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In a landmark epic of fantasy and storytelling, Philip Pullman invites readers into a world as convincing and thoroughly realized as Narnia, Earthsea, or Redwall. Here lives an orphaned ward named Lyra Belacqua, whose carefree life among the scholars at Oxford's Jordan College is shattered by the arrival of two powerful visitors. First, her fearsome uncle, Lord Asriel, appears with evidence of mystery and danger in the far North, including photographs of a mysterious celestial phenomenon called Dust and the dim outline of a city suspended in the Aurora Borealis that he suspects is part of an alternate universe. He leaves Lyra in the care of Mrs. Coulter, an enigmatic scholar and explorer who offers to give Lyra the attention her uncle has long refused her. In this multilayered narrative, however, nothing is as it seems. Lyra sets out for the top of the world in search of her kidnapped playmate, Roger, bearing a rare truth-telling instrument, the compass of the title. All around her children are disappearing—victims of so-called "Gobblers"—and being used as subjects in terrible experiments that separate humans from their daemons, creatures that reflect each person's inner being. And somehow, both Lord Asriel and Mrs. Coulter are involved.
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His Dark Materials: The Golden Compass Illustrated Edition
Jun 22, 2021, Knopf Books for Young Readers
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Apr 13, 2020, Ithaki Yayinlari
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Brujula Dorada / the Golden Compass
2019, Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial
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HIS DARK MATERIALS: THE NORTHERN LIGHTS [Paperback] NA
Dec 20, 2017, Scholastic
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Northern Lights : His Dark Materials 1: Now a Major BBC TV Series
2015, Random House Children's Books
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The Golden Compass, 20th Anniversary Edition (His Dark Materials)
Sep 22, 2015, Knopf Books for Young Readers
hardcover
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Les royaumes du nord: A la croisée des mondes/I
2012-10, Gallimard Jeunesse
in French
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THE GOLDEN COMPASS: PHILIP PULLMAN SET OF 3 BOOKS
Jan 01, 2010, Scholastic
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La brúixola daurada: Publicat anteriorment amb el títol Llums del nord
Jun 08, 2010, labutxaca
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Northern Lights
Sep 22, 2008, Folio Society., Brand: Retailer-exclusive titles
hardcover
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Les Royaumes du Nord: A la croisée des mondes/I
2007-10, Gallimard Jeunesse
pocket book
in French
2070615022 9782070615025
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Northern Lights Filmed as The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials)
Sep 04, 2007, SCHOLASTIC
paperback
1407104055 9781407104058
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His Dark Materials: The Definitive Guide
Oct 28, 2007, Alfred A. Knopf
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1407105272 9781407105277
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LUCES DEL NORTE: LA MATERIA OSCURA. VOL. I
Nov 15, 2007, EDB INFANTIL FICCION
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8466636390 9788466636391
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Huang jin luo pan
2007, Miao si chu ban you xian gong si
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Luces del Norte: la brújula dorada
2007-10, Ediciones B, S.A.
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in Spanish
8466636226 9788466636223
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La brúixola daurada: Primer volum de la trilogia ""La matèria obscura"""
Oct 25, 2007, Editorial Empúries
hardcover
8497872703 9788497872706
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The Golden Compass: His Dark Materials
Sep 25, 2007, Laurel Leaf
mass market paperback
0440240573 9780440240570
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The Golden Compass
2007-08, Laurel-Leaf Books
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in English
0440238137 9780440238133
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Royaumes Du Nord Crois 1 (Folio) (French Edition)
2007-10-01, Gallimard Education
2070348199 9782070348190
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His Dark Materials: Northern Lights: filmed as The Golden Compass
2007, Scholastic
in English
1407105698 9781407105697
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Kuzey Isiklari - Altin Pusula Dizisi 1.kitap
Nov 01, 2007, Ithaki Yayinlari
paperback
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The Golden Compass Anniversary Edition (His Dark Materials)
October 24, 2006, Listening Library (Audio)
Audio CD
in English
- Unabridged edition
0739337041 9780739337042
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The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials)
October 31, 2006, RH Audio, Random House Audio
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in English
- Unabridged edition
0739343122 9780739343128
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The golden compass: His Dark Materials: Book I
2006-10, Alfred A. Knopf
in English
- Deluxe 10th anniversary ed.
0375838309 9780375838309
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The Golden Compass His Dark Materials, Book I
January 2006, Listening Library
Audio CD
in English
0807210498 9780807210499
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The Golden Compass: Library Edition
Aug 28, 2006, Random House
preloaded digital audio player
0739374834 9780739374832
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Northern Lights (His Dark Materials I) Tenth Anniversary 1995-2005
2005, London Scholastic 2005.
