A book published five years ago has been flying off the shelves at Amazon UK after a well-known TV presenter claimed it had changed his life. The Cosmic Ordering Service by Barbel Mohr describes how anyone can obtain their greatest desire by submitting a wish-list to the cosmos.

Noel Edmonds believes that four of his six wishes have so far come true, including a major comeback on television after years without work. Last week Edmonds, 57, was given the first Bafta award of his career. “It’s fantastic,” he said, “but you’ll think I’ve gone away with the fairies.”

Online bookstore Amazon reported that sales had increased 1000 percent in 24 hours. Brian McBride, the website’s UK manager said: “Everyone’s always looking for the key to success, so when someone who’s got there tells how they did it, people jump at the chance.”

The idea behind this book is very similar to Deepak Chopra’s SynchroDestiny, which deals with how you can use “coincidence” to change your life.

Jonathan Cainer, the UK astrologer, writes on his website today: “I continually stress that. regardless of what’s going on in the sky, when you ask the universe, clearly, positively yet humbly for anything… the universe will always do what it can to supply this.”

Buy the book in North America. Buy in the UK.