Книга «Wyrd Sisters (HB)». Издательство: Gollancz. Год выпуска: 2014. Серия: Discworld. Переплет: Твердый переплет. Количество страниц: 297. Автор: Pratchett Terry. Стандарт: 10. Возрастная категория: 16+. Страна производитель: Соединенное королевство.

Книга «Moving Pictures». Издательство: Gollancz. Год выпуска: 2023. Серия: Discworld. Переплет: Мягкий переплет. Количество страниц: 351. Автор: Pratchett Terry. Стандарт: 10. Возрастная категория: отсутствует. Страна производитель: Соединенное королевство.

Good Omens (Terry Pratchett)What if, for once, the predictions are right, and the Apocalypse really is due to arrive next Saturday, just after tea?It’s a predicament that Aziraphale, a somewhat fussy angel, and Crowley, a fast-living demon, now find themselves in. They’ve been living amongst Earth’s mortals since The Beginning and, truth be told, have grown rather fond of the lifestyle and, in all honesty, are not actually looking forward to the coming Apocalypse.And then there’s the small matter that someone appears to have misplaced the Antichrist . . .Благие знамения (Терри Пратчетт)Оригинальный текст, без адаптации.Что, если на этот раз предсказания окажутся верны, и Апокалипсис действительно наступит в следующую субботу, сразу после чая?Именно в такой ситуации оказываются Азирафаэль, несколько брезгливый ангел, и Кроули, демон, привыкший к быстрой жизни. Они живут среди смертных на Земле с самого Начала и, если честно, успели привыкнуть к такому образу жизни и совсем не горят желанием встретить грядущий Апокалипсис.А тут еще и небольшая проблема: кто-то, похоже, умудрился потерять Антихриста…

‘You should do things because they’re right. Not because gods say so. They might say something different another time.’Religion is a competitive business in the Discworld. Everyone has their own opinion and their own gods, of every shape and size — all fighting for faith, followers, and a place at the top.So when the great god Om accidentally manifests himself as a lowly tortoise, stripped of all divine power, it’s clear he’s become less important than he realised.In such instances, you need an acolyte, and fast. Enter Brutha, the Chosen One — or at least the only One available. He wants peace, justice and love — but that’s hard to achieve in a world where religion means power, and corruption reigns supreme . . .The Discworld novels can be read in any order but Small Gods is a standalone.

‘They say that a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but it is not one half so bad as a lot of ignorance.’Everybody knows there’s no such thing as a female wizard. So when the wizard Drum Billet accidentally passes on his staff of power to an eighth daughter of an eighth son, a girl called Eskarina (Esk, for short), the misogynistic world of wizardry wants nothing to do with her.Thankfully Granny Weatherwax, the Discworld’s most famous witch, has plenty of experience ignoring the status quo. With Granny’s help, Esk sneaks her way into the magical Unseen University and befriends apprentice wizard Simon.But power is unpredictable, and these bright young students soon find themselves in a whole new dimension of trouble. Let the battle of the sexes begin . . .Equal Rites is the first book in the Witches series, but you can read the Discworld novels in any order.

‘Noble dragons don’t have friends. The nearest they can get to the idea is an enemy who is still alive.’The city of Ankh-Morpork is in turmoil, its citizens revolting. Again.A shadowy secret brotherhood has summoned a dragon to spread terror throughout the city, intent on overthrowing the Patrician and ruling in his place. Too bad the dragon has ideas of its own …It’s up to Captain Sam Vimes and the ramshackle Night Watch to stop it. Only problem is, the Watch are more used to dealing with mobs than dragons.And if they can’t bring down this fire-breathing tyrant and reinstate their own, slightly less dangerous one, Ankh-Morpork might be lost. For ever…Guards! Guards! is the first book in the City Watch series, but you can read the Discworld novels in any order.

‘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 into the next world. He is also fond of cats and endlessly baffled by humanity. Soon Death is yearning to experience what humanity really has to offer, but to do that, he’ll need to hire some help.It’s an offer Mort can’t refuse. As Death’s apprentice he’ll have free board, use of the company horse — and being dead isn’t compulsory. It’s a dream job — until Mort falls in love with Death’s daughter, Ysabell, and discovers that your boss can be a killer on your love life…Mort is the first book in the Death series, but you can read the Discworld novels in any order.

