Simon Jones
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The heroes of Cloud Cuckoo Land are children trying to figure out the world around them, and to survive. In the besieged city of Constantinople in 1453, in a public library in Lakeport, Idaho, today, and on a spaceship bound for a distant exoplanet decades from now, an ancient text provides solace and the most profound human connection to characters in peril. They all learn the story of Aethon, who longs to be turned into a bird so that he can fly...
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Simon Jones’s graphic history of underground warfare during the Great War uses personal reminiscences to convey the danger and suspense of this unconventional form of conflict. He describes how the underground soldiers of the opposing armies engaged in a ruthless fight for supremacy, covers the tunneling methods they employed, and shows the increasingly lethal tactics they developed during the war in which military mining reached its apotheosis....
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2018.
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English
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Bartimaeus trilogy volume 1
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English
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Nathaniel, a magician's apprentice, summons up the djinni Bartimaeus and instructs him to steal the Amulet of Samarkand from the powerful magician Simon Lovelace.
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Children of the Red King volume 8
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English
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The Bloors are gathering their evil forces: thieves, poisoners, kidnappers, swindlers and even murderers from Piminy Street. And Lord Grimwald, Dagbert's father, is enlisted to drown Charlie's father and mother on their second honeymoon using his magical Sea Globe. It looks like Charlie's only hope might be the mysterious Red Knight. But who is he? And can he help Charlie defeat the Bloors once and for all? The eighth and final instalment of the Children...
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Bartimaeus trilogy volume 2
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English
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In their continuing adventures, magician's apprentice Nathaniel, now fourteen years old, and the djinni Bartimaeus travel to Prague to locate the source of a golem's power before it destroys London.
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Bartimaeus trilogy volume 3
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2006.
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English
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Dangerous adventures continue for the djinni Bartimaeus and his master, seventeen-year-old Nathaniel, a powerful magician who is serving as England's minister of information.
8) The chase
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Lionboy trilogy volume 2
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English
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After saving the lions from evil Maccomo, Charlie, a boy with the ability to speak the language of cats, goes to Venice to search for his parents and solve the mystery of their kidnapping with help from Bulgarian King Boris.
9) The truth
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Lionboy trilogy volume 3
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English
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Catspeaker Charlie Ashanti finds himself on a boat to the Caribbean where he will be sold to the Corporacy, but his parents and lion friends are in pursuit, and he is determined to outwit his captors.
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Children of the Red King volume 7
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English
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The enchanter Count Harken is back to take his revenge on the Red King's heirs, starting with Charlie Bone's family! Charlie's ancestor has been kidnapped and imprisoned in the dark, forbidding land of Badlock, and it's up to Charlie to save him. Traveling through a painting to the terrifying countryside, Charlie and his best friend's dog, Runner Bean, take up the quest. But when Runner Bean gets trapped, Charlie needs the help of his friends. Can...
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[2004]
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English
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Illustrates the lives and insights of Sigmund Freud and C. S. Lewis through dramatic storytelling and visual recreations, as well as interviews with biographers and historians. Interspersed throughout the film are discussions among a group of seven participants, moderated by Dr. Armand Nicholi, where Freud and Lewis are brought together in a great debate.
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Children of the Red King volume 6
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English
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When Asa Pike, a Bloor's Academy student with the ability to change into a beast at dusk, goes missing, twelve-year-old Charlie Bone suspects a new classmate, the magically gifted Dagobert Endless, of foul play.
15) The Dragon's Eye
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Erec Rex volume 1
Pub. Date
2009
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English
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Life is not easy for twelve-year-old Erec Rex. His single mother can barely support her six adopted kids. And they've moved into an apartment so tiny that Erec sleeps with the washing machine. Worse, there is a strange force within Erec that is making him do odd things. His urge to obey these thoughts grows — until it becomes impossible to resist them.
Then one morning, Erec's mother is missing. The force inside Erec commands him to...
Then one morning, Erec's mother is missing. The force inside Erec commands him to...
16) Some Voices
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English
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After years of psychiatric healthcare, Ray (Daniel Craig) is deemed fit to be released into the care of his brother and help out in his café. But while his refusal to take medication begins to affect his stability, Ray still manages to strike up a relationship with Laura (Kelly Macdonald), who's impressed by his direct approach to life. Slowly and without the drugs, Ray's grasp on reality begins to slip.
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Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy volume 6
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English
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When Arthur and his companions realize that the spacecraft they have stolen is heading towards the sun, certain doubts arise as to the wisdom of their decision.
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Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy volume 5
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English
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Having been blown to smithereens on the planet Magrathea, Arthur Dent, Ford Prefect, Trillian and Zaphod Beeblebrox are mystified when they find themselves at the end of the universe.
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Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy volume 3
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English
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Accompanied by his girlfriend Trillian and hitchhikers Arthur Dent and Ford Prefect, Zaphod Beeblebrox heads the stolen spaceship Heart of Gold for the legendary planet of Magrathea.
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Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy volume 4
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English
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On board a giant construction platform deep inside the planet Magrathea, Arthur Dent is astonished to learn that his former planet Earth (recently destroyed by the Vogons) was not what it had seemed.