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.

Fascinado por essa mitologia desde a infância, o autor compôs uma coletânea de quinze contos que começa com a narração da origem do mundo e mostra a relação conturbada entre deuses, gigantes e anões, indo até o Ragnarök, o assustador cenário do apocalipse que vai levar ao fim no mundo. Às vezes intensos e sombrios, outras vezes divertidos e heroicos, os contos retratam tempos longínquos em que os feitos dos deuses eram contados ao redor da fogueira em noites frias e estreladas.

Mitologia nórdica é o livro perfeito para quem quer descobrir mais sobre a mitologia escandinava e também para aqueles que desejam desvelar novas facetas dessas histórias.

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Foi há quarenta anos, agora ele lembra muito bem. Quando os tempos ficaram difíceis e os pais decidiram que o quarto do alto da escada, que antes era dele, passaria a receber hóspedes. Ele só tinha sete anos. Um dos inquilinos foi o minerador de opala. O homem que certa noite roubou o carro da família e, ali dentro, parado num caminho deserto, cometeu suicídio. O homem cujo ato desesperado despertou forças que jamais deveriam ter sido perturbadas. Forças que não são deste mundo. Um horror primordial, sem controle, que foi libertado e passou a tomar os sonhos e a realidade das pessoas, inclusive os do menino. Ele sabia que os adultos não conseguiriam — e não deveriam — compreender os eventos que se desdobravam tão perto de casa. Sua família, ingenuamente envolvida e usada na batalha, estava em perigo, e somente o menino era capaz de perceber isso. A responsabilidade inescapável de defender seus entes queridos fez com que ele recorresse à única salvação possível: as três mulheres que moravam no fim do caminho. O lugar onde ele viu seu primeiro oceano.

Segundo as Belas e Precisas Profecias de Agnes Nutter, o mundo vai acabar num sábado. No próximo sábado, e ainda por cima antes do jantar! O que é um grande problema para os anjos Aziraphale, emissário do Céu, e seu colega Crowley, que na época de Adão ocupava o posto de Serpente do Paraíso. Eles precisam impedir o Apocalipse, porque a Terra é um ótimo lugar para se viver, pelo menos na opinião deles...

Portanto, eles não têm outra alternativa senão encontrar e matar o Anticristo, a mais poderosa criatura do planeta. O problema é que o Anticristo tem onze anos e, ao contrário de tudo o que você já possa ter visto em algum filme, é um garoto que adora seu cachorro, se preocupa com o meio ambiente e é o filho que qualquer pai gostaria de ter. Além, claro, de ser indestrutível...

Em Belas Maldições, Terry Pratchett e Neil Gaiman se uniram para criar uma engraçadíssima sátira a filmes como "A Profecia" e "O Bebê de Rosemary", num caldeirão que mistura personagens tão improváveis de se encontrar quanto tibetanos, alienígenas e os Quatro Motoqueiros do Apocalipse. Afinal, o que se poderia esperar nos anos noventa?

Days before his release from prison, Shadow's wife, Laura, dies in a mysterious car crash. Numbly, he makes his way back home. On the plane, he encounters the enigmatic Mr Wednesday, who claims to be a refugee from a distant war, a former god and the king of America.

Together they embark on a profoundly strange journey across the heart of the USA, whilst all around them a storm of preternatural and epic proportions threatens to break.

Scary, gripping and deeply unsettling, American Gods takes a long, hard look into the soul of America. You'll be surprised by what - and who - it finds there...

This is the author's preferred text, never before published in the UK, and is about 12,000 words longer than the previous UK edition.

Neil Gaiman's perennial favorite, The Graveyard Book, has sold more than one million copies and is the only novel to win both the Newbery Medal and the Carnegie Medal. Bod is an unusual boy who inhabits an unusual place—he's the only living resident of a graveyard. Raised from infancy by the ghosts, werewolves, and other cemetery denizens, Bod has learned the antiquated customs of his guardians' time as well as their ghostly teachings—such as the ability to Fade so mere mortals cannot see him.Can a boy raised by ghosts face the wonders and terrors of the worlds of both the living and the dead? The Graveyard Book is the winner of the Newbery Medal, the Carnegie Medal, the Hugo Award for best novel, the Locus Award for Young Adult novel, the American Bookseller Association’s “Best Indie Young Adult Buzz Book,” a Horn Book Honor, and Audio Book of the Year. Don't miss this modern classic—whether shared as a read-aloud or read independently, it's sure to appeal to readers ages 8 and up.

