They say there are only two things you can count on. But that was before Death started pondering the existential. Of course,the last thing anyone needs is a squeamish Grim Reaper and soon his Discworld bosses have sent him off with best wishes anda well-earned gold watch. Now Deathis having the time of his life, findinggreener pastures where he can put hisscythe to a whole new use.
But like every cutback in an importantpublic service, Death's demise soon leads to chaos and unrest—literally, for those whose time was supposed to be up, like Windle Poons. The oldest geezer in the entire faculty of Unseen University—home of magic, wizardry, and big dinners—Windle was looking forward to a wonderful afterlife,not this boring been-there-done-that routine. To get the fresh start he deserves,Windle and the rest of Ankh-Morpork's undead and underemployed set off to find Death and save the world for the living(and everybody else, of course).
*The book that inspired the big-hit new film starring Emilia Clarke, Himesh Patel, David Tennant, Hugh Laurie and Joe Sugg, coming 16th December. Read before you see! With amazing content, from scripts to film art*Even wizards produce leftovers.
But a wizard's rubbish is laced with magic, and for the rats that forage this rubbish, the magic has changed them - they can speak and read, and have rather grand ambitions for a comfortable retirement.
Which is perfect for a con-cat like Maurice. He has his own magical talents, and wants to get rich quick. Together with the rats, and young Keith, the 'piper', they work the towns to create their very own plague of rats - then lure them away for cash.
But in the run-down town Bad Blintz, this little con goes wrong, and suddenly these educated rodents aren't playing to the piper's tune ...'An astonishing novel' Financial Times
Authors: | Terry Pratchett |
Series: | Discworld |
Publishers: | Random House |
Publish Date: | 2008-09-04 |
Languages: | ENG |
ISBN: |
9781407070506 |
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Tags: | Fantasy Science Fiction Fiction Humour Contemporary Action & Adventure Magic Animals |
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The first in a series of Discworld novels starring the young witch Tiffany Aching.
A nightmarish danger threatens from the other side of reality....
Armed with only a frying pan and her common sense, young witch-to-be Tiffany Aching must defend her home against the monsters of Fairyland. Luckily she has some very unusual help: the local Nac Mac Feegle—aka the Wee Free Men—a clan of fierce, sheep-stealing, sword-wielding, six-inch-high blue men.
Together they must face headless horsemen, ferocious grimhounds, terrifying dreams come true, and ultimately the sinister Queen of the Elves herself....
Authors: | Terry Pratchett |
Series: | Discworld |
Publishers: | HarperCollins |
Publish Date: | 2004-05-25 |
Languages: | ENG |
ISBN: |
9780061376832 |
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Tags: | Fantasy Science Fiction Fiction Humour Contemporary Action & Adventure Magic Girls & Women |
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Tiffany Aching is a trainee witch — now working for the seriously scary Miss Treason. But when Tiffany witnesses the Dark Dance — the crossover from summer to winter — she does what no one has ever done before and leaps into the dance. Into the oldest story there ever is. And draws the attention of the wintersmith himself.
As Tiffany-shaped snowflakes hammer down on the land, can Tiffany deal with the consequences of her actions? Even with the help of Granny Weatherwax and the Nac Mac Feegle — the fightin’, thievin’ pictsies who are prepared to lay down their lives for their “big wee hag.”Wintersmith is the third title in an exuberant series crackling with energy and humour. It follows The Wee Free Men.
Authors: | Terry Pratchett |
Series: | Discworld |
Publishers: | Transworld |
Publish Date: | 2010-08-02 |
Languages: | ENG |
ISBN: |
9780552562898 |
Rating: | |
Tags: | Fantasy Science Fiction Fiction Humour Contemporary Action & Adventure Magic Juvenile |
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It starts with whispers. Then someone picks up a stone. Finally, the fires begin.
