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The fifth elephant

Everyone knows that Discworld is flat and supported on the backs of elephants. But aren't there supposed to be five?

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  • "Fifth elephant"
  • "5th elephant"@en
  • "5th elephant"

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  • "Rem Vimaire, duc déchu, ancien ambassadeur et chef de la police en Uberwald, est en cavale. Il doit traverser la forêt pour retrouver la civilisation et sauver celle-ci d'une terrible guerre. Mais des loups-garous et d'autres monstres sont à sa poursuite."
  • "Everyone knows that Discworld is flat and supported on the backs of elephants. But aren't there supposed to be five?"@en
  • "In Uberwald, a country populated by dwarves, werewolves, vampires and trolls, the people know that there was once a fifth elephant, whose meteoric descent saturated their land and gave rise to the Schmalzberg fat mines. The Fifth Elephant takes Commander Samuel Vimes of the Ankh-Morpork city watch and turns him into a diplomat on a visit to Uberwald for the crowning of the new dwarven Low King."
  • "The flat world is supported on the backs of four elephants. But aren't there supposed to be five? Indeed there are. So what happened to the fifth elephant? An investigation of an attempted assassination leads Commander Vimes of the Ankh-Morpork constabulary on a wild goose-or rather, elephant-chase that will lead him to discover the truth about the missing pachyderm. Everyone knows that the world is flat, and supported on the backs of four elephants. But weren't there supposed to be five? Indeed there were. So where is it? When duty calls, Commander Vimes of the Ankh-Morpork constabulary answers. Even when he doesn't want to. He's been "invited" to attend a royal function as both detective and diplomat. The one role he relishes; the other requires, well, ruby tights. Of course where cops (even those clad in tights) go, alas, crime follows. An attempted assassination and a theft soon lead to a desperate chase from the low halls of Discworld royalty to the legendary fat mines of Uberwald, where lard is found in underground seams along with tusks and teeth and other precious ivory artifacts. It's up to the dauntless Vimes-bothered as usual by a familiar cast of Discworld inhabitants (you know, trolls, dwarfs, werewolves, vampires and such) to solve the puzzle of the missing pachyderm. Which of course he does. After all, solving mysteries is his job."@en
  • "Sam Vimes is a man on the run and if he can't make it through the forest to civilization there's going to be a terrible war. But there are monsters on his trail. They're bright, they're fast, they're werewolves - and they're catching up."@en
  • "Met hulp van wolven en weerwolven probeert een politiechef een dreigende machtsstrijd te bezweren en een diefstal op te lossen."
  • "Im Auftrag des Patriziers reist Sam Mumm von der Stadtwache in das geheimnisvolle Land Überwald. Dort erfährt er, dass den Zwergen die uralte Steinsemmel, das Symbol der Königswürde, gestohlen wurde. Er stellt Ermittlungen an und gerät dabei in die verwickelten Auseinandersetzungen zwischen Zwergen, Werwölfen und Vampiren ... Im Medium der Scheibenwelt erzählt Pratchett von der Annäherung fremder Nachbarn mit psychologischer Tiefe und satirischer Schärfe."
  • "Commander Vimes is sent to wild, wintry and Transylvania-like Uberwald to establish trade links with the King of the Dwarfs, but he ends up trying to stop an inter-species war. On his side, though, is a talking dog, a reformed vampyre and a self-made man. You can tell he's self-made because the stitches still show. Vimes may have arrived as Ankh-Morpork's ambassador but he soon finds it's not all golden chocolate balls. Now he's an escaped prisoner - out in the icy woods, wearing only the gloomy trousers of Uncle Vanya and being chased by a pack of fascist werewolves who don't play by the rules."
  • "A new visit to the satiric Discworld involves a search for the missing elephant from the five who support Discworld on their backs, as a stolen scone, a dwarf coronation, and ruby tights get into the act."
  • "Sam Vimes is a man on the run. Yesterday he was a duke, a chief of police and the ambassador to the mysterious fatrich country of Uberwald. Now he has nothing but his gloomy trousers of Uncle Vanya. If he doesn't make it through the forest to civilization, there's going to be a terrible war."
  • "Everyone knows that the world is flat, and supported on the backs of four elephants. But weren't there supposed to be FIVE? Indeed there were, and what happened to the fifth elephant is only one of the many perplexing mysteries solved in this new novel."@en
  • "Everyone knows that the world is flat, and supported on the backs of four elephants. But weren't there supposed to be five' Indeed there were. So where is it'... When duty calls. Commander Vimes of the Ankh-Morpork constabulary answers. Even when he doesn't want to. He's been "invited" to attend a royal function as both detective and diplomat. The one role he relishes; the other requires, well, ruby tights. Of course where cops (even those clad in tights) go, alas, crime follows. An attempted assassination and a theft soon lead to a desperate chase from the low halls of Discworld royalty to the legendary fat mines of Uberwald, where lard is found in underground seams along with tusks and teeth and other precious ivory artifacts. It's up to the dauntless Vimes -- bothered as usual by a familiar cast of Discworld inhabitants (you know, trolls, dwarfs, werewolves, vampires and such) -- to solve the puzzle of the missing pachyderm. Which of course he does. After all, solving mysteries is his job."@en
  • "Commander Vimes is on a case that takes him all around Discworld."

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  • "Humorous stories"@en
  • "Humorous stories"
  • "Online-Publikation"
  • "Science fiction"
  • "Science fiction"@en
  • "Fantasy"
  • "Satire"@en
  • "Fantastic fiction"
  • "Fantastic fiction"@en
  • "Powieść fantastyczna angielska"@pl
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Anglické romány"
  • "English fiction"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Fantasy fiction"@en
  • "Fantasy fiction"
  • "Humorous fiction"@en
  • "Humorous fiction"
  • "Large type books"@en

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  • "˜Derœ fünfte Elefant"
  • "Der fünfte Elefant : ein Roman von der bizarren Scheibenwelt"
  • "Le cinquième éléphant"
  • "Piaty elefant, Terry Pratchett"
  • "Maanalainen elefantti"@fi
  • "The fifth elephant"
  • "The fifth elephant"@en
  • "Der fünfte Elefant Ein Scheibenwelt-Roman"
  • "The fifth elephant a Discworld novel"
  • "Der fünfte Elefant : Roman von der bizarren Scheibenwelt"
  • "The fifth elephant : a novel of discworld"@en
  • "Piaty elefant"
  • "El quinto elefante"@es
  • "The fifth elephant : a Discworld novel"@en
  • "The fifth elephant : a Discworld novel"
  • "第五元象 = The fifth elephant"
  • "El Quinto elefante : una novela del Mundodisco"
  • "Di wu yuan xiang = The fifth elephant"
  • "De vijfde olifant"
  • "The fifth elephant a novel of Discworld"@en
  • "Der fünfte Elefant Roman"
  • "Der fünfte Elefant : Roman"
  • "The fifth elephant : [a Discworld novel]"
  • "The Fifth Elephant"
  • "The Fifth Elephant"@en
  • "Пятый елефант"
  • "Piąty elefant"@pl
  • "Piąty elefant"
  • "The Fifth Elephant A Discworld Novel"
  • "Pi︠a︡tyĭ elefant"
  • "El Quinto elefante"
  • "The fifth elephant : a novel of Discworld"@en
  • "The fifth elephant : a novel of Discworld"
  • "Pátý elefant"
  • "The fifth elephant a novel of discworld"

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