Terry Pratchett - Maskerade.pdf (eBook) [Discworld, Volume 18]

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Originally published in 1995, Maskerade is the eighteenth novel in Terry Pratchett’s exciting and hilarious fantasy series, Discworld. Pratchett has made a rather a lot of spin-offs in some of his books on many subjects, or persons, or cultures, or famous works. In this volume, his “victim” is the famous The Phantom of the Opera. In this novel also he reintroduces some of familiar Discworld withes, Granny Weatherwax and Nanny Ogg.
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Terry Pratchett - Interesting Times.pdf (eBook) [Discworld, Volume 17]

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Terry Pratchett’s Discworld fantasy series continue to the seventeenth novel Interesting Times, published in 1994. The title is a reference to an oriental curse, "may you live in interesting times". This volume becomes the fifth book with Rincewind as the main character.
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Terry Pratchett - Soul Music.pdf (eBook) [Discworld, Volume 16]

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Soul Music is a fantasy novel by the English author Terry Pratchett. First published in 1994, it became the 16th volume in Discworld series. Like in some of his other works, in this book Pratchett mixes some elements from real life into his magical realm of Discworld. This time he chooses to make some spin-offs on the glamorous Rock and Roll music and its stars. This novel also introduces some interesting new characters, one of them is Death’s granddaughter.
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Terry Pratchett - Men at Arms.pdf (eBook) [Discworld, Volume 15]

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Originally published in 1993, Men at Arms became the fifteenth novel in Terry Pratchett’s Discworld fantasy series. Still preserving the humorous touch in this book, Pratchett once again made a volume with the focus on Ankh-Morpork City Watch, with some new members being promoted.
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Terry Pratchett - Lords and Ladies.pdf (eBook) [Discworld, Volume 14]

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Lords and Ladies is a novel by Terry Pratchett, the fourteenth volume in his long-running Discworld series. The book was originally published in 1992. All in all, it can be said that the book is a spin-off from Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, a heavily spoofed version without the “dreaming” part. It reintroduces some characters that have made their appearances in the previous Discworld novels, such as Granny Weatherwax, Magrat Garlick, and Nanny Ogg.
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Terry Pratchett - Small Gods.pdf (eBook) [Discworld, Volume 13]

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First published in 1992, Small Gods is the thirteenth novel in Discworld fantasy series by British writer, Terry Pratchett. In this book, Pratchett once again dwells on a subject that seems to be one of his favorites, religion. The story explores the history of the god Om and the relations between the god and his prophet Brutha. In that exploration, the story becomes a satire on the actual religious existences, such as the institutions, the people, the practices, and the role of religion in political life.
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Terry Pratchett - Witches Abroad.pdf (eBook) [Discworld, Volume 12]

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Terry Pratchett’s Discworld fantasy series continue its adventurous and hilarious story to the twelfth novel, Witches Abroad. Published in 1991, this book has a unique element that it mixes and resembles some famous fairy-tales.

Desiderata Hollow is a witch and also a Fairy Godmother, who despite her kindness is not very good in planning stuffs. So, following her death, her magic wand is sent to Magrat Garlick but without any instruction in how to use the wand. That wand makes Magrat a new Fairy Godmother, this time to a young woman named Emberella. Desiderata Hollow already made a promise that Emberella will never marry the Duke but this promise now seems like will never happen as Magrat couldn't “operate” the wand properly and there is another witch in Genua named Lily who desires the opposite of that promise.
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Terry Pratchett - Reaper Man.pdf (eBook) [Discworld, Volume 11]

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Reaper Man is the eleventh novel in Discworld series by Terry Pratchett. First published in 1991, it became the second book in the series that focused on the dark, mysterious, and times, hilarious character of Death. In 1996, a part of it was adapted into an animated movie of which casts included Sir Christopher Lee.

