Catalogue Search Results
1) Piranesi
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
The long-awaited return from the author of the multi-million copy bestselling Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell Piranesi lives in the House. Perhaps he always has? Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell transported over four million readers into its mysterious world. It became an instant classic and has been hailed as one of the finest works of fiction of the twenty-first century. Fifteen years later, it is finally time to enter the House and meet Piranesi. May...
Author
Series
Roots of Chaos volume 1
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Formats
Description
From the internationally bestselling author of The Bone Season, an enthralling, epic fantasy about a world on the brink of war with dragons - and the women who must lead the fight to save it. A world divided. A queendom without an heir. An ancient enemy awakens. The House of Berethnet has ruled Inys for a thousand years. Still unwed, Queen Sabran the Ninth must conceive a daughter to protect her realm from destruction - but assassins are getting closer...
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
'The first rule is that you don't fall in love. There are other rules too, but that is the main one. No falling in love. No staying in love. No daydreaming of love. Because otherwise, of course, you slowly lose your mind . . .' Tom Hazard has a dangerous secret. He may look like an ordinary 41-year-old, but he was born in 1581. Owing to a rare condition, he's been alive for centuries. From Shakespeare's England to jazz age Paris and voyaging the Pacific,...
Author
Publisher
Titan Books
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
When Addie La Rue makes a pact with the devil, she trades her soul for immortality. But there's always a price - the devil takes away her place in the world, cursing her to be forgotten by everyone. Addie flees her tiny home town in 18th-Century France, beginning a journey that takes her across the world, learning to live a life where no one remembers her and everything she owns is lost and broken. Existing only as a muse for artists throughout history,...
Author
Publisher
Wizards of the Coast
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
The Myth. The Magic. Dominarian legends speak of a mighty conflict, obscured by the mists of history. Of a conflict between the brothers Urza and Mishra for supremacy on the continent of Terisiare. Of titantic engines that scarred and twisted the very planet. Of a final battle that sank continents and shook the skies.
Author
Publisher
Titan Books
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
How foreign saboteurs imperiled both her work and her well-being; and how her determined pursuit of knowledge took her into the deepest reaches of the Labyrinth of Drakes, where the chance action of a dragon set the stage for her greatest achievement yet.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollinsChildren?sBooks
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
Perfect for readers of 7-9, Cinders & Sparks is a fresh, funny and fabulous take on Cinderella, for everyone who loved Frozen and Shrek.She will go to the ball. But nothing will go to plan?A magic girl.A talking dog.Let?s get this party started . . .Cinders lives a boring life with her selfish stepsisters and mean stepmother. So when her wishes start magically coming true it?s a surprise to say the least.Then Cinders meets her fairy godmother: she?s...
8) Time streams
Author
Publisher
Wizards of the Coast
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
Together they work to bring to life the greatest artifact weapon Urza has ever devised, hoping to use it to defend their home from an imminent Phyrexian invasion. But treachery and tragedy stalk the tiny island, as Urza and his followers seek to manipulate time itself.
Author
Series
Kamigawa Cycle volume 1
Publisher
Wizards of the Coast
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
The war with the spirit world has begun... In a world of mysticism and honor, a war is brewing. Spirits launch attacks against humans as, in the shadows, a terror lurks just beyond sight. Michiko, daughter of the warlord Konda, must brave the dangers outside her father's fortress to consult holy monks and the orochi, snake folk with a strong connection to the spirit world. Yet when Michiko meets Umezawa, a thief and black magic user, she realizes...
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
This enthralling novel, inspired by the 2006 film, illustrates that fantasy is the sharpest tool to explore the terrors and miracles of the human heart You shouldn't come in here. You could get lost. It has happened before. I'll tell you the story one day, if you want to hear it. In fairy tales, there are men and there are wolves, there are beasts and dead parents, there are girls and forests. Ofelia knows all this, like any young woman with a head...
Author
Publisher
Titan Books
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
This concluding volume will finally reveal the truths behind her most notorious adventure - scaling the tallest peak in the world, behind the territory of Scirland's enemies - and what she discovered there, within the Sanctuary of Wings.
Author
Series
Kamigawa Cycle volume 2
Publisher
Wizards of the Coast
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
The second title in a series that peers into a mysterious new area of the Magic� world. Heretic: Betrayers of Kamigawa continues a series that will explore a new and mysterious area of the Magic: The Gathering world that fans have never seen before. This novel previews the newest trading card game set to be released in February, giving fans a sneak peek at the new elements of the game. AUTHOR BIO: Scott McGough is a former Magic: The Gathering line...
13) Norse mythology
Author
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Formats
Description
The great Norse myths are woven into the fabric of our storytelling - from Tolkien, Alan Garner and Rosemary Sutcliff to Game of Thrones and Marvel Comics. They are also an inspiration for Neil Gaiman's own award-bedecked, bestselling fiction. Now he reaches back through time to the original source stories in a thrilling and vivid rendition of the great Norse tales. Gaiman's gods are thoroughly alive on the page - irascible, visceral, playful, passionate...
Author
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Formats
Description
Solve the murder to save what's left of the world. Outside the island there is nothing: the world destroyed by a fog that swept the planet, killing anyone it touched. On the island: it is idyllic. 122 villagers and 3 scientists, living in peaceful harmony. The villagers are content to fish, farm and feast, to obey their nightly curfew, to do what they're told by the scientists. Until, to the horror of the islanders, one of their beloved scientists...
Author
Series
Publisher
Disney
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
Anna, Elsa, Kristoff, and their friends from Disney's Frozen are helping Little Rock the troll earn his tracking crystal. Join them as they embark on a mountain adventure under the Northern Lights! This special novelization is perfect for children ages 6 to 9!.
Author
Publisher
Disney
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
A deadly threat emerged from the cosmos-and it was fulfilled. In the wake of Thanos's horrifying success, the people of Earth are left reeling in despair and confusion. Without any logical explanation for the blip-out event, those remaining must pick up the pieces. Doctor Erik Selvig and his associate Darcy Lewis are determined to find and understand the cause of the devastation. With a team of friends both old and new, they embark on a pursuit of...
Author
Publisher
Disney
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
WHACK! When a mystery man lands smack-dab on the front of their ship while flying through space, the Guardians of the Galaxy bring him aboard to take a closer look. Is he an angel? With that eye patch, could he be ... a pirate? Turns out it's Thor, the God of Thunder, and he's just as confused by the Guardians as they are by him: a rabbit captaining a ship, and a talking tree he can understand? As the most unlikely team this side of the galaxy, the...
Author
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
An entrancing collection of stories based on the World Fantasy Award-winning Sandman comic book series by Neil Gaiman-the basis for the highly anticipated Netflix series and hailed by the�Los Angeles Times Magazine�as ?the greatest epic in the history of comic books?-including contributions from Tori Amos, Clive Barker, Susanna Clarke, Tad Williams, and Gene Wolfe, �among other celebrated names in fantasy and horror There is a dark king who...
Author
Publisher
Disney
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
A threat has emerged from the cosmos: Thanos. A ruthless warlord who plans to collect all six Infinity Stones. Joined by his formidable allies, he will be near-unstoppable at achieving his goal. The Avengers, the Guardians of the Galaxy, Doctor Strange, and Spider-Man must join forces and fight side by side to stop Thanos, while the fate of the Earth and the universe lays in the balance. This book features the stories of three of the six Stones as...
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Try our Materials Request Service. Submit Request