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The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents

Author	: Terry Pratchett
Publisher	: National Geographic Books
Release Date	: 2022-09-27
ISBN	: 0857536109
Pages	: 0 pages
Rating	: 4.8/5 (575 download)

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Download or read book The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents written by Terry Pratchett and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2022-09-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *New Special film edition of the 28th novel in the bestselling Discworld series - soon to be a Sky Original movie! * Join the world of The Amazing Maurice, the Carnegie Medal winning novel by Terry Pratchett. IT'S A RAT-EAT-RAT WORLD... Rats! They're everywhere: in the breadbins, dancing across tabletops, stealing pies from under the cooks' noses. So, what does every town need? A good piper to lure them away. That's where Maurice comes in! A streetwise tomcat with the perfect money-making scam. Everyone has heard the stories about rats and pipes, and con-cat Maurice finds a stupid-looking kid with a pipe, and has his very own plague of rats - strangely educated rats... But in Bad Blintz, someone is playing a different tune and now Maurice and his rats must learn a new concept: evil.... 'An astonishing novel' Financial Times

The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents

Author	: Terry Pratchett
Publisher	: National Geographic Books
Release Date	: 2022-06-28
ISBN	: 0857536176
Pages	: 0 pages
Rating	: 4.8/5 (575 download)

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Download or read book The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents written by Terry Pratchett and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2022-06-28 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maurice, a streetwise tomcat, has the perfect money-making scam. Everyone knows the stories about rats and pipers, and Maurice has a stupid-looking kid with a pipe, and his very own plague of rats - strangely educated rats . . . But in Bad Blintz, the little con suddenly goes down the drain. For someone there is playing a different tune and now the rats must learn a new word. EVIL. It's not a game anymore. It's a rat-eat-rat world. And that might only be the start . . . 'Ethically challenging, beautifully orchestrated, philosophically opposed to the usual plot fixes of fantasy.' The Guardian 'An astonishing novel' Financial Times Written by the beloved and acclaimed fantasty writer, Terry Pratchett.

The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents

Author	: Terry Pratchett
Publisher	: Heinemann Educational Publishers
Release Date	: 2004
ISBN	: 9780435131005
Pages	: 223 pages
Rating	: 4.1/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents written by Terry Pratchett and published by Heinemann Educational Publishers. This book was released on 2004 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maurice, a streetwise tomcat, has come up with the perfect scam. Inspired by the Pied Piper tale, cat and kid lead a band of rats from town to town to fake invasions of vermin. The rewards to get the rats out of town are plentiful. It works perfectly - until their little con game is sussed.

The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents

Author	: Terry Pratchett
Publisher	: National Geographic Books
Release Date	: 2022-10-25
ISBN	: 0552578924
Pages	: 0 pages
Rating	: 4.5/5 (525 download)

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Download or read book The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents written by Terry Pratchett and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2022-10-25 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *New Special film edition of the 28th novel in the bestselling Discworld series - soon to be a Sky Original movie! * Join the world of The Amazing Maurice, the Carnegie Medal winning novel by Terry Pratchett. IT'S A RAT-EAT-RAT WORLD... Rats! They're everywhere: in the breadbins, dancing across tabletops, stealing pies from under the cooks' noses. So, what does every town need? A good piper to lure them away. That's where Maurice comes in! A streetwise tomcat with the perfect money-making scam. Everyone has heard the stories about rats and pipes, and con-cat Maurice finds a stupid-looking kid with a pipe, and has his very own plague of rats - strangely educated rats... But in Bad Blintz, someone is playing a different tune and now Maurice and his rats must learn a new concept: evil.... 'An astonishing novel' Financial Times

Terry Pratchett's the Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents

Author	: Terry Pratchett
Publisher	: A&C Black
Release Date	: 2011
ISBN	: 9781408145630
Pages	: 56 pages
Rating	: 4.1/5 (456 download)

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Download or read book Terry Pratchett's the Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents written by Terry Pratchett and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2011 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Terry Prattchett's immortal Amazing Maurice in a musical adaptation, with everything you need for schools to perform.

Terry Pratchett

Author	: Craig Cabell
Publisher	: Kings Road Publishing
Release Date	: 2012
ISBN	: 1857826787
Pages	: 272 pages
Rating	: 4.8/5 (578 download)

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Download or read book Terry Pratchett written by Craig Cabell and published by Kings Road Publishing. This book was released on 2012 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Terry Pratchett is one of the most loved writers in the world. With worldwide sales of over 65 million copies in 37 languages, his novels are eagerly awaited by his legions of fans year after year. His first Discworld novel, The Colour of Magic was released in 1983 and ever since then the series, with its whimsical heroes and fiendish foes.

Johnny and the Bomb

Author	: Terry Pratchett
Publisher	: HarperCollins
Release Date	: 2008-04-01
ISBN	: 9780060541934
Pages	: 256 pages
Rating	: 4.5/5 (419 download)

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Download or read book Johnny and the Bomb written by Terry Pratchett and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2008-04-01 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Johnny Maxwell finds himself mysteriously transported through time to the Second World War, he knows when and where bombs will fall. If he tells anyone, he risks changing the future. If he doesn't, innocent people will die. . . .

The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents

Author	: Terry Pratchett
Publisher	: Random House
Release Date	: 2008-09-04
ISBN	: 1407070509
Pages	: 304 pages
Rating	: 4.4/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents written by Terry Pratchett and published by Random House. This book was released on 2008-09-04 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: IT’S A RAT-EAT-RAT WORLD . . . Every town on Discworld knows the stories about rats and pipers, and Maurice – a streetwise tomcat – leads a band of educated ratty friends (and a stupid kid) on a nice little earner. Piper plus rats equals lots and lots of money. Until they run across someone playing a different tune. Now he and his rats must learn a new concept: evil . . .

The Truth

Author	: Terry Pratchett
Publisher	: Random House
Release Date	: 2008-10-09
ISBN	: 140703524X
Pages	: 448 pages
Rating	: 4.4/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book The Truth written by Terry Pratchett and published by Random House. This book was released on 2008-10-09 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'An unmitigated delight . . . very, very funny' The Times The Discworld is very much like our own - if our own were to consist of a flat planet balanced on the back of four elephants which stand on the back of a giant turtle, that is . . . 'A lie can run round the world before the truth has got its boots on' William de Worde is the accidental editor of the Discworld's first newspaper. Now he must cope with the traditional perils of a journalist's life - people who want him dead, a recovering vampire with a suicidal fascination for flash photography, some more people who want him dead in a different way and, worst of all, the man who keeps begging him to publish pictures of his humorously shaped potatoes. William just wants to get at THE TRUTH. Unfortunately, everyone else wants to get at William. And it's only the third edition... __________________ The Discworld novels can be read in any order but The Truth is a standalone novel.

The Fifth Elephant

Author	: Terry Pratchett
Publisher	: Random House
Release Date	: 2008-09-04
ISBN	: 1407035207
Pages	: 464 pages
Rating	: 4.4/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book The Fifth Elephant written by Terry Pratchett and published by Random House. This book was released on 2008-09-04 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fifth book of the original and best CITY WATCH series, now reinterpreted in BBC's The Watch 'Precisely balanced . . . a cracking comic thriller' The Times The Discworld is very much like our own - if our own were to consist of a flat planet balanced on the back of four elephants which stand on the back of a giant turtle, that is . . . 'Well, he thought, so this is diplomacy. It's lying, only for a better class of people. They say that diplomacy is a gentle art. That mastering it is a lifetime's work. But you do need a certain inclination in that direction. It's not something you can just pick up on the job. A few days ago Sam Vimes was a copper - an important copper, true - chief of police - but still, at his core, a policeman. But today he is an ambassador - to the mysterious, fat-rich country of Uberwald. Today, Sam Vimes is also a man on the run. At some point during his ambassadorship, things went very wrong. It's snowing. It's freezing. And if Vimes can't make it through the forest, with only his wits and the gloomy trousers of Uncle Vanya (don't ask), there's going to be a terrible war. There are monsters on his trail. They're bright. They're fast. They're werewolves - and they're catching up.

Discworld and the Disciplines

Author	: Anne Hiebert Alton
Publisher	: McFarland
Release Date	: 2014-04-22
ISBN	: 1476616019
Pages	: 244 pages
Rating	: 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book Discworld and the Disciplines written by Anne Hiebert Alton and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-04-22 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of new essays applies a wide range of critical frameworks to the analysis of prolific fantasy author Terry Pratchett’s Discworld books. Essays focus on topics such as Pratchett’s treatment of noise and silence and their political implications; art as an anodyne for racial conflict; humor and cognitive debugging; visual semiotics; linguistic stylistics and readers’ perspectives of word choice; and Derrida and the “monstrous Regiment of Women.” The volume also includes an annotated bibliography of critical sources. The essays provide fresh perspectives on Pratchett’s work, which has stealthily redefined both fantasy and humor for modern audiences.

Subcreation: Fictional-World Construction from J.R.R. Tolkien to Terry Pratchett and Tad Williams

Author	: Stefanie Schult
Publisher	: Logos Verlag Berlin GmbH
Release Date	: 2017-01-26
ISBN	: 3832544194
Pages	: 242 pages
Rating	: 4.8/5 (325 download)

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Download or read book Subcreation: Fictional-World Construction from J.R.R. Tolkien to Terry Pratchett and Tad Williams written by Stefanie Schult and published by Logos Verlag Berlin GmbH. This book was released on 2017-01-26 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The doctorial thesis argues that the term Subcreation with its revised and broadened definition, in part differing from J.R.R. Tolkien's original term sub-creation, may be used for the discussion of the making of fictional worlds in literary discourse. The successful conception of a fictional world depends on the reader's willing suspension of disbelief. This depends both on the author and his skilled composition of the world and all its aspects, as well as on the reader's acceptance of this invented fictional world. The author needs to create a narrative with an inner consistency, which is crucial to achieving the effect of the reader's immersion in the fictional world. The fundamental aspects that an author needs to realize to achieve successful Subcreation have been structured into and analysed in four categories: Language and Linguistic Variation, Physiopoeia, Anthropoeia and Mythopoeia. Furthermore, this thesis shows that, as contemporary examples of fantastic literature, both Tad Williams's and Terry Pratchett's fictional worlds are successfully created through the realization of these aspects of Subcreation. Apart from commenting on the success of the subcreative process, this thesis also remarks upon the cultural influences both authors include in their writings. While both may be considered Anglophone in a general categorization, Pratchett's Discworld retains a feeling of 'Britishness' that is not to be found in Williams's Otherland. The thesis proposes several approaches to Subcreation that may be studied subsequently. So, for example, it may be possible to determine the success of an author's Subcreation by collecting empirical data. Apart from literary works this field of studies may also include other media.

Making Money

Author	: Terry Pratchett
Publisher	: Random House
Release Date	: 2008-10-30
ISBN	: 1407034014
Pages	: 480 pages
Rating	: 4.4/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Making Money written by Terry Pratchett and published by Random House. This book was released on 2008-10-30 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘As bright and shiny as a newly minted coin; clever, engaging and laugh-out-loud funny’ The Times The Discworld is very much like our own – if our own were to consist of a flat planet balanced on the back of four elephants which stand on the back of a giant turtle, that is . . . Whoever said you can't fool an honest man wasn't one. The Royal Bank is facing a crisis, and it’s time for a change of management. There are a few problems that may arise with the job . . . The Chief Cashier is almost certainly a vampire – there's something nameless in the cellar and it turns out that the Royal Mint runs at a loss. Meanwhile, people actually want to know where the money’s gone. It's a job for life. But, as former con-man Moist von Lipwig is learning, that life is not necessarily a long one. He’s about to be exposed as a fraud, but if he’s lucky the Assassins’ Guild might get him first. In fact, a lot of people want him dead. Everywhere he looks he's making enemies. Oh. And every day he has to take the Chairman for walkies. ____________________ The Discworld novels can be read in any order but Making Money is the second book in the Moist von Lipwig series.

Wintersmith

Author	: Terry Pratchett
Publisher	: Random House
Release Date	: 2008-09-04
ISBN	: 1407042505
Pages	: 400 pages
Rating	: 4.4/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Wintersmith written by Terry Pratchett and published by Random House. This book was released on 2008-09-04 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Crivens!' Tiffany Aching put one foot wrong, made just one little mistake . . . And now the spirit of winter is in love with her. He gives her roses and icebergs and showers her with snowflakes, which is tough when you're thirteen, but also just a little bit . . . cool. And if Tiffany doesn't work out how to deal with him, there will never be another springtime . . . Crackling with energy and humour, Wintersmith is the third tale in a sequence about Tiffany Aching and the Wee Free Men - the Nac Mac Feegles who are determined to help Tiffany, whether she wants it or not. 'An extraordinary achievement'Books for Keeps 'A characteristically entertaining mix'Sunday Times 'One of the best and one of the funniest English authors alive' Independent

Snuff

Author	: Terry Pratchett
Publisher	: Random House
Release Date	: 2011-10-13
ISBN	: 1409011828
Pages	: 512 pages
Rating	: 4.4/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Snuff written by Terry Pratchett and published by Random House. This book was released on 2011-10-13 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eighth book of the original and best CITY WATCH series, now reinterpreted in BBC's The Watch 'Snuff is entertaining, with all Pratchett's genius on display' Sunday Express The Discworld is very much like our own - if our own were to consist of a flat planet balanced on the back of four elephants which stand on the back of a giant turtle, that is . . . 'The jurisdiction of a good man extends to the end of the world.' It is a truth universally acknowledged that a policeman taking a holiday would barely have had time to open his suitcase before he finds his first corpse. Commander Sam Vimes of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch is on holiday in the pleasant and innocent countryside, but not for him a mere body in the wardrobe. There are many, many bodies - and an ancient crime more terrible than murder. He is out of his jurisdiction, out of his depth, out of bacon sandwiches; and out of his mind. But never out of guile. Where there is a crime there must be a punishment. They say that in the end all sins are forgiven. Vimes is about to uncover the exception. _______________ Winner of the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction

The Shepherd's Crown

Author	: Terry Pratchett
Publisher	: Random House
Release Date	: 2015-08-27
ISBN	: 1448197147
Pages	: 336 pages
Rating	: 4.4/5 (481 download)

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Download or read book The Shepherd's Crown written by Terry Pratchett and published by Random House. This book was released on 2015-08-27 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 WORLDS Deep 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

The Long Mars

Author	: Stephen Baxter
Publisher	: Random House
Release Date	: 2014-06-19
ISBN	: 1448167639
Pages	: 448 pages
Rating	: 4.4/5 (481 download)

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Download or read book The Long Mars written by Stephen Baxter and published by Random House. This book was released on 2014-06-19 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Imaginative, sense-of-wonder at its best . . . thrilling stuff from the masters' Independent on Sunday 2040-2045: In the years after a cataclysmic eruption there is massive economic dislocation as populations flee 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 him. But he is not what he seems. For Joshua, the crisis he faces is much closer to home. He becomes embroiled in the plight of the Next: the super-bright post-humans who are beginning to emerge from their 'long childhood' in a hidden community located deep in the Long Earth. Ignorance and fear are causing 'normal' human society to turn against the Next - and a dramatic showdown seems inevitable . . . ___________________ The Long Mars is the third in The Long Earth series.