Matt Haig fusiona magistralmente la realidad cotidiana con la fantasía encantadora, infundiendo a sus narrativas un toque peculiar y delicioso. Celebrada por una escritura que es a la vez divertida, cautivadora y desgarradora, su obra a menudo profundiza en complejas dinámicas familiares y en las vidas interiores de sus personajes. La distintiva voz de Haig y su estilo imaginativo crean mundos que son a la vez humorísticos y profundamente humanos. Sus cautivadoras historias resuenan en diversas culturas, traducidas a numerosos idiomas y cautivando a lectores que buscan originalidad.
"Reflexiones sobre la ilusión, la supervivencia y el milagro de estar vivos Y, en la oscuridad, incluso los fragmentos de luz más minúsculos pueden brillar, llamar nuestra atención y tal vez hasta guiardnos a casa..."--Page [4] of cover
Una mezcla entre El curioso incidente del perro a medianoche y El hombre que cayó a la tierra, esta obra es divertida, enternecedora y escrita de manera seductora. El profesor Andrew Martin, un genio matemático de la Universidad de Cambridge, ha descubierto el secreto de los números primos, lo que podría responder a los misterios del universo y poner fin a la enfermedad y la muerte. Alarmados por esta revelación, los vonadorianos, una civilización más avanzada, envían a un emisario para eliminar a Martin y su descubrimiento. Este vonadoriano, que toma la apariencia de Martin pero se encuentra completamente desnudo, aparece en una carretera y comienza a explorar el campus universitario, sin comprender su entorno. Su misión es asesinar a la esposa, al hijo y al mejor amigo del profesor, pero se siente cautivado por la extraña especie humana, sus costumbres incomprensibles, su búsqueda de conexión y afecto, así como sus secretos y emociones. En esta novela hilarante, el autor se convierte en un observador externo que juzga el comportamiento humano con la frialdad de alguien ajeno a sus matices. Sin embargo, lo que el extraterrestre no sabe es que ser humano es contagioso…
En algún lugar más allá del borde del universo hay una biblioteca que contiene un número infinito de libros, cada uno narrando la historia de otra realidad. Uno cuenta la historia de tu vida tal como es, junto con otro libro que narra la vida que podrías haber vivido si hubieras tomado una decisión diferente en algún momento. Mientras todos nos preguntamos cómo podrían haber sido nuestras vidas, ¿y si tuvieras la oportunidad de ir a la biblioteca y verlo por ti mismo? ¿Serían realmente mejores estas otras vidas? En "La Biblioteca de la Medianoche", Nora Seed se enfrenta a esta decisión. Ante la posibilidad de cambiar su vida por una nueva, siguiendo una carrera diferente, deshaciendo antiguas rupturas y realizando su sueño de convertirse en glacióloga, debe buscar dentro de sí misma mientras viaja a través de la Biblioteca de la Medianoche para decidir qué es verdaderamente satisfactorio en la vida y qué la hace digna de ser vivida.
Every troll child dreads being sent to the Betterer. The Betterer is the most evil troll in Shadow Forest who loves to punish his fellow trolls for their grubby and stupid habits in lots of horrible ways. When one troll boy escapes the forest to be with his favourite human, Samuel Blink, the Betterer is not very happy.
A brand new story for younger readers from number one bestselling author Matt Haig, illustrated throughout by Chris Mould. It's Reasons to Stay Alive for children: helping kids to feel okay about who they are
As featured on the CBBC Book Club. A brilliant new chapter book for children, from number one bestselling author Matt Haig and with illustrations by the award-winning Emily Gravett
THE EPIC ADVENTURE OF A TEENY-TINY HEROMiika just wants to belong. Living with elves and trolls and pixies can make a mouse feel like the odd one out. When he makes friends with a fellow mouse, Miika thinks he can relax. But really, his quest is just beginning . . .
A subtle contemporary message about outsiders and hate underpins this
energetic, funny adventure that has charm, warmth, and a sprinkle of Christmas
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WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO FEEL TRULY ALIVE? Aged 24, Matt Haig's world caved in. He could see no way to go on living. This is the true story of how he came through crisis, triumphed over an illness that almost destroyed him and learned to live again.A moving, funny and joyous exploration of how to live better, love better and feel more alive, Reasons to Stay Alive is more than a memoir. It is a book about making the most of your time on earth."I wrote this book because the oldest clichés remain the truest. Time heals. The bottom of the valley never provides the clearest view. The tunnel does have light at the end of it, even if we haven't been able to see it . . . Words, just sometimes, really can set you free."
Barney thinks life couldn't get any worse. He's weedy, his mum generally ignores him, Dad has been missing for almost a year, and horrible Gavin Needle seems to have chosen him as his own personal punch bag. Barney just wants to be anyone else . . . anyone at all. Being a cat, for example. A quiet, lazy, pampered cat. Now, there's an easy life - 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 . . .
