Item category 1: Science Fiction & Fantasy

Alex and his friend Dinu vowed never to time-travel again. But now it's summer and Alex and Dinu have been offered a luxury summer holiday in Athens. After a rooftop banquet the evening they arrive, everyone gets food poisoning and is told not to eat for 48 hours. When Alex and Dinu feel better, ...

Anne has spent most of her thirteen years scrubbing dirty hallways and laboring in dark mines at Saint Lupin's orphanage, dreaming of finding her true home and of becoming an adventurer alongside her best friend, Penelope. Her dreams finally seem within reach... until Anne is denied her rightful ...

Mischief-makers Prince Lucas, his best friend Clara, and Ruskin the scarlet dragon learn to respect the hard work of others when they are sent to Flatfrost to fetch more ice from the giants who live there.

This is the classic tale of good versus evil set in a galaxy far, far away, quickly became a cultural phenomenon during its tome, inspiring a generation of story lovers and storytellers. Now, the original trilogy of Star Wars shines anew with the vibrant concept art of Ralph McQuarrie, the legend...

Pearl, Olive and Tweet go on an adventure! When their umbrellas carry them all the way over to Sand Land, they have to avoid sandquakes, sandstorms and even quicksand. Can Pearl and her friends find their way home? Or will the mean, stinky gobble-uns find them first?

Since time immemorial, the Spires have sheltered humanity. Within their halls, the ruling aristocratic houses develop scientific marvels, foster trade alliances, and maintain fleets of airships to keep the peace. Captain Grimm commands the merchant ship Predator. Loyal to Spire Albion, he has tak...

When Alice toppled down the rabbit-hole 150 years ago, she found a Wonderland as rife with inconsistent rules and abrasive egos as the world she left behind. But what of that world? How did 1860s Oxford react to Alice's disappearance? Ada, a friend of Alice's mentioned briefly in Alice's Adventur...

Ginger. Honey. Cinnamon. Flour. A drop of blood to bind its power. 1650. The Black Forest, Wurttemberg. Fifteen years after the witch in the gingerbread house, Greta and Hans are struggling to get by. Their mother and stepmother are long dead, Hans is deeply in debt from gambling, and the country...

When Rachel and Aidan fell in love, they thought it was forever. She was a brilliant, high-flying scientist. He was her loving and supportive husband. Now she's gone, and Aidan must carry on and raise their daughter alone. But Rachel has left behind her life's work, a gift of love to see them thr...

"Across the six-planet expanse of the Gaia system, the Earthlike Gretia struggles to stabilize in the wake of an interplanetary war. Amid an uneasy alliance to maintain economies, resources, and populations, Aden Robertson reemerges. After devoting twelve years of his life to the reviled losing s...

"Supergirl (aka Kara Danvers) has been running across average citizens performing amazing feats all over National City. But that's not even the weirdest thing going on. The Department of Extranormal Operations has captured a mysterious humanoid sea creature. Supergirl must find out what has drawn...

It all started with the geese. The Firefly crew is eager to get paid for their latest job, but when payment arrives as a gaggle of geese instead of a purse, their stay on the planet Brome gets an indefinite extension. Don't matter that the geese will fetch a pretty penny once they get somewhere t...

Kai Masters is a border guard charged with keeping Earth safe. Kai chooses his Astro-Jet Striker to battle the wind beast. Can it win over a wind attack?

Aisha and her friendly unicorn, Silver, are having lots of fun at Unicorn Academy, but Aisha keeps getting distracted and Silver just wants to play! Huge hailstorms are putting the school in danger, and it looks like bad magic might be involved. Suddenly Aisha and Silver are in a race against tim...

SCIENCE FICTION (CHILDREN'S / TEENAGE). Happily Ever After? Once upon a time, Rachel and Kirsty were excited to attend the special Fairy Tale Festival at TipTop Castle. But when Jack Frost steals the Fairy Tale Fairies' magic items, stories everywhere get all jumbled up. Even worse, characters fr...

The evil Shadow Sprites have stolen the Magic Mirror, determined to cause chaos among the forest's animals. Aisha must harness the power of sapphires to rescue the mirror, and return it to its rightful home in the Magic Forest's secret vault.

In the prison kingdom of Vakunda, a wicked wizard has kidnapped Queen Aroha's nephew. Tom and Elenna must face four new and deadly Beasts as they battle to rescue the boy. In book one of this series, they travel to a monstrous jungle and do battle with a ferocious orang-utan!

Princess Jasmine is tired of being stuck in the palace, so she sneaks out into the streets seeking adventure. Aladdin is a street rat, surviving by his wits. When the two meet however, maybe all their dreams can come true.

Classic fiction. Philip Pullman's wry wit and award-winning talent brings much to this rich, dark and uplifting rendition of the classic tale Aladdin and the Enchanted Lamp. With magic and mischief in equal measure, it will captivate readers of all ages.

Here be dragons and sorcery, time travel and sorrow. Vicious garden gnomes. A grounded phoenix rider. A new mother consumed with vengeance. A dying god. Soul magic. These stories wrestle with the experience of loss -- of loved ones, of relationships, of a sense of self, of health -- and forge a p...

Set many centuries after societal collapse and global meltdown, it is about a small, isolated community of survivors who in some respects are living in a futuristic Dark Ages. Out there, on the perimeter of their safe environment, they know there is a Stalker. His arrival into their world -- whic...

Alice falls down a rabbit hole and discovers a world of nonsensical and amusing characters.

When Alice follows a rabbit through a hole, she finds herself in the fantasy world of Wonderland -- a whimsical place filled with talking creatures and amazing landscapes. As she faces challenges and impossible puzzles, Alice learns valuable lessons about courage and self-discovery.

Classic fiction. "The Collector's Colour Library" takes the favourite illustrated titles of "The Collector's Library" and presents them in full colour. Original colour illustrations are faithfully reproduced, and where illustrations and decorations were originally black and white they have been s...

Nothing exciting ever happens on twelve-year-old Danny's estate... that is until he falls through a locker in his grandad's workshop and finds himself in an Interdimensional Lost Property Office! Join Danny, Modge and Inaaya in more rocket-fuelled rampages across the universe and space shenanigan...

The planet of Kiln is where the tyrannical Mandate keeps its prison colony, and for inmates the journey there is always a one-way trip. One such prisoner is Professor Arton Daghdev, xeno-ecologist and political dissident. Soon after arrival he discovers that Kiln has a secret. Humanity is not the...

You see strange lights in the sky. It's a flying saucer, just like in the movies. Inside are lizard aliens - disguised as humans. They have come to invade planet Earth! You want to resist, but your actions may lead to the destruction of humankind... Do you have what it takes to save the world? Or...

Adventure fiction. Science fiction. Hex is the unluckiest space invader on Planet X! Every time he tries to do anything it goes wrong. He can't shoot a ray gun, he can't fly a spaceship and he couldn't spot an earthling, even if it jumped up and bit him on the probe When Hex discovers his long lo...

Tyne and her team are fighting for their lives after having been sent in to clear the Nevada State Forest, where an alien stronghold has been established since their invasion. The aliens now have hostages in the camps and Tyne fears none will be found alive. For their own cause, will they make it...