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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets: Selected Themes from the Motion Picture - Piano Solos: Piano Solos (Includes Souvenir Poster), Book & Poster by John Williams
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsFeaturing 16 pages of four-color movie photos and a pull-out souvenir poster, this movie selections folio is a tremendous value! Titles * The Chamber of Secrets * Dobby the House Elf * Family Portrait * Fawkes the Phoenix * Flying Car * Gilderoy Lockhart * Harry's Wondrous World * Hedwig's Theme * Moaning Myrtle * Nimbus 2000 * The Spiders... -
![Phoney Phantasma by Sukumar Ray]()
Phoney Phantasma by Sukumar Ray
Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA translation of Sukumar Ray’s famous Ha ja ba ra la, which is regarded as a precious gem of Bengali literature... -
![The Phantom of the Opera: Piano/Vocal by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Charles Hart]()
The Phantom of the Opera: Piano/Vocal by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Charles Hart
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThis souvenir folio features full-color photos from the stunning production as well as piano/vocal arrangements of 9 songs, including: All I Ask of You * Angel of Music * Masquerade * The Music of the Night * The Phantom of the Opera * The Point of No Return * Prima Donna * Think of Me * Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again... -
![Beatrix Potter Illustrated Collection by Beatrix Potter]()
Beatrix Potter Illustrated Collection by Beatrix Potter
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratings22 Books and 660 Illustrations! The works of Beatrix Potter are some of the most beloved children's stories of all time. Now enjoy them all in a single, high quality collection at an amazing price. The convenient table of contents will allow you to jump instantly to any of the 22 books, including timeless characters like Peter Rabbit, Benjamin Bunny, Squirrel Nutkin, and many more... -
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![Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: A Play by Richard R. George, Roald Dahl]()
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: A Play by Richard R. George, Roald Dahl
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsAn alternative cover edition for this book can be found here.Here's your chance to join Charlie Bucket in Willy Wonka's amazing chocolate factory!It's always fun reading plays, and almost everyone who has read Charlie and the Chocolate Factory has wanted to join in his adventures... -
![The BFG: A Set of Plays by Roald Dahl, David Wood]()
The BFG: A Set of Plays by Roald Dahl, David Wood
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsRoald Dahl fans will rejoice at the opportunity to bring their favorite books and characters to life. Five of Dahl’s hugely popular, beloved books have been adapted into winning plays for children. With useful tips on staging, props, and costumes, these plays can be produced with a minimum amount of resources and experience... -
![The Annotated Brothers Grimm by Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm]()
The Annotated Brothers Grimm by Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsMaria Tatar's The Annotated Brothers Grimm celebrates the powerful cultural legacy of the stories collected by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm —tales that have enchanted children and adults alike for generations... -
![Kći Lotršćaka by Marija Jurić Zagorka]()
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![Hilary Knight's Cinderella by Hilary Knight]()
Hilary Knight's Cinderella by Hilary Knight
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsHilary Knight imbues the story of Cinderella with characters of the same humor, zest, and personality that have made generations of children and grown-ups fall in love with his most famous creation: Eloise... -
![Walt Disney's Dumbo (A Little Golden Book) by Walt Disney Company]()
Walt Disney's Dumbo (A Little Golden Book) by Walt Disney Company
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 39 ratingsEveryone's favorite big-eared little elephant finds his way to the skies in this uplifting Little Golden Book. With artwork from the 1940s, allof the original charm and beauty of the Disney classic can be found in this vintage book... -
![The Land of Stories Collection 5 Book Set (The Land of Stories, #1-5) by Chris Colfer]()
