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Upon its hardcover publication, renowned author Philip Pullman's The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ provoked heated debates and stirred a frenzy of controversy throughout the clerical and literary worlds alike with its bold retelling of the life of Jesus Christ. In this remarkable piece of fiction, famously atheistic author Philip Pullman challenges the events of the Gospels and puts forward his own compelling and plausible version of the...
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Everyman's library volume 342
Publisher
Everymans Library, Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2011.
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English
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The only hardcover omnibus of the best-selling and award-winning fantasy trilogy, in a Contemporary Classics edition.
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Book of dust volume 1
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Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 20
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English
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The much-anticipated new work from the author of The Golden Compass is coming at last! Renowned storyteller Philip Pullman returns to the parallel world of Lyra Belacqua and His Dark Materials for a thrilling and epic adventure in which daemons, alethiometers, and the Magisterium all play a part.
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Book of dust volume 2
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 30
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English
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"The windows between the many worlds have been sealed and the momentous adventures of Lyra Silvertongues youth are long behind her-or so she thought. Lyra is now a twenty-year-old undergraduate at St. Sophias College and intrigue is swirling around her once more. Her daemon Pantalaimon is witness to a brutal murder, and the dying man entrusts them with secrets that carry echoes from their past. The more Lyra is drawn into these mysteries, the less...
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English
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In Paradise Lost, Milton produced a poem of epic scale, conjuring up a vast, awe-inspiring cosmos ranging across huge tracts of space and time. And yet, in putting a charismatic Satan and naked Adam and Eve at the center of this story, he also created an intensely human tragedy on the Fall of Man. Written when Milton was in his fifties blind, bitterly disappointed by the Restoration, and briefly in danger of execution, Paradise Lost's apparent ambivalence...
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New Line Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
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In a wondrous parallel world where witches soar the skies and Ice Bears rule the frozen North, one special girl is destined to hold the fate of the universe in her hands. When Lyra Belacqua becomes the keeper of the Golden Compass, she discovers that her world and all those beyond are threatened by the secret plans of Ms. Coulter. With the help of a group of unlikely allies, Lyra embarks on an extraordinary quest that celebrates friendship and courage...