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1) Mary Poppins and Mary Poppins comes back

Author

Travers, P. L

Series

Mary Poppins

Language

English

Formats

Book, eBook, Kindle

Description

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Mary Poppins leads the Banks children on one magical adventure after another.

2) Looking for Jake: stories

Author

Miéville, China

Publisher

Del Rey/Ballantine Books

Pub. Date

c2005

Language

English

3) The fellowship of the ring: being the first part of The lord of the rings

Author

Tolkien, J. R. R

Series

Lord of the rings volume 1

Accelerated Reader

IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 29

Language

English

Appears on list

Reading the Oscars

Formats

Book, CD Book, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle

Description

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After discovering the true nature of the one ring, Bilbo Baggins entrusts it to the care of his young cousin, Frodo, who is charged with bringing about its destruction and thus foiling the plans of the Dark Lord. "Begin your journey into Middle-earth. A New Legend Begins on Prime Video, in The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. The Fellowship of the Ring is the first part of J.R.R. Tolkien’s epic adventure The Lord of the Rings. One Ring to...

4) Speculative horizons

Publisher

Subterranean Press

Pub. Date

c2010

Language

English

5) Ancient sorceries and other weird stories

Author

Blackwood, Algernon

Series

Penguin twentieth-century classics

Publisher

Penguin Books

Pub. Date

2002.

Language

English

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Author Birthdays - March

Description

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By turns bizarre, unsettling, spooky, and sublime, Ancient Sorceries and Other Weird Stories showcases nine incomparable stories from master conjuror Algernon Blackwood. Evoking the uncanny spiritual forces of Nature, Blackwood's writings all tread the nebulous borderland between fantasy, awe, wonder, and horror. Here Blackwood displays his best and most disturbing work - including the title story, the inspiration for Val Lewton's classic film Cat...

6) Unexpected magic: collected stories

Author

Jones, Diana Wynne

Publisher

Greenwillow Books

Pub. Date

c2004

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 21

Language

English

Description

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A collection of sixteen stories including "The Plague of Peacocks," "Aunt Bea's Day Out," "The Fat Wizard," "No One," and "Everard's Ride."

7) Emerald magic: great tales of Irish fantasy

Publisher

Tor Books

Pub. Date

[2004]

Language

English

Description

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A collection of fantasy tales based on the history, culture, legends, and lore of Ireland features contributions by Ray Bradbury, Tanith Lee, Peter Tremayne, Jane Yolen, Diane Duane, Judith Tarr, and Morgan Llywelyn.

8) The year's best fantasy & horror 2008: twenty-first annual collection

Publisher

St. Martin's Griffin

Pub. Date

c2008

Language

English

9) The best science fiction and fantasy of the year: Volume five

Publisher

Night Shade Books

Pub. Date

c2011

Language

English

10) Elric: the sleeping sorceress

Author

Moorcock, Michael

Series

Chronicles of the last emperor of Melnibone volume 3
Chronicles of the last emperor of Melniboné volume 3

Publisher

Del Rey

Pub. Date

[2008]

Language

English

11) The complete guide to Middle-earth: from the Hobbit through the Lord of the rings and beyond

Author

Foster, Robert

Publisher

Ballantine Books

Pub. Date

1971

Language

English

12) The dark fantastic: race and the imagination from Harry Potter to The Hunger Games

Author

Thomas, Ebony Elizabeth

Series

Postmillennial pop

Publisher

New York University Press

Pub. Date

[2019]

Language

English

Description

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Examines themes of race in young adult fantasy fiction and uses the protagonists in four popular stories to demonstrate the role of violence as a reflection of the hatred and racism faced by people of color in modern society.

13) The art of the Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien

Author

Hammond, Wayne G

Publisher

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Pub. Date

c2012

Language

English

Description

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Analyzes and illuminates Tolkien's lesser-known achievements as an artist and collects the complete artwork created for "The Hobbit," including over one hundred sketches, paintings, maps, and plans.

14) The treasury of the fantastic: romanticism to early twentieth century literature

Publisher

Tachyon

Pub. Date

2013.

Language

English

15) J.R.R. Tolkien: author of the century

Author

Shippey, T. A

Publisher

Houghton Mifflin

Pub. Date

c2000

Language

English

16) The annotated Alice: Alice's adventures in Wonderland & Through the looking-glass

Author

Carroll, Lewis

Language

English

Description

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"Celebrating the 150th anniversary of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland comes this richly illustrated and expanded collector's edition of Martin Gardner's The Annotated Alice. First appearing in 1960, The Annotated Alice became an instant classic by, amongother things, decoding the wordplay and mathematical riddles embedded within Lewis Carroll's masterpiece. As a result, Martin Gardner's groundbreaking work went on to sell over a million copies, establishing...