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1) 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
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.
3) 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...
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
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...
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
Orbit
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Formats
Description
Geralt the Witcher—revered and hated—holds the line against the monsters plaguing humanity in this collection of adventures, the first chapter in Andrzej Sapkowski’s groundbreaking epic fantasy series that inspired the hit Netflix show and the blockbuster video games.
Geralt is a Witcher, a man whose magic powers, enhanced by long training and a mysterious elixir, have made him a brilliant fighter and a merciless hunter....
Geralt is a Witcher, a man whose magic powers, enhanced by long training and a mysterious elixir, have made him a brilliant fighter and a merciless hunter....
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.
10) 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.
11) 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.
12) Mirror mirror
Publisher
Relativity Media
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (106 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
A retelling of the Snow White tale, MIRROR MIRROR tells the story of Princess Snow and her step-mother the Queen. When Snow becomes a threat to her place as ruler, the Queen decides to do away with the young princess for good.
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
Disney before the story volume 3
Publisher
Disney Press
Pub. Date
℗♭2020
Physical Desc
120 pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm
Language
English
Description
Anna feels lonelier than ever when her parents go off on a trip without her. She imagines another girl her own age, Astrid, and sends her a letter. To her surprise, Astrid writes back! But as the two become friends, Anna begins to wonder if Astrid is closer than she first thought. . . --Back cover.
15) 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.
16) The beast player
Author
Series
Beast player volume 1
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Formats
Description
About a girl with a special power to communicate with magical beasts and the warring kingdom only she can save.
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
1974.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (88 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
A magical storyline about a desert-stranded pilot (Richard Kiley) and a wandering child from a faraway place. Together, the two share encounters that amuse, charm and touch the heart. Have you ever acquired wisdom from a fox (Gene Wilder)? Cared for a rose that was special beyond all other roses? Visited a far-off, far-out king? Witnessed the wily dance of a snake (Bob Fosse)? The universe-no, life-is an enchanting place, even more so when it's shared...
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Edition
Extended ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (132 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Snow White is the only person in the land fairer than the evil queen who is out to destroy her. But what the wicked ruler never imagined is that the young woman threatening her reign has been training in the art of war with a huntsman who was dispatched to kill her.
19) Into the West
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
1993.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (97 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Two kids receive a gift beyond their wildest dreams - a magical horse. But when a rich breeder tries desperately to take the horse away from them, their only hope is to escape and become the coolest outlaws ever to ride...INTO THE WEST!
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