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SUMMARY: The wizards at Ankh-Morpork's Unseen University are renowned for many things--wisdom, magic, and their love of teatime--but athletics is most assuredly "not" on the list. And so when Lord Ventinari, the city's benevolent tyrant, strongly suggests to Archchancellor Mustrum Ridcully that the university revive an erstwhile tradition and once again put forth a football team composed of faculty, students, and staff, the wizards of UU find themselves in a quandary. To begin with, they have to figure out just what it is that makes this sport--soccer with a bit of rugby thrown in--so popular with Ankh-Morporkians of all ages and social strata. Then they have to learn how to play it. Oh, and on top of that, they must win a football match "without" using magic. Meanwhile, Trev (a handsome street urchin and a right good kicker) falls hard for kitchen maid Juliet (beautiful, dim, and perhaps the greatest fashion model there ever was), and Juliet's best pal, UU night cook Glenda (homely, sensible, and a baker of jolly good pies) befriends the mysterious Mr. Nutt (about whom no one knows very much, including Mr. Nutt, which is worrisome . . .). As the big match approaches, these four lives are entangled and changed forever. Because the thing about football--the most "important" thing about football---is that it is never "just" about football.<

Son tres los protagonistas de estaextraña y fantástica aventura literaria del siglo XX: dos hombres —HerbertStencil, que busca algo que cree haber perdido, y Benny Profane,quien, como nunca tuvo nada que perder, nunca ha buscado nada— y V., unaenigmática mujer que tan pronto puede ser una joven desflorada en el Cairo,como la hembra de una rata de alcantarilla en Nueva York, una bailarina alemanaen el suroeste africano, un misterioso país o una lesbiana de París. Pero ¿porqué Stencil se empeña en investigar la verdadera identidad de V. ?La respuesta tal vez resida tanto en la pertinaz idea que tiene Stencilde que «detrás de V., y en V., hay mucho más que todo lo que jamáshayamos soñado» como en esa reflexión del propio Pynchon: «Lo que sonpara el libertino unos muslos abiertos, lo que es el vuelo de los pájarosmigratorios para el ornitólogo, lo que es una tenaza para el ajustador, esto espara el joven Stencil la letra V». Todo parece verosímil en esta extraordinarianovela, todo un clásico de la literatura contemporánea.<

SUMMARY: Vagabonding is about taking time off from your normal life—from six weeks to four months to two years—to discover and experience the world on your own terms. Veteran shoestring traveler Rolf Potts shows how anyone armed with an independent spirit can achieve the dream of extended overseas travel. Potts gives the necessary information on:• financing your travel time • determining your destination • adjusting to life on the road• working and volunteering overseas • handling travel adversity • re-assimilating back into ordinary lifeNot just a plan of action, vagabonding is an outlook on life that emphasizes creativity, discovery, and the growth of the spirit. Visit the vagabonding community’s hub at www.vagabonding.net.<

SUMMARY: Tiffany Aching is a trainee witch -- now working for the seriously scary Miss Treason. But when Tiffany witnesses the Dark Dance -- the crossover from summer to winter -- she does what no one has ever done before and leaps into the dance. Into the oldest story there ever is. And draws the attention of the wintersmith himself. As Tiffany-shaped snowflakes hammer down on the land, can Tiffany deal with the consequences of her actions? Even with the help of Granny Weatherwax and the Nac Mac Feegle -- the fightin', thievin' pictsies who are prepared to lay down their lives for their "big wee hag." Wintersmith is the third title in an exuberant series crackling with energy and humour. It follows The Wee Free Men. "From the Hardcover edition."<

SUMMARY: Be careful what you wish for...Once upon a time there was a fairy godmother named Desiderata who had a good heart, a wise head, and poor planning skills--which unforunately left the Princess Emberella in the care of her other (not quite so good and wise) godmother when DEATH came for Desiderata. So now it's up to Magrat Garlick, Granny Weatherwax, and Nanny Ogg to hop on broomsticks and make for far-distant Genua to ensure the servant girl doesn't marry the Prince.But the road to Genua is bumpy, and along the way the trio of witches encounters the occasional vampire, werewolf, and falling house (well this is a fairy tale, after all). The trouble really begins once these reluctant foster-godmothers arrive in Genua and must outwit their power-hungry counterpart who'll stop at nothing to achieve a proper "happy ending"--even if it means destroying a kingdom.<

SUMMARY: A narration of a summer motorcycle trip undertaken by a father and his son, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance becomes a personal and philosophical odyssey into fundamental questions on how to live. The narrator's relationship with his son leads to a powerful self-reckoning; the craft of motorcycle maintenance leads to an austerely beautiful process for reconciling science, religion, and humanism. Resonant with the confusions of existence, this classic is a touching and transcendent book of life. This new edition contains an interview with Pirsig and letters and documents detailing how this extraordinary book came to be.This P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the book, including author interviews, recommended reading, and more.<