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| Author | : Terry Pratchett |
| Publisher | : Gollancz |
| Release Date | : 2000-01 |
| ISBN 10 | : 1857989546 |
| Pages | : 155 pages |
| Rating | : 4.8/5 (46 users) |
Download or read book Eric written by Terry Pratchett and published by Gollancz. This book was released on 2000-01 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fantasy-roman.
| Author | : Terry Pratchett |
| Publisher | : DEBOLSILLO |
| Release Date | : 2006 |
| ISBN 10 | : 8483460084 |
| Pages | : 160 pages |
| Rating | : 4.6/5 (84 users) |
Download or read book Eric written by Terry Pratchett and published by DEBOLSILLO. This book was released on 2006 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
| Author | : Craig Cabell |
| Publisher | : Kings Road Publishing |
| Release Date | : 2011-10-27 |
| ISBN 10 | : 9781843588641 |
| Pages | : 300 pages |
| Rating | : 4.4/5 (886 users) |
Download or read book Terry Pratchett written by Craig Cabell and published by Kings Road Publishing. This book was released on 2011-10-27 with total page 300 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, has delighted both young and old alike. In 2007 Pratchett announced that he had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. He has courageously faced the disease head-on, equalling the determination of his characters in his vivid and satirical novels. In Terry Pratchett - The Spirit of Fantasy, Craig Cabell examines his extraordinary life, showcased against the backdrop of his irreverent works. With 2011 the 40th anniversary year of his first novel, The Carpet People, this is a fitting time to pay tribute to the author's artistic achievements and celebrate one of Britain's true national treasures. Featuring an in-depth look at the man and his work, as well as on-screen adaptations and a complete UK bibliography and collector's guide, this is essential reading for any fan.
| Author | : Linda Washington |
| Publisher | : St. Martin's Griffin |
| Release Date | : 2008-04-15 |
| ISBN 10 | : 9781429934886 |
| Pages | : 288 pages |
| Rating | : 4.2/5 (348 users) |
Download or read book Secrets of The Wee Free Men and Discworld written by Linda Washington and published by St. Martin's Griffin. This book was released on 2008-04-15 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating guide to the international bestselling Discworld series and the award-winning The Wee Free Men—soon to be a major motion picture Before J. K. Rowling became the best-selling author in Britain, Terry Pratchett wore that hat. With over 45 million books sold, Pratchett is an international phenomenon. His brainchild is the Discworld series—novels he began as parodies of other works like Macbeth, Faust, and The Arabian Nights. The Wee Free Men, one of Pratchett's most popular novels, will be made into a movie by Spider-Man director Sam Raimi. It's the story of 9-year-old wannabe witch Tiffany Aching, who unites with the Nac Mac Feegle (6-inch-tall blue men who like to fight and love to drink) to free her brother from an evil fairy queen. A fun, interactive guide that will explore the land of Discword, Secrets of The Wee Free Men and Discworld is filled with sidebars, mythology trivia, and includes a bio of the fascinating author Terry Pratchett, and an in-depth analysis of his work. This unofficial guide is a great resource for readers of The Wee Free Men and the other books of the Discworld series.
| Author | : Stefanie Schult |
| Publisher | : Logos Verlag Berlin GmbH |
| Release Date | : 2017-01-26 |
| ISBN 10 | : 9783832544195 |
| Pages | : 242 pages |
| Rating | : 4.3/5 (441 users) |
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.
| Author | : Janet Husband |
| Publisher | : American Library Association |
| Release Date | : 2009 |
| ISBN 10 | : 9780838909676 |
| Pages | : 782 pages |
| Rating | : 4.3/5 (96 users) |
Download or read book Sequels written by Janet Husband and published by American Library Association. This book was released on 2009 with total page 782 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide to series fiction lists popular series, identifies novels by character, and offers guidance on the order in which to read unnumbered series.
