Mark Watson

Xavier Ireland is a radio DJ who by night listens to the hopes, fears and regrets of sleepless Londoners and by day keeps himself very much to himself - until he is brought into the light by a one-of-a-kind cleaning lady and forced to confront his own biggest regret.

Eleven

One man's last journey. One hundred and fifty-eight chances to save his life. The unforgettable new book from award-winning writer and comedian Mark Watson!

Contacts

'Dubai is a good place to win. And a really, really bad place to lose . . .'Junior advertising creative Tim Callaghan can hardly believe his luck when his idea for a commercial is commissioned by an international charity. He's flown out to Dubai to supervise the project and is immediately enticed by the city - a futuristic environment unlike anywhere he's ever been before. The first few days go by in a blur: Tim meets the heads of the charity and the production team; a movie star flies in to appear in the advert; and The Village, the five-star resort in which they're staying, offers an almost uncanny level of customer service. Then filming begins, a crew member dies, and things get complicated . . . Beautiful, seductive, brilliantly managed and a little bit frightening, Dubai itself is like an advert, and takes on an increasingly unsettling atmosphere as the murder investigation begins. The longer Tim stays, the more surreal everything seems: the mysterious death, the ad campaign, even the charity. As Tim's assumptions evaporate one by one in the heat of the desert city, all that's certain is that he needs to get out before it's too late.

The Place That Didn't Exist

What Seems To Be The Problem

Three decades ago, the charismatic Howard York built the empire of his dreams: the Hotel Alpha. It was once the finest in London, but over the years, as the world around it has moved on at an ever more dizzying rate, the hotel has struggled to keep pace. Graham, the Alpha's concierge, has been behind the front desk since the day the hotel opened and has witnessed every stage of its history. Chaz, Howard's blind adopted son, has almost never ventured outside its walls. Both of them view the Alpha as their sanctuary, the place that gives them everything they need. But both of them must now accept that the Alpha no longer offers them the life they most want, and that Howard's vision has been built on secrets as well as dreams . . .

Hotel Alpha

Vaseem Khan

Veronica Henry

Katie Fforde

Jenny Eclair

Rachel Hore

Dorothy Koomson

Richard Madeley

Eva Verde

Helen Lederer

A seriously entertaining collection of feelgood stories guaranteed to put the smile back on your face written especially by ten bestselling novelists: Jenny Éclair Mark Watson Veronica Henry Eva Verde Richard Madeley Katie Fforde Dorothy Koomson Vaseem Khan Helen Lederer Rachel Hore From a hilarious race against time to a moment of unexpected eavesdropping, from righting wrongs in rural India to finding joy in unlikely places, these stories are all rich in wit and humour, guaranteed to lift your spirits and warm your heart. Stories to Make you Smile is a co-commission between The Reading Agency and Specsavers as part of World Book Night 2021.

The Reading Agency

Stories To Make You Smile

A seriously entertaining collection of feelgood stories guaranteed to put the smile back on your face written especially by ten bestselling novelists: Jenny Éclair Katie Fforde Veronica Henry Rachel Hore Vaseem Khan Dorothy Koomson Helen Lederer Richard Madeley Eva Verde Mark Watson From a hilarious race against time, to a case of mistaken identity, from righting wrongs in rural India to finding joy in unlikely places, these stories are all told with wonderful wit and warmth, and are guaranteed to lift your heart and make your spirits soar.

Stories to Make You Smile

Dominic Kitchen is a wedding photographer. Every Saturday since his career began in the sixties he has photographed a bride and groom on the happiest day of their lives, captured the moment they tied the knot forever, and then faded away into the background.

The Knot

Dan and Sam are a golden couple: happily married, owners of a popular London restaurant and looking forward to spending the rest of their lives together - until a tragedy changes everything. When Sam dies in his arms after an accident, Dan cannot imagine life without her. But love, it seems, is stronger than death and Dan is granted a reprieve - Sam can return to him for one night of the year, every year, until he falls in love again. And though Dan knows that no one could ever take Sam's place in his heart, he soon faces an impossible choice...

Dan and Sam

8 Deaths

Xavier Ireland is the assumed name of a radio-show host with a devoted following of listeners riveted by the sleepless loners who call in throughout the night to seek his advice. Off the air, he leads a low-key life of avoiding his neighbors, playing Scrabble, and maintaining an awkward friendship with his cohost, Murray. But his life begins to change when he meets a cleaning lady named Pippa, who becomes a constant, surprisingly necessary presence in his life as he starts facing up to his past and discovering solace and redemption in the most unexpected places. British comedian Mark Watson’s North American debut humorously and poignantly explores life and death, strangers and friends, heartache and comfort, and whether the choices we don’t make affect us just as powerfully as the ones we do.

