The Random House Book of Shakespeare Stories
By: Andrew Matthews
4.20
Format: 128 pages, Hardcover
These eight Shakespeare plays, retold in prose by British author Andrew Matthews and beautifully il…
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1. The Amber Spyglass (His Dark Materials, #3)
By: Philip Pullman
4.10
Format: 465 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Will is the bearer of the knife. Now, accompanied by angels, his task is to deliver that powerful, … read more
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- fiction
"because he's Will"-Philip Pullman, The Amber Spyglass (His Dark Materials, #3)
"Tell them stories."-Philip Pullman, The Amber Spyglass (His Dark Materials, #3)
"Well," said Mary, "love is ferocious, too."-Philip Pullman, The Amber Spyglass (His Dark Materials, #3)
"Each kiss was nearer to the last one of all."-Philip Pullman, The Amber Spyglass (His Dark Materials, #3)
2. Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator (Charlie Bucket, #2)
By: Roald Dahl , Quentin Blake
3.68
Format: 159 pages, Paperback
Last seen flying through the sky in a giant elevator in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Charlie … read more
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- classics
- childrens
- fiction
"You'll never get anywhere if you go about what-iffing like that."-Roald Dahl, Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator (Charlie Bucket, #2)
"It was an unhappy truth, he told himself, that nearly all people in the world behave badly when there is something really big at stake."-Roald Dahl, Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator (Charlie Bucket, #2)
"The President said a very rude word into the microphone and ten million children across the nation began repeating it gleefully and got smacked by their parents."-Roald Dahl, Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator (Charlie Bucket, #2)
"It's very difficult to phone people in China, Mr President,' said the Postmaster General. 'The country's so full of Wings and Wongs, every time you wing you get the wong number."-Roald Dahl, Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator (Charlie Bucket, #2)
3. The End (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #13)
By: Lemony Snicket , Brett Helquist
4.04
Format: 353 pages, Hardcover
The last volume of the fabulously popular A Series of Unfortunate Events series, in which the histo… read more
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- fiction
"This isn’t fair,"-Lemony Snicket, The End (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #13)
"What do your parents know, about surviving? "-Lemony Snicket, The End (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #13)
"Those unable to catalog the past are doomed to repeat it."-Lemony Snicket, The End (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #13)
"..no matter how much one reads, the whole story can never be told."-Lemony Snicket, The End (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #13)
4. The Grim Grotto (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #11)
By: Lemony Snicket , Brett Helquist
4.02
Format: 323 pages, Hardcover
Dear Reader, Unless you are a slug, a sea anemone, or mildew, you probably prefer not to be dam… read more
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- childrens
- fiction
"He who hesitates is lost"-Lemony Snicket, The Grim Grotto (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #11)
"When you think of me," she said quietly "think of a food you love very much."-Lemony Snicket, The Grim Grotto (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #11)
"… and the Baudelaire orphans climbed aboard, turning the tables of their lives and breaking their unfortunate cycle for the very first time."-Lemony Snicket, The Grim Grotto (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #11)
"You should have given up a long time ago, orphans. I triumphed the moment you lost your family." "We didn't lose our family. Only our parents."-Lemony Snicket, The Grim Grotto (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #11)
5. The Hostile Hospital (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #8)
By: Lemony Snicket , Brett Helquist
3.99
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
There is nothing to be found in the pages of these books but misery and despair. You still have tim… read more
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- childrens
- fiction
"Velocity!" Sunny shrieked. I know we have to hurry!" Klaus cried."-Lemony Snicket, The Hostile Hospital (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #8)
" Tra la la, Fiddle dee dee, Hope you get well soon. Ho ho ho, hee hee hee, Have a heart-shaped balloon. "-Lemony Snicket, The Hostile Hospital (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #8)
