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.

From number one bestselling author Matt Haig comes a hilarious and heartwarming story, brilliantly illustrated throughout by Chris Mould Wherever she is, whatever the day, She only has one kind of thing to say. Just as cats go miaow and cows go moo, The Truth Pixie can only say things that are true. 22 min

«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?

Per il bene dell'intero universo, il professor Martin deve essere eliminato. E con lui chiunque sia al corrente delle sue scoperte. Ma a causa di un contrattempo, l'alieno mandato sulla Terra si materializza ai bordi di un'autostrada, in una sera fredda e umida, completamente nudo, nonché privo delle più basilari nozioni della vita sociale. Inizia così una divertente commedia degli errori, in cui il finto professor Martin impara a vivere da terrestre. E ben presto, contro le previsioni aliene, la forzata vicinanza con la specie umana, soprattutto con i due esemplari (moglie e figlio) che compongono la famiglia del professore, lo costringe a rivedere il suo giudizio, passando dal più completo disgusto a un'inconfessabile simpatia. Certo, i terrestri sono tutt'altro che perfetti, eppure hanno inventato la poesia, la musica e persino il burro di arachidi...

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.

När Nora Seed hamnar i Midnattsbiblioteket får hon en ny chans att göra om saker i sitt liv. Ett liv som hittills varit fyllt av besvikelser. Det känns som om Nora har svikit alla i sin närhet, inklusive sig själv. Men nu ska det bli ändring på det.   Böckerna i Midnattsbiblioteket får Nora att leva om sitt liv. Med lite hjälp från en gammal vän kan hon ta bort alla händelser hon ångrat i jakten på sitt perfekta liv. Men det blir inte alltid som hon drömt om utan hennes val försätter henne, och själva Midnattsbiblioteket, i fara.

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.

Laat de strijd om Kerstmis beginnen! Het is niet altijd makkelijk om als mens op te groeien in Elfhelm, zelfs niet als je adoptieouders Vader Kerstmis en zijn vrouw Mary zijn. Het kan op de elfenschool bijvoorbeeld best irritant zijn dat je elke dag kerstliedjes moet zingen - zelfs in juli - en dat je elke keer zakt voor je speelgoedproductietoetsen. En het kan er koud zijn, héél koud. Maar wanneer de jaloerse Paashaas en zijn Konijnenleger een aanval inzetten om Kerstmis te stoppen, is het aan Amelia, haar nieuwe familie en de elfen om Kerstmis te redden voor het te laat is...

Wat is ervoor nodig om in magie te geloven? Het is kerstavond en er is iets mis. Amelia Wishart is naar een werkplaats gestuurd, waar de gemene meneer Griezel de leiding heeft en het magieniveau op de Noordpool is bijna tot onder het nulpunt gedaald; een ramp zo vlak voor Kerstmis. Vader Kerstmis weet wat hem te doen staat. Met de hulp van een paar elfen, acht rendieren, de koningin en een man genaamd Charles Dickens, moet Vader Kerstmis op zoek naar Amelia én het geheim van kerst...

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 story of Hamlet is not usually thought of as one meant for laughter. But Matt Haig's able retelling of the tale in The Dead Fathers Club will make you laugh, though it might also evoke a tear. Eleven-year-old Philip Noble is at his father's funeral when who should appear but his father's ghost, who wastes no time in telling Philip that his Uncle Alan, an auto mechanic, tampered with his car, causing the accident that killed him. He warns Philip that Uncle Alan will shortly be tampering with his mother too, because Unctuous Uncle Alan wants the pub that Philip's father owned. The solution to this problem, according to Philip's dad, is that he must kill Uncle Alan. If he doesn't do it before Dad's next birthday, 11 weeks away, Dad will be consigned to the Terrors for all eternity. Philip agrees, in principle, but killing someone, especially without getting caught, isn't easy. But a promise is a promise, so Philip gives it a whirl, in fact, several whirls. Real life interferes in the persons of two school bullies, truly nasty and perverse thugs, who seem ready to kill Philip because they think it's funny that his father died. Philip also falls in love, and his Ophelia (named Leah) thinks that shoplifting is tons of fun. Poor Philip is in over his head in every way possible. There are many encounters with other Dead Fathers in a great sendup of ghostly dealings, Hamlet-like, on the moors, and several sly references to the play. There is even a character named Dane. The ending is not pure Shakespeare, but it is pure Haig and that is very good indeed. --Valerie Ryan

