The Discworld Almanak: The Year of the Prawn (HC, 2004)

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128 pages

Terry Pratchett and Bernard Pearson: Discworld Companion Books
The Discworld Almanak: The Year of the Prawn
Doubleday 2004

An invaluable accessory to the Discworld canon, Terry Pratchett joins forces with the Discworld Emporium founder Bernard Pearson to produce the definitive Almanak to the Common Year of the Prawn, for the city of Ankh-Morpork and surrounding areas & benefices. Here you will find a compendium to all local knowledge and a boon companion in affairs of the heart, notes on Husbandry, fertility of crops & livestock, physic matters, fairs & marts, and other such information as will render this Publication a staunch companion to the Discworld denizen whether wizard, watchman or tiller of soil. Includes homemade remedies for common ailments, recipes, horoscopes, scientific discoveries, a calendar, strange tales and many valuable facts about the cabbage with contributions from a plethora of familiar Discworld characters. With witty illustrations from Paul Kidby, this is an artistically presented package guaranteed to tickle the funny bone of all Pratchett fans.