FOR THE FIRST time, the hardcover editions of Philip Pullman's awardwinning His Dark Materials trilogy ("The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife, and The Amber Spyglass") with the original, classic covers by Eric Rohmann, will be available in a boxed set.

When Dylan finds a snake lurking beneath the plug hole, he knows that something strange is about to happen. A bookshop cluttered with weird titles, a sinister bookseller, strange creatures appearing out of nowhere-finally there is the Deadly Dimension which must at all costs be stopped from devouring all reality or rather realities.

HarperCollins is proud to present its range of best-loved, essential classics. 'The creature's teeth were buried in the gunwale, and it lifted the whole thing out of the water like a lion can a roebuck...' Scientist Pierre Aronnax, together with his faithful servant Conseil and the whaler Ned Land, is invited to join a hazardous voyage to the Pacific Ocean to hunt down a terrifying sea monster. But on attacking it, they discover that it is in fact an enormous submarine in disguise, commanded by the mysterious Captain Nemo. Nemo takes them on board to join his crew, and their ensuing quests, explorations and misfortunes are among the greatest adventure stories ever told. First published in 1871 to critical acclaim, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea is regarded as one of Jules Verne's finest works and a classic of the science fiction genre. It has been adapted into numerous films, television series, comic books and graphic novels.

The thrilling sequel to Monstrous Devices–Alex and his grandfather hold the fate of history itself in their hands in a Rick Riordan meets Raiders of the Lost Ark adventure of epic proportions!

A few months ago, Alex’s world changed…forever.

Now, just when it seems life is almost getting back to normal, Alex’s grandfather crashes back into the picture with grave news: their friend Harry has fallen into the clutches of a familiar foe, and the old man needs Alex’s help to rescue him.

This time, the duo’s desperate dash across Europe leads from Paris deep into Germany’s foreboding Black Forest, as they chase down the mystery Harry had been investigating when he disappeared. A series of art thefts has made headlines across the continent, but the thieves are after more than priceless paintings. In the wrong hands, these stolen artefacts could unlock an ancient secret bigger than anything Alex ever dreamed of. If they can’t solve the riddle in time, innocent lives – and even history itself – could be at stake.

A creative spin on the Christmas classic, this whimsical celebration follows the family as they greet friends and relatives, prepare the feast and give thanks. Illustrations.

Jason has a problem. He doesn't remember anything before waking up on a school bus holding hands with a girl. Apparently she's his girlfriend Piper, his best friend is a kid named Leo, and they're all students in the Wilderness School, a boarding school for "bad kids." What he did to end up here, Jason has no idea-except that everything seems very wrong.
Piper has a secret. Her father has been missing for three days, and her vivid nightmares reveal that he's in terrible danger. Now her boyfriend doesn't recognize her, and when a freak storm and strange creatures attack during a school field trip, she, Jason, and Leo are whisked away to someplace called Camp Half-Blood. What is going on?
Leo has a way with tools. His new cabin at Camp Half-Blood is filled with them. Seriously, the place beats Wilderness School hands down, with its weapons training, monsters, and fine-looking girls. What's troubling is the curse everyone keeps talking about, and that a camper's gone missing. Weirdest of all, his bunkmates insist they are all-including Leo-related to a god.
Rick Riordan, the best-selling author of the Percy Jackson series, pumps up the action and suspense in The Lost Hero, the first book in The Heroes of Olympus series. Fans of demi-gods, prophesies, and quests will be left breathless--and panting for Book Two.

Imagine! You are flung back in time to the year 1610, and find the London you know has disappeared. In an instant you have nowhere to live: no friends, no phones, no tv and no pizza. This is exactly what happens to Toby Sprocket and his pal Sally Bunn. Suddenly they have to learn to fend for themselves: find food, find somewhere to sleep – essentially, learn to stay alive. And I know what you’re thinking… how could two 12-year-old London kids possibly survive such a calamity? Well, luckily for them, they had re-appeared in the exact same spot they vanished from: a tiny attic laboratory in a rambling old Elizabethan house on Puddle Street. It’s where Toby’s uncle, professor Arthur C Sprocket, believes he has invented an Anti-Gravity machine. Toby and Sally are massively impressed when they first see the machine – even more so when the professor asks them to be his test pilots. Turns out though, it’s not an Anti-Gravity machine. It is in fact a fully-operational time machine – a terrifying situation Toby and Sally discover when it disappears from No. 2 Puddle Street in a shrieking spluff of blue smoke. EXTRACTS Just as they reached the far side of the market a freakishly heavy shower collapsed across the city. For Toby and Sally it was the worst possible thing that could happen. It felt like the rain was attacking them, holding them back. Freezing and drenched they persisted with their search through fast-emptying streets. It wasn’t long until a completely exhausted Sally had had enough. ‘Toby, stop…’ she ordered between gasps of chilly air. ‘This is getting dangerous and ridiculous.’ ‘We don’t have time for stopping, Sally. In case you haven’t noticed, it’s getting dark, and we still need to find Puddle Street. Once we get there, Unc will make us supper and then---’ ‘….oh, for heaven’s sake, Toby.’ Sally snapped in frustration. ‘Don’t you get it? Your uncle won’t be making us supper or tea or anything else. Surely you know what’s going on here.’ ‘What are you talking about going on here? There’s nothing going on here. We’re lost, that’s all. Lost. Or maybe it’s a huge film set or some kind of theme park? O-Or maybe---’ Grabbing Toby by the arm, Sally stared into his face. ‘…really, Toby? Maybe this-maybe that! What about maybe we’ve travelled back in time. What about that maybe?’ Even though the petrifying truth had been emerging street-by-street and brick-by-brick, Toby’s mind refused to accept what was happening. ‘No-no-no, there has to be a more logical explanation,’ he said shakily. ‘Time travel is baloney. We’re just lost, that’s all, lost and--’ Sally stamped her foot. ‘…goddammit, Toby. We are not just lost, and pretending otherwise is stupid,’ she railed. ‘Open your eyes won’t you. We are in the past. The PAST. I haven’t the foggiest idea how it happened. But somehow we have fallen back through time. And right now, instead of ignoring that fact, we need to know when and where we are?’ ‘I know, but… ’ ‘---but nothing, Toby.’ Sally cut-in again. ‘We have to ask the first person who doesn’t look like an axe murderer – where we are. We don’t have a choice.’ Toby was in a daze. Surely Sally was wrong – surely this was some sort of illusion? A trick of the mind? The cold rain continued falling. His head dropped. ‘Oh my god, you’re right, Sal. I know you are. And it’s all my fault. Messing around in that machine had something to with bringing us here… to the past. I caused this whole horrible thing to happen.’ Sally sighed heavily. ‘Toby…you are not to blame, neither of us are. It’s just some mad friggingly weird accident.’

