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Sourcery

  • Author: Terry Pratchett
  • Publisher: Corgi
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Pratchett’s most cowardly and loved character is back in this, the fifth Discworld novel. And he still can’t spell wizard…

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The Frogs of War

  • Author: Andrew Harman
  • Publisher: Legend
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Bad puns, angry frogs and Thaumaturgical Physicists all await you in Harman’s The Frogs of War…

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Popcorn

Set probably some time in the 90s, Popcorn is a satire on people’s obsession with media, gore and celebrity. But is it still a relevant novel in 2010?

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Flashman in the Great Game

  • Author: George MacDonald Fraser
  • Publisher: Harper Collins
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We’re covering 1856-1858 in this 5th installment of the Flashman Papers. And where in the world would you really not want to be? India, just in time for the Indian Mutiny. Lucky old Flashy…

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Unseen Academicals

  • Author: Terry Pratchett
  • Publisher: Doubleday
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Football has come to that most ancient and well known city, Ankh-Morpork. But it’s not the football the ‘shove’ are used to, this is new football. And it’s fast with balls that go ‘gloing’ when you drop them…

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Flashman and the Redskins

  • Author: George MacDonald Fraser
  • Publisher: Harper
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History’s greatest cad is back in this, the seventh instalment of the Flashman Papers. For those that don’t know the Flashman Papers are the memoirs of the notorious bully of Tom Brown’s Schooldays. They were ‘discovered’ in a Leicestershire saleroom in 1966. Flashman and the Redskins covers two periods in Flashman’s madcap life; 1849-50 and [...]

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The Brentford Triangle

  • Author: Robert Rankin
  • Publisher: Corgi (An imprint of Transworld Publishers)
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Omally and Pooley are once again at the center of the action as they try and stop an alien attack force from destroying the earth. With a little help from the Professor of course. But where will the horror first be unleashed? You cry, grabbing for the A-Z. Well in Brentford of course. Which is [...]

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The Brentford Chainstore Massacre

  • Author: Robert Rankin
  • Publisher: Corgi (An imprint of Transworld Publishers)
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Jim Pooley and John Omally are good friends, in-fact they’re best friends. And as everyone keeps telling them, they’re unique… John has come up with an outstandingly good idea. Why not hold the Millennium celebrations two years early to avoid the rush? This would give them complete access to all the government grants and they [...]

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The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents

  • Author: Terry Pratchett
  • Publisher: Corgi
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Talking rats, one smart cat and a stupid-looking-kid who can play the flute very well. It’s all here in The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents…

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Pyramids

  • Author: Terry Pratchett
  • Publisher: Corgi
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Teppic is an assassin. He was trained at the infamous Assassin’s Guild in Ankh-Morpork. However, due to the untimely death of his father he’s inherited the throne of the dessert kingdom Djelibeybi earlier than expected…