Úžasná Zeměplocha je satirická fantasy séria, ktorá sa odohráva na plochej planéte nesúcej sa na chrbte obrovskej korytnačky. Série sleduje rôzne postavy, ktoré sa potýkajú s magiou, politikou a absurdnými situáciami. Autor Terry Pratchett vytvára jedinečný svet plný humoru a kritiky spoločnosti. Každý diel prináša nové príbehy a postavy, ktoré sa stávajú ikonickými
Plochozem, fascinujúci svet umiestnený na pancieri obrovskej korytnačky A’Tuin, ktorá putuje vesmírom, obýva množstvo komických postáv. Do rázovitého súmestia Ankh-Morpork prichádza naivný turista Dvojkvietok, ktorého sprevádza chodiaca batožina. Jeho sprievodcom sa stáva nedoštudovaný čarodejník Vetroplaš, ktorý ovláda jediné zaklínadlo. Podarenú dvojicu čakajú neuveriteľne bláznivé dobrodružstvá s barbarom Hrunom, vymyslenými drakmi, skutočným Smrťom a ďalšími podivuhodnými bytosťami.
Plochozemi hrozí nezadržateľná zrážka so škodoradostnou červenou hviezdou a zachrániť ju môže len jediný človek - neschopný a zbabelý čarodejník Vetroplaš, ktorého naposledy videli v okamžiku, keď prepadol cez okraj sveta...
Do Horných Prtiencov prichádza staručký mág, aby podľa tradície odovzdal čarodejnícku palicu práve narodenému synovi ôsmeho syna. Akosi však pozabudne overiť pohlavie novorodeniatka a jeho kolegov v čisto mužskom svete akademickej mágie čaká nejedno prekvapenie...
Smrť skôr či neskôr príde po každého. Keď príde po Morta, ponúkne mu zamestnanie a nepraktický mládenec ponuku prijme. Čoskoro však vyjde najavo, že povinnosti Smrťovho učňa sa neveľmi znášajú s romantickými citmi, ktoré v Mortovi vyvolá krásna princezná. Začína sa ďalšie bláznivé plochozemské dobrodružstvo...
Zrodil sa čaroborec, mocný mág, oproti ktorému sú ostatní čarodejníci len obyčajní varietní kúzelníci. Takú mocnú mágiu však Plochozem neunesie a hrozí jej koniec. Čaroborcovi vzdoruje len Vetroplaš, nedoštudovaný čarodejník, ktorý chce zachrániť svet - či aspoň tú časť, kde sa práve nachádza. K známym plochozemských postavám sa pripájajú ďalšie: dcéra barbara Cohena Conina, mladý skorohrdina Niki Ničiteľ vo vlnených spodkoch alebo čudácky panovník Kréozot.
Keď sa čarodejnice rozhodnú meniť smer dejín, máva to ďalekosiahle následky. Kráľovstvá sa chvejú, tróny otriasajú a dýky bodajú. Ale Babka Paprčivá a jej kolegyne z čarodejného fachu sa presvedčia, že strkať zahnuté nosy do politiky je omnoho zložitejšie, ako by človek očakával po prečítaní diel istých dramatikov... Aj tak sa však čarodejnice idú pretrhnúť, aby na trón zasadol ten správny panovník. Len či sa tentoraz múdre ženy nepomýlili...
Neplnoletý faraón to má ťažké. Skúste si predstaviť, že nesmiete nosiť peniaze, obsluhujú vás mladé ženy voľných mravov a každý si myslí, že bez vás by nevyšlo slnko. A k tomu vám pre akúsi parakozmickú nestabilitu práve explodovala Veľká pyramída. Čo urobíte uprostred nájomných vrahov, šialených veľkňazov, múmií a inej hávede? A to ste pôvodne chceli len zlepšiť životné podmienky svojho ľudu, najmä mládeže z chudobných štvrtí…
Volajú ich hradná stráž, mestská stráž alebo jednoducho stráž. Bez ohľadu na meno je ich úloha v žánri hrdinskej fantasy rovnaká: najneskôr v tretej-štvrtej kapitole knihy sa vrútiť do miestnosti, po jednom sa vrhnúť na hlavného hrdinu a dať sa zabiť. Nik sa ich ešte nespýtal, či na to majú chuť. Týmto statočným mužom venoval geniálny Terry Pratchett prvú knihu zo série o mestskej stráži – nevyhnutnej súčasti najstaršieho a najšpinavšieho mesta na celej Plochozemi, Ankh-Morporku. Mesta, kde sa pod tvrdou rukou vládnuceho patricija museli naučiť spolu existovať Cech zlodejov, Cech vrahov a ďalší ctihodní občania. Za pestrou zmesou ankh-morporských obyvateľov v ničom nezaostáva zostava mestskej stráže - aj keď toho času tak trochu v (morálnom!) rozklade. Neutešený stav mužov zákona však posilní čestný podstrážnik Mrkva, ktorého vychovali trpaslíci. Jeho nováčikovské nadšenie kolegov nakopne, a práve včas. Čím skôr totiž treba vyriešiť záhadné zločiny, najmä keď za rohom číha drak...
