Neil Gaiman
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Neil Gaiman has long been inspired by ancient mythology in creating the fantastical realms of his fiction. Now he presents his fashioning of the primeval Norse myths into a novel, which begins with the genesis of the legendary nine worlds, delves into the exploits of the deities, dwarves, and giants, and culminates in Ragnarok, the twilight of the gods and the rebirth of a new time and people. Gaiman stays true to the myths while vividly recreating...
3) Good Omens
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The classic collaboration from the internationally bestselling authors Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett, soon to be an original series starring Michael Sheen and David Tennant.
?Season 2 of Good Omens coming soon!
"Good Omens . . . is something like what would have happened if Thomas Pynchon, Tom Robbins and Don DeLillo had collaborated. Lots of literary inventiveness in the plotting and chunks
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It began for our narrator forty years ago when the family lodger stole their car and committed suicide in it, stirring up ancient powers best left undisturbed. Dark creatures from beyond the world are on the loose, and it will take everything our narrator has just to stay alive: there is primal horror here, and menace unleashed - within his family and from the forces that have gathered to destroy it. His only defense is three women, on a farm at the...
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"Neverwhere is the story of Richard Mayhew, a young London businessman with a good heart and an ordinary life, which is changed forever when he discovers a girl bleeding on the sidewalk. He stops to help her--an act of kindness that plunges him into a world he never dreamed existed. Slipping through the cracks of reality, Richard lands in the Neverwhere--a London of shadows and darkness, monsters and saints, murderers and angels that exists entirely...
6) Cinnamon
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The parents of pearl-eyed princess Cinnamon offer a reward to anyone who can help their daughter speak, a plea answered by an exotic tiger who arrives at the palace, armed with knowledge of the world.
7) Chivalry
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"An elderly British widow buys what turns out to be the Holy Grail from a second-hand shop setting her off on an epic visit from an ancient knight who lures her with ancient relics in hope for winning the cup"--
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When Fat Charlie's dad named something, it stuck. Like calling Fat Charlie 'Fat Charlie.' Even now, twenty years later, Charlie Nancy can't shake that name, one of the many embarrassing 'gifts' his father bestowed-- before he dropped dead on a karaoke stage and ruined Fat Charlie's life. Because Mr. Nancy left Fat Charlie things. Things like the stranger who shows up on Charlie's doorstep, who appears to be the brother he never knew. A brother as...
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66 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm
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On the eve of her wedding, a young queen sets out to rescue a princess from an enchantment. She casts aside her fine wedding clothes, takes her chain mail and her sword, and follows her brave dwarf retainers into the tunnels under the mountain towards the sleeping kingdom. This queen will decide her own future -- and the princess who needs rescuing is not quite what she seems.
12) The truth is a cave in the Black Mountains: a tale of travel and darkness with pictures of all kinds
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73 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm
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"Illustrated by ... Eddie Campbell, this is a four-color edition of Neil Gaiman's award-winning novelette 'The truth is a cave in the Black Mountains'--a haunting story of family, the otherworld, and retribution"--
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236 pages ; 24 cm
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"Hace cuarenta años, cuando nuestro narrador contaba apenas siete, el hombre que alquilaba la habitación sobrante en la casa familiar se suicido dentro del coche de su padre, un acontecimiento que provoco que antiguos poderes dormidos cobraran vida y que criaturas de más alla de este mundo se liberaran. El horror, la amenaza, se congregan a partir de entonces para destruir a la familia del protagonista. Su única defensa la constituiran las tres...
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xviii, 522 pages ; 24 cm
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More than sixty pieces exploring a broad range of interests and topics, including (but not limited to): authors past and present; music; storytelling; comics; bookshops; travel; fairy tales; America; inspiration; libraries; ghosts; and the title piece, at turns touching and self-deprecating, which recounts the author's experiences at the 2010 Academy Awards in Hollywood.
"An enthralling collection of nonfiction essays on a myriad of topics--from...
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1 volume (unpaged) ; 19 cm
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In May 2012, bestselling author Neil Gaiman delivered the commencement address at Philadelphia's University of the Arts, in which he shared his thoughts about creativity, bravery, and strength. He encouraged the fledgling painters, musicians, writers, and dreamers to break rules and think outside the box. Most of all, he encouraged them to make good art. This book, designed by renowned graphic artist Chip Kidd, contains the full text of Gaiman's inspiring...
16) El día de Chu
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32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm
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"Chu is a little panda with a big sneeze. When Chu sneezes, bad things happen. Will Chu sneeze today?"--Jacket.
"Chu es un pequeño panda ... a diferencia de sus estornudos. Cuando Chu estornuda, cualquier cosa puede suceder. ¿Qué ocurrirá hoy?"--Casadellibro.
17) Neverwhere
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414 pages ; 23 cm
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"Neverwhere" cuenta la historia de Richard Mayhew, un joven londinense con una vida ordinaria que cambia para siempre cuando se sumerge a través de los intersticios de la realidad en el subsuelo de Londres. Allí, como debajo de cada gran ciudad, existe un mundo desconocido e invisible, plagado de seres extraños, en el que sobrevivir dependerá de abrir las puertas adecuadas.
After he helps a stranger on a London sidewalk, Richard Mayhew discovers...
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396 pages ; 22 cm
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"Neil Gaiman nos presenta una coleccion de veinticinco relatos y poemas que puede entenderse como una suma de esencias o festin creativo de uno de los escritores de imaginacion mas fertil e inquietante de la actualidad. Un menu degustacion que concentra todo el potencial fantasioso y onirico de Gaiman: historias de terror y de fantasmas, ficcion especulativa y cuentos de hadas, fabulas perversas y versos sorprendentes."--provided by Amazon.com.
"Neil...
19) Coraline
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155 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
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Looking for excitement, Coraline ventures through a mysterious door into a world that is similar, yet disturbingly different from her own, where she must challenge a gruesome entity in order to save herself, her parents, and the souls of three others.
20) El galáctico, pirático y alienígena viaje de mi padre / Neil Gaiman ; ilustrado por Skottie Young
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101 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
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"Ya sabéis lo que pasa cuando vuestra madre se va de viaje de trabajo y vuestro padre se queda a cargo. Normalmente, ella le deja una lista de cosas que hacer y lo más importante es siempre que NO SE OLVIDE DE LA LECHE. Pero, desafortunadamente, se le suele olvidar. Asi que, a la mañana siguiente, antes de desayunar, tiene que salir a la tienda de al lado. Y esta que tenéis en las manos es la historia de por qué le lleva tanto, tanto tiempo volver...