The Golden Compass
by Philip Pullman
Philip Pullman's modern classic of fantasy adventure is now a film directed by Chris Weitz (About a Boy) and starring Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig, and Eva Green!
Young Lyra's uncle, Lord Asriel, returns from the far North with tales of terrible danger and of a child severed from its daemon familiar. Soon Lyra sets out to save kidnapped children and their familiars from hideous experiments. But an even greater mystery awaits...
Atonement
by Ian McEwan
Winner of the 2002 National Book Critics Circle Award for fiction, Atonement is Ian McEwan's symphonic novel of love and war, childhood and class, guilt and forgiveness provides all the satisfaction of a brilliant narrative and the provocation we have come to expect from this master of English prose.
No Country for Old Men
by Cormac McCarthy
Cormac McCarthy's powerful and harrowing modern-day Western is now the basis for one of the most acclaimed films of the fall, starring Tommy Lee Jones and Javier Bardem, and written and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen (Fargo, Miller's Crossing).
Beowulf: The Script Book
by Neil Gaiman and Roger Avary
Bestselling author Neil Gaiman and Academy Award-winning screenwriter Roger Avary turn the classic poem Beowulf into a thrilling, frightening, innovative, and epic script for the blockbuster film — directed by Robert Zemeckis (The Polar Express) and starring Angelina Jolie, John Malkovich, Ray Winstone, Robin Wright Penn, Crispin Glover, and Anthony Hopkins — that illuminates all the wonders and adventure of one of the greatest tales of all time!
The Kite Runner
by Khaled Hosseini
The worldwide bestselling phenomenon comes to film! In The Kite Runner, privileged young narrator Amir comes of age during the last peaceful days of the monarchy in Afghanistan, then must endure revolution, invasion and a country's long struggle to triumph over violent forces.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
by J. K. Rowling
In his fifth year at Hogwart's, 15-year-old Harry faces challenges at every turn, from the dark threat of He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named and the unreliability of the government of the magical world to the rise of Ron Weasley as the keeper of the Gryffindor Quidditch Team.
Sweeney Todd
by Mark Salisbury
The legendary Demon Barber of Fleet Street returns in this film version of Steven Sondheim's hit Broadway musical, directed by Tim Burton (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory) and starring Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, and Alan Rickman.
Stardust
by Neil Gaiman
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 — now a major motion picture starring Robert DeNiro, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Claire Danes.
The Nanny Diaries
by Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus
Based on the phenomenal bestseller, The Nanny Diaries tells the story of the emotional and often humorous journey of Annie Braddock (Scarlett Johansson), a young woman from a working-class neighborhood in New Jersey who accepts a position as a nanny for a wealthy family. She quickly learns that life is not very rosy on the other side of the tax bracket, as she must cater to the every whim of Mrs. X (Laura Linney) and her precocious son Grayer, while attempting to avoid the formidable Mr. X (Paul Giamatti).
The Namesake
by Jhumpa Lahiri
The New York Times bestseller from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Interpreter of Maladies, now a major motion picture directed by Academy Award nominee Mira Nair (Monsoon Wedding). The Namesake, Jhumpa Lahiri's remarkable debut novel, is a beautiful family portrait that has been hailed by the Philadelphia Inquirer as "emotionally charged and deeply poignant."
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