This is an alternate cover edition for ISBN 0060515236 (ISBN13: 9780060515232).
Fragile Things is Neil Gaiman's second collection of short fiction.

A mysterious circus terrifies an audience for one extraordinary performance before disappearing into the night, taking one of the spectators along with it.
In a novella set two years after the events of American Gods, Shadow pays a visit to an ancient Scottish mansion, and finds himself trapped in a game of murder and monsters.

Another short story is set in a strangely altered Victorian England, the great detective Sherlock Holmes must solve a most unsettling royal murder.

Two teenage boys crash a party and meet the girls of their dreams and nightmares.

The members of an excusive epicurean club lament that they've eaten everything that can be eaten, with the exception of a legendary, rare, and exceedingly dangerous Egyptian bird.

Such marvelous creations and more, including a short story set in the world of The Matrix and others set in the worlds of gothic fiction and children's fiction, can be found in this collection, which showcases Gaiman's storytelling brilliance as well as his entertaining (and dark) sense of humor. By turns delightful, disturbing, and diverting, Fragile Things is a gift of literary enchantment from one of the most unique writers of our time.

Contents:
• A Study in Emerald • (2003) • novelette
• The Fairy Reel • (2004) • poem (variant of The Faery Reel)
• October in the Chair • (2002) • shortstory
• The Hidden Chamber • (2005) • poem
• Forbidden Brides of the Faceless Slaves in the Secret House of the Night of Dread Desire • (2004) • shortstory (variant of Forbidden Brides of the Faceless Slaves in the Nameless House of the Night of Dread Desire)
• The Flints of Memory Lane • (1997) • essay
• Closing Time • (2003) • shortstory
• Going Wodwo • (2002) • poem
• Bitter Grounds • (2003) • novelette
• Other People • (2001) • shortstory
• Keepsakes and Treasures: A Love Story • (1999) • shortstory
• Good Boys Deserve Favours • (1995) • shortstory
• The Facts in the Case of the Departure of Miss Finch • (1998) • shortstory
• Strange Little Girls • (2001) • shortstory
• Harlequin Valentine • (1999) • shortstory
• Locks • (1999) • poem
• The Problem of Susan • (2004) • shortstory
• Instructions • (2000) • poem
• How Do You Think It Feels? • (1998) • shortstory
• My Life • (2002) • poem
• Fifteen Painted Cards from a Vampire Tarot • (1998) • shortstory
• Feeders and Eaters • (2002) • shortstory
• Diseasemaker's Croup • (2003) • shortstory
• In the End • (1996) • shortstory
• Goliath • (1998) • shortstory
• Pages from a Journal Found in a Shoebox Left in a Greyhound Bus Somewhere Between Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Louisville, Kentucky • (2002) • shortstory
• How to Talk to Girls at Parties • (2006) • shortstory
• The Day the Saucers Came • (2006) • poem
• Sunbird • (2005) • novelette
• Inventing Aladdin • (2003) • poem
• The Monarch of the Glen • [American Gods] • (2003) • novelette

According to the Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter – the world's only totally reliable guide to the future - the world will end on a Saturday. Next Saturday, in fact. Just after tea...

People have been predicting the end of the world almost from its very beginning, so it’s only natural to be sceptical when a new date is set for Judgement Day. This time though, the armies of Good and Evil really do appear to be massing. The four Bikers of the Apocalypse are hitting the road. But both the angels and demons – well, one fast-living demon and a somewhat fussy angel – would quite like the Rapture not to happen.

And someone seems to have misplaced the Antichrist…

"O mundo sempre se ilumina quando você faz algo que não existia antes", diz Neil Gaiman na epígrafe de "Arte importa", uma reunião de quatro textos breves e inspiradores do escritor sobre o fazer artístico. Com artes de Chris Riddell, ilustrador renomado e parceiro de longa data de Gaiman, o livro explora como ler, imaginar e criar livremente podem ser elementos revolucionários capazes de mudar o mundo.

