In this title, readers can enter the dazzling world of 19th century magicians fighting Napoleon's advancing army - and fighting between themselves

'A brilliantly constructed entertainment, with a plot as simple and intricate as a nest of Chinese boxes ... a dizzying magic show of a novel' WASHINGTON POST

The first volume in the 'Bartimaeus Trilogy' is a fantasy centred on the relationship between a magician's apprentice and a djinni, with humorous undertones of satire.

Two years have passed since the events of The Amulet of Samarkand and the young magician Nathaniel is rising fast through the government ranks. But his career is suddenly threatened by a series of terrifying crises. A dangerous golem makes random attacks on London and other raids, even more threatening, are perpetrated by the Resistance.

Carter became a magician out of need. But in 1920s America, the stakes are growing higher and his stunts become audacious. Until the night, President Harding takes part in his act only to die two hours later, and he finds himself pursued by the Secret Service and by others desperate to discover the secret they believe Harding confided in him.

Three years on from the events in The Golem's Eye, the magicians' rule in London is teetering on a knife-edge, with general unrest. Meanwhile, living under a false identity, Kitty has been researching djinn; she has come to believe that the only way to destroy the magicians is with an alliance of some kind between djinn and ordinary people.

Parsifal is a gay magician with a Vietnamese lover, Phan. When Phan dies of AIDS, he marries his devoted female assistant, Sabine. But Parsifal dies of a sudden aneurysm, and Sabine is left to confront her husband's past - the family and roots from which he divorced himself in life.

Contains stories from the world of Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell and is illustrated by Charles Vess. This book includes the characters of a conceited Regency clergyman, an eighteenth-century Jewish doctor and Mary, Queen of Scots, as well as two characters from Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell: Strange himself and the Raven King .

Orphan, clock keeper, and thief, twelve-year-old 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 girl and her grandfather, Hugo's undercover life and his most precious secret, are put in jeopardy.

The summer holidays are dragging on and Harry Potter can't wait for the start of the school year. It is his fourth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and there are spells to be learnt and (unluckily) Potions and Divination lessons to be attended. But Harry can't know that the atmosphere is darkening around him.

The first in the fantastically successful Harry Potter series

Third installment of the Harry Potter series - a once-supporter of Voldemort escapes from Azkaban prison, and is trying to get into Hogwarts to find Harry

Stunning fantasy debut

The three firm friends, Harry, Ron and Hermione, are soon immersed in the daily round of Potions, Herbology, Charms, Defence Against the Dark Arts, and Quidditch. But then horrible and mysterious things begin to happen. Harry keeps hearing strange voices, sinister and dark messages appear on the wall, and then Ron's sister Ginny disappears...

The second novel in the bestselling Black Magician Trilogy.

An extraordinary tale of poetry, secret societies, travelling circuses and walking dead set in a richly realised Victorian London

The sixth book in this award-winning and phenomenally bestselling series

The first novel in the bestselling Black Magician Trilogy.

The third novel in the bestselling Black Magician Trilogy.

Winner of the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction from the author 'Wonder Boys'. 'The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay' is a heart-wrenching story of escape, love and comic-book heroes set in Prague, New York and the Arctic.