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1	Sophie's world : a novel about the history of philosophy more books like this by Jostein Gaarder Sophie finds two questions in her mailbox: "Who are you?" and "Where does the world come from?" This is the start of her journey through the history of philosophy, guided by a mysterious mentor. To find the truth, we must understand the questions, but the truth is stranger than Sophie can imagine. see all copies from £2.08! new only from £6.29! \| signed copies \| first editions
2	The Christmas mystery more books like this by Jostein Gaarder A boy called Joachim acquires a strange old Advent calender - and uncovers from it the story of a girl called Elisabet, who disappeared from her home fifty years earlier. Elisabet has been taken back through time and right across Europe to Palestine, to see the Holy Family in Bethlehem. Two thousand years of history flash by, and angels, shepherds ... see all copies from £1.41! new only from £9.19! \| first editions
3	Sophie's world : novel about the history of philosophy more books like this by Jostein Gaarder, Paulette Moller When 14-year-old Sophie encounters a mysterious mentor who introduces her to philosophy, mysteries deepen in her own life. Why does she keep getting postcards addressed to another girl? Who is the other girl? And who, for that matter, is Sophie herself? To solve the riddle, she uses her new knowledge of philosophy, but the truth is far stranger ... see all copies from £1.41! new only from £4.59!
4	Sophie's World more books like this by Jostein Gaarder When 14-year-old Sophie encounters a mysterious mentor who introduces her to philosophy, mysteries deepen in her own life. Why does she keep getting postcards addressed to another girl? Who is the other girl? And who, for that matter, is Sophie herself? To solve the riddle, she uses her new knowledge of philosophy, but the truth is far ... see all copies from £1.41! new only from £9.94! \| first editions
5	Solitaire Mystery more books like this by Jostein Gaarder Twelve-year-old Hans Thomas lives alone with his father, a man who likes to givehis sons lessons about Life and has a penchant for philosophy. Hans Thomas' mother left when he was four (to find' herself) and the story begins when father and son set off on a trip to Greece, where she now lives, to try to persuade her to come home. En rout, in ... see all copies from £1.41! new only from £6.51! \| signed copies \| first editions
6	Hello? Is anybody there? more books like this by Jostein Gaarder, Sally Gardner In the hours before his brother is born, eight year old Joe has an unusual visitor, Mika, who falls out of a spaceship and lands upside down in an apple tree in Joe's garden. Hens, dinosaurs, an astronaut and a white rabbit all play their part in this magical story in which the encounter between Earth-boy and alien opens up the wonders of the ... see all copies from £2.08! new only from £8.19! \| first editions
7	The Orange Girl more books like this by Jostein Gaarder, James Anderson (Translator) 'My father died eleven years ago. I was only four then. I never thought I'd hear from him again, but now we're writing a book together' To Georg Roed, his father is no more than a shadow, a distant memory. But then one day his grandmother discovers some pages stuffed into the lining of an old red pushchair. The pages are a letter to Georg, written ... see all copies from £2.15! new only from £5.70! \| first editions
8	The Solitaire Mystery: A Novel about Family and Destiny more books like this by Jostein Gaarder Weaving an astonishingly original tapestry of tales from the viewpoint of a 12-year-old boy named Hans Thomas, "The Solitaire Mystery" takes readers on a universal search for fulfillment and the meaning of life. see all copies from £5.65! new only from £6.86! \| first editions
9	Maya more books like this by Jostein Gaarder A chance meeting on the Fijian island of Taveuni is the trigger for a fascinating and mysterious novel that intertwines the stories of John Spooke, an English author who is grieving for his dead wife; Frank Andersen, a Norwegian evolutionary biologist estranged from his wife Vera, and an enigmatic Spanish couple, Ana and Jose, who are absorbed in ... see all copies from £1.41! new only from £2.08! \| signed copies \| first editions
10	The Ringmaster's Daughter by Jostein Gaarder Panina Manina, a trapeze artist, falls and breaks her neck. As the ringmaster bends over her, he notices an amulet of amber around her neck, the same trinket he had given his own lost child, who was swept away in a torrent some sixteen years earlier. This tale is narrated by Petter, a precocious child and fantasist, and perhaps Jostein Gaarder's ... see all copies from £1.41! new only from £1.41! \| first editions
11 view cover	El Mundo de Sofia more books like this by Jostein Gaarder Poco antes de cumplir los quince anos, la joven Sofia recibe una misteriosa carta anonima con las siguientes preguntas: 'Quien eres?', 'De donde viene el mundo?'. Este es el punto de partida de una apasionada expedicion a traves de la historia de la filosofia con un enigmatico filosofo. A lo largo de la novela, Sofia ira desarrollando su identidad ... see all copies from £26.88! new only from £26.88!
