A talking cat, intelligent rats, and a strange boy cooperate in a Pied Piper scam until they try to con the wrong town and are confronted by a deadly evil rat king.
In 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 possibilities are endless. (Just be careful what you wish for…) Private Percy Blakeney wakes up. He is lying on fresh spring grass. He can hear birdsong and the wind in the leaves. Where have the mud, blood, and blasted landscape of no-man's-land gone? For that matter, where has Percy gone? Police officer Monica Jansson is exploring the burned-out home of a reclusive — some say mad, others allege dangerous — scientist who seems to have vanished. Sifting through the wreckage, Jansson find a curious gadget: a box containing some rudimentary wiring, a three-way switch, and… a potato. It is the prototype of an invention that will change the way humankind views the world forever.The first novel in an exciting new collaboration between Discworld creator Terry Pratchett and the acclaimed SF writer Stephen Baxter, transports readers to the ends of the earth — and far beyond. All it takes is a single step…
is a short story by Terry Pratchett, written in 1998. It is set in his universe, and features Lancre witches Granny Weatherwax and Nanny Ogg. It was originally published in a sampler alongside a story called "The Wood Boy" by Raymond E. Feist, and later in a collection called .The story established a basis for various elements of the novel , but is not required to understand that novel.
The Unadulterated Cat is becoming an endangered species as more and more of us settle for those boring mass-produced cats the ad-men sell us—the pussies that purr into their gold-plated food bowls on the telly. But the Campaign for Real Cats sets out to change all that by helping us to recognise a true, unadulterated cat when we see one.For example: real cats have ears that look like they've been trimmed with pinking shears; real cats never wear flea collars… or appear on Christmas cards… or chase anything with a bell in it; real cats do eat quiche. And giblets. And butter. And anything else left on the table, if they think they can get away with it. Real cats can hear a fridge door opening two rooms away…
Rois, nains, bandits, d?mons, h?ritiers du tr?ne, bouffons, trolls, usurpateurs, fant?mes, tous sont au rendez-vous. Shakespeare n’en aurait pas r?v? autant. Ou peut-?tre que si ? Mais l’avantage du roman par rapport au th??tre, c’est que l’on peut s’autoriser beaucoup, beaucoup plus de personnages. Et m?me le ravitaillement en vol d’un balai de sorci?re !
Jest to sz?sta cz??? popularnego cyklu o ?wiecie Dysku. Kr?l Verence, w?adca Lancre, zosta? zamordowany i snuje si? teraz jako duch po zamku. Czarownice ocali?y male?kiego synka Verence’a i odda?y go na wychowanie aktorom z w?drownej trupy. W Lancre obj?? w?adz? okrutny ksi??? Felmet z jeszcze okrutniejsz? ma??onk?. Poddani nie lubi? nowego w?adcy. Duch Verence’a nie?le musi si? nakombinowa?, aby zawrze? wreszcie sojusz z wied?mami. Wsp?lnie doprowadz? do powrotu prawowitej dynastii na tron.
