Turtle Recall

Author: Terry Pratchett
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0062292579
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 538

Book Description
For every Pratchett fan, the must-have fully updated guidebook to Discworld! The Discworld, as everyone knows, is a flat world balanced on the backs of four elephants that, in turn, stand on the shell of the giant star turtle, the Great A'Tuin, as it slowly swims through space. It is also a global publishing phenomenon, with sales of about eighty-five million books worldwide. The publication of Snuff brought the Discworld canon to thirty-nine books—not including the various guides, maps, diaries, and other side projects. That's a lot of Discworld to keep track of—more than most people can manage with just one head—but fear not: help is at hand! If you're looking for the ultimate authority on probably the most heavily populated—certainly the most hilarious—setting in fantasy literature . . . If you need a handy guide to Discworld locales from Ankh-Morpork to Zemphis . . . If you want help telling Achmed the Mad from Jack Zweiblumen . . . If your life depends on being able to distinguish the Agatean Empire from the Zoons . . . Look no further than Turtle Recall: The Discworld Companion . . . So Far—now fully updated and completely up to Snuff!

Turtle Recall

Author: Stephen Briggs
Publisher: Gollancz
ISBN: 0575091215
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 674

Book Description
The Discworld, as everyone knows, is a flat world balanced on the backs of four elephants which, in turn, stand on the shell of the giant star turtle, the Great A'Tuin, as it slowly swims through space. It is also a global publishing phenomenon with sales of over 70 million books worldwide (but who's counting?). The publication of Snuff brought the Discworld canon to 39 books - not including the various guides, mapps, diaries and other side-projects. That's a lot of Discworld to keep track of - more than most people can manage with just the one head - but fear not: help is at hand! If you're looking for the ultimate authority on probably the most heavily populated - certainly the most hilarious - setting in fantasy literature... If you need a handy guide to Discworld locales from Ankh-Morpork to Zemphis... If you want help telling Achmed the Mad from Jack Zweiblumen... If your life depends on being able to distinguish the Agatean Empire from the Zoons... ...look no further than Turtle Recall - the latest Discworld Companion, fully updated and completely up to Snuff!

The Man Who Saved Sea Turtles

Author: Frederick Davis
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199885958
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 331

Book Description
Archie Carr, one of the greatest biologists of the twentieth century, played a leading part in finding a new and critical role for natural history and systematics in a post-1950s world dominated by the glamorous science of molecular biology. With the rise of molecular biology came a growing popular awareness of species extinction. Carr championed endangered sea turtles, and his work reflects major shifts in the study of ecology and evolution. A gifted nature writer, his books on the natural history of sea turtles and their habitats in Florida, the Caribbean, and Africa entertained and educated a wide audience. Carr's conservation ethic grew from his field work as well as his friendships with the fishermen who supplied him with many of the stories he retold so engagingly. With Archie Carr as the focus, The Man Who Saved Sea Turtles explores the evolution of the naturalist tradition, biology, and conservation during the twentieth century.

Come Laugh with Me

Author: James Alston Branscomb
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1462886604
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 182

Book Description
A merry heart doeth good like a medicine, Proverbs 17:22. These 420 diverse and unique anecdotes are not available anywhere else. Once you read them, you will laugh with me. Personal recollections of a 94-year-old man through humorous glimpses into his childhood in small-town south Alabama; his University of Alabama days; his work years at Reynolds Metals Aluminum Company; his service with the Kiwanis Club; his United Methodist Church participation; and his community experiences. Many people have asked me throughout my life, When are you going to write a book? and have then said, I want the first copy!

Stop Me If You've Heard It!

Author: Soupy Sales
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1590774418
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 217

Book Description
Soupy Sales was a longtime host of an event at Friars Club called “Stop Me If You’ve Heard It” where a group of comics all seated on bar stools attempt to top each other by telling a joke. By the end of the evening it’s not all that clear who actually topped who since the audience is too busy brushing tears away, doubling over in laughter, and praying their bladders remain intact before making a beeline to the bathrooms. Hilarious doesn’t even begin to describe these evenings. This event with Soupy as top banana was as highly anticipated as The Friars’ infamous Roasts, and his comic legacy endures in this book of his favorite jokes. “There is never a dull moment when Soupy is in the room. The Friars are lucky—we just have to turn around and listen to Soupy tell his hilarious jokes. Thanks to this book, though, you’ve got the next best thing—if you can’t join him, read him. The Soup is on and he’s boiling over with laughs.” - Barry Dougherty of The Friars Club

Discworld and the Disciplines

Author: Anne Hiebert Alton
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786474645
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 242

Book Description
This collection of new essays applies a wide range of critical frameworks to the analysis of prolific fantasy author Terry Pratchett's Discworld books. Essays focus on topics such as Pratchett's treatment of noise and silence and their political implications; art as an anodyne for racial conflict; humor and cognitive debugging; visual semiotics; linguistic stylistics and readers' perspectives of word choice; and Derrida and the "monstrous Regiment of Women." The volume also includes an annotated bibliography of critical sources. The essays provide fresh perspectives on Pratchett's work, which has stealthily redefined both fantasy and humor for modern audiences.

Jokelopedia

Author: Ilana Weitzman
Publisher: Workman Publishing
ISBN: 9780761142089
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 292

Book Description
Presents a compendium of jokes, riddles, knock-knock jokes, and puns for any occasion, and includes brief blurbs about comedians and successful comedic shows.

Terry Pratchett Could Save the World

Author: Rebecca Ann Bach
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1000874729
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 159

Book Description
This monograph contends that attending to Pratchett’s work could help to save our world. It draws attention to the astonishing capacity of Pratchett’s novels to inspire and argues that Pratchett’s fantasy novels directly address many of the most significant challenges people in the world face: the explosion of weapons technology; the myriad issues involved in the envelopment of human life by corporatized information technology; the destructive human inattention to, and interactions with, the Earth and its life forms; and the problem of devalued labor. Paradoxically, it is Pratchett’s choice of fantasy that lets him address the reality of major issues that humanity and the rest of life confront now. Pratchett’s novels show us how to better understand and confront the problems the world is contending with. The book will interest both scholars and fans.

Henchgirl (Expanded Edition)

Author: Kristen Gudsnuk
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
ISBN: 1506720331
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 340

Book Description
Mary Posa hates her job. She works long hours for little pay, no insurance, and worst of all, no respect. Her co-workers are jerks and her boss doesn't appreciate her. He's also a supervillain. And her parents... well, they're the most famous superhero couple in Crepe City, along with her sister. Cursed with a conscience, Mary would give anything to be something other than a Henchgirl, but no matter what she does her plans always seem to go awry. This Second Edition printing offers the humor and henching you love, along with an extra, new Henchgirl story!

Terry Pratchett's Narrative Worlds

Author: Marion Rana
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319672983
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 258

Book Description
This book highlights the multi-dimensionality of the work of British fantasy writer and Discworld creator Terry Pratchett. Taking into account content, political commentary, and literary technique, it explores the impact of Pratchett's work on fantasy writing and genre conventions.With chapters on gender, multiculturalism, secularism, education, and relativism, Section One focuses on different characters’ situatedness within Pratchett’s novels and what this may tell us about the direction of his social, religious and political criticism. Section Two discusses the aesthetic form that this criticism takes, and analyses the post- and meta-modern aspects of Pratchett’s writing, his use of humour, and genre adaptations and deconstructions. This is the ideal collection for any literary and cultural studies scholar, researcher or student interested in fantasy and popular culture in general, and in Terry Pratchett in particular.