"But sometimes it takes only a photograph and a sentence to make an author cry himself to sleep even years after the photograph was taken."-Lemony Snicket, The Hostile Hospital (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #8)
"Just about everything in this world is easier said than done, with the exception of "systematically assisting Sisyphus's stealthy, cyst-susceptible sister," which is easier done than said."-Lemony Snicket, The Hostile Hospital (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #8)
6. Oliver Twist
By: Charles Dickens , George Cruikshank , Philip Horne
3.88
Format: 608 pages, Paperback
A gripping portrayal of London's dark criminal underbelly, published in Penguin Classics with an in… read more
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- literature
- classics
- fiction
"Meat, ma'am, meat."-Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist
"Please, sir, I want some more."-Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist
"هناك كتب .. غلافـها أفضل ما فيها"-Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist
"There are a good many books, are there not, my boy?"-Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist
7. The Owl and the Pussycat
By: Edward Lear , Jan Brett
3.95
Format: 161 pages, Paperback
In this beautifully illustrated edition of Lear's beloved nonsense poem, Mortimer takes the reader … read more
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- picture books
- childrens
- fiction
8. The Amulet of Samarkand (Bartimaeus, #1)
By: Jonathan Stroud
3.37
Format: 297 pages, Hardcover
Nathaniel is a boy magician-in-training, sold to the government by his birth parents at the age of … read more
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9. The Austere Academy (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #5)
By: Lemony Snicket , Brett Helquist
4.73
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Violet, Klaus, and Sunny are at first optimistic--attending school is a welcome change for the book… read more
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10. Where the Wild Things Are
By: Maurice Sendak
3.00
Format: 81 pages, Paperback
One night Max puts on his wolf suit and makes mischief of one kind and another, so his mother calls… read more
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11. The Gruffalo (Gruffalo, #1)
By: Julia Donaldson , Axel Scheffler
4.46
Format: 32 pages, Paperback
Just what is the Gruffalo? He has terrible tusks... and terrible claws... and terrible teeth in … read more
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- classics
- picture books
- childrens
- fiction
12. The Wide Window (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #3)
By: Lemony Snicket , Brett Helquist
4.57
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Dear Reader, If you have not read anything about the Baudelaire orphans, then before you read even … read more
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13. The Subtle Knife (His Dark Materials, #2)
By: Philip Pullman
4.15
Format: 370 pages, Kindle Edition
She had asked: What is he? A friend or an enemy? The alethiometer answered: He is a murderer. … read more
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- fiction
"You going to be a scientist when you grow up?"-Philip Pullman, The Subtle Knife (His Dark Materials, #2)
"For a human being, nothing comes naturally,' said Grumman. 'We have to learn everything we do."-Philip Pullman, The Subtle Knife (His Dark Materials, #2)
"I have told you all the rules I know. If there are rules I have forgotten to mention then they do not matter."-Philip Pullman, The Subtle Knife (His Dark Materials, #2)
"He let her do it, then looked around for his fingers. There they were, curled like a bloody quotation mark on the lead. He laughed."-Philip Pullman, The Subtle Knife (His Dark Materials, #2)
14. The Ickabog
By: J.K. Rowling
3.91
Format: 290 pages, Hardcover
Once upon a time there was a tiny kingdom called Cornucopia, as rich in happiness as it was in gold… read more
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- fiction
"Tears can heal a mind, as well as laughter."-J.K. Rowling, The Ickabog
"Still, it was hard to have parents who lived inside you, when all you really wanted was for them to come back, and hug you."-J.K. Rowling, The Ickabog
"You may think this strange, but Mrs. Beamish was glad to hear Mr. Dovetail cry, because tears can heal a mind, as well as laughter."-J.K. Rowling, The Ickabog
"Lži, lži a zase lži. Jakmile jednou začnete lhát, musíte lhát dál a pak jste jako kapitán na děravé lodi a lepíte jednu díru za duhou, abyste se nepotopili."-J.K. Rowling, The Ickabog
15. The Random House Book of Shakespeare Stories
By: Andrew Matthews
4.20
Format: 128 pages, Hardcover
These eight Shakespeare plays, retold in prose by British author Andrew Matthews and beautifully il… read more
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