Matt Haig

Nikolas woont met zijn vader in Finland, waar ze het niet al te ruim hebben. Wanneer Nikolas' vader de kans krijgt om veel geld te verdienen, neemt hij die meteen aan. Hij gaat op reis naar het noorden om te helpen bewijzen dat Elfhelm, het legendarische elfendorp, echt bestaat en laat Nikolas achter bij de kwaadaardige, kinderhatende tante Carlotta. Het duurt niet lang voor Nikolas het niet meer uithoudt en op zoek gaat naar zijn vader.

When an extraterrestrial visitor arrives on Earth, his first impressions of the human species are less than positive. Taking the form of Professor Andrew Martin, a leading mathematician at Cambridge University, the visitor wants to complete his task and return home to his planet and a utopian society of immortality and infinite knowledge. He is disgusted by the way humans look, what they eat, and the wars they witness on the news, and is totally baffled by concepts such as love and family. But as time goes on, he starts to realize there may be more to this weird species than he has been led to believe. He drinks wine, reads Emily Dickinson, listens to Talking Heads, and begins to bond with the family he lives with, in disguise. In picking up the pieces of the professor's shattered personal life, the narrator sees hope and redemption in the humans' imperfections and begins to question the very mission that brought him there--a mission that involves not only thwarting human progress...but murder.

The new uplifting book from Matt Haig, the New York Times bestselling author of The Midnight Library, for anyone in search of hope, looking for a path to a more meaningful life, or in need of a little encouragement. “It is a strange paradox, that many of the clearest, most comforting life lessons are learnt while we are at our lowest. But then we never think about food more than when we are hungry and we never think about life rafts more than when we are thrown overboard.” The Comfort Book is Haig’s life raft: it’s a collection of notes, lists, and stories written over a span of several years that originally served as gentle reminders to Haig’s future self that things are not always as dark as they may seem. Incorporating a diverse array of sources from across the world, history, science, and his own experiences, Haig offers warmth and reassurance, reminding us to slow down and appreciate the beauty and unpredictability of existence.

The remarkable next novel from Matt Haig, the author of #1 New York Times bestseller The Midnight Library, with more than nine million copies sold worldwide “What looks like magic is simply a part of life we don’t understand yet…” When retired math teacher Grace Winters is left a run-down house on a Mediterranean island by a long-lost friend, curiosity gets the better of her. She arrives in Ibiza with a one-way ticket, no guidebook and no plan. Among the rugged hills and golden beaches of the island, Grace searches for answers about her friend’s life, and how it ended. What she uncovers is stranger than she could have dreamed. But to dive into this impossible truth, Grace must first come to terms with her past. Filled with wonder and wild adventure, thisis a story of hope and the life-changing power of a new beginning.

A follow-up to Matt Haig's internationally bestselling memoir, Reasons to Stay Alive, a broader look at how modern life feeds our anxiety, and how to live a better life. The societies we live in are increasingly making our minds ill, making it feel as though the way we live is engineered to make us unhappy. When Matt Haig developed panic disorder, anxiety, and depression as an adult, it took him a long time to work out the ways the external world could impact his mental health in both positive and negative ways. Notes on a Nervous Planet collects his observations, taking a look at how the various social, commercial and technological "advancements" that have created the world we now live in can actually hinder our happiness. Haig examines everything from broader phenomena like inequality, social media, and the news; to things closer to our daily lives, like how we sleep, how we exercise, and even the distinction we draw between our minds and our bodies.

"The first rule is that you don't fall in love, ' he said... 'There are other rules too, but that is the main one. No falling in love. No staying in love. No daydreaming of love. If you stick to this you will just about be okay.'" A love story across the ages - and for the ages - about a man lost in time, the woman who could save him, and the lifetimes it can take to learn how to live Tom Hazard has a dangerous secret. He may look like an ordinary 41-year-old, but owing to a rare condition, he's been alive for centuries. Tom has lived history--performing with Shakespeare, exploring the high seas with Captain Cook, and sharing cocktails with Fitzgerald. Now, he just wants an ordinary life. So Tom moves back to London, his old home, to become a high school history teacher--the perfect job for someone who has witnessed the city's history first hand. Better yet, a captivating French teacher at his school seems fascinated by him. But the Albatross Society, the secretive group which protects people like Tom, has one rule: never fall in love. As painful memories of his past and the erratic behavior of the Society's watchful leader threaten to derail his new life and romance, the one thing he can't have just happens to be the one thing that might save him. Tom will have to decide once and for all whether to remain stuck in the past, or finally begin living in the present. How to Stop Time is a bighearted, wildly original novel about losing and finding yourself, the inevitability of change, and how with enough time to learn, we just might find happiness.

