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“Stories are the most important thing in the world. Without stories, we wouldn't be human beings at all.”—Philip Pullman
Philip Pullman is the acclaimed author of the His Dark Materials trilogy: The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife, and The Amber Spyglass. His other books for children and young adults include Count Karlstein and a trilogy of Victorian thrillers featuring Sally Lockhart. The Golden Compass, the first of Pullman's His Dark Materials triology, won the Carnegie Medal and the Guardian Fiction Prize.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
I started telling stories as soon as I knew what stories were. I was fascinated by them: that something could... Read More
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The Golden Compass
Format: Trade Paperback, 416 pages
On Sale: May 22, 2001
Price: $7.50
In a landmark epic of fantasy and storytelling, Philip Pullman invites readers into a world as convincing and thoroughly realized as Narnia, Earthsea, or Redwall. Here lives an orphaned ward named Lyra Belacqua, whose carefree life among the scholars at Oxford's Jordan College is shattered by the arrival of two powerful... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 416 pages
On Sale: May 22, 2001
Price: $7.50
In a landmark epic of fantasy and storytelling, Philip Pullman invites readers into a world as convincing and thoroughly realized as Narnia, Earthsea, or Redwall. Here lives an orphaned ward named Lyra Belacqua, whose carefree life among the scholars at Oxford's Jordan College is shattered by the arrival of two powerful... Read more >
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The Amber Spyglass
Format: Trade Paperback, 544 pages
On Sale: May 27, 2003
Price: $7.50
The Amber Spyglass brings the intrigue of The Golden Compass and The Subtle Knife to a heart-stopping end, marking the final volume of His Dark Materials as the most powerful of the trilogy.
Along with the return of Lyra, Will, Mrs. Coulter, Lord Asriel, Dr. Mary Malone, and Iorek Byrnison the... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 544 pages
On Sale: May 27, 2003
Price: $7.50
The Amber Spyglass brings the intrigue of The Golden Compass and The Subtle Knife to a heart-stopping end, marking the final volume of His Dark Materials as the most powerful of the trilogy.
Along with the return of Lyra, Will, Mrs. Coulter, Lord Asriel, Dr. Mary Malone, and Iorek Byrnison the... Read more >
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The Golden Compass: His Dark Materials
Format: Paperback, 368 pages
On Sale: September 9, 2003
Price: $7.50
Lyra Belaqua is content to run wild among the scholars of Jordan College, with her daemon familiar Pantalaimon always by her side. But the arrival of her fearsome uncle, Lord Asriel, draws her to the heart of a terrible struggle—a struggle born of Gobblers and stolen children, witch clans and armored... Read more >
Format: Paperback, 368 pages
On Sale: September 9, 2003
Price: $7.50
Lyra Belaqua is content to run wild among the scholars of Jordan College, with her daemon familiar Pantalaimon always by her side. But the arrival of her fearsome uncle, Lord Asriel, draws her to the heart of a terrible struggle—a struggle born of Gobblers and stolen children, witch clans and armored... Read more >
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The Subtle Knife: His Dark Materials
Format: Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: September 9, 2003
Price: $7.50
Lyra finds herself in a shimmering, haunted underworld—Cittàgazze, where soul-eating Specters stalk the streets and wingbeats of distant angels sound against the sky. But she is not without allies: 12-year-old Will Parry, fleeing for his life after taking another’s, has also stumbled into this strange new realm.
On a perilous journey from... Read more >
Format: Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: September 9, 2003
Price: $7.50
Lyra finds herself in a shimmering, haunted underworld—Cittàgazze, where soul-eating Specters stalk the streets and wingbeats of distant angels sound against the sky. But she is not without allies: 12-year-old Will Parry, fleeing for his life after taking another’s, has also stumbled into this strange new realm.
