Diana Wynne Jones

Rosenberg, Teya / Hixon, Martha P. / Scapple, Sharon M. / White, Donna R. (eds.): Diana Wynne Jones. An Exciting and Exacting Wisdom. New York, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt/M., Oxford, Wien Peter Lang Vlg. 2002. ISBN: 978-0-8204-5687-4
Diana Wynne Jones: An Exciting and Exacting Wisdom is a collection of scholarly essays examining the work of British author Diana Wynne Jones, whose prolific contributions to speculative fiction span the past thirty years. A contemporary of such well known fantastic authors as Alan Garner and Susan Cooper, Jones is also a clear influence on more recent writers such as J. K. Rowling. Her humorous and exciting stories, many published for children but read by all ages, are also complexly structured and thought provoking. These essays - written by academics and independent scholars from Australia, North America, Europe, and Asia - present a wide variety of approaches to and ideas about Jones's work. This book will be of interest to Jones's many admirers and to those who study or appreciate speculative fiction and children's literature.

187 pp. Pb. *neuwertig*

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Jones, Diana Wynne: Die Zauberer von Caprona.,Diana Wynne Jones. Dt. von Friedl Hofbauer, Dressler Hamburg 1983 ISBN: 3791510274
..,gute Erhaltung, Gebrauchsspuren , Hardcover , ohne Schutzumschlag , In Caprona gibt es zwei verfeindete Familien von Zauberern, die sich gegenseitig ständig überbieten wollen und dadurch den Blick für das Wesentliche (Schutz der Stadt) verlieren. Als die Stadt von einem mächtigen Zauberer angegriffen wird, verbünden sich die jüngsten Kinder der Familien über gesellschaftliche Schranken hinweg um ihm entgegenzutreten., ISBN-13: 9783791510279

214 S., 19 cm

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Jones, Diana Wynne Illustrated by Nenad Jakesevic: BELIEVING IS SEEING Seven Stories, 1999 New York Greenwillow Books ; fester Einband / hard cover
0688168434

Hardcover Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket Edition: 1st American Edition; 1st Printing B&W Illustrations; Spine ends & corners of book cover have extremely light bumping & rubbing. Tan paper covered boards have a tan cloth spine with gilt lettering. Text pages are clean & bright. Endpapers are a solid tan color. Spine ends & corners of dust jacket have a bit of very light bumping & rubbing. Overall, a nice bright copy. The book includes the short works: The Sage of Theare, The Master, Enna Hittims, The Girl who Loved the Sun, Dragon Reserve, Home Eight, What the Cat Told Me, and, Nad and Dan adn Quaffy. "Believing is seeing, as the title of this outstanding collection of fantasies proclaims. And reading is seeing more than you've ever imagined when in the masterful hands of acclaimed author Diana Wynne Jones."

[SW: Science Fiction Diana Wynne Jones Nenad Jakesevic Short Fiction Short Stories Fantasy Youth Fantasy Young Adult Fantasy Fantasy Fiction]

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Jones, Diana Wynne: Conrad's Fate / Diana Wynne Jones ; Illustrated by Tim Stevens, London : Harpercollins 2005 ISBN: 0007190859
Summary: A splendid, new, magical adventure from Diana Wynne Jones, set in the worlds of Chrestomanci! Conrad is young, good at heart, and yet is apparently suffering from the effects of such bad karma that there is nothing in his future but terrible things. Unless he can alter his circumstances - well, to be brutally honest, he is DOOMED. Conrad is sent in disguise to Stallery Mansion, to infiltrate the magical fortress that has power over the whole town of Stallchester, and to discover the identity of the person who is affecting his Fate so badly. He has to put an end to them, or he wont last the year. But can any plan really be that simple and straightforward? Of course it can't! And things start to go very strangely for Conrad from the moment he meets the boy called Christopher! This is trademark DWJ - packed with laugh-aloud humour, insane logic, spot-on observations, organised chaos, and all wrapped up in a rattling good adventure which oozes magic from every seam. Literally

1st Edition Physical desc. : 392 p. ; 18 cm. Series: Chrestomanci story. Subject: Chrestomanci (Fictitious character) - Juvenile fiction 392 pages

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