Sibirs Kolyma-region, et permafrosthelvete lukket i evig mørke, den perfekte plasseringen for en hemmelig underjordisk russisk forskningsstasjon. Et sted så fjernt og hemmelig at det offisielt ikke eksisterer. Forskerne som jobber der kan aldri forlate stasjonen, men én forsker prøver desperat å formidle en beskjed til verden utenfor. Så desperat at han til slutt prøver å sende en bønn ut gjennom villmarken, over halve kloden, til den ene mannen i live som kanskje kan klare det umulige ... "Den beste thrilleren jeg noen gang har lest." Philip Pullman "Sensasjonelt god. Smart tenkt og brilliant utført. En av de store thrillerne det siste århundret." Charles Cumming "Jeg har aldri lest en spenningsroman som så vellykket har klart å transportere meg til et hittil ukjent sted." The Guardian "Fantastisk ... Ravnen hører til der oppe sammen med Nattsvermeren, Casino Royale og Den usynlige spion." Toby Young, Spectator

Philip Pullmans spennende trilogi, Den mørke materien, er noe av det beste innen fantasy-sjangeren. Det gylne kompasset, Den skarpeste kniven og En kikkert av rav er oversatt til 37 språk og har solgt mer enn 14 millioner eksemplarer på verdensbasis. Pullmann ble tildelt Whitbread-prisen i 2002 for En kikkert av rav og Astrid Lindgren-prisen i 2005 for sitt omfattende forfatterskap. Nå skal trilogien bli film. I desember kommer den første, basert på Det gylne kompasset. Produsentene av Ringenes herre står bak, og dette kommer til å bli stort.

Falske mynter dukker opp overalt i Lambeth, og mistanken rettes mot faren til Lynet Dobney. Benny Kaminsky og resten av detektivene i New Cut-gjengen går straks i gang med å hjelpe vennen sin. Lynet er redd for at det skal vise seg at det faktisk er faren hans som har laget de falske myntene.

En dag stopper Richard Mayhew for å hjelpe den unge jenta Door, som ligger såret i en av Londons gater. Etter det blir livet aldri det samme igjen. Gjennom en rift i virkeligheten havner han i Neverwhere et skyggefylt og underjordisk vrengebilde av London. Hvis Richard skal kunne vende tilbake til sin egen verden, må han slutte seg til Door selv om det innebærer å risikere livet.

The Reluctant Fundamentalist is Mohsin Hamid's thrillingly provocative international bestseller, available as a Penguin Essential for the first time. Shortlisted for the Man Booker prize in 2007Now a major film directed by Mira Nair and starring Kate Hudson and Kiefer Sutherland'Excuse me, sir, but may I be of assistance? Ah, I see I have alarmed you. Do not be frightened by my beard. I am a lover of America . . . 'So speaks the mysterious stranger at a Lahore cafe as dusk settles. Invited to join him for tea, you learn his name and what led this speaker of immaculate English to seek you out. For he is more worldy than you might expect; better travelled and better educated. He knows the West better than you do. And as he tells you his story, of how he embraced the Western dream -- and a Western woman -- and how both betrayed him, so the night darkens. Then the true reason for your meeting becomes abundantly clear . . .Challenging, mysterious and thrillingly tense, Mohsin Hamid's masterly The Reluctant Fundamentalist is a vital read teeming with questions and ideas about some of the most pressing issues of today's globalised, fractured world.'Masterful . . . A multi-layered and thoroughly gripping book, which works as a poignant love story, a powerful dissection of how US imperialist machinations have turned so many people against the world's superpower - and as a thriller that subtly ratchets up the nerve-jangling tension towards an explosive ending' Metro'Beautifully written . . . more exciting than any thriller I've read for a long time' Philip Pullman'A brilliant book' Kiran Desai'Admirably spare and amazingly exciting' Rachel Cooke, New StatesmanMohsin Hamid is the author of The Reluctant Fundamentalist, Moth Smoke and How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia. His fiction has been translated into over 30 languages, received numerous awards, and been shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. He has contributed essays and short stories to publications such as the Guardian, The New York Times, Financial Times, Granta, and Paris Review. Born and mostly raised in Lahore, he spent part of his childhood in California, studied at Princeton University and Harvard Law School, and has since lived between Lahore, London, and New York.

Transcending arguments over the definition of fantasy literature, Rhetorics of Fantasy introduces a provocative new system of classification for the genre. Utilizing nearly two hundred examples of modern fantasy, author Farah Mendlesohn uses this system to explore how fiction writers construct their fantastic worlds. Mendlesohn posits four categories of fantasy-portal-quest, immersive, intrusion, and liminal-that arise out of the relationship of the protagonist to the fantasy world. Using these sets, Mendlesohn argues that the author's stylistic decisions are then shaped by the inescapably political demands of the category in which they choose to write. Each chapter covers at least twenty books in detail, ranging from nineteenth-century fantasy and horror to extensive coverage of some of the best books in the contemporary field. Offering a wide-ranging discussion and penetrating comparative analysis, Rhetorics of Fantasy will excite fans and provide a wealth of material for scholarly and classroom discussion. Includes discussion of works by over 100 authors, including Lloyd Alexander, Peter Beagle, Marion Zimmer Bradley, John Crowley, Stephen R. Donaldson, Stephen King, C. S. Lewis, Gregory Maguire, Robin McKinley, China Miéville, Suniti Namjoshi, Philip Pullman, J. K. Rowling, Sheri S. Tepper, J. R. R. Tolkien, Tad Williams

From the author the His Dark Materials trilogy and La Belle Sauvage. Featuring wonderful new illustrations from Peter Bailey this beautiful fairytale is perfect for readers young and old.Lila doesn't just want to be a Firework-Maker's daughter, she wants to be a Firework Maker herself. But although she's learned a lot she still must get through the most difficult and dangerous part of her apprenticeship - and her father won't tell her what it is.In search of this final Firework-Making secret, Lila heads off alone on a journey. It is a journey filled with dangers beyond anything she could have imagined, a journey on which she will learn so much more than the one secret she set out to find . . .

