Coraline lives with her preoccupied parents in part of a huge old house--a house so huge that other people live in it, too... round, old former actresses Miss Spink and Miss Forcible and their aging Highland terriers ("We trod the boards, luvvy") and the mustachioed old man under the roof ("'The reason you cannot see the mouse circus,' said the man upstairs, 'is that the mice are not yet ready and rehearsed.'") Coraline contents herself for weeks with exploring the vast garden and grounds. But with a little rain she becomes bored--so bored that she begins to count everything blue (153), the windows (21), and the doors (14). And it is the 14th door that--sometimes blocked with a wall of bricks--opens up for Coraline into an entirely alternate universe. Now, if you're thinking fondly of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe or Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, you're on the wrong track. Neil Gaiman's Coraline is far darker, far stranger, playing on our deepest fears. And, like Roald Dahl's work, it is delicious. What's on the other side of the door? A distorted-mirror world, containing presumably everything Coraline has ever dreamed of... people who pronounce her name correctly (not "Caroline"), delicious meals (not like her father's overblown "recipes"), an unusually pink and green bedroom (not like her dull one), and plenty of horrible (very un-boring) marvels, like a man made out of live rats. The creepiest part, however, is her mirrored parents, her "other mother" and her "other father"--people who look just like her own parents, but with big, shiny, black button eyes, paper-white skin... and a keen desire to keep her on their side of the door. To make creepy creepier, Coraline has been illustrated masterfully in scritchy, terrifying ink drawings by British mixed-media artist and Sandman cover illustrator Dave McKean. This delightful, funny, haunting, scary as heck, fairy-tale novel is about as fine as they come. Highly recommended. (Ages 11 and older)

Sussex, England. A middle-aged man returns to his childhood home to attend a funeral. Although the house he lived in is long gone, he is drawn to the farm at the end of the road, where, when he was seven, he encountered a most remarkable girl, Lettie Hempstock, and her mother and grandmother. He hasn't thought of Lettie in decades, and yet as he sits by the pond (a pond that she'd claimed was an ocean) behind the ramshackle old farmhouse, the unremembered past comes flooding back. And it is a past too strange, too frightening, too dangerous to have happened to anyone, let alone a small boy. Forty years earlier, a man committed suicide in a stolen car at this farm at the end of the road. Like a fuse on a firework, his death lit a touchpaper and resonated in unimaginable ways. The darkness was unleashed, something scary and thoroughly incomprehensible to a little boy. And Lettie—magical, comforting, wise beyond her years—promised to protect him, no matter what. A groundbreaking work from a master, The Ocean at the End of the Lane is told with a rare understanding of all that makes us human, and shows the power of stories to reveal and shelter us from the darkness inside and out. It is a stirring, terrifying, and elegiac fable as delicate as a butterfly's wing and as menacing as a knife in the dark.

Published for the very first time in its own volume, Tolkien’s remarkable tale about a painter whose obsession with detail prevents him from finishing his great work. Niggle is a painter. Not a very successful one, partly because he has so many other things to do. For some time he has been obsessed with one particular canvas – a curious picture of a tree with a vast landscape stretching out behind it. The painting keeps getting bigger and bigger, but Niggle has a journey to make. In 1939 Tolkien was despairing of ever bringing his great work The Lord of the Rings to a conclusion. One morning he woke up with the story Leaf by Niggle complete in his mind and wrote it down. This poignant story, about an artist on a curious journey, is often seen as an allegory of the writer’s own creative process and life. Published to coincide with a new touring stage production of the story, this is the first time the story has been published in its own volume, enabling readers to savour one of Tolkien’s most elegant, haunting and least-known short stories.

一座普通的农场，一幢普通的老屋，一条普通的车道……走过去，走进去——你会进入一个陌生、可怕、精彩的世界，一个截然不同于日常生活的异世界。 在这个异世界里，有来自远古的邪祟，有对抗邪祟的魔法，还有可以吞噬一切的饿鸟。 还有，在这个世界，你可以有求必应。（小心哦，也许求得的后果你无法承受。） 在这里，普通的小男孩可以挺身对抗邪恶。在这里，农场的小池塘其实是大海汪洋！ 这是尼尔·盖曼最拿手的设定：现实和幻想，只隔着薄薄的一张纸。继《鬼妈妈》之后，他再一次撕开这张薄纸，邀请读者走进他的幻想世界。