In "The Dragon of Doom, " Moongobble successfully completed his first mighty task -- collecting the Golden Acorns of Alcoona. So now it's time for him to complete the second one. he must bring back a bottle containing the tears of the Weeping Werewolf! But werewolves are scary, dangerous creatures. How can Moongobble, a magician with a good heart but who's not much good at magic, collect the tears without being torn to shreds?

Luckily, Edward, Fireball the dragon, and Urk, Moongobble's faithful toad, are all there to help him. Together they go in search of the Weeping Werewolf, and end up with much more that they bargained for!

Alex and Conner Bailey's world is about to change, in this fast-paced adventure that uniquely combines our modern day world with the enchanting realm of classic fairy tales.
"The Land of Stories" tells the tale of twins Alex and Conner. Through the mysterious powers of a cherished book of stories, they 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.
But after a series of encounters with witches, wolves, goblins, and trolls alike, getting back home is going to be harder than they thought.

The riveting conclusion to Scott Westerfeld's New York Times "bestselling trilogy that's "sure to become a classic" (School Library Journal").
Alek and Deryn are on the last leg of their round-the-world quest to end World War I, reclaim Alek's throne as prince of Austria, and finally fall in love. The first two objectives are complicated by the fact that their ship, the "Leviathan," continues to detour farther away from the heart of the war (and crown). And the love thing would be a lot easier if Alek knew Deryn was a girl. (She has to pose as a boy in order to serve in the British Air Service.) And if they weren't technically enemies.
The tension thickens as the "Leviathan" steams toward New York City with a homicidal lunatic on board: Secrets suddenly unravel, characters reappear, and nothing is as it seems in this thunderous conclusion to Scott Westerfeld's brilliant trilogy.

The Zumbies are on the rampage - members of the Cherry Tree Lane zumba class are apparently dying and then mysteriously coming back to life! Alex, Jess and Dave have to put a stop to it before Alex's mum and nan join the living Zumba dead or there'll be no family Christmas. But why are the Zumbies curiously drawn to the Christmas lights? What does the Octopus sign mean? And who is the evil genius behind it all?

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 visitors. First, her fearsome uncle, Lord Asriel, appears with evidence of mystery and danger in the far North, including photographs of a mysterious celestial phenomenon called Dust and the dim outline of a city suspended in the Aurora Borealis that he suspects is part of an alternate universe. He leaves Lyra in the care of Mrs. Coulter, an enigmatic scholar and explorer who offers to give Lyra the attention her uncle has long refused her. In this multilayered narrative, however, nothing is as it seems. Lyra sets out for the top of the world in search of her kidnapped playmate, Roger, bearing a rare truth-telling instrument, the compass of the title. All around her children are disappearing—victims of so-called "Gobblers"—and being used as subjects in terrible experiments that separate humans from their daemons, creatures that reflect each person's inner being. And somehow, both Lord Asriel and Mrs. Coulter are involved.

Emajen is a world, similar to Earth. Doodland is a world where all the sketches that human beings doodle spring to life. Crevitos is a cruel and beautiful Creation, with multi-world domination and devastation in mind. Two youngsters from Earth, Destiny and Anthony, become embroiled in a complex expedition to save Emajen from Crevitos' tyranny and his growing army of almost invincible Creations.

After decades of hiding, the evil Enchantress who cursed Sleeping Beauty is back with a vengeance.
Alex and Conner Bailey have not been back to the magical Land of Stories since their adventures in "The Wishing Spell" ended. But one night, they learn the famed Enchantress has kidnapped their mother Against the will of their grandmother, the twins must find their own way into the Land of Stories to rescue their mother and save the fairy tale world from the greatest threat it's ever faced.

Tania is a princess of Faerie. And now she must return to the Mortal World.

Once, Anita was an ordinary girl on the eve of her sixteenth birthday. Now she has assumed her true identity as Tania, the long-lost princess of the elegant Faerie court. She and her true love, Edric, must return to the Mortal World to seek her Faerie mother, Queen Titania, who disappeared hundreds of years ago searching for Tania. In London, Tania is torn between her mortal life and her new one. Dangers lurk, and Tania's two worlds soon collide in amazing and frightening ways she never could have anticipated . . .

Nobody suspects that intelligent life exists on other planets until a cylinder falls to Earth and lands in the town of Woking. From this ominous metallic cylinder emerge the unsightly Martians, equipped with terrifying killing machines. Although the Martians initially provoke local curiosity, this rapidly turns to fear as the savage attacks begin.