A #1 bestseller, this latest Sword of Truth novel is the direct sequel to "Chainfire" and the second installment of a new trilogy. On the day she awoke remembering nothing but her name, Kahlan Amnell became the most dangerous woman alive. For everyone else, that was the day the world began to end.On... More

Richard Mayhew is a plain man with a good heart -- and an ordinary life that is changed forever on a day he stops to help a girl he finds bleeding on a London sidewalk. From that moment forward he is propelled into a world he never dreamed existed -- a dark subculture flourishing in abandoned subway... More

Millions of readers the world over have been held spellbound by this valiant tale vividly told. Now, enter Terry Goodkind's world, the world of the Sword of Truth. In the aftermath of the brutal murder of his father, a mysterious woman, Kahlan Amnell, appears in Richard Cypher's forest sanctuary see... More

An Epic of Two Worlds In a world as rich and real as our own, Richard Rahl and Kahlan Amnell stand against the ancient forces which besiege the New World-- forces so terrible that when last they threatened, they could only be withstood by sealing off the Old World from whence they came. Now the barr... More