Erik je jediný démonologický hacker na Plochozemi. Škoda, že mu to veľmi nejde. Nechce veľa, má len tri želania. Bežné drobnosti – nesmrteľnosť, svetovládu a najkrajšiu ženu sveta. Každý uzná, že je to štandard. Lenže potom namiesto poslušného démona vyvolá z hĺbok podsvetia Vetroplaša, pravdepodobne najneschopnejšieho čarodejníka vo vesmíre, a s ním nevyhnutne aj najvzdorovitejší a najzúrivejší exemplár z výbavy cestovateľa – Batožinu. Spolu s nimi sa vydá na divokú jazdu priestorom a časom a postupne oľutuje nielen svoje tri želania, ale aj tú prostú skutočnosť, že sa vôbec narodil.
Kľuky obrázkových skriniek sa krútia, maličkí démoni maľujú ako o život a alchymisti sa radujú, pretože objavili mágiu, aká sa na Plochozemi dosiaľ nevyskytla – mágiu strieborného plátna. Ale moment! Naozaj sa tu tá mágia ešte nikdy neobjavila? Viktor Tugelbend, takmer čarodejník, ktorý sa z nedostatku iných príležitostí stal hviezdou novorodeného zábavného priemyslu, počuje tajomné volenie. Ešte tajomnejšie hlasy doháňajú Thedu „Ginger“ Vifinovú, jeho hereckú partnerku bujných proporcií, k nočným výletom a vyhrabávaniu cthinematografickej histórie. Holytrúd sníva svoje sny a o mágii strieborného plátna vie svoje... Ibaže na jej hrozivé dôsledky už zabudol. Ak mu ich rýchlo niekto nepripomenie, realita tentoraz padne pod náporom nereality a neúprosného biznisu holytrúdskeho...
Death is missing - presumed... er... gone - which leads to the kind of chaos you always get when an important public service is withdrawn. Meanwhile, on a little farm far, far away, a tall dark stranger is turning out to be really good with a scythe. There's a harvest to be gathered in...
Be careful what you wish for... Once upon a time there was a fairy godmother named Desiderata who had a good heart, a wise head, and poor planning skills—which unforunately left the Princess Emberella in the care of her other (not quite so good and wise) godmother when DEATH came for Desiderata. So now it's up to Magrat Garlick, Granny Weatherwax, and Nanny Ogg to hop on broomsticks and make for far-distant Genua to ensure the servant girl doesn't marry the Prince. But the road to Genua is bumpy, and along the way the trio of witches encounters the occasional vampire, werewolf, and falling house (well this is a fairy tale, after all). The trouble really begins once these reluctant foster-godmothers arrive in Genua and must outwit their power-hungry counterpart who'll stop at nothing to achieve a proper "happy ending"—even if it means destroying a kingdom.
THE FAIRIES ARE BACK - BUT THIS TIME THEY DON'T JUST WANT YOUR TEETH... Granny Weatherwax and her tiny coven are up against real elves. It's Midsummer Night. No times for dreaming... With full supporting cast of dwarfs, wizards, trolls, Morris dancers and one orang-utan. And lots of hey-nonny-nonny and blood all over the place.
