Can a story save your life?
Meg Carpenter is broke. Her novel is years overdue. Her cell phone is out of minutes. And her moody boyfriend's only contribution to the household is his sour attitude. So she jumps at the chance to review a pseudoscientific book that promises life everlasting.
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Intelligent introvert and orphan Alice Butler, an employee of an unethical toy company, receives encrypted messages from her grandfather that may be linked to a buried treasure and uses her skills in cryptoanalysis to decipher the codes, fearful that they will instead lead to a carefully guarded sec[...]
Can a story save your life?
Meg Carpenter is broke. Her novel is years overdue. Her cell phone is out of minutes. And her moody boyfriend's only contribution to the household is his sour attitude. So she jumps at the chance to review a pseudoscientific book that promises life everlasting.
[...]
Discovering a copy of a mysterious book reputed to be unread by anyone presently alive, Ariel Manto, a young woman harboring a fascination for nineteenth-century scientists, finds herself transported into a wonderland where she can travel through time and space using the thoughts of others. By the a[...]
Luke is twenty-five and allergic to the sun. He is stuck in his bedroom, where the world comes to him through TV, the internet and Julie's visits. Julie, meanwhile, is brilliant, kind and could be changing the world. Unfortunately she is too terrified of aeroplane crashes, road accidents and potenti[...]
Stories are everywhere...Exploring the great plots from Plato to The Matrix and from Tolstoy to Toy Story, this is a book for anyone who wants to unlock any narrative and learn to create their own. With startling and original insights into how we construct stories, this is a creative writing book li[...]
An acclaimed early novel from the author of "PopCo" and "The End of Mr. Y" is available for the first time in the United States, with a new introduction from the author"Bright Young Things wanted for Big Project."They're in the prime of their lives but our bright young things are all burnt out. Six [...]
'"Bright Young Things" wanted for Big Project.' They're in the prime of their lives but our bright young things are all burnt out. Six sparky twenty-somethings just out of university and working dead-end jobs, they are all bored to tears with their lives and looking for a way out. When a mysterious [...]
After twenty-five years of hiding away from direct sunlight, Luke--whose only contact with the real world is through TV, the Internet, and his best friend Julie--is given the chance of cure by a Chinese healer and sets out, with Julie and four of his eccentric friends, on an odyssey in search of the[...]
When Ariel Manto uncovers a copy of The End of Mr Y in a second-hand bookshop, she can't believe her eyes. She knows enough about its author, the Victorian scientist Thomas Lumas, to know that copies are rare. And, some say, cursed. With Mr Y under her arm, Ariel finds herself thrust into an adventu[...]
Could a story save your life? If Kelsey Newman's theory about the end of time is true, we are all going to live forever. But who would want that? Certainly not Meg, a bright spark trapped in a hopeless relationship. But if she can work out the connection between a wild beast on Dartmoor, a ship in[...]
When Ariel Manto uncovers a copy of The End of Mr Y is a second-hand bookshop, she can't believe her eyes. She knows enough about its author, the Victorian scientist Thomas Lumas, to know that copies are exceedingly rare. And, some say, cursed.[...]
Presents an adventure from the author of "The End of Mr Y".
When Ariel Manto uncovers a copy of The End of Mr. Y in a second-hand bookshop, she can't believe her eyes. She knows enough about its author, the eccentric Victorian scientist Thomas Lumas, to know that copies are exceedingly rare. And, some say, cursed. With Mr. Y under her arm, Ariel finds hersel[...]
Alice Butler has been receiving some odd messages - all anonymous, all written in code. Are they from someone at PopCo, the profit-hungry corporation she works for? Or from Alice's long lost father? Or has someone else been on her trail? The solution, she is sure, will involve the code-breaking skil[...]
"I have no idea why everyone thinks nature is so benign and glorious and wonderful. All nature is trying to do is kill us as efficiently as possible." Great Aunt Oleander is dead. To each of her nearest and dearest she has left a seed pod. The seed pods might be deadly, but then again they might als[...]
If Kelsey Newman's theory about the end of time is true, we are all going to live forever. For Meg - locked in a hopeless relationship and creatively uninspired - this thought fills her with dread. But could there be an important connection to be made between a wild beast living on Dartmoor, a ship [...]
It's winter in a seaside town, and some bizarre things are happening. Laura and Alex Cater are beautiful 18-year-old twins living in a rundown hotel. Then Laura is found dead, her wrists slashed, and Alex--the twin who remains--claims that she's Laura.[...]
Meg er i midten af trediverne og forfatter, men har skrevet på den samme bog igennem alt for mange år. Det meste har hun slettet igen, så romanen består nu af næsten ingenting. Megs eget liv er ligesådan. Faktisk er stort set alting ad helvede til. Hun har næsten ingen penge, hu[...]
Ariel Manto kan inte tro sina ögon när hon i ett litet antikvariat hittar Slutet på mr Y. Hon vet att den mer än hundra år gamla boken inte bara är extremt ovanlig, den sägs även bära på en förbannelse.
Med Mr Y under armen befinner sig Ariel plötsligt mitt uppe i ett hissnand[...]
Är du redo för en läsupplevelse utöver det vanliga? Nu kommer årets mest fascinerande roman! Den kritikerhyllade läsarfavoriten Slutet på mr Y har jämförts med både Vindens skugga och Sofies värld.
Ariel Manto kan inte tro sina ögon när hon i ett litet antikvariat hittar Slut[...]
Luke is twenty-five and allergic to the sun. He is stuck in his bedroom, where the world comes to him through TV, the internet and Julie's visits. Julie, meanwhile, is brilliant, kind and could be changing the world.[...]