The Land of Stories Collection 5 Book Set (The Land of Stories, #1-5) by Chris Colfer
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDive into the first five hardcover volumes in the #1 New York Times bestselling series The Land of Stories with this beautiful gift set.Through the mysterious powers of a cherished book of stories, twins Alex and Conner leave their world behind and find themselves in a foreign land full of wonder and magic where they come face-to-face with the fairy tale characters they grew up reading about... -
![Tolkien's World by J.R.R. Tolkien]()
Tolkien's World by J.R.R. Tolkien
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIf it is the author's job to paint word-pictures, few writers have accomplished the task more brilliantly than J.R.R. Tolkien, whose timeless fantasy classics have literally taken readers to another place... -
![Mary Engelbreit's Mother Goose: One Hundred Best-Loved Verses by Mary Engelbreit]()
Mary Engelbreit's Mother Goose: One Hundred Best-Loved Verses by Mary Engelbreit
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNew York Times bestseller! From the warm and colorful imagination of Mary Engelbreit comes a Mother Goose book bursting with warmth and humor.This highly illustrated hardcover treasury includes everyone’s favorite time-honored characters—Little Bo-Peep, Humpty Dumpty, Old King Cole, Jack and Jill, and many, many more... -
![American Gods + Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman]()
American Gods + Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsNewly updated and expanded with the author’s preferred text. A modern masterpiece from the multiple-award-winning master of innovative fiction, Neil Gaiman... -
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![Snow White by Josephine Poole]()
Snow White by Josephine Poole
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsTHE REISSUE OF the classic Grimm tale of a beautiful young girl with skin as white as snow, lips and cheeks as red as blood, and hair as black as ebony is breathtakingly realized by acclaimed artist Charles Santore in this lush, lovely picture book... -
![Grief Lessons: Four Plays by Euripides by Anne Carson, Euripides]()
Grief Lessons: Four Plays by Euripides by Anne Carson, Euripides
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsWriting with a pitch and heat that gets to the heart of the unforgiving classical world, Carson, a poet and classicist, translates four of the eighteen surviving plays by Euripides.Includes Heracles, Hecuba, Hippolytus, Alcestis... -
![The Greek Plays: Sixteen Plays by Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides (Modern Library Classics) by Mary Lefkowitz, James Romm]()
The Greek Plays: Sixteen Plays by Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides (Modern Library Classics) by Mary Lefkowitz, James Romm
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA landmark anthology of the masterpieces of Greek drama, featuring all-new, highly accessible translations of some of the world’s most beloved plays, including Agamemnon, Prometheus Bound, Bacchae, Electra, Medea, Antigone, and Oedipus the King The great plays of Ancient Greece are among the most enduring and important legacies of the Western world... -
![Beauty & the Beast: A Pop-up Book of the Classic Fairy Tale by Robert Sabuda]()
Beauty & the Beast: A Pop-up Book of the Classic Fairy Tale by Robert Sabuda
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEven more innovative than his last, Robert Sabuda will captivate all with his latest pop-up masterpiece, Beauty & the Beast! True love blooms in this three-dimensional adaptation of a beloved fairy tale. Amazing paper structures and classically styled artwork lead readers through a magical tale... -
![The Wrath of an Emperor by K.M. Munshi]()
The Wrath of an Emperor by K.M. Munshi
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsKanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi's versatility and achievements were in a way unique. He was an eminent lawyer, one of the framers of India's Constitution and a seasoned statesman... -
![A Treasury of Children's Literature by Armand Eisen, Scott Gustafson]()
A Treasury of Children's Literature by Armand Eisen, Scott Gustafson
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom nursery rhymes to poems, fables, and stories, this lavishly illustrated collection with more than two hundred full-color drawings by sixteen different artists is the ultimate story book.The Little Match Girl, Cinderella, PaulBunyan, and many, many more, this one-volume library of classic children’s literature has it all... -
