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Will and Lyra, whose fates are bound together by powers beyond their own worlds, have been violently separated. But they must find each other for ahead of them lies the greatest war that has ever been ― and a journey to a dark place from which no-one has ever returned.
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Philip Pullman

Philip Pullman is one of the finest and most popular authors writing today. His three HIS DARK MATERIALS books are global appreciated, loved passionately by young readers and adults alike, and are winners of numerous literary prizes. These novels are acclaimed as modern classics and have sold millions of copies worldwide.

Other Titles in the Series:

  • His Dark Materials: Northern Lights
  • His Dark Materials: The Subtle Knife

His Dark Materials: The Amber Spyglass

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"We're going to the land of the dead and we're going to come back."

Will and Lyra, whose fates are bound together by powers beyond their own worlds, have been violently separated. But they must find each other, for ahead of them lies the greatest war that has ever been - and a journey to a dark place from which no one has ever returned.

First published in 1995, and acclaimed as a modern masterpiece, it won the UK's top awards for children's literature.

  • The third volume in Philip Pullman's incredible HIS DARK MATERIALS trilogy
  • A newly-designed, classic paperback edition to attract new adult and teen readers
  • Over 4 million copies of the trilogy sold in the UK (Nielsen)
  • "Remarkable writing: courageous and dangerous as the best art should be" The Times

- Pub Date: 3rd March 2011

- CBMC code: E3N79

- Age: 11-18

- Rights: UK & Commonwealth excluding Canada

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ 1407130242
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Scholastic UK; 1st edition (1 December 2011)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 544 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9781407130248
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1407130248
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 11 - 18 years
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 12.8 x 3.5 x 19.7 cm
  • Customer Reviews:
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PHILIP PULLMAN is one of the most acclaimed writers working today. He is best known for the His Dark Materials trilogy (The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife, The Amber Spyglass), which has been named one of the top 100 novels of all time by Newsweek and one of the all-time greatest novels by Entertainment Weekly. He has also won many distinguished prizes, including the Carnegie Medal for The Golden Compass (and the reader-voted "Carnegie of Carnegies" for the best children's book of the past seventy years); the Whitbread (now Costa) Award for The Amber Spyglass; a Booker Prize long-list nomination (The Amber Spyglass); Parents' Choice Gold Awards (The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass); and the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, in honor of his body of work. In 2004, he was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire.

It has recently been announced that The Book of Dust, the much anticipated new book from Mr. Pullman, also set in the world of His Dark Materials, will be published as a major work in three parts, with the first part to arrive in October 2017.

Philip Pullman is the author of many other much-lauded novels. Other volumes related to His Dark Materials: Lyra’s Oxford, Once Upon a Time in the North, and The Collectors. For younger readers: I Was a Rat!; Count Karlstein; Two Crafty Criminals; Spring-Heeled Jack, and The Scarecrow and His Servant. For older readers: the Sally Lockhart quartet: The Ruby in the Smoke, The Shadow in the North, The Tiger in the Well, and The Tin Princess; The White Mercedes; and The Broken Bridge.

Philip Pullman lives in Oxford, England. To learn more, please visit philip-pullman.com and hisdarkmaterials.com. Or follow him on Twitter at @PhilipPullman.

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Robert
5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome
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Probably the best trilogy I have read for a long time
Very nice story to read, i couldn’t put it down
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5.0 out of 5 stars My FAV series
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I love this series so much! It was my second time reading it and I loved it as much as I remembered
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5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
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Loved this series. So sad it's over!
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Jewelz Pederick
5.0 out of 5 stars This Trio Should Be Part Of The School Curriculum
Reviewed in Australia on 25 September 2019
The Amber Spyglass : (His Dark Materials Book # 3) : Philip Pullman.

Mulefa, Tualapi, Harpies, Armoured Bears, Lyra, Will, Lord Asriel, Mrs Coulter, The Gallivespian's & Dragonfly Steads, Lord Roake, Lady Salmakia, Chevalier Tialys, Madame Oxentiel, Roger,Iroek Brynison, Lee Scorsbey, Stanalus Gruman / John Parry, Serafina Pekkala, Fader Coram, Lord Jon Faa, Fra Pavel, Farther Gomez the Church's Assassin, Mary Malone, King Ogunwe, Teukros Basilides, Spectres, Intercision, World of the Dead, The Alethiometer, The Subtle Knife, Gyropters, The Intention Craft, Zeppelin's, Witches, Gyptians, Deamons, Multiple Worlds, Dust/Shadow Particles/Sraf, Sin, Adventure, Angel's, Balthamous & Baruach, Xaphania, The Authority, The Oblation Board, The Church, Father McPhail, The Bomb, The Chariot/The Clouded Mountain, The Regent/Metatron & Consistorial Court of Discipline.

The Finale of an Incredible Trilogy Bringing a Resolution And End To Lyra's Amazing, Once in Lifetime Journey!

I am reading the series for a second time, but this time round I'm reading the complete Saga including all novelettes as well as listening to the trilogy on audio whilst reading & I Love, Lov,e Love, It!