Matt Haig’s accessible and life-affirming memoir of his struggle with depression, and how his triumph over the illness taught him to live. Like nearly one in five people, Matt Haig suffers from depression. Reasons to Stay Alive is Matt’s inspiring account of how, minute by minute and day by day, he overcame the disease with the help of reading, writing, and the love of his parents and his girlfriend (and now-wife), Andrea. And eventually, he learned to appreciate life all the more for it. Everyone’s lives are touched by mental illness: if we do not suffer from it ourselves, then we have a friend or loved one who does. Matt’s frankness about his experiences is both inspiring to those who feel daunted by depression and illuminating to those who are mystified by it. Above all, his humor and encouragement never let us lose sight of hope. Speaking as his present self to his former self in the depths of depression, Matt is adamant that the oldest cliché is the truest—there is light at the end of the tunnel. He teaches us to celebrate the small joys and moments of peace that life brings, and reminds us that there are always reasons to stay alive.

You are about to read the true story of Father Christmas. It is a story that proves that nothing is impossible. If you are one of those people who believe that some things are impossible, you should put this book down right away. It is most certainly not for you. Because this book is FULL of impossible things. Are you still reading? Good. Then let us begin . . . A Boy Called Christmas is a tale of adventure, snow, kidnapping, elves, more snow, and an eleven-year-old boy called Nikolas, who isn't afraid to believe in magic.

Just about everyone knows a family like the Radleys. Many of us grew up next door to one. They are a modern family, averagely content, averagely dysfunctional, living in a staid and quiet suburban English town. Peter is an overworked doctor whose wife, Helen, has become increasingly remote and uncommunicative. Rowan, their teenage son, is being bullied at school, and their anemic daughter, Clara, has recently become a vegan. They are typical, that is, save for one devastating exception: Peter and Helen are vampires and have—for seventeen years—been abstaining by choice from a life of chasing blood in the hope that their children could live normal lives. One night, Clara finds herself driven to commit a shocking—and disturbingly satisfying—act of violence, and her parents are forced to explain their history of shadows and lies. A police investigation is launched that uncovers a richness of vampire history heretofore unknown to the general public. And when the malevolent and alluring Uncle Will, a practicing vampire, arrives to throw the police off Clara’s trail, he winds up throwing the whole house into temptation and turmoil and unleashing a host of dark secrets that threaten the Radleys’ marriage. The Radleys is a moving, thrilling, and radiant domestic novel that explores with daring the lengths a parent will go to protect a child, what it costs you to deny your identity, the undeniable appeal of sin, and the everlasting, iridescent bonds of family love. Read it and ask what we grow into when we grow up, and what we gain—and lose—when we deny our appetites.

Terence Cave, intellectual, music-lover and owner of Cave Antiques, has experienced more than his share of tragedies. His mother's suicide and his young wife's death at the hands of burglars left him to bring up his young twins alone. And now one of them has died in a grotesque accident as a result of bullying. Bryony, the remaining twin, has always been the family's great hope: a golden teenager, in love with her cello and her pony, clever, sweet and eager to please. Now that she is all Terence has left, he realises that his one duty in life is to keep her safe from the world's malign forces, whatever that may take. As he starts to follow his grieving daughter's movements, and enforces a draconian set of rules purely for her own safety, the voices in his head convince him to protect her innocence at any cost.

