Ged was the greatest sorcerer in all Earthsea, but oncehe was called Sparrowhawk, a reckless youth, hungry for powerand knowledge, who tampered with long-held secrets and looseda terrible shadow upon the world. This is the tale of histesting, how he mastered the mighty words of power, tamedan ancient dragon, and crossed death's threshold to restore the balance. From the Paperback edition.
They open a door and enter a world. Four English schoolchildren find their way through the back of awardrobe into the magic land of Narnia and assist Aslan, the goldenlion, to triumph over the White Witch, who has cursed the land witheternal winter.
A rare Chinese vase is stolen from a pottery shop. Nancy andthe owner of the shop feel that locating "the leaning chimney" willprovide the clue to the vase and other stolen articles.
Film tie-in edition of the bestselling classic work of fantasy of Bilbo Baggins’ adventures in Middle-earth, featuring the complete story as shown in the film trilogy, with a striking cover image from Peter Jackson’s film adaptation and drawings and maps by J.R.R. Tolkien. Bilbo Baggins is a hobbit who enjoys a comfortable, unambitious life, rarely travelling further than the pantry of his hobbit-hole in Bag End. But his contentment is disturbed when the wizard, Gandalf, and a company of thirteen dwarves arrive on his doorstep one day to whisk him away on an unexpected journey ‘there and back again’. They have a plot to raid the treasure hoard of Smaug the Magnificent, a large and very dangerous dragon… The prelude to The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit has sold many millions of copies since its publication in 1937, establishing itself as one of the most beloved and influential books of the twentieth century.
Here are twelve deeply moving short stories from the perceptive pen of Cynthia Rylant. Each captures the moment when someone's life changes -- when an animal causes a human being to see things in a different way, and, perhaps, changes his life.
Nancy, Bess, and George travel to Hawaii to solve a puzzle involving a golden pavilion. This travelogue takes them to many sites on the island as Nancy strives to catch a gang of art thieves.
When Nancy Drew receives a valuable moonstone as a gift froman unknown person, she is amazed and puzzled. But it is only thefirst of several startling events in this complex mystery thatchallenge the ingenuity of the pretty sleuth. Why are the Bowens--amissionary couple who recently returned to the UnitedStates--having so much trouble finding their missingseventeen-year-old granddaughter?
For cliffhanging suspense and thrilling action read THE NANCYDREW MYSTERY STORIES-the worlds most popular mystery series foryoung readers! Millions of fans have matched wits with Nancy Drew,helping her solve more than fifty baffling cases.
When a priceless pearl necklace goes missing the Secret Sevenare first off the mark to catch the thief! Why? Because they sawhim making his escape! Now all they have to do is find thenecklace...