On a perilous journey from... Read more >
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The Amber Spyglass: His Dark Materials
Format: Paperback, 480 pages
On Sale: September 9, 2003
Price: $7.50
In the astonishing finale to the His Dark Materials trilogy, Lyra and Will are in unspeakable danger. With help from Iorek Byrnison the armored bear and two tiny Gallivespian spies, they must journey to a dank and gray-lit world where no living soul has ever gone. All the while, Dr. Mary... Read more >
Format: Paperback, 480 pages
On Sale: September 9, 2003
Price: $7.50
In the astonishing finale to the His Dark Materials trilogy, Lyra and Will are in unspeakable danger. With help from Iorek Byrnison the armored bear and two tiny Gallivespian spies, they must journey to a dank and gray-lit world where no living soul has ever gone. All the while, Dr. Mary... Read more >
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His Dark Materials Omnibus
Format: Trade Paperback, 944 pages
On Sale: April 10, 2007
Price: $21.99
FOR THE FIRST time, all three books of Philip Pullman's award-winning His Dark Materials trilogy (The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife, and The Amber Spyglass) will be published in their entirety in one volume. Perfect for both new and established Pullman fans who want to read (or reread) the whole trilogy... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 944 pages
On Sale: April 10, 2007
Price: $21.99
FOR THE FIRST time, all three books of Philip Pullman's award-winning His Dark Materials trilogy (The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife, and The Amber Spyglass) will be published in their entirety in one volume. Perfect for both new and established Pullman fans who want to read (or reread) the whole trilogy... Read more >
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The Golden Compass: His Dark Materials
Format: Trade Paperback, 416 pages
On Sale: September 10, 2002
Price: $11.95
In a landmark epic of fantasy and storytelling, Philip Pullman invites readers into a world as convincing and thoroughly realized as Narnia, Earthsea, or Redwall. Here lives an orphaned ward named Lyra Belacqua, whose carefree life among the scholars at Oxford's Jordan College is shattered by the arrival of two powerful... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 416 pages
On Sale: September 10, 2002
Price: $11.95
In a landmark epic of fantasy and storytelling, Philip Pullman invites readers into a world as convincing and thoroughly realized as Narnia, Earthsea, or Redwall. Here lives an orphaned ward named Lyra Belacqua, whose carefree life among the scholars at Oxford's Jordan College is shattered by the arrival of two powerful... Read more >
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Once Upon a Time in the North: His Dark Materials
Format: Hardcover, 112 pages
On Sale: April 8, 2008
Price: $12.99
In this new prequel episode from Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials universe, Lee Scoresby--Texan aeronaut and future friend to Lyra Belacqua--is just 24 years old, and he's recently won his hot-air balloon in a poker game. He finds himself floating North to the windswept Arctic island of Novy Odense, where he... Read more >
Format: Hardcover, 112 pages
On Sale: April 8, 2008
Price: $12.99
In this new prequel episode from Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials universe, Lee Scoresby--Texan aeronaut and future friend to Lyra Belacqua--is just 24 years old, and he's recently won his hot-air balloon in a poker game. He finds himself floating North to the windswept Arctic island of Novy Odense, where he... Read more >
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Oliver Twist
Format: Trade Paperback, 480 pages
On Sale: October 9, 2001
Price: $7.00
Dickens's classic morality tale of a starving orphan caught between opposing forces of good and evil is a powerful indictment of Victorian England's Poor Laws. Filled with dark humor and an unforgettable cast of characters Oliver Twist, Fagin, Nancy, Bill Sykes, and the Artful Dodger, to name a few Dickens's second... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 480 pages
On Sale: October 9, 2001
Price: $7.00
Dickens's classic morality tale of a starving orphan caught between opposing forces of good and evil is a powerful indictment of Victorian England's Poor Laws. Filled with dark humor and an unforgettable cast of characters Oliver Twist, Fagin, Nancy, Bill Sykes, and the Artful Dodger, to name a few Dickens's second... Read more >
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The Amber Spyglass: His Dark Materials
Format: Trade Paperback, 544 pages
On Sale: September 10, 2002
Price: $11.95
The Amber Spyglass brings the intrigue of The Golden Compass and The Subtle Knife to a heart-stopping end, marking the final volume of His Dark Materials as the most powerful of the trilogy.
Along with the return of Lyra, Will, Mrs. Coulter, Lord Asriel, Dr. Mary Malone, and Iorek Byrnison the... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 544 pages
On Sale: September 10, 2002
Price: $11.95
The Amber Spyglass brings the intrigue of The Golden Compass and The Subtle Knife to a heart-stopping end, marking the final volume of His Dark Materials as the most powerful of the trilogy.
Along with the return of Lyra, Will, Mrs. Coulter, Lord Asriel, Dr. Mary Malone, and Iorek Byrnison the... Read more >
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The Subtle Knife: His Dark Materials
Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: September 10, 2002
Price: $11.95
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Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: September 10, 2002
Price: $11.95
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Lyra's Oxford: His Dark Materials
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: September 25, 2007
Price: $6.99
An exciting new tale set in the world of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials saga. This collectible hardcover volume includes a short story by Mr. Pullman, plus a fold-out map of Oxford and various "souvenirs" from the past. The book is illustrated throughout with woodcut illustrations by John Lawrence.
