Andy Serkis
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
1. Journey to the center of the earth: On a quest to find out what happened to his missing brother, a scientist, his nephew and their mountain guide discover a fantastic and dangerous lost world in the center of the earth. 2. Inkheart: A young girl discovers her father has an amazing talent to bring characters out of their books and must try to stop a freed villain from destroying them all, with the help of her father, her aunt, and a storybook's...
7) King Kong
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
A film producer brings a giant ape back from safari. It escapes and terrorises New York, ending up on top of the Empire State Building.
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Miss Marple receives a mysterious list of names from her friend Father Gorman, who sent it moments before he was brutally murdered on a London street. She soon discovers that people on the list are dying. A clue leads her to the Pale Horse Inn in Hampshire, a spooky establishment run by three modern-day witches. As she closes in on the truth, one of the guests is found dead in his bed, and Miss Marple learns that her own life may be in danger.
Pub. Date
c2013
Language
English
Description
Follow Bilbo Baggins, who along with the Wizard Gandalf and 13 dwarves, led by Thorin Oakenshield - as he is swept into an epic quest to reclaiim the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor from the fearsome Dragon Smaug. Their journey will take them into the Wild, through treacherous lands inhabited by Goblins, Orcs and deadly Wargs, as well as a mysterious and sinister figure known "precious" ring tied to the fate of all Middle-earth in ways he cannot begin...
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
With the destruction of the republic, the evil first order reigns. Now, supreme leader Snoke looks to crush what's left of the resistance and cement his grip on the galaxy. But hope survives: rey has found luke skywalker, a legendary jedI master who can change the tide of war.
Pub. Date
[2016].
Language
English
Description
As Kylo Ren and the sinister First Order rise from the ashes of the Empire, Luke Skywalker is missing when the galaxy needs him most. It's up to Rey, a desert scavenger, and Finn, a defecting stormtrooper, to join forces with Han Solo and Chewbacca in a desperate search for the one hope of restoring peace to the galaxy.
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Inspired by The Hobbit, and begun in 1937, The Lord of the Rings is a trilogy that Tolkien created to provide "the necessary background of history for Elvish tongues." From these academic aspirations was born one of the most popular and imaginative works in English literature. The Fellowship of the Ring, the first volume in the trilogy, tells of the fateful power of the One Ring. It begins a magnificent tale of adventure that will plunge the members...
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English
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The year is 2120. London is in ruins, the people are hungry and darkness has fallen across the land. Prince Alfred, a poorly and bookish child, has never left the safety of Buckingham Palace. But now there are strange goings-on inside the palace walls -- and Alfred's life is about to change forever. In the dead of night, something terrible stalks the corridors. When Alfred's beloved mother, the Queen, is dragged off to the Tower of London, the boy...
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Series
Lord of the rings volume 2
Language
English
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The Fellowship was scattered. Some were bracing hopelessly for war against the ancient evil of Sauron. Some were contending with the treachery of the wizard Saruman. Only Frodo and Sam were left to take the accursed Ring of Power to be destroyed in Mordor the dark Kingdom where Sauron was supreme. Their guide was Gollum, deceitful and lust-filled, slave to the corruption of the Ring.
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Language
English
Description
Bilbo Baggins enjoys a quiet and contented life, with no desire to travel far from the comforts of home; then one day the wizard Gandalf and a band of dwarves arrive unexpectedly and enlist his services - as a burglar - on a dangerous expedition to raid the treasure-hoard of Smaug the dragon. Bilbo''s life is never to be the same again.
The Hobbit became an instant success when it was first published in 1937, and more than 60 years later Tolkien''s...
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Series
Lord of the rings volume 3
Language
English
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One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them. As the Shadow of Mordor grows across the land, the Companions of the Ring have become involved in separate adventures. Aragorn, revealed as the hidden heir of the ancient Kings of the West, has joined with the Riders of Rohan against the forces of Isengard, and took part in the desperate victory of the Hornburg. Merry and Pippin, captured by...