The Blue Djinn of Babylon

John and Philippa Gaunt are twelve-year-old twins who recently discovered themselves to be descended from a long tine of djinn (which are commonly called genies). They are now in possession of great magical powers and have just returned from their adventures battling an evil djinn in Cairo and London. When the Solomon Grimoire, which can give its user complete power over all djinn, is reported…

The Cobra King of Kathmandu

From New York Times-bestselling author P. B. Kerr comes the third volume in this exceptional, imaginative adventure series about a twin boy and girl who discover they are djinns, or genies. In the third book of the bestselling Children of the Lamp series, djinn twins, John and Philippa Gaunt, are on the trail of another magical mystery. As they travel from New York to London to Nepal and…

The Meaning of Gifts : Stories from Turkey

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Les Misérables

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The Phantom of the Opera

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Vanity Fair

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Pride & Prejudice

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Meteor

from the back cover: It was just a smooth round metal ball, less than a metre in diameter. Although it was still hot from its journey through the huge nothingness of space, it looked quite harmless. But what was it, exactly? A meteor, perhaps - just one of those pieces of rock from outer space that occasionally fall down on to the planet Earth. But meteors don't usually make strange hissing so…