The Book of Dust is a trilogy of fantasy novels by Philip Pullman, which expands his trilogy His Dark Materials. The books further chronicle the adventures of Lyra Belacqua and her battle against the theocratic organisation known as the Magisterium, and shed more light on the mysterious substance called Dust. The first book, La Belle Sauvage, was published in October 2017, and is set 12 years before Northern Lights. It describes how the 11-year-old Malcolm Polstead and the 15-year-old Alice protect the infant Lyra; leading to her being in the care of Jordan College. It introduces the research by academics and other free-thinkers into Dust, a mysterious subatomic particle related to consciousness, and the origins of Lyra's alethiometer.

'What is he? A friend, or an enemy'? 'He is a murderer'. Will has just killed a man. He's on the run. His escape will take him far beyond his own world, to the eerie disquiet of a deserted city and to a girl, Lyra. Her fate is strangely linked to his own, and together they must find the most powerful weapon in all the word.

"Without this child, we shall all die." Lyra Belacqua and her animal daemon live half-wild and carefree among scholars of Jordan College, Oxford. The destiny that awaits her will take her to the frozen lands of the Arctic, where witch-clans reign and ice-bears fight. Her extraordinary journey will have immeasurable consequences far beyond her own world...

Will og Lyra har kommet fra hverandre, og de er begge i stor fare. De spiller en viktig rolle i kampen mot de mørke kreftene, men de vet ikke hva det er de må gjøre og hvilke farlige krefter som er på jakt etter dem. Dette er den tredje boka i trilogien Den mørke materien.

I denne boken møter vi Lyra, som er forutbestemt til å spille en viktig rolle i et fantastisk eventyr. Hun bor i den rolige byen Oxford, men i det siste har det skjedd mye uforklarlig. For å få svar på spørsmålene må hun følge i onkelens fotspor, etter hans ekspedisjon til Svalbard. Dette er den første boka i trilogien Den mørke materien.

Den mørke materien er mer populær en noen gang etter at at første bind i trilogien, Det gylne kompasset, er blitt film. Lyras Oxford er en ny, liten fortelling fra Lyras verden, og den foregår to år etter slutten på det siste binden i trilogien. Lyra og Pantalaimon, daimonen hennes, sitter på taket på Jordan-kollegiet i Oxford da Lyra får øye på daimonen til en heks i det fjerne, en stormsvale, som blir forfulgt av en stor flokk med stær. Dette er begynnelsen på et mysterium . Lyras Oxford er vakkert illustrert med tresnitt av den engelske kunstneren John Lawrence og inneholder dessuten en rekke ting fra både Lyras verden og vår egen, slik som et utbrettskart over Oxford slik Lyra kjenner det og et postkort fra Lyras univers.

A BEGUILING NEW EPISODE FROM THE UNIVERSE OF HIS DARK MATERIALS Lyra's Oxford opens two years after the conclusion of Philip Pullman's The Amber Spyglass in the comfort and familiarity of Jordan College, where Lyra and her daemon, Pantalaimon, sit on the sun-drenched roof looking out over all of Oxford. But their peace is shattered when a strange bird - a witch's daemon, on it's own - tumbles out of the sky, in search of a healing elixer to cure his witch of a strange new disease. Lyra and Pan decided to help - witches are friends, of course - but the closer their winding walk leads them towards the infamous Oxford alchemist, the stronger Lyra's sense that something is amiss. INCLUDES FOLDOUT MAP AND OTHER MATTER NEVER BEFORE SEEN IN THIS WORLD

Will og Lyra har kommet fra hverandre, og de er begge i stor fare. De spiller en viktig rolle i kampen mot de mørke kreftene, men de vet ikke hva det er de må gjøre og hvilke farlige krefter som er på jakt etter dem. Dette er den tredje boka i trilogien Den mørke materien.

Malcolm Polstead's Oxford life has been one of routine, ordinary even. He is happiest playing with his daemon, Asta, in their canoe, La Belle Sauvage. But now as the rain builds, the world around Malcolm and Asta it seems is set to become increasingly far from ordinary. Finding himself linked to a baby by the name of Lyra Belacqua, Malcolm is forced to undertake the challenge of his life and to make a dangerous journey that will change him and Lyra for ever . . .

I denne boken møter vi Lyra, som er forutbestemt til å spille en viktig rolle i et fantastisk eventyr. Hun bor i den rolige byen Oxford, men i det siste har det skjedd mye uforklarlig. For å få svar på spørsmålene må hun følge i onkelens fotspor, etter hans ekspedisjon til Svalbard. Dette er den første boka i trilogien Den mørke materien.