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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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Shocking & controversial when it was first published in 1939, Steinbeck`s Pulitzer prize-winning epic remains his undisputed masterpiece. Set against the background of dust bowl Oklahoma & Californian migrant life, it tells of the Joad family, who, like thousands of others, are forced to travel West in search of the promised l&. Their story is one of false hopes, thwarted desires & broken dreams, yet out of their suffering Steinbeck created a drama that is intensely human, yet majestic in its scale & moral vision; an eloquent tribute to the endurance & dignity of the human spirit. ...

`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.` ...

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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Putting dead bodies in the ground for a living could give anyone ideas... Blaise is out of work & down on his luck when a chance encounter with a beautiful blonde has him hooked. He`ll do anything to stay by her side, even if it means working for her husb&, a funeral director. But as everyone knows, three`s a crowd. ...

As Mouse scampers homewards through the dark, rackety wood, he hears an awful AAA-OOO! What could be making that horrible howl? Could it be Owl, Moose, Bear or Goose? Or could it be.. .a monster? Packed with stylish illustrations & lyrical text from talented author-illustrator Jonny Lambert (I Love You More & More, Little Why), The Great Aaa-Ooo is sure to become a bedtime favourite. This gorgeous animal picture book is perfect for reassuring children & toddlers who are scared of the dark or adjusting to sleeping in a big bed or in their own room. ...

From the strange case of ` The Red-Headed League` to the extraordinary tale of ` The Engineer`s Thumb`, Sherlock Holmes & his assistant Dr Watson grapple with treachery, murder, & ingenious crimes of all kinds. But no case is too challenging for the immortal detective`s unique power of deduction. ...