The Wit And Wisdom Of Discworld

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    First published in Great Britain in 2007 by Doubleday an imprint of Transworld Publishers
    Copyright © Terry and Lyn Pratchett and Stephen Briggs 2007
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BOOKS BY TERRY PRATCHETT
    FOR YOUNGER READERS
    THE BROMELIAD TRILOGY
(containing Truckers, Diggers and Wings )
    TRUCKERS
    DIGGERS
    WINGS
    THE CARPET PEOPLE
    ONLY YOU CAN
    SAVE MANKIND
    JOHNNY AND THE DEAD
    JOHNNY AND THE BOMB
    THE JOHNNY MAXWELL TRILOGY
(containing Only You Can Save Mankind,
Johnny and the Dead and Johnny and the Bomb )
    JOHNNY AND THE DEAD
playscript (adapted by Stephen Briggs)
    DISCWORLD FOR YOUNGER READERS
    THE AMAZING MAURICE AND HIS EDUCATED RODENTS
    THE AMAZING MAURICE AND HIS EDUCATED RODENTS
playscript (adapted by Stephen Briggs)
    THE WEE FREE MEN
    A HAT FULL OF SKY
    WINTERSMITH
    FOR ADULTS OF ALL AGES THE DISCWORLD ® SERIES
    THE COLOUR OF MAGIC
    THE LIGHT FANTASTIC
    EQUAL RITES
    MORT
    SOURCERY
    WYRD SISTERS
    PYRAMIDS
    GUARDS! GUARDS!
    ERIC
    MOVING PICTURES
    REAPER MAN
    WITCHES ABROAD
    SMALL GODS
    LORDS AND LADIES
    MEN AT ARMS
    SOUL MUSIC
    INTERESTING TIMES
    MASKERADE
    FEET OF CLAY
    HOGFATHER
    JINGO
    THE LAST CONTINENT
    CARPE JUGULUM
    THE FIFTH ELEPHANT
    THE TRUTH
    THIEF OF TIME
    NIGHT WATCH
    MONSTROUS REGIMENT
    GOING POSTAL
    THUD!
    MAKING MONEY
    THE COLOUR OF MAGIC – GRAPHIC NOVEL
    THE LIGHT FANTASTIC – GRAPHIC NOVEL
    MORT: A DISCWORLD BIG COMIC
(illustrated by Graham Higgins)
    GUARDS! GUARDS!: A DISCWORLD BIG COMIC
(adapted by Stephen Briggs, illustrated by Graham Higgins)
    SOUL MUSIC: THE ILLUSTRATED SCREENPLAY
    WYRD SISTERS: THE ILLUSTRATED SCREENPLAY MORT – THE PLAY
(adapted by Stephen Briggs)
    WYRD SISTERS – THE PLAY
(adapted by Stephen Briggs)
    GUARDS! GUARDS! – THE PLAY
(adapted by Stephen Briggs)
    MEN AT ARMS – THE PLAY
(adapted by Stephen Briggs)
    MASKERADE
(adapted for the stage by Stephen Briggs)
    CARPE JUGULUM
(adapted for the stage by Stephen Briggs)
    LORDS AND LADIES
(adapted for the stage by Irana Brown)
    INTERESTING TIMES
(adapted for the stage by Stephen Briggs)
    THE FIFTH ELEPHANT
(adapted for the stage by Stephen Briggs)
    THE TRUTH
(adapted for the stage by Stephen Briggs)
    THE SCIENCE OF DISCWORLD
(with Ian Stewart and Jack Cohen)
    THE SCIENCE OF DISCWORLD II: THE GLOBE
(with Ian Stewart and Jack Cohen)
    THE DISCWORLD COMPANION
(with Stephen Briggs)
    THE STREETS