Christopher peut se transporter en rêve dans des mondes parallèles. Lorsqu'il l'apprend, son oncle lui demande de tenter d'étranges expériences et de rapporter de mystérieux paquets. Christopher découvre aussi qu'il appartient à une famille d'enchanteurs et qu'il possède neuf vies. Le voilà prédestiné à succéder au Chrestomanci, le plus puissant magicien du pays chez qui il va désormais habiter. Mais Christopher perd ses vies à une allure étonnante. Ne cherche-t-on pas à profiter de ses pouvoirs?

Les mondes de Chrestomanci (Tome 2) - Les neuf vies du magicien

Abdullah, un jeune marchand de tapis, mène une vie sans relief dans le sultanat de Rajput, jusqu'au jour ou il acquiert un tapis magique. Transporté jusqu'à un jardin merveilleux, il y découvre Fleur-de-la-Nuit, la princesse de ses rêves, qui est aussitôt enlevée par un effroyable djinn... Après Le Château de Hurle, Dianna Wynne Jones propose une suite inattendue à ce livre au succès international, bientôt adapté au cinéma par Miyazaki, l'auteur du dessin animé Princesse Mononoké. Revisitant avec beaucoup d'humour et de rythme les classiques des mille et une nuits, elle nous entraîne dans un tourbillon ou rien n'est en réalité ce qu'il semble être : le génie dans sa bouteille s'acharne avec malice à faire l'inverse de ce qu'on attend de lui, un château volant rempli de princesses se révèle être tout sauf un rêve et même les chats et les chiens réservent des surprises au anti-héros de cette histoire de Fantasy orientale particulièrement bien menée.

Le château des nuages

Dapper, debonair, and wise, the great enchanter Chrestomanci has nine lives and a strong personality as well as strong magic. That personality reverberates in each of these four dazzling stories. A warlock tries to escape Chrestomanci's justice by fleeing to another world-with hilarious results. Cat Chant and Tonino Montana reluctantly join forces when Chrestomanci sends them on a visit that turns suddenly dangerous. The youngest best-selling dreamer needs Chrestomanci's help when she finds she can't dream anymore. And as the gods of an ever-so-orderly world try to destroy the young Sage of Dissolution, Chrestomanci lends a hand. Like Chrestomanci himself, acclaimed author Diana Wynne Jones has a graceful flair, which sparkles in the remarkable wit, imagination, and intelligence of these fast-paced tales.

Mixed Magics

Glorious new rejacket of a Diana Wynne Jones classic award-winning favourite, featuring Chrestomanci - now a book with extra bits!

 Everybody says that Gwendolyn Chant is a gifted witch with astonishing powers, so it suits her enormously when she is taken to live in Chrestomanci Castle. Her brother Eric (better known as Cat) is not so keen, for he has no talent for magic at all.

 However, life with the great enchanter is not what either of them expects and sparks begin to fly!

 Winner of the Guardian Award.

Charmed Life

A hilarious adventure about a fantasy world in danger of destruction from that most vile of threats. tourism . Winner of the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children's Literature in 1999.

 A humorous fantasy from Diana Wynne Jones. In a world next door to ours, the tourist industry is devastating the population by its desire to experience all the fantasy clichés - Dark Lords, impoverished villages, dragons etc.

 The Head of the University resolves to shut the tours down; the only problem being the ruthless tour-master - and his all-powerful demons. To save them all, the incompetent wizard Derk is appointed as Dark Lord in the hope that he will ruin the tours, and sure enough proceeds to fail at everything due to his general uselessness. But can failing at everything lead to a win this time?

The Dark Lord of Derkholm

Dans une ville d'un certain pays à une certaine époque, les habitants s'inquiètent d'une probable guerre.Sophie, une jeune fille qui a la charge du magasin de chapeau de feu son père, rencontre, un mystérieux et très beau jeune inconnu loin de la laisser indifférent. Mais ce beau jeune homme se révèle le terrible sorcier Howl, notoirment connu pour dévourer le cœur des belles jeunes filles qu'il approche...La pauvre Sophie n'a pas le temps de se remettre qu'elle devient la proie de la sorcière des Landes, qui, d'un sortilège, la transforme en grand-mère de 90 ans. Ne pouvant plus poursuivre ses activités, mamie Sophie entreprend alors seule un voyage qui l'emmène vers le château ambulant de Howl. Sans hésiter, elle pénètre dans ce château et décide de s'y installer comme femme de ménage...