THE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERThe world is messing with our minds.Rates of stress and anxiety are rising. A fast, nervous planet is creating fast and nervous lives. We are more connected, yet feel more alone. And we are encouraged to worry about everything from world politics to our body mass index.- How can we stay sane on a planet that makes us mad? - How do we stay human in a technological world?- How do we feel happy when we are encouraged to be anxious? After experiencing years of anxiety and panic attacks, these questions became urgent matters of life and death for Matt Haig. And he began to look for the link between what he felt and the world around him. Notes on a Nervous Planet is a personal and vital look at how to feel happy, human and whole in the twenty-first century.
Twelve-year-old Evie has a talent. She can HEAR what animals are thinking and she can TALK to them with her mind. When Evie goes on a trip to the Amazon rainforest, her powers are put to the test. She makes friends with pink river dolphins, must save an injured sloth, and discovers the secret life of a jaguar. Soon she sees that the jungle is in serious and deadly danger, and comes up with a rather risky plan to help save it.
Audreyâe(tm)s father taught her that to stay human in the modern world, she had to build a moat around herself; a moat of books and music, philosophy and dreams. A moat that makes Audrey different from the echoes: sophisticated, emotionless machines, built to resemble humans and to work for human masters. Daniel is an echo âe" but heâe(tm)s not like the others. He feels a connection with Audrey; a feeling Daniel knows he was never designed to have, and cannot explain. And when Audrey is placed in terrible danger, heâe(tm)s determined to save her. ECHO BOY is a powerful story about love, loss and what makes us truly human.
Samuel Blink is the hero of this story, but he doesn't know it yet. He hasn't
the slightest clue Martha will disappear into Shadow Forest. A forest full of
one-eyed trolls, the sinister huldre-folk, deadly Truth Pixies and a witch who
steals shadows.
Gain invaluable advice from brand managers, psychologists, academics and other
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A selection of stories from Notes on a Nervous Planet, The Comfort Book, and Reasons to Stay Alive.Week van het Engelse Boek-special edition. Not for resale.Matt Haig is the number one bestselling author of Reasons to Stay Alive, Notes on a Nervous Planet, and The Comfort Book as well as seven novels for adults, including The Midnight Library, How to Stop Time, and The Humans.Haig also writes award-winning books for children, including A Boy Called Christmas, which has recently been made into a feature film with an all-star cast.He has sold more than three million books in the UK and his work has been translated into over forty languages.
Matt Haig, Derek Landy, Philip Reeve, Joseph Delaney, Susan Cooper, Mal Peet, Berlie Doherty, Robin Jarvis, Eleanor Updale, Jamila Gavin and Sam Llewellyn have come together to bring you eleven spine-tingling stories. Watch your step as you take a ghost walk around the ancient city of York and a long-ago woodland which is reawakening. Be warned of the drowned boy who will stop at nothing to find someone to play with for all time. Look into the mirror, where a lost child lurks, ready to pull you in, and try not to cry out at the monstrous creatures prowling for their next victim. Some stories will make you scream, some will make you shiver - but all will haunt you long after you've put the book down.
FAMILIES. SOMETIMES THEY'RE A BLOODY NIGHTMARE . . . Life with the Radleys: Radio 4, dinner parties with the Bishopthorpe neighbours and self-denial. Loads of self-denial. But all hell is about to break loose. When teenage daughter Clara gets attacked on the way home from a party, she and her brother Rowan finally discover why they can't sleep, can't eat a Thai salad without fear of asphyxiation and can't go outside unless they're smothered in Factor 50.With a visit from their lethally louche Uncle Will and an increasingly suspicious police force, life in Bishopthorpe is about to change. Drastically.
More than simply a comprehensive collection of brand success stories, this text will also help businesses and students to easily identify the factors behind these successes, and to place them into a broader business and social context.
The Truth About the 100 Biggest Branding Mistakes of All Time
310 páginas
11 horas de lectura
"This book is a lot of fun ... Haig wants to educate as well as to entertain, and at this he succeeds. ... Anyone with a professional interest or involvement in brand management should read this book." -- Anthony Di Benedetto, Professor of Marketing, Temple University in Journal of Consumer Marketing
By the author of Reasons to Stay AliveMeet 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.
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'A beautiful novel full of life-affirming wonder and imagination' BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH'What looks like magic is simply a part of life we don't understand yet . . .'When retired Maths 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 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, this is a story of hope and the life-changing power of a new beginning.