Mestská stráž rozširuje svoje rady! Pozitívnu diskrimináciu predsa nemožno brať na ľahkú váhu. A tak zatiaľ čo kapitán Mrak ráta posledné dni do svojej svadby a odchodu zo služby, kaprál Mrkva a jeho tím zaúčajú nováčikov - trpaslíka Cvika, trolla Detritusa či Anguu, prvú ženu v mestskej stráži, ktorá je tak trochu citlivá na fázy mesiaca... V nepokojmi zmietanom Ankh-Morporku sa teraz zíde každá sekera či tesáky, nehovoriac o tom, že nad mestom sa vznáša hrozivý tieň a v jeho uličkách pribúda až nepríjemne veľa Smrťových klientov. Mestská stráž vo vynovenej zostave tak čelí hneď niekoľkým výzvam: nájsť záhadného vraha, utíšiť večné rozbroje medzi trpaslíkmi a trollmi či porátať sa s Cechom vrahov aj Cechom klaunov. Nehovoriac o podivných zvestiach o tom, že v meste sa objavil právoplatný dedič kráľovskej koruny.
OTHER CHILDREN GET GIVEN XYLOPHONES. SUSAN JUST HAD TO ASK HER GRANDFATHER TO TAKE HIS VEST OFF. Yes. There's a Death in the family. It's hard to grow up normally when Grandfather rides a white horse and wields a scythe - especially when you have to take over the family business, and everyone mistakes you for the Tooth Fairy. And especially when…
Vraví sa, že umenie diplomacie pripomína zložitý tanec. Existuje však aj názor, že v diplomacii ide len o to, kto má najsilnejšie páky. V najstaršej a najnepreniknuteľnejšej ríši na Plochozemi, obohnanej vysokým múrom, sa rozpútal chaos. Vyvolal ho revolučný traktát na tému „Čo som zažilna dovolenke“. Chudobný ľud sa búri, lebo nemá čo stratiť – azda len svoje vodné byvoly. Náčelníci bojujú o moc. A celá ríša potrebuje mocného čarodejníka, ktorý by odvrátil strašnú pohromu. Vetroplaš rozhodne nie je najmocnejší, ba ani najbystrejší čarodejník na Plochozemi, ale silné páky diplomacie ho vykopnú na hrdinskú misiu.
The Ghost in the bone-white mask who haunts the Ankh-Morpork Opera House was always considered a benign presence—some would even say lucky—until he started killing people. The sudden rash of bizarre backstage deaths now threatens to mar the operatic debut of country girl Perdita X. (nee Agnes) Nitt, she of the ample body and ampler voice. Perdita's expected to hide in the chorus and sing arias out loud while a more petitely presentable soprano mouths the notes. But at least it's an escape from scheming Nanny Ogg and old Granny Weatherwax back home, who want her to join their witchy ranks. Once Granny sets her mind on something, however, it's difficult—and often hazardous—to dissuade her. And no opera-prowling phantom fiend is going to keep a pair of determined hags down on the farm after they've seen Ankh-Morpork.
V Ankh-Morporku sa vraždí! Čo by zas nebolo až také nezvyčajné...
Ibaže nič nenasvedčuje tomu, že by mal v neobvyklých násilných smrtiach prsty obvyklý Cech vrahov. A to nie je všetko. Chýba aj akýkoľvek motív a jediná stopa, ktorú hlavný veliteľ Mrak má, je kôpka hliny a ešte pár podobne „kľúčových“ dôkazov. Najhoršie je, že hnev znepokojených obyvateľov mesta sa začína obracať na malú komunitu golemov, vážnych hlinených tvorov oddaných otrockej práci, ktorí nikdy nikomu nespôsobili žiadne problémy. A tí sa práve teraz rozhodli začať páchať samovraždy. Členovia mestskej stráže si tak musia opäť vyhrnúť rukávy (či čokoľvek si zvykne trpaslík, vlkolačka alebo troll v službe vyhŕňať), len aby zistili, že pravda sa možno vôbec neukrýva v temných uličkách nočného mesta.
Who would want to harm Discworld's most beloved icon? Very few things are held sacred in this twisted, corrupt, heartless -- and oddly familiar -- universe, but the Hogfather is one of them. Yet here it is, Hogswatchnight, that most joyous and acquisitive of times, and the jolly old, red-suited gift-giver has vanished without a trace. And there's something shady going on involving an uncommonly psychotic member of the Assassins' Guild and certain representatives of Ankh-Morpork's rather extensive criminal element. Suddenly Discworld's entire myth system is unraveling at an alarming rate. Drastic measures must be taken, which is why Death himself is taking up the reins of the fat man's vacated sleigh . . . which, in turn, has Death's level-headed granddaughter, Susan, racing to unravel the nasty, humbuggian mess before the holiday season goes straight to hell and takes everyone along with it.