Philip Pullman is a Literary Genius!
Truly, how many writer have this great an imagination, to come up with multiple worlds, Armoured Bears who talk, to the tiny Gallivespians & their beautifully bright dragonfly steeds & their ability to kill or cause paralysis to any they touch with their lethal spurs, or Mulefa's & their magnificent seed pod trees & ability to pick up human language so easily when it's so alien?
This Man Can Do It All, whether it be writting an incredible journey that constantly keeps you flipping the pages & sitting on the edge of your seat & wanting to find out what's happening next to creating multiple worlds & technology with world building that's Out Of This World or Character Development: He can write it all, Man, Woman, Child, Animal, Angel, Monster, Critter, Ghost or Specter or Machine or Technology!
His ability to write as a 13 year old female child who is so adept & proficient at lying on the spot it's as if she's reading it from a manuscript & reciting word for word or writing as a Lord from the highest class, on an expedition on behalf of the most prestigious College known to man in Oxford or a calculating power hungry also of high class woman who's needs to manipulate & control men using her intelligence & womanly willes or that of a lowly Gyptian Mother in Ma Jon Faa who roams the rivers & seas and is dirt poor is beyond that of most other authors I've read.
Next there's the Animal's, Beasts, Critter Creatures & Monsters.
Is it any wonder this man was voted one of the top writers of children's literature of all time & so highly awarded & decorated?

Being able to read and listen to the series at the same time took my reading experience to a whole new level, taking me as a reader too depths I've never experienced before!

Whilst reading and listening I was able to put myself in the shoes of each character and felt as if I was playing the role, in essence walking in the characters skin or Skin Walking as I like to call it.
Whether that be a first or secondary character, a good guy or a bad guy, a reoccurring role or a new character to each individual book, it did not matter,
I found myself playing that role and that part as if I was each character in the book.
This ability for an author to affect me in such a way, does not occur with every book I read. It takes an exceptional writer or artist with an incredible talent to enable me to experience such a deep almost meditative state where in my head I see myself playing the particular character being mentioned in the book at the time & can easily change to the next without hesitation. I see all these scenes in my head or imagination like a movie screen running in my head!
Add to that Mr Pullman's incredible ability as a Narrator & you see what I mean by He Can Do It All! His voice is so soothing & is one of the best Narratives I've heard as I'm new to Audiobooks, but I found there are many Audiobooks I just don't like because of the Narrator.
Kudos to you Mr Pullman I salute you & thank you for your talent and the journey I see.

I rate the Amber Spyglass 5 ⭐out of 5⭐ only wishing I could rate it higher!
I believe this series should be required reading for all school aged children in the curriculum & those who like to read will absolutely love it, as will those who don't like to read will enjoy it too having the ride of their lives!

Just imagine as a child riding on the back of an armoured bear while he's galloping at full speed.
What child wouldn't want to partake in a journey like and all it entails, the freedom of the wind in their hair riding a wild uncontrollable beast, every child would swap a year of lollies for that journey!

I borrowed the ebooks from my local public library as well as the audiobooks but do own the paperbacks and this is my fair, honest and impartial review of all three formats.

Reviewed by Jewelz Pederick.
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Eva A Strasser
1.0 out of 5 stars Dramatisation of Amber Spyglass a failure
Reviewed in Australia on 17 November 2019
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Unlike the other dramatisations of the books in this beautifully written series, the precis-like minimisation of the book itself is sketchy and does not give an impression of the beauty of Pullman's prose. I was deeply disappointed and had to buy the book itself to get any sort of satisfaction from the long-awaited ending.

Did the author himself ok the dramatisation?
I would be surpirsed if he is happy with this bastardisation of his text!
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La cpnclusión de la saga, que ata todos los cabos sueltos en una narrativa excepcional.
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Phil Pullman is an amazing author, and all the books we've read from him were great. However it's ironic how amazon (a former online bookstore) can't deliver books undamaged anymore. Such a shame. At least on this book the damage would be similar with everyday wear and tear, but recently I received books half-torn etc. Non of the books were in pristine conditions in the past two years. Please fix your book deliveries...
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Phil Pullman is an amazing author, and all the books we've read from him were great. However it's ironic how amazon (a former online bookstore) can't deliver books undamaged anymore. Such a shame. At least on this book the damage would be similar with everyday wear and tear, but recently I received books half-torn etc. Non of the books were in pristine conditions in the past two years. Please fix your book deliveries...
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I have looking for a long time after the Philipe Pullman audiobook, His Dark Materials. I found this one one a bargain and I just bought it. There are 12 CD for the third book, The Amber Glass, and I will look for the other 2 books too. The audio is great, I just love the book and the audio. Phillip Pullman is one of my favourite writers!
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Mr T Jones
5.0 out of 5 stars Phillip Pullman Must read
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 11 January 2022
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Clearly this should be read after the Northern Lights and Subtle Knife, books 1 and 2 in the trilogy.

As an adult, recently retired from work, I'm not sure why it has taken me so long to get round to reading these novels. I suppose the inspiration came from the recent BBC showing of His Dark Materials, which enthralled me and I'm so glad I finally decided to read this trilogy.

This was also my first read on a Kindle and again was pleased to find how enjoyable the experience was. I will say that because I'd seen the TV series first, the images and personalities of the main characters staid with me throughout the books. I do not believe this detracted from my reading experience, far from it. Phillip Pullman is a consummate storey teller, his characters and scenes are beautifully portrayed and evocatively described. It's gripping and believable start to finish.
This is a storey for young and old alike, working on so many levels from learning how we develop personally, to helping us understand the world around us and question people's beliefs. Suitable for those with an enquiring mind!
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