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Discworld volume 13
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English
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The thirteenth novel in the Discworld series from New York Times bestselling author Terry Pratchett. Lost in the chill deeps of space between the galaxies, it sails on forever, a flat, circular world carried on the back of a giant turtle— Discworld —a land where the unexpected can be expected. Where the strangest things happen to the nicest people. Like Brutha, a simple lad who only wants to tend his melon patch. Until one day he hears the voice...
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Discworld volume 15
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English
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"Corporal Carrot has been promoted. He's now in charge of the new recruits guarding Ankh-Morpork, Discworld's greatest city, from Barbarian Tribes, Miscellaneous Marauders, unlicensed Thieves, and such. It's a big job, particularly for an adopted dwarf. But an even bigger job awaits. An ancient document has just revealed that Ankh-Morpork, ruled for decades by Disorganized crime, has a secret sovereign. And his name is Carrot"--Page 4 of cover.
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Discworld volume 30
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English
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Arch-swindler Moist Van Lipwig never believed his confidence crimes were hanging offenses-until he found himself with a noose tightly around his neck, dropping through a trapdoor, and falling into-a government job? By all rights, Moist should have met his maker. Instead, it's Lord Vetinari, supreme ruler of Ankh-Morpork, who promptly offers him a job as Postmaster. Since his only other option is a nonliving one, Moist accepts the position-and the...
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Discworld volume 7
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IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 14
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English
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Pyramids is the seventh book in the award-winning comic fantasy Discworld series by Terry Pratchett. In Pyramids, you'll discover the tale of Teppic, a student at the Assassins Guild of Ankh-Morpok and prince of the tiny kingdom of Djelibeybi, thrust into the role of pharaoh after his fathers sudden death. It's bad enough being new on the job, but Teppic hasn't a clue as to what a pharaoh is supposed to do. First, there's the monumental task of building...
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Discworld volume 8
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English
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In Anhk-Morpork, the blissful alcoholic oblivion of Vimes is disrupted by the arrival of Carrot, an ambitious dwarf cop who goes on an arresting spree, freeing an enormous dragon in the process.
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Discworld volume 34
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 22
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English
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"The 39th installment in the New York Times bestselling "Discworld" canon from Terry Pratchett, "the purely funniest English writer since Wodehouse." (Washington Post Book World)"--
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Discworld volume 35
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English
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"Change is afoot in Ankh-Morpork--Discworld's first steam engine has arrived, and once again Moist von Lipwig finds himself with a new and challenging job"--
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Discworld volume 9
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IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 5
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English
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Discworld's only demonology hacker, Eric,is about to make life very difficult for the rest of Ankh-Morpork's denizens. This would-be Faust is very bad . . . at his work, that is. All he wants is to fulfill three little wishes: to live forever, to be master of the universe, and to have a stylin' hot babe. But Eric isn't even good at getting his own way. Instead of a powerful demon, he conjures, well, Rincewind, a wizard whose incompetence is matched...
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Discworld volume 32
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English
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""Like the best of its predecessors, Making Money balances satire, knockabout farce and close observation of human — and non-human — foibles with impressive dexterity and deceptive ease. The result is another ingenious entertainment from the preeminent comic fantasist of our time." — Washington Post.
The hero of Going Postal returns in the 36th installment of Sir
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Discworld volume 12
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Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2013.
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English
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Discworld's own version of the three witches--Magrat Garlick, Granny Weatherwax, and Nanny Ogg--grab their broomsticks and journey to Genua to save Princess Emberella from an overzealous fairy godmother.
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Discworld volume 31
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 16
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English
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Commander Sam Vimes of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch must put a stop to the civil unrest that threatens Discworld on the anniversary of one of its most infamous, and bloody, historical events.
"Another brilliant novel in the record-breaking Discworld series. VOTED AS READERS' FAVOURITE DISCWORLD NOVEL IN THE DISCWORLD CUP 2010! '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,...
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Discworld volume 20
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
[2014]
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English
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What could more genuinely embody the spirit of Christmas (or Hogswatch, on the Discworld) than a Terry Pratchett book about the holiday season? Every secular Christmas tradition is included. But as this is the 21st Discworld novel, there are some unusual twists. This year the Auditors, who want people to stop believing in things that aren't real, have hired an assassin to eliminate the Hogfather. (You know him: red robe, white beard, says, "Ho, ho,...
13) Carpe jugulum
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Discworld volume 23
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2014.
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English
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A slapstick comedy on a battle between witches and vampires in the fantasy land of Discworld. The action serves as a vehicle for satirizing various aspects of our life.
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Discworld volume 19
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
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A crime novel set in the fantasy city of Discworld where municipal workers are robots and never strike for higher pay. But they do murder and the story is a hunt by police for one such murderer. The police are aided by a female werewolf.
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Johnny Maxwell trilogy volume 2
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[1993]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 6
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English
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After twelve-year-old Johnny Maxwell suddenly starts seeing and talking to ghosts, he and his friends become involved in a battle to save the local cemetery.
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Discworld volume 2
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 10
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English
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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.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 5
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English
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An illustrated collection of fourteen short stories featuring "dragons and wizards, councilors and mayors, an adventurous tortoise and a monster in a lake, along with plenty of pointy hats and a few magic spells" written when the author was a teenaged newspaper reporter.
18) Where's my cow?
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Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2005.
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English
Description
Commander Sam Vimes of the City Watch comes home from work to read to his son, Young Sam, from their favorite book.
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Discworld volume 26
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
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Carefully reallocating the Time of Discworld to where it is most needed, Monk of History Lu Tze and his apprentice begin a literal race against time when the world's first truly accurate clock threatens to stop Time forever.
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Johnny Maxwell trilogy volume 3
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[1996]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 7
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English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Johnny Maxwell acquires the neighborhood homeless woman's shopping cart when she is injured and discovers that its contents have the ability to send him back in time from 1996 to 1941 England.
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