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Hogswatchnight is fast approaching, and the Hogfather (that jolly fat man who delivers presents to the kiddies) is missing. But it's vital that all the presents are delivered, otherwise the sun won't rise tomorrow. However, there is another supernatural entity who can be everywhere at once and, most importantly, knows where everybody lives. And Death reckons that with a false beard and a few cushions, it might just work. And while Death is busy working out the mysteries of climbing down chimneys and drinking sherry, it's up to Susan to track down the real Hogfather. It's a dark time of the year. There are monsters afoot. And some of them look just like us. HO HO HO. You'd better watch out ...Terry Pratchett's bestseller, adapted and directed by Vadim Jean, is a two-part live-action/CGI film for Sky One starring David Jason and a host of other great British character actors.

Armada con tan solo una sartén y su sentido común, Tiffany Dolorido, una joven aspirante a bruja, es lo único que se interpone entre los monstruos del País de las Hadas y la cálida y verde tierra de la Caliza, su hogar. Obligada a entrar en los dominios feéricos para rescatar a su hermano secuestrado, Tiffany se une a los Nac Mac Feegle locales (también llamados pequeños hombres libres), un clan de hombrecillos azules de quince centímetros de altura que roban ovejas, blanden espadas y son tan feroces como divertidos. Juntos lucharán en un territorio espeluznante y siempre en movimiento, se enfrentarán a brutales hadas voladoras, seres tejedores de sueños y perros sombríos (unos canes negros con ojos de fuego y dientes como cuchillas), antes de llegar hasta la Reina de los Elfos, la soberana absoluta de un mundo en el que la realidad se mezcla con las pesadillas. En el momento decisivo, Tiffany tendrá que enfrentarse sola a su cruel poder...

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 that 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 give 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.

Acaba de nacer el Ankh-Morpork Times y la febre por la prensa se adueña de la caótica metrópolis del Mundodisco.La novela número 25 de la saga «Mundodisco» es una entretenida sátira sobre el mundo de

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 own, but which looks completely different. It plays by different rules. Certainly it refuses to succumb to the quaint notion that universes are ruled by pure logic and the harmony of numbers. But just because the Disc is different doesn't mean that some things don't stay the same. Its very existence is about to be threatened by a strange new blight: the arrival of the first tourist, upon whose survival rests the peace and prosperity of the land. But if the person charged with maintaining that survival in the face of robbers, mercenaries and, well, Death is a spectacularly inept wizard, a little logic might turn out to be a very good idea..."The Colour of Magic" is the first novel in Terry Pratchett's acclaimed Discworld series, which has become one of the most popular and celebrated sequences in English literature.

'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 Discworld is filled with a vast and diverse population - from witches to vampires and from the fiendish to the foolish, it is a world in which magical books can devour the unsuspecting, and Death can escape to the country for some time off. "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. 'Un matrimonio siempre está hecho de dos personas que están dispuestas a jurar que es sólo el otro el que ronca'. De "The Fifth Elephant". 'En el interior de cada persona mayor hay una persona joven que se pregunta qué le ha pasado'. De "Moving Pictures". Mundodisco está poblado por una vasta y diversa suma de habitantes, desde brujas a vampiros y desde lo más malvado hasta lo más estúpido: este es un mundo en el que los libros mágicos pueden devorar al distraído, y donde la Muerte puede hacer alguna escapadita al campo por un tiempo. "The Wit and Wisdom of Discworld" es una recopilación de los dichos más sabios, ingeniosos y sustanciales de este extraordinario universo, analizados uno a uno por cada libro del canon.

Un giro al cuento de El flautista de Hamel#n: un gato algo mafioso, un grupo de ratas instruidas y un joven flautista protagonizan una aventura pol#ticamente incorrecta. Es el timo perfecto... como no podr#a ser de otro modo, ya que lo ha ideado el asombroso Mauricio, el gato callejero con m#s labia y desparpajo de todo el Mundodisco. A ver, #sab#is ese cuento que habla de un pueblo, una plaga de ratas y un autista? Pues resulta que Mauricio conoce a un chaval#n con cara de tonto que sabe tocar la flauta y a un pu#ado de ratas un tanto extravagantes pero muy instruidas... El enga#o funciona y la banda liderada por Mauricio ya ha desplumado a varios alcaldes con su peque#a "funci#n". Pero cuando llegan a Mal-Baden, todo se va al garete. Porque en ese pueblo alguien est# tocando una melod#a distinta, m#s tenebrosa, y las ratas tendr#n que descubrir la verdad. Ya no es un juego. All# hay gato encerrado... y algo m#s. Rese#a:"La obra maestra de Pratchett."Neil Gaiman

