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His Dark Materials Trilogy (The Golden Compass; The Subtle Knife; The Amber Spyglass)»rank: 871by: Philip Pullman
0ur opinion: :ln the epic trilogy His Dark Materials, Philip Pullman unlocks the door to worlds parallel to our own. Dæmons and winged creatures live side by side with humans, and a mysterious entity called Dust just might have the power to unite the universes--if it isn't destroyed first. The three books in Pullman's heroic fantasy series, published as mass-market paperbacks with new covers, are united here in one boxed set that ...
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Once Upon a Time in the North (David Fickling Books)»rank: 6648by: Philip Pullman
0ur opinion: :ln this new prequel episode from Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials universe, Lee Scoresby--Texan aeronaut and future friend to Lyra Belacqua--is just 24 years old, and he's recently won his hot-air balloon in a poker game. He finds himself floating North to the windswept Arctic island of Novy 0dense, where he and his hare daemon Hester are quickly tangled in a deadly plot involving oil magnate Larsen Manganese, corrupt ...
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The Amber Spyglass (His Dark Materials, Book 3)»rank: 24175by: Philip Pullman
0ur opinion: :From the very start of its very first scene, The Amber Spyglass will set hearts fluttering and minds racing. All we'll say here is that we immediately discover who captured Lyra at the end of The Subtle Knife, though we've yet to discern whether this individual's intent is good, evil, or somewhere in between. We also learn that Will still possesses the blade that allows him to cut between worlds, ...
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The Subtle Knife (His Dark Materials, Book 2)»rank: 12789by: Philip Pullman
0ur opinion: :With The Golden Compass Philip Pullman garnered every accolade under the sun. Critics lobbed around such superlatives as 'elegant,' 'awe-inspiring,' 'grand,' and 'glittering,' and used 'magnificent' with gay abandon. Each reader had a favorite chapter--or, more likely, several--from the opening tour de force to Lyra's close call at Bolvangar to the great armored-bear battle. And Pullman was no less profligate when it came to intellectual firepower or singular characters. The ...
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Lyra's Oxford»rank: 13053by: Philip Pullman
0ur opinion: :Attention all serious book collectors and fans of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials. This undoubtedly beautiful package--cloth-bound in a classy red and adorned by numerous illustrations by master engraver and illustrator John Lawrence--is a must-purchase. A pint-sized pocket volume, Lyra's 0xford packages together a short story set in the same universe as his famous trilogy, a fold-out map of the alternate-reality city of 0xford, a short brochure for a cruise ...
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The Ruby in the Smoke (Sally Lockhart Trilogy, Book 1)»rank: 39587by: Philip Pullman
0ur opinion: :'Her name was Sally Lockhart; and within fifteen minutes, she was going to kill a man.' Philip Pullman begins his Sally Lockhart trilogy with a bang in The Ruby in the Smoke--a fast-paced, finely crafted thriller set in a rogue- and scalawag-ridden Victorian London. His 16-year-old heroine has no time for the usual trials of adolescence: her father has been murdered, and she needs to find out how and why. ...
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The Tiger in the Well (Sally Lockhart Trilogy, Book 3)»rank: 57134by: Philip Pullman
0ur opinion: :Sally, now 25, is comfortably settled with her child, Harriet, her work, and her London friends. But when a complete stranger claims to be both her husband and Harriet's father, Sally's whole world comes crashing down around her. With nowhere to turn, she escapes with Harriet into the slums of London's East End--and finds help in some unexpected quarters.'Pullman is fast becoming a modern-day Dickens for young adults. The ...
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Shadow in the North (Sally Lockhart Trilogy, Book 2)»rank: 133238by: Philip Pullman
0ur opinion: :Six years after solving the mysteries surrounding the death of her father (in The Ruby in the Smoke), Sally Lockhart has set up her own consulting business. But her photographer friend, Fred Garland, has a habit of drawing her into his private detective work owing to her skill in both finances and firearms. When one of Sally's clients loses a large sum of money invested in a shipping firm and ...
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Paradise Lost»rank: 28831by: John Milton
0ur opinion: :Paradise Lost is the great epic poem of the English language, a tale of immense drama and excitement, of rebellion and treachery, of innocence pitted against corruption, in which God and Satan fight a bitter battle for control of mankind's destiny. The struggle ranges across heaven, hell, and earth, as Satan and his band of rebel angels conspire against God. At the center of the conflict are Adam and ...
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The Golden Compass, Deluxe 10th Anniversary Edition (His Dark Materials, Book 1)»rank: 22041by: Philip Pullman
0ur opinion: :Some books improve with age--the age of the reader, that is. Such is certainly the case with Philip Pullman's heroic, at times heart-wrenching novel, The Golden Compass, a story ostensibly for children but one perhaps even better appreciated by adults. The protagonist of this complex fantasy is young Lyra Belacqua, a precocious orphan growing up within the precincts of 0xford University. But it quickly becomes clear that Lyra's 0xford is ...
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