Born at the stroke of midnight at the exact moment of Indias independence Saleem Sinai is a special child. However this coincidence of birth has consequences he is not prepared for: telepathic powers connect him with 1 000 other midnights children all of whom are endowed with unusual gifts. Inextricably linked to his nation Saleems story is a whirlwind of disasters & triumphs that mirrors the course of modern India at its most impossible & glorious. ...

Saleem Sinai was born at midnight the midnight of India's independence & found himself mysteriously 'handcuffed to history' by the coincidence. He is one of 1 001 children born at the midnight hour each of them endowed with an extraordinary talent
- & whose privilege & curse it is to be both master & victims of their times. Through Saleem's gifts
- inner ear & wildly sensitive sense of smell
- we are drawn into a fascinating family saga set against the vast colourful background of the India of the 20th century.


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Midnight is a hustler-but one with a mindset & a mission. A tall dark & handsome hero in his own way Midnight would in mainstream American society be characterized as a threat & dismissed as a criminal. But in her beautiful captivating style Sister Souljah reveals the heart of a man that readers will love & cheer for until the very end. When Midnight came to America from the Sudan he was just seven years old with a mother who spoke no English & a baby sister on the way. Midnight has to grow up fast on the violent & dangerous streets of Brooklyn. Amidst the poverty & lawlessness Midnight must find some way to survive thrive & defend his family & way of life-no matter what it takes. ...

Lia is over the moon because her friends have been invited to join her family in celebrating her mums fortieth birthday in a secret location. Its going to be the party of the decade & Lia envisages romantic scenes in an exotic location with her boyfriend Squidge. However events dont go exactly as planned & the final guest list is full of surprises. Lia finds herself in an awkward position when an old flame turns up & makes a play for her. Its midsummer but does it mean meltdown for Lia & Squidge when the partys over? ...

No Fear Shakespeare gives you the complete text of A Midsummer Night's Dream" on the left-hand page side-by-side with an easy-to-understand translation on the right. Each No Fear Shakespeare contains The complete text of the original play A line-by-line translation that puts Shakespeare into everyday language A complete list of characters with descriptions Plenty of helpful commentary" ...

A Midsummer Nights Dream is perhaps the best loved of Shakespeares plays. It brings together aristocrats workers & fairies in a wood outside Athens & from there the magic begins. A young woman flees Athens with her lover only to be pursued by her would-be husband & by her best friend. Unwittingly all four find themselves in an enchanted forest where fairies & sprites soon take an interest in human affairs dispensing magical love potions & casting mischievous spells. In this dazzling comedy confusion ends in harmony as love is transformed misplaced & ultimately restored. ...

Four young people are lost in the woods on midsummers night. Will they find each other & true love or will Pucks meddling leave them broken-hearted & alone? A band of players prepares to entertain the Duke of Athens. But now that the fairies have made a donkey out of their leading man will Quince & the others ever get to play their parts? Is there time to put everything right before this magical night is over? ...

The entire Shakespeare play
- unabridged! The course of true love never did run smooth;" With its mix of real people who stumble
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The course of true love never did run smooth...A magical retelling of Hermia Helen Demetrius & Lysander's classic story
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The Wordsworth Classics' Shakespeare Series with Romeo & Juliet Henry V & The Merchant of Venice as its inaugural volumes presents a newly-edited sequence of William Shakespeare's works. The textual editing takes account of recent scholarship while giving the material a careful reappraisal. Its lyricism comedy (both broad & subtle) & magical transformations have long made A Midsummer Night's Dream one of the most popular of Shakespeare's works. The supernatural & the mundane the illusory & the substantial are all shimmeringly blended. Love is treated as tragic poignant absurd & farcical. ' Lord what fools these mortals be!' jeers Robin Goodfellow; but the joke may be on him & on his master Oberon when Bottom the weaver his head transformed into that of an ass is embraced by the voluptuously amorous Titania. Recent stage-productions of A Midsummer Night's Dream have emphasised the enchanting spectacular ambiguous & erotically joyous aspects of this magical drama which culminates in a multiple celebration of marriage. ...