Thief of Time (Discworld Novel 26)
de Pratchett, Terry
- Usado
- near fine
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0385601883
- ISBN 13
- 9780385601887
- Librería
-
Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom
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Sobre este artículo
Terry Pratchett's Thief Of Time, Confronts Discworld And A Variety Of Its Defenders With An Insidious Menace; Never Before Has The Phrase "The End Of History" Had Quite So Sinister A Sound. In The Great Stinking Metropolis Of Ankh Morpork.
Sinopsis
Everybody wants more time, which is why on Discworld only the experts can manage it -- the venerable Monks of History who store it and pump it from where it's wasted, like underwater (how much time does a codfish really need?), to places like cities, where busy denizens lament, "Oh where does the time go?"While everyone always talks about slowing down, one young horologist is about to do the unthinkable. He's going to stop. Well, stop time that is, by building the world's first truly accurate clock. Which means esteemed History Monk Lu-Tze and his apprentice Lobsang Ludd have to put on some speed to stop the timepiece before it starts. For if the Perfect Clock starts ticking, Time -- as we know it -- will end. And then the trouble will really begin...
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Detalles
- Librería
- Durdles Books (IOBA) (GB)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 004942
- Título
- Thief of Time (Discworld Novel 26)
- Autor
- Pratchett, Terry
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Near Fine
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Near Fine
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0385601883
- ISBN 13
- 9780385601887
- Editorial
- Doubleday
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 2001
- Páginas
- 329
- Tamaño
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Palabras clave
- Pratchett Discworld durdprat Contemporary, General
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Fantasy;
- X weight
- 700 g
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