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Milo, a young boy with little interest in anything, takes a trip through the Phantom Tollbooth to the Lands Beyond where he meets an enchanting cast of characters that teaches him the importance of words, numbers, ideas, creativity, and enthusiasm for life.
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Lord of the rings volume 1
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Begin your journey into Middle-earth...
The inspiration for the upcoming original series on Prime Video, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.
The Fellowship of the Ring is the first part of J.R.R. Tolkien's epic adventure The Lord of the Rings.
One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.
Sauron, the Dark
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As the Shadow of Mordor grows, the companions find their way through danger and mystery as they defeat the Dark Lord and celebrate Aragorn's ascent to become King of the West. Includes appendices containing genealogical and historical information that form the background of the story.
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"The tales of The Silmarillion were the underlying inspiration and source of J.R.R. Tolkien's imaginative writing; he worked on the book throughout his life but never brought it to a final form. Long preceding in its origins The Lord of the Rings, it is the story of the First Age of Tolkien's world, the ancient drama to which characters in The Lord of the Rings look back and in which some of them, such as Elrond and Galadriel, took part." "The Silmarillion...
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"Spanning Gaiman's career to date, The Neil Gaiman Reader: Selected Fiction is a...collection from one of the world's most beloved writers, chosen by those who know his work best: his devoted readers. A ... representation of Gaiman's...imaginative fiction, this...volume includes excerpts from each of his five novels for adults--Neverwhere, Stardust, American Gods, Anansi Boys, and The Ocean at the End of the Lane--and nearly fifty of his short stories."...
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Cosimo di Rondó, a young Italian nobleman of the eighteenth century, rebels against his parents by climbing into the trees and remaining there for the rest of his life. He adapts efficiently to an existence in the forest canopy he hunts, sows crops, plays games with earth-bound friends, fights forest fires, solves engineering problems, and even manages to have love affairs. From his perch in the trees, Cosimo sees the Age of Enlightenment pass by...
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A gorgeously illustrated book of short stories from the world of Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell, the 4-million-copy global bestseller
'These tales read as if Jane Austen had rewritten the Brothers Grimm ... wonderful' Spectator
Faerie is never as far away as you think.
Sometimes you find you have crossed an invisible line and must cope, as best you can, with petulant princesses, vengeful...
'These tales read as if Jane Austen had rewritten the Brothers Grimm ... wonderful' Spectator
Faerie is never as far away as you think.
Sometimes you find you have crossed an invisible line and must cope, as best you can, with petulant princesses, vengeful...
11) The subtle knife
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His dark materials volume 2
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As the boundaries between worlds begin to dissolve, Lyra and her daemon help Will Parry in his search for his father and for a powerful, magical knife.
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"Thousands of years after the destruction of the age of man and science, new races and magic now rule the world, but an imminent danger threatens. A horde of evil Demons is beginning to escape and bring death upon the land. Only Wil Ohmsford, the last of the Shannara bloodline, has the power to guard the Elven Princess Amberle on a perilous quest to the save the world, while the leader of the Demon force aims to stop their mission at any cost."--
13) Weaveworld
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Susanna, granddaughter of the last caretaker, Calhoun Mooney, and Immacolata, an exiled witch intent on destroying her race, vie for a rug into which the world of Seerkind has been woven.
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The Wizard of Oz series volume 4
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An earthquake drops Dorothy and her friend Zeb into the Vegetable Kingdom, a land of glass buildings, princesses that grow, and invisible people, where they encounter the Wizard of Oz and together seek the Emerald City.
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"A nest of invisible baby dragons has been discovered in Queen Sofia's castle so Drake, Worm, and Val, Carlos's cousin, must journey to the dangerous Dove Island to find the parents and the fruit that keeps the dragons' invisible powers"--OCLC.
18) Lord of chaos
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Wheel of time volume 6
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Struggling to unite his nations for the battle that would release the Dark One into their world, Rand al'Thor is unaware of the White Tower leader's plans to silence his efforts
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Wheel of time volume 7
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The Wheel of Time is now an original series on Prime Video, starring Rosamund Pike as Moiraine!
In A Crown of Swords, the seventh novel in Robert Jordan's #1 New York Times bestselling epic fantasy series, The Wheel of Time®, a rebellious uprising threatens Rand al'Thor's rule as he prepares to battle an even more dangerous enemy.
Incited by nobles seeking to reclaim their places of power, armies march
20) The gunslinger
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Dark Tower volume 1
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In The Gunslinger, King introduces Roland Deschain of Gilead, the Last Gunslinger. He is a haunting, solitary figure at first, on a mysterious quest through a desolate world that eerily mirrors our own. Pursuing the man in black, an evil being who can bring the dead back to life, Roland is a good man who seems to leave nothing but death in his wake.
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