‘There’s a kind of magic in masks. Masks conceal one face, but they reveal another. The one that only comes out in darkness . . .’The Opera House in Ankh-Morpork is home to music, theatrics and a harmless masked Ghost who lurks behind the scenes. But now a set of mysterious backstage murders may just stop the show.Agnes Nitt has left her rural home of Lancre in the hopes of launching a successful singing career in the big city. The only problem is, she doesn’t quite look the part. And there are two witches who would much rather she return home to join their coven.Granny Weatherwax and Nanny Ogg have travelled to Ankh-Morpork to convince Agnes that life as a witch is much better than one on the stage. Only now they’re caught up in a murder mystery featuring masks and maniacal laughter.And the show MUST go on . . .Maskerade is the fifth book in the Witches series, but you can read the Discworld novels in any order.

‘This didn’t feel like magic. It felt a lot older than that. It felt like music.’Being sixteen is always difficult, but it’s even more so when there’s a Death in the family. Susan hasn’t exactly had a normal upbringing, with a skeletal grandfather who rides a white horse and wields a scythe.When Death decides he needs a well-earned break, he leaves Susan to take over the family business. The only problem is, everyone mistakes her for the Tooth Fairy . . .Well, not the only problem. There’s a new, addictive music in Discworld. It’s lawless. It changes people. It’s got a beat and you can dance to it.It’s called Music With Rocks In. And it won’t fade away . . .Soul Music is the third book in the Death series, but you can read the Discworld novels in any order.

‘Inside every living person is a dead person waiting to get out.’Death has been fired by the Auditors of Reality for the heinous crime of developing . . . a personality. Sent to live like everyone else, Death takes a new name and begins working as a farmhand. He’s got the scythe already, after all.And for humanity, Death is just . . . gone. Which leads to the kind of chaos you always get when an important public service is withdrawn. If Death doesn’t come for you, then what are you supposed to do in the meantime?You can’t have the undead wandering about like lost souls — there’s no telling what might happen. Particularly when they discover that life really is only for the living . . .Reaper Man is the second book in the Death series, but you can read the Discworld novels in any order.

‘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…The Colour of Magic is the first book in the Wizards series, but you can read the Discworld novels in any order.

‘The universe is, instant by instant, recreated anew . . . The perfect moment is now. Be glad of it.’Time is a resource. Everyone knows it must be managed. You can let it move fast or slowly, but what you mustn’t do is allow it to stop.On the Discworld, the History Monks have the important job of ensuring that tomorrow always comes. But the construction of the world’s first truly accurate clock starts a race against, well . . . time.Monk Lu-Tze, his apprentice Lobsang Ludd and Death’s granddaughter Susan must stop the clockmaker before he completes his task. Because a truly accurate clock will stop time completely.And then, there really will be no tomorrow . . .Thief Of Time is the fifth book in the Death series, but you can read the Discworld novels in any order.

A beautiful hardback edition of the classic Discworld novelIn this and indeed other lives there are givers and takers. It’s safe to say that vampires are very much in the latter camp. They don’t have much time for the givers of this world — except perhaps mealtimes — and even less for priests.Mightily Oats has not picked a good time to be a priest.Lancre’s newest residents are a thoroughly modern, sophisticated vampire family. They’ve got style and fancy waistcoats. They’re out of the casket and want a bite of the future. But they haven’t met the neighbours yet: between them and Lancre stand Granny Weatherwax and Nanny Ogg. And Magrat, who is trying to combine witchcraft and nappies. And young Agnes, although she is really in two minds about everything.Mightily Oats knows he has a prayer, but he wishes he had an axe.В этой, да и в других жизнях есть дающие и берущие. Можно с уверенностью сказать, что вампиры в значительной степени принадлежат ко второму лагерю. У них не так много времени для дающих этого мира — за исключением, возможно, приема пищи — и еще меньше для священников.Возможно, Оутс выбрал неподходящее время для того, чтобы стать священником.Новые обитатели Лэнса — совершенно современная, утонченная вампирская семья. У них есть стиль и модные жилеты. Они вылезли из гроба и хотят кусочек будущего. Но они еще не познакомились с соседями: между ними и Ланкром стоят бабушка Ветровоск и нянюшка Ягг. И Маграт, которая пытается совместить колдовство и подгузники. И юная Агнес, хотя на самом деле она обо всем сомневается.Могучий Оутс знает, что у него есть молитва, но он жалеет, что у него нет топора.Книга на английском языке.

