{"product_id":"his-dark-materials-the-golden-compass-book-1-hardcover","title":"His Dark Materials: The Golden Compass (Book 1) - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe modern fantasy classic that \u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e named an \"All-Time Greatest Novel\" and \u003ci\u003eNewsweek \u003c\/i\u003ehailed as a \"Top 100 Book of All Time.\" Philip Pullman takes readers to a world where humans have animal familiars and where parallel universes are within reach.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLyra is rushing to the cold, far North, where witch clans and armored bears rule. North, where the Gobblers take the children they steal--including her friend Roger. North, where her fearsome uncle Asriel is trying to build a bridge to a parallel world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCan one small girl make a difference in such great and terrible endeavors? This is \u003ci\u003eLyra\u003c\/i\u003e a savage, a schemer, a liar, and as fierce and true a champion as Roger or Asriel could want. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut what Lyra doesn't know is that to help one of them will be to betray the other... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA masterwork of storytelling and suspense, Philip Pullman's award-winning \u003ci\u003eThe Golden Compass\u003c\/i\u003e is the first in the His Dark Materials series, which continues with \u003ci\u003eThe Subtle Knife\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Amber Spyglass.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Bestseller\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e Prize for Children's Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished in 40 Countries\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Arguably the best juvenile fantasy novel of the past twenty years.\" \u003ci\u003e--The Washington Post \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Very grand indeed.\" \u003ci\u003e--The New York Times \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Pullman is quite possibly a genius.\" \u003ci\u003e--Newsweek\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDon't miss Philip Pullman's epic new trilogy set in the world of His Dark Materials!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e** THE BOOK OF DUST **\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLa Belle Sauvage\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Secret Commonwealth\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a landmark epic of fantasy and storytelling, Philip Pullman invites readers into a world as convincing and thoroughly realized as Narnia, Earthsea, or Redwall. Here lives an orphaned ward named Lyra Belacqua, whose carefree life among the scholars at Oxford's Jordan College is shattered by the arrival of two powerful visitors. First, her fearsome uncle, Lord Asriel, appears with evidence of mystery and danger in the far North, including photographs of a mysterious celestial phenomenon called Dust and the dim outline of a city suspended in the Aurora Borealis that he suspects is part of an alternate universe. He leaves Lyra in the care of Mrs. Coulter, an enigmatic scholar and explorer who offers to give Lyra the attention her uncle has long refused her. In this multilayered narrative, however, \"nothing is as it seems. Lyra sets out for the top of the world in search of her kidnapped playmate, Roger, bearing a rare truth-telling instrument, the compass of the title. All around her children are disappearing--victims of so-called \"Gobblers\"--and being used as subjects in terrible experiments that separate humans from their daemons, creatures that reflect each person's inner being. And somehow, both Lord Asriel and Mrs. Coulter are involved.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50247945126111,"sku":"9780679879244","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/SAKNGFliUM9780679879244.webp?v=1781895309","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/his-dark-materials-the-golden-compass-book-1-hardcover","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}