FROM THE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHORTerence Cave, owner of Cave Antiques, has already experienced the tragedies of his mother's suicide and his wife's murder when his teenage son, Reuben, is killed in a grotesque accident. His remaining child, Bryony, has always been the family's golden girl and Terence comes to realise that his one duty in life is to protect her from the world's malign forces, whatever that may take.But as he starts to follow his grieving daughter's movements and enforce a draconian set of rules, his love for Bryony becomes a possessive force that leads to destruction.
Eleven-year-old Philip Noble faces a crisis after his father's death in a road accident and his mother's growing affection for Uncle Alan. His life takes a turn when his father's ghost appears in the pub, claiming that Uncle Alan murdered him.
Deutsche Ausgabe | Vom Autor des Bestsellers Die Mitternachtsbibliothek
256 páginas
9 horas de lectura
Matt Haigs Comfort Book ist eine Sammlung tiefgründiger Texte, die Mut für jeden Tag spenden. Seine Worte verzaubern durch Selbsterkenntnis, Akzeptanz und einen einfühlsamen Blick auf das Menschsein. Haigs Gedanken, Erinnerungen und Beobachtungen spiegeln sowohl Verzweiflung als auch Hoffnung wider und haben ihm in seiner schweren Zeit der Depression Halt gegeben. Dieses Buch dient als täglicher Begleiter in Krisenzeiten und bietet klugen Blick auf die Welt, um Hoffnung, Trost und Inspiration zu schenken. Es gibt Aufschluss über den Umgang mit eigenen Gefühlen und hilft, Denkmuster zu verändern. Die Geschichten zeigen ein tiefes Verständnis der eigenen Gefühlswelt und bieten berührende sowie anregende Erkenntnisse über das, was uns verbindet. Haigs kurze Texte und seine Erfahrungen mit Depressionen regen dazu an, Ängste, Schmerz und Wünsche aus einer neuen Perspektive zu betrachten. Sie vermitteln Hoffnung und laden ein, sich selbst besser kennenzulernen. Dieses Buch zeigt, dass wir nicht allein sind, wenn der Schmerz unerträglich scheint, und lässt uns die schönen Seiten des Lebens wiederentdecken.
Vom Autor von ›Ein Junge namens Weihnacht‹ – Weihnachten 2021 im Kino Die kleine Elfe Pixie hat es schwer, seit sie durch einen Zauber dazu gezwungen ist, immer die Wahrheit zu sagen. Und weil diese oft unangenehm ist, hat Pixie leider keine Freunde. Bis sie eines Tages einem riesigen Troll begegnet, ihm die Wahrheit ins Gesicht sagt und dieser sie wutentbrannt aus dem Reich der fantastischen Wesen in die Menschenwelt befördert. Dort landet Pixie bei Aada, die traurig ist und den Kopf voller Sorgen hat. Das bricht Pixie fast das Herz und sie sagt ihr die Wahrheit: dass viele ihrer heutigen Wünsche nicht in Erfüllung gehen werden, aber dass das Leben noch viele Überraschungen für sie bereithalten wird. Und es scheint, als hätte Pixie mit ihrer Offenheit endlich eine Freundin gefunden … Zu diesem Buch finden Sie Quizfragen auf antolin.de
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Das perfekte Geschenk ... für alle Menschen Ein Ratgeber für »Erdenunkundige« und überhaupt alle, die sich in menschlichen Dingen manchmal verheddern. Enthält, alphabetisch sortiert, allerlei nützliche Informationen über die Spezies Mensch. Witzig, unterhaltsam und voller kleiner (und manchmal auch großer) Wahrheiten. Die Spezies Mensch (Aus dem Inhalt) A Angst Unvermeidbares Ergebnis des Nachdenkens. App Hilfsmittel zur Vermeidung von Langeweile, das allerdings den gegenteiligen Langzeiteffekt erzielt. Atmung Notwendige Daueraktivität. Siehe auch Anleitung zum Atmen auf dem Planeten Erde. B Bett Ort für Schlaf, Träume, Sex und Wahrheit. Binär Die Liebe ist bei den Menschen ein binäres System. Ab drei Teilnehmern ist die Beziehung überfüllt. Brücke Bauwerk, das physische Hindernisse wie Flüsse und Straßen überspannt, um einen Weg über das Hindernis zu ermöglichen. Beliebteste Metapher der Menschen.
Roman | Der kluge und einfühlsame Roman vom Autor des großen SPIEGEL-Bestsellers »Die Mitternachtsbibliothek«
In "Nachricht von Dad" kämpft der elfjährige Philip mit dem Verlust seines Vaters und der Bedrohung durch seinen Onkel. Als der Geist seines Vaters ihm offenbart, dass er ermordet wurde, steht Philip vor der Herausforderung, Rache zu nehmen. Eine berührende und spannende Geschichte über Verlust und Mut.