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| Release Date | : 2008-02 |
| ISBN 10 | : 083524749X |
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| Rating | : 4.4/5 (9 users) |
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| Author | : Terry Pratchett |
| Publisher | : Random House |
| Release Date | : 2010-07-06 |
| ISBN 10 | : 9781407034249 |
| Pages | : 528 pages |
| Rating | : 4.0/5 (342 users) |
Download or read book The Folklore of Discworld written by Terry Pratchett and published by Random House. This book was released on 2010-07-06 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NOW UPDATED to include material on the Discworld books up to Raising Steam. Most of us grow up having always known to touch wood or cross our fingers, and what happens when a princess kisses a frog or a boy pulls a sword from a stone, yet sadly some of these things are now beginning to be forgotten. Legends, myths, fairytales: our world is made up of the stories we told ourselves about where we came from and how we got there. It is the same on Discworld, except that beings which on Earth are creatures of the imagination - like vampires, trolls, witches and, possibly, gods - are real, alive and in some cases kicking on the Disc. In The Folklore of Discworld, Terry Pratchett teams up with leading British folklorist Jacqueline Simpson to take an irreverent yet illuminating look at the living myths and folklore that are reflected, celebrated and affectionately libelled in the uniquely imaginative universe of Discworld.
| Author | : Lawrence Watt-Evans |
| Publisher | : BenBella Books, Inc. |
| Release Date | : 2008-07-01 |
| ISBN 10 | : 9781935618386 |
| Pages | : 296 pages |
| Rating | : 4.3/5 (183 users) |
Download or read book The Turtle Moves! written by Lawrence Watt-Evans and published by BenBella Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2008-07-01 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After growing from humble beginnings as a Sword & Sorcery parody to more than 30 volumes of wit, wisdom, and whimsy, the Discworld series has become a phenomenon unlike any other. Now, in The Turtle Moves!, Lawrence Watt-Evans presents a story-by-story history of Discworld's evolution as well as essays on Pratchett's place in literary canon, the nature of the Disc itself, and the causes and results of the Discworld phenomenon, all refreshingly free of literary jargon littered with informative footnotes. Part breezy reference guide, part droll commentary, The Turtle Moves! will enlighten and entertain every Pratchett reader, from the casual browser to the most devout of Discworld's fans.
| Author | : Ina Batzke |
| Publisher | : transcript Verlag |
| Release Date | : 2018-03-31 |
| ISBN 10 | : 9783839440278 |
| Pages | : 300 pages |
| Rating | : 4.3/5 (42 users) |
Download or read book Exploring the Fantastic written by Ina Batzke and published by transcript Verlag. This book was released on 2018-03-31 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fantastic represents a wide and heterogeneous field in literary, cultural, and media studies. Encompassing some of the field's foremost voices such as Fred Botting and Larissa Lai, as well as exciting new perspectives by junior scholars, this volume offers a mosaic of the fantastic now. The contributions pinpoint and discuss current developments in theory and practice by offering enlightening snapshots of the contemporary Anglophone landscape of research in the fantastic. The authors' arguments and analyses thus give new impetus to the field's theoretical and methodological approaches, its textual materials, its main interests, and its crucial findings.
| Author | : Oliver F. Lehmann |
| Publisher | : CRC Press |
| Release Date | : 2018-07-17 |
| ISBN 10 | : 9781351999182 |
| Pages | : 326 pages |
| Rating | : 4.5/5 (991 users) |
Download or read book Project Business Management written by Oliver F. Lehmann and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2018-07-17 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Roughly half of all project managers have to lead customer projects as profit centers on contractor side with two big objectives: making the customer happy and bringing money home. Customer projects are a high-risk business on both sides, customers and contractors, but the dynamics of this business have so far been mostly ignored in literature. The book is intended to fill this gap. The book helps project managers better understand the dynamics of customer projects under contract from business development through handover and find solutions for common problems. A central aspect is international contract laws, an often underestimated factor in projects.
| Author | : John E. Simkin |
| Publisher | : K G Saur Verlag Gmbh & Company |
| Release Date | : 1996 |
| ISBN 10 | : UOM:49015003033363 |
| Pages | : 1198 pages |
| Rating | : 4.9/5 (5 users) |
Download or read book The Whole Story written by John E. Simkin and published by K G Saur Verlag Gmbh & Company. This book was released on 1996 with total page 1198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work is the only comprehensive guide to sequels in English, with over 84,000 works by 12,500 authors in 17,000 sequences.
