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Narnia Omnibus: " Magician's Nephew " , " Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe " , " Horse And His Boy " by C.S. Lewis
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsThe Magician's Nephew opens the doorway to themagical land of Narnia for the first time...In The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Peter,Edmund, Susan and Lucy stumble upon the world ofNarnia. Here, Winter and the White Witch are thegreatest threats and the children must join forces with thegreat lion, Aslan, to battle against the evil enchantment...Categorized as:
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The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 100 ratingsPeter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy find their way through an old wardrobe into the world of Narnia. There, they unite with Aslan to fight the White Witch and save Narnia from perpetual Darkness...Categorized as:
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Magician: Apprentice by Raymond E. Feist
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 64 ratingsAn alternate cover edition of this ISBN can be found here.To the forest on the shore of the Kingdom of the Isles, the orphan Pug came to study with the master magician Kulgan. His courage won him a place at court and the heart of a lovely Princess, but he was ill at ease with normal wizardry...Categorized as:
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Seven-Day Magic by Edward Eager
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsA seven-day book of magic proves to be fractious for five children, who must learn the book's rules and tame its magic...Categorized as:
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The Well of Darkness by Randall Garrett, Vicki Ann Heydron
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBearing the Ra'ira, Raithskar's most sacred gem, Rikardon and Tarani flee a ruthless enemy across the burning deserts of Gandalara. Protected by the swordsman's mighty warcat Keeshah, and the mystic bird called Lonna, who obeys the illusionist's commands, the two discover the smoldering passion they have long denied...Categorized as:
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The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 81 ratingsNARNIA... the world of wicked dragons and magic spells, where the very best is brought out of even the worst people, where anything can happen (and most often does)... and where the adventure begins.The Dawn Treader is the first ship Narnia has seen in centuries...Categorized as:
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Tom's Midnight Garden by Philippa Pearce
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 38 ratingsWhen his brother catches measles, Tom is sent away for the summer to stay with his uncle and aunt and is thoroughly fed up about it. What a boring summer it's going to be. But then, lying in bed one night, he hears the old grandfather clock in the hall strike the very strange hour of 13 o'clock. What can it mean? As Tom creeps downstairs and opens the door, he finds out..Categorized as:
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White Gold Wielder by Stephen R. Donaldson
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsThomas Covenant knew that despite his failure on the Isle of The One Tree, he had to return to the Land and fight. After a long and arduous journey, fighting all the way, he readies himself for the final showdown with Lord Foul, the Despiser, and begins to understand things he had only just wondered about before...Categorized as:
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A Man Rides Through by Stephen R. Donaldson
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsIn The Mirror of Her Dreams, the dazzling first volume of Mordant's Need, New York Times bestselling author Stephen R. Donaldson introduced us to the richly imagined world of Mordant, where mirrors are magical portals into places of beauty and terror. Now, with A Man Rides Through, Donaldson brings the story of Terisa Morgan to an unforgettable conclusion..Categorized as:
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The Power That Preserves by Stephen R. Donaldson
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 39 ratings"A trilogy of remarkable scope and sophistication."--Los Angeles TimesTwice before Thomas Covenant had been summoned to the strange otherworld where magic worked. Twice before he had been forced to join with the Lords of Revelstone in their war against Lord Foul, the ancient enemy of the Land.Now he was back--to a Land ravaged by the armies of Lord Foul. The Lords were besieged and helpless...Categorized as:
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz- L. Frank Baum by L. Frank Baum, S.B. Wells
Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars · 79 ratingsThis is a great book, with an interactive table of content that works well with the reader. Now for a short bio of the Author : Lyman Frank Baum: American author Writings: children's books Best known for: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Other work's: He wrote thirteen novel sequels, nine other fantasy novels, and a host of other works. Did he write poem's: 200 poems and many miscellaneous writings...Categorized as:
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The Illearth War by Stephen R. Donaldson
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 39 ratingsAfter scant days in his "real" world, Thomas Covenant found himself again summoned to the Land. There forty bitter years had passed, while Lord Foul, immortal enemy of the Land, moved to fulfill his prophecy of doom...Categorized as:
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The Last Battle by C.S. Lewis
