Richard Mayhew is a young man with a good heart and an ordinarylife, which is changed forever when he stops to help a girl he finds bleeding on a London sidewalk. His small act of kindness propels him into a world he never dreamed existed. There are people who fall through the cracks, and Richard has become one of them. And he must learn to survive...more
His Dark Materials, the wildly popular, bestselling young adult fantasy trilogy by Philip Pullman is available in a paperback boxed set. Following the adventures of the spirited Lyra Belacqua as she seeks out dangerous mysteries that threaten to destroy her world and others, the three novels include THE GOLDEN COMPASS, THE SUBTLE KNIFE, and THE AMB...more
Readers beware. The brilliant, breathtaking conclusion to J.K. Rowling's spellbinding series is not for the faint of heart--such revelations, battles, and betrayals await in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows that no fan will make it to the end unscathed. Luckily, Rowling has prepped loyal readers for the end of her series by doling out increasin...more
Following the enormous success of 2004 bestseller and critics’ favorite Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, Susanna Clarke delivers a delicious collection of ten stories set in the same fairy-crossed world of 19th-century England. With Clarke’s characteristic historical detail and diction, these dark, enchanting tales unfold in a slightly distorted ...more
Trapped in the bureaucratic morass of JPod, on the fringes of a huge Vancouver video-game-design company, Ethan Jarlewski and five co-workers wage a daily war with the demands of the company's idiotic marketing department, while Ethan's own life is molded by Hollywood, marijuana operations, people smuggling, ballroom dancing, and China.
Logen Ninefingers, infamous barbarian, has finally run out of luck. Caught in one feud too many, he's on the verge of becoming a dead barbarian - leaving nothing behind him but bad songs, dead friends, and a lot of happy enemies. Nobleman, dashing officer, and paragon of selfishness, Captain Jezal dan Luthar has nothing more dangerous in ...more
George Hall is an unobtrusive man. A little distant, perhaps, a little cautious, not at quite at ease with the emotional demands of fatherhood, or manly bonhomie. He does not understand the modern obsession with talking about everything. “The secret of contentment, George felt, lay in ignoring many things completely.” Some things in life, howev...more
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