Вы держите в руках настоящую историю Отца Рождество. Возможно, вам он известен под другими именами - Дед Мороз, Санта-Клаус, Юль Томтен или Странный толстяк с белой бородой, который разговаривает с оленями и дарит подарки. Но так его звали не всегда. Когда-то в Финляндии жил мальчик по имени Николас. Хоть судьба обошлась с ним неласково, Николас всем сердцем верил в чудеса. И когда его отец пропал в экспедиции за полярным кругом, мальчик не отчаялся и отправился его искать. Николас и вообразить не мог, что там, за завесой северного сияния, его ждёт встреча с эльфами, троллями, проказливыми пикси и волшебством. Посреди бескрайних снегов ему предстоит поверить, что на свете не существует ничего невозможного. Для среднего школьного возраста.

Mądra, przejmująca i podnosząca na duchu opowieść o żalu, nadziei i drugiej szansie. Gdzieś poza krańcami wszechświata znajduje się biblioteka wypełniona niezliczoną liczbą książek, z których każda jest historią innej rzeczywistości. Wszyscy czasami zastanawiamy się, jak inaczej mogłoby wyglądać nasze życie, ale co wówczas, gdyby to naprawdę było możliwe? Co, gdybyśmy zyskali okazję wejścia do takiej biblioteki i przekonania się na własnej skórze, czy jakieś inne życie byłoby rzeczywiście bezwarunkowo lepsze? Nora Seed staje w obliczu takiej właśnie szansy. Kiedy śmierć kota okazuje się ostatnią kroplą, która przepełnia czarę, postanawia rozstać się z tym światem i... trafia do Biblioteki o Północy. Otrzymuje możliwość nowego życia i dokonania innych niż dotąd wyborów - może wybrać inny kraj zamieszkania, uratować związek z narzeczonym, zrealizować marzenie o zostaniu glacjolożką. Każdy taki wybór to nowa przygoda, w trakcie której Nora musi odkryć, co tak naprawdę składa się na satysfakcjonujące życie. A przede wszystkim musi znaleźć odpowiedź na najważniejsze pytanie: co sprawia, że ​​w ogóle warto żyć...

It isn't always easy, growing up as a human in Elfhelm, even if your adoptive parents are the newly married Father Christmas and Mary Christmas. For one thing, Elf School can be annoying when you have to sing Christmas songs everyday - even in July - and when you fail all your toy-making tests. Also it can get very, very cold. But when the jealous Easter Bunny and his rabbit army launch an attack to stop Christmas, it's up to Amelia, her new family and the elves to keep Christmas alive. Before it's too late . . .

JOURNEY TO THE EDGE OF MAGIC If magic has a beginning, can it also have an end? When Amelia wants a wish to come true she knows just the man to ask - Father Christmas. But the magic she wants to believe in is starting to fade, and Father Christmas has more than impossible wishes to worry about. Upset elves, reindeers dropping out of the sky, angry trolls and the chance that Christmas might be cancelled. But Amelia isn't just any ordinary girl. And - as Father Christmas is going to find out - if Christmas is going to be saved, he might not be able to do it alone . . .

Stell dir vor, auf dem Weg ins Jenseits gäbe es eine riesige Bibliothek, gesäumt mit all den Leben, die du hättest führen können. Buch für Buch gefüllt mit den Wegen, die deiner hätten sein können. Hier findet sich Nora Seed wieder, nachdem sie aus lauter Verzweiflung beschlossen hat, sich das Leben zu nehmen. An diesem Ort, an dem die Uhrzeiger immer auf Mitternacht stehen, eröffnet sich für Nora plötzlich die Möglichkeit herauszufinden, was passiert wäre, wenn sie sich anders entschieden hätte. Jedes Buch in der Mitternachtsbibliothek bringt sie in ein anderes Leben, in eine andere Welt, in der sie sich zurechtfinden muss. Aber kann man in einem anderen Leben glücklich werden, wenn man weiß, dass es nicht das eigene ist? Matt Haig ist ein zauberhafter Roman darüber gelungen, dass uns all die Entscheidungen, die wir bereuen, doch erst zu dem Menschen machen, der wir sind. Eine Hymne auf das Leben – auch auf das, das zwickt, das uns verzweifeln lässt und das doch das einzige ist, das zu uns gehört.

