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Unseen Academicals ( A Discworld Novel )
by Terry Pratchett
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- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0385609345
- ISBN 13
- 9780385609340
- Seller
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About This Item
UK: Doubleday UK, 2009. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Football has come to the ancient city of Ankh-Morpork - not the old fashioned, grubby pushing and shoving, but the new, fast football with pointy hats for goalposts and balls that go 'gloing' when you drop them. And now the wizards of Unseen University must win a football match without using magic, so they're in the mood for trying everything else..
Synopsis
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.
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- Bookseller
- powellbooksofsomerset.co.uk
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 03978
- Title
- Unseen Academicals ( A Discworld Novel )
- Author
- Terry Pratchett
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 3
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0385609345
- ISBN 13
- 9780385609340
- Publisher
- Doubleday UK
- Place of Publication
- UK
- Date Published
- 2009
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
- Keywords
- Terry Pratchett, Discworld, Fantasy
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction - Fantasy;
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