![Uttara Kaanda by S.L. Bhyrappa]()
Uttara Kaanda by S.L. Bhyrappa
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen Rama tells Sita, ‘I fought for my clan’s glory, not for you.’ Do you expect sita to remain unchanged?On the original release of Uttara Kaanda, S.L. Bhyrappa's twenty-fourth novel, the stalwart of Kannada literature said that he had been so overwhelmed by Valmiki's Ramayana that he couldn't go beyond Ayodhya Kaanda... -
![The Forest Song by Lesia Ukrainka]()
The Forest Song by Lesia Ukrainka
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratings"The Forest song" - drama-fairy-tale in three acts. The play, which became a masterpiece of Ukrainian drama, was written in 1911. It was first put on stage on November 22, 1918 at the Kyiv Drama Theater. The product is one of the first prototypes of fantasy in Ukrainian literature. The original drama of the poet is published in two languages in one book - in Ukrainian and in English... -
![The Three Bears by Feodor Rojankovsky]()
The Three Bears by Feodor Rojankovsky
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThis classic Little Golden Book edition of the famous folk tale has had many imitators, but none can measure up to the way illustrator Feodor Rojankovsky brought Goldilocks and the three bears to life... -
![Aeneid Book VI by Virgil]()
Aeneid Book VI by Virgil
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA masterpiece from one of the greatest poets of the centuryIn a momentous publication, Seamus Heaney's translation of Book VI of the Aeneid, Virgil's epic poem composed sometime between 29 and 19 BC, follows the hero, Aeneas, on his descent into the underworld... -
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![La casa de Asterión by Jorge Luis Borges]()
La casa de Asterión by Jorge Luis Borges
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCuento "La casa de Asterión", de Jorge Luis Borges, originalmente publicado en el libro El Aleph, en 1949... -
![Sonnets to Orpheus by Rainer Maria Rilke]()
Sonnets to Orpheus by Rainer Maria Rilke
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsTo Rilke himself the Sonnets to Orpheus were "perhaps the most mysterious in the way they came up and entrusted themselves to me, the most enigmatic dictation I have ever held through and achieved; the whole first part was written down in a single breathless act of obedience, between the 2nd and 5th of February, without one word being doubtful or having to be changed." With facing-page German... -
![Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs by Walt Disney Company]()
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs by Walt Disney Company
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe magic of Walt Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs comes to life in this richly illustrated pop-up book. Doc, Happy, Dopey, Sleepy, and the rest of the dwarfs are here, along with the handsome prince and Snow White's forest friends... -
![Solenoid by Mircea Cărtărescu]()
Solenoid by Mircea Cărtărescu
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA highly-acclaimed masterwork of fiction from Cărtărescu, author of Blinding: an existence (and eventually a cosmos) created by forking paths.Based on Cărtărescu's own role as a high school teacher, Solenoid begins with the mundane details of a diarist's life and quickly spirals into a philosophical account of life, history, philosophy, and mathematics... -
![Eurydice by Sarah Ruhl]()
Eurydice by Sarah Ruhl
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsSarah Ruhl re-imagines the classic myth of Orpheus through the eyes of its heroine. Dying too young on her wedding day, Eurydice must journey to the underworld, where she reunites with her father and struggles to remember her lost love. With contemporary characters, ingenious plot twists, and breathtaking visual effects, the play is a fresh look at a timeless love story... -
![Adam și Eva by Liviu Rebreanu]()
Adam și Eva by Liviu Rebreanu
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratings„Adevaratul, pretiosul modernism inseamna ravna de-a produce valori estetice imbracate in spiritul timpului, dar cu un nivel mai inalt decat al epocii precedente.” Liviu Rebreanu (1885 - 1944) Cu „Adam si Eva”, aparut in 1925, Liviu Rebreanu se afla la al treilea roman, dupa „Ion” (1920) si „Padurea spanzuratilor” (1922)... -
![The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart by David Greig]()
