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Young Rock

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As Dwayne Johnson runs for president in 2032, he takes a comedic look back at his extraordinary life...

American Naturalist: Rambles in Florida

R.E.C. Stearns

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American Naturalist: Rambles in Florida by by R.E.C. Stearns, first published in 1869. Robert...

A Preponderance of Power: National Security, Truman Administration and the Cold War

Melvyn P. Leffler

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This is the most comprehensive history to date of the Truman administration's progressive...

Military Innovation in the Interwar Period

Williamson Murray

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In 1914, the armies and navies that faced each other were alike right down to the strengths of their...

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Dec 27, 2022

Hogfather

Terry Pratchett | 2006 | Fiction & Poetry

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The 20th (of 41) Discworld book, this is Terry Pratchett's seasonal tale, with his character of Death (HO. HO. HO) temporarily having to take over from the Hogfather: Discworld's version of Santa Claus while his grandaughter Susan attempts to find out what has happened to the real thing.

This also a subplot concerning the wizards of Unseen University, and is the novel to come up with such delights as the Sock Monster (remember all those missing socks you have? Exactly.) and the Oh God of hangovers, alongside the Verruca Gnome and the Jolly Fairy - all of which have been created by the 'spare belief' sloshing around when people stop believing in the Hogfather. It's also good to see an, essentially, extended cameo by Nobby Nobbs, while some of the footnotes scattered throughout did have me laughing out loud.