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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 retired Maths teacher Grace 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 Balearics, 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.

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.

Barney Willow thinks life couldn't get any worse. He's weedy and has sticky-out ears. Horrible Gavin Needle loves tormenting him. And worst of all, his Dad has been missing for almost a year, and there's no sign of him ever coming home. Barney just wants to escape, and find another life. Being a cat, for example. A quiet, lazy cat. Things would be so much easier - right?

In order to stay human, Audrey has built a moat around herself; a moat of books, music, and dreams. It makes her different from the echoes: the sophisticated, emotionless machines, built to resemble and work for the humans. Daniel is an echo - but he's not like the others. He has feelings he was never designed to have, and cannot explain. And when Audrey is placed in danger, he's determined to save her.

Die Geschichte von Miika der Maus ist eine Geschichte über Freundschaft, Käse, Diebstahl und die magische Fähigkeit, einfach Maus zu sein. Miika möchte doch nur dazugehören. Aber wenn man mit magischen Wesen wie Elfen, Trollen und Pixies zusammenlebt, fühlt man sich als gewöhnliche Maus schnell wie ein Außenseiter. Als er endlich eine Artgenossin kennenlernt, glaubt Miika, dass all seine Probleme nun der Vergangenheit angehören. In Wahrheit ist dieses Zusammentreffen jedoch der Beginn eines aufregenden Abenteuers. Eine herzerwärmende Weihnachtsgeschichte, berührend schön gelesen von Rufus Beck.

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 every day - 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....

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.

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.

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 es, was es wolle.

Oscar is having the worst holiday ever. So when his dad suggests the family go on a haunted tour of York, he jumps at the chance of doing something that doesn't involve trailing round gift shops. But the ghost walk turns out to have a haunting twist.... A terrifying ghost story that will chill your blood, from acclaimed author Matt Haig.

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.

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.

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.

This is a tale of mice and magic. It is also a tale of great love (of cheese) and great danger. And learning the lesson that what matters most - when it comes to cheese and life - is not how strongly you smell but how strong you are on the inside.

Von wegen niedlich! Die kleine Elfe hat es schwer, seit sie durch einen Zauber gezwungen ist, immer die Wahrheit zu sagen. Weil diese oft unangenehm ist, hat die Wahr-Elfe keine Freunde. Bis sie eines Tages einem riesigen Troll begegnet, der sie wutentbrannt aus dem Reich der fantastischen Wesen in die Menschenwelt befördert. Dort landet die Elfe bei Aada, die den Kopf voller Sorgen hat. Auch zu ihr muss die Wahr-Elfe ehrlich sein, aber sie kann ihr Mut machen.

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.

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.

"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 Seeds a l'impression d'avoir tout raté. Lorsqu'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 ?

Quando Nora Seed fa il suo ingresso nella Biblioteca di mezzanotte, le viene offerta l’occasione di rimediare agli errori commessi. Come sarebbe andata la sua vita 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. Ma le cose non vanno sempre secondo i piani e 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?