Диана Уинн Джонс — библиография

Предыстория "Заговора Мерлина".
Действие повести, опубликованной на английском языке в 1997 г., происходит в волшебном мире, который затем стал миром "Заговора мерлина", в ней участвуют такие же персонажи, поэтому ее можно считать приквелом к "Заговору мерлина". По всему миру магиды трудятся, чтобы сохранить баланс магии, используют свой дар, чтобы заставить правильных людей делать правильные вещи в правильное время. На Земле магиды прилагают усилия, чтобы вернуть мир на свое законное место - к магии. Руперт Венейблс пробыл младшим магидом всего два года, когда его спонсор умер и ему пришлось искать замену. Беда в том, что наиболее талантливая из пяти магидов, Мари Мэллори, не хочет иметь ничего общего с Рупертом Венейблсом. И пока младший магид пытается выследить четырех других, линии судьбы опасно опутывают уже не один мир магии, а магические начала отбиваются от рук...

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.

Now a major motion picture from Studio Ghibli. 'Deliciously entertaining.' - Guardian A magical story for young readers from the author of Howl's Moving Castle and Charmed Life, Diana Wynne Jones. Earwig was left at St Morwald's Home for Children as a baby. Unlike the other orphans, she loves it there - mostly because she has the run of the place and seems to have a surprising ability to persuade people to do as she wants... So the last thing Earwig wants is to be sent to live with the very strange Bella Yaga. Her new 'mother' is actually a wicked witch, and Earwig will need all her ingenuity and talent (and some help from a talking cat) if she is to survive...

There seemed nothing odd about Luke to begin with - except perhaps the snakes. If they were snakes, that is… David wasn't sure.
"Just kindle a flame and I'll be with you," says Luke. David thinks he's joking, but certainly, whenever he strikes a match, Luke appears immediately.
But David's new friend seems to have some extraordinary friends and relations, and some very dark secrets. And when David enters into a bargain with the mysterious one-eyed Mr Wedding, life gets very hot indeed!

Glorious new rejacket of a Diana Wynne Jones favourite, featuring Chrestomanci – now a book with extra bits!
Spells always have consequences and it's Chrestomanci's job to make sure everything is safely under control. Even so, in the village around Chrestomanci Castle, all sorts of secret magical misuse is going on. And when Cat Chant finds the Pinhoe egg, chaos is just the beginning!
A masterpiece of magic, mayhem and mirth!

A magical Arabian Nights tale from the captivating creator of fantasy, Diana Wynne Jones. The dazzling sequel to Howls Moving Castle, soon to be a major animated film. Far to the south in the Land of Ingary, lives a young carpet merchant called Abdullah. In his dreams, he is the long-lost son of a great prince. This dream is a complete castle in the air! or is it? Abdullahs day-dreams suddenly start to come true when he meets the exquisite Flower-in-the-Night, daughter of the ferocious Sultan of Zanzib. Fate has destined them for each other, but a bad-tempered genie, a hideous djinn, and various villanous bandits have their own ideas. When Flower-in-the-Night is carried off, Abdullah is determined to rescue her - if he can find her.

Glorious new rejacket of a Diana Wynne Jones favourite, featuring Chrestomanci – now a book with extra bits!
The Dukedom of Caprona is a place where music is enchantment and spells are as slippery as spaghetti. The magical business is run by two families - the Montanas and the Petrocchis - and they are deadly rivals. So when all the spells start going wrong, they naturally blame each other.
Chrestomanci suspects an evil enchanter; others say it is a White Devil. Or maybe a different kind of magic is needed to save Caprona…

SOMEONE IN THIS CLASS IS A WITCH When the note, written in ordinary ballpoint, turns up in the homework books Mr Crossley is marking, he is very upset. For this is Larwood House, a school for witch-orphans, where witchcraft is utterly forbidden. And yet magic keeps breaking out all over the place - like measles! The last thing they need is a visit from the Divisional Inquisitor. If only Chrestomanci could come and sort out all the trouble.

Glorious new rejacket of a Diana Wynne Jones favourite, exploring the childhood of Chrestmanci – now a book with extra bits!
Discovering that he has nine lives and is destined to be the next ‘Chrestomanci’ is not part of Christopher’s plans for the future: he’d much rather play cricket and wander around his secret dream worlds. But he soon finds that destiny is difficult to avoid, and that having more than the usual number of lives is pretty inconvenient – especially when you lose them as easily as he does!
Then an evil smuggler, known only as The Wraith, threatens the ways of the worlds and forces Christopher to take action…

When Vivian is evacuated from London in 1939, she expects to be staying in the countryside. Instead, she is whisked away to Time City - a place that exists outside time and space. It is a strange and remarkable place, where technology rules - yet important events of both past and future are marked by the appearance of mysterious Time Ghosts. Here, a Time Patrol works to preserve historical events - but unknown rogue time-travellers are plotting to take control and are stealing the wards that protect the city. If they succeed, Time City and History as we know it will both be destroyed. Jonathan and Sam are convinced that Vivian can help to save their home - for, astonishingly, she appears as a Time Ghost herself in a forgotten part of the city. But how can she possibly know what to do, when the important event hasn't even happened yet?!

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!

A chaotically magical sequel to Howl’s Moving Castle. 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 an 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?

La giovane Sophie vive a Market Chipping, nel lontano e bizzarro paese di Ingary, un posto dove può succedere di tutto, specialmente quando la Strega delle Terre Desolate perde la pazienza. Sophie sogna di vivere una grande avventura, ma da quando le sorelle se ne sono andate di casa e lei è rimasta sola a lavorare nel negozio di cappelli del padre, le sue giornate trascorrono ancor più tranquille e monotone. Finché un giorno la perfida strega, per niente soddisfatta dei cappelli che Sophie le propone, trasforma la ragazza in una vecchia. Allora anche Sophie è costretta a partire, e ad affrontare un viaggio che la porterà a stipulare un patto col Mago Howl, a entrare nel suo castello sempre in movimento, a domare un demone, e infine a opporsi alla perfida Strega.

Зла відьма перетворює Софі на старезну бабусю. Дівчина потрапляє в таємничий замок чарівника Хаула і укладає угоду з вогняним демоном, завдяки якому i рухається замок. На шляху до звільнення від закляття Софі доведеться розгадати багато загадок та побороти численні перешкоди.

Когда их мать Салли снова вышла замуж, Каспар и Джонни немедленно невзлюбили отчима, которого вскоре начали называть Людоедом. У него двое своих сыновей – Дуглас и Малколм. И мальчики не слишком хорошо ладят. Пытаясь уладить ситуацию, отчим покупает Джонни и Малколму наборы для химических опытов. И вскоре дети обнаруживают, что у некоторых химикатов есть магические свойства.

Вивьен Смит уезжает из Лондона из-за начавшихся бомбежек, чтобы пожить в провинции с кузиной Марти. Но она никогда прежде не видела кузину Марти и страшно нервничает. Сидя в поезде, Вивьен успела передумать обо всем, что могло пойти не так. Кроме того, что действительно случилось.