Книга «A Stroke of the Pen». Издательство: Penguin. Год выпуска: 2024. Переплет: Мягкий переплет. Количество страниц: 228. Автор: Pratchett Terry. Стандарт: 10. Возрастная категория: отсутствует. Страна производитель: Соединенное королевство.

Книга «Thief Of Time». Издательство: Doubleday. Год выпуска: 2017. Серия: Discworld. Переплет: Твердый переплет. Количество страниц: 432. Автор: Pratchett Terry. Стандарт: 1. Возрастная категория: 16+. Страна производитель: Соединенное королевство.

Widely thought of as the best book Terry Pratchett ever wrote, this is a story of a Nation, a story of a friendship, a story of growing up and the truths we must learn. It is epic in every sense . . .Prepare for the world to be turned upside down . . .For Mau, halfway between boy and man, it happens when a great wave destroys his entire village. For Daphne, it’s when the same wave crashes her ship into the island that was once Mau’s home. Everything they once had is now so far away, lost to distance and time.But when Daphne stops trying to shoot Mau (she did apologise for it), and instead uses a salvaged invitation card to invite him to tea, they discover a new home can be theirs.And then people start arriving on the island – some very good, some very bad. And it’s soon clear that Daphne and Mau must fight for their Nation.Then a discovery is made that will change the entire world forever . . .

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.

There’s a werewolf with pre-lunar tension in Ankh-Morpork. And a dwarf with attitude and a golem who’s begun to think for itself.But for Commander Vimes, Head of Ankh-Morpork City Watch, that’s only the start . . .There’s treason in the air. A crime has happened.He’s not only got to find out whodunit, but howdunit too. He’s not even sure what they dun. But soon as he knows what the questions are, he’s going to want some answers.

There’s trouble on the Aching farm — a monster in the river, a headless horseman in the driveway and nightmare spreading down from the hills. And now Tiffany Aching’s little brother has been stolen by the Queen of the Fairies. Tiffany’s got to get him back.

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 . . .In the beginning there was…a turtle.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 own, but which looks completely different.Particularly as it’s carried though space on the back of a giant turtle (sex unknown). It plays by different rules.But then, some things are the same everywhere. The Disc’s very existence is about to be threatened by a strange new blight: the world’s first tourist, upon whose survival rests the peace and prosperity of the land.Unfortunately, the person charged with maintaining that survival in the face of robbers, mercenaries and, well, Death, is a spectacularly inept wizard…The Discworld novels can be read in any order but The Colour Of Magic is the first book in the Wizards series.

The first book in the incredible Tiffany Aching series. Now in a brand-new gift edition!A nightmarish danger threatens from the other side of reality . . .Armed with only a frying pan and her common sense, young witch-to-be Tiffany Aching must defend her home against the monsters of Fairyland. Luckily she has some very unusual help: the local Nac Mac Feegle — aka The Wee Free Men — a clan of fierce, sheep-stealing, sword-wielding, six-inch-high blue men.Together they must face headless horsemen, ferocious grimhounds, terrifying dreams come true, and ultimately the sinister Queen of the Elves herself . . .

The incredible Carnegie-winning adventure, now in a brand-new gift edition.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 any more. It’s a rat-eat-rat world. And that might only be the start . . .

‘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 necessarily for long.The Chief Cashier is almost certainly a vampire. There’s something nameless in the cellar (and the cellar itself is pretty nameless), it turns out that the Royal Mint runs at a loss, and people actually want to know where the money’s gone. A 300 year old wizard is after his girlfriend, he’s about to be exposed as a fraud, but the Assassins Guild might get him first. In fact lot of people want him deadOh. And every day he has to take the Chairman for walkies.Everywhere he looks he’s making enemies.What he should be doing is . . . Making Money!

A beautiful new hardback edition of the classic Discworld novel.Moist von Lipwig is a con artist and a fraud and a man faced with a life choice: be hanged, or put Ankh-Morpork’s ailing postal service back on its feet.It was a tough decision.But he’s got to see that the mail gets though, come rain, hail, sleet, dogs, the Post Office Workers Friendly and Benevolent Society, the evil chairman of the Grand Trunk Semaphore Company, and a midnight killer.Getting a date with Adora Bell Dearheart would be nice, too.Прекрасное новое издание классического романа «Плоский мир» в твердом переплете.Мойст фон Липвиг — аферист и мошенник, человек, стоящий перед жизненным выбором: быть повешенным или поставить на ноги захудалую почтовую службу Анк-Морпорка.Это было трудное решение.Но он должен позаботиться о том, чтобы почта дошла, несмотря на дождь, град, мокрый снег, собак, дружелюбное и доброжелательное общество работников почтового отделения, злого председателя семафорной компании Grand Trunk и полуночного убийцу.Сходить на свидание с Адорой Белль Добросердечной тоже было бы неплохо.Книга на английском языке.