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars · 75 ratingsThis edition of Lewis's classic fantasy fiction is packaged specifically for adults. Complementing the look of the author's non-fiction books, and anticipating the forthcoming Narnia feature films, this edition contains an exclusive P.S. section about the history of the book, plus a round-up of the first six titles...Categorized as:
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The Magician's Nephew by C.S. Lewis
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars · 82 ratingsThe secret passage to the house next door leads to a fascinating adventureNARNIA...where the woods are thick and cold, where Talking Beasts are called to life...a new world where the adventure begins.Digory and Polly meet and become friends one cold, wet summer in London. Their lives burst into adventure when Digory's Uncle Andrew, who thinks he is a magician, sends them hurtling to..Categorized as:
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Arcadia by Iain Pears
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIn Cold War England, Professor Henry Lytten, having renounced a career in espionage, is writing a fantasy novel that dares to imagine a world less fraught than his own...Categorized as:
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The Wounded Land by Stephen R. Donaldson
Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsFour thousand years have passed since Covenant first freed the Land from the devastating grip of Lord Foul and his minions. But he is back, and Convenant, armed with his stunning white gold magic, must battle the evil forces and his own despair.. -
Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis
Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars · 78 ratingsThe four Pevensies help Caspian battle Miraz and ascend his rightful throneNARNIA... the land between the lamp-post and the castle of Cair Paravel, where animals talk, where magical things happen... and where the adventure begins...Categorized as:
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The Lost Princess of Oz by L. Frank Baum
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsPrincess Ozma is missing! When Dorothy awakens one morning to discover that the beloved ruler of the Land of Oz has disappeared, all of the Emerald City's most celebrated citizens join in the search for the lost princess.But Ozma isn't all that's gone missing...Categorized as:
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Glinda of Oz by L. Frank Baum
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsPeace, prosperity, and happiness are the rule in the marvelous Land of Oz, but in a faraway corner of this magical domain dwell two tribes--the Flatheads and the Skeezers--who have declared war on each other. Determined to keep her subjects from fighting, the Ruler of Oz, Princess Ozma, along with her dearest friend, Princess Dorothy Gale (formerly of Kansas), embarks on a quest to restore peace...Categorized as:
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Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie
Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars · 48 ratingsPeter Pan, the mischievous boy who refuses to grow up, lands in the Darling's proper middle-class home to look for his shadow. He befriends Wendy, John and Michael and teaches them to fly (with a little help from fairy dust). He and Tinker Bell whisk them off to Never-land where they encounter the Red Indians, the Little Lost Boys, pirates and the dastardly Captain Hook...Categorized as:
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The Magic Pudding by Norman Lindsay
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsNow in paperback The Magic Pudding is a pie, except when it’s something else, like a steak, or a jam doughnut, or an apple dumpling, or whatever its owner wants it to be. And it never runs out. No matter how many slices you cut, there’s always something left over. It’s magic. But the Magic Pudding is also alive. It walks and it talks and it’s got a personality like no other...Categorized as:
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The Silver Chair by C.S. Lewis
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 75 ratingsJill and Eustace must rescue the Prince from the evil Witch.NARNIA...where owls are wise, where some of the giants like to snack on humans, where a prince is put under an evil spell...and where the adventure begins.Eustace and Jill escape from the bullies at school through a strange door in the wall, which, for once, is unlocked. It leads to the open moor..Categorized as:
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Ozma of Oz by L. Frank Baum
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsWithin this third work of Baum's Land of Oz series, Dorothy's story is continued with her beloved companions and given further life with inventive new characters, including a talking hen named Billina and the Hungry Tiger...Categorized as:
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The Mirror of Her Dreams by Stephen R. Donaldson
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsWith The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, Stephen R. Donaldson changed the face of fantasy fiction forever. In The Mirror of Her Dreams, the astonishing first novel in the two-volume Mordant’s Need series, Donaldson shows us a world of wondrous beauty and seductive illusion, where mirrors hold the deadliest of magics and nothing is what it seems. . .Categorized as:
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The Emerald City of Oz by L. Frank Baum
