Lu-Tze's Yearbook of Enlightenment

Lu-Tze's Yearbook of Enlightenment

by Paul Kidby (Illustrator), Stephen Briggs (Author)

Synopsis

Lu-Tze is a senior History Monk, also known as Sweeper. Although thought to be 800 years old, there are some who claim he is older yet ...5,200 years older, in fact, because for the History Monks, time is a resource to manipulate, and they do ...Lu-Tze, a bald, yellow-toothed little man with a wispy beard, has a faintly amiable grin, as if constantly waiting for something amusing to happen, and a handy epithet for every occasion. In his life, Lu-Tze has done everything, and his past deeds are legend amongst the History Monks. He is a follower of The Way of Mrs Marietta Cosmopilite. He also grows Bonsai mountains. LU-TZE'S YEARBOOK OF ENLIGHTMENT (including The Way of Mrs Cosmopilite) is the ideal companion for those seeking truth and harmony and, well, the meaning to life - though he doesn't guarantee it will be the right meaning ...

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 128
Edition: 2008
Publisher: Gollancz
Published: 30 Aug 2007

ISBN 10: 0575077247
ISBN 13: 9780575077249
Book Overview: The Discworld Diary is both a fully functioning week-to-view diary and a unique little piece of Discworld. Each Discworld Diary contains brand-new Pratchett text and Discworld information which is not available anywhere else! Terry Pratchett is a true publishing phenomenon, hitting the Number One spot with every novel published, and internationally acclaimed as one of the world's best satirists. Terry Pratchett has sold more then 46 million copies of his books, in 36 different languages The Discworld Diary contains all real-world dates and Discworld dates ranging from Samedi Nuite Morte to Hogswatch!

Author Bio
Stephen Briggs lives in Oxford. As well as compiling THE DISCWORLD COMPANION and THE NEW DISCWORLD COMPANION, he has also co-authored the Discworld DIARIES, the MAPPS and has dramatised most of the Discworld novels. Paul Kidby discovered Terry Pratchett's Discworld in 1993 and since then has devoted his working life to the place. He is the illustrator of THE PRATCHETT PORTFOLIO, the bestsellers THE LAST HERO and THE ART OF DISCWORLD, as well as the Discworld DIARIES, cards, T-shirts, maps, mugs and, of course, the covers. Terry Pratchett lives in Wiltshire. He won the Carnegie Award for the Discworld novel MAURICE AND HIS AMAZING EDUCATED RODENTS. He was made an OBE in 1998. Stephen Briggs lives in Oxford. As well as compiling THE NEW DISCWORLD COMPANION, he has also co-authored the Discworld DIARIES and other spinoffery, and has dramatised most of the Discworld novels. Paul Kidby lives in Hampshire. He illustrated the bestselling THE LAST HERO, THE PRATCHETT PORTFOLIO and THE ART OF DISCWORLD and has provided cover paintings, calendar pix and internal illustrations for many Discworld books.