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2) Dragon rider
Author
Series
Dragon rider (Cornelia Funke) volume 1
Publisher
Random House/Listening Library
Pub. Date
p2004
Physical Desc
10 sound discs (ca. 72 min. each) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
After learning that humans are headed toward his hidden home, Firedrake, a silver dragon, is joined by a brownie and an orphan boy in a quest to find the legendary valley known as the Rim of Heaven, encountering friendly and unfriendly creatures along the way, and struggling to evade the relentless pursuit of an old enemy.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
An aviator whose plane is forced down in the Sahara Desert encounters a little prince from a small planet who describes his adventures in the universe seeking the secret of what is really important in life. The anniversary edition includes original reviews of the novel, information about the author's life and work and the making of the story
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
An illustrated, abridged version of C.S. Lewis's classic in which four English schoolchildren find their way through the back of a wardrobe into the magic land of Narnia and assist its ruler, the golden lion Aslan, to triumph over the White Witch, who has cursed the land with eternal winter.
Author
Series
Book of dust volume 1
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Formats
Description
Malcolm Polstead is the kind of boy who notices everything but is not much noticed himself. And so perhaps it was inevitable that he would become a spy.... Malcolm's parents run an inn called the Trout, on the banks of the river Thames, and all of Oxford passes through its doors. Malcolm and his daemon, Asta, routinely overhear news and gossip, and the occasional scandal, but during a winter of unceasing rain, Malcolm catches wind of something new:...
Author
Series
Publisher
Europa Editions
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
491 pages : 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Plain-spoken, headstrong Ophelia cares little about appearances. Her ability to read the past of objects is unmatched in all of Anima and, what's more, she possesses the ability to travel through mirrors, a skill passed down to her from previous generations. Her idyllic life is disrupted, however, when she is promised in marriage to Thorn, a taciturn and influential member of a distant clan. Ophelia must leave all she knows behind and follow her...
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2001.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (92 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Bastian borrows a mysterious, ornately-bound book and is drawn into a shimmering fantasy world of racing snails, hang-glider bats, philosophical mountain-tortoises, soaring luckdragons, puckish elves and a slab-faced, walking quarry known as the Rock Biter.
Author
Series
Publisher
Emecé Editores
Pub. Date
c1999
Physical Desc
254 p. ; 23 cm.
Language
Español
Description
"Harry is summoned to attend an infamous school for wizards, and he begins to discover some clues about his illustrious birthright. At this unusual school, Harry finds himself drawn deep inside a mystical world he never knew existed and closer to his own noble destiny"--
"La vida de Harry Potter cambia para siempre el día que cumple once años, cuando el gigante de ojos negros y brilliantes Rubeus Hagrid le entrega una carta y le revela noticias...
Author
Series
Harry Potter (Original series) volume 3
Publisher
Salamandra
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
3a edicion.
Physical Desc
359 pages ; 20 cm.
Language
Español
Description
De la prision de Azkaban se ha escapado un terrible villano, Sirius Black, un asesino en serie que fue complice de lord Voldemort y que, dicen los rumores, quiere vengarse de Harry por haber destruido a su maestro. Por si esto fuera poco, entran en accion los dementores, unos seres abominables capaces de robarles la felicidad a los magos y de eliminar todo recuerdo hermoso de aquellos que se atreven a acercarseles. El desafio es enorme, pero Harry,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Gallimard
Pub. Date
2003
Physical Desc
975 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
Français
Description
As Harry faces his upcoming fifth year at Hogwarts Academy, there are increasing rumors of dark times coming and of Lord Voldemort's return to power, and a secret anti-Voldemort society, The Order of the Phoenix, begins meeting again.
Author
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Formats
Description
Tsukuru Tazaki had four best friends at school. By chance all of their names contained a colour. The two boys were called Akamatsu, meaning 'red pine', and Oumi, 'blue sea', while the girls' names were Shirane, 'white root', and Kurono, 'black field'. Tazaki was the only last name with no colour in it. One day Tsukuru Tazaki's friends announced that they didn't want to see him, or talk to him, ever again. Since that day Tsukuru has been floating through...
14) Aleph
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Formats
Description
In his most personal novel to date, internationally best-selling author Paulo Coelho returns with a remarkable journey of self-discovery. Like the main character in his much-beloved The Alchemist, Paulo is facing a grave crisis of faith. As he seeks a path of spiritual renewal and growth, he decides to begin again: to travel, to experiment, to reconnect with people and the landscapes around him. Setting off to Africa, and then to Europe and Asia via...
Publisher
New Line Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003]
Edition
Widescreen version (2.35:1)
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (175 min.) sd., col. 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Join Frodo, Gandalf, Aragorn, and the brave members of the Fellowship as they continue their quest to destroy the Ring of Power. As darkness descends on Middle-earth, a strange creature named Gollum leads the heroes to the Black Gates of Mordor. The rest of Middle Earth prepares for a battle that will decide the fate of all.
16) Big gold brick
Publisher
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Language
English
Formats
Description
Fledgling writer Samuel Liston is enlisted to writer the biography of Floyd Deveraux, an enigmatic middle-aged father of two. But the circumstances that lead up to this arrangement in the first place are quite astonishing and efforts to write the biography are quickly stymied by ensuing chaos.
17) Tale of tales
Language
English
Formats
Description
Three story strands interweave with one another. In one tale, a jealous queen forfeits her husband's life. In another, a king's passion is stoked by two mysterious sisters. And, a monarch attempts to marry his daughter to a brutal ogre while bredding a giant flea.
Publisher
Warner Bros
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
Widescreen edition
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (425 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An adaptation of author George R.R. Martin's 'A Song of Ice and Fire, ' a medieval fantasy about power struggles among the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros. This is the eighth and final season of the HBO hit series.
19) Enchanted
Series
Publisher
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray videodisc + 1 videodisc (ca. 107 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The beautiful princess Giselle is banished from the animated land of Andalasia by the evil queen. She finds herself in the gritty streets of the real, modern-day Manhattan. Shocked by this strange new environment that does not operate on a happily ever after: basis, Giselle finds herself adrift in a chaotic world that is badly in need of enchantment. Giselle begins to fall in love with the cynical, no-nonsense divorce lawyer who has come to her...
20) Pinocchio
Publisher
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Language
English
Formats
Description
Old woodcarver Geppetto's puppet creation, Pinocchio, magically comes to life with dreams of becoming a real boy. Easily led astray, Pinocchio tumbles from one misadventure to another as he is tricked, kidnapped and chased by bandits.
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