Ein Buch, das es eigentlich gar nicht geben dürfte. Denn mit gerade mal 24 Jahren wird Matt Haig von einer lebensbedrohlichen Krankheit überfallen, von der er bis dahin kaum etwas wusste: einer schweren Depression. Es geschieht auf eine physisch dramatische Art und Weise, die ihn buchstäblich an den Rand des Abgrunds bringt. Dieses Buch beschreibt, wie er allmählich die zerstörerische Krankheit besiegt und langsam ins Leben zurückfindet. Eine bewegende, witzige und mitreißende Hymne an das Leben und an das Menschsein - ebenso unterhaltsam wie berührend. »Ich habe dieses Buch geschrieben, weil letztendlich doch etwas dran ist an den uralten Klischees: Die Zeit heilt alle Wunden, und es gibt ein Licht am Ende des Tunnels, auch wenn wir es zunächst nicht sehen können. Und manchmal können Worte einen Menschen tatsächlich befreien.« Matt Haig

A "chilling, riveting, heartbreaking" (The New York Times Book Review) novel of parental turmoil. The charm of acclaimed fiction writer Matt Haig's previous novels, The Dead Fathers Club and The Labrador Pact, gives way to terrifying psychological suspense in his unforgettable third novel. The story of a man who, after the tragic loss of his wife and son, must compulsively "protect" his teenager daughter from harm, The Possession of Mr. Cave is a chilling investigation into the relationship between adults and teenagers-and a captivating, tautly paced story that chronicles one man's descent into madness.

À 24 ans, souffrant d’anxiété et de dépression, au cours d’un séjour en Espagne, Matt Haig s’est retrouvé au bord d’une falaise, les pieds à moitié dans le vide, sur le point de se précipiter... Rester en vie… cela paraît si difficile à celles et ceux qui sont au fond de l’abîme, qui ne voient poindre aucune lueur.

A ghost story with a twist, from Matt Haig, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Midnight Library."Matt Haig has an empathy for the human condition, the light and the dark of it, and he uses the full palette to build his excellent stories." —Neil Gaiman, author of American GodsPhilip Noble is an eleven-year-old in crisis. His pub landlord father has died in a road accident, and his mother is succumbing to the greasy charms of her dead husband's brother, Uncle Alan. The remaining certainties of Philip's life crumble away when his father's ghost appears in the pub and declares Uncle Alan murdered him.Arming himself with weapons from the school chemistry cupboard, Philip vows to carry out the ghost's relentless demands for revenge. But can the words of a ghost be trusted any more than the lies of the living?

« Entre la vie et la mort, il y a une bibliothèque, avec des rayonnages infinis et une multitude d’autres vies à essayer. » À trente-cinq ans, Nora Seed a l’impression d’avoir tout raté. Lorsqu’elle décide de mettre fin à ses jours, elle se retrouve un soir dans la mystérieuse Bibliothèque de Minuit. C’est sa dernière chance de reprendre en main son destin. Si elle avait fait d’autres choix, que se serait-il passé ? Avec l’aide d’une amie bibliophile, elle entre dans le jeu : elle n’a qu’à prendre des livres dans ces étranges rayonnages, tourner les pages et corriger ses erreurs pour inventer la vie parfaite. Pourtant, les choses ne se déroulent pas comme elle l’imaginait. Avant que minuit sonne, pourra-t-elle répondre à l’énigme la plus importante : qu’est-ce qu’une vie heureuse ?

Se pudesses escolher a melhor vida para viver, o que farias? No limiar entre a vida e a morte, depois de uma vida cheia de desgostos e carregada de remorsos, Nora Seed dá por si numa biblioteca onde o relógio marca sempre a meia-noite e as estantes estão repletas de livros que se estendem até perder de vista. Cada um desses livros oferece-lhe a hipótese de experimentar uma outra vida, de fazer novas escolhas, de corrigir erros, de perceber o que teria acontecido se tivesse escolhido um caminho diferente. As possibilidades são infinitas e vários horizontes se abrem à sua frente. Mas será que algum desses caminhos lhe proporciona uma vida mais perfeita do que aquela que conheceu? Na altura da escolha final, Nora terá de olhar para dentro de si mesma e decidir o que de facto lhe preenche a vida e o que faz com que valha a pena vivê-la. A Biblioteca da Meia-Noite transformou-se num bestseller a nível internacional, com um milhão de livros vendidos em todo o mundo.