Em "Crença", Gaiman faz um manifesto a favor das ideias e da liberdade, escrito em decorrência do ataque terrorista à sede do jornal francês Charlie Hebdo, em 2015. Em "Por que nosso futuro depende de bibliotecas, leituras e devaneios", o autor explica como ler — sobretudo por prazer — gera empatia, nos ajudando a imaginar mundos e realidades diferentes e a entender que as coisas não precisam ser como são. Presente também na coletânea Alerta de risco, "Fazendo uma cadeira" é um incentivo a todos que já se viram sem motivação para criar, pois para Gaiman fazer um livro é um pouco como fazer uma cadeira. Aos poucos, peça por peça, tudo começa a se encaixar. O último texto, "Faça boa arte", é um velho conhecido dos fãs do autor. Publicado em 2014 em formato de livro, o famoso discurso de Gaiman na University of the Arts, na Filadélfia, encoraja artistas de todas as áreas a quebrar regras, a cometer erros fantásticos e, acima de tudo, a fazer boa arte.

Com leveza e humor, Arte importa é um livro emocionante e necessário, um apelo inspirador à imaginação e à coragem de criar diante de momentos difíceis. "Seja valente. Seja rebelde. Escolha a arte. Ela importa".

New York Times best-selling author Neil Gaiman's transcendent series SANDMAN is often hailed as the definitive Vertigo title and one of the finest achievements in graphic storytelling. Gaiman created an unforgettable tale of the forces that exist beyond life and death by weaving ancient mythology, folklore and fairy tales with his own distinct narrative vision.

In PRELUDES & NOCTURNES, an occultist attempting to capture Death to bargain for eternal life traps her younger brother Dream instead. After his 70 year imprisonment and eventual escape, Dream, also known as Morpheus, goes on a quest for his lost objects of power. On his arduous journey, Morpheus encounters Lucifer, John Constantine, and an all-powerful madman.

This book also includes the story "The Sound of Her Wings," which introduces us to the pragmatic and perky goth girl Death.

Hailed by the
as “the greatest epic in the history of comic books”,
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
best-selling series written by acclaimed storyteller Neil Gaiman (who also serves as co-executive producer). Adapted and directed by multi-award-winner (and frequent Gaiman collaborator) Dirk Maggs, and performed by an ensemble cast with James McAvoy (
) in the title role, this first installment of a multi-part original audio series will transport you to a world that re-writes the rules of audio entertainment the way that
originally re-defined the graphic novel.
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. Once free, he must retrieve the three “tools” that will restore his power and help him to rebuild his dominion, which has deteriorated in his absence. As the multi-threaded story unspools, The Sandman descends into Hell to confront Lucifer (Michael Sheen), chases rogue nightmares who have escaped his realm, and crosses paths with an array of characters from DC comic books, ancient myths, and real-world history, including: Inmates of Gotham City's Arkham Asylum, Doctor Destiny, the muse Calliope, the three Fates, William Shakespeare (Arthur Darvill), and many more.
A powerhouse supporting cast helps translate this masterwork into a sonic experience worthy of its legacy, including Riz Ahmed, Kat Dennings, Taron Egerton, Samantha Morton, Bebe Neuwirth, Andy Serkis, and more. Setting the stage for their performance is an unprecedented cinematic soundscape featuring an original musical score by British Academy Award winner James Hannigan. Fans will especially revel in a new twist for the audio adaptation: Neil Gaiman himself serves as the narrator. Follow him as he leads listeners along a winding path of myths, imagination and, often, terror. Even in your wildest dreams, you’ve never heard anything like this.

Nobody Owens, known to his friends as Bod, is a perfectly normal boy. Well, he would be perfectly normal if he didn't live in a graveyard, being raised and educated by ghosts, with a solitary guardian who belongs to neither the world of the living nor the world of the dead.

There are dangers and adventures for Bod in the graveyard: the strange and terrible menace of the Sleer; a gravestone entrance to a desert that leads to the city of ghouls; friendship with a witch, and so much more.

But it is in the land of the living that real danger lurks, for it is there that the man Jack lives and he has already killed Bod's family.

A deliciously dark masterwork by bestselling author Neil Gaiman, with illustrations by award-winning Dave McKean.

A stunning and timely creative call-to-arms combining four extraordinary written pieces by Neil Gaiman.

"The world always seems brighter when you've just made something that wasn't there before". (Neil Gaiman)

Drawn from Gaiman's trove of published speeches, poems and creative manifestos, 'ART MATTERS' is an embodiment of this remarkable multimedia artist's vision - an exploration of how reading, imagining, and creating can transform the world and our lives.

