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  Peter Pan

  by J. M. Barrie

  It was Friday night. Mr and Mrs Darling were dining out. Nana had been tied up in the backyard. The poor dog was barking, for she could smell danger. And she was right - this was the night that Peter Pan would take the Darling children on the most breath-taking adventure of their lives, to a place called Neverland, a strange country where the lost boys live and never grow up, a land with mermaids, fairies and... (more)
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  The Chronicles of Narnia

  The Chronicles of Narnia

  by C. S. Lewis

  The Chronicles of Narnia have enchanted millions of readers over the last fifty years and the magical events described in C.S. Lewis's immortal prose have left many a lasting memory. For here is a world where a witch decrees eternal winter; where there are more talking animals than people; and where battles are fought by Centaurs, Giants and Fauns.
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  His Dark Materials: Book 2

  The Subtle Knife

  by Philip Pullman

  Lyra finds herself in a shimmering, haunted underworld—Cittàgazze, where soul-eating Specters stalk the streets and wingbeats of distant angels sound against the sky. But she is not without allies: 12-year-old Will Parry, fleeing for his life after taking another’s, has also stumbled into this strange new realm. On a perilous journey from world to world, Lyra and Will discover an object of devastating power. And... (more)
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  His Dark Materials

  Lyra's Oxford

  by Philip Pullman

  LYRA'S OXFORD, a collectible clothbound gift hardcover, includes not only a beguiling new HIS DARK MATERIALS episode from Whitbread-Award-winning author Philip Pullman but also black-and-white woodcut illustrations by John Lawrence, a lavishly-illustrated fold-out map of Lyra’s Oxford in three colors, and other ephemera never before seen in this world. LYRA'S OXFORD opens in the thrilling comfort and... (more)
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  His Dark Materials: Book 1

  The Golden Compass (Northern Lights)

  by Philip Pullman

  "SUPERB . . . WONDER-FILLED." --The Washington Post Book World It was no ordinary life for a young girl: living among scholars in the hallowed halls of Jordan College and tearing unsupervised through Oxford's motley streets on mad quests for adventure. But Lyra's greatest adventure would begin closer to home, the day she heard hushed talk of an extraordinary particle. Microscopic in size, the magical dust--found... (more)
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  Greenmantle

  by Jocelyne Villeneuve, Charles De Lint

  Not far from the city there is an ancient wood, forgotten by the modern world, where Mystery walks in the moonlight. He wears the shape of a stag, or a goat, or a horned man wearing a cloak of leaves. He is summoned by the music of the pipes or a fire of bones on Midsummer's Evening. He is chased by the hunt and shadowed by the wild girl.
• Jitterbug PerfumeTom Robbins

  

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  Jitterbug Perfume

  by Tom Robbins

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  Drop City

  by T. Coraghessan Boyle

  It is 1970, and a down-at-the-heels California commune devoted to peace, free love, and the simple life has decided to relocate to the last frontier—the unforgiving landscape of interior Alaska—in the ultimate expression of going back to the land. Armed with the spirit of adventure and naïve optimism, the inhabitants of "Drop City" arrive in the wilderness of Alaska only to find their utopia already populated by... (more)
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  Stochastic Volatility: Selected Readings (Advanced Texts in Econometrics)

  Neil Shephard has brought together a set of classic and central papers that have contributed to our understanding of financial volatility. They cover stocks, bonds and currencies and range from 1973 up to 2001. Shephard, a leading researcher in the field, provides a substantial introduction in which he discusses all major issues involved.
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  Understanding Feminine Psychology

  by Robert A. Johnson

  A revised edition of a landmark work of psychology; the author uses the ancient myth of Amor and Psyche as the springboard for a brilliant, perceptive exploration of how one becomes a mature and complete woman.
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  The Great God Pan

  by Donna Jo Napoli

  Pan, both goat and god, is a curious being who roams nature searching, wondering, and frolicking with maenads and satyrs. He plays melodies on his reed flute, wooing animals to listen. He is a creature of mystery and delight. One day in his travels, Pan meets Iphigenia, a human raised as the daughter of King Agamemnon and Queen Clytemnestra. Pan is captivated by the young princess. Set against a landscape of myth... (more)
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  The Gods of Greece and Rome

  by Talfourd Ely

  The deities of the ancient world--from the famous denizens of Olympus to anonymous river nymphs and sea monsters--populate the pages of this classic guide. A richly readable and informative history, it is drawn mostly from the epics of Homer and the works of Apollodoros, an Athenian scholar of the second century. Not only does it define the myths in terms of their influence on Western literature, it also depicts... (more)
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  Cloven Hooves

  by Megan Lindholm

  Although out of print in the US, Cloven Hooves has been re-issued in the UK by HarperCollins. (ISBN 0007127731) For this and other newly reissued Megan Lindholm books, visit Amazon.co.uk. Thanks!
• The Complete Chronicals of Narnia: He Magicians Nephew, the Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, Prince Caspian, a Horse and His Boy, Voyage of the Dawn Treader, the Silver Chair, the Last BattleC.S. Lewis

  

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  The Complete Chronicals of Narnia: He Magicians Nephew, the Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, Prince Caspian, a Horse and His Boy, Voyage of the Dawn Treader, the Silver Chair, the Last Battle

  by C.S. Lewis

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  Jitterbug Perfume

  by Tom Robbins

  Jitterbug Perfume is an epic. which is to say, it begins in the forests of ancient Bohemia and doesn't conclude until nine o'clock tonight <Paris time>. It is a saga, as well. A saga must have a hero, and the hero of this one is a janitor with a missing bottle. The bottle is blue, very, very old, and embossed with the image of a goat-horned god. If the liquid in the bottle is actually is the secret... (more)