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62) Companion to Narnia: a complete guide to the magical world of C.S. Lewis's The chronicles of Narnia
Author
Publisher
HarperSanFrancisco
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
An updated handbook on C. S. Lewis's world of Narnia encompasses hundreds of alphabetically arranged entries that include the characters, events, places, themes, and other aspects of the fantasy series.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
In one volume, this revised and updated examination of how J.R.R. Tolkien came to write his original masterpiece 'The Hobbit' includes his complete unpublished draft version of the story, together with notes and illustrations by Tolkien himself
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
Great Britain circa 1985: time travel is routine, cloning is a reality (dodas are the resurrected pet of choice), and literature is taken very, very seriously. Based on an imaginary world where time and reality bend in the most convincing and original way since The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The Eyre Affair is a delightful rabbit hole of a read: once you fall in you may never come back. England is a virtual police state where an aunt can get...
Author
Series
Map of time volume 2
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
When a New York socialite challenges her millionaire suitor to reproduce the extraterrestrial invasion featured in H.G. Wells' "War of the Worlds," three fantastical adventures in time travel and mystery ensue.
Author
Series
Thursday Next novels volume 7
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
The Bookworld's leading enforcement officer, Thursday Next, has been forced into a semiretirement following an assassination attempt, returning home to Swindon and her family to recuperate. But Thursday's children have problems that demand she become a mother of invention: Friday's career struggles in the Chronoguard, where he is relegated to a might-have-been; Tuesday's trouble perfecting the Anti-Smote shield, needed in time to thwart an angry Deity's...
Author
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
"Discover magical places, study the art of potion-making, encounter fantastic beasts, and find out about the witches and wizards who lived. From the Sorting Hat to the secrets of the Forbidden Forest, it's all inside this official companion to the Harry Potter books."--
Publisher
Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic, Inc
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Complementing the British Library exhibit, provides an overview of the Hogwarts curriculum, covering thousands of years of magic history and displaying artifacts released from the Library's archives, previously-unseen materials, and items from throughout the world.
"As the British Library unveils a very special new exhibition in the UK, Harry Potter: A History of Magic, readers everywhere are invited on an enchanting journey through the Hogwarts...