Z plochozemského mora sa vynoril veterník a odrazu je jasné, odkiaľ vietor fúka. Na hladinu sa vyplavila nová pevnina a s ňou aj staré spory. Proti sebe pochodujú dve armády a hlavný veliteľ Samuel Mrak z ankh-morporskej mestskej stráže má len pár hodín na to, aby vyriešil taký veľký zločin,že naň ani neexistuje zákon. Ten zločin sa volá „vojna“.Mrak si musí poradiť so zákernými darebákmi, ktorí mu idú po krku... a to hovoríme len o jeho spojencoch! Nepriateľ by mohol byť ešte horší. A asi nebude náhoda, že vreckový dezorganizér Mrakovi do dnešného zoznamu povinností pohotovo zaradil slovíčko „zomrieť“. To si však Mrak rozhodne nemôže dovoliť. Na bojisko sa totiž hrnie najgeniálnejší vynálezca i najprefíkanejší politik všetkých čias s malou zásielkou, ktorá isto-iste nastolí mier...
Something is amiss at Unseen Unversity, Ankh-Morpork's most prestigious (i.e., only) institution of higher learning. A professor is missing—but a search party is on the way! A bevy of senior wizards will follow the trail wherever it leads—even to the other side of Discworld, where the Last Continent, Fourecks, is under construction. Imagine a magical land where rain is but a myth and the ordinary is strange and the past and present run side by side. experience the terror as you encounter a Mad Dwarf, the Peach Butt, and the dreaded Meat Pie Floater. Feel the passion as the denizens of the Last Continent learn what happens when rain falls and the rivers fill with water (it spoils regattas, for one thing). Thrill to the promise of next year's regatta, in remote, rustic Didjabringabeeralong. It'll be asolutely gujeroo (no worries).
Terry Prachett's irreverent discworld novels satirize and celebrate every aspect of life, modern and celebrate every aspect of life modern and ancient, sacred and profane. Consistent international #1 bestsellers, they have garnered him a secure position in the pantheon of humor along with Douglas Adams, Carl Hiaasen and Kurt Vonnegut
Sam Vimes is a man on the run. Yesterday he was a duke, a chief of police and the ambassador to the mysterious, fat-rich country of Uberwald. Now he has nothing but his native wit and the gloomy trousers of Uncle Vanya (don’t ask). It’s snowing. It’s freezing. And there are monsters on his trail . . .
Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels have dominated bestseller lists in England for over a decade, with the author selling more hardcover books in the UK during the 1900s than any other living novelist. Recognized as a master of satire and parody, Pratchett's irreverent humor is finally gaining traction in America. In his twenty-fifth Discworld installment, he explores the power of the press and its role in shaping truth. William de Worde, the lesser son of a privileged family and a struggling scribe, decides to launch a newsletter using a new printing press. True to his family's motto, he finds success with the Ankh-Morpork Times, attracting the ire of rival factions who aim to undermine him with their own scandalous publication. As competition heats up, de Worde faces a more pressing challenge: Lord Vetinari, the Patrician of Ankh-Morpork, is accused of a serious crime in a seemingly foolproof case. However, de Worde understands that facts do not always equate to truth. Joined by an overly proper assistant, a vampire photographer with a troublesome flashgun, and a talking dog who holds crucial information, he is determined to uncover the truth. This sharp commentary on the media, the nature of news, and political intrigue promises to engage readers fully.
Discworld's first newspaper editor just wants to get at the truth but unfortunately, like other editors before and after him, many people want him dead for a variety of reasons.
A talking cat, intelligent rats, and a strange boy cooperate in a Pied Piper scam until they try to con the wrong town and are confronted by a deadly evil rat king.
One moment, Sir Sam Vimes is in his old patrolman form, chasing a sweet-talking psychopath across the rooftops of Ankh-Morpork. The next, he's lying naked in the street, having been sent back thirty years courtesy of a group of time-manipulating monks who won't leave well enough alone. This Discworld is a darker place that Vimes remembers too well, three decades before his title, fortune, beloved wife, and impending first child. Worse still, the murderer he's pursuing has been transported back also. Worst of all, it's the eve of a fabled street rebellion that needlessly destroyed more than a few good (and not so good) men. Sam Vimes knows his duty, and by changing history he might just save some worthwhile necks—though it could cost him his own personal future. Plus there's a chance to steer a novice watchman straight and teach him a valuable thing or three about policing, an impressionable young copper named Sam Vimes.
