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Joey Harker never wanted to be a leader. But he's the one everyone is looking to now that FrostNight looms, and he'll have to step up if he has any hope of saving InterWorld, the Multiverse, and everything in between.

Es war nur ein Ententeich, ein Stück weit unterhalb des Bauernhofs. Und er war nicht besonders groß. Lettie Hempstock behauptete, es sei ein Ozean, aber ich wusste, das war Quatsch. Sie behauptete, man könne durch ihn in eine andere Welt gelangen. Und was dann geschah, hätte sich eigentlich niemals ereignen dürfen.

Joey Harker is a hero… After mastering the ability to walk between dimensions, Joey helped save the Altiverse from destruction. But rival powers of magic and science are still out there, seeking to control all worlds. InterWorld's peacekeeping mission is far from finished. And when a stranger follows Joey back to BaseTown things get even more complicated. No one knows who she is or where she's from and, more importantly, why she knows so much about InterWorld. Dangerous times lie ahead…

The award winning series of classic and contemporary fiction returns with a collection of darkly funny short stories by the likes of Stephen King, Neil Gaiman, Aimee Bender, A.M. Homes, Nathan Englander, Kim, Addonizio, and George Saunders. Readers include Anjelica Huston, Neil Gaiman, Michael Imperioli, Harris Yulin, Christina Pickles, Jefferson Mays, and Christine Ebersole.

Joey Harker isn't a hero. In fact, he's the kind of guy who gets lost in his own house. But then one day, Joey gets really lost. He walks straight out of his world and into another dimension. Joey's walk between the worlds makes him prey to two terrible forces: armies of magic and science who will do anything to harness his power to travel between dimensions.

Un encantador cuento de hadas del gran maestro Neil Gaiman, llena de aventuras ineseperadas, amor verdadero en un mundo repleto de magia. El joven Tristan Thorn está dispuesto a hacer cualquier cosa para conquistar el frío corazón de su amada Victoría, incluso a prometerle que le conseguirá la estrella que ambos ven caer una noche. Para cumplir su palabra, Tristán deberá cruzar el muro que separa su pueblo del País de las Hadas.

Probouzí se síly staré jako lidstvo samo. Schyluje se k bouři, jakou Amerika dosud nepoznala... Stín se dostává po třech letech z vězení. Milovaná manželka Laura je po smrti a všechny jeho vyhlídky se rázem smrskly v chladnou prázdnotu. Cestou na pohřeb, v letadle zmítaném bouří, tína osloví postarší muž jménem Středa a nabídne mu, aby vstoupil do jeho služeb.

Několikanásobně oceněná novela mistra fantastiky Neila Gaimana. Je poslední týden prázdnin a Koralina se nudí. I když by jej ráda strávila průzkumem okolí, tak venku většinu času prší a ona musí zůstat v bytě, do kterého se právě s rodiči přestěhovali. V novém domě poznává své sousedy; páreček bývalých hereček, které vlastní hned několik skotských teriérů podivných jmen, či starého pána z horního patra, který trénuje myší cirkus.

Vítejte v Podlondýně, světě oživlých mytologií, o kterém se vám ani nesnilo…Richard Mayhew je docela obyčejný mladý Londýňan, který jednoho dne při cestě na důležitou večeři se svou snoubenkou pomůže otrhané zraněné dívce. V tom okamžiku se však jeho život obrátí vzhůru nohama. Labyrint Podlondýna, drsného světa pod slupkou všedního velkoměsta, Richarda vtáhne jediným kmitnutím krysího ocásku a on brzy zjišťuje, že cesta zpět nebude vůbec jednoduchá. Zvlášť když se tak osudově zapletl do záležitostí lady Dvířky. 

Chu is a little panda with a big sneeze. When Chu sneezes, bad things happen. Will Chu sneeze today?

Trust dreams, trust your heart, and trust your story. A renowned storyteller whose words have transported readers to magical realms guides a traveler safely through lands unknown and yet strangely familiar...and home again.

Tief in den Wäldern des hohen Nordens begegnet der Wikingerjunge Odd einem Bären, einem Fuchs und einem Adler. Es sind Odin, Thor und Loki, von den Eisriesen verbannt aus dem Götterreich. Die drei nehmen ihn mit in die Götterstadt Asgard. Denn der Junge Odd soll die Eisriesen vertreiben, die Götter erlösen und die Menschenwelt vom ewigen Winter befreien!

The Einstein Intersection won the Nebula Award for best science fiction novel of 1967. The surface story tells of the problems a member of an alien race, Lo Lobey, has assimilating the mythology of Earth, where his kind have settled among the leftover artifacts of humanity. The deeper tale concerns, however, the way those who are "different" must deal with the dominant cultural ideology. The tale follows Lobey's mythic quest for his lost love, Friza. In luminous and hallucinated language, it explores what new myths might emerge from the detritus of the human world....

Fantasy fans, rejoice! Seven years after writer and editor Robert Silverberg made publishing history with Legends, the acclaimed anthology of original short novels by some of the greatest writers in fantasy fiction, the long-awaited second volume is here. Each of the best-selling writers represented in these selections from Legends II returns to the fantasy universe he or she made famous throughout the world.

In a village in ancient Norway lives a boy named Odd, and he's had some very bad luck: His father perished in a Viking expedition; a tree fell on and shattered his leg; the endless freezing winter is making villagers dangerously grumpy. Out in the forest Odd encounters a bear, a fox, and an eagle - three creatures with a strange story to tell. Now Odd is forced on a stranger journey than he had imagined, a journey to save Asgard, city of the gods, from the Frost Giants who have invaded it.

A Study in Emerald draws listeners in through carefully revealed details as a consulting detective and his narrator friend solve the mystery of a murdered German noble. But with its subtle allusions and surprise ending, this mystery hints that the real fun in solving this case lies in imagining all the details that Gaiman doesn't reveal, and challenges listeners to be detectives themselves.

Lucy is sure there are wolves living in the walls of their house -- and, as everybody says, if the wolves come out of the walls, it's all over. Her family doesn't believe her. Then one day, the wolves come out.

Bonnie makes a friend who has hair so wild there's even a jungle inside of it! Bonnie ventures through the crazy hair, but she may need more than a comb to tame her friend's insane mane.This audio is also part of The Neil Gaiman Audio Collection.

Cinnamon was a princess, a long time ago, in a small hot country, where everything was very old. Cinnamon did not talk. Mango trees, a parrot, and a beautiful room in the palace do nothing to help the teachers who try to make her to speak. Can a man-eating tiger do so, and exactly who will end up in the belly of the beast? This audio is also part of The Neil Gaiman Audio Collection.

One day Nathan comes over with two goldfish named Sawney and Beaney. "I'll swap you them," says the little boy of the house. "What for?" asks Nathan. As it turns out, Nathan doesn't want anything that the boy and his little sister suggest for trading... not an old spaceship or even Clownie the clown. Finally, the boy has an idea, the kind of idea that changes the whole world: he decides to swap his dad.