Le château ambulant (#2)

Loin du pays d’Ingarie, dans le sultanat du Rajpout, un jeune marchand se plaît à rêver à une vie différente. Il s’imagine ainsi fils de roi, promis depuis sa naîssance à une belle princesse, bien loin de sa vie miséreuse et de son père ingrat, bien loin de son petit étal de tapis. Lorsqu’un beau jour, un étranger lui vend un tapis volant, la vie d’Abdallah prend un tournant pour le moins inattendu.Les péripéties s’enchaînent et le destin de notre héros semble soudain lié à celui de la superbe princesse Fleur-dans-la-Nuit. Pour la retrouver, il part pour une incroyable odyssée, semée de djinns légendaires, de sorciers, de prophéties anciennes… et d’un mystérieux château dans les nuages.

Le Château des Nuages (La Trilogie de Hurle, #2)

La cité du temps

The people of Holand in South Dalemark are bitterly oppressed by the tyrannical earl Hadd. Informers, secret police, and cruel rent-collectors terrorize the countryside, and Mitt has grown up with more than enough reasons for joining the freedom fighters. When his protest against the tyrannical government fails, a young boy escapes, with two other children, to the mysterious Holy Islands where they learn the identity and the power of two folk figures celebrated by their countrymen.

Drowned Ammet

This is the story of Ayna and Ceri, who both had Gifts, and of Gair, who thought he was ordinary.

 Gair spent his time gazing out onto the Moor and brooding. Ayna could answer questions about the future, Ceri could find things which were lost. Gair seems to have no Gift and knew he was a disappointment to his jovial, heroic father - who is Chief. Perhaps his feelings of not fitting in was what made him so curious about these other different sorts of beings who lived on the Moor - the Giants and the Dorig. Certainly it was because he believed he was ordinary that he did his best to become wise, and to learn as much as he could abou the three great Powers of Sun, Moon and Earth. And when the crisis came, Gair found the knowledge he had gained was to help save not only his own life but those of all his people.

Power of Three

A chaotically magical sequel to Howl's Moving Castle, from the bestselling children's author and 'godmother of fantasy', Diana Wynne Jones.

 Charmain Baker is in over her head. Looking after Great Uncle William's tiny cottage while he's ill should have been easy, but Great Uncle William is better known as the Royal Wizard Norland and his house bends space and time. Its single door leads to any number of places - the bedrooms, the kitchen, the caves under the mountains, the past, to name but a few.

 By opening that door, Charmain is now also looking after an extremely magical stray dog, a muddled young apprentice wizard and a box of the king's most treasured documents, as well as irritating a clan of small blue creatures.

 Caught up in an intense royal search, she encounters an intimidating sorceress named Sophie. And where Sophie is, can the Wizard Howl and fire demon Calcifer be far behind?

House of Many Ways

A bewitching comic fantasy by a master of the supernaturalCat doesn't mind living in the shadow of his sister, Gwendolen, the most promising young witch ever seen on Coven Street. But trouble starts brewing the moment the two orphans are summoned to live in Chrestomanci Castle. Frustrated that the witches of the castle refuse to acknowledge her talents, Gwendolen conjures up a scheme that could throw whole worlds out of whack.

In three wild and wacky tales, find out what can happen when...... An old armchair that you've finally decided to get rid of comes to life -- and has a definite attitude. It thinks it can rule the entire household!... Not one, but four grannies come to take care of you and your stepsister. You manage to work some magic, and are granted three wishes -- but soon fear you may get what you wished for!... The rudest uninvited house guest comes to visit -- and won't leave! He insults every person who comes his way. But when he starts in on the furniture, that's the last straw. Even the furniture thinks so!The bestselling illustrator of "Harvey Potter's Balloon Farm" teams up with a Nobel laureate in this buoyant fantasy of a boy who brings home a wave. Stunning oil paintings shimmer with light and laughter in this unexpected, unforgettable tour de force.

Stopping for a Spell

The final book in the epic fantasy-adventure series from 'the Godmother of Fantasy', Diana Wynne Jones. Now back in print!

 'Mitt arrived at the top of the steps, panting, and pushed open the door. "Oh, there you are, " said the Countess. "We want you to kill someone."'

 Since his arrival in the North of Dalemark Mitt has become disillusioned. The North seems no more free than the Holand he fled, a fugitive accused of attempted murder. And now he is trapped by the order to kill someone he doesn't know or else risk the lives of his friends. Forced once more to flee, Mitt is joined by Moril, the quietly powerful musician, and Maewen - out of her time, but mysteriously fated to play a part in their quest. For the evil powers of the mage Kankredin are re-assembling, and only the Adon's gifts - the ring, sword and cup - can once more unite Dalemark.

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