New Arrival: The Return of Terry Pratchett

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

“Give a man a fire and he’s warm for the day. But set fire to him and he’s warm for the rest of his life.” ~Terry Pratchett, Discworld

Synopsis & Price List:

The Folklore of Disworld RRP: RM49.90 Price: RM19.90
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.

Monstrous Regiment RRP:RM89.90 Price: RM19.90
War has come to Discworld. The homes and businesses throughout the duchy of Borogravia limp along, doing the best they can without their men, sent to fight their age-old enemy. Polly has taken over the lion’s share of reponsibility for the running of her family’s humble inn, The Duchess. Her beloved brother Paul marched off to war almost a year ago, but it has been more than two months since his last letter home, and the news from the front is bad: the fightinghas reached the border, supplies are dwindling, and the brave Borogravians are losing precious ground. So the resourceful Polly cuts her hair and joins the army as a young man named Oliver. As Polly closely guards her secret, she notices that her fellow recruits seem to be guarding secrets of their own.

The Wit & Wisdom of Discworld RRP:RM89.90 Price: RM24.90
‘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. 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 the Discworld for the first time.

Unseen Academicals RRP:RM99.90 Price: RM19.90
Football has come to the ancient city of Ankh-Morpork—not the old-fashioned, grubby pushing and shoving, but the new, fast football with pointy hats for goalposts and balls that go gloing when you drop them.

And now, the wizards of Unseen University must win a football match, without using magic, so they’re in the mood for trying everything else.

As the match approaches, four lives are entangled and changed for ever. Because the thing about football—the important thing about football—is that it is not just about football.

Going Postal RRP:RM99.90 Price: RM19.90
Corporate corruption and telecommunications turf wars are Terry Pratchett’s targets in this installment in the internationally bestselling Discworld fantasy series. Con artist Moist von Lipwig’s neck is saved from the noose by the Patrician of Ankh-Morpork, who then forcibly recruits Moist to serve as postmaster at the essentially defunct city postal service. Armed with a newfound sense of integrity and a highly developed arsenal of dirty tricks, Moist must tackle several years’ worth of undelivered letters as well as the sinister machinations of the Grand Trunk “clacks” company–the monopoly running the Discworld’s semaphore towers.

Making Money RRP:RM99.90 Price: RM19.90
Moist von Lipwig, condemned prisoner turned postal worker extraordinaire (see Pratchett’s Going Postal) is back! Except this time he’s been put in charge of a different branch of the government: he’s responsible for overseeing the printing of Ankh-Morpork’s first paper currency.
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. Everywhere he looks he’s making enemies. What he should be doing is … Making Money!

The Illustrated Wee Free Men RRP:RM88.90 Price: RM29.90
A young witch-to-be named Tiffany teams up with the Wee Free Men, a clan of six-inch-high blue men, to rescue her baby brother and ward off a sinister invasion from Fairyland.
Master storyteller and gifted comic Terry Pratchett is at his best in the adventures of Tiffany Aching and her tiny blue allies. Their first irresistible story comes to life in this lavishly illustrated edition, perfect for fans old and new.

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