{"product_id":"unseen-academicals-isbn-9780061868290","title":"Unseen Academicals","description":"\u003cp\u003eDiscworld lives on in \u003cem\u003eUnseen Academicals, \u003c\/em\u003ethe latest novel from Terry Pratchett. Delivering the trademark insight and humor readers the world over have come to expect from “the purely funniest English writer since Wodehouse” (\u003cem\u003eWashington Post Book World\u003c\/em\u003e), \u003cem\u003eUnseen Academicals\u003c\/em\u003e focuses on the wizards at Ankh-Morpork’s Unseen University, who are reknowned for many things—sagacity, magic, and their love of teatime—as they attempt to conquer athletics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003eFootball 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd now, the wizards of Unseen University must win a football match, without using magic, so they're in the mood for trying everything else. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe prospect of the Big Match draws in a street urchin with a wonderful talent for kicking a tin can, a maker of jolly good pies, a dim but beautiful young woman, who might just turn out to be the greatest fashion model there has ever been, and the mysterious Mr Nutt (and no one knows anything much about Mr Nutt, not even Mr Nutt, which worries him, too.)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the match approaches, four lives are entangled and changed for ever. Because the thing about football—the \u003cem\u003eimportant\u003c\/em\u003e thing about football—is that it is not \u003cem\u003ejust\u003c\/em\u003e about football.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere we go! Here we go! Here we go!\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“Like Pratchett, [narrator Stephen Briggs] loves the comic rhythm, sound, and very taste of words-just for their own sake. So order up a tuna-spaghetti-jam sandwich (with sprinkles) and be prepared for a wonderful time.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAudioFile Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“...the real star here is Briggs, whose multi-voice reading - a deadpan rendering reminiscent of Monty Python at its best - gives even Pratchett’s throwaway lines wonderful panache.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eProvidence Journal-Bulletin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Briggs does a great job voicing the vampires, dwarfs, goblins, wizards, and women who inhabit the university and populate Discworld. Each has a distinct accent (ranging from posh to Cockney), and the animated reader flips from character to character with ease.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44888644354277,"sku":"NP9780061868290","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780061868290.jpg?v=1730229516","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/unseen-academicals-isbn-9780061868290","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}