{"title":"Illustrated by Christopher Wormell","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"9780241373354","title":"The Secret Commonwealth: The Book of Dust Volume Two","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of the phenomenal \u003ci\u003eHis Dark Materials\u003c\/i\u003e comes the next chapter in the story of Lyra Silvertongue . . .\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLyra is now studying at St Sophia's College, Oxford, with her daemon Pantalaimon.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut, for the first time there are serious divisions between the two.\u003cbr\u003eLyra is questioning everything she once held dear. Pan misses the impulsiveness of their youth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen an act of terrible violence breaks the peace of the Oxford night, Lyra and Pan's relationship reaches a crisis and they are drawn, far from home, into the dangerous factions of a world they had no idea existed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Secret Commonwealth \u003c\/i\u003eis truly a book for our times; a powerful adventure and a thought-provoking look at what it is to understand yourself and to grow up and make sense of the world around you. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis is storytelling at its very best from one of our greatest writers.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e*Exclusive to the paperback edition, Chris Wormell's new original illustrations bring Lyra's world vividly to life.*\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eReviews for \u003ci\u003eThe Secret Commonwealth: The Book of Dust Volume Two:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[Pullman] has created a fantasy world, made yet more satisfying in rigour and stylistic elegance. This is a book for getting older with\" \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuardian, Book of the Week\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Secret Commonwealth\u003c\/i\u003e is ablaze with light and life. The writing is exquisite; every sentence sings ... To read Pullman is to experience the world refreshed, aglow, in Technicolour\"\u003ci\u003e \u003cb\u003ei\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Pullman's story is still thought-provoking ... This book elegantly weaves in live issues, from Europe's refugee crisis to facts in the post-truth era. And Pullman's prose is rewarding as ever\" \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A long, taxing, complex journey, laced with beauty, terror and philosophy\" \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMetro\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"As ever, Pullman's story is complex and vast but home to some of the finest storytelling in the 21st century. Revel in whole new worlds and enjoy one of literature's most wonderful heroines before she comes to HBO and the BBC\" \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eStylist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Pullman is confronting readers with the horrors of our own world reflected back at us. In \u003ci\u003eThe Secret Commonwealth\u003c\/i\u003ehe creates a fearful symmetry\" \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Herald\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43201562575026,"sku":"9780241373354","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780241373354_dcf3d6ea-9bfd-461b-a1f8-9a53b883f03c.jpg?v=1786013014"},{"product_id":"9780241509975","title":"Once Upon a Time in the North","description":"\u003cp\u003eLyra is studying at Oxford University, she comes across the story of  Lee Scoresby and Iorek Byrnisson's first meeting, many years ago, along  with much evidence of the adventure that brought them together . . .\u003cbr\u003eWhen  a young Texan balloonist, Lee Scoresby, comes down to earth in the  harbour of an Arctic town in the North, little does he realise that he  is about to be embroiled in an out-and-out political brawl. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLee  and his daemon, Hester, find themselves the target of political factions  trying to take over the running (and oil) of the town. And also  resident in the town are huge arctic bears, ignored and patronised by  the people and treated like second-class citizens. When Lee and Iorek  first meet, they cement a friendship that will continue throughout their  lives, as the tensions and pressure in town lead to a deadly  conclusion . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFeaturing two of Philip Pullman's best-loved characters, this is an adventure-filled short story that builds on the world of His Dark Materials and The Book of Dust.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43201616019634,"sku":"9780241509975","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780241509975_6886dbfe-d6cb-4a9a-84eb-3a6599b7d73c.jpg?v=1786012971"},{"product_id":"9780241458693","title":"The TRF","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe long-awaited and highly anticipated conclusion to Philip Pullman’s bestselling The Book of Dust sequence . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShortlisted for Book of the Year \u0026amp; Audiobook of the Year at The British Book Awards 2026‘A masterpiece for all eternity…\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePowerful, profound and utterly unforgettable: a stunning trilogy conclusion.’ - The Telegraph\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Pullman’s uncanny ability to conjure place is once again in full evidence . . . And when we reach it, the novel’s final showdown is a fantastically nail-biting ride.’ - The Guardian\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘But for all its intricate interweavings of alchemy and folk tales, ballads and poetry, the book has the pacing of a thriller.’ - The Times\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Lyra: what will you do when you find this place in the desert, the opening to the world of the roses?’ ‘Defend it,’ Lyra said. ‘Die defending it.’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen readers left Lyra in The Secret Commonwealth she was alone, in the ruins of a deserted city. Pantalaimon had run from her – part of himself – in search of her imagination, which he believed she had lost. Lyra travelled across the world from her Oxford home in search of her dæmon. And Malcolm, loyal Malcolm, too journeyed far from home, towards the Silk Roads in search of Lyra . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn The Rose Field, their quests converge in the most dangerous, breathtaking and world-changing ways. They must take help from spies and thieves, gryphons and witches, old friends and new, learning all the while the depth and surprising truths of the alethiometer. All around them, the world is aflame – made terrifying by fear, power and greed. As they move East, towards the red building that will reunite them and give them answers – on Dust, on the special roses, on imagination – so too does the Magisterium, at war against all that Lyra holds dear.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarking thirty years since the world was first introduced to Pullman’s remarkable heroine Lyra Belacqua in Northern Lights, The Rose Field is the culmination of the cultural phenomenon of The Book of Dust and His Dark Materials.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Ablaze with light and life . . . 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