Sourcery (Terry Pratchett)Unseen University, the most magical establishment on the Discworld, has finally got its wish: the emergence of a wizard more powerful than they’ve ever seen. You’d think the smartest men on the Disc would have been a little more careful what they wished for.As the drastic consequences of sourcery begin to unfold, one wizard holds the solution in his cowardly, incompetent hands. Rincewind must take the University’s most precious artefact, the very embodiment of magic itself, and deliver it halfway across the disc to safety . . . If he doesn’t make it, the death of all wizardry is at hand.Посох и шляпа (Терри Пратчетт)Невидимый Университет, самое волшебное учреждение Плоского мира, наконец-то осуществил свое желание: появился волшебник, более могущественный, чем они когда-либо видели. Можно подумать, что самые умные люди на Диске должны были бы быть немного осторожнее в своих желаниях.Когда начинают проявляться радикальные последствия магии, один волшебник держит решение в своих трусливых и некомпетентных руках. Ринсвинд должен взять самый ценный артефакт Университета, само воплощение самой магии, и доставить его через половину диска в безопасное место. . . Если он этого не сделает, смерть всего волшебства неизбежна

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.’What shall we do?’ said Twoflower.’Panic?’ said Rincewind hopefully. He always held that panic was the best means of survival.As it moves towards a seemingly inevitable collision with a malevolent red star, the Discworld could do with a hero.What it doesn’t need is a singularly inept and cowardly wizard, still recovering from the trauma of falling off the edge of the world, or a well-meaning tourist and his luggage which has a mind (and legs) of its own.Which is a shame, because that’s all there is…The Discworld novels can be read in any order but The Light Fantastic is the second book in the Wizards series.

Eighth book of the original and best CITY WATCH series.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.

The fifth and final book in the Tiffany Aching series — five Discworld novels by master-storyteller Terry Pratchett.Tiffany Aching has finally got her wish.She is a witch (and a respected one, at that). Overworked and underpaid, that’s for certain, but a witch nonetheless.Help is at hand though. In the form of young Geoffrey and his goat. Geoffrey wants to be a witch too, and thinks he can save the world by building sheds. Well, everyone has to start somewhere.But as new friends are made, and old ones return, enemies are stirring. With her beloved chalk in jeopardy, Tiffany will face the toughest challenge of her life.There will be a reckoning . . .

Saying it with frozen roses and icebergsYoung witch Tiffany Aching leaps into a dance — and suddenly the spirit of winter is in love with her.Now she’s dancing to his tune, and she can’t change the steps.Unless she can work out how to deal with the Wintersmith, there will never be another springtime…

‘Some people would be asking: whose side are you on? If you’re not for us, you’re against us. Huh. If you’re not an apple, you’re a banana’Koom Valley, 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.

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 . . .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.This is not going to be a gentleman’s game.The prospect of the Big Match draws in a street urchin with a wonderful talent for kicking a tin can, a maker of jolly good pies, a dim but beautiful young woman, who might just turn out to be the greatest fashion model there has ever been, and the mysterious Mr Nutt (and no one knows anything much about Mr Nutt, not even Mr Nutt) but there is something powerful, and dark, locked away inside him.As the match approaches, secrets are forced into the light and four lives will be entangled and changed for ever. Here we go, here we go, here we go!The Discworld novels can be read in any order but Unseen Academicals is the seventh book in the Wizards series.

Every land needs its own witch.There’s a monster in the river, a headless horsemen in the drive. And now Granny Aching has gone, there’s only young Tiffany Aching left to guard the boundaries.It’s her land. Her duty.But it’s amazing how useful a horde of unruly pictsies can be . . .

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.