Tiffany wants to be a witch when she grows up. A proper one, with a pointy hat. And flying, she's always dreamed of flying (though it's cold up there, you have to wear really thick pants, two layers). But she's worried Tiffany isn't a very 'witchy' name. And a witch has always protected Tiffany's land, to stop the nightmares getting through. Now the nightmares have taken her brother, and it's up to her to get him back. With a horde of unruly fairies at her disposal, Tiffany is not alone. And she is the twentieth granddaughter of her Granny Aching: shepherdess extraordinaire, and protector of the land. Tiffany Aching. Now there's a rather good name for a witch. 'Quite, quite brilliant' Starburst THE FIRST BOOK IN THE TIFFANY ACHING SERIES
A beautiful new hardback edition of the classic Discworld novel.Polly Perks
had to become a boy in a hurry. Learning to fart and belch in public and walk
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suddenly in the thick of it, without any training, and the enemy is hunting
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Eleven-year-old Tiffany Aching wants to be a real witch. But a real witch doesn't casually step out of her body, leaving it empty. Tiffany does- and there's something just waiting for an empty body to take over. Something horrible, which can't ever die. Now Tiffany's got to learn to be a real witch really quickly, with the help of arch-witch Mistress Weatherwax and the truly amazing Miss Level. 'Crivens! And us!' Oh, yes. And the Wee Free Men - the rowdiest, toughest, smelliest bunch of fairies ever to be thrown out of Fairyland. They'll fight anything... Wise, witty and wonderfully inventive, A HAT FULL OF SKY is Terry Pratchett's second novel about Tiffany Aching and the Wee Free Men. His first novel for younger readers set in Discworld, THE AMAZING MAURICE AND HIS EDUCATED RODENTS, won the Carnegie Medal.
Suddenly, condemned arch-swindler Moist von Lipwig found himself with a noose around his neck and dropping through a trapdoor into ... a government job? By all rights, Moist should be meeting his maker rather than being offered a position as Postmaster by Lord Vetinari, supreme ruler of Ankh-Morpork. Getting the moribund Postal Service up and running again, however, may prove an impossible task, what with literally mountains of decades-old undelivered mail clogging every nook and cranny of the broken-down post office. Worse still, Moist could swear the mail is talking to him. Worst of all, it means taking on the gargantuan, greedy Grand Trunk clacks communication monopoly and its bloodthirsty piratical headman. But if the bold and undoable are what's called for, Moist's the man for the job -- to move the mail, continue breathing, get the girl, and specially deliver that invaluable commodity that every being, human or otherwise, requires: hope.
With his beloved Watch crumbling around him and war-drums sounding, Commander Sam Vimes must unravel every clue, outwit every assassin and brave any darkness to find the solution. And darkness is following him. At six o'clock every day, without fail, with no excuses, he must go home to read "Where's My Cow?" to his little boy.
When witch-in-training Tiffany Aching accidentally interrupts the Dance of the Seasons and awakens the interest of the elemental spirit of Winter, she requires the help of the six-inch-high, sword-wielding, sheep-stealing Wee Free Men to put the seasons aright
"Who would not wish to be the man in charge of Ankh-Morpork's Royal Mint and the bank next door? It's a job for life. But, as former conman Moist von Lipwig is learning, 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), and it turns out that the Royal Mint runs at a loss. A three-hundred-year-old wizard is after his girlfriend, he's about to be exposed as a fraud, but the Assassin's Guild might get him first. In fact, a 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!"--BOOK JACKET
The wizards of Unseen University in the ancient city of Ankh-Morpork 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 forever.
It starts with whispers.Then someone picks up a stone.Finally, the fires begin.When people turn on witches, the innocents suffer. . . Tiffany Aching has spent years studying with senior witches, and now she is on her own. As the witch of the Chalk, she performs the bits of witchcraft that aren't sparkly, aren't fun, don't involve any kind of wand, and that people seldom ever hear about: She does the unglamorous work of caring for the needy.But someone or something is igniting fear, inculcating dark thoughts and angry murmurs against witches. Aided by her tiny blue allies, the Wee Free Men, Tiffany must find the source of this unrest and defeat the evil at its root before it takes her life. Because if Tiffany falls, the whole Chalk falls with her.Chilling drama combines with laugh-out-loud humor and searing insight as beloved and bestselling author Terry Pratchett tells the high-stakes story of a young witch who stands in the gap between good and evil.
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...
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 . . .
