Books about Xris

When Lyra is given the strange and secret alethiometer, she begins an extraordinary journey that will take her to the frozen lands of the Arctic, where witch-clans reign and ice-bears fight. The destiny that awaits her will have immeasurable consequences far beyond her own world.

Lyra and Will both leave their own worlds and meet in the eerie city of Cittagazze, where they must find a secret and terrible weapon on which the fate of many more worlds rest. An opportunity for new readers and collectors alike to enjoy Philip Pullman's modern masterpiece, with eye-catching covers featuring images from the Golden Compass Film.

Universally accepted by Muslims to be the infallible Word of God as first revealed to the Prophet Muhammad by the Angel Gabriel nearly fourteen hundred years ago, this work contains 114 chapters or surahs that recount the narratives central to Muslim belief and together they form one of the world's influential prophetic works.

This is a love story - the story of one girl's search for the man she will marry. Here we meet Lata, her newly-married sister Savita, her loving, fussy, widowed mother and her inlaws and outlaws. Three suitors present themselves. Only one can win Lata's hand - by love or maternal persuasion.

Harry Potter is an ordinary boy who lives in a cupboard under the stairs at his Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon's house. He is bullied by them and his cousin Dudley, and lives a very unremarkable life with only the odd hiccup to cause him much to think about. That is until an owl turns up with a letter addressed to Harry and all hell breaks loose.

Yet more unbelievable babble from Private Eye's long running column of cobblers in this hilarious collection of quirky quotes and cartoons from the rich and famous. The perfect stocking filler for Eye fans.

A one-volume edition charting Arthur Dent's odyssey through space, comprising: The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy ; The Restaurant at the End of the Universe ; Life, the Universe and Everything ; and So long, and Thanks for all the Fish .

This title represents a systematic attempt to work out, in geometric fashion, the nature of God, the relationship between mind and body, human psychology and the best way to live.

When Adela and her elderly companion Mrs Moore arrive in the Indian town of Chandrapore, they quickly feel trapped by its insular and prejudiced British community. Determined to explore the real India', they seek the guidance of the charming and mercurial Dr Aziz, a cultivated Indian Muslim. But a mysterious incident occurs while they are exploring the Marabar caves with Aziz, and the well-respect

A neglected field in scholarly debate, this work provides an analysis of religion as a dynamic factor in Indian society. It is an examination of the ritual, economic and power status of missionaries, as well as the effects of religious conversion on the individual's social status and mobility.

A collection of essays that analyze the hard-to-define phenomenon of 'technology' in America. It covers some of the important features of American technology, including developments in automobiles, television, and computing. It includes discussions of how technologies interact with race, gender, and class in American society.

Reflecting the many-sided development of Hindi during the 20th century, the dictionary provides over 70,000 entries with illustrative material showing words in use. Both colloquial and literary vocabulary is covered, together with some modern regional variants.

A biography of novelist, essayist and born-again mystic Aldous Huxley (1894-1963), author of Brave New World and Eyeless in Gaza . The book is a reassessment of one of the most interesting writers of the 20th century, exploring his childhood, education and literary achievements.

Containing eight pieces of contemporary fiction in the original French and in English translation, this volume gives an insight into French culture and literature.