"Welcome to Frolic Street, the bizarre thoroughfare atop the kilometer-long spaceship on which the entire action of this book takes place. It is a futuristic combination of Carnaby Street, a flea market, and Coney Island. Among its incredible shops is a watch-maker’s where time runs backward, and among its picturesque, milling crowds is a would-be- assassin. Join King Shavar, ruler of the distant planet Ligeria, to which the spaceship is headed, as he strolls along Frolic Street. Wi...
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"In the year 2204, tragedy and terror forced a scientific team to prematurely evacuate Maleiva III. Twenty-one years later, the opportunity for scientists to study this galactic rarity - a life-supporting planet - is about to vanish forever, as a rogue gas giant has invaded the planetary system on a deadly collision course with the world they are now calling Deepsix.
"A superluminal pilot for the Academy of Science and Technology...
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Book Three of The Malloreon.
"Garion, Belgarath and their friends now know that Garion's baby son has been kidnapped by Zandramas and is to be used in a terrible ritual which will make the Dark Destiny supreme. The group, however, has been detained by Zakath, Emperor of all Mallorea, and taken to Mal Zeth, the largest city in the world. When a dire plague strikes, they manage to escape and, as prophe...
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"Once a sheepfarmer's daughter, now a seasoned veteran, Paksenarrion has proven herself a fighter. Years with Duke Phelan's Company taught her weaponry, discipline, and how to react as part of a military unit. Now, though, Paks feels spurred to a solitary destiny. Against all odds she is accepted as a paladin-candidate by the Fellowship of Gird. Years of study will follow, for a paladin must be versed in diplomacy and magic as well as the fighting arts. But before s...
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"The hero of the story is a poor boy who dreams of traveling through cities and mountains. Being poor these were only dreams. He then meets a wealthy man who makes his dreams come true. A story of overcoming adversity through hard work and other character virtues." Est Level: 4th grade and up.; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
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Tales from the famous books about the doctor who talks with animals: "The Purple Bird of Paradise," "The Coronation of King Jong," and more.
Pen and ink illustrations by the author.
Made into a motion picture with Rex Harrison.
Est Level: 3rd - 8th grades; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
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Children and adults alike have warmed to the charming adventures of Doctor Dolittle. This 1927 edition is replete with Hugh Lofting's whimsical black and white drawings. The front and back pastedown and free end papers have a striking moonscape featuring a green moon and stars, a trumpet-shaped flower, and a ladybug and her companions.; 7¾" - 9¾" Tall
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"Victoria's room was high in the old house, and when the sun shone through the red glass of its windowpanes, the room seemed almost like a magic room. It was in her cupola room that Victoria made her wish, to learn to ride a horse. And it was here that she and her cousin Alexander rode with the ...
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Another novel in Saberhagen's superb retelling of the Dracula legend -- with a twist. "Vlad Tepes has roamed modern America without fear -- until now. He is no longer the only immortal in Chicago. . .
Two ancient, ruthless beings, locked in a struggle for the ultimate magic Weapon, have brought their blood-feud to his city. They will destroy any living thing in their path to possess this Weapon -- but first, they must find it. And Dracula must prevent that at...
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"Offspring of atomic catastrophe: What would happen if man's mastery of the world wasa suddenly snatched away by a new and more advanced type of life? This is the startling premise of this unusual novel.
"It fell to two people to face the news that mankind was about to follow the dinosaurs off the Earth's stage. One was Angus, veteran of a defeated Western army in a...
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"Set on the largest interstellar medical installation in the galaxy, replete with engaging human-and-alien interaction and intricate puzzle plots, James White's Sector General novels have been a favorite with the SF audience for more than three decades. Now White returns with another entertaining adventure in deep-space medicine. The empathic Dr. Prilicla, a veteran of Sector General for years, is put in command of an expedition answering three distress beacons. What...
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An introduction by George Stade. Cover painting: "Man and Woman Contemplating the Moom, " (detail) , by Casper David Friedrich. Courtesy of the Nationalgalerie, West Berlin, Germany. ; Cover Painting; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall; 402 pages;

"One of the most popular stories ever told. DRACULA (1897) has been recreated for the stage and screen hundreds of times in the last century. Yet it is essentially a Victorian saga, an awesome tale...
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"In Arianus, Realm of Sky, humans, elves, and dwarves battle for control of precious water—traversing a world of airborne islands on currents of elven magic and the backs of mammoth dragons. But soon great magical forces will begin to rend the fabric of this delicate land. An assassin will be hired to kill a royal prince—by the king himself. A dwarf will challenge the beliefs of his people—and lead them in rebellion. And a sinister wizard will enact his plan to rule Ari...
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"Pursued across rugged mountain country by dragons until nearly dead from fatigue, the sorceress of unknown origin lived only long enough to give birth to her son, Now, years later, the dragons have returned ion fury to ravage the northern lands in search of the sorceress's orphaned offspring. Thelvyn Fox Eyes and his guardian, one-handed adventurer Sir George Kirbey, embark on a fantastic quest to unlock the secret of an elusi...
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"Come with us out of this dull, workaday world to Terra Magica, the land beyond the World's Edge, where knights ride out on wonder quests, where beautiful princesses wait for rescue from sea serpents and lustful demons, where sky-high giants seek human morsels for their cookpots, and where a king may seek a champion to set aside his realm's enchantment. Here again is Kesrick, knight of Dragonrouge, in combat against villainy; at his side the unclothed Scythian princess and a lost nobleman of Tartary. Here be...
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"A mysterious force holds Krynn in thrall. A young woman, protected by her regiment of dark-armored knights, calls upon the might of an unknown god to bring victory to her army as it sweeps across the land. The souls of the dead rob the living of their magic. A dragon overlord threatens the very land the elves hold most dear. Amidst the chaos, a band of brave and selfless heroes struggles against an immortal power that appears...
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"The Cop: Detective-Lieutenant Henry Carmaggio had seen plenty of blood, both in Cambodia, and in 20 years of police work. He'd never seen anything like the Warehouse Massacre.
"That was just the beginning. Something was loose in his city, something inhuman that walked among us, killing with the easy precision of a leopard in a flock of sheep. There was no one else to track it down. And if he didn't it would kill and kill again - un...
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Originally published in 1948, before anyone knew for certain what awaited us in space.
"If science fiction is prophetic, here is one of the most frightening prophecies of all time. Dreadful Sanctuary is an overwhelmingly powerful novel of man's fight to conquer space -- and space's fight to resist that conquest.
17 rockets had been built. 17 rockets had exploded. And the last one was the worst tragedy of all - because this rocket was manned. What would happen to the 18th?
There was invisible menace in spac...
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"Here are brilliant, witty, frightening, and fascinating stories of the future by the greatest science fiction master of them all. Just hitch your mind to these weird and wonderful tales for a spin around the world of tomorrow that will take you right to the center of your wildest dreams."
Fifteen stories by one of science fiction's all time masters including 'The Dead Past...
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Ever wondered if you had a doppelganger twin somewhere? When Jeremy's orphaned cousin Helene comes to stay, the strange events begin.
Weekly Reader Children's Book Club.
Est Level: 4th grade and up; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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