Unseen Academicals
eBook - 2009
"Football, food, fashion and wizards collide in Pratchett's affectionate satire on the foibles of sports and sports fans. . . . The prose crackles with wit and charm, and the sendups of league football, academic posturing, Romeo and Juliet and cheesy sports dramas are razor sharp and hilarious but never cruel. At its heart, this is an intelligent, cheeky love letter to football, its fans and the unifying power of sports." —Publishers WeeklyFootball (aka soccer) comes to the ancient city of Ankh-Morpork, upending the wizards of Unseen University—and dividing Discworld—in this wonderfully funny novel in Sir Terry Pratchett's internationally bestselling series.The wizards at Ankh-Morpork's Unseen University are r...enowned for many things—wisdom, magic, teatime—but athletics, not so much. When Lord Vetinari, the city's benevolent tyrant, strongly suggests to Archchancellor Mustrum Ridcully that the...
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- Published
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HarperCollins
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Online Access
- OverDrive Resource Page
- Format
- Adobe EPUB eBook, Kindle Book, OverDrive Read eBook
| Adobe EPUB eBook | |
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| File Size | 6 GB |
| ISBN | 9780061942037 |
| Release Date | 10/6/2009 |
| Kindle Book | |
| ASIN | B002Q1YE4O |
| Release Date | 10/6/2009 |
| OverDrive Read eBook | |
| ISBN | 9780061942037 |
| Release Date | 10/6/2009 |