From the Hardcover... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: September 25, 2007
Price: $6.99
An exciting new tale set in the world of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials saga. This collectible hardcover volume includes a short story by Mr. Pullman, plus a fold-out map of Oxford and various "souvenirs" from the past. The book is illustrated throughout with woodcut illustrations by John Lawrence.
From the Hardcover... Read more >
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The Ruby in the Smoke: A Sally Lockhart Mystery
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: September 9, 2008
Price: $7.99
“BEWARE THE SEVEN blessings . . . ” When she first utters these words, 16-year-old Sally Lockhart doesn’t know their meaning. But when an employee of her late father hears them, he dies of fear. Thus begins Sally’s terrifying journey into the seamy underworld of Victorian London, in search of clues... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: September 9, 2008
Price: $7.99
“BEWARE THE SEVEN blessings . . . ” When she first utters these words, 16-year-old Sally Lockhart doesn’t know their meaning. But when an employee of her late father hears them, he dies of fear. Thus begins Sally’s terrifying journey into the seamy underworld of Victorian London, in search of clues... Read more >
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The Golden Compass Deluxe Edition
Format: Hardcover, 432 pages
On Sale: October 24, 2006
Price: $22.95
Published in 40 countries, Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy--The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife, and The Amber Spyglass--has graced the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, San Francisco Chronicle, Book Sense, and Publishers Weekly bestseller lists. In 1996, The Golden Compass changed the face of fantasy publishing, and 2006 marks... Read more >
Format: Hardcover, 432 pages
On Sale: October 24, 2006
Price: $22.95
Published in 40 countries, Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy--The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife, and The Amber Spyglass--has graced the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, San Francisco Chronicle, Book Sense, and Publishers Weekly bestseller lists. In 1996, The Golden Compass changed the face of fantasy publishing, and 2006 marks... Read more >
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The Tiger in the Well: A Sally Lockhart Mystery
Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
On Sale: September 9, 2008
Price: $7.99
UNLIKE MOST VICTORIAN women, Sally is completely independent, with her own successful business and a comfortable home for her young daughter, Harriet. But Sally’s whole world is about to collapse. A stranger emerges, claiming to be both her husband and Harriet’s father and threatening all that she has. Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
On Sale: September 9, 2008
Price: $7.99
UNLIKE MOST VICTORIAN women, Sally is completely independent, with her own successful business and a comfortable home for her young daughter, Harriet. But Sally’s whole world is about to collapse. A stranger emerges, claiming to be both her husband and Harriet’s father and threatening all that she has. Read more >
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The Shadow in the North: A Sally Lockhart Mystery
Format: Trade Paperback, 384 pages
On Sale: September 9, 2008
Price: $7.99
WHEN ONE OF Sally’s clients loses a large sum of money in the unexpected collapse of a British shipping firm, Sally sets out to investigate. But as she delves deeper into the identity of a wealthy and elusive industrialist, she uncovers a plot so diabolical, it could subvert the entire civilized... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 384 pages
On Sale: September 9, 2008
Price: $7.99
WHEN ONE OF Sally’s clients loses a large sum of money in the unexpected collapse of a British shipping firm, Sally sets out to investigate. But as she delves deeper into the identity of a wealthy and elusive industrialist, she uncovers a plot so diabolical, it could subvert the entire civilized... Read more >
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The Tin Princess: A Sally Lockhart Mystery
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: September 9, 2008
Price: $7.99
AFTER WITNESSING A mysterious explosion, three young Londoners—Becky, Jim, and Adelaide—journey to a tiny country high in the mountains of Central Europe in 1882. They’re an unlikely trio to lead a country, but when Adelaide’s husband, the new king, is assassinated, she finds herself fighting for the crown—and for her very... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: September 9, 2008
Price: $7.99
AFTER WITNESSING A mysterious explosion, three young Londoners—Becky, Jim, and Adelaide—journey to a tiny country high in the mountains of Central Europe in 1882. They’re an unlikely trio to lead a country, but when Adelaide’s husband, the new king, is assassinated, she finds herself fighting for the crown—and for her very... Read more >
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His Dark Materials, Book I: The Golden Compass
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: September 28, 2004
Price: $29.95
Read by the author and a full cast
10 hours, 49 minutes
9 CDs
When Lyra and her daemon Pantalaimon decide to spy on a presentation her uncle, the commanding Lord Asriel, is making to the elders of Jordan College they have no idea that they will become witnesses to an attempted murder—and even... Read more >
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: September 28, 2004
Price: $29.95
Read by the author and a full cast
10 hours, 49 minutes
9 CDs
When Lyra and her daemon Pantalaimon decide to spy on a presentation her uncle, the commanding Lord Asriel, is making to the elders of Jordan College they have no idea that they will become witnesses to an attempted murder—and even... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audio cassette and an
unabridged audiobook download.
