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""I'll swap you my dad,"" I said. ""Oh-oh,"" said my little sister. What if you wanted your best friend's two goldfish so much that you'd swap anything for them, even your father? What if your mother came home and found out what you'd done? The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish is a...

Neil Gaiman's "Chivalry" performed by Christina Pickles. A delicious tale of an elderly British matron who buys the Holy Grail at a rummage sale. Selected Shorts is a weekly public radio show broadcast on over 130 stations to about 300,000 listeners. It is produced by Symphony Space and WNYC RADIO and distributed by Public Radio International. The radio show is recorded live at the popular New York City stage show which began in 1985 and still enjoys sell-out audiences today at the Peter Sharp Theater at Symphony Space on Broadway and 95th Street in New York City.

Acclamata dal Los Angeles Times Magazine come "la più grande saga nella storia delle graphic novel", The Sandman ha cambiato le regole del gioco, con il suo mondo letterario tenebroso, sospeso tra fantasy e horror, creando, nel contempo, un fenomeno culturale globale. Finalmente, Audible e DC presentano la primissima produzione audio della serie best-seller del New York Times scritta dall'acclamato storyteller Neil Gaiman (che ne è anche il co-produttore esecutivo).

A perfect story from the Newbery Medal-winning and New York Times bestselling author of American Gods and Norse Mythology, Neil Gaiman. A talking tiger is the only one who may be able to get a princess to speak in this story set in a mythic India...

Sulla scia del grande successo di The Sandman, il primo capitolo di questa serie audio suddivisa in più parti, The Sandman: Atto II vede proseguire l'avventura dark fantasy del Signore dei Sogni, andando ad abbracciare la Rivoluzione Francese, l'Antica Roma, la San Francisco del XIX secolo, la Baghdad dell'VIII secolo e non solo.

Certas portas não devem ser abertas. E Coraline descobre isso pouco tempo depois de chegar com os pais à sua nova casa, um apartamento em um casarão antigo ocupado por vizinhos excêntricos e envolto por uma névoa insistente, um mundo de estranhezas e magia, o tipo de universo que apenas Neil Gaiman pode criar. Ao abrir uma porta misteriosa na sala de casa, a menina se depara com um lugar macabro e fascinante.

The award winning series of classic and contemporary fiction returns with a collection of darkly funny short stories by the likes of Stephen King, Neil Gaiman, Aimee Bender, A.M. Homes, Nathan Englander, Kim, Addonizio, and George Saunders. Readers include Anjelica Huston, Neil Gaiman, Michael Imperioli, Harris Yulin, Christina Pickles, Jefferson Mays, and Christine Ebersole.

""A perfect reminder to always be on the lookout for magic and wonder. Sometimes, we need those two things the most"" (Brightly.com, citing ""Books That Teach Kids What It Means to Be a Kind Person""). In this breathtaking jacketed picture book, Neil Gaiman's lyrical poem guides a novice...

A New York Times bestselling picture book from Newbery Medal–winning author Neil Gaiman and acclaimed illustrator Adam Rex! Chu is a little panda with a big sneeze. When Chu sneezes, bad things happen. But as Chu and his parents visit the library, the diner, and the circus, will anyone hear...

The superstar author makes a stop on his last official book tour to read from and discuss his first adult novel in eight years. In conversation with Erin Morgenstern ( The Night Circus).

En las manos maestras de Neil Gaiman, la magia es mucho más que un mero juego de engaños... Una recopilación de treinta relatos, poemas narrativos y piezas breves componen esta maravillosa novela de fantasía e ilusiones.

Crazy Hair is a fantastically fun tale written by New York Times bestselling author Neil Gaiman and illustrated by the astoundingly talented Dave McKean, the award-winning team behind The Wolves in the Walls. In Crazy Hair, Bonnie makes a friend who has hair so wild there's even a jungle inside...

