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John Keay Midnight's Descendants ENAn epic narrative history that compares and contrasts the fortunes of all the countries that make up South Asia. If British India had not been partitioned in 1947, its population would today be comfortably the world's largest. At c1.5 billion, Midnight's Descendants (the offspring of those affected by 'the midnight hour' Partition) already outnumber Europeans and Chinese; and they are growing faster than either. By…
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Salman Rushdie Midnight's Children ENAnyone who has spent time in the developing world will know that one of Bombay's claims to fame is the enormous film industry that churns out hundreds of musical fantasies each year. The other, of course, is native son Salman Rushdie—less prolific, perhaps than Bollywood, but in his own way just as fantastical. Though Rushdie's novels lack the requisite six musical numbers that punctuate every Bombay talkie, they…
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Steven Erikson Midnight Tides ENAfter decades of warfare, the tribes of the Tiste Edur have at last united under the rule of the Warlock King. But peace has been exacted at a terrible price – a pact made with a hidden power whose motives are at best suspect, at worst deadly.
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Trish Cook Midnight SunDiscover a summer love story like no other: now a major motion picture starring Bella Thorne and Patrick Schwarzenegger, and perfect for fans of The Fault in our Stars and Everything, Everything...
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Jo Nesbo Midnight Sun ENJon is on the run. He has betrayed Oslo's biggest crime lord: The Fisherman. Fleeing to an isolated corner of Norway, to a mountain town so far north that the sun never sets, Jon hopes to find sanctuary amongst a local religious sect. Hiding out in a shepherd's cabin in the wilderness, all that stands between him and his fate are Lea, a bereaved mother and her young son, Knut. But while Lea provides him with a rifle…
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Jo Nesbo Midnight Sun ENThe new book from the number one bestselling author of The Son and The Snowman, Jo Nesbo. Jon is on the run. He has betrayed Oslo's biggest crime lord: The Fisherman. Fleeing to an isolated corner of Norway, to a mountain town so far north that the sun never sets, Jon hopes to find sanctuary amongst a local religious sect. Hiding out in a shepherd's cabin in the wilderness, all that stands between him and his fate…
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Helen Friel Midnight MonstersSwitch off the lights, turn on your torch and come on a wonderful shadow adventure with Midnight Monsters! This follow-up book to the immensely popular Midnight Creatures takes you on a journey through five more beautifully crafted pop-up ...
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Richelle Mead Midnight Jewel ENMira is not like the other Glittering Court girls. She is a war refugee, cast out of her home country and thrust into another, where she has learned to fight against the many injustices around her. For some, the Glittering Court offers a chance at a life they’ve only ever dreamed of, one of luxury, glamour, and leisure. But for Mira, it’s simply a means to an end. In the new world, she plans to earn off her marriage…
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John Berendt Midnight in the Garden of Good and EvilPublished for the first time in flipback - the new, portable, stylish format that's taken Europe by storm. Genteel society ladies who compare notes on their husbands' suicides. A hilariously foul-mouthed black drag queen. A voodoo priestess who...
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Vanora Bennett Midnight in St Petersburg ENSt Petersburg, 1911: Inna Feldman has fled the pogroms of her native Kiev to take refuge with distant relatives in Russia’s capital city. Welcomed into the flamboyant Leman family, she is apprenticed into their violin-making workshop, and feels instantly at home in their bohemian circle of friends. But revolution is in the air and, as society begins to fracture, she is forced to choose between following her heart or…
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Adam Higginbotham Midnight in ChernobylJournalist Adam Higginbotham's definitive, years-in-the-making account of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disasterand a powerful investigation into how propaganda, secrecy, and myth have obscured the true story of one of the twentieth century's greatest
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Shannon Hale Midnight in Austenland ENCharlotte Kinder is in need of true escape when she heads from Ohio to Pembrook Park, a Jane Austen-themed retreat in the British countryside. But as it turns out, this vacation is no time to relax. Hearts are racing and stomachs fluttering in a tangle of intrigues - real and pretend, sinister and romantic - increasingly tough to sort out. It's midnight in Austenland, and Charlotte is about to prove herself a…
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David Gemmell Midnight FalconAn epic story begins with a young man´s avowal: ´Tell him that one day I shall cut his vile heart out.´ The speaker is Bane the Bastard, a Wolfshead living outside the law. Born of treachery, his name a curse, he grew up among the warriors of the Rigante. They valued his skills in war, but they feared the violence in his heart.
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Charlaine Harris Midnight Crossroad ENFrom Charlaine Harris, the bestselling author who created Sookie Stackhouse and her world of Bon Temps, Louisiana, comes a darker locale— populated by more strangers than friends. But then, that’s how the locals prefer it... Welcome to Midnight, Texas, a town with many boarded-up windows and few full-time inhabitants, located at the crossing of Witch Light Road and Davy Road. It’s a pretty standard dried-up western…
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Helen Friel Midnight Creatures ENSwitch off the lights, turn on your torch and come on a wonderful shadow adventure with Midnight Creatures! This book contains five beautifully crafted pop-up scenes full of creatures to find, from the fork-marked lemur in the jungle to the giant squid at the bottom of the ocean. Use your torch to help you spot the hidden creatures when they appear as shadows on your wall. A beautiful and unique pop-up adventure…
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Ella Risbridger Midnight Chicken—`A manual for living and a declaration of hope' Nigella Lawson'A moving testimonial to the redemptive power of cooking. Generous, honest and uplifting' Diana HenryThere are lots of ways to start a story, but this one begins with a chicken... There was a
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Matthew Sullivan Midnight at the Bright Ideas BookstoreWhat do you do when the life you’ve carefully built for yourself comes apart? Lydia Smith lives a quiet life, spent in the company of her colleagues and customers at the bookstore where she works. But when Joey Molina, a young and ...
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Lorenzo Carcaterra Midnight AngelsKate Westcott, a gifted American art student, has come to Florence to study Michelangelo. Exploring the cobbled streets of the Renaissance city with her fellow student Marco, Kate feels the pull of destiny. And when the two uncover a chamber...
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Hanif Kureishi Midnight All Day ENThe stories in Midnight All Day show a contemporary master at the top of his form, acclaimed by one reviewer for his depiction of 'a lost generation of men: those shaped by the sixties, disoriented by the eighties and bereft of a personal and political map in the nineties'. We are unerring in our choice of lovers, particularly when we require the wrong person. There is an instinct, magnet or aerial which seeks the…
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Hanif Kureishi Midnight All Day ENHanif Kureishi's previous book, Intimacy—an account of the writer's abandonment of his marriage—divided critical opinion violently, but the novel's unsparing honesty marked it as one of Kureishi's best works, with an excoriating, spiky cussedness that sidestepped the wheedling self-justifications of most confessional books. Midnight All Day, his new collection of short stories, continues his exploration of the…
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Jacqueline Wilson Midnight ENViolet has always been in the shadow of her mesmerising, controlling brother Will, and when a shocking secret about Will's past is revealed, things get even worse. Violet retreats further into her own fantasy world, built around the fairy characters created by her favourite author, Casper Dream. The arrival of a new girl at school, Jasmine, seems like it might change Violet's life for the better. But is Jasmine a…
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Jacqueline Wilson Midnight ENViolet has always been in the shadow of her mesmerising, controlling brother Will - by turns delightful and terrifying. Now that Will has learned a shocking secret about his own past, things seem to be getting worse. Violet retreats further into her fantasy world built around the fairy characters created by her favourite author, Casper Dream. The arrival of Jasmine, a new girl at school who immediately befriends…
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