Imagine a flat world sitting on the backs of four elephants who hurtle through space balanced on a giant turtle. The Discworld is a place (and a time) parallel to our own
- but also very different. That is the setting for Terry Pratchett's phenomenally successful Discworld series which now celebrates its 25th anniversary. The Discworld Graphic Novels presents the very first two volumes of this much-loved series in graphic novel form. First published fifteen years ago these fully illustrated versions are now issued for the first time in hardback. Introduced here are the bizarre misadventures of Twoflower the Discworld's first ever tourist & possibly
- portentously
- its last & his guide Rincewind the spectacularly inept wizard. Not to mention the Luggage which has a mind of its own.


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This book uses current knowledge of epilepsy & epileptic seizures as a yardstick against which to interpret the thinking of the past. It attempts to trace the development of thought about individual aspects of the understanding of epilepsy one after the other & on a chronological basis. ...

Whats wrong with being a people pleaser?" Plenty! "A fascinating book... If you struggle with where when & how to draw the line between your own desires & the demands of others buy this book!"--Kay Redfield Jamison bestselling author of An Unquiet Mind & Night Falls Fast People pleasers are not just nice people who go overboard trying to make everyone happy. Those who suffer from the Disease to Please are people who say " Yes" when they really want to say " No." For them the uncontrollable need for the elusive approval of others is an addiction. Their debilitating fears of anger & confrontation force them to use "niceness" & "people-pleasing" as self-defense camouflage. Featured on NBCs " Today " The Disease to Please explodes the dangerous myth that "people pleasing" is a benign problem. Best-selling author & frequent " Oprah" guest Dr. Harriet Braiker offers clear positive practical & easily do-able steps toward recovery. Begin with a simple but revealing quiz to discover what type of people-pleaser you are. Then learn how making even small changes to any single portion of the Disease to Please Triangle
- involving your thoughts feelings & behavior
- will cause a dramatic positive & long-lasting change to the overall syndrome. As a recovered peoplepleaser you will finally see that a balanced way of living that takes others into consideration but puts the emphasis first on pleasing yourself & gaining your own approval is the clearest path to health & happiness."

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After years teaching Romantic poetry at the Technical University of Cape Town David Lurie middle-aged & twice divorced has an impulsive affair with a student. The affair sours; he is denounced & summoned before a committee of inquiry. Willing to admit his guilt but refusing to yield to pressure to repent publicly he resigns & retreats to his daughter Lucys isolated smallholding. For a time his daughters influence & the natural rhythms of the farm promise to harmonise his discordant life. But the balance of power in the country is shifting. He & Lucy become victims of a savage & disturbing attack which brings into relief all the faultlines in their relationship. ...

Kimmies home is on the streets of Copenhagen. To live she must steal. She has learned to avoid the police & never to stay in one place for long. But now others are trying to find her. & they wont rest until she has stopped moving
- for good. Detective Carl Morck of Department Q the cold cases division has received a file concerning the brutal murder of a brother & sister twenty years earlier. A group of boarding school students were the suspects at the time
- until one of their numbers confessed & was convicted. So why is the file of a closed case on Carls desk? Who put it there? Who believes the case is not solved? A police detective wants to talk to Kimmie & someone else is asking questions about her. They know she carries secrets certain powerful people want to stay buried deep. But Kimmie has one of her own. Its the biggest secret of them all. & she cant wait to share it with them...

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Brought up in a violent Muslim household where family honour is all Saira is watched 24 hours a day. However an innocent friendship with a boy is uncovered & Saira is sent to Pakistan punished for dishonouring her family. There the nightmare really begins. Forced to marry an older stranger who rapes her repeatedly & makes her his round-the-clock sex slave she eventually plots her escape but destitute has to return to the family home in Engl&. Once there she discovers that one of her brothers has run up huge drug debts & Saira must earn money in the only way she can: by selling her body. Disgraced is the true story of an innocence ruined & a life shattered. But it is also a tale of survival told by a woman who has finally discovered her true voice. ...

Warning: contains hazardous material! Gerald & Gene love all things gross & yucky
- so when their favourite TV show Yucky Science
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In his second hilarious cartoon adventure Fleabag Monkeyface & his creators Gene & Gerald must save the world from filth & their arch-rivals the Smugleys. When a toxic explosion turns super-clean Mr Smugley & his family into dirt-loving villains intent on ruling the world the terrific trio are the only ones who can stop them. But is Fleabags Gross Out power enough to defeat the First Family of Filth & their ruler King Pong? ...

This is the sixth adventure about Fleabag Monkeyface & his gross-loving friends. Fleabag Monkeyface turns gross-eologist when the Golden Toilet of Baboon is stolen from the ancient city of Smell Dorado in this Indiana Jones-style caper. Greedy gross-antique collector Baron Von Dirtoffen has been searching the world for valuable artefacts for his Travelling Museum of Gross & the Golden Toilet will be his prize exhibit. However the theft has unleashed an ancient curse & if the Toilet isnt returned by the next solar eclipse
- in two days time!
- a host of zombie monkeys will appear & destroy the world. Only Fleabag & his friends Gerald & Gene can save the Earth from an onslaught of zombie monkeys! Warning: hazardous material! Indiana Jones meets Gross-Out in the sixth in The Disgusting Adventures of Fleabag Monkeyface" series. Cartoon capers & laugh-out-loud grosstastic humour give this series real boy appeal."

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The terrific trio are back in their fourth gross-tastic adventure. When the Kleanonz the cleanest aliens in the galaxy land on earth they are shocked horrified & appalled
- it is the dirtiest planet in the universe. In their mission to clean up the solar system the aliens have no choice but to eliminate earth & all its inhabitants. Fortunately Gerald Gene & Fleabag get wise to the plan. Harnessing Fleabags Gross-Out Powers they rocket-boost into outer space in an attempt to stop the Kleanonz. But can they save earth from the biggest spring clean in history?
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