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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. 

Tom Hazard has a dangerous secret. He may look like an ordinary 41-year-old, but he was born in 1581. Owing to a rare condition, he’s been alive for centuries. From Shakespeare’s England to Jazz Age Paris to voyaging the Pacific alongside Captain Cook, Tom has seen a lot, and he now craves an ordinary life. Tom now has the perfect cover - working as a history teacher at a London school. Here, he can teach the kids about wars and witch hunts as if he’d never witnessed them first-hand. He can try to tame the past that is catching up with him. The only thing Tom can’t do is fall in love.

When Matt Haig became ill with panic disorder, anxiety, and depression, it took him a long time to work out the ways the external world could impact his mental health in positive and negative ways. Notes on a Nervous Planet shares his journey back to happiness and all of the lessons that Matt learned along the way. 

Philip 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.

The critically acclaimed author of The Radleys shares a clever, heartwarming, and darkly insightful novel about an alien who comes to Earth to save humans from themselves. When an extraterrestrial visitor arrives on Earth, his first impressions of the human species are less than positive. But as time goes on, he starts to realize there may be more to this weird species than he has been led to believe. Eventually, the narrator sees hope and redemption in the humans' imperfections and begins to question the very mission that brought him there.

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 things other than impossible wishes to worry about: upset elves, reindeer dropping out of the sky, angry trolls - and the chance that Christmas might be cancelled.

You are about to listen to 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 audiobook is full of impossible things. Are you still reading? Good. Then let us begin....

From the number one Sunday Times best-selling author. Terence 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.

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....

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.

From number one best-selling author Matt Haig comes a hilarious and heartwarming story. 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. A very funny and lovable tale of how one special pixie learned to love herself. The Truth Pixie is an enchanting, rhyming story that will delight younger children.

Evie is a little girl with a special talent. She can talk to animals. But when she rescues the school rabbit Gerald, and sets him free, Evie lands in big trouble. She promises her dad never to talk to animals again. For a whole year, Evie ignores them all. She doesn’t chat to the birds and dogs. She even ignores a little silver tabby cat who miaows: ‘Help me! Help me!’ But when Evie sees the same silver kitten on a missing poster, she secretly starts using her magical gift again. 

An uplifting story that will delight younger listeners and help them to be themselves in their school uniform. By the best-selling mastermind Matt Haig. As well as being a number one bestselling writer for adults, Matt Haig has won the Blue Peter Book Award, the Smarties Book Prize and been nominated three times for the Carnegie Medal for his stories for children and young adults.

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. As things in the Hunter family begin to go badly awry - marital breakdown, rowdy teenage parties, attempted suicide - Prince's responsibilities threaten to overwhelm him and he is forced to break the Labrador Pact.

From Paris to Prague, from the past to the present, authors and artists say farewell in this unique collection. In this audiobook you'll find personal letters, reminiscences, poetry, art and brand new fiction from some of the most talented and important voices at work today, including Jessie Burton, Alain de Botton, Matt Haig, Richard Herring, Owen Jones, Mark Kermode, Robert Macfarlane, Kate Mosse, Chris Riddell, Lionel Shriver and many others.

Wir leben in verwirrenden Zeiten. Wir sind stärker vernetzt als je zuvor - und fühlen uns einsam. Wir sind für alles verantwortlich, von der Weltpolitik bis zu unserem privaten Body Mass Index. Wir stehen unter Druck durch die Erwartungen, die wir und andere an uns stellen. Matt Haig gibt ganz persönliche und bewegende Antworten darauf, wie es möglich ist, uns wieder dem Kern unseres Daseins näherzubringen: dem Menschsein.

Rientrato da poco a Londra, Tom Hazard insegna storia in un liceo, dove ha incontrato Camille, una travolgente collega che sembra molto interessata a lui. Ma Tom ha un oscuro segreto. All'apparenza è un normale quarantenne, in realtà ha già vissuto più di quattro secoli. Ha calcato il palcoscenico con Shakespeare, solcato i mari con il capitano Cook e si è scolato cocktail con Fitzgerald. Adesso, il suo unico desiderio è una vita normale. Ma una cosa è vietata a chi come lui ha il dono e la maledizione di invecchiare molto lentamente: innamorarsi.

Amelia, das einstige Kaminkehrermädchen, lebt nun im Wichtelreich. Doch auch hier ist das Leben kein reines Honigschlecken: Als Menschenkind eckt sie überall an, die Wichtel tuscheln und die Schlittenschule will sie nicht als Schülerin aufnehmen. Da bricht eine Fehde zwischen den Wichteln und dem Kaninchenvolk wieder aus, die vor unvordenklichen Zeiten begann. Aufgewiegelt werden die Kaninchen von einem charismatischen Anführer, dem Osterhasen. Der will das Wichtelreich unterbuttern und Weihnachten zu einem zweitrangigen Fest zurückstufen.

Die erste Regel lautet: Du darfst dich niemals verlieben. Niemals. Tom Hazard ist Geschichtslehrer, ein introvertierter Mann, der ein zurückgezogenes Leben führt. Und er hat ein Geheimnis: Er sieht aus wie 40, ist aber in Wirklichkeit über 400 Jahre alt. Er hat die Elisabethanische Ära in England, die Expeditionen von Captain Cook in der Südsee, Paris der zwanziger Jahre erlebt und alle paar Jahre eine neue Identität angenommen. Aber eines war er immer: einsam.

Die achtjährige Amelia hat viele sehnliche Wünsche an den Weihnachtsmann. Doch der hat gerade alle Hände voll zu tun. Eine finstere Trollverschwörung bedroht das Wichtelreich, Rentiere fallen vom Himmel und aufgeregte Elfen künden davon, dass der Weihnachtszauber immer schwächer wird. Wenn das so weitergeht, droht Weihnachten auszufallen! Doch Amelia ist kein gewöhnliches Mädchen. Und der Weihnachtsmann findet bald heraus, dass das Fest der Liebe nur mit der Hilfe dieses besonderen Waisenmädchens gerettet werden kann.