The Firework-Maker's Daughter, Clockwork, or All Wound Up
A must-have for every child's library: two enchanting tales by the best-selling author of Northern Lights, in a special hardcover omnibus edition with newly colourised illustrations.
With a delightful and unique introduction from the author- especially for this beautiful Everyman's Library volume.
In The Firework-Maker's Daughter, young Lila has learned from her father almost all there is to know about his profession-but he insists upon holding back the final secret. With the help of her friend Chulak, Lila discovers that anyone who wants to be a true firework-maker must face down the Fire-Fiend of Mount Merapi. It is only after Lila has set off on her quest that Chulak discovers the other half of the secret-and without it, Lila will perish. In the company of Hamlet, a talking white elephant, Chulak sets off to find Lila before it's too late.
Clockwork features an apprentice clockmaker who is tempted to sell his soul. As the townspeople of Glockenheim gather on the eve of the annual unveiling of a new figure for the town clock, Karl, the apprentice, confides to Fritz, a storyteller, that he has failed his task to create one. Fritz, in his turn, has no idea how to finish the new story he has begun concocting, which he calls "Clockwork." He begins to tell it anyway, only to see its dangerous antagonist materialize in front of the two boys and offer Karl a Faustian pact.
Real life and storytelling merge, and destruction must be narrowly averted, in this unusual and suspenseful tale of the power of creativity.
His Dark Materials: The Deluxe Edition
This beautiful deluxe hardcover omnibus edition includes all three books in Philip Pullman's internationally bestselling, groundbreaking, beloved His Dark Materials trilogy.
A must-have collection for all fans. Since Northern Lights was first published in 1995, and acclaimed as a modern masterpiece, this series has won the UK's top awards for
children's literature.
"Without this child, we shall all die." Lyra Belacqua and her animal daemon live half-wild and carefree among scholars of Jordan College, Oxford. The destiny that awaits her will take her to the frozen lands of the Arctic, where witch-clans reign and ice-bears fight. Her extraordinary journey will have immeasurable consequences far beyond her own world...
Now a major HBO/BBC TV series starring Ruth Wilson, James McAvoy, Dafne Keen and Lin-Manuel Miranda.
A stunning deluxe omnibus edition of one of the most popular and successful children's series of all time.
The perfect gift for all Philip Pullman fans eagerly awaiting the third instalment of The Book of Dust.
BBC/HBO series was a huge success, with an all star cast of Ruth Wilson, James McAvoy, Anne-Marie Duff and Lin-Manuel Miranda.
Once Upon a Time in the North
Lyra is studying at Oxford University, she comes across the story of Lee Scoresby and Iorek Byrnisson's first meeting, many years ago, along with much evidence of the adventure that brought them together...
When a young Texan balloonist, Lee Scoresby, comes down to earth in the harbour of an Arctic town in the North, little does he realise that he is about to be embroiled in an out-and-out political brawl.
Lee and his daemon, Hester, find themselves the target of political factions trying to take over the running (and oil) of the town. And also resident in the town are huge arctic bears, ignored and patronised by the people and treated like second-class citizens. When Lee and Iorek first meet, they cement a friendship that will continue throughout their lives, as the tensions and pressure in town lead to a deadly conclusion...
Featuring two of Philip Pullman's best-loved characters, this is an adventure-filled short story that builds on the world of His Dark Materials and The Book of Dust.
The Collectors
'D'you - er - have you seen her before?'
'Yes. I know who she is.'
'But, Grinstead, this painting is seventy years old - probably nearer eighty! You're not being serious - I mean . . . What do you mean?'
On a dark winter's night in 1970, Horley and Grinstead huddle for warmth in the Senior Common Room of a college in Oxford. Conversation turns to the two impressive works of art that Horley has recently added to his collection.
What the two men don't know is that these pieces are connected in mysterious and improbable ways; and they are about to be caught in the cross-fire of a story which has travelled time and worlds.
Imagination Chamber
Master storyteller Philip Pullman returns to the world of Lyra and Will, Mrs Coulter and Lee Scoresby, Pantalaimon and Iorek Byrnison, in this must-have companion to the His Dark Materials trilogy. A book of stunning, moving, exhilarating, breathtaking scenes set during the events of Northern Lights, The Subtle Knife, The Amber Spyglass and The Book of Dust: from Serafina Pekkala sitting quietly on her cloud pine broom, listening to Dust, ahead of the epic battle with the Angels, to a young Lyra speculating about her mother's identity. In exquisite prose, Philip Pullman cuts new windows into his worlds for the reader to step through and reveals new truths about many of the iconic characters from Lyra's universe....
The Gifts of Reading
With contributions by: William Boyd, Candice Carty-Williams, Imtiaz Dharker, Roddy Doyle, Pico Iyer, Robert Macfarlane, Andy Miller, Jackie Morris, Jan Morris, Sisonke Msimang, Dina Nayeri, Chigozie Obioma, Michael Ondaatje, David Pilling, Max Porter, Philip Pullman, Alice Pung, Jancis Robinson, S.F.Said, Madeleine Thien, Salley Vickers, John Wood and Markus Zusak
'This story, like so many stories, begins with a gift. The gift, like so many gifts, was a book...' So begins the essay by Robert Macfarlane that inspired this collection.