New school. New friends. Same old pixie. 'Aada started her new school, And the pixie came too. But this school was a place Where it was hard to be true . . .' An uplifting story that will delight younger readers and help them to be themselves in their school uniform. With words by the bestselling mastermind Matt Haig and pictures by the inky genius Chris Mould.

Barney Willow thinks life couldn't get any worse. He's weedy, with sticky-out ears. Horrible Gavin Needle loves tormenting him - Barney has no idea why. And headteacher-from-hell Miss Whipmire seems determined to make every second of Barney's existence a complete misery! Worst of all, Dad has been missing for almost a year, and there's no sign of him ever coming home. Barney just wants to escape. To find another life... Being a cat, for example. A quiet, lazy cat. Things would be so much easier - right? Barney's about to discover just how wrong he is. Because he's about to wake up as a cat - and not just any cat. Gavin Needle's cat... A fast, exciting story from the winner of the Gold Smarties Award, with illustrations from the brilliantly dark and mischievous Pete Williamson.

ROWAN: Nunca duerme. Usa protector solar de factor 60. Es un freak. CLARA: Quiere ser vegetaria, pero la falta de carne la pone enferma. PAPÁ: Médico de familia con permanente dolor de cabeza. Está sediento, muy sediento. MAMÁ: Quiere evitar a toda costa un desastre familiar y jamás metiría a sus hijos... ¿o sí? TÍO WILL: Cool. Peligroso. El tío pródigo vuelve para desenterrar los más oscuros secretos. Y mucha, mucha sangre fresca.

Pensate a un uomo che dimostra quarant’anni, ma che in realtà ne ha più di quattrocento. Un uomo che insegna storia nella Londra dei giorni nostri, ma che in realtà ha già vissuto decine di vite in luoghi e tempi diversi. Tom ha una sindrome rara per cui invecchia molto lentamente. Ciò potrebbe sembrare una fortuna… ma è una maledizione. Cosa succederebbe infatti se le persone che amate invecchiassero normalmente mentre voi rimanete sempre gli stessi? Sareste costretti a perdere i vostri affetti, a nascondervi e cambiare continuamente identità per cercare il vostro posto nel mondo e sfuggire ai pericoli che la vostra condizione comporta. Così Tom, portandosi dietro questo oscuro segreto, attraversa i secoli dall’Inghilterra elisabettiana alla Parigi dell’età del jazz, da New York ai mari del Sud, vivendo tante vite ma sognandone una normale. Oggi Tom ha una buona copertura: insegna ai ragazzi di una scuola, raccontando di guerre e cacce alle streghe e fingendo di non averle vissute in prima persona. Tom deve ad ogni costo difendere l’equilibrio che si è faticosamente costruito. E sa che c’è una cosa che non deve assolutamente fare: innamorarsi. Come fermare il tempo è una storia folle e dolceamara sul come perdere e poi ritrovare se stessi, sull’inevitabilità del cambiamento e sul lungo tempo necessario per imparare a vivere. Una storia bellissima in cui riconoscersi, per piangere su tutto ciò che perdiamo e per rallegrarci delle meraviglie della vita.

