Matt Haig
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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,...
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2021.
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Portuguese
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"Aos 35 anos, Nora Seed é uma mulher cheia de talentos e poucas conquistas. Vendo pouco sentido em sua existência, ela coleciona tristezas e arrependimentos. Quando Nora se vê na Biblioteca da meia-Noite, ganha uma oportunidade para fazer tudo de novo. Como em um passe de mágica, os livros na Biblioteca da Meia-Noite permitem que Nora experimente as vidas que teria vivido se tivesse tomado outras decisões. Com a ajuda de uma velha amiga, ela...
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Books on Tape
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2016
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2018 Odyssey Honor
2018 ALSC Notable Children’s Recording
Roald Dahl meets Elf in this warmhearted Christmas caper about the boy who would one day be Santa Claus, from the New York Times bestselling author of The Midnight Library.
Soon to be a major motion picture starring Kristen Wiig, Maggie Smith and Henry Lawfull!
Eleven-year-old Nikolas—nicknamed "Christmas"—has received only one toy...
2018 ALSC Notable Children’s Recording
Roald Dahl meets Elf in this warmhearted Christmas caper about the boy who would one day be Santa Claus, from the New York Times bestselling author of The Midnight Library.
Soon to be a major motion picture starring Kristen Wiig, Maggie Smith and Henry Lawfull!
Eleven-year-old Nikolas—nicknamed "Christmas"—has received only one toy...
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Wie weit geht ein Vater, um seine Tochter zu beschützen?
Nach dem tragischen Tod seines Sohnes Reuben scheint es dem Antiquitätenhändler Terence Cave endgültig, als sei seine Liebe verflucht: Seine Mutter hat den Freitod gewählt, seine Frau starb als Mordopfer. Einzig Reubens Zwillingsschwester Bryony ist noch übrig - und Terence schwört sich, seine wunderschöne Tochter mit all seiner Kraft vor den Gefahren dieser Welt zu schützen. Koste...
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Wie weit geht ein Vater, um seine Tochter zu beschützen?
Nach dem tragischen Tod seines Sohnes Reuben scheint es dem Antiquitätenhändler Terence Cave endgültig, als sei seine Liebe verflucht: Seine Mutter hat den Freitod gewählt, seine Frau starb als Mordopfer. Einzig Reubens Zwillingsschwester Bryony ist noch übrig - und Terence schwört sich, seine wunderschöne Tochter mit all seiner Kraft vor den Gefahren dieser Welt zu schützen. Koste...
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Eleven-year-old Evie has a talent. A SUPERTALENT. A talent that can let her HEAR the thoughts of an elephant, and make friends with a dog and a sparrow. The only problem is, this talent is dangerous. VERY dangerous. That's what her dad says. So when she frees the school rabbit from its tiny hutch, she vows to keep her talent a secret. But after a face-to-face encounter with a lion, things start to go very wrong. Her dad - and every animal in town...
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Academy Award winner Olivia Colman returns to tell the enchanting adventure of Aada and the Truth Pixie in the sequel to the bestselling children's story by Matt Haig. Proceeds from the sale of this audiobook will be donated to Unicef UK.
New school. New friends. Same old pixie.
'Don't try to be something
You really are not.
Your one true self
Is the best thing you've got.'
In this heartwarming adventure. the Truth Pixie and her human...
8) Die Radleys
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Die Radleys
gelesen von Sascha Rotermund
Auf den ersten Blick wirken sie wie eine ganz normale Familie: Vater Peter ist Arzt, Mutter Helen kümmert sich um ihre beiden pubertierenden Kinder Clara und Rowan. Doch warum erstickt Peter fast am thailändischen Salat, warum nimmt jedes Tier vor Clara Reißaus und warum kann Rowan nachts nicht schlafen und hat trotz Lichtschutzfaktor 60 Probleme mit der Haut? Das Geheimnis der Radleys ist so unfassbar...
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A TRULY WILD ADVENTURE! 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...
10) How to stop time
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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 his to London, his old home, to become a high school history teacher--the perfect job for someone who has witnessed the city's...
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"'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 dazzling novel about all the choices that go into a life well lived, from the internationally bestselling author of Reasons to Stay Alive...
12) The humans
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When an extraterrestrial arrives on Earth, his first impressions of humans are less than positive. Taking the form of Professor Andrew Martin at Cambridge University, the visitor is eager to complete his task and hurry back to his own utopian planet. Disgusted by the way humans look, what they eat, their capacity for murder and war, he is equally baffled by the concepts of love and family. But as time goes on, he starts to reconsider.
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Canongate Books
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2014
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English
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*MATT HAIG'S NEW NOVEL THE LIFE IMPOSSIBLE IS AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER NOW * DO YOU A) Know a human? B) Love a human? C) Have trouble dealing with humans? IF YOU'VE ANSWERED YES TO ANY OF THE ABOVE, THIS BOOK IS FOR YOU Whether you are planning a high level of human interaction or just a casual visit to the planet, this user-guide to the human race will help you translate their sayings, understand exotic concepts such as 'democracy' and 'sofas', and...
14) Life Impossible
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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...
“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...
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Boy called Christmas volume 1
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English
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"What was Santa Claus like as a kid? Eleven-year-old Nikolas--nicknamed "Christmas"-- has received only one toy in his life: a doll carved out of a turnip. But he's happy with his turnip doll and the simple life he leads in a cottage with his father. When his father goes missing, Nikolas races to the North Pole to save him. Along the way, he befriends a surly reindeer, bests a troublesome troll, and discovers a hidden world of enchantment in the frozen...
16) The comfort book
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"A small book for anyone in search of hope, looking for a path to a more meaningful life, or in need of encouragement. 'Happiness occurs when you forget who you're expected to be. And what you're expected to do. Happiness is an accident of self-acceptance. It's the warm breeze you feel when you open the door to who you are.' Years ago, Matt Haig began writing notes to his future self. These notes were meant as gifts to his future self: offerings of...
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Christmas volume 2
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Amelia Wishart was the first child ever to receive a Christmas present. It was her Christmas spirit that gave Santa the extra boost of magic he needed to make his first trip around the world. But now Amelia is in trouble. When her mother falls ill, she is sent to the workhouse to toil under cruel Mr. Creeper. Meanwhile, up at the North Pole, magic levels dip dangerously low as Christmas approaches, and Santa knows that something is gravely wrong....
20) The Radleys
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"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...