A Novel

Dost Körpe

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On bir

Roman

Ich könnte am Samstag

What the environmental movement has been waiting for is a plane-frequenting, blissfully ignorant comedian with no green credibility whatsoever to tackle one of the most important issues of our time. When non-expert Mark Watson announced his intention to spend the year becoming less Crap At The Environment, within 24 hours, 500 mates and fans had joined him. He lived for (almost) a week without plastic. He ransacked libraries in order to read frightening books on climate change. He lured audiences outside to plant trees, confronted his morbid fear of bike-riding, even started eating vegetables. And a man who began 2007 as a blight on the planet ended up coming to the attention of the most famous almost-president in the world, Al Gore . . .

A Year in the Life of One Man Trying to Save the Planet

Crap at the Environment

Rose and Andreas make an odd couple in 1980s Cambridge: she is the fifth tallest woman in Britain and he is a penniless post-grad from Germany. But together they set up a lookalike agency with bizarre, and ultimately fatal, results.

A Light-hearted Look at Murder

Psychologist Peter Kristal has a thriving practice in Chicago, but when you make a living solving other people’s problems, it’s good to be aware of your own.

Bullet Points

Pablo Michau

The Shark in the Park by Mark Watson and Pablo Michau ""Highly original, imaginative and thrilling."" ""The best illustrated children's book of 2014, hands down."" ""An old, old monster in a supposedly safe environment, one familiar to all. A walk in the park will never be the same again." " ""A hit! A brave and brilliant hit! An immediate children's classic." " The air is misty, bright and cool, the morning Michael walks to school. At the boundary of the park he waits, nervously he hesitates. The day warms up, the sun shines down and Mike walks on, into town. Gnarly branches, crook and tight, curl around the ghostly light. Suddenly he freezes, weak at the knees, what is that swimming beneath the trees? Terrifying, funny, thrilling! This new, beautifully illustrated children's book is available in paperback and digital versions. The Kindle version includes links to exclusive interactive content. Hear 7-time Emmy award winner, ABC News correspondent, and currently the host of Primetime: "What Would You Do?," John Quinones read "The Shark in the Park" on youtube here... http: //goo.gl/WXPCi0 Enjoy, and remember, it's just a story."

The Shark in the Park

Dieser Roman ist auch unter dem Titel "Ich könnte am Samstag" im Heyne Verlag als Taschenbuch erschienen. Ein Augenblick. Eine unterlassene Tat. Unendliche Konsequenzen: Elf Menschen, die sich niemals begegnen werden. Elf Schicksale, die unabänderlich miteinander verknüpft sind. Und ein Mann, dessen Leben aus den Fugen geraten ist. Xavier Ireland, Mitte Dreissig, ist ein guter Mensch, Turnier-Scrabble-Spieler und Moderator eines nächtlichen Radiotalks. Auch Xavier selbst ist ein in der Nacht Gefangener, eine in der Millionenstadt gestrandete Seele. Irgend etwas bedroht und bedrängt Xavier, ein Ereignis aus der Vergangenheit, welches unantastbar, unberührt bleiben soll. Xavier ist in Australien aufgewachsen, hatte Freunde, eine grosse Liebe - vor der er geflohen ist, um einen neuen Namen, ein neues Leben in Angriff zu nehmen. Nichts gibt Xavier von sich preis - bis er sich unerwartet in Pippa verliebt, seine exzentrische, pragmatische und vor Leben sprudelnde Putzfrau. Sie ist es, die Xavier dazu bringt, sich seiner Vergangenheit zu stellen.

Elf Leben

'Mark Watson is a national treasure' Richard Osman Whatever I now know about life - or think I know - I found out through failure, disappointment, mortification. I'm writing it all down as much to remind myself as for anyone else - but now you're here, I'd love you to stick around . . . Mark Watson is generally accepted to be alive. And yet he's died many times. Not just on stage - though he'll tell you about that - but in other ways, too. There's been the death of a childhood dream. The death of his panel-show career. And then there was the time he died inside and nearly lost it all . . . Eye-opening, revealing and painfully funny, this is a book about mortification, failure and all the times life doesn't work out as planned. But it also wisely questions whether the things we strive for - recognition, success, the approval of others - are really the things that matter. It's a book about death that reminds us how to live. 'Mark Watson makes the base metal of failure into comedy gold' Adam Kay

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