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My wife bought this for Celyn and I read it to her. There are plenty of good things to say about the book. It has a moderate supply of Terry Pratchett's trademark wit for starters. The nomes (gnomes if you like) are an interesting mix of clever and stupid, and the addition of a lost history and their Leggi tutto

The first of The Bromeliad Trilogy leading to Diggers and Wings. After Terry Pratchett died I read an obituary that stated when Pratchett reached heaven he was welcomed by Jonathan Swift who told him that he (Swift) wished he'd written Truckers. The book is inventive, witty, and so clever. I found m Leggi tutto

It only took me a few pages to realise that I'd already knew the story to the first in the Bromeliad trilogy. There was a stop-motion animation series that I'd watched as a kid, seeing 4inch nomes inhabit a department store is pretty memorable! With each page brought back both vivid memories of the sh Leggi tutto

The librarian at our local library has amazing taste in books. When she hands me a stack every time I go to the library I know I will like every single one. She is such a motivation for me to read often. This book is the first in a series of three books and was recommended to me by her and she said, Leggi tutto

„Масклин” е яко гъбаркане с консуматорското общество, но има алюзии и към ключови моменти от човешката история и какви ли не други препратки, специалитет на Пратчет. Преди всичко, книгата ни помага да се съпоставим с едни дребни геройчета и да си спомним, че и ние самите не сме кой знае колко едри н Leggi tutto