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe Emerald City is built all of beautiful marbles in which are set a profusion of emeralds, every one exquisitely cut and of very great size. There are other jewels used in the decorations inside the houses and palaces, such as rubies, diamonds, sapphires, amethysts and turquoises...Categorized as:
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The Magic of Oz Lyman Frank Baum by L. Frank Baum
Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsCuriously enough, in the events which have taken place in the last few years in our "great outside world," we may find incidents so marvelous and inspiring that I cannot hope to equal them with stories of The Land of Oz...Categorized as:
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The Whim of the Dragon by Pamela Dean
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Third and Final book of the Secret Country Trilogy! Three things have the power to destroy the Secret Country: the Border Magic, the Crystal of Earth, and the whim of the dragon. The cousins Ted, Laura, Ruth, Patrick, and Ellen have faced the first two; now, summoned back to the Secret Country, they must face the third...Categorized as:
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The Dragon and the George by Gordon R. Dickson
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsJim Eckert was a dragon. He hadn't planned it that way, but that's what happened when he set out to rescue his betrothed. Following her through an erratic astral-projection machine, Jim suddenly found himself in a cockeyed world - locked in the body of a talking dragon named Gorbash.That wouldn't have been so bad if his beloved Angie were also a dragon...Categorized as:
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A Tale of Time City by Diana Wynne Jones
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsTime City — built far in the future on a patch of space outside time — holds the formidable task of overseeing history, yet it's starting to decay, crumble .... What does that say for the future of the world ... for the past .. -
Spellsinger by Alan Dean Foster
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsAmong sentient animals and humans, hardheaded and hard-shelled wizard Clothahump searches across dimensions for a wizard to defeat looming armies of Plated Folk. Jonathan-Thomas Meriweather, part-time wannabe rock guitarist and janitor, makes magic to his well-worn rock repertoire on his duar instrument. While lyrics may be righteous, the magic is too often something else... -
The Silver Warriors by Michael Moorcock
Rated: 3.87 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe second novel in the History of John Daker, The Eternal Champion. Phoenix in Obsidian aka The Silver Warriors.Erekose made his choice, and fought against humanity. With them destroyed, he has no choice but to find solace with the Eldren.There is no rest for the Eternal Champion though, and again he changes, Urlik Skarsol is now Erekose and Erekose is Urlik, prince of the Southern Ice...Categorized as:
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The Patchwork Girl of Oz Lyman Frank Baum by L. Frank Baum
Rated: 3.87 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsThe Patchwork Girl of Oz by L. Frank Baum, is a children's novel, the 7th set in the Land of Oz. Characters include the Woozy, Ojo "the Unlucky," Unc Nunkie, Dr. Pipt, Scraps (the patchwork girl), and others. The book was first published on July 1, 1913, with illustrations by John R. Neill. In 1914, Baum adapted the book to film through his "Oz Film Manufacturing Company...Categorized as:
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The Tin Woodman of Oz (The Oz Series Book 12): L. Frank Baum (100th Anniversary OZ Collection) Classics, Children's eBooks [Annotated] by L. Frank Baum
Rated: 3.85 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsThe Tin Woodman of Oz is the twelfth book in The Oz Series by L. Frank Baum. The Tin Woodman, whose real name is Nick Chopper, is unexpectedly reunited with the Munchkin Girl he had courted before he became a tin man. Sadly, she has a new love and no longer cares for him...Categorized as:
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The Horse and His Boy by C.S. Lewis
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 76 ratingsThe Horse and his Boy is a stirring and dramatic fantasy story that finds a young boy named Shasta on the run from his homeland with the talking horse, Bree. When the pair discover a deadly plot by the Calormen people to conquer the land of Narnia, the race is on to warn the inhabitants of the impending danger and to rescue them all from certain death...Categorized as:
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Past Imperative by Dave Duncan
Rated: 3.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEdward Exeter, seemingly a golden child of a golden age, has a past spattered with tragedy and blood. His present is marred by the outbreak of the Great War, and it is further stained by the death of his friend, Timothy Bodgley, in circumstances that leave Edward in hospital, implicated as Bodgley's murderer... -
The Scarecrow of Oz by L. Frank Baum
Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsCap'n Bill and Trot journey to Oz and, with the help of the Scarecrow, the former ruler of Oz, overthrow the villainous King Krewl of Jinxland. Cap'n Bill and Trot had previously appeared in two other novels by Baum, The Sea Fairies and Sky Island. Based in part upon the 1914 silent film, His Majesty, the Scarecrow of Oz. This was allegedly L. Frank Baum's personal favourite Oz book...Categorized as:
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Rinkitink in Oz by L. Frank Baum, Lyman Frank Baum