“Sam was brushing her hair when the girl in the mirror put down the hairbrush, smiled, and said, "We don't love you anymore." So began the Twitter Audio project, with a dazzling first line penned by New York Times best-selling author Neil Gaiman. What followed was an epic tale of imaginary lands, magical objects, haunting melodies, plucky sidekicks, menacing villains, and much more

Richard Mayhew führt ein unaufgeregtes Leben in London, bis ihm eines Tages ein verletztes Mädchen direkt vor die Füße fällt und ihn um Hilfe bittet. Richard willigt ein und gerät dadurch in ein Abenteuer, das er sich in seinen Träumen nicht hätte vorstellen können. Denn Door ist kein gewöhnliches Mädchen, sondern gehört zur verborgenen Welt von "Unter-London". Ein fantastisches Reich, das sich unter dem London verbirgt, das wir kennen.

Fat Charlie Nancy lebt in London, arbeitet als Buchhalter, ist nicht besonders beliebt, nicht besonders gutaussehend, nicht besonders witzig. Sein bisher überschaubar spannendes Leben nimmt eine rasante Wendung als Charlies Bruder auftaucht. Spider ist das krasse Gegenteil zu Fat Charlie. Gutaussehend, witzig, überheblich, selbstverliebt, und er hat die göttlichen Fähigkeiten ihres gemeinsamen Vaters Anansi geerbt. Eine Brüdergeschichte, eine Göttergeschichte, eine Geschichte über Träume und Märchen, voller schräger Wendungen und ungeheuerlicher Begebenheiten. Und eine Geschichte über Familienbande, Freundschaft und Liebe.

When The Sandman, also known as Lord Morpheus - the immortal king of dreams, stories and the imagination - is pulled from his realm and imprisoned on Earth by a nefarious cult, he languishes for decades before finally escaping.

Gaimans moderner Kinderbuch-Klassiker. Eine geheimnisvolle Tür in ihrem neuen Haus führt Coraline in eine spannende Parallelversion ihres bisher eher langweiligen Lebens. Ihre "andere" Mutter verwöhnt Coraline und kümmert sich liebevoll um sie. Aber der schöne Schein trügt: Die "andere" Mutter ist eine gruselige Kinderfängerin! Ihre Haut ist so weiß wie Papier und anstelle ihrer Augen hat sie zwei große, schwarze Knöpfe im Gesicht! Coraline scheint für immer in dieser Welt gefangen und die böse Zauberin hält auch noch Coralines wahre Eltern in ihrer Gewalt.

A saga de Deuses americanos é contada ao longo da jornada de Shadow Moon, um ex-presidiário de trinta e poucos anos que acabou de ser libertado e cujo único objetivo é voltar para casa e para a esposa, Laura. Os planos de Shadow se transformam em poeira quando ele descobre que Laura morreu em um acidente de carro. Sem lar, sem emprego e sem rumo, ele conhece Wednesday, um homem de olhar enigmático que está sempre com um sorriso no rosto, embora pareça nunca achar graça de nada.

Quem, além de Neil Gaiman, poderia se tornar cúmplice dos deuses e usar de sua habilidade com as palavras para recontar as histórias dos mitos nórdicos? Fãs e leitores sabem que a mitologia nórdica sempre teve grande influência na obra do autor. Depois de servirem de inspiração para clássicos como Deuses americanos e Sandman, Gaiman agora investiga o universo dos mitos nórdicos. Em Mitologia nórdica, ele vai até a fonte dos mitos para criar sua própria versão, com o inconfundível estilo sagaz e inteligente que permeia toda a sua obra.

Hailed by the Los Angeles Times Magazine as “the greatest epic in the history of comic books”, The Sandman changed the game with its dark, literary world of fantasy and horror - creating a global, cultural phenomenon in the process. At long last, Audible and DC present the first-ever audio production of the New York Times best-selling series written by acclaimed storyteller Neil Gaiman (who also serves as co-executive producer).