In Reaper Man, the balance of Discworld is disturbed when The Auditors of Reality, who has the authority to make everything go according The Rules, convicts Death as developing personality and does not carry out his Duty properly. As the result, Death is sent to live and he works for old Miss Flitworth under the name Bill Door.
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Terry Pratchett - Moving Pictures.pdf (eBook) [Discworld, Volume 10]

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First published in 1990, Moving Pictures became the tenth novel in Discworld fantasy series by British writer, Terry Pratchett. The story in this book mostly takes place in the most famous city in Discworld, the city of Ankh-Morpork and there is an introduction of a town wittily named Holy Wood. In this volume also, the character Mustrum Ridcully, the Archchancellor of Unseen University, is introduced for the first time.
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Terry Pratchett - Eric.pdf (eBook) [Discworld, Volume 9]

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Discworld, a unique and amusing fantasy series by Terry Pratchett, continues with the ninth novel Eric. The story is a parody of a German legend, Faust, hence the title FaustEric in its first publication in 1990. In that original version, it had format that was larger than the rest of the books in the series since it was accompanied with illustrations by Josh Kirby. When the standard paperback version was published, it no longer has illustration and (sometimes) the title written on the cover was simply Eric.

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Terry Pratchett - Guards! Guards!.pdf (eBook) [Discworld, Volume 8]

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British writer Terry Pratchett continued his fabulous, hilarious fantasy series of Discworld with the eighth novel entitled Guards! Guards! The book was first published in 1989 and since then it has been translated and published in many different languages. It had also been adapted into various media from TV series, to stage play, graphic novel, and game.
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Terry Pratchett - Pyramids.pdf (eBook) [Discworld, Volume 7]

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Pyramids is the seventh novel in Discworld series by British author Terry Pratchett. First published in 1989, it achieved critical acclaim and won several awards including BSFA (British Science Fiction Association). Some consider this book as one of the best in the series, especially philosophically.
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Terry Pratchett - Wyrd Sisters.pdf (eBook) [Discworld, Volume 6]

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Terry Pratchett's Discworld series continues with the sixth volume, Wyrd Sisters. This novel was first published in 1988. This book brings out three witches as the main characters, with re-introduction of Granny Weatherwax who has made her first appearance in Equal Rites. A TV miniseries and a play adaptations had been made based on this novel.
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Terry Pratchett - Sourcery.pdf (eBook) [Discworld, Volume 5]

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First published in 1988, Sourcery became the fifth novel in Discworld series by one of the best English fantasy story writers, Terry Pratchett (Sir Terence David John Pratchett). This series has received generally good reviews and gained pretty huge success. Although Pratchett initially has agreed that a television series adaptation will be made based on this book, he later changed his mind, considering it will be much more fun to make it into a film instead.
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Terry Pratchett - Mort.pdf (eBook) [Discworld Volume IV]

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Mort is the fourth volume in Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series. First published in 1987, this book got into the Top 100 in Nation's Best-loved Book during BBC Big Read Contest in 2003. This novel has become one of the most popular of Pratchett’w works.

The title is taken from the name of the main character in this volume and this time Death, who has appeared as side character in the previous Discworld novels, gets bigger role and being focused on more in the story.
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Irvine Welsh - Porno.pdf (eBook)

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Scottish writer, Irvine Welsh, expands the story of his previous novel, Trainspotting—that has won critical acclaims and become cult, in its sequel: Porno. This book was first published in 2002, almost a decade after its prequel. The main characters are all still the same, only 10 years older. They no longer deal with heroin and that kind of stuffs because they have new interest (and business): pornography.
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Suketu Mehta - Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found.pdf (eBook)

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Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found is Suketu Mehta’s masterpiece that was first published in 2004. This narrative nonfiction book explores one of most “complicated” city in India, Mumbai (or also known as Bombay). This book achieved a very positive critical responses and it became one of the finalists for the most prestigious award, the Pulitzer Prize in 2005.

This book is a combination of various elements like memoir, travel writing, and also analysis on the social-political side of the city of Mumbai and the people who live there.
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