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Any book by Philip Pullman, award-winning author of Northern Lights and The Subtle
Knife, is guaranteed to be a corker and The Shadow in the North is no exception.
Set against the backdrop of a veiled and misty Victorian underworld, the story of Sally
Lockhart-- female entrepreneur and expert financial advisor--and her allies Jim and Fred, begins to unfold as news
of the disappearance of the steamship Ingrid Linde reaches the ears of the intrepid trio.
As they investigate the loss, they are unwittingly drawn into a dark and sinister plot fuelled by the business dealings of
the cruel...
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Lyra's life is already sufficiently interesting for a novel before she eavesdrops on a
presentation by her uncle Lord Asriel to his colleagues in the Jordan College faculty,
Oxford. The college, famed for its leadership in experimental theology, is funding Lord
Asriel's research into the heretical possibility of the existence of worlds unlike Lyra's
own, where everyone is born with a familiar animal companion, magic of a kind works, the Tartars are threatening to
overrun Muscovy, and the Pope is a puritanical Protestant. Set in an England familiar and strange, Philip Pullman's
lively, tau...
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The werlings' shape-changing ability has always kept them safe, but never before have they faced such evil. Deep in the ancient forest of Hagwood, the dark forces of magic are gathering, and the High Lady of Hollow Hill is on the prowl. This breathtakingly beautiful--and ruthlessly evil--queen is looking for the thief who has stolen her most prized possession. Her search has led her and her nightmarish thorn ogres right to the werlings. What will save them now?
This first tale in an exciting new series from acclaimed fantasy author Robin Jarvis is riveting from the very first word. Black-and-white illustrations Jacket illustration by Tim Jessell.
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