Tom Hazard esconde un secreto: puede que parezca un hombre de unos cuarenta años pero, debido a una rara enfermedad, lleva vivo desde hace varios siglos.
De hecho, tiene aproximadamente cuatrocientos años y, entre otras muchas cosas, ha actuado con Shakespeare, ha explorado el mar con el capitán Cook y ha compartido cócteles con Scott Fitzgerald.
Tom debe cambiar a menudo de país y de identidad para preservar su secreto. De este modo, ha sido testigo y protagonista de grandes momentos históricos. Ahora sólo desea sentirse un hombre más. Así,
se instala en Londres tratando de llevar una vida corriente y empieza a trabajar en un instituto como profesor de Historia, donde enseña a los niños sobre guerras y sucesos de los que ha sido testigo de primera mano.
Una historia de amor eterno sobre un hombre perdido en el tiempo, la mujer que podría salvarlo y las vidas necesarias para aprender a ser feliz.

Samuel and Martha's new life with their Aunt Eda in Norway is filled with rules, but most important is rule number nine: NEVER 'UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES' GO INTO THE FOREST. Sure their Uncle Henrik disappeared in the forest ten years ago, but it can't be the forest's fault-can it? Samuel is skeptical until he finds an unusual book, The Creatures of Shadow Forest, which describes the fantastic and sinister creatures supposedly living there. Could Aunt Eda be right? Samuel discovers the truth about the forest's dangerous secrets when Martha becomes lost in the forest, and it's up to him to save her.

This engaging adventure showcases Matt Haig's wry sense of humor, drawing readers deeper into the imaginative world introduced in Samuel Blink and the Forbidden Forest.

This is not a book about politics. It is a book about what makes us British, and what makes us European.

Spend time with some of your favourite writers and artists in this truly unique collection spanning everything from art, language, food, music and movies, to war, literature, driving, nudity, geography, smoking and nature.

Featuring pieces of exceptional quality from some of our most treasured novelists, historians, journalists, poets and artists, including: Jessie Burton, Richard Herring, Alain de Botton, Tom Bradby, Val McDermid, Matt Haig, Afua Hirsch, Lionel Shriver, Sarah Perry, Sanjeev Bhaskar, Ian Rankin, Owen Jones, Mark Kermode, Robert Macfarlane, Chris Riddell, Former Prime Minister Jim Hacker and many more.

A must-read for anyone who wants to understand the times we live in, our relationship with the continent, and ourselves.

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INCLUDES PIECES BY:

Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, Sanjeev Bhaskar, Tom Bradby, Jessie Burton, Ben Collins (aka The Stig), Colonel Tim Collins, Robert Crampton, Adam Dant, Alain de Botton, Kate Eberlen, Matt Frei, Nicci French, Simon Garfield, Jonathan Lynn writing as Former Prime Minister Jim Hacker, Matt Haig, Richard Herring, Jennifer Higgie, Afua Hirsch, Owen Jones, Oliver Kamm, Alex Kapranos, Mark Kermode, Hari Kunzru, Olivia Laing, Marie Le Conte, Amy Liptrot, Robert Macfarlane, Henry Marsh, Val McDermid, Ian McEwan, Hollie McNish, Kate Mosse, Jenni Murray, Sarah Perry, Ian Rankin, Jacob Rees-Mogg, Cathy Rentzenbrink, Chris Riddell, Andrew Roberts, Will Self, David Shrigley, Lionel Shriver, Sunny Singh, Ece Temelkuran, Rob Temple, Bee Wilson, Sarah Winman