理查德·梅休是伦敦一个平平常常的生意人，过着平平常常的生活。但有一天，他做了件不太平常的事：把一位身负重伤、素不相识的姑娘带回了自己的公寓。 从此，一切都变得不同寻常—— 同事们看不见他，从前的恋人不再认识他，甚至连他的家都不再属于他。他走在人流中，人们却完全意识不到他的存在。理查德·梅休这个人不复存在了，仿佛从未存在过。 都是因为这个名叫门菲的姑娘。她为他打开了一扇门，通往另一个世界—— 一个隐藏在伦敦之下、阴险邪恶却又充满刺激的乌有乡。 令人兴奋，富有创造性，同时还令人毛骨悚然。《乌有乡》既借鉴了《星球大战》这种流行文化，又从米尔顿的《失乐园》中吸取养分。它是白日梦和噩梦的完美结合。——《今日美国》 一句话，盖曼是个盛满故事的宝库。这样的作家是我们的幸运。——斯蒂芬·金 《乌有乡》显示了无比的机智，对神话与传说的创造性运用以及对细节的关注。——《旧金山纪事报》

THE SANDMAN, written by New York Times best-selling author Neil Gaiman, was the most acclaimed comic book title of the 1990s. A rich blend of modern myth and dark fantasy in which contemporary fiction, historical drama and legend are seamlessly interwoven, THE SANDMAN is also widely considered one of the most original and artistically ambitious series of the modern age. By the time it concluded in 1996, it had made significant contributions to the artistic maturity of comic books and had become a pop culture phenomenon in its own right. Now, DC Comics is proud to present this comics classic in an all-new Absolute Edition format. The second of four beautifully designed slipcased volumes, THE ABSOLUTE SANDMAN VOL. 2 collects twenty tales of THE SANDMAN and features completely new coloring, approved by the author, as well as never-before-seen extra material.

英国首版。1988年之后的印次由Unwin Hyman发行。 —————————————————————— I. Three impressions issued by George Allen & Unwin: 1st Impression 1985 2nd Impression 1985 3rd Impression 1986 —————————————————————— II. Two impressions issued by Unwin Hyman (with the same ISBN): 4th Impression 1988 5th Impression 1988

英国首版。 —————————————————————— Four impressions issued: 1st Impression 1988 2nd Impression 1988 3rd Impression 1989 4th Impression 1991

Young Tristran Thorn will do anything to win the cold heart of beautiful Victoria—even fetch her the star they watch fall from the night sky. But to do so, he must enter the unexplored lands on the other side of the ancient wall that gives their tiny village its name. Beyond that old stone wall, Tristran learns, lies Faerie—where nothing, not even a fallen star, is what he imagined. From #1 New York Times bestselling author Neil Gaiman comes a remarkable quest into the dark and miraculous—in pursuit of love and the utterly impossible.

英国首版。 —————————————————————— Two impressions issued: 1st Impression 1987 2nd Impression 1988

英国首版。1988年之后的印次由Unwin Hyman发行。 —————————————————————— I. Three impressions issued by George Allen & Unwin: 1st Impression 1986 2nd Impression 1986 3rd Impression 1987 —————————————————————— II. One impression issued by Unwin Hyman (with the same ISBN): 4th Impression 1988

英国首版。1988年之后的印次由Unwin Hyman发行。 —————————————————————— I. Three impressions issued by George Allen & Unwin: 1st Impression 1984 2nd Impression 1984 3rd Impression 1986 —————————————————————— II. Two impressions issued by Unwin Hyman (with the same ISBN): 4th Impression 1988 5th Impression 1991

英国首版。1988年之后的印次由Unwin Hyman发行。 —————————————————————— I. Five impressions issued by George Allen & Unwin: 1st Impression 1983 2nd Impression 1983 3rd Impression 1984 4th Impression 1984 5th Impression 1986 —————————————————————— II. Three impressions issued by Unwin Hyman (with the same ISBN): 6th Impression 1988 7th Impression 1988 8th Impression 1990

Based on an original new story by J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne and John Tiffany, a new play by Jack Thorne, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is the eighth story in the Harry Potter series and the first official Harry Potter story to be presented on stage. The play will receive its world premiere in London’s West End on July 30, 2016. It was always difficult being Harry Potter and it isn’t much easier now that he is an overworked employee of the Ministry of Magic, a husband and father of three school-age children. While Harry grapples with a past that refuses to stay where it belongs, his youngest son Albus must struggle with the weight of a family legacy he never wanted. As past and present fuse ominously, both father and son learn the uncomfortable truth: sometimes, darkness comes from unexpected places.

The first of four beautifully designed slipcased volumes, The Absolute Sandman, Vol. 1, collects issues 1-20 of The Sandman and features completely new coloring, approved by the author, on the first 18 issues, as well as a host of never-before-seen extra material.