«Entre la vida y la muerte hay una biblioteca. Y los estantes de esa biblioteca son infinitos. Cada libro da la oportunidad de probar otra vida que podrías haber vivido y de comprobar cómo habrían cambiado las cosas si hubieras tomado otras decisiones... ¿Habrías hecho algo de manera diferente si hubieras tenido la oportunidad?». Nora Seed aparece, sin saber cómo, en la Biblioteca de la Medianoche, donde se le ofrece una nueva oportunidad para hacer las cosas bien. Hasta ese momento, su vida ha estado marcada por la infelicidad y el arrepentimiento. Nora siente que ha defraudado a todos, y también a ella misma. Pero esto está a punto de cambiar. Los libros de la Biblioteca de la Medianoche permitirán a Nora vivir como si hubiera hecho las cosas de otra manera. Con la ayuda de una vieja amiga, tendrá la opción de esquivar todo aquello que se arrepiente de haber hecho (o no haber hecho), en pos de la vida perfecta. Pero las cosas no siempre serán como imaginó que serían, y pronto sus decisiones enfrentarán a la Biblioteca y a ella misma en un peligro extremo. Nora deberá responder una última pregunta antes de que el tiempo se agote: ¿cuál es la mejor manera de vivir?

Als je alles waar je spijt van hebt ongedaan kunt maken, zou je dat dan ook doen? Nora wordt overweldigd door het gevoel dat ze in haar leven verkeerde keuzes heeft gemaakt, en iedereen teleurstelt. Wanneer ze in de Middernachtbibliotheek terechtkomt, krijgt ze de kans om te zien op welke manieren haar leven anders had kunnen verlopen. Ze gaat op zoek naar het antwoord op de ultieme vraag: wat maakt het leven de moeite waard? Middernachtbibiliotheek is een hartverwarmende en ontroerende roman die toont dat er altijd nog andere mogelijkheden zijn als je het somber inziet.

«Tal como basta apenas um instante para se morrer, também basta apenas um instante para se viver. Fecha-se simplesmente os olhos e deixa-se que todos os receios fúteis se esvaiam.» O meu nome é Tom Hazard. Pareço ter 40 anos, mas não se deixe iludir, sou muito mais velho do que isso. Séculos mais velho. E este é o meu perigoso segredo. Fui contemporâneo de Shakespeare, vivi em Paris nos loucos anos 20, cruzei os mares de uma ponta a outra. Eternamente a fugir do meu passado e à procura daquilo que me foi roubado. Mas sem identidade ou raízes, a vida eterna pode tornar-se um vazio. Numa tentativa de voltar à normalidade, arranjei trabalho como professor de História. (Quem melhor para relatar o passado do que alguém que o viveu realmente?) Talvez desta forma consiga perder o medo de viver. A única regra para pessoas como eu é nunca se apaixonarem. Infelizmente, descobri isto tarde demais. Escrito com alma e coração, Como Parar o Tempo celebra aquilo que nos torna humanos e ensina-nos uma verdade universal: a vida deve ser vivida sem medos.

Di antara kehidupan dan kematian terdapat sebuah perpustakaan yang jumlah bukunya tak terhingga. Tiap-tiap buku menyediakan satu kesempatan untuk mencoba kehidupan lain yang bisa dijalani sehingga kau bisa melihat apa yang terjadi kalau kau mengambil keputusan-keputusan berbeda... Akankah kau melakukan apa pun secara berbeda jika kau mendapat kesempatan untuk membatalkan penyesalan-penyesalanmu? Benarkah kehidupan lain akan jauh lebih baik? Nora Seed harus membuat keputusan. Ia dihadapkan pada kemungkinan bisa mengubah hidupnya, memiliki karier yang berbeda, tidak putus dari mantan kekasih, dan mewujudkan mimpinya sebagai glasiolog. Ia menjelajahi Perpustakaan Tengah Malam untuk memutuskan apa sebenarnya yang menjadikan hidup pantas dijalani. Setelah kehidupan yang diisi berbagai penyesalan dan kegagalan, akankah Nora Seed akhirnya mendapatkan kehidupan yang bisa memberinya kebahagiaan sejati?

