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I 1979 ga Rolf Jacobsen ut diktet «Den lille bonden». Det har vært en inspirasjon for Roar Vingelsgaard, som har reist Norge rundt for å finne historien om husmenn, fiskerbønder og småbrukere fra slutten av 1800-tallet og fram til i dag. Det har blitt ei historiebok om hun og han som gikk fra arbeid til arbeid. Hun hadde ansvaret for huset og fjøset, og han måtte ta seg arbeid utenfor hjemmet for å ha noen inntekter. Men i onnene måtte alle være med. Den lille bonden var nøysom, og han visste hvordan de kunne bruke ressursene i utmarka. Lyngheier, løv, tang, bær og vilt - alt kunne brukes slik at den lille buskapen og den store familien skulle ha nok. De norske bygdene var som fargerike lappetepper med slåtteenger, beitemark og røde låver - godt rammet inn av steingjerder og dreneringsgrøfter. Vi har mye å lære av historien om den lille bonden. Mer enn noen gang trenger vi å høre på de som vet hvor det gror, og hvordan vi kan ta vare på jorda på en bærekraftig måte.

William de Worde is the accidental editor of the Discworld's first newspaper. Now he must cope with the traditional perils of a journalist's life - people who want him dead, a recovering vampire with a suicidal fascination for flash photography, some more people who want him dead in a different way and, worst of all, the man who keeps begging him to publish pictures of his humorously shaped potatoes. William just wants to get at THE TRUTH. Unfortunately, everyone else wants to get at William. And it's only the third edition... The Truth is Terry Pratchett's 25th Discworld novel.

Time is of the essence in Terry Pratchett’s twenty-sixth Discworld novel. Time is a resource. Everyone knows it has to be managed. And on Discworld that is the job of the Monks of History, who store it and pump it from the places where it’s wasted (like underwater — how much time does a codfish need?) to places like cities where there’s never enough time. But the construction of the world’s first truly accurate clock starts a race against, well, time for Lu Tze and his apprentice Lobsang Ludd. Because it will stop time. And that will only be the start of everyone’s problems. Thief of Time comes complete with a full supporting cast of heroes and villains, yetis, martial artists and Ronnie, the fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse (who left before they became famous).

'Holy Wood is a different sort of place. People act differently here. Everywhere else the most important things are gods or money or cattle. Here, the most important thing is to be important.' Alchemists have always thought that they can change reality, shape it to their own purpose. Imagine then the damage that could be wrought on the Discworld if they get their hands on the ultimate alchemy: the invention of motion pictures, the greatest making of illusions. It may be a triumph of universe-shaking proportions. It's either that or they're about to unlock the dark secret of the Holy Wood hills - by mistake...