The Golden Compass
by Philip Pullman
Buy on AmazonNow in a deluxe Knopf Paperback edition here is the first book in Philip Pullman's critically acclaimed epic fantasy trilogy chronicalling the otherworldly adventures of Lyra and her companions.
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