'ART MATTERS' brings together four of Gaiman's most beloved writings on creativity and artistry:

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"CREDO", his remarkably concise and relevant manifesto on free expression, first delivered in the wake of the Charlie Hebdo shootings

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"MAKE GOOD ART", his famous 2012 commencement address delivered at the Philadelphia University of the Arts

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"MAKING A CHAIR", a poem about the joys of creating something, even when the words won't come

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"ON LIBRARIES", an impassioned argument for libraries that illuminates their importance to our future and celebrates how they foster readers and daydreamers.

'ART MATTERS' is a stirring testament to the freedom of ideas that inspire us to make art in the face of adversity and dares us to choose to be bold.




RUNNING TIME ⇰ 49mins.

©2018 Neil Gaiman (P)2018 HarperCollins Publishers

The day after they moved in, Coraline went exploring....

In Coraline's family's new flat are twenty-one windows and fourteen doors. Thirteen of the doors open and close.

The fourteenth is locked, and on the other side is only a brick wall, until the day Coraline unlocks the door to find a passage to another flat in another house just like her own.

Only it's different.

At first, things seem marvelous in the other flat. The food is better. The toy box is filled with wind-up angels that flutter around the bedroom, books whose pictures writhe and crawl and shimmer, little dinosaur skulls that chatter their teeth. But there's another mother, and another father, and they want Coraline to stay with them and be their little girl. They want to change her and never let her go.

Other children are trapped there as well, lost souls behind the mirrors. Coraline is their only hope of rescue. She will have to fight with all her wits and all the tools she can find if she is to save the lost children, her ordinary life, and herself.

Critically acclaimed and award-winning author Neil Gaiman will delight readers with his first novel for all ages.

Under the streets of London there's a world most people could never even dream of. A city of monsters and saints, murderers and angels, knights in armour and pale girls in black velvet.

"Neverwhere" is the London of the people who have fallen between the cracks.

Strange destinies lie in wait in London below - a world that seems eerily familiar. But a world that is utterly bizarre, peopled by unearthly characters such as the Angel called Islington, the girl named Door, and the Earl who holds Court on a tube train.

Now a single act of kindness has catapulted young businessman Richard Mayhew out of his safe and predictable life - and into the realms of "Neverwhere." Richard is about to find out more than he ever wanted to know about this other London. Which is a pity. Because Richard just wants to go home...

A dark and frightening fully painted novella, MR. PUNCH tells the tale of a young boy's loss of innocence results from a horrific confrontation with his past. Spending a summer at his grandfather's seaside arcade, a troubled adolescent harmlessly becomes involved with a mysterious Punch and Judy Man and a mermaid-portraying woman. But when the violent puppet show triggers buried memories of the boy's family, the lives of all become feverishly intertwined. With disturbing mysteries and half-truths uncontrollably unraveling, the young boy is forced to deal with his family's dark secrets of violence, betrayal, and guilt.

Originally serialized in The Face, Signal to Noise is the story of a film director dying of cancer. His life's crowning achievement, his greatest film, would have told the story of a European village as the last hour of 999 A.D. approached — the midnight that the villagers were convinced would bring with it Armageddon. Now that story will never be told. But he's still working it out in his head, making a film that no one will ever see. No one but us.

Signal to Noise is a poignant story, rich in humanity, depth, and communications theory. A beautifully designed and printed book, showcasing McKean's stunning artwork and Gaiman's story, Signal to Noise will make you re-evaluate your thinking about the potential of the medium and a book you will be proud to share with your friends. They will thank you for it!

New York Times best-selling author Neil Gaiman's transcendent series SANDMAN is often hailed as the definitive Vertigo title and one of the finest achievements in graphic storytelling. Gaiman created an unforgettable tale of the forces that exist beyond life and death by weaving ancient mythology, folklore and fairy tales with his own distinct narrative vision.

During Morpheus's incarceration, three dreams escaped the Dreaming and are now loose in the waking world. At the same time, a young woman named Rose Walker is searching for her little brother. As their stories converge, a vortex is discovered that could destroy all dreamers, and the world itself. Features an introduction by Clive Barker.

This volume includes issues 9-16 of the original series and features completely new coloring, approved by the author.