In this cornucopia of an anthology, you will find essays by some of the world's most beloved novelists, nonfiction writers, essayists and poets.
'You will see books taking flight in flocks, migrating around the world, landing in people's hearts and changing them for a day or a year or a lifetime.
'You will see books sparking wonder or anger; throwing open windows into other languages, other cultures, other minds; causing people to fall in love or to fight for what is right.
'And more than anything, over and over again, you will see books and words being given, received and read - and in turn prompting further generosity.'
Published to coincide with the 20th anniversary of global literacy non-profit, Room to Read, The Gifts of Reading forms inspiring, unforgettable, irresistible proof of the power and necessity of books and reading.
His Dark Materials 3: His Dark Materials: The Amber Spyglass
The third volume in the ground-breaking His Dark Materials trilogy, now with a breath-taking new cover creatively directed and photographed by the legendary Rankin.
"We're going to the land of the dead and we're going to come back." Will and Lyra, whose fates are bound together by powers beyond their own worlds, have been violently separated. But they must find each other, for ahead of them lies the greatest war that has ever been - and a journey to a dark place from which no one has ever returned...
His Dark Materials 1: His Dark Materials: Northern Lights
"Remarkable writing: courageous and dangerous as the best art should be." The Times "Only Rankin can light and photograph faces with such intensity and drama. I'm delighted with this vision of my story." Philip Pullman
The first volume in the ground-breaking His Dark Materials trilogy, now with a breath-taking new cover creatively directed and photographed by the legendary Rankin.
Lyra Belacqua and her animal daemon live half-wild and carefree among scholars of Jordan College, Oxford.
The destiny that awaits her will take her to the frozen lands of the Arctic, where witch-clans reign and ice-bears fight. Her extraordinary journey will have immeasurable consequences far beyond her own world...
Rankin's lens has exquisitely captured the bond between character and daemon; the soul of the stories
The His Dark Materials trilogy is award-winning, internationally bestselling and a modern classic.
Now a major BBC/HBO television series, with an all-star cast of Ruth Wilson, James McAvoy, Anne-Marie Duff and Lin-Manuel Miranda
His Dark Materials 2: His Dark Materials: The Subtle Knife
The second volume in the ground-breaking His Dark Materials trilogy, now with a breath-taking new cover creatively directed and photographed by the legendary Rankin.
"What is he? A friend, or an enemy?" "He is a murderer." Will has just killed a man. He's on the run.
His escape will take him far beyond his own world, to the eerie disquiet of a deserted city, and to a girl, Lyra. Her fate is strangely linked to his own, and together they must find the most powerful weapon in all the worlds...
Jantarové kukátko
Ve třetím dílu fantasy trilogie musí Will nejprve najít Lyru, kterou její matka, krásná paní Coulterová, drží omámenou v odlehlé jeskyni. Jejich společná cesta je pak vede do říše mrtvých, kde se oba setkávají se svými blízkými. Bitva na nebesích vrcholí a Lyra bezděky naplňuje úlohu, k níž byla předurčena. Pak ale ji i Willa čeká nejtěžší rozhodnutí ze všech.
Kniha Prachu 2
VYDEJTE SE S LYROU ZA DOBRODRUŽSTVÍM AŽ DO TAJUPLNÉ STŘEDNÍ ASIE SE ZASTÁVKOU V MAGICKÉ PRAZE.
Trojdílná série Jeho temné esence, tj. Zlatý kompas, Jedinečný nůž a Jantarové kukátko, se stala mezinárodním bestsellerem a předlohou divadelních, seriálových i filmových adaptací. Pullman se do světa, který trojicí knih stvořil, po čase znovu vrátil. Výsledkem je další úžasná trilogie, v níž se opět setkáváme s hrdinkou Lyrou a jejím daemonem Pantalaimonem. V první Knize Prachu s podtitulem La Belle Sauvage (Argo, 2019) byla Lyra teprve miminko, nicméně díky proroctví divoženek už tehdy nadmíru důležité. Druhý díl Knihy Prachu, Tajné společenství, zastihuje dospělou Lyru na studiích v Oxfordu. Její vztah s Pantíkem prochází krizí. Daemon se při jedné osamělé noční procházce stane svědkem vraždy neznámého muže. Do rukou se mu dostane jeho peněženka a s ní i přístup k deníku mrtvého, obsahující výbušné informace. A pak už události naberou turbulentní spád. Mezi Lyrou a Pantíkem dojde k prudké hádce, daemon od Lyry uteče a oba se, každý na vlastní pěst, vydávají na cestu přes celou Evropu až do Asie. Lyra se zastaví také v Praze, kde se seznámí s jistým Václavem Kubíčkem a podivným ohnivým mužem. Cílem Pantalaimonovy i Lyřiny cesty je tajuplné město ukryté v srdci pouště. Shledá se Lyra opět se svým daemonem a odhalí konečně tajemství Prachu? A proč po ní tak sveřepě pátrá mocné Magisterium?
