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Return to the world of the Invisible Library for Irene's most perilous mission yet . . . Librarian Spy Irene is heading into danger. Not for the first time, but could this be her last? She's tasked with a terrifyingly dangerous solo mission to eliminate...

Twoflower was a tourist, the first ever seen on the Discworld. Tourist, Rincewind decided, meant idiot.Somewhere on the frontier between thought and reality exists the Discworld, a parallel time and place which might sound and smell very much like our...

An army of death approaches a peaceful lizardman village--an army of undead deployed by Nazarick. Its commander is the Sovereign of the Frozen River Cocytus. The lizardman coalition shall face the Great Tomb of Nazarick. The weak are meat the strong...

'This isn't just football, it's Discworld football. Or, to borrow another phrase, it's about life, the Universe and everything' The TimesThe Discworld is very much like our own - if our own were to consist of a flat planet balanced on the back of four...

Football has come to the ancient city of Ankh-Morpork. And now, the wizards of Unseen University must win a football match, without using magic, so they're in the mood for trying everything else. The prospect of the Big Match draws in a street urchin...

'Cracking dialogue, compelling illogic and unchained whimsy' Sunday TimesThe 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 . . ...

'No one mixes the fantastical and mundane to better comic effect or offers sharper insights into the absurdities of modern endeavour' Daily MailThe Discworld is very much like our own - if our own were to consist of a flat planet balanced on the back of...

Rimuru has emerged victorious in the war against the Eastern Empire, but between the ultimate skill Michael taking over Ludora's body and the mystic lord Feldway lurking behind the scenes, he still has a lot left on his plate. Meanwhile, the fight at the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250377258Author Zen ChoFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 181gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781683838890Author Andrea RobinsonFormat HardbackPage Count 32Imprint Insight EditionsPublisher Insight Editions

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781916162808Author Claire BussFormat PaperbackPage Count 280Imprint Claire BussPublisher Claire BussWeight(grams) 304gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm * 16mm

Classic hardback edition of the second volume of The Lord of the Rings, featuring Tolkien's original unused dust-jacket design. Includes special packaging and the definitive edition of the text, with fold-out map. ...

'I could tell which of my fellow tube passengers had downloaded it to their e-readers by the bouts of spontaneous laughter' Ben Aaronovitch, Guardian The Discworld is very much like our own - if our own were to consist of a flat planet balanced on the...

Continuing the story begun in The Hobbit, this is the first part of Tolkien's epic masterpiece, The Lord of the Rings, featuring a striking black cover based on Tolkien's own design, the definitive text, and a detailed map of Middle-earth. ...

Granny Weatherwax and Nanny Ogg are going on a trip to avert certain disaster. Terry Pratchett's Discworld returns with another laugh-out-loud adventure dissecting everyone's favourite fairy tales.It seemed an easy job... After all, how difficult could...

'One of the best expressions of his unstoppable flow of comic invention' The TimesThe 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...

A captivating volume of over forty short stories full of love, hope, and fear, from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Lady of Hay. Barbara Erskine is a born storyteller. The tales in 'Encounters' illustrate her extraordinary talent for...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781087925127Author Rachel RenerFormat PaperbackPage Count 346Imprint IngramSparkPublisher IngramSparkWeight(grams) 463gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 18mm

After weathering several setbacks and attacks, the Eight Fingers criminal organization is not about to simply sit back and watch quietly. To retaliate, they've dispatched the infamously brutal enforcers, the Six Arms. Rushing out to meet them in...

As Anis and Euphie continue their magical revolution, they must further advance magicology-and to that end, Anis plans to build a new city!? Euphie is there to support her all the way! Book InformationISBN 9781975392451Author Piero KarasuFormat...

In the Re-Estize Kingdom, there is a sinister organization that holds sway over the criminal underworld called the Eight Fingers. At the same time, there are three men in the country who work hard to steadfastedly pursue their goals. Sebas is busy...

'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. Who would not wish for that job?It's a job for life. But, as former con-man Moist von Lipwig is learning, the life is not...

