Home to all the major religions, India is also, inevitably, host to virtually every type of religious fanatic. No other nation has witnessed as much proselytization or heard as many war cries in the name of God as India. For centuries, Hindus, Christians, Sikhs & Muslims have waged bloody wars, sought violent conversion & declared jihad against their enemies, as their religions have been hijacked by the forces of fundamentalism. In ” Holy Warriors”, Edna Fernandes travels to the country`s recent & past theatres of religious extremism
- from Kashmir to Gujarat, Punjab to Goa
- to meet the generals & foot soldiers of communal wars who assert their faith in rhetoric & rage. Theirs are stories of bigotry & bloodshed, insecurity & despair, but Fernandes listens with understanding, tolerance & a deft sense of humour, & paints a uniquely vivid & clear-sighted picture of a country divided by dogma.

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Holyhead in 1923 in a fascinating series of reproductions of old Ordnance Survey plans in the Alan Godfrey Editions, ideal for anyone interested in the history of their neighbourhood or family. The map is double-sided. The main map covers most of Holyhead town, stretching from Beach Road southward to London Road & the cemetery, & from the Old Harbour westward to Llain-goch. Features include town centre, Inner Harbour, Black Bridge area, cemeteries, St Mary`s RC Chapel, Old Harbour Pier, Turkey Shore Quay, Stryd area, St Seiriol`s church, St Cybi`s church, Cybi School, Marine Square, Marine Yard, Porth-y-felin, Llain-fain, Llain-goch, Pont Hwfa, County School, etc. On the reverse is part of the adjacent sheet 11.03 extending coverage eastward to include Mail Pier, South Pier, Penrhos Beach, Nimrod Rocks, etc. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25” OS Series: Selected towns in Great Britain & Ireland are covