The most checked-out book in the Hogwarts Library, and a volume no Quidditch player or Harry Potter fan should be without!

If you have ever asked yourself where the Golden Snitch came from, how the Bludgers came into existence, or why the Wigtown Wanderers have pictures of meat cleavers on their robes, you need QUIDDITCH THROUGH THE AGES. This invaluable volume is consulted by young Quidditch fans on an almost daily basis.

Proceeds from the sale of this book will go to Comic Relief, who will use your money to continue improving and changing lives -- work that is even more important and astonishing than the three-and-a-half-second capture of the Golden Snitch by Roderick Plumpton in 1921.

A great reference for every Harry Potter fan, this compendium is a facsimile of Harry's own edition of the comprehensive work on Magical Beasts. Harry's and his friends' notes are found in the margins!

Foreword
iAllinthegoldenafternoon
1DowntheRabbit-Hole
2ThePoolofTears
3ACaucus-RaceandaLongTale
4TheRabbitSendsinaLitteBill
5AdvicefromaCaterpillar
6PigandPepper
7AMadTea-Party
8TheQueen'sCroquet-Ground
9TheMockTurtle'sStory
10TheLobsterQuadrille
11WhoStoletheTarts?
12Alice'sEvidence

One of that handful of fictional characters whose names have passed into common usage, Little Lord Fauntleroy embodies the author's belief that "Nothing in the world is so strong as a kind heart."
Young Cedric Errol lives in poverty in New York with his mother. On the death of his English father -- disinherited for marrying an American -- Cedric is summoned to the family castle by his grandfather. There the crotchety Earl plans to transform the boy into a docile, traditional lordling.
But Little Lord Fauntleroy does the converting. Through his goodness and innocence, he wins the hearts of his English relatives, who welcome his mother warmly.

Few children's classics can match the charm and originality of Frances Hodgson Burnett's THE SECRET GARDEN, the unforgettable story of sullen, sulky Mary Lennox, "the most disagreeable-looking child ever seen." When a cholera epidemic leaves her an orphan,Mary is sent to England to live with her reclusive uncle, Archibald Craven, at Misselthwaite Manor.Unloved and unloving, Mary wanders the desolate moors until one day she chances upon the door of a secret garden.
What follows is one of the most beautiful tales of trans for mation in children's literature, as Mary,her sickly and tyrannical cousin Colin, and a peasant boy named Dickon secretly strive to make the garden bloom once more.A unique blend of realism and magic,THE SECRET GARDEN remains a moving expression of every child's need to nurture and be nurtured--a story that has captured for all time the rare andenchanted world of childhood.

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Alone in a new country, wealthy Sara Crewe tries to make friends at boarding school and settle in. But when she learns that she'll never see her beloved father again, her life is turned upside down. Transformed from princess to pauper, she must swap dancing lessons and luxury for drudgery and a room in the attic. Will she find that kindness and generosity are all the riches she truly needs? With deeply poignant introduction written by bestselling author of "Chinese Cinderella", "A Little Princess" is one of the twelve wonderful classic stories being relaunched in "Puffin Classics" in March 2008.

Exiled to the Shadows for centuries, a man more than mortal awakens in an Earth hospital with no memory of his past—and is surrounded by enemies who hunger for his destruction. For Corwin is of the blood—the rightful successor to the throne of the real world. But to rule, he must conquer impossible realities and demonic assassins... and survive the ruthless machinations of the most insidious malevolence imaginable: his own family.

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1944年夏天，骇人的哥伦比亚大学谋杀案震惊了年轻的“垮掉的一代”。威廉•巴勒斯和杰克•凯鲁亚克受这起命案的启发，于1945年合作完成了这部小说。小说以硬汉侦探小说的写法，由两位作家交替各写一章，描述了纽约一群放荡不羁的年轻人，充满了毒品和艺术，困扰和残酷。故事的场景和人物 大都具有原型。这部作品被雪藏了六十多年，一直到所有主要当事人和两位作家都已去世，才在2008年初次出版。
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这本书是我们这代人“失去”的那个部分的写照。
——杰克•凯鲁亚克
硬汉侦探小说和存在主义挽歌的综合体——就像达希尔•哈米特遇上了阿尔贝•加缪……“垮掉的一代”一份必不可少的记录。
——《旧金山纪事报》
展示了两位巨匠青年时期的生活……凯鲁亚克和巴勒斯在不经意间写出了1944年的格林尼治村，就像乔伊斯写出了1904年的都柏林。
——《波斯顿凤凰报》
这部小说的出版是一次重大的文学事件，这不仅因为它是凯鲁亚克和巴勒斯“垮掉的一代”两位最重要作家的合著，还因为它讲述了一个使美国很多其他作者都着迷的故事。……一个失落时代的一部迷人的快照集。
——《独立报》
一部迷人的作品，从中可以窥见垮掉派成长的岁月。
——《星期日泰晤士报》
在这部由二人交替书写的小说中……凯鲁亚克虽然才二十出头，但已经显露出杰出的写作才华，他对酒吧场景的速写，大概会令布科夫斯基自叹不如。至于巴勒斯，出现在《裸体午餐》和其他作品中的兴趣和困扰，已经初露端倪。
——《科克斯评论》

Youth is bound to pass. No doubt about it. It is merely an illustration of animal behavior. Or rather, a trinket sold at street vendors, an iron-plated clockwork doll which walks once wound up. A Clockwork Orange is a fantasy novella which tells the story of a problem boy from the future society of Britain. He plunged into crime driven by adolescent hormone before he was deprived of his free will as punishment. When he reentered society after rehabilitation, he realized he was just a clockwork orange in the hands of God.

