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Diana Wynne Jones
A new look for one of Diana Wynne Jones’ funniest and most popular novels.
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Abdullah, a young carpet merchant, daydreams of making his fortune and meeting the girl of his dreams. But when he becomes master to both a magic carpet and a bad-tempered…
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Glorious new rejacket of a Diana Wynne Jones classic award-winning favourite, featuring Chrestomanci - now a book with extra bits!
A chaotically magical sequel to Howl’s Moving Castle.
Glorious new rejacket of a Diana Wynne Jones favourite, exploring the childhood of Chrestmanci - now a book with extra bits!
A brilliant, intricate and magical novel from the Godmother of British fantasy.
Hayao Miyazaki’s Academy Award-nominated film introduced the Wizard Howl to new fans. Now the classic novel and its companion, Castle in the Air, are back in these new editions featuring…
Glorious new rejacket of a Diana Wynne Jones favourite, featuring Chrestomanci - now a book with extra bits!
All over the universe, Magids are hard at work trying to maintain the balance of magic. Rupert Venables has been the junior Magid on Earth for only two years when…
When the Goon turns up demanding Archer’s two thousand , life turns upside-down. As Howard desperately tries to get to the bottom of this peculiar demand, he discovers that the…
Always perfectly magical. –Neil Gaiman
A timeless classic with brand-new cover art! Diana Wynne Jones’s bestselling, magical, and funny Chrestomanci novels will enchant fans of Soman Chainani, Rick Riordan, and…
The adventures of the Chrestomanci, an enchanter with nine lives, whose job is to control the practice of magic in the infinite parallel universes of the Twelve Related Worlds.
The third Chrestomanci omnibus edition features Conrad’s Fate and The Pinhoe Egg, with breathtaking new art to match the previous two volumes.
Diana Wynne Jones: An Exciting and Exacting Wisdom is a collection of scholarly essays examining the work of British author Diana Wynne Jones, whose prolific contributions to speculative fiction span…
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Farah Mendlesohn
First Published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
A study of Diana Wynne Jones’ work. This book examines her critiques of the fantastic tradition’s ideas about childhood and adolescence. It is useful to those studying fantasy and children’s…
The latest in the hugely successful Gollancz Parody series
Earwig y la bruja es un clasico indispensable que inspiro la pelicula de Studio Ghibli!
Earwig no vive mal en el orfanato; desde que llego, todo el mundo hace lo…
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Wizard Derk’s world has been devastated for 40 years by Mr. Chesney’s Pilgrim Parties–packaged excursions for tourists from the next universe. When Derk is chosen to play the Dark Lord…
Marianne Pinhoe, a young witch discovering the extent of her powers, finds a mysterious egg while clearing out her grandmother’s attic, in this latest book of Chrestomanci, now in paperback.
Aidan Cain’s Gran has died, he’s been sent to a foster home, and now malicious beings are stalking him. There is one person Gran told Aidan to go to if…
This collection of more than 25 critical essays, speeches, and biographical pieces written and/or chosen by Jones will be required reading for the author’s many fans and for students and…
The Dog Star, Sirius, is tried–and found guilty–by his heavenly peers for a murder he did not commit. His sentence: to live on the planet Earth until he can carry…
This acclaimed novel, newly repackaged, introduces Sophie, resigned to her fate as a hat shop apprentice until a witch turns her into an old woman and she finds herself in…
Four of Diana Wynne Jones’s classic fantasy novels about an enchanter with nine lives titled Chrestomanci are now available in beautiful omnibus volumes that each contain two books each. Volume…
Eight years after the end of Mr. Chesney’s offworld Pilgrim Parties, as seen in Dark Lord of Derkholm , Wizards University is in a shambles. Wizard Derk’s griffin daughter Elda…
A dark castle in Ireland, a mysterious, secret game, and a host of magnificent characters - Diana Wynne Jones’ latest magical offering is a splendid blend of the familiar and…
Glorious new rejacket of a Diana Wynne Jones Chrestomanci novel - now a book with extra bits!
Everyone knows that orphanages are horrible places. But Earwig has a surprising amount of power over everyone else at St Morwald’s Home for Children, and loves it there. So the…
A hilarious fantasy sequel to The Dark Lord of Derkholm, set at the Wizard University, and centred around six fantastical students. From the ‘Godmother of Fantasy’, Diana Wynne Jones.
Two quirky and hilarious stories from the bestselling Diana Wynne Jones. Two groups of children learn that while you can choose your friends, dealing with your family can make you…
The brand new and final novel from the magical pen of ‘the Godmother of Fantasy’, Diana Wynne Jones; co-authored with her sister Ursula Jones. Now in paperback.
The second book in the magical, epic fantasy-adventure series from ‘the Godmother of Fantasy’, Diana Wynne Jones. Now back in print!
The third book in the epic fantasy-adventure series from ‘the Godmother of Fantasy’, Diana Wynne Jones. Now back in print!
The final book in the epic fantasy-adventure series from ‘the Godmother of Fantasy’, Diana Wynne Jones. Now back in print!
All I did was ask you for a role-playing game. You never warned me I’d be pitched into it for real! And I asked you for hobbits on a Grail…
A bestselling fantasy adventure about two teens from two very different worlds, who must work together to save the universe. The companion novel to the bestselling Deep Secret.
The first book in the magical, epic adventure series from ‘the Godmother of Fantasy’, Diana Wynne Jones. Now back in print!
A supernatural story and a photograph called Fire and Hemlock that has been on the wall since Polly Whittacker’s childhood haunt her. Polly, packing to return to college, is distracted…
In the mind of a lonely, imaginative girl, who can tell where fiction ends and reality begins? A fantasy spanning nine years…
When Vivian is evacuated from London in 1939, she expects to be staying in the countryside. Instead, she is whisked away to Time City - a place that exists outside…
Just kindle a flame and I’ll be with you, says Luke. David thinks he’s joking, but certainly, whenever he strikes a match, Luke appears immediately. But David’s new friend seems…
Sirius, immortal Lord of the Dog Star and infamous for his quick temper, cannot believe it when he is falsely accused of murder and banished to Earth.
In the grounds of Castlemaine is a peculiar mound, hidden by yew trees. People say it’s the grave of Wild Robert…
When Jamie unwittingly discovers the scary, dark-cloaked Them playing games with human’s lives, he is cast out to the boundaries of the worlds. Clinging to Their promise that if he…