0439954614 9780439954617
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His Dark Materials, Book I: The Golden Compass
September 28, 2004, Listening Library (Audio)
Audio CD
in English
- Unabridged edition
0807204714 9780807204719
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Luces del Norte (La Materia Oscura I) (Spanish Edition)
2004-01-01, Ediciones B
8466616357 9788466616355
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The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials Trilogy)
July 30, 2004, Turtleback Books Distributed by Demco Media
Turtleback
in English
0606298878 9780606298872
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His Dark Materials: Book One: The Golden Compass
2003-09, Laurel-Leaf Books
in English
0440238137 9780440238133
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A la croisée des mondes, tome 1 : Les Royaumes du Nord
April 3, 2003, Gallimard
Mass Market Paperback
in French
2070428338 9782070428335
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Northern Lights (Radio Collection)
January 6, 2003, BBC Audiobooks
Audio cassette
0563536950 9780563536956
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Les Royaumes du Nord: A la Croisée des Mondes / I
2002, Gallimard jeunesse
in French
2070541886 9782070541881
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Les Royaumes Du Nord
January 2002, Editions Gallimard
Mass Market Paperback
in French
2070541886 9782070541881
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Huang jin luo pan
2002, Gong he guo wen hua shi ye gu fen you xian gong si
in Chinese
- Chu ban
9868010934 9789868010932
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The Golden Compass
2002-09, Alfred A. Knopf
Paperback
in English
- Revised Knopf trade paperback edition
037582345X 9780375823459
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Der Goldene Kompass / The Golden Compass
April 2002, Distribooks
Paperback
in German
3453137442 9783453137448
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The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials, Book 1)
September 10, 2002, Knopf Books for Young Readers
in English
037582345X 9780375823459
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The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials)
September 2002, Tandem Library
School & Library Binding
in English
061371928X 9780613719285
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Golden Compass (His Dark Materials)
May 2001, Tandem Library
School & Library Binding
in English
0613961501 9780613961509
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Luces del Norte / The Golden Compass
November 2001, Tandem Library
Hardcover
in Spanish
0613967615 9780613967617
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The Golden Compass: (His Dark Materials, Book 1)
August 2000, Listening Library
Audio Cassette
in English
0807281433 9780807281437
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The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials, Book 1)
June 2000, Books On Tape
Audio Cassette
in English
- UNABRIDGED edition
0736690018 9780736690010
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The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials, Book 1)
October 5, 1999, Listening Library
Audio cassette
in English
- Unabridged edition
0807281808 9780807281802
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The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials, Book 1)
October 1, 1999, Ballantine Books
Paperback
in English
0345916409 9780345916402
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Northern Lights (Radio Collection)
October 31, 1999, BBC Audiobooks
Audio Cassette
0754070751 9780754070757
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The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials, Book 1)
October 1999, Sagebrush Education Resources
in English
0613026993 9780613026994
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The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials, Book 1)
March 1999, Listening Library
Audio Cassette
in English
- Unabridged edition
0807280933 9780807280935
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Der Goldene Kompass
January 1, 1999, Carlsen Verlag GmbH
Paperback
in German
3551351236 9783551351234
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The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials, Book 1)
May 1998, Del Rey Books
Mass Market Paperback
in English
0345913655 9780345913654
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Les royaumes du nord
1998, Gallimard Jeunesse, Gallimard Education
in French
2070428338 9782070428335
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The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials, Book 1)
July 28, 1998, Knopf Books for Young Readers
Paperback
in English
0679893105 9780679893103
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A la croisée des mondes, tome 1 : Les Royaumes du Nord
October 2, 1998, Gallimard
Hardcover
in French
2070509974 9782070509973
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The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials)
September 1997, Perfection Learning Prebound
Unknown Binding
0780772938 9780780772939
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His Dark Materials: Book One: The Golden Compass
1997-05, Del Rey
in English
0345413350 9780345413352
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The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials, Book 1)
May 29, 1997, Books on Tape, Inc.
Audio Cassette
073663682X 9780736636827
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The Golden Compass
1996, Alfred A. Knopf, Distributed by Random House
Hardcover
in English
- 1st ed.
0679879242 9780679879244
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Northern Lights (His Dark Materials)
October 18, 1996, Scholastic Point
Paperback
- New Ed edition
0590139614 9780590139618
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The Golden Compass
April 16, 1996, Listening Library
Audio cassette
in English
- Abridged edition
0679451641 9780679451648
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The Golden Compass [Paperback] [Jan 01, 1995] Pullman, P.
Jan 01, 1995, Scholastic
paperback
8176559539 9788176559539
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Northern Lights: Boxed Set
Publish date unknown, Chivers Press Ltd
Audio Cassette
0754051854 9780754051855
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Northern Lights: Bolvangar
Publish date unknown, Chivers Press Ltd
Audio Cassette
0754051412 9780754051411
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