Introduction to JavaScript Object Notation

Tiffany Aching has finally got her wish. She is a witch (and a respected one, at that). Overworked and underpaid, that's for certain, but a witch nonetheless. Geoffrey wants to be a witch too, and t

THE DISCWORLD CHRISTMAS NOVEL - with a new introduction by Tony Robinson''Twas the night before Hogswatch and all through the house...something was missing.The stockings are hanging ready, the sherry and pies are waiting by the fireplace - but where is the jolly fat man with his sack? It''s not right to find Death creeping down chimneys and trying to say Ho Ho Ho - but someone''s got to bring the little kiddies their presents. Or else they might stop believing. Belief is important in Discworld, particularly on the last night of the year when the time is turning. If the real man in the red suit isn''t found by morning, there won''t be a morning. Ever again...A festive feast of darkness, jolly robins and tinsel. As they say: ''You''d better watch out...''

Discover the gloriously inventive and funny fantasy novel from bestselling author Terry Pratchett, the perfect present for anyone who's ever wondered what this Christmas malarky is all about!'Our best comic novelist' New Scientist‘A great Christmas tale that's as silly as it is deep in the way few authors can achieve’ 5-star reader review'Humans need fantasy to be human. To be the place where the falling angel meets the rising ape.''Twas the night before Hogswatch and all through the house . .. something was missing. Superstition makes things work in the Discworld and undermining it can have consequences.When Death realizes that belief in the Hogfather is dangerously low, he decides to take on the job. But it's just not right to find a seven-foot skeleton creeping down your chimney and trying to say 'ho, ho, ho'. It's the last night of the year, the time is turning, and if Susan, gothic governess and Death's granddaughter, doesn't sort everything out by morning, there won't be a mornin

When the Spirit of Winter takes a fancy to Tiffany Aching, he wants her to stay in his gleaming, frozen world. Forever. It will take the young witch's skill and cunning, as well as help from the legen

It's May 21 1941, thought Johnny. It's war. Johnny Maxwell and his friends have to do something when they find Mrs Tachyon, the local bag lady, semi-conscious in an alley . . . as long as it's not the

In the beginning, there was nothing but endless flatness. Then came the Carpet...That's the old story everyone knows and loves. But now the Carpet is home to many different tribes and peoples and ther

When you’re four inches high in a world full of giant people, things never go very well for long. After running into trouble at the quarry, the nomes want to go home. The problem is, ‘home’ is somewhe

This is the story of Jekub, the Dragon in the Hill with great big teeth and a great loud voice. (Well, that's according to the nomes, but they are only four inches tall.) When humans threaten their ne

The new Discworld novel from Britain's number one bestselling writer sees the Disc's first train come steaming into town. To the consternation of the patrician, Lord Vetinari, a new invention has ar

Dodger is a tosher – a sewer scavenger living in the squalor of Dickensian London. Everyone who is nobody knows him. Anyone who is anybody doesn’t. He used to know his future; it involved a lot of bri

Moist von Lipwig is a con artist... ... and a fraud and a man faced with a life choice: be hanged, or put Ankh-Morpork's ailing postal service back on its feet.It's a tough decision. But he's got to see that the mail gets through, come rain, hail, sleet, dogs, the Post Office Workers' Friendly and Benevolent Society, the evil chairman of the Grand Trunk Semaphore Company, and a midnight killer. Getting a date with Adora Bell Dearheart would be nice, too...

In the beginning was the Word. And the Word was: "Hey, you!"For Brutha the novice is the Chosen One. He wants peace and justice and brotherly love. He also wants the Inquisition to stop torturing hi

''Pratchett''s writing is a constant delight'' Daily MailTHE COMPANY BUILDS PLANETS.Kin Arad is a high-ranking official of the Company. After twenty-one decades of living, and with the help of memory surgery, she is at the top of her profession. Discovering two of her employees have placed a fossilized plesiosaur in the wrong stratum, not to mention the fact it is holding a placard which reads, ''End Nuclear Testing Now'', doesn''t dismay the woman who built a mountain range in the shape of her initials during her own high-spirited youth.But then came discovery of something which did intrigue Kin Arad. A flat earth was something new...

A nightmarish danger threatens from the other side of reality . . . Armed with only a frying pan and her common sense, young witch-to-be Tiffany Aching must defend her home against the monsters of Fa