The Grand Trunk Road is the oldest, longest, & most famous highway in southern Asia. This book uses oral testimonies, photographs & texts to explore its history, & shows why it was so crucial to the process of migration to Britain & how the close links between Britain & places along it continue to this day. For millennia the Grand Trunk Road has been used by invaders to conquer the subcontinent. After the British arrived in 17th century they used it as the main artery of their conquest & rule of northern areas of British India. Known locally as the `GT Road` it was also used by its residents to begin journeys that ended all over the world, & since the days of the British Raj large numbers of them have settled in Britain. Between Delhi & the Khyber Pass, the GT Road travels through the homelands of over 90% of British Pakistanis & the vast majority of British Sikhs & Hindus from the Indian Punjab. Using stories gathered by Irna Qureshi & photographs taken by Tim Smith this book tells
- for the first time here
- the story of the profound impact of the British on the GT Road & its people, & how they in turn have irrevocably altered the fabric of modern day Britain.

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Working its way from Salford Junction outside Birmingham to Milton Keynes, this illustrated guide covers the northern part of the Grand Union Canal, accompanying the guide to the southern hallf of the canal. Revealing much that will appeal to holiday-makers along this stretch of water, the guide also provides historical snippets & useful up to date information for the casual sightseer or interested loca. Covering an area a mile or two either side of the canal, it is an invaluable resource for the canal boater, day tripper, angler, walker & interested local. Grand Union Canal North is the third in a series of Towpath guides. ...

The Grand Union Canal, one of the most famous waterways in the UK, links London to Birmingham. This guide explores the southernhalf of the canal, & its journey from Milton Keynes through the home counties of Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire & finally Middlesex before joining the Thames at Brentford in the heart of West London. Revealing much that will appeal to holiday-makers along this stretch of water, the guide also provides historical snippets & useful up to date information for the casual sightseer or interested loca. Covering an area a mile or two either side of the canal, it is an invaluable resource for the canal boater, day tripper, angler, walker & interested local & covers the area from Napton to Oxford, a stretch of just under 50 miles. Grand Union Canal South is part of an ongoing series of Towpath guides. ...

Presenting a diverse & dazzling collection from all over the continent
- from Morocco to Zimbabwe, Uganda to Kenya
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The Granta Book of India brings together, for the first time, evocative, personal & informative pieces from previous editions of Granta, all on the experiences of Indian life, culture & politics. Including extracts from the highly successful Granta 57: India! The Golden Jubilee. Suketu Mehta on Mumbai Chitra Banerji: ` What Bengali widows cannot eat` Mark Tully on his childhood in Calcutta Ian Jack: ` Unsteady People`
- on unexpected parallels between Bihar & Britain Urvashi Butalia on tracing her long-lost uncle a poem by Salman Rushdie about the fatwa Ramachandra Guha: What we think of America Nirad Chaudhuri writing on his 100th birthday Rory Stewart among the dervishes of Pakistan Pankaj Mishra on the making of jihadis in Pakistan PLUS: fiction by R K Narayan, Amit Chaudhuri & Nell Freudenberger
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`I`ve done my damndest to rip a reader`s nerves to rags, I don`t want him satisfied.` Shocking & controversial when it was first published, The Grapes of Wrath is Steinbeck`s Pultizer Prize-winning epic of the Joad family, forced to travel west from Dust Bowl era Oklahoma in search of the promised land of California. Their story is one of false hopes, thwarted desires & powerlessness, yet out of their struggle Steinbeck created a drama that is both intensely human & majestic in its scale & moral vision. ...

` To the red country & part of the gray country of Oklahoma, the last rains came gently, & they did not cut the scarred earth.` Drought & economic depression are driving thousands from Oklahoma. As their land becomes just another strip in the dust bowl, the Joads, a family of sharecroppers, decide they have no choice but to follow. They head west, towards California, where they hope to find work & a future for their family. But while the journey to this promised land will take its inevitable toll, there remains uncertainty about what awaits their arrival.. . Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, The Grapes of Wrath is an epic human drama. Of this novel, Steinbeck himself said: `I`ve done my damndest to rip a reader`s nerves to rags, I don`t want him satisfied.` ...

` June, 1942: I hope I will be able to confide everything to you, as I have never been able to confide in anyone, & I hope you will be a great source of comfort & support.` In Amsterdam, in the summer of 1942, the Nazis forced teenager Anne Frank & her family into hiding. For over two years, they, another family & a German dentist lived in a `secret annexe`, fearing discovery. All that time, Anne kept a diary. The Diary of a Young Girl is an inspiring & tragic account of an ordinary life lived in extraordinary circumstances that has enthralled readers for generations. Published in graphic format for the first time, The Graphic Diary of Anne Frank is a stunning new adaptation of one of the greatest books of the last century. ...

It`s easy to look at others & think how lucky they are, & sometimes finding the positives in our own lives can be hard. Success is often measured in tangible ways, & as we strive to achieve more & get more, we forget that it`s often the simple things that can bring us the most joy. After reading about how expressing gratitude for the little things can be incredibly powerful & affect our lives in profound ways, Janice Kaplan decided to spend a year living gratefully & find out whether being grateful really does offer a new path to happiness. Her experiences of living gratefully will be anchored by intriguing research findings, as well as in-depth interviews with real people, those in public life, & neuroscientists & experts in the field, including Dr Martin Seligman & Dr Robert Emmons, the world`s leading scientific expert on gratitude. Recounted with warmth & humour, this story-filled memoir will inspire readers to reflect on the true meaning of gratitude, & provide them with a structure & context for making significant changes in every aspect of their lives. For not only can gratitude make you more honest, courageous & generous; research has shown that it can also improve overall health & reduce stress & depression. ...

The award-winning & Number One bestselling Val Mc Dermid crafts an electrifying psychological suspense thriller that mixes history, heritage & heinous crimes. A 200 year-old-secret is now a matter of life & death. & it could be worth a fortune. It`s summer in the Lake District & heavy rain over the fells has uncovered a bizarrely tattooed body. Could it be linked to the old rumour that Fletcher Christian, mutinous First Mate on the Bounty, had secretly returned to England? Scholar Jane Gresham wants to find out. She believes that the Lakeland poet William Wordsworth, a friend of Christian`s, may have sheltered the fugitive & turned his tale into an epic poem
- which has since disappeared. But as she follows each lead, death is hard on her heels. The centuries-old mystery is putting lives at risk. & it isn`t just the truth that is waiting to be discovered, but a bounty worth millions.. .
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