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His Dark Materials, Book III: The Amber Spyglass
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: September 28, 2004
Price: $54.00
The Amber Spyglass brings the intrigue of The Golden Compass and The Subtle Knife to a heart-stopping end, marking the final volume of His Dark Materials as the most powerful of the trilogy.
Along with the return of Lyra and other familiar characters from the first two books come a host of... Read more >
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: September 28, 2004
Price: $54.00
The Amber Spyglass brings the intrigue of The Golden Compass and The Subtle Knife to a heart-stopping end, marking the final volume of His Dark Materials as the most powerful of the trilogy.
Along with the return of Lyra and other familiar characters from the first two books come a host of... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audiobook download.
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The Subtle Knife Deluxe Edition
Format: Hardcover, 368 pages
On Sale: August 28, 2007
Price: $22.99
PUBLISHED IN 40 COUNTRIES, with over 5 million copies in print in North America alone, Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy -The
Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife, and The Amber Spyglass - has graced the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, San Francisco Chronicle, Book Sense, and Publishers Weekly bestseller lists. For... Read more >
Format: Hardcover, 368 pages
On Sale: August 28, 2007
Price: $22.99
PUBLISHED IN 40 COUNTRIES, with over 5 million copies in print in North America alone, Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy -The
Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife, and The Amber Spyglass - has graced the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, San Francisco Chronicle, Book Sense, and Publishers Weekly bestseller lists. For... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover library binding.
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His Dark Materials, Book II: The Subtle Knife
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: September 28, 2004
Price: $40.00
Read by the author and a full cast
8 hours 55 minutes, 8 CDs
The universe has broken wide, and Lyra's friend lies dead. Desperate for answers and set on revenge, Lyra bursts into a new world in pursuit of his killer. Instead, she finds Will, just twelve years old and already a... Read more >
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: September 28, 2004
Price: $40.00
Read by the author and a full cast
8 hours 55 minutes, 8 CDs
The universe has broken wide, and Lyra's friend lies dead. Desperate for answers and set on revenge, Lyra bursts into a new world in pursuit of his killer. Instead, she finds Will, just twelve years old and already a... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audiobook download.
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The Amber Spyglass Deluxe Edition
Format: Hardcover, 560 pages
On Sale: August 28, 2007
Price: $22.99
Read more >
Format: Hardcover, 560 pages
On Sale: August 28, 2007
Price: $22.99
Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover library binding.
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Lyra's Oxford: His Dark Materials
Format: Hardcover, 64 pages
On Sale: October 28, 2003
Price: $12.99
An exciting new tale set in the world of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials saga. This collectible hardcover volume includes a short story by Mr. Pullman, plus a fold-out map of Oxford and various "souvenirs" from the past. The book is illustrated throughout with woodcut illustrations by John Lawrence. Read more >
Format: Hardcover, 64 pages
On Sale: October 28, 2003
Price: $12.99
An exciting new tale set in the world of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials saga. This collectible hardcover volume includes a short story by Mr. Pullman, plus a fold-out map of Oxford and various "souvenirs" from the past. The book is illustrated throughout with woodcut illustrations by John Lawrence. Read more >
Also available as an
eBook and a
trade paperback.
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I Was a Rat!
Format: Trade Paperback, 176 pages
On Sale: February 12, 2002
Price: $6.50
“I Was a Rat!” So insists a scruffy boy named Roger. Maybe it’s true. But what is he now? A terrifying monster running wild in the sewers? The Daily Scourge is sure of it. A victim of “Rodent Delusion”? The hospital nurse says yes. A lucrative fairground freak? He is to... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 176 pages
On Sale: February 12, 2002
Price: $6.50
“I Was a Rat!” So insists a scruffy boy named Roger. Maybe it’s true. But what is he now? A terrifying monster running wild in the sewers? The Daily Scourge is sure of it. A victim of “Rodent Delusion”? The hospital nurse says yes. A lucrative fairground freak? He is to... Read more >
