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Author by : Terry Pratchett
Languange : en
Publisher by : Random House
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Total Read : 37
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Description : It’s all change for Moist von Lipwig, swindler, conman, and (naturally) head of the Royal Bank and Post Office. A steaming, clanging new invention, driven by Dick Simnel, the man with t’flat cap and t’sliding rule, is drawing astonished crowds - including a few particularly keen young men armed with notepads and very sensible rainwear – and suddenly it’s a matter of national importance that the trains run on time. Moist does not enjoy hard work. His . . .vital input at the bank and post office consists mainly of words, which are not that heavy. Or greasy. And it certainly doesn’t involve rickety bridges, runaway cheeses or a fat controller with knuckledusters. What he does enjoy is being alive, which may not be a perk of running the new railway. Because, of course, some people have OBJECTIONS, and they’ll go to extremes to stop locomotion in its tracks.

Author by : Terry Pratchett
Languange : en
Publisher by : Doubleday
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Total Read : 11
Total Download : 396
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Description : Authorised by Mr Lipwig of the Ankh-Morpork and Sto Plains Hygienic Railway himself, Mrs Georgina Bradshaw's 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 Anchovy Fully illustrated and replete with useful titbits, Mrs Bradshaw's Handbook offers a view of the Sto Plains like no other.

Author by : Ben Aaronovitch
Languange : en
Publisher by : Hachette UK
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Total Read : 76
Total Download : 750
File Size : 49,6 Mb

Description : My name is Peter Grant and until January I was just probationary constable in that mighty army for justice known to all right-thinking people as the Metropolitan Police Service (and as the Filth to everybody else). My only concerns in life were how to avoid a transfer to the Case Progression Unit - we do paperwork so real coppers don't have to - and finding a way to climb into the panties of the outrageously perky WPC Leslie May. Then one night, in pursuance of a murder inquiry, I tried to take a witness statement from someone who was dead but disturbingly voluable, and that brought me to the attention of Inspector Nightingale, the last wizard in England. Now I'm a Detective Constable and a trainee wizard, the first apprentice in fifty years, and my world has become somewhat more complicated: nests of vampires in Purley, negotiating a truce between the warring god and goddess of the Thames, and digging up graves in Covent Garden ... and there's something festering at the heart of the city I love, a malicious vengeful spirit that takes ordinary Londoners and twists them into grotesque mannequins to act out its drama of violence and despair. The spirit of riot and rebellion has awakened in the city, and it's falling to me to bring order out of chaos - or die trying.

Author by : Terry Pratchett
Languange : en
Publisher by : Random House
Format Available : PDF, ePub, Mobi
Total Read : 22
Total Download : 634
File Size : 54,5 Mb

Description : This ebook edition includes an exclusive commentary on the Witches of Discworld, written by Jacqueline Simpson, co-author of The Folklore of Discworld. 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 DISCWORLD NOVEL

Author by : Terry Pratchett
Languange : en
Publisher by : Random House
Format Available : PDF, ePub, Mobi
Total Read : 51
Total Download : 948
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Description : '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 to 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 dead Oh. 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!

Author by : Terry Pratchett
Languange : en
Publisher by : Random House
Format Available : PDF, ePub, Mobi
Total Read : 97
Total Download : 922
File Size : 49,6 Mb

Description : 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 . . .

Author by : Terry Pratchett
Languange : en
Publisher by : Random House
Format Available : PDF, ePub, Mobi
Total Read : 22
Total Download : 998
File Size : 43,8 Mb

Description : 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, occasionally snookered and out of his mind. But never out of guile. Where there is a crime there must be a finding, there must be a chase and there must be a punishment. They say that in the end all sins are forgiven. But not quite all... Winner of the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction

Author by : Terry Pratchett
Languange : en
Publisher by : Random House
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Total Read : 95
Total Download : 815
File Size : 40,7 Mb

Description : Dragons have invaded Crumbling Castle, and all of King Arthur’s knights are either on holiday or visiting their grannies. It’s a disaster! Luckily, there’s a spare suit of armour and a very small boy called Ralph who’s willing to fill it. Together with Fortnight the Friday knight and Fossfiddle the wizard, Ralph sets out to defeat the fearsome fire-breathers. But there's a teeny weeny surprise in store . . . Fourteen fantastically funny stories from master storyteller Sir Terry Pratchett, full of time travel and tortoises, monsters and mayhem! ‘So funny I dropped my spoon laughing!’ – King Arthur

Author by : Terry Pratchett
Languange : en
Publisher by : Random House
Format Available : PDF, ePub, Mobi
Total Read : 99
Total Download : 888
File Size : 40,6 Mb

Description : ‘I’ll be more enthusiastic about encouraging thinking outside the box when there’s evidence of any thinking going on inside it.’ The most quotable writer of our time, Terry Pratchett’s unique brand of wit made him both a bestseller and an enduring, endearing source of modern wisdom. This collection is filled with his funniest and most memorable words about life, the universe and snoring.

Author by : Henry Oram
Languange : en
Publisher by : BoD – Books on Demand
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Total Read : 19
Total Download : 965
File Size : 47,8 Mb

Description : Bei diesem umfangreichen Werk, welches erstmals im Jahre 1899 veröffentlicht wurde, handelt es sich um eine Abhandlung über Schifftechnik und -motoren und richtete sich vor allem an Maschinenbau-Studierende, Ingenieure sowie Offiziere der Royal Navy und der Handelsmarine. Vorliegend ist ein Werk, dass heute jeden Interessierten einen Eindruck über die zeitgenössische Schiffstechnik vermittelt. Unterstützt werden die Ausführungen durch zahlreiche Illustrationen. Diese Ausgabe ist in englischer Sprache verfasst.

Author by : Charles A. Suckan
Languange : en
Publisher by :
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Total Read : 94
Total Download : 284
File Size : 44,9 Mb

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Author by : Royal United Service Institution
Languange : en
Publisher by :
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Total Read : 57
Total Download : 932
File Size : 46,8 Mb

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Author by : David B. Agus
Languange : en
Publisher by : Simon and Schuster
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Total Read : 92
Total Download : 557
File Size : 41,8 Mb

Description : Can we live robustly until our last breath? Do we have to suffer from debilitating conditions and sickness? Is it possible to add more vibrant years to our lives? In the #1 New York Times bestselling The End of Illness, Dr. David Agus tackles these fundamental questions and dismantles misperceptions about what “health” really means. Presenting an eye-opening picture of the human body and all the ways it works—and fails—Dr. Agus shows us how a new perspective on our individual health will allow us to achieve a long, vigorous life. Offering insights and access to powerful new technologies that promise to transform medicine, Dr. Agus emphasizes his belief that there is no “right” answer, no master guide that is “one size fits all.” Each one of us must get to know our bodies in uniquely personal ways, and he shows us exactly how to do that. A bold call for all of us to become our own personal health advocates, The End of Illness is a moving departure from orthodox thinking.

Author by : Richard Sennett
Languange : en
Publisher by :
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Total Read : 76
Total Download : 913
File Size : 41,6 Mb

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Author by : David Lindsley
Languange : en
Publisher by : IET
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Total Read : 81
Total Download : 758
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Description : Intended as a practical guide to the design, installation, operation and maintenance of the systems used for measuring and controlling boilers and heat-recovery steam-generators used in land and marine power plants and in process industries.