★英国文豪、《霍比特人》《魔戒》作者托尔金经典亲子绘本 ★带给孩子所有属于圣诞的快乐、无邪与甜蜜 ★萌娃多多爱不释手的睡前枕边书 ★幸福老爸黄磊带多多共同翻译，双语呈现大师风采 托尔金用小儿子克里斯托弗的玩具小汽车和驾驶员，以及三个孩子的玩具熊为灵感创作了图文并茂的《幸福先生》。那辆得以驶入童话世界尽情驰骋的玩具车自此成为克里斯托弗最珍爱的玩具。 故事的主人公幸福先生，是一个古怪又热衷时髦的绅士！他住在一栋高大的房子里，酷爱各种高高的帽子，家里的天花板很高，大门也很高，墙上更是少不了成排的衣帽钩——还有，一辆他引以为豪的纯银色酷炫自行车——但没有脚踏板。有一天，他心血来潮去买了一辆汽车。 头一遭上路兜风就祸事连连，接连撞倒了戴先生和奈特太太——部分应归咎于幸福先生糟糕的开车技术。可这还只是一连串令人啼笑皆非的囧事的开始，他怎么也没想到会遇见三只拦路打劫的熊。 它们是：阿奇、泰迪、布鲁诺。这三只拦路打劫的熊，要论调皮捣蛋可是一把好手，而且还常常耍无赖搞些顺手牵羊。当然啦，它们本质并不坏，最后也吃到教训了。 幸福先生还养了一只萌宠——长颈兔。它有着长颈鹿的斑纹和脖子，还长着兔子的耳朵、身子和尾巴，被幸福先生偷偷养在园中——因为他不愿交纳饲养许可费，但最后还是被大家发现了，这还闹出了一场不大不小的风波。 【部分国外读者评论】 ＊《幸福先生》是一本该和孩子一起读的书，如果你还没有孩子，那就抽出时间释放你内心的孩子吧。每一座花园里都该有一只长颈兔。 ＊如果我要选一本图画本念给孩子听，我的首选会是托尔金！ ＊这是一本该和孩子一起读的书，如果你还没有孩子，那就抽出时间释放你内心的孩子吧。每一座花园里都该有一只长颈兔。

奇幻文學鼻祖，《魔戒》、《哈比人》原著小說作者──托爾金， 親自繪圖、手寫字彩色繪本，特別加贈精裝珍藏版書盒 全書附中文對照原文，托爾金迷愛不釋手！ 由托爾金親自繪圖、手寫字彩色繪本《幸福先生》，故事的啟發來自於托爾金第一次駕駛新車的經驗，而書中的三隻熊也是從托爾金的孩子們所擁有的玩具熊化身而來，而本書也是托爾金送給他們的童年禮物，更是獻給喜愛他的作品的所有讀者。 在這個故事寫成五十年後的1982年，本書終於首次出版。《幸福先生》是從最初的托爾金筆記本裡全新複製出來的，而托爾金獨特的手寫字內容全部附有印刷字的對應正文。滑稽的故事和細節豐富的彩圖，忠實確切地呈現了這個充滿想像力的古怪故事，肯定能讓所有年齡層的讀者捧腹大笑。 《幸福先生》描寫某一天，幸福先生向賓克斯先生買了一輛鮮黃色的汽車，他開著車前往多金斯先生一家的途中，卻接二連三的發生車禍，幸福先生只好載著戴先生、奈特太太，以及許多的甘藍菜和香蕉，一路開進了森林。然而，三隻熊和大夥兒拜訪多金斯一家時，三隻熊卻吃光了菜園，讓一家人憤怒不已，當大家準備追進森林時，發生了讓幸福先生落荒而逃的事……。 這一次，托爾金先生仍以他那充滿魔幻的想像力，帶領我們進入幸福先生的生活情景，輕柔的繪圖色調，俐落分明的線條筆觸，以及令人想一探究竟的故事情節。當幸福先生開著他新買的愛車上街時，會遭遇到什麼樣精彩又曲折的歷險呢？就讓我們拭目以待！

动乱袭卷银河共和国。共和国对通往偏远星系的贸易航路的税收政策正处于争议之中。 贪婪的贸易联盟企图用铜墙铁壁般的战列舰封锁线来解决这一问题，他们已经切断了外界通往弱小的纳布星球的所有航运。 在共和国议会就这一系列危机辩论不休的时候，最高议长已经秘密派遣两位绝地武士，银河系和平与正义的守护者，前去解决这场冲突……