A beautiful gift-edition hardback of the classic Discworld novel.The alchemists of the Discworld have discovered the magic of the silver screen. But what is the dark secret of Holy Wood hill?It's up to Victor Tugelbend ('Can't sing. Can't dance. Can handle a sword a little') and Theda Withel ('I come from a little town you've probably never heard of') to find out...MOVING PICTURES, THE TENTH DISCWORLD NOVEL IS A GLORIOUSLY FUNNY SAGA SET AGAINST THE BACKGROUND OF A WORLD GONE MAD!

Terry Pratchett turns his acute satirical eye on sexual equality and chauvanism in his hilarious third Discworld novel.It is known as the Discworld. It is a flat planet, supported on the backs of four elephants, who in turn stand on the back of the great turtle A'Tuin as it swims majestically through space. And it is quite possibly the funniest place in all of creation.The last thing the wizard Drum Billet did, before Death laid a bony hand on his shoulder, was to pass on his staff of power to the eighth son of an eighth son. Unfortunately for his colleagues in the chauvinistic (not to say misogynistic) world of magic, he failed to check on the new-born baby's sex...Terry Pratchett turns his acute satirical eye on sexual equality and chauvanism in his hilarious third Discworld novel.

A beautiful gift edition hardback of the classic Discworld novel.Witches are not by nature gregarious, and they certainly don't have leaders.Granny Weatherwax was the most highly regarded of the leaders they didn't have. But even she found that meddling in royal politics was a lot more difficult than certain playwrights would have you believe...

En esta maravillosa novela para jóvenes y adultos, Terry Pratchett enlaza acontecimientos históricos y elementos fantásticos para ofrecernos una original historia de intriga y aprendizaje que rinde homenaje a la obra de Charles Dickens.Perillan es un muchacho de diecisiete años que sobrevive buscando objetos de valor en las cloacas del Londres victoriano. Tras una reyerta en la que defiende a una joven de un par de rufianes violentos, un periodista que responde al nombre de Charles Dickens queda impresionado por la valentia y la ingenuidad del muchacho y le anima a averiguar la identidad y los motivos de los agresores.Cuando Perillan empieza a investigar, se ve envuelto en una serie de incidentes que le convierten en una celebridad... No tardara en conocer a los politicos y las personalidades mas relevantes del imperio y tendra que enfrentarse a un complot de insospechadas repercusiones internacionales.En esta arrebatadora aventura llena de intriga e inventiva, Terry Pratchett combina mejor que nunca el humor, la sabiduria y ese original estilo de fantasia que le han valido la admiracion de legiones de seguidores.La critica ha dicho...Una de esas ocasiones en las que el lector suspira comodamente y se relaja porque sabe que esta en buenas manos [...]. Una novela exuberante, divertida y encantadora.The GuardianDe lectura adictiva.The Washington PostMaravilloso.Daily MailMagistral y divertido.The Sunday TimesFresco, dinamico y con mucho brio; un triunfo.SFXSorprendente, ironico y lleno de intensidad y emocion intrinsecas de la vida. No te lo pierdas.Kirkus ReviewsPratchett hace un trabajo bestial en su recreacion del Londres del siglo XIX; todo ello aderezado con mucha emocion, humor y peligro, y narrado con la voz insuperable de Perillan.School Library JournalUna novela magnifica [...] llena de personajes estrafalarios y de escenas londinenses descritas de forma destallada; la historia auna dos elementosdickensianos: la estima por el hombre llano y el fiero anhelo de justicia social.Publishers Weekly

'Be a MAN in the City Watch! The City Watch needs MEN!' But what it's got includes Corporal Carrot (technically a dwarf), Lance-constable Cuddy (really a dwarf), Lance-constable Detritus (a troll), Lance-constable Angua (a woman ...most of the time) and Corporal Nobbs (disqualified from the human race for shoving). And they need all the help they can get. Because they've only got 24 hours to clean up the town and this is Ankh-Morpork we're talking about...