Some night-time prowler is turning the (mostly) honest citizens of Ankh-Morpork into something resembling small charcoal biscuits. And that's a real problem for Captain Vimes, who must tramp the mean streets of the naked city looking for a 70-foot-long...

Vimes is back, in all his curmudgeonly glory, in this classic, perceptive and laugh-out-loud Discworld mystery that will keep you turning the pages.'In my opinion, this is the book where Pratchett *really* hits his stride in terms of the city watch books...

A delightfully illustrated cult novel, literary satire and epic adventure.'Within the first 15 pages I was carried away by the sheer craziness of it all. Some Minipirates find a baby bear with blue fur inside a walnut shell floating on the ocean towards...

The dazzling and exuberant moral stories of Rabelais (c. 1471-1553) expose human follies with their mischievous and often obscene humour, while intertwining the realistic with carnivalesque fantasy to make us look afresh at the world. Gargantua depicts a...

A charming new pocket edition of one of Tolkien's major pieces of short fiction, and his only finished work dating from after publication of The Lord of the Rings. What began as a preface to The Golden Key by George MacDonald eventually grew...

THE DISCWORLD CHRISTMAS NOVEL - with a new introduction by Tony Robinson'Twas the night before Hogswatch and all through the house...something was missing.The stockings are hanging ready, the sherry and pies are waiting by the fireplace - but where is...

Edgewood is many houses, all put inside each other, or across each other. It's filled with and surrounded by mystery and enchantment: the further in you go, the bigger it gets. Smoky Barnable, who has fallen in love with Daily Alice Drinkwater, comes to...

All is not what it seems... In the murky London gloom, a knife-wielding gentleman named Jack prowls the midnight streets with his faithful watchdog Snuff - gathering together the grisly ingredients they will need for an ancient and unearthly rite. For...

'YOU CANNOT INTERFERE WITH FATE. WHO ARE YOU TO JUDGE WHO SHOULD LIVE AND WHO SHOULD DIE?'Death comes to us all. When he came to Mort, he offered him a job.Death is the Grim Reaper of the Discworld, a black-robed skeleton with a scythe who ushers souls...

Written towards the end of the second century AD, The Golden Ass tells the story of the many adventures of a young man whose fascination with witchcraft leads him to be transformed into a donkey. The bewitched Lucius passes from owner to owner -...

A hilarious Discworld City Watch novel, delving into the dangers of unbridled patriotism and its disastrous consequences'Pratchett uses his other world to hold up a distorting mirror to our own' The TimesDISCWORLD GOES TO WAR, WITH ARMIES OF SARDINES,...

Rimuru is gaining more and more power with his monster country, especially now that he has demon lord and dwarf allies. But then he has a dream about Shizue-a grief-stricken plea to save her former students...Book InformationISBN 9781975301149Author...

For twelve years, the virtual world of Yggdrasil has served as the playground and battlefield for the skeletal lord Momonga and his guild of fellow monsters, Ainz Ooal Gown. But the guild's glory days are over, and the game is shutting down permanently...

GOOD OMENS SEASON 2 COMING 28TH JULY ON AMAZON PRIME.The book behind the Amazon Prime / BBC Series starring David Tennant, Michael Sheen, Jon Hamm and Benedict Cumberbatch.'Ridiculously inventive and gloriously funny' Guardian What if, for once, the...

'Pratchett uses his other world to hold up a distorting mirror to our own . . . he is a satirist of enormous talent' 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...

'Funny, delightfully inventive, and refuses to lie down in its genre' ObserverThe 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 ...

'IT WASN'T BY ELIMINATING THE IMPOSSIBLE THAT YOU GOT AT THE TRUTH, HOWEVER IMPROBABLE; IT WAS BY THE MUCH HARDER PROCESS OF ELIMINATING THE POSSIBILITIES.'Commander Sam Vimes of the City Watch is used to trouble. There's always trouble in Ankh-Morpork...

Together with the brilliant Euphyllia, Anisphia has managed to subdue the dragonattacking the kingdom. But as the pair slowly unravels the mystery of the vampiresthreatening them next, Anisphia's younger brother, Prince Algard, stands in their way.The...