Alex M rated Jingo: A Discworld Novel: 5 stars

Jingo: A Discworld Novel by Terry Pratchett (Discworld, #21)
It isn't much of an island that rises up one moonless night from the depths of the Circle Sea -- …
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It isn't much of an island that rises up one moonless night from the depths of the Circle Sea -- …
Nineteenth in the Discworld universe and third entry of the City Watch series, this novel follows Captain Carrot, Commander Vimes, …
‘What’s so hard about pulling a sword out of a stone? The real work’s already been done. You ought to …
Essays and speeches on theory and practice, mathematics, algorithms and remembrances.
Here there be dragons...and th denizens of Ankh-Morpork wish one huge firebreather would return from whence it came. Long believed …
It starts with whispers.
Then someone picks up a stone.
Finally, the fires begin.
When people turn on witches, the …
Tiffany Aching accidentally starts to transform into an anthropomorphic representation of Summer, due to her being unable to resist a …
WE SEE YOU. NOW WE ARE YOU.
No real witch would casually step out of their body, leaving it empty. …
"Another world is colliding with this one," said the toad. "All the monsters are coming back."
"Why?" said Tiffany.
"There's …
Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission--and if he fails, humanity and the earth itself will …
In the beginning was the Word.
And the Word was: "Hey, you!"
For Brutha the novice is the Chosen One. …
In the fall of 1999, computer scientist Donald E. Knuth was invited to give six …
This seems to be a polarising book. Like with any book that touches on religion, it'll provoke strong reactions. I enjoyed it, and I got more out of it on a second reading. Knuth touches on a number of interesting subjects that you can enjoy irrespective of your system of beliefs. From random sampling, to language translation, to finiteness/infinity, it's an enlightening read.
Knuth is not a militant christian. You will see his personal convictions expressed once in a while, but it doesn't feel like he's trying to push them on his readers.
I'm glad I re-read this book, and I'll mark it for another re-read in 5 year's time or so.