Between life and death there is a library. When Nora Seed finds herself in the Midnight Library, she has a chance to make things right. Up until now, her life has been full of misery and regret. She feels she has let everyone down, including herself. But things are about to change. The books in the Midnight Library enable Nora to live as if she had done things differently. With the help of an old friend, she can now undo every one of her regrets as she tries to work out her perfect life. But things aren't always what she imagined they'd be, and soon her choices place the library and herself in extreme danger. Before time runs out, she must answer the ultimate question: what is the best way to live?

“Yaşamla ölüm arasında bir kütüphane var,” dedi. “Bu kütüphanedeki raflar sonsuza kadar gider. Her kitap yaşamış olabileceğin başka bir hayatı yaşama şansını sunar sana. Farklı seçimler yapmış olsan, şu an nasıl bir hayatın olacağını görürsün… Pişmanlıklarını telafi etme şansın olsaydı, bazı konularda farklı davranır mıydın?” Nora Seed berbat halde. Kedisi öldü. İşinden kovuldu. Abisi onunla konuşmuyor. Kimsenin ona ihtiyacı yok. Art arda alınmış kötü kararların sonucunda bir kütüphanede buluyor kendini. Zamanın hiç akmadığı bir gece yarısı kütüphanesinde, sonsuz sayıda kitabın ortasında... Kitapların her birinde Nora’nın farklı bir hayatı yazılı. Başka kararlar verseydi yaşamış olabileceği hayatlar. Farklı kariyerler, farklı eşler, farklı arkadaşlar, farklı şehirler arasında gidip gelen Nora’nın aklı sorularla doluyor. Mutluluk sadece önemli sandığımız seçimlerde mi gizli? Yanlış giden her detayın sorumlusu gerçekten biz miyiz? Hayatı yaşanılır kılan ne? Yanlış bir karar insanın tüm hayatına mal olabilir mi? İngiliz edebiyatının önemli isimlerinden Matt Haig; Nora’nın pişmanlıklara, ihtimallere ve yeniden seçme imkânına dair çıktığı bu yolculukta, ona eşlik edecek okurlara sürükleyici ve insanın en temel sorunlarını konu alan bir kurgu sunuyor.

Fra la vita e la morte esiste una biblioteca. Quando Nora Seed fa il suo ingresso nella Biblioteca di mezzanotte, le viene offerta l’occasione di rimediare agli errori commessi. Fino a quel momento, la sua vita è stata un susseguirsi di infelicità e scelte sbagliate. Le sembra di aver deluso le aspettative di tutti, comprese le proprie. Ma le cose stanno per cambiare. Come sarebbe andata la vita di Nora se avesse preso decisioni diverse? I libri sugli scaffali della Biblioteca di mezzanotte hanno il potere di mostrarglielo, proiettando Nora in una versione alternativa della realtà. Insieme all’aiuto di una vecchia amica, può finalmente cancellare ogni suo singolo rimpianto, nel tentativo di costruire la vita perfetta che ha sempre desiderato. Ma le cose non vanno sempre secondo i piani, e presto le sue nuove scelte metteranno in pericolo la sua incolumità e quella della biblioteca. Prima che scada il tempo, Nora deve trovare una risposta alla domanda di tutte le domande: come si può vivere al meglio la propria vita?

By the author of Reasons to Stay Alive Meet the Hunter family: Adam, Kate, and their children Hal and Charlotte. And Prince, their black Labrador. Prince is an earnest young dog, striving hard to live up to the tenets of the Labrador Pact (Remain Loyal to Your Human Masters, Serve and Protect Your Family at Any Cost). Other dogs, led by the Springer Spaniels, have revolted. Their slogans are 'Dogs for Dogs, not for Humans' and 'Pleasure not Duty'. Mentored by an elderly Labrador called Henry, Prince takes his responsibilities seriously, and as things in the Hunter family begin to go badly awry - marital breakdown, rowdy teenage parties, attempted suicide - his responsibilities threaten to overwhelm him. And down in the park it's even worse: Henry has disappeared; Falstaff the Springer Spaniel wants to lead Prince astray; Joyce the Irish wolfhound has been murdered. In the end Prince is forced to break the Labrador Pact and take desperate action to save his Family.