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 . . .’Neighbours… hah. People’d live for ages side by side, nodding at one another amicably on their way to work, and then some trivial thing would happen and someone would be having a garden fork removed from their ear.’When the neighbours in question are the proud empires of Klatch and Ankh-Morpork, those are going to be some pretty large garden tools indeed. Of course, no-one would dream of starting a war without a perfectly good reason…such as a ‘strategic’ piece of old rock in the middle of nowhere.It is after all every citizen’s right to bear arms to defend their own. Even if it isn’t technically their own. And even if they don’t have much in the way of actual weaponry. As two armies march, Commander Vimes of Ankh-Morpork City Watch faces unpleasant foes who are out to get him… and that’s just the people on his side. The enemy might be even worse.

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 . . .In this life there are givers and takers. It’s safe to say that vampires are very much in the latter camp. They don’t have much time for the givers of this world – except perhaps at mealtimes . . .Welcome to Lancre, where the newest residents are a thoroughly modern, sophisticated vampire family. They’ve got style and fancy waistcoats. They’re out of the casket and want a bite of the future.Everyone knows you don’t invite vampires into your house – unless you want permanent guests – nonetheless the King of Lancre has invited them to stay and celebrate the birth of his daughter. Now, these vampires have no intention of leaving . . . ever.But they haven’t met the neighbours yet.Between the vampires and their next meal stand the witches of Lancre: Granny Weatherwax, Nanny Ogg, Magrat and young Agnes. As the residents of Lancre living are about to discover, it will take more than garlic and crucifixes to take back their home.

‘We play and are played and the best we can hope for is to do it with style.’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.To do this, they recruit an unlikely group of players: Trev, a street urchin with a talent for kicking a tin can; Glenda, the night chef who makes a mean pie; Juliet, the kitchen hand turned world’s greatest fashion model; and the mysterious Mr Nutt, who has something powerful, and dark, locked away inside him . . .And the thing about football — the important thing about football — is that it is not just about football. Here we go, here we go, here we go!Unseen Academicals is the seventh book in the Wizards series, but you can read the Discworld novels in any order.

‘That’s the trouble about the good guys and the bad guys! They’re all guys!’In the small yet aggressive country of Borogravia, there are strict rules citizens must follow. For a start, women belong in the kitchen — not in jobs, pubs, or indeed trousers. And certainly not on the front line.Polly Perks has to become a boy in a hurry if she wants to find her missing brother in the army. Cutting off her hair and wearing the trousers is easy. Going to war however, is not.Polly and her fellow raw recruits are suddenly in the thick of a losing battle. All they have on their side is the most artful sergeant in the army and a vampire with a lust for coffee.It’s time to make a stand.The Discworld novels can be read in any order but Monstrous Regiment is a standalone.

A beautiful gift edition of the classic Discworld novel.Eric is the Discworld’s only demonology hacker. The trouble is, he’s not very good at it. All he wants is the usual three wishes: to be immortal, rule the world and have the most beautiful woman fall madly in love with him. The usual stuff.But what he gets is Rincewind, the Disc’s most incompetent wizard, and Rincewind’s Luggage (the world’s most dangerous travel accessory) into the bargain.Terry Pratchett’s hilarious take on the Faust legend stars many of the Discworld’s most popular characters in an outrageous adventure that will leave Eric wishing once more – this time, quite fervently, that he’d never been born.

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 . . .’Destiny is important, see, but people go wrong when they think it controls them. It’s the other way around.’Three witches — Granny Weatherwax, Nanny Ogg and Magrat Garlick — have gathered on a lonely heath. A king has been cruelly murdered, his throne usurped by his ambitious cousin. An infant heir and the crown of the kingdom, both missing . . .Witches don’t have these kind of dynastic problems themselves – in fact, they don’t have leaders.Granny Weatherwax was the most highly-regarded of the leaders the witches don’t have. But even she found that meddling in royal politics was a lot more complicated than certain playwrights would have you believe . . .The Discworld novels can be read in any order but Wyrd Sisters is the second book in the Witches series.

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 . . .Fairy godmothers develop a very deep understanding about human nature, which makes the good ones kind and the bad ones powerful.Inheriting a fairy godmother role seemed an easy job . . . After all, how difficult could it be to make sure that a servant girl doesn’t marry a prince?Quite hard, actually, even for the witches Granny Weatherwax, Nanny Ogg and Magrat Garlick. That’s the problem with real life – it tends to get in the way of a good story, and a good story is hard to resist.Servant girls have to marry the prince, whether they want to or not. You can’t fight a Happy Ending, especially when it comes with glass slippers and a rival Fairy Godmother who has made Destiny an offer it can’t refuse.The Discworld novels can be read in any order but Witches Abroad is the third book in the Witches series.