The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart by David Greig
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOne wintry morning academic Prudencia Hart sets off to a conference in the Scottish Borders. Stranded there by snow, she is swept off on a dream-like journey of self discovery, complete with magical moments, devilish encounters and wittily wild music.'You shouldn't miss this for the world . . . Rambunctiously life-affirming and touchingly beautiful... -
![Greek Tragedies 3: Aeschylus: The Eumenides; Sophocles: Philoctetes, Oedipus at Colonus; Euripides: The Bacchae, Alcestis by David Grene, Aeschylus]()
Greek Tragedies 3: Aeschylus: The Eumenides; Sophocles: Philoctetes, Oedipus at Colonus; Euripides: The Bacchae, Alcestis by David Grene, Aeschylus
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsGreek Tragedies, Volume III contains Aeschylus’s “The Eumenides,” translated by Richmond Lattimore; Sophocles’s “Philoctetes,” translated by David Grene; Sophocles’s “Oedipus at Colonus,” translated by Robert Fitzgerald; Euripides’s “The Bacchae,” translated by William Arrowsmith; and Euripides’s “Alecestis,” translated by Richmond Lattimore... -
![The Clean House and Other Plays by Sarah Ruhl]()
The Clean House and Other Plays by Sarah Ruhl
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsThis volume is the first publication of Sarah Ruhl, “a playwright with a unique comic voice, perspective, and sense of theater” (Variety), who is fast leaving her mark on the American stage... -
![Тіні забутих предків та інші твори by Mykhailo Kotsiubynsky, Михайло Коцюбинський]()
Тіні забутих предків та інші твори by Mykhailo Kotsiubynsky, Михайло Коцюбинський
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsЧитачам пропонується збірка творів видатного вітчизняного прозаїка Михайла Михайловича Коцюбинського (1864–1913), серед яких повість “Тіні забутих предків” — безперечний шедевр української літератури.Видання адресоване широкому загалу шанувальників класичної літератури... -
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![Bard: The Odyssey of the Irish by Morgan Llywelyn]()
Bard: The Odyssey of the Irish by Morgan Llywelyn
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThis is the tale of the coming of the Irish to Ireland, and of the men and women who made that emerald isle their own... -
![Karna: The Great Warrior by रणजित देसाई]()
Karna: The Great Warrior by रणजित देसाई
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratings'Who am I?' It was a question that had troubled him all his life. His whole life had seemed entangled in the answer. His dignity, his destination, his ambitions - they all seemed linked to that entanglement. The irony was that the truth, instead of liberating him, had made him rudderless. In the Mahabharata, Karna is known to be the only warrior who could match Arjuna... -
![Virgil, Vol 2: Aeneid Books 7-12, Appendix Vergiliana by Virgil, G.P. Goold]()
Virgil, Vol 2: Aeneid Books 7-12, Appendix Vergiliana by Virgil, G.P. Goold
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsVirgil, Volume Ii : Aeneid Books 7-12, Appendix Vergiliana (Loeb Classical Library, No 64) Virgil (Publius Vergilius Maro) was born in 70 BCE near Mantua and was educated at Cremona, Milan and Rome. Slow in speech, shy in manner, thoughtful in mind, weak in health, he went back north for a quiet life... -
![Euripides II: The Cyclops / Heracles / Iphigenia in Tauris / Helen by Euripides]()
Euripides II: The Cyclops / Heracles / Iphigenia in Tauris / Helen by Euripides
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsThis volume contains the following tragedies by Euripides:1. The Cyclops, translated and with an introduction by William Arrowsmith2. Heracles, translated and with an introduction by William Arrowsmith3. Iphigenia in Tauris, translated by Witter Bynner and with an introduction by Richmond Lattimore4... -
![Poems and Fragments by Friedrich Hölderlin]()
Poems and Fragments by Friedrich Hölderlin
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsMichael Hamburger has been translating the poetry of Friedrich Hölderlin (1770-1843) for over half a century. This lifelong preoccupation culminates in this fourth bilingual edition, incorporating revisions, new translations and other supplementary material. It is the classic English edition of Hölderlin's poetry for our age... -
![Kumarasambhavam: The Origin of the Young God by Kālidāsa]()
Kumarasambhavam: The Origin of the Young God by Kālidāsa
