Philip Pullman

The second volume in Philip Pullman's incredible HIS DARK MATERIALS trilogy, re-issued with a striking newly-designed cover by Chris Wormell to celebrate the publication of THE BOOK OF DUST. First published in 1997, and acclaimed as a modern masterpiece, it won the UK's top awards for children's literature. "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...

The third volume in Philip Pullman's incredible HIS DARK MATERIALS trilogy, re-issued with a striking newly-designed cover by Chris Wormell to celebrate the publication of THE BOOK OF DUST. First published in 1997, and acclaimed as a modern masterpiece, it won the UK's top awards for children's literature. First published in 2000, and acclaimed as a modern masterpiece, it won the UK's top awards for children's literature. "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...

The long awaited and highly anticipated conclusion to Philip Pullman s bestselling The Book of Dust sequence Lyra what will you do when you find this place in the desert the opening to the world of the roses Defend it Lyra said Die defending it When readers left Lyra in The Secret Commonwealth she was alone in the ruins of a deserted city Pantalaimon had run from her part of himself in search of her imagination which he believed she had lost Lyra travelled across the world from her Oxford home in search of her dmon And Malcolm loyal Malcolm too journeyed far from home towards the Silk Roads in search of Lyra In The Rose Field their quests converge in the most dangerous breathtaking and world changing ways They must take help from spies and thieves gryphons and witches old friends and new learning all the while the depth and surprising truths of the alethiometer All around them the world is aflame made terrifying by fear power and greed As they move East towards the red building that will reunite them and give them answers on Dust on the special roses on imagination so too does the Magisterium at war against all that Lyra holds dear Marking thirty years since the world was first introduced to Pullman s remarkable

Han pasado veinte años desde los eventos narrados en La Bella Salvaje, y diez años desde los hechos acontecidos en la La Materia Oscura. En La Comunidad Secreta volvemos a encontrar a Lyra Belacqua que, a sus veinte años, emprendera un nuevo viaje con destino a Asia Central. Lyra esta en la universidad y sigue viviendo en el Jordan College. Desde su viaje al Artico, Lyra ha encontrado ahora cierta estabilidad, pero su presencia se vera amenazada por el creciente poder del Consejo. La relacion de Lyra y su daemonion Pantalaimon tambien se esta volviendo cada vez mas problematica. Lyra es invitada por un grupo de academicos, todos con diferentes especialidades, a unirse a una expedicion para explorar una region remota en una parte de la antigua Ruta de la Seda, donde se han producido algunos incidentes extraños. En su corazon esta una mayor exploracion del verdadero sentido del Polvo, asi como una busqueda desgarradora de aquello que mas ama en el mundo. La Comunidad Secreta es autenticamente un libro imprescindible de nuestro tiempo, una poderosa aventura y una mirada provocadora para entenderse a uno mismo, para crecer y tomar sentido del mundo que nos rodea. Una historia de primer nivel, por el gran maestro de la literatura juvenil fantastica.La critica ha dicho...Un titulo que no da tregua al lector, genial escrito, que nos sumerge en un mundo mucho mas complejo.El aventurero de papel Imprescindible para fans de La Materia Oscura.The best read yet

"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...The first volume in Philip Pullman''s incredible HIS DARK MATERIALS trilogy, re-issued with a striking newly-designed cover by Chris Wormell to celebrate the publication of THE BOOK OF DUST.

Alguns relats sassemblen als rellotges mecanics: quan els donem corda, res no els pot aturar, i avancen imparables fins que arriben al desenllaç previst, sense que els protagonistes puguen fer res per canviar el seu desti. Aixo es el que ocorre amb lestranya historia que Fritz, el novel·lista, narra a tots els veins reunits, una nit freda dhivern, a la taverna del poble. El relat esdeve vertaderament terrorific quan el personatge mes misterios de la historia de Fritz apareix al llindar de la taverna.

En este precioso libro de cuentos de hadas clásicos, el reconocido autor Philip Pullman ha elegido sus cincuenta historias favoritas de los hermanos Grimm, y las narra en su voz original y brillante, de manera que sean claras como el agua. Desde las busquedas y romances de los clasicos como Rapunzel, Blancanieves y Cenicienta hasta el peligro y la astucia de historias menos conocidas como Las tres hojas de la serpiente, Juan-mi-erizo y La muerte madrina, Pullman realza la esencia de cada historia y a continuacion hace un breve y fascinante comentario acerca del origen de la misma. En su introduccion apunta las razones por las que estas historias han sobrevivido al paso del tiempo y se han convertido en parte de nuestro imaginario colectivo. Las versiones de Pullman de estos cuentos de esposas perversas, niños valientes y reyes villanos nos mantendran leyendo, leyendo en voz alta y releyendo durante muchos años.

