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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

Every now and then I feel a touch of Pratchett withdrawal and have a look to see if there are any of his books I have not read yet. Fortunately he wrote loads so I can usually find something and in this case I have scored the first book in a trilogy! Truckers: The First Book of the Nomes is a fun boo Leggi tutto

Very, very funny. Surprised to see on Amazon that this book is listed as ages 8 - 10. I first read it in my mid twenties, and enjoyed equally well now in my late forties. You can't put an age limit on humour!

I have been O Deeing on psycho serial killers of late and was in need of something completely different. Went looking and when I came across Terry Pratchett, I had a light globe moment, haven't read any Sir Terry for about twenty years. Went looking in my box of many thing and found Truckers an audi Leggi tutto

Μια φυλή μικροσκοπικών πλασμάτων των οποίων οι ζωές είναι σε επιτάχυνση, καλούνται να αντιμετωπίζουν μια απίστευτη καταστροφή. Το Μαγαζί, (όπου θεός είναι ο Αφοι Άρνολντ -έτος ιδρύσεως 1905-) πρόκειται να κατεδαφιστεί και πρέπει να φύγουν. Αλλά να πάνε πού, αφού δεν πιστεύουν ότι υπάρχει το Έξω; Leggi tutto

Review to come, because post-match euphoria.

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

El Tío Terry escribió para niños dentro y fuera del Mundodisco. Fuera de él tenemos esta trilogía, la de los Nomos, como un representante destacadísimo. Mi principal duda/preocupación con este libro era ver qué tanto del humor y las bromas usuales se perdían o modificaban al redicirse la edad de la a Leggi tutto

I really liked this one! It was an exciting, thoughtful, and, I thought, intelligent story of the four inch high nomes and their struggle to find somewhere safe to live. It was interesting to read about how they find ways to use the much bigger, human-sized objects, and the adventures they have are