| Author | : Stephen Briggs |
| Publisher | : Random House |
| Release Date | : 2008-11-06 |
| ISBN 10 | : 9781407035505 |
| Pages | : 304 pages |
| Rating | : 4.0/5 (355 users) |
Download or read book The Wit And Wisdom Of Discworld written by Stephen Briggs and published by Random House. This book was released on 2008-11-06 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'A marriage is always made up of two people who are prepared to swear that only the other one snores.' From, THE FIFTH ELEPHANT 'Inside every old person is a young person wondering what happened.' From, MOVING PICTURES The Wit and Wisdom of Discworld is a collection of the wittiest, pithiest and wisest quotations from this extraordinary universe, dealing one-by-one with each book in the canon. Guaranteed to transport you back to your favourite or forgotten Discworld moments it is the perfect book for die-hard Pratchett fans, as well as anyone coming to the Discworld for the first time.
| Author | : R.F.M. Byrn |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Release Date | : 2017-12-02 |
| ISBN 10 | : 9781351199490 |
| Pages | : 202 pages |
| Rating | : 4.5/5 (994 users) |
Download or read book Cousins at One Remove: Anglo-German Studies: 2nd: Cousins at One Remove written by R.F.M. Byrn and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-12-02 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This collection of essays is a sequel to ""Anglo-German Studies"" published in 1992 by the Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society. The emphasis of this volume is on the English reception of German literature."
| Author | : Terry Pratchett |
| Publisher | : Random House |
| Release Date | : 2009-12-01 |
| ISBN 10 | : 9781407035437 |
| Pages | : 464 pages |
| Rating | : 4.0/5 (354 users) |
Download or read book Thud! written by Terry Pratchett and published by Random House. This book was released on 2009-12-01 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seventh book of the original and best CITY WATCH series, now reinterpreted in BBC's The Watch 'Imaginative, witty and consistent' SFX 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 . . . 'Beating people up in little rooms . . . he knew where that led. And if you did it for a good reason, you'd do it for a bad one. You couldn't say 'we;re the good guys' and do bad-guy things.' Koom Valley, the ancient battle where the trolls ambushed the dwarfs, or the dwarfs ambushed the trolls, was a long time ago. But if he doesn't solve the murder of just one dwarf, Commander Sam Vimes of Ankh-Morpork City Watch is going to see it fought again, right outside his office. With his beloved Watch crumbling around him and war-drums sounding, he must unravel every clue, outwit every assassin and brave any darkness to find the solution. And darkness is following him. Oh . . . and at six o'clock every day, without fail, with no excuses, he must go home to read 'Where's My Cow?', with all the right farmyard noises, to his little boy. There are some things you have to do.
| Author | : Douglas McCall |
| Publisher | : McFarland |
| Release Date | : 2013-11-12 |
| ISBN 10 | : 9780786478118 |
| Pages | : 392 pages |
| Rating | : 4.8/5 (781 users) |
Download or read book Monty Python written by Douglas McCall and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2013-11-12 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A chronological listing of the creative output and other antics of the members of the British comedy group Monty Python, both as a group and individually. Coverage spans between 1969 (the year Monty Python's Flying Circus debuted) and 2012. Entries include television programs, films, stage shows, books, records and interviews. Back matter features an appendix of John Cleese's hilarious business-training films; an index of Monty Python's sketches and songs; an index of Eric Idle's sketches and songs; as well as a general index and selected bibliography.
| Author | : Terry Pratchett |
| Publisher | : Random House |
| Release Date | : 2010-05-25 |
| ISBN 10 | : 9781407034805 |
| Pages | : 368 pages |
| Rating | : 4.0/5 (348 users) |
Download or read book Witches Abroad written by Terry Pratchett and published by Random House. This book was released on 2010-05-25 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'You can't go around building a better world for people. Only people can build a better world for people. Otherwise, it's just a cage.' There's power in stories. The Fairy Godmother is good. The servant girl marries the Prince. Everyone lives happily ever after . . . don't they? The witches Granny Weatherwax, Nanny Ogg and Magrat Garlick are travelling to far-distant Genua to stop a wedding and save a kingdom. But how do you fight a happy-ever-after, especially when it comes with glass slippers and a power-hungry Fairy Godmother who has made Destiny an offer it can't refuse? It's hard to resist a good story, even when the fate of the kingdom depends on it . . . 'No one mixes the fantastical and mundane to better comic effect' Daily Mail 'One of our greatest fantasists, and beyond a doubt the funniest' George RR Martin Witches Abroad is the third book in the Witches series, but you can read the Discworld novels in any order.