Matt Haig

THE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A BBC TWO BETWEEN THE COVERS BOOK CLUB PICK 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?

The Midnight Library

Regarding humans unfavorably upon arriving on Earth, a reluctant extraterrestrial assumes the identity of a Cambridge mathematician before realizing that there is more to the human race than he suspected and embarking on a darkly comic effort to save humanity from itself. By the award-winning author of The Radleys. 40,000 first printing.

A Novel

The Humans

A runaway bestseller in the UK--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.

Reasons to Stay Alive

An instant New York Times Bestseller!

The new uplifting book from Matt Haig, the #1 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.

Named by The Washington Post as one of the best feel-good books of 2021.

“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 Comfort Book

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Midnight Library. “A quirky romcom dusted with philosophical observations….A delightfully witty…poignant novel.” —The Washington Post “She smiled a soft, troubled smile and I felt the whole world slipping away, and I wanted to slip with it, to go wherever she was going… I had existed whole years without her, but that was all it had been. An existence. A book with no words.” Tom Hazard has just moved back to London, his old home, to settle down and become a high school history teacher. And on his first day at school, he meets a captivating French teacher at his school who seems fascinated by him. But Tom 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. Unfortunately for Tom, 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 tells 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. It 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. Soon to be a major motion picture starring Benedict Cumberbatch.

How to Stop Time

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. Readers loved the warmth and positivity with which he addressed the subject of depression in Reasons to Stay Alive, and in his newest work of nonfiction he brings the same outlook to a world that many of us find increasingly stressful.

Notes on a Nervous Planet

The fantastical story of the boy who saved Christmas.

A Boy Called Christmas

Roman

Die Mitternachtsbibliothek

Meet the RadleysPeter, Helen and their teenage children, Clara and Rowan, live in a typical suburban English town. They are an everyday family, averagely dysfunctional, averagely content. But, as their children have yet to find out, the Radleys have a devastating secretIn this moving, thrilling and extraordinary portrait of one unusual family, The Radleys asks what we grow into when we grow up, and explores what we gain - and lose - when we deny our appetites.

The Radleys

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.

Gece Yarısı Kütüphanesi

JOURNEY TO THE EDGE OF MAGICIf 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, reindeer 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 . . .

The Girl Who Saved Christmas

La biblioteca di mezzanotte

A Biblioteca da Meia-Noite é um romance incrível que fala dos infinitos rumos que a vida pode tomar e da busca incessante pelo rumo certo. Nesta edição limitada, você ganha outro exemplar do livro embalado para presente. Aos 35 anos, Nora Seed é uma mulher cheia de talentos e poucas conquistas. Arrependida das escolhas que fez no passado, ela vive se perguntando o que poderia ter acontecido caso tivesse vivido de maneira diferente. Após ser demitida e seu gato ser atropelado, Nora vê pouco sentido em sua existência e decide colocar um ponto final em tudo. Porém, quando se vê na Biblioteca da Meia-Noite, Nora ganha uma oportunidade única de viver todas as vidas que poderia ter vivido. Neste lugar entre a vida e a morte, e graças à ajuda de uma velha amiga, Nora pode, finalmente, se mudar para a Austrália, reatar relacionamentos antigos – ou começar outros –, ser uma estrela do rock, uma glaciologista, uma nadadora olímpica... enfim, as opções são infinitas. Mas será que alguma dessas outras vidas é realmente melhor do que a que ela já tem? Em A Biblioteca da Meia-Noite, Nora Seed se vê exatamente na situação pela qual todos gostaríamos de poder passar: voltar no tempo e desfazer algo de que nos arrependemos. Diante dessa possibilidade, Nora faz um mergulho interior viajando pelos livros da Biblioteca da Meia-Noite até entender o que é verdadeiramente importante na vida e o que faz, de fato, com que ela valha a pena ser vivida. "Uma celebração entusiástica do poder que os livros têm de mudar vidas." – Sunday Times "Um cenário de possibilidades ilimitadas, de novos caminhos trilhados, de novas vidas vividas, de um mundo totalmente diferente disponível para nós de alguma forma, em algum lugar, pode ser exatamente do que precisamos nesses tempos difíceis e turbulentos." – The New York Times "Um romance extremamente original e instigante sobre a importância de valorizar a vida que você tem." – Independent "Instigante e inspirador. Explora a nossa relação com o arrependimento e com o que realmente faz uma vida ser perfeita." – Harper's Bazaar "Uma história sobre segundas chances e viver com arrependimentos. Muito envolvente." – Stylist "Eu amei A Biblioteca da Meia-Noite. Ele condensa coisas importantes e tristes – morte, saúde mental, filosofia existencial – em um livro excepcional, prazeroso e de aquecer o coração." – Pandora Sykes

A Biblioteca da Meia-Noite

Introduced to the Dead Fathers Club of murdered men by the ghost of his late father, eleven-year-old Philip Noble learns that his uncle, who has designs on Philip's mother, murdered Philip's father in order to get his hands on the family pub.

The Dead Fathers Club

أسباب للبقاء حياً

The third book in the festive series from number one bestselling author Matt Haig, and featuring enchanting illustrations from Chris Mould

Father Christmas and Me

   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.“

Biblioteca de la miezul noptii

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

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