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsKumarasambhavam celebrates the love story of Siva and Parvati, whose passionate union results in the birth of their son, the young god Kumara. Beginning with a luminous description of the birth of Parvati, the poem proceeds in perfectly pitched sensuous detail through her courtship with Siva until the night of their wedding... -
![King of Ireland's Son by Padraic Colum]()
King of Ireland's Son by Padraic Colum
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHumour, poetry and action spring into these tales from the ancient lore of the author's native Ireland... -
![Usborne Illustrated Fairy Tales (Anthologies & Treasuries) by Sarah Courtauld, Rosie Dickins]()
Usborne Illustrated Fairy Tales (Anthologies & Treasuries) by Sarah Courtauld, Rosie Dickins
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA gorgeous gift for young children, this beautiful treasury of Usborne Young Reading and First Reading titles will delight and entertain with its collection of classic stories A fantastic treasury of stories guaranteed to delight and entertain young children... -
![The Odyssey by Tania Zamorsky, Eric Freeberg]()
The Odyssey by Tania Zamorsky, Eric Freeberg
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHomer's epic tale of the warrior Odysseus's decades-long struggle to return home after the Trojan War is simply and beautifully retold for younger readers, with all the drama intact. Illustrations... -
![The Random House Book of Fairy Tales by Amy Ehrlich]()
The Random House Book of Fairy Tales by Amy Ehrlich
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA lush treasury of 19 fairy tales that generations of children have grown up on, lushly illustrated by Diane Goode... -
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![Fabled Lands by Time-Life Books]()
Fabled Lands by Time-Life Books
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTells the stories of a sultan's mysterious journey, a trip to Asgard, magical islands, mountains filled with sleeping warriors, a fairy world, a land of demons, enchanted woods, and a knight's... -
![The Rise of Nazil by Aaron-Michael Hall]()
The Rise of Nazil by Aaron-Michael Hall
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt was the 75th year of Alberoth when the AsZar summoned the Guardians. There was an imbalance in the lands of Faélondul. The Zaxson, Draizeyn Vereux covered the lands in a pall of darkness. There was a plan to exterminate the infestation in Nazil and beyond, a plan to eradicate the humans... -
![The Odyssey: A Dramatic Retelling of Homer's Epic by Simon Armitage, Homer]()
The Odyssey: A Dramatic Retelling of Homer's Epic by Simon Armitage, Homer
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn this new verse adaptation, originally commissioned for BBC radio, Simon Armitage has recast Homer's epic as a series of bristling dramatic dialogues: between gods and men; between no-nonsense Captain Odysseus and his unruly, lotus-eating, homesick companions; and between subtle Odysseus (wiliest hero of antiquity) and a range of shape-shifting adversaries—Calypso, Circe, the Sirens, the... -
![The Arabian Nights: Tales of 1001 Nights; Volume 3 of 3 by Anonymous]()
The Arabian Nights: Tales of 1001 Nights; Volume 3 of 3 by Anonymous
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEvery night for three years the vengeful King Shahriyar sleeps with a different virgin, executing her next morning... -
![Andha Yug by Dharamvir Bharati]()
Andha Yug by Dharamvir Bharati
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAndha Yug is one of the most significant plays of modern India. Written immediately after the partition of the Indian subcontinent, the play is a profound meditation on the politics of violence and aggressive selfhood. The moral burden of the play is that every act of violence inevitably debases society as a whole... -
![The Brothers Grimm: 101 Fairy Tales (Word Cloud Classics) by Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm]()
The Brothers Grimm: 101 Fairy Tales (Word Cloud Classics) by Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThey are the stories of characters we’ve known since childhood: Snow White, Hansel and Gretel, Cinderella. But the works originally collected by the Brothers Grimm in the early 1800s are not necessarily the versions told before bedtime. They’re darker and often don’t end very happily--but they're often far more interesting...
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