The Tombs of Atuan is the second book in the Earthsea series by Ursula K Le Guin. It was first published in 1970 in the winter issue of Worlds of Fantasy and published as a book by Atheneum in 1971. As A Wizard of Earthsea told the first part of the story of Ged as... Read More »
The Hobbit is a novel by J R R Tolkien. It was first published in 1937. I loved this book as a child. I read it again as an “adult” and it hadn’t lost its charm. The only book I found more addictive was Lord of the Rings. Tolkien had a love of language and... Read More »
His Dark Materials is a fantasy trilogy by Philip Pullman. It consists of The Northern Lights, The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass. It follows the adventures of Lyra Belacqua in a parallel universe with its own version of Oxford. Oxford’s Jordan College is funding Lord Asriel’s research into the heretical idea that other worlds... Read More »
Philip Pullman’s collection of the brothers Grimm fairy tales is a refreshing retelling of these classic fairy tales. The stories flow easily, which is the point of fairy tales. You accept them for what they are and get on straight into the story and keep the pace going. This is what sparks the interest and... Read More »
I first heard about Irving Finkel’s discovery about the early story of the ark on radio 4. He came on to talk about a cuneiform tablet that he had seen years ago but never had the chance to study it until then. From this he managed to find out about the early construction of the... Read More »
The Song of Achilles is a novel by Madeline Miller that explores the relationship between Patroclus and Achilles. It is told by Patroclus. It covers the Trojan cycle, from the suitors of Helen to the fall of Troy. I am familiar with the elements of the Trojan cycle and the Iliad itself but do not... Read More »
This Spanish language album (CD) by the internationally renowned Spanish singer, Julio IGLESIAS, contains 10 songs that are also available in an Italian language CD. Julio, as he is known to his fans, tends to sings, among others, love songs and ballads. If you like love songs you are likely to enjoy listening to this... Read More »
A Wizard of Earthsea is a fantasy novel written by the American author Ursula K. Le Guin, first published by the small press Parnassus in 1968. Set in the fictional archipelago of Earthsea, the story follows the education of a young mage named Ged who joins the school of wizardry. A Wizard of Earthsea is... Read More »
The Silmarillion is a collection of works that were posthumously published by his son, Christopher Tolkien in 1977 with the assistance of Guy Gavriel Kay. It describes the universe of Eä,of which Middle Earth is part of. The world of Lord of the Rings and the Hobbit. It is written in five parts. The first... Read More »
Peng’s Fun With Chinese Characters for Children. Help your child learn Chinese the fun way This little paperback book with its 144 pages and it small format, slightly bigger than A5 (A5 is hald the size of a stnadard A4 Photocopy paper used in many home inkjet printers) is quite interesting. It provide the Chinese... Read More »
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