A beautiful gift-edition hardback of the classic Discworld novel.ITS THE NIGHT BEFORE HOGSWATCH AND ITS TOO QUIET.Where is the big jolly fat man? Why is Death creeping down chimneys and trying to say Ho Ho Ho? The darkest night of the year is getting a lot darker...Susan the gothic governess has got to sort it out by morning, otherwise there wont be a morning. Ever again...The 20th Discworld novel is a festive feast of darkness and Death (but with jolly robins and tinsel too).As they say: Youd better watch out...

A beautiful gift-edition hardback of the classic Discworld novel.THE SHOW MUST GO ON, AS MURDER, MUSIC AND MAYHEM RUN RIOT IN THE NIGHT...The Opera House, Ankh-Morpork... A huge, rambling building, where innocent young sopranos are lured to their destiny by a strangely familiar evil mastermind in a hideously deformed evening dress...At least, he hopes so. But Granny Weatherwax, Discworld's most famous witch, is in the audience. And she doesn't hold with that sort of thing.So there's going to be trouble (but nevertheless a good evening's entertainment with murders you can really hum...)

La segunda entrega de una serie escrita a cuatro manos por el aclamado Terry Pratchett, creador delMundodisco, y el prestigioso autor de ciencia ficción británica, Stephen Baxter: una nueva aventura tan inteligente como divertida, que indaga las consecuencias de un mundo ilimitado.La Tierra Larga es un sinfin de mundos paralelos a solo un paso de distancia. La humanidad ha explorado muchos de ellos, impulsando el comercio y la cultura. Pero tambien ha alterado el equilibrio politico de nuestra tierra de origen y la estabilidad ecologica de estos nuevos mundos. Por un lado, la Declaracion de Independencia de una lejana colonia provoca la censura del gobierno ultraconservador. Por otro, los humanos han descubierto que los trolls, unos pacificos humanoides capaces de cambiar de mundo, son muy utiles para el trabajo fisico y los utilizan para su beneficio. Ante el inexorable avance de los colonos humanos, los trolls estan empezando a desaparecer.En su dia, Joshua Valiente lidero la primera mision de exploracion de estos mundos multiples junto con la unidad de inteligencia artificial llamada Lobsang. Ahora, una decada despues, Joshua se vera obligado a abandonar su vida apacible con su mujer e hijo. La Tierra Larga recurre de nuevo a el porque se avecina una guerra... una guerra distinta a todas las libradas hasta ahora.Reseñas:Alquimia literaria.SFXLa calidez y la humanidad de Pratchett se alian con la extraordinariamente fertil imaginacion de Baxter.The GuardianEn los blogs...Una novela que deja con ganas de mas.BlogSagacomic-LothlorienEs ligero gracias a su narracion y te engancha impidiendote soltar el libro hasta que lo acabas.BlogEl Imperio de las Bellotas

Authorised by Mr Lipwig of the Ankh-Morpork and Sto Plains Hygienic Railway himself, Mrs Georgina Bradshaws invaluable guide to the destinations and diversions of the railway deserves a place in the luggage of any traveller, or indeed armchair traveller, upon the Disc.*From the twine walk of Great Slack to the souks of Zemphis: edifying sights along the route*Ticketing, nostrums and transporting your swamp dragon: essential hints on the practicalities of travel* Elegant resorts and quaint inns: respectable and sanitary lodgings for all species and heights.* From worm-herding to Fustic Cake: diverting trivia on the crafts, foods and brassica traditions of the many industrious people for whom the railway is now a vital link to the Century of the AnchovyFully illustrated and replete with useful titbits, Mrs Bradshaws Handbook offers a view of the Sto Plains like no other.

Dodger is a tosher - a sewer scavenger living in the squalor of Dickensian London.Everyone who is nobody knows Dodger. Anyone who is anybody doesn't.But when he rescues a young girl from a beating, suddenly everybody wants to know him.And Dodger's tale of skulduggery, dark plans and even darker deeds begins . . .