Matt Haig
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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...
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"Tom Hazard ... may look like an ordinary 41-year-old, but owing to a rare condition, he's been alive for centuries ... Now, he just wants an ordinary life. So Tom moves back his to London, his old home, to become a high school history teacher ... Better yet, a captivating French teacher at his school seems fascinated by him. But the Albatross Society, the secretive group which protects people like Tom, has one rule: Never fall in love. As painful...
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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...
4) The humans
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2013.
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Regarding humans unfavorably upon arriving on Earth, a reluctant extraterrestrial assumes the identity of a Cambridge mathematician before realizing that there's more to the human race than he suspected.
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'I want life. I want to read it and write it and feel it and live it. I want, for as much of the time as possible in this blink-of-an-eye existence we have, to feel all that can be felt. I hate depression. I am scared of it. Terrified, in fact. But at the same time, it has made me who I am. And if - for me - it is the price of feeling life, it's a price always worth paying.
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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...
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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...
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A very special edition of Matt Haig's bestselling children's story, read by Olivia Colman. Proceeds from the sale of this exclusive Audible edition will be donated to Unicef UK. From number one bestselling 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...
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2008.
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Having been careful to heed his Aunt Eda's warnings to not enter the dangerous Shadow Forest , twelve-year-old Samuel Blink finds himself in a difficult situation when Troll-Son runs away from his Shadow Forest home to come and live with Samuel, his human hero.
10) To be a cat
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2013.
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Twelve-year-old Barney Willow gets his wish to be a cat but soon discovers that not all felines are cute and cuddly--some are downright evil--and his life is in grave danger, but his missing father may be able to help.
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Fiction xiao shuo volume 58
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2021.
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中文(繁體)
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Between life and death, there is a library, and every book on the shelf is another life script that you never chose. If there is a chance for you to do it again, can we find the life we really want? The best-selling author of spiritual healing "The Reason to Live" and the author of "The Man on the Edge of Time" Matt. Hagrid’s latest novel "For people who always think about "if not like this", a novel that must be read." —BookRiot website◆◆◆...
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Chun tian wen xue volume 5
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2015.
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中文(繁體)
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Traditional Chinese edition of The Humans, a YA speculative fiction/sci-fi with humor by award-winning author Matt Haig. The book is a finalist of the Edgar Award.
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[2017]
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Amelia Wishart's Christmas spirit helped Santa get the extra boost of magic he needed to make his first trip around the world. When she's sent to the workhouse, now-orphaned Amelia's hope begins to drain away. Santa sets out to find her with the help of his reindeer, a curious cat, and Charles Dickens.
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2019.
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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...
19) The Lost Prince
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A 12-year-old boy called Marco Loristan, is sent on a secret mission by his father, a Samavian patriot, to deliver an important message across Europe. The young man is joined by his neighborhood friend, The Rat, to embark on a history making journey. In Samavian legend, there was a kind and beloved prince called Ivor who held the people's favor. Despite their adoration, he had no desire to take the throne and suddenly disappeared never to be heard...