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsHere is a story with a boy hero, and a boy of whom you have never before heard. There are girls in the story, too, including our old friend Dorothy, and some of the characters wander a good way from the Land of Oz before they all assemble in the Emerald City to take part in Ozma's banquet...Categorized as:
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The Light Between Worlds by Laura E. Weymouth, Fiona Hardingham
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWhat happens when you return to the real world after being in a fantastical one like Narnia? This YA debut by Laura E. Weymouth is perfect for fans of Melissa Albert's The Hazel Wood and Lev Grossman's The Magicians.Six years ago, sisters Evelyn and Philippa Hapwell were swept away to a strange and beautiful kingdom called the Woodlands, where they lived for years...Categorized as:
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Tik-Tok of Oz Lyman Frank Baum by L. Frank Baum
Rated: 3.81 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsThe fun begins in an isolated corner of Oz, in the small country of Oogaboo. There Queen Ann Soforth musters an unlikely army and sets off to conquer the rest of Oz. Meanwhile, a girl from Oklahoma named Betsy Bobbin and her companion, Hank the mule, are shipwrecked and washed ashore in the Rose Kingdom, a magical land of talking roses...Categorized as:
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The Freedom Maze by Delia Sherman
Rated: 3.74 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsThirteen-year-old Sophie isn't happy about spending summer at her grandmother's old house in the Bayou. But the house has a maze Sophie can't resist exploring once she finds it has a secretive and playful inhabitant. When she makes an impulsive wish, she slips one hundred years into the past, to the year 1860...Categorized as:
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A Fish Dinner in Memison by E.R. Eddison
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn this second book of the Zimiamvian Trilogy, the royal guests at A Fish Dinner in Memison amuse themselves with the creation of a sadly flawed world … and in an instant spend a lifetime in it... -
The Marvelous Land of Oz by L. Frank Baum
Rated: 3.77 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsFew fantasy lands have captured our hearts and imaginations as has the marvelous land of Oz. For over four generations, children and adults alike have reveled in the magical adventures of its beloved folk. Now, for the first time in over seventy years, the second book about Oz is presented here in the same deluxe format as the rare first edition, complete with all 16 of the original John R...Categorized as:
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Mistress of Mistresses by E.R. Eddison
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe second volume in the fantasy classic most often compared with J.R.R. TolkienThe Worm Ouroboros was the first work from E.R. Eddison that excited deeply felt enthusiasm from figures of literary stature. THE MISTRESS OF MISTRESSES, part of "The Worm" group, has long been unavailable in any edition. James Stephenson says, "Mr. Eddison is a vast man... -
Dorothy and the wizard in Oz (1908) by Lyman Frank Baum by L. Frank Baum
Rated: 3.76 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsA California earthquake sends Dorothy Gale and her new friends--Zeb the farm boy, Jim the cab-horse, and Eureka the mischievous kitten--tumbling through a crack in the ground. Deep beneath the earth, Dorothy is reunited with her old friend the Wizard of Oz and his troupe of nine tiny piglets...Categorized as:
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Dorothy and the wizard in Oz (1908) by Lyman Frank Baum by L. Frank Baum
Rated: 3.76 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsA California earthquake sends Dorothy Gale and her new friends--Zeb the farm boy, Jim the cab-horse, and Eureka the mischievous kitten--tumbling through a crack in the ground. Deep beneath the earth, Dorothy is reunited with her old friend the Wizard of Oz and his troupe of nine tiny piglets...Categorized as:
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The Road to Oz illustrated by L. Frank Baum, Lyman Frank Baum
Rated: 3.71 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsIn Road to Oz Related How Dorothy Gale of Kansas, The Shaggy Man, Button Bright, and Polychrome the Rainbow's Daughter Met on an Enchanted Road and Followed it All the Way to the Marvelous Land of Oz. is the fifth of L. Frank Baum's Land of Oz books. It was originally published on July 10, 1909 and documents the adventures of Dorothy Gale's fourth visit to the Land of Oz...Categorized as:
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The Secret Country by Pamela Dean
Rated: 3.59 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsWhat happens when your fantasy world turns real...? Each vacation for the past nine years, cousins Patrick, Ruth, Ellen, Ted, and Laura have played a game they call the “Secret”—an invented, scripted world full of witches, unicorns, a magic ring, court intrigue, and the Dragon King. In the Secret, they can imagine anything into reality, and shape destiny...Categorized as:
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The Beginning Place by Ursula K. Le Guin
Rated: 3.54 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsFleeing from the monotony of his life, Hugh Rogers finds his way to "the beginning place"--a gateway to Tembreabrezi, an idyllic, unchanging world of eternal twilight. Irena Pannis was thirteen when she first found the beginning place. Now, seven years later, she has grown to know and love the gentle inhabitants of Tembreabrezi, or Mountaintown, and she sees Hugh as a trespasser...Categorized as:
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