Robin Jarvis's latest creation is a world set in an alternate past - in a genre that can only be described as Scyence Fyctione! This strangely familiar Britain consists of ninety-three individual 'blessed isles' floating in the deep darkness and the story begins in December in the Gloriana Kalendar, when Elizabeth Tudor has reigned for one hundred and seventy-eight years. Into this world - a place with no animals and little technology - comes a stranger, Brindle. No one knows where he's from, or how he's arrived. But he brings strange implements and practices, and he's about to change things forever...

Deathscent

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Jarvis, Robin

Science Fiction

CollinsVoyager

The Two Princesses of Bamarre

Levine, Gail Carson

Queen of Attolia

In a firelit torture chamber, the executioner's sword descends and Gen, The Thief, no longer has his clever right hand. What can a one-handed thief steal? Maybe he can steal peace - and maybe also something for himself...

The Queen of Attolia

Megan Whalen Turner

Before they were heroes! 'Rescue? Is that what you call it? Throw a rock and then run? And I bet that's as far ahead as you'd planned.' Penelope made a face. 'Boys! Always thinking about heroics and never about what needs to happen day to day.' Odysseus, Prince of Ithaca, has always been safe, sheltered, protected -- and bored! The Age of Heroes is past. The wars are over. The monsters have all been slain. Or so he believes. Are there any adventures left for a thirteen-year-old boy who wants, more than anything, to be a hero? His time comes when Odysseus, his best friend Mentor, a spoiled princess named Helen and her outspoken cousin Penelope are kidnapped by pirates. It is the start of an adventure-filled journey that leads them to the ancient island of Crete. There, Odysseus must face the deadly secret in the Labyrinth, where the Minotaur once devoured all who were unfortunate enough to enter. Now another, more deadly monster roams the maze. There the boy destined to fight in the Trojan War and survive the perilous voyage of the Odyssey discovers the hardest part of being a hero: living long enough to tell the tale.

Odysseus in the Serpent Maze (Before They Were Heroes)

Jane Yolen~Robert J. Harris

Teen & Young Adult

Cat Chant has nine lives and is destined to be the next Chrestomanci. He is not pleased when Tonino Montana, a magically-gifted Italian, is invited to live at Chrestomanci Castle. But Cat is forced to put aside his animosity towards Tonino when they are abducted by the enchanter, Master Spiderman. A novella that originally appeared in a collection of four fantasy stories, Mixed Magics: Four Tales of Chrestomanci. This edition was published as a special issue for World Book Day and was only available in the UK. Story by Diana Wynne Jones; cover illustration by Paul Slater; interior illustrations by Tim Stevens. 80 pages; b&amp;w illustrations; 5 x 7.75 inches.

Stealer of Souls: World Book Day Edition

Children's Books

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Singing The Dogstar Blues

Goodman, Alison

Literature & Fiction

The Merlin Conspiracy

A glorious new fantasy from an award-winning author. The story is narrated by two very different teenagers, who each inhabit two extraordinarily different worlds. Arianrhod Hyde's world (or Roddy, as she prefers to be called) is very much the world of magic, pageantry and ritual. Not unlike Britain in King Arthur's Day, Roddy is daughter of two Court Wizards and therefore part of the King's Progress, travelling round the Islands of Blest and ready to take part in whatever ritual or ceremony is required, as it occurs. Presiding over all, the most important person is the Merlin, who is entrusted with the magical health of the Isles of Blest. Nick Mallory's world is much more familiar -- at least, it starts off being our own. But it soon transpires that Nick's not quite the ordinary 15 year old he seems, as he slips sideways into something he thinks is a dream -- but in fact is another world entirely. Now, Nick's been on other worlds before (although never alone) but he's a confident type. Maybe a bit too confident! In Roddy's world, the current Merlin expires and a new one takes his place. Yet something is wrong -- the rituals have been upset and nothing is going the way it should. Roddy needs help, and certain powers indicate that Nick is to be the one to help her. And Nick is cool about helping her -- in theory! but it's a bit worrying that she seems to mistake him for a magic-user. Their stories unfold, side-by-side, each part leading into the next, and the Merlin Conspiracy thickens as the tales swirl around each other -- twining, meeting and affecting each other, yet never completely combining until the very end chapters when all is finally revealed. Compelling, howlingly funny in places, mind-boggling -- this is going to WOW DWJ fans all around the world (and probably in other universes too).

The Ogre Downstairs

A Revista em Tempo alcança o patamar desejado de estar no Qualis, um sistema de avaliação de periódicos da CAPES - Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior, que tem dado uma nova forma de ver a pesquisa no país. Vale consignar que o sistema tem sido elogiado por muitos países e que antes só teciam críticas. Com isto foi possível aperfeiçoar o sistema de avaliação dos programas de Pós-Graduação Stricto Sensu do país, permitindo que possam caminhar conjuntamente com o crescimento e o desenvolvimento do Brasil. Trata-se de um periódico que trabalha o princípio da interdisciplinaridade, uma característica do Curso de Direito e dos programas de Pós-Graduação Scricto e Lato Sensu em Direito do UNIVEM. Como a área do Direito da CAPES estabelece critérios de avaliação, o periódico segue tais regras e sempre busca uma melhor posição no Qualis Periódico. É aberto à publicação de artigos na área de conhecimento do Direito, com atenção e cuidado especial com as linhas de pesquisa do Programa de Mestrado do UNIVEM: Construção do Saber Jurídico e Crítica aos Fundamentos da Dogmática Jurídica. Os artigos contemplados no periódico passam inicialmente por um processo avaliativo do Conselho Editorial, que avalia aspectos formais , considerando o edital de chamada de artigos. Após, adota como prática a obtenção de pareceres científicos, via o processo de avaliação pelo sistema Blind Peer Review, para que possam ser os artigos publicados.

JONES, DIANA WYNNE

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