O singură bibliotecă. O infinitate de vieți. Care e cea mai bună? Undeva, la marginea universului, există o bibliotecă infinită de cărți, iar fiecare poveste din ele provine dintr-o altă realitate. Una spune povestea vieții tale așa cum e, alta spune povestea vieții tale așa cum ar fi fost dacă ai fi luat altă decizie într-un anumit moment. Toți ne întrebăm mereu cum ar fi putut să fie viețile noastre. Dar dacă am găsi răspunsul într-o bibliotecă? Atunci când Nora ajunge în această bibliotecă, are șansa să îndrepte lucrurile – o viață plină de durere și de regrete. Are ocazia să facă totul altfel și să-și dea seama cum ar putea avea viața perfectă. Dar lucrurile nu sunt tocmai cum și le imaginează ea… Curând, alegerile pe care le face o pun într-un pericol iminent. Înainte să expire timpul, trebuie să răspundă la o singură întrebare: care e cea mai bună cale de a-ți trăi viața? „Matt Haig e unul dintre cei mai imaginativi scriitori ai epocii noastre. În acest roman, povestea emoționantă e plină de învățăminte despre cât de important este să apreciem viața pe care o avem.“ The Independent „Fiecare carte de aici, fiecare carte din bibliotecă – cu excepția acesteia – reprezintă o versiune a vieții tale. Această bibliotecă îți aparține. Se află aici pentru tine. Vezi tu, viața oricui s-ar fi putut sfârși în feluri infinite. Cărțile de pe rafturi sunt viața ta, toate încep din același punct. Din clipa de față. De la miezul nopții. Marți, 28 aprilie. Dar aceste posibilități de la miezul nopții nu sunt identice. Unele se aseamănă, dar altele sunt complet diferite.“

Between life and death there is a library, and within that library, the shelves go on forever. Every book provides a chance to try another life you could have lived. To see how things would be if you had made other choices . . . Would you have done anything different, if you had the chance to undo your regrets? A novel about all the choices that go into a life well lived.Somewhere out beyond the edge of the universe there is a library that contains an infinite number of books, each one the story of another reality. One tells the story of your life as it is, along with another book for the other life you could have lived if you had made a different choice at any point in your life. While we all wonder how our lives might have been, what if you had the chance to go to the library and see for yourself? Would any of these other lives truly be better?Nora Seed finds herself faced with this decision. Faced with the possibility of changing her life for a new one, following a different career, undoing old breakups, realizing her dreams of becoming a glaciologist; she must search within herself as she travels through the Midnight Library to decide what is truly fulfilling in life, and what makes it worth living in the first place.

¿Qué significa sentirse realmente vivo? A los veinticuatro años, el mundo de Matt Haig se derrumbó. No encontraba razones para seguir viviendo. Ésta es la historia real de cómo superó su depresión, triunfó sobre la enfermedad y aprendió a vivir otra vez gracias a los libros y la escritura. Según el propio autor: «Escribí este libro porque los viejos clichés son los más reales. En el fondo del pozo todo se ve negro. Hay luz al final del túnel, aunque no la veamos… Y las palabras, a veces, pueden realmente liberarte». Inteligente, original, honesto y humano. «Matt Haig es asombroso», Stephen Fry. «Magnífico», The Huffington Post. «Un escritor de gran talento», The New York Times. «Fascinante y bellamente escrito», Ian Rankin. «Aunque Razones para seguir viviendo sea un libro sobre salud mental y creamos que será una lectura deprimente, la verdad es que su ironía te deja una sensación optimista al final de la lectura. Matt Haig, con toda su dolorosa honestidad, puede haber escrito el libro de 2015», Lisa Talks About. «Una obra de arte que nos da esperanza», Harrogate Advertiser Series.

I Radley vivono in un incantevole villaggio della campagna inglese. Sono Peter, il medico del paese, la moglie Helen e due figli adolescenti, in un caotico turbinio di scuola, amici e feste. La vita familiare trascorre senza troppa eccitazione né scossoni, fino a quando una notte tutto deflagra. E Clara scopre il devastante segreto custodito per anni e anni dalla famiglia. Un segreto che alla fine dà un senso alla sua pelle così diafana, alla difficoltà a dormire la notte e quell'attrazione incontenibile per il sangue...