Battle Royale is a high-octane thriller about senseless youth violence, and one of Japan's bestselling - and most controversial - novels. As part of a ruthless program by the totalitarian government, a group of high school students are taken to a small isolated island with a map, food, and various weapons. Forced to wear special collars that explode when thy break a rule, they must fight each other for three days until only one remains.

Caldecott Honor artist Brian Selznick's lavishly illustrated debut novel is a cinematic tour de force not to be missed! ORPHAN, CLOCK KEEPER, AND THIEF, Hugo lives in the walls of a busy Paris train station, where his survival depends on secrets and anonymity. But when his world suddenly interlocks with an eccentric, bookish girl and a bitter old man who runs a toy booth in the station, Hugo's undercover life, and his most precious secret, are put in jeopardy. A cryptic drawing, a treasured notebook, a stolen key, a mechanical man, and a hidden message from Hugo's dead father form the backbone of this intricate, tender, and spellbinding mystery.

Sookie Stackhouse is a cocktail waitress in Bon Temps, Louisiana. Now the vampires and the shapeshifters are 'out', you'd think the supernaturals would get on with each other. But nothing is that simple in Bon Temps!

There's a reckoning on the way ...and Sookie has a knack for being in trouble's way; not least when she witnesses the firebombing of Merlotte's, the bar where she works. Since Sam Merlotte is known to be two-natured, suspicion immediately falls on the anti-shifters in the area. Sookie suspects otherwise, but before she can investigate something else - something even more dangerous - comes up. Sookie's lover Eric Northman and his 'child' Pam are plotting something in secret. Whatever it is, they seem determined to keep Sookie out of it; almost as determined as Sookie is to find out what?s going on. She can't sit on the sidelines when both her work and her love life under threat - but as she's gradually drawn into their plans Sookie finds the situation is deadlier than she could ever have imagined.

The #1 New York Times bestselling Sookie Stackhouse series- the basis for HBO(r)'s True Blood -continues!
After enduring torture and the loss of loved ones during the brief but deadly Faery War, Sookie Stackhouse is hurt and she's angry. Just about the only bright spot in her life is the love she thinks she feels for vampire Eric Northman. But he's under scrutiny by the new Vampire King because of their relationship. And as the political implications of the Shifters coming out are beginning to be felt, Sookie's connection to the Shreveport pack draws her into the debate. Worst of all, though the door to Faery has been closed, there are still some Fae on the human side-and one of them is angry at Sookie. Very, very angry...

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Now an HBO original series, True Blood the New York Times bestselling Sookie Stackhouse series continues.
Except for Sookie Stackhouse, folks in Bon Temps, Louisiana, know little about vampsand nothing about weres.
Until now. The weres and shifters have finally decided to reveal their existence to the ordinary world. At first all goes well. Then the mutilated body of a were-panther is found near the bar where Sookie worksand she feels compelled to discover who, human or otherwise, did it.
But theres a far greater danger threatening Bon Temps. A race of unhuman beingsolder, more powerful, and more secretive than vampires or werewolvesis preparing for war. And Sookie finds herself an all-too human pawn in their battle.

New in the aaddictinga "New York Times" bestselling series featuring Sookie Stackhouse. After the natural disaster of Hurricane Katrina and the manmade explosion at the vampire summit, everyoneahuman and otherwiseais stressed, including Louisiana cocktail waitress Sookie Stackhouse, who is trying to cope with the fact that her boyfriend Quinn has gone missing. Itas clear that things are changingawhether the weres and vamps of her corner of Louisiana like it or not. And SookieaFriend to the Pack and blood-bonded to Eric Northman, leader of the local vampire communityais caught up in the changes. In the ensuing battles, Sookie faces danger, death, and once more, betrayal by someone she loves. And when the fur has finished flying and the cold blood finished flowing, her world will be forever altered.

Betrayed by her longtime vampire love, Louisiana cocktail waitress Sookie Stackhouse must now not only deal with a possible new man in her life-the oh-so-handsome shapeshifter Quinn-but also contend with a long-planned vampire summit. With her power base weakened by hurricane damage to New Orleans, the local vampire queen is vulnerable to those hungry for a takeover. Soon, Sookie must decide what side she'll stand with. And her choice may mean the difference between survival and all-out catastrophe.