When people turn on witches, the innocents suffer.... Tiffany Aching has spent years studying with senior witches, and now she is on her own. As the witch of the Chalk, she performs the bits of witchcraft that aren’t sparkly, aren’t fun, don’t involve any kind of wand, and that people seldom ever hear about: She does the unglamorous work of caring for the needy. But someone—or something—is igniting fear, inculcating dark thoughts and angry murmurs against witches. Aided by her tiny blue allies, the Wee Free Men, Tiffany must find the source of this unrest and defeat the evil at its root—before it takes her life. Because if Tiffany falls, the whole Chalk falls with her. Chilling drama combines with laughout-loud humor and searing insight as beloved and bestselling author Terry Pratchett tells the high-stakes story of a young witch who stands in the gap between good and evil.
Authors: | Terry Pratchett |
Series: | Discworld |
Publishers: | HarperCollins |
Publish Date: | 2010-09-28 |
Languages: | ENG |
ISBN: |
9780061433047 |
Rating: | |
Tags: | Fantasy Science Fiction Fiction Humour Contemporary Action & Adventure Magic Juvenile |
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'THE JURISDICTION OF A GOOD MAN EXTENDS TO THE END OF THE WORLD.'Commander Sam Vimes of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch is having some time off. Apparently.
But crime doesn't take a break - it's a truth universally acknowledged that a policeman on holiday would barely have time to open his suitcase before he finds his first corpse.
In the seemingly peaceful countryside, Vimes discovers much more than a body in the wardrobe. For the local nobles are hiding a deep, dark secret. There are many, many bodies - and an ancient atrocity more terrible than murder.
Vimes is out of his jurisdiction, out of his depth and out of his mind. But never out of ideas. Where there is a crime there must be a punishment.
They say that in the end all sins are forgiven. This might be the exception ...'As effortlessly, generously funny as only Pratchett can be, Snuff doesn't stint on laying bare the darker side of life either' Sunday TimesSnuff is the eighth book in the City Watch series, but you can read the Discworld novels in any order.
Authors: | Terry Pratchett |
Series: | Discworld |
Publishers: | Doubleday |
Publish Date: | 2011-10-13 |
Languages: | ENG |
ISBN: |
9781409011828 |
Rating: | |
Tags: | Fantasy Science Fiction Fiction Humour Contemporary Action & Adventure Magic Epic Satire |
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This ebook edition includes an exclusive commentary on the Witches of Discworld, written by Jacqueline Simpson, co-author of The Folklore of Discworld.
A SHIVERING OF WORLDSDeep in the Chalk, something is stirring. The owls and the foxes can sense it, and Tiffany Aching feels it in her boots. An old enemy is gathering strength.
This is a time of endings and beginnings, old friends and new, a blurring of edges and a shifting of power. Now Tiffany stands between the light and the dark, the good and the bad. As the fairy horde prepares for invasion, Tiffany must summon all the witches to stand with her. To protect the land. Her land.
There will be a reckoning ...THE FINAL DISCWORLD NOVEL
Authors: | Terry Pratchett |
Series: | Discworld |
Publishers: | Doubleday Childrens |
Publish Date: | 2015-08-27 |
Languages: | ENG |
ISBN: |
9781448197149 |
Rating: | |
Tags: | Fantasy Science Fiction Fiction Humour Contemporary Action & Adventure Magic Epic Satire |
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Terry Pratchett's profoundly irreverent novels, consistent number one bestsellers in England, have garnered him a revered position in the halls of parody along with Mark Twain, Kurt Vonnegut, Douglas Adams, and Carl Hiaasen.
In Equal Rites, a dying wizard tries to pass on his powers to an eighth son of an eighth son, who is just at that moment being born. The fact that the son is actually a daughter is discovered just a little too late...
Authors: | Terry Pratchett |
Series: | Discworld |
Publishers: | HarperTorch |
Publish Date: | 2000-02-02 |
Languages: | ENG |
ISBN: |
9780061020698 |
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Tags: | Fantasy Fiction Magic Wizards |
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