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Neil Gaiman
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
A full-cast audio edition of a perennial favorite—The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman, which has sold over one million copies. Special content in this edition includes the story behind The Graveyard Book, written and performed by Neil Gaiman.
The Graveyard Book is the winner of the Newbery Medal and the Carnegie Medal (the only novel to ever win both awards), the Hugo Award for Best Novel, the Locus Award for Young
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Publisher
HarperAudio
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
This extended edition of Stardust includes a special introduction from the author as well as "Wall: A Prologue," the prequel story from which Stardust was born.
""A twisting, wondrous tale full of magic that only Neil Gaiman could have written.""
—Chicago Tribune
""Beautiful, memorable . . . A book full of marvels.""
—Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Among the wondrous, beautiful, and strange
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Publisher
HarperAudio
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
An outstanding array—52 pieces in all—of selected fiction from the multiple-award-winning, #1 New York Times bestselling author Neil Gaiman, curated by his readers around the world, and introduced with a foreword by Booker Prize-winning author Marlon James
Spanning Gaiman's career to date, The Neil Gaiman Reader: Selected Fiction is a captivating collection from one of the world's
...84) Fahrenheit 451
Author
Series
Ave fénix volume 182
Language
English
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Description
Guy Montag is a fireman. In his world, where television rules and literature is on the brink of extinction, firemen start fires rather than put them out. His job is to destroy the most illegal of commodities, the printed book, along with the houses in which they are hidden. Montag never questions the destruction and ruin his actions produce, returning each day to his bland life and wife, Mildred, who spends all day with her television 'family'. But...
Author
Publisher
University Press of New England
Pub. Date
1998.
Language
English
Description
The Einstein Intersection won the Nebula Award for best science fiction novel of 1967. The surface story tells of the problems a member of an alien race, Lo Lobey, has assimilating the mythology of earth, where his kind have settled among the leftover artifacts of humanity. The deeper tale concerns, however, the way those who are "different" must deal with the dominant cultural ideology. The tale follows Lobey's mythic quest for his lost love, Friza....
Publisher
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"A collection of never-before-published short stories by many of our most preeminent authors as well as up-and-coming superstars. Published in partnership with the beloved literary radio program and live show Selected Shorts"--
Publisher
Applause Theatre & Cinema Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
While acknowledging the beginnings of horror-related art in legends and folk tales, the focus of the book is on how the genre has presented itself to the world since the creations of Bram Stoker and Mary Shelley first became part of the public consciousness in the 19th century. It's all here: from early engravings via dust jackets, book illustrations, pulp magazines, movie posters, comic books, and paintings to today's artists working entirely in...
88) How do you live?
Author
Publisher
Algonquin Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Told in two voices, fifteen-year-old Copper struggles to confront inevitable and enormous change after his father's death and his uncle writes to him in a journal, sharing knowledge and advice in 1937 Japan.
Author
Publisher
Insight Comics
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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Description
As one of the most magnetic icons of modern pop culture, David Bowie seduced generations of fans with his music and counterculture persona. While Bowie's legacy as a musician is remarkable and genre-defying, as a visual performer he obliterate stage theatrics with his psychedelic aesthetics, larger-than-life image, and way of hovering on the border of the surreal. Bowie: Stardust, Rayguns & Moonage Daydreams chronicles the rise of David Bowie's career...
92) Coraline
Author
Publisher
Rocabolsillo
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
Español
Description
Cuando Coraline atraviesa una de las puertas de la casa nueva de su familia, se encuentra que hay otra casa extranamente similar a la suya (aunque la nueva sea, definitivamente, mejor). Al principio, todo parece maravilloso: la comida es mas sabrosa que la de casa y el cajon de los juguetes esta repleto de angelitos de papel que vuelan solos y de calaveras de dinosaurios que parecen vivas y se arrastran haciendo castanetear los dientes. Pero resulta...
94) Neverwhere
Publisher
A&E Home Video
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
Richard Mayhew's life is forever changed after he rescues a young girl named Door and finds himself living in a city of monsters, saints, murderers, and angels, and he must help Door on her mission to save this strange underworld kingdom from destruction.
96) Coraline
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
c2010.
Language
English
Description
Coraline Jones finds a magical world that is similar to her own, but when her "other parents" try to get her to stay, Coraline must look for a way to return to the real world.
Publisher
Grasshopper Film
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Best-known for groundbreaking science fiction and fantasy works such as A Wizard of Earthsea, The Left Hand of Darkness, and The Dispossessed, Ursula K. Le Guin defiantly held her ground on the margin of “respectable” literature until the sheer excellence of her work, at long last, forced the mainstream to embrace fantastic literature. Her fascinating story has never before been captured on film. Produced with Le Guin’s participation over the...
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
There is another world that waits for all of us when we close our eyes and sleep, a place called the Dreaming, where the Sandman, Master of Dreams, gives shape to all of our deepest fears and fantasies. But when Dream is unexpectedly captured and held prisoner for a century, his absence sets off a series of events that will change both the dreaming and waking worlds forever.