Lyra a 20 ans. A Sainte-Sophia, o¹ elle étudie, elle croise de nouveau le chemin de Malcolm, devenu enseignant. Animés par le mystére de la Poussiére, ils s'aventurent au delá des frontiéres de l'Eur

From the writer of The Golden Compass - controversial for its depiction of a patriarchal and inhumane Catholic-like institution - comes an articulation of his belief through the "myth" of the life of Jesus Christ. Does for the Gospels what Wicked did for The Wizard of Oz. The book covers similar themes to Timothy Findley's Not Wanted on the Voyage and Barbara Kingsolver's The Poisonwood Bible.

What is that, trailing your footsteps, breathing softly down your neck?Rediscover the magic and wonder of the original Grimm Tales, retold by master-storyteller Philip Pullman. In this stage version by Philip Wilson, youll meet the familiar characters Little Red Riding Hood, Rapunzel, Hansel and Gretel and some unexpected ones too, such as Hans-My-Hedgehog, the Goose Girl at the Spring and the remarkable Thousandfurs.Full of deliciously dark twists and turns, the tales come to life in all their glittering, macabre brilliance a delight for children and adults alike.These Grimm Tales, adapted for the stage by Philip Wilson from Philip Pullmans version of the original tales, were first performed as immersive storytelling experiences underneath Shoreditch Town Hall, London, in 2014, and Bargehouse on the South Bank in 2015. They also offer plentiful opportunities for youth theatres, schools and amateur companies looking for a vivid new version of the classic fairytales.

When a small boy turns up on Bob and Joan's doorstep unable to say much except 'I was a rat', the kindly couple adopt him. It seems strange but Bob reads about odder things every day in his newspaper. To them, the sunny little chap is Roger, and he's trying hard to adapt to human life. But when he gets lost and ends up on the run, other people, egged on by their newspapers, are quick to see him as the Monster, a rodent fiend who could terrorise the town. Only a friend in a very high place could save Roger from the authorities who are determined to exterminate him... Cleverly weaving elements of the Cinderella story into a subtle parody of modern times, master storyteller Philip Pullman has created a gallery of fascinating characters from the virtuous to the villainous, in a book which will grip every reader who picks it up.

La Sally Lockhart viu dedicada a la seva filla, la Harriet, en una casa que comparteix amb els seus amics, lintrepid Jim Taylor i el genial Webster Garland. El seu negoci no havia estat mai tan prosper, pero un dia rep una peticio de divorci signada per un home que ella ni tan sols coneix. La nostra heroina necessitara reunir tota la seva astucia per no enfonsar-se ni perdre la batalla. Aquesta vegada tindra el suport den Daniel Goldberg, un periodista abnegat amb qui comparteix el gust per laventura, laudacia i una inesgotable set de justicia. I per damunt de tot plana lombra del malvat i poderos Tzaddik, un personatge que sha convertit en llegenda i el nom del qual provoca esgarrifances.

This is Philip Pullman's classic trilogy in one slipcase. Since the first volume was published in 1995, and has now been filmed as The Golden Compass , the trilogy has been acclaimed as a modern masterpiece, and has won the UK's top awards for children's literature. Today, the fabulous story of Lyra and her daemon is read and loved by adults and children alike.

Nun val á sombra dos rododendros, preto da liña das neves perpetuas, por onde corría un regato coa cor leitosa das augas do desxeo, e no cal as pombas e os liñaceiros voaban por entre inmensos piñeiros, había unha cova medio oculta por un penedo que tiña enriba e pola mesta e irta follaxe que se amoreaba debaixo dela. Trala publicación de "A aurora boreal" e "O coitelo sutil", este derradeiro volume da triloxía 'A materia escura' transcorre entre o noso propio universo e outros moitos. A primeira parte estaba ambientada na época vitoriana, onde mandaban os férreos corsés da moral e das crenzas. A seguinte aventura transcorría no mundo actual coñecido. Nesta terceira entrega, Lyra e Will irán atopando todas as respostas aos enigmas que os envolven, e descubrirán por que foron eles os elixidos para desvelar o gran egredo. Despois da gran guerra terán que afrontar o seu propio destino.

A dix-sept ans, Chris Marshall n'a guère envie de passer ses soirées avec sa mère; il préfère se faire de l'argent de poche en travaillant à temps partiel pour Oxford Entertainment Systems, une société spécialisée dans la logistique et l'organisation de soirées. En cette chaude nuit du mois de juin, l'un des collèges huppés d'Oxford donne son traditionnel bal d'été et, vu l'ampleur de l'événement, Chris n'a pas chômé. Une fois les préparatifs achevés, son patron, Barry Miller, lui accorde une pause. C'est l'occasion pour l'adolescent de côtoyer un monde irréel: étudiants en tenue de soirée, jeunes héritières, un déploiement de faste et de rêve dans un cadre superbe. C'est alors qu'au milieu de cette féerie, il tombe sur une jeune fille terrifiée qui tente manifestement d'échapper à des poursuivants mal intentionnés. Il la cache dans un hangar à bateaux. Chris ne se doute pas que cette rencontre mouvementée va bouleverser son destin. Tout aux émois de la passion amoureuse, il ne comprendra que trop tard qu'un piège s'est refermé sur lui. Trahi par ceux à qui il avait accordé sa confiance, il sera, malgré lui, amené à trahir à son tour...