terry pratchett
Author
Publisher
BBC Digital Audio
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
Witchfinder Shadwell and his assistant Newton Pulsifier are also en route to Tadfield to investigate unusual phenomena in the area, while Anathema Device, descendent of prophetess Agnes Nutter, tries to decipher her ancestor?s cryptic predictions. Atlantis is rising; fish are falling from the sky; everything seems to be going to the Divine Plan. Everything, that is, but for an unlikely angel and demon duo, who have been living on Earth for several...
Author
Language
English
Description
'A Slip of the Keyboard' brings together the finest examples of Pratchett's non fiction writing, both serious and surreal: from musings on mushrooms to what it means to be a writer (and why banana daiquiris are so important); from memories of Granny Pratchett to speculation about Gandalf's love life, and passionate defences of the causes dear to him. With all the humour and humanity that have made his novels so enduringly popular, this collection...
Author
Publisher
Gollancz
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
For safety's sake, you need a guide to lead you through the highways and byways of the extraordinary world that is Discworld. How else will you find out where to get the best curry in Ankh-Morpork or if rumours about XXXCX, the lost continent, are true?
45) Judgement day
Author
Series
The science of Discworld volume IV
Publisher
Ebury Press
Language
English
Description
Marjorie Dawe is a librarian, and takes her job - and indeed the truth of words - very seriously. She doesn't know it, but her world and ours - Roundworld - is in big trouble. On Discworld, a colossal row is brewing. The Wizards of the Unseen University feel responsible for Roundworld (as one would for a pet gerbil). After all, they brought it into existence by bungling an experiment in Quantum ThaumoDynamics. But legal action is being brought against...
46) The long cosmos
Author
Language
English
Description
2070-71. Nearly six decades after Step Day and in the Long Earth, the new Next post-human society continues to evolve. For Joshua Valiente, now in his late sixties, it is time to take one last solo journey into the High Meggers: an adventure that turns into a disaster. Alone and facing death, his only hope of salvation lies with a group of trolls. But as Joshua confronts his mortality, the Long Earth receives a signal from the stars. A signal that...
Author
Publisher
Doubleday Children's
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
Have you ever wanted Christmas to be different? Turkey and carols, presents and crackers - they all start to feel a bit samey. How about a huge exploding mince pie, a pet abominable snowman, or a very helpful partridge in a pear tree? What if Father Christmas went to work at a zoo, or caused chaos in a toy store, or was even arrested for burglary? Dive into the fantastically funny world of Terry Pratchett, for a festive treat like no other.
48) The long war
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
A generation after the events of 'The Long Earth', mankind has spread across the new worlds opened up by Stepping. Where Joshua and Lobsang once pioneered, now fleets of airships link the stepwise Americas with trade and culture. Mankind is shaping the Long Earth - but in turn the Long Earth is shaping mankind.
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
This is the city, Ankh-Morpok, celebrated in Terry Pratchett's 'Discworld' series as you've never seen it before. A stunning map and comprehensive street directory covering each and every district from Unseen University to the Shades, major landmarks like the Patrician's Palace to little-known nooks like Dwarf Bread Museum in Whirligig Alley.
52) Diggers
Author
Series
The nomes volume 2
Publisher
Corgi
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
A bright new dawn is in prospect for the tiny nomes when they move into the ruined buildings of an abandoned quarry. But soon, strange things are happening - not only that, but the humans reappear and decide to re-open the quarry. This is the tale of a race of little people struggling to survive in a human world.
54) The Long Mars
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
2040-2045: In the years after the cataclysmic Yellowstone eruption there is massive economic dislocation as populations flee Datum Earth to myriad Long Earth worlds. Sally, Joshua, and Lobsang are all involved in this perilous work when, out of the blue, Sally is contacted by her long-vanished father and inventor of the original Stepper device, Willis Linsay. He tells her he is planning a fantastic voyage across the Long Mars and wants her to accompany...
Author
Series
The Discworld volume 2
Publisher
Corgi
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
As it moves towards a seemingly inevitable collision with a malevolent red star, the Discworld has one possible saviour. Unfortunately, this happens to be the singularly inept Rincewind, who was last seen falling off the edge of the world.
Author
Series
The Discworld volume 3
Publisher
Corgi
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
A wizard predicts his own death and readies himself for the traditional transfer of power to the eighth son of an eighth son. The snag is that the eighth son is a daughter and women can't be wizards.
58) Guards! Guards!
Author
Series
The Discworld volume 8
Publisher
Corgi
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
A night-time prowler is turning the inhabitants of Ankh-Morpork, the greatest city in Discworld, into something resembling charcoal biscuits. Captain Vimes of the City Watch is given the task of tracking down the culprit, a seventy-foot dragon.
60) Moving pictures
Author
Series
A Discworld novel volume 10
Publisher
Corgi
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Cameras roll on the fantastic Discworld when the alchemists discover the magic of the silver screen. But what is the dark secret of Holy Wood hill? As the alien cliches of Tinsel Town pour in, it's up to Discworld's first film stars to find out.