Pullmanův příběh nepřestává probouzet celou řadu otázek... V knize se elegantně mísí aktuální témata, od uprchlické krize v Evropě po problematiku pravdy v postpravdivé době. Pullmanovo vyprávění navíc nepozbývá nic ze své uhrančivosti. (The Times)
Děj se řítí kupředu, plný nebezpečí a překvapení, a přináší výsostnou potěchu z četby. Pullmanova schopnost vystihnout pouhými několika řádky postavu, místo či motiv je téměř zázračná. (New Statesman)
Dlouhá, vyčerpávající, spletitá cesta hrdinů je plná krásy, nebezpečí i filozofických myšlenek. (Metro)
Grimm Tales
A phenomenal bestselling author meets the most magical stories ever told, now in a beautiful clothbound classics edition
In this stunningly designed book of classic fairy tales, award-winning author Philip Pullman has chosen his fifty favourite stories from the Brothers Grimm and presents them in a 'clear as water' retelling, in his unique and brilliant voice. These new versions show the adventures at their most lucid and engaging yet. Pullman's Grimm Tales of wicked wives, brave children and villainous kings will have you reading, reading aloud and rereading them for many years to come.
The Secret of Commonwealth: The Book of Dust 2
From the author of the phenomenal His Dark Materials trilogy comes the next chapter in the story of Lyra Silvertongue . . .
Lyra Silvertongue is now studying at St Sophia's College, Oxford, with her daemon Pantalaimon.
They are not getting on. Lyra is questioning everything she once held dear. Pan misses the impulsiveness of their youth.
When an act of terrible violence breaks the peace of the Oxford night, Lyra and Pan's relationship reaches a crisis and they are drawn, far from home, into the dangerous factions of a world they had no idea existed.
The Secret Commonwealth is truly a book for our times; a powerful adventure and a thought-provoking look at what it is to understand yourself, to grow up and make sense of the world around you. This is storytelling at its very best from one of our greatest writers.
*The first book in The Book of Dust trilogy, La Belle Sauvage, is coming to the stage in the summer of this year. Performed at The Bridge Theatre from July 2020, it will be a theatrical spectacle not to be missed*
Serpentine
'Lyra Silvertongue, you're very welcome . . . Yes, I know your new name. Serafina Pekkala told me everything about your exploits'
Lyra and her daemon Pantalaimon have left the events of His Dark Materials far behind.
In this snapshot of their forever-changed lives they return to the North to visit an old friend,
where we will learn that things are not exactly as they seem . . .
Illustrated throughout by Tom Duxbury, the perfect re-entry for fans of His Dark Materials
and a wonderful companion to The Book of Dust,
Serpentine is a brand-new special read for Pullman fans old and new.
A titkos birodalom - A Por könyve II.
Húsz év telt el a La Belle Sauvage kalandjai óta, és az akkor még csecsemő Lyra mostanra fiatal nővé cseperedett. Hét éve hagyta ott élete szerelmét, Will Parryt az oxfordi botanikus kert padján a nagy sikerű Északi fény-trilógia (Az Úr sötét anyagai) végén.
Lyra kapcsolata Pantalaimonnal ismeretlen utat jár be, miközben mindketten titkos és veszedelmes társaságok hatalmi játszmáiba keverednek. Malcolm, az egykori csónakos fiú, egy különleges gyermek megmentője, immár erős férfi, akit kötelességtudata szintén utazásra kényszerít.
Mindhárman el kell, hogy hagyják Oxfordot, hogy Európán át Ázsia szívében keressék az elveszett titkokat: egy daimónok lakta várost, a sivatag szívének rejtélyét és a megfoghatatlan Por misztériumát.
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A titkos birodalom
Húsz év telt el a La Belle Sauvage kalandjai óta, és az akkor még csecsemő Lyra mostanra fiatal nővé cseperedett. Hét éve hagyta ott élete szerelmét, Will Parryt az oxfordi botanikus kert padján a nagy sikerű Északi fény-trilógia (Az Úr sötét anyagai) végén.
Lyra kapcsolata Pantalaimonnal ismeretlen utat jár be, miközben mindketten titkos és veszedelmes társaságok hatalmi játszmáiba keverednek. Malcolm, az egykori csónakos fiú, egy különleges gyermek megmentője, immár erős férfi, akit kötelességtudata szintén utazásra kényszerít.
Mindhárman el kell, hogy hagyják Oxfordot, hogy Európán át Ázsia szívében keressék az elveszett titkokat: egy daimónok lakta várost, a sivatag szívének rejtélyét és a megfoghatatlan Por misztériumát.
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