Philip Pullman decide revisitar la historia m?s influyente de todos los tiempos y construye una versi?n ingeniosa y pol?mica de la vida de Jes?s. Todo comienza cuando la virgen Mar?a tiene gemelos: Jes?s y Cristo. Desde peque?os los hermanos son muy diferentes. Jes?s es apasionado y revolucionario, Cristo es calculador y realista. Mientras Jes?s detesta las jerarqu?as y el status quo, Cristo ans?a pasar a la Historia y asentar los cimientos de la Iglesia.
La maldici?n del rub? es el primer n?mero de Sally en donde se nos presenta a una chica de 16 educada para ser una mujer independiente, en un siglo donde la mujer no lo era tanto. Sus conocimientos en econom?a, finanzas e inversiones igualan y superan a los mejores en su tiempo, como lo fu? su padre.En fin. Sally no ser? lo mejor del mundo, sin embargo logra conjugar aventuras infantiles y una trama un tanto detectivesca.
„Magiczny n??” to druga cz??? trylogii „Mroczne materie”. Akcja powie?ci rozgrywa si? w trzech wszech?wiatach – w naszym ?wiecie, w ?wiecie znanym z pierwszej cz??ci „Zorza p??nocna”, kt?ry jest podobny do naszego, lecz r?wnocze?nie odmienny, oraz w nowym, obcym ?wiecie, kt?ry r??ni si? od tamtych obu.
The Amber Spyglass brings the intrigue of The Golden Compass and The Subtle Knife to a heartstopping close, marking the third volume as the most powerful of the trilogy. Along with the return of Lyra, Will, Mrs. Coulter, Lord Asriel, Dr. Mary Malone, and Iorek Byrnison the armored bear, The Amber Spyglass introduces a host of new characters: the Mulefa, mysterious wheeled creatures with the power to see Dust; Gallivespian Lord Roke, a hand-high spy-master to Lord Asriel; and Metatron, a fierce and mighty angel. And this final volume brings startling revelations, too: the painful price Lyra must pay ...
In 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. ...
From the writer of The Golden Compass – controversial for its depiction of a patriarchal and inhumane Catholic-like institution – comes an articulation of his belief through the "myth" of the life of Jesus Christ.Does for the Gospels what Wicked did for The Wizard of Oz. The book covers similar themes to Timothy Findley's Not Wanted on the Voyage and Barbara Kingsolver's The Poisonwood Bible.
The universe has broken wide, and Lyra's friend lies dead. Desperate for answers and set on revenge, Lyra bursts into a new world in pursuit of his killer. Instead, she finds Will, just twelve years old and already a murderer himself. He's on a quest as fierce as Lyra's, and together they strike out into this sunlit otherworld.But Cittagazze is a strange and haunted place. Soul-eating Specters stalk its streets while, high above, the wingbeats of distant angels sound against the sky. And in the mysterious Torre degli Angeli lurks Cittagazze's deadly secret—an object of extraordinary and devastating power.On this journey marked by danger, Will and Lyra forge ahead. But with every step and each new horror, they move closer to the greatest threat of all—and the shattering truth of their own destiny.
Akcja „Zorzy p??nocnej” – pierwszego tomu trylogii pt. „Mroczne materie” – rozgrywa si? we wszech?wiecie podobnym do naszego, ale jednocze?nie r??ni?cym si? od niego pod wieloma wzgl?dami.Akcja drugiego tomu dzieje si? we wszech?wiecie, kt?ry znamy.Tom trzeci to podr?? mi?dzy tymi wszech?wiatami.