12 view cover	Vita brevis : a letter to St Augustine more books like this by Jostein Gaarder A box of Ltin manuscripts comes to light in an Argentine flea market. An apocyphral invention by some 17th or 18th century scolar, or a transcrpit of what it appears to be - a hitherto unheard of letter to St Augustine to a woman he renounced for chastity? VITA BREVIS is both an entrancing human document and a fascinating insight into the life ... see all copies from £1.41! new only from £2.15! \| first editions
13 view cover	That Same Flower: Floria Aemilia's Letter to St. Augustine more books like this by Jostein Gaarder, Anne Born (Translator) Floria Aemilia, a character in the "Confessions" who may have been Augustine's ex-lover by whom he had a son, attacks the Christian idea that abstinence from sex is the price of heavenly salvation. see all copies from £5.65! new only from £62.52! \| first editions
14 view cover	Through a Glass, Darkly more books like this by Jostein Gaarder Conversations about life and death, between a girl and an angel. As Cecelia lies ill in bed, and her family valiantly make their Christmas preparations in the knowledge that she is not going to get better, an angel steps through her window. The death os a teenage girl from cancer is, in Gardner's hands, an occasion to reflect on the meaning of ... see all copies from £1.41! new only from £2.08! \| first editions
15	Sofies Welt more books like this by Jostein Gaarder see all copies from £2.78! new only from £14.83!
16	Vita Brevis by Jostein Gaarder Se sabe, aunque la Iglesia siempre ha pasado de puntillas sobre este hecho, que San Agustin, mas tarde Padre de la Iglesia latina, tuvo en su juventud una amante que le dio un hijo al que amo con predileccion. Vita brevis (1996), la primera novela de Jostein Gaarder no dirigida al lector juvenil, es la carta manuscrita que supuestamente Floria, su ... see all copies from £4.17! new only from £26.18! \| signed copies \| first editions
17	Maya Ome by Gaarder Jostein see all copies from £1.41! new only from £12.64! \| first editions
18 view cover	The frog castle more books like this by Jostein Gaarder, Philip Hopman The magical adventures of a small boy who helps a frog turn back into a prince, and is rewarded with a visit to the Frog Castle. Here, in an Alice-in-Wonderland story where dreams and reality are intertwined and time is turned on its head, he meets a little princess called Aurora, a wicked lord chamberlain, a bold queen and a kind king whose ... see all copies from £2.08!
19	El Misterio del Solitario by Jostein Gaarder Hans Thomas, un muchacho noruego de doce anos, y su padre, un marino apasionado por la filosofia, emprenden un viaje por carretera hacia Atenas en busca de su madre, que ocho anos antes los habia dejado para B+encontrarse a si mismaB; . El azar hace que se detengan en Dorf, un pequeno pueblo suizo, donde un viejo panadero le regala un panecillo en ... see all copies from £19.34! new only from £19.34!
20	Le Monde De Sophie by Jostein Gaarder see all copies from £7.81! new only from £41.67!
21	El Enigma y El Espejo by Jostein Gaarder El singular encuentro en plenas fiestas navidenas entre Cecilia -una chica aburrida de estar en cama a causa de su enfermedad- y el pequeno Ariel -un enigmatico y curioso angel que desea conocer todo lo relativo a las personas- servira para que Cecilia, en un continuo intercambio de preguntas y respuestas con Ariel, acabe descubriendo, desde su ... see all copies from £21.36! new only from £21.36!
22	Le Monde De Sophie by Jostein Gaarder; H; Elene Hervieu; Martine Laffon see all copies from £5.13! new only from £16.91! \| first editions
23	Le Mystã¨Re De La Patience by Jostein Gaarder see all copies from £12.71! new only from £16.95!
24	Dans Un Miroir, Obscur by Jostein Gaarder see all copies from £5.65! new only from £22.39!
25	Hay Alguien Ahi? by Jostein Gaarder Hay vida en otros planetas? De donde surgio el mundo? Que dirias si de repente cayera a un manzano de tu jardin un extrano ser de otro planeta? Jostein Gaarder, en Hay alguien ahi?, nos acerca a las grandes preguntas sobre la existencia, esta vez con un ameno dialogo B+platonicoB; entre Mika, un pequeno ser extraterrestre, y Joakim, un nino de 8 ... see all copies from £19.94! new only from £19.94!

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