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Turtle Recall Paperback
£10
The Discworld, as everyone knows, is a flat world balanced on the backs of four elephants which, in turn, stand on the shell of the giant star turtle, the Great A’Tuin, as it slowly swims through space.

It is also a global publishing phenomenon with sales of over 70 million books worldwide (but who’s counting?). The publication of SNUFF brought the Discworld canon to 39 books – not including the various guides, mapps, diaries and other side-projects. That’s a lot of Discworld to keep track of – more than most people can manage with just the one head – but fear not: help is at hand!

If you’re looking for the ultimate authority on probably the most heavily populated – certainly the most hilarious – setting in fantasy literature…
If you need a handy guide to Discworld locales from Ankh-Morpork to Zemphis…
If you want help telling Achmed the Mad from Jack Zweiblumen…
If your life depends on being able to distinguish the Agatean Empire from the Zoons…

…look no further than THE COMPLETE DISCWORLD COMPANION – now fully updated and completely up to SNUFF!

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The Discworld Graphic Novels Hardback
£20
Imagine a flat world, sitting on the backs of four elephants, who hurtle through space balanced on a giant turtle. The Discworld is a place (and a time) parallel to our own – but also very different. That is the setting for Terry Pratchett’s phenomenally successful Discworld series, which now celebrates its 25th anniversary.

The Discworld Graphic Novels presents the very first two volumes of this much-loved series in graphic novel form. First published fifteen years ago, these fully illustrated versions are now issued for the first time in hardback. Introduced here are the bizarre misadventures of Twoflower, the Discworld’s first ever tourist, and possibly – portentously – its last, and his guide Rincewind, the spectacularly inept wizard.Not to mention the Luggage, which has a mind of its own.

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The Wit and Wisdom of Discworld – Paperback
£10
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…

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Wintersmith
£10
When the Spirit of Winter takes a fancy to young witch Tiffany Aching, he wants her to stay in his gleaming, frozen world. For ever.

It will take all the young witch’s skill and cunning, as well as help from the legendary Granny Weatherwax and the irrepressible Wee Free Men, to survive until Spring. Because if Tiffany doesn’t make it to Spring – Spring won’t come.

THE THIRD BOOK IN THE TIFFANY ACHING SEQUENCE

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Raising Steam Collectors Library Edition
£15
To the consternation of the patrician, Lord Vetinari, a new invention has arrived in Ankh-Morpork – a great clanging monster of a machine that harnesses the power of all of the elements: earth, air, fire and water. This being Ankh-Morpork, it’s soon drawing astonished crowds, some of whom caught the zeitgeist early and arrive armed with notepads and very sensible rainwear.
Moist von Lipwig is not a man who enjoys hard work – as master of the Post Office, the Mint and the Royal Bank his input is, of course, vital . . . but largely dependent on words, which are fortunately not very heavy and don’t always need greasing. However, he does enjoy being alive, which makes a new job offer from Vetinari hard to refuse . . .
Steam is rising over Discworld, driven by Mister Simnel, the man wi’ t’flat cap and sliding rule who has an interesting arrangement with the sine and cosine. Moist will have to grapple with gallons of grease, goblins, a fat controller with a history of throwing employees down the stairs and some very angry dwarfs if he’s going to stop it all going off the rails . . .

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The World of Poo – Hardback
£15
From Snuff: ‘Vimes’ prompt arrival got a nod of approval from Sybil, who gingerly handed him a new book to read to Young Sam. Vimes looked at the cover. The title was The World of Poo. When his wife was out of eyeshot he carefully leafed through it. Well, okay, you had to accept that the world had moved on and these days fairy stories were probably not going to be about twinkly little things with wings. As he turned page after page, it dawned on him that whoever had written this book, they certainly knew what would make kids like Young Sam laugh until they were nearly sick.

The bit about sailing down the river almost made him smile. But interspersed with the scatology was actually quite interesting stuff about septic tanks and dunnakin divers and gongfermors and how dog muck helped make the very best leather, and other things that you never thought you would need to know, but once heard somehow lodged in your mind.’

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The Shepherd’s Crown Collectors Library Edition
£15
The fifth and final book in the incredible Tiffany Aching series. Now in a brand-new gift edition, part of the Discworld Hardback Library!

‘This isn’t just a great Discworld book, it’s extraordinary . . . A magnificent sign-off.’ Daily Telegraph

THE FINAL DISCWORLD NOVEL

Deep in the Chalk, something is stirring. The owls and the foxes can sense it, and Tiffany Aching feels it in her boots. An old enemy is gathering strength.

This is a time of endings and beginnings, old friends and new, a blurring of edges and a shifting of power. Now Tiffany stands between the light and the dark, the good and the bad.

As the fairy horde prepares for invasion, Tiffany must summon all the witches to stand with her. To protect the land. Her land.

There will be a reckoning . . .

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The Bromeliad Trilogy Collectors Library Edition
£17
All Three Instalments Of The Magnificent Bromeliad Trilogy Available In One Special Hardback Edition; Diggers, Wings and Truckers

To the thousands of tiny nomes living under the floorboards of a large department Store, there is no Outside. No Day or Night, no Sun or Rain. They’re just daft old legends. Until they hear the devastating news that the Store is to be demolished…

And so, their journey begins.

From the store to an abandoned quarry – where they find the monster Jekub – and on to a place where they must steal one of those space shuttle things, all the nomes want is to get home again.

They don’t mean to cause any trouble…

A magnificent trilogy of tales about a race of little people struggling to survive in a world full of humans.

‘Pratchett gives his cast plenty of personality and fuels the plot with nonstop comedy.’ Kirkus Reviews

‘Witty, funny, wise and altogether delightful.’ Locus

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Good Omens Collectors Library Edition
£15
Humanity has been forecasting the end of the world almost from its very beginning. It is therefore natural to greet a fresh prediction of Judgement Day with a healthy dose of scepticism. But what if this time the foretelling proves accurate and the apocalypse is truly scheduled for next Saturday, just after tea? One could spend the remaining hours drowning sorrows, giving away all possessions in preparation for the rapture, or simply laughing the whole thing off as yet another hoax.

Or one could decide to do something about it.

That is exactly the dilemma at the heart of Good Omens, the brilliantly funny and endlessly quotable novel created by the combined talents of Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman. In this special Collectors Library Edition, readers are invited into a story where the forces of Heaven and Hell have been preparing for the final battle for centuries, only for everything to go gloriously wrong. With the Antichrist misplaced, ancient prophecies in disarray, and the fate of the planet resting on the unlikely shoulders of a demon who quite likes the world as it is and an angel who has grown rather fond of his bookshop, the stage is set for chaos, comedy and a great deal of tea.

Written with the sharp wit and satirical bite that made Pratchett a household name and the inventive storytelling that defines Gaiman’s work, Good Omens blends laugh-out-loud humour with genuine warmth and insight. It pokes gentle fun at bureaucracy, religion, the end times and humanity itself, all while delivering characters you will remember long after the final page. Whether you are discovering the book for the first time or returning to an old favourite, this handsome Collectors Library Edition makes the perfect addition to any shelf.

Ideal for fans of the Discworld series, lovers of clever fantasy, or anyone who enjoys a story that is equal parts hilarious and thought-provoking, Good Omens remains as fresh and relevant today as when it first appeared. Order your copy now and join Crowley and Aziraphale in their unforgettable attempt to save the world, one cup of tea at a time.

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Nation Collectors Library Edition
£15
Finding himself alone on a desert island when everything and everyone he knows and loved has been washed away in a huge storm, Mau is the last surviving member of his nation. He’s also completely alone – or so he thinks until he finds the ghost girl. She has no toes, wears strange lacy trousers like the grandfather bird and gives him a stick that can make fire.

Daphne, sole survivor of the wreck of the Sweet Judy, almost immediately regrets trying to shoot the native boy. Thank goodness the powder was wet and the gun only produced a spark. She’s certain her father, distant cousin of the Royal family, will come and rescue her, but it seems, for now, all she has for company is the boy and the foul-mouthed ship’s parrot.

As it happens, they are not alone for long. Other survivors start to arrive to take refuge on the island they all call the Nation, and then raiders accompanied by murderous mutineers from the Sweet Judy. Together, Mau and Daphne discover some remarkable things – including how to milk a pig and why spitting in beer is a good thing – and start to forge a new Nation.

As can be expected from Terry Pratchett, the master story-teller, this new children’s novel is both witty and wise, encompassing themes of death and nationhood, while being extremely funny. Mau’s ancestors have something to teach us all. Mau just wishes they would shut up about it and let him get on with saving everyone’s lives!

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The Shepherd’s Crown Paperback (2023)
£11
Introducing Tiffany to a New Generation with Fresh Cover Designs by Leo Nickolls & Paul Kidby

A SHIVERING OF WORLDS

Deep in the Chalk, something is stirring. The owls and the foxes can sense it, and Tiffany Aching feels it in her boots. An old enemy is gathering strength.

This is a time of endings and beginnings, old friends and new, a blurring of edges and a shifting of power. Now Tiffany stands between the light and the dark, the good and the bad.

As the fairy horde prepares for invasion, Tiffany must summon all the witches to stand with her. To protect the land. Her land.

There will be a reckoning . . .

THE FINAL BOOK IN THE TIFFANY ACHING SEQUENCE

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Where’s my Cow? – Hardback
£15
At six o’clock every day, without fail, with no excuses, Sam Vimes 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.It is the most loved and chewed book in the world.

But his father wonders why it is full of moo-cows and baa-lambs when Young Sam will only ever see them cooked on a plate. He can think of a more useful book for a boy who lives in a city.

So Sam Vimes starts adapting the story. A story with streets, not fields. A book with rogues and villains. A book about the place where he’ll grow up.

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