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The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents

Author	: Terry Pratchett
Publisher	: Corgi Childrens
Release Date	: 2018-04-26
ISBN	: 9780552576802
Pages	: 320 pages
Rating	: 4.5/5 (768 download)

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Download or read book The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents written by Terry Pratchett and published by Corgi Childrens. This book was released on 2018-04-26 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 (rather simple) 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 . . .

The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents

Author	: Terry Pratchett
Publisher	: Doubleday Children's
Release Date	: 2022-04-14
ISBN	: 9780857536174
Pages	: 304 pages
Rating	: 4.5/5 (361 download)

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Download or read book The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents written by Terry Pratchett and published by Doubleday Children's. This book was released on 2022-04-14 with total page 304 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.

Oxford Playscripts: The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents

Author	: Terry Pratchett
Publisher	: OUP Oxford
Release Date	: 2003-04-17
ISBN	: 9780198314943
Pages	: 128 pages
Rating	: 4.3/5 (149 download)

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Download or read book Oxford Playscripts: The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents written by Terry Pratchett and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2003-04-17 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An engaging clasroom playscript. Maurice is no ordinary cat. He's amazing. He can think, he can talk...and he has an amazing scam going. And all he needs to pull it off is an army of intelligent rats and one stupid-looking kid. But when his gang enter Bad Blintz, the town they have decided to con next, they soon realize that all is not as it should be - and decide to investigate. Three squads of rats spread out under the town, their mission to dismantle traps, bury poison, do some serious widdling, and to find out exactly what those resident rat-catchers are up to...

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.

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 Light Fantastic

Author	: Terry Pratchett
Publisher	: Harper Perennial
Release Date	: 2005-09-13
ISBN	: 9780060855888
Pages	: 272 pages
Rating	: 4.8/5 (558 download)

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Download or read book The Light Fantastic written by Terry Pratchett and published by Harper Perennial. This book was released on 2005-09-13 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Terry Pratchett's profoundly irreverent, bestselling novels have garnered him a revered position in the halls of parody next to the likes of Mark Twain, Kurt Vonnegut, Douglas Adams, and Carl Hiaasen. In The Light Fantastic, only one individual can save the world from a disastrous collision. Unfortunately, the hero happens to be the singularly inept wizard Rincewind, who was last seen falling off the edge of the world.

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.

A Hat Full of Sky

Author	: Terry Pratchett
Publisher	: HarperCollins
Release Date	: 2015-09-01
ISBN	: 9780062435279
Pages	: 400 pages
Rating	: 4.4/5 (352 download)

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Download or read book A Hat Full of Sky written by Terry Pratchett and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2015-09-01 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second in a series of Discworld novels starring the young witch Tiffany Aching. Something is coming after Tiffany. . . . Tiffany Aching is ready to begin her apprenticeship in magic. She expects spells and magic—not chores and ill-tempered nanny goats! Surely there must be more to witchcraft than this! What Tiffany doesn't know is that an insidious, disembodied creature is pursuing her. This time, neither Mistress Weatherwax (the greatest witch in the world) nor the fierce, six-inch-high Wee Free Men can protect her. In the end, it will take all of Tiffany's inner strength to save herself . . . if it can be done at all.

The Colour Of Magic

Author	: Terry Pratchett
Publisher	: Random House
Release Date	: 2008-12-26
ISBN	: 1407034375
Pages	: 288 pages
Rating	: 4.4/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book The Colour Of Magic written by Terry Pratchett and published by Random House. This book was released on 2008-12-26 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NAMED AS ONE OF THE BBC'S 100 MOST INSPIRING NOVELS 'It was octarine, the colour of magic. It was alive and glowing and vibrant and it was the undisputed pigment of the imagination . . .' Somewhere between thought and reality exists the Discworld, a magical world not totally unlike our own. Except for the fact that it travels through space on the shoulders of four giant elephants who in turn stand on the shell of an astronomically huge star turtle, of course. Rincewind is the world's worst wizard who has just been handed a very important job: to look after the world's first tourist, upon whose survival rests the peace and prosperity of the land. Unfortunately, their journey across the Disc includes facing robbers, monsters, mercenaries, and Death himself. And the whole thing's just a game of the gods that might send them over the edge . . . 'If you've never read a Discworld novel, what's the matter with you?' Guardian 'Pratchett uses his other world to hold up a distorting mirror to our own' The Times The Colour of Magic is the first book in the Wizards series, but you can read the Discworld novels in any order.

Interesting Times

Author	: Terry Pratchett
Publisher	: Random House
Release Date	: 2008-12-05
ISBN	: 1407034960
Pages	: 432 pages
Rating	: 4.4/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Interesting Times written by Terry Pratchett and published by Random House. This book was released on 2008-12-05 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'There is a curse. They say: may you live in interesting times . . .' This is the worst thing you can wish on a citizen of Discworld. Especially for the magically challenged Rincewind, who has already had far too much excitement in his life. Unfortunately, the unlucky wizard always seems to end up in the middle of, well, absolutely everything. So when a request for a 'Great Wizzard' arrives from the faraway Counterweight Continent, it's obviously Rincewind who's sent. For one thing, he's the only one who spells wizard that way. Once again Rincewind is thrown headfirst into a dangerous adventure. For the oldest empire on the Disc is in turmoil and Chaos is building. And, for some reason, someone believes Rincewind will have a vital role in the coming war . . . 'Pratchett is a comic genius' Daily Express 'Funny, delightfully inventive, and refuses to lie down in its genre' Observer Interesting Times is the fifth book in the Wizards series, but you can read the Discworld novels in any order.

Sourcery

Author	: Terry Pratchett
Publisher	: Random House
Release Date	: 2009-11-24
ISBN	: 1407034545
Pages	: 336 pages
Rating	: 4.4/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Sourcery written by Terry Pratchett and published by Random House. This book was released on 2009-11-24 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'It's vital to remember who you really are . . . it isn't a good idea to rely on other people or things to do it for you, you see. They always get it wrong.' An eighth son of an eighth son is born, a wizard squared, a source of magic. A sourcerer. Unseen University, the Discworld's most magical establishment, has finally got its wish: the emergence of a wizard more powerful than ever before. You'd think they would have been a little more careful what they wished for . . . As the sourcerer takes over the University and sets his sights on the rest of the world, only one wizard manages to escape his influence. Unfortunately for everyone, it's Rincewind. Once again the cowardly wizard must embark on a quest: to deliver a precious artefact - the very embodiment of magic itself - halfway across the Disc to safety. If he doesn't make it, the death of all wizardry is at hand. And the end of the world, depending on who you listen to. 'One of our greatest fantasists, and beyond a doubt the funniest' George R.R. Martin 'May well be considered his masterpiece . . . Humour such as his is an endangered species' The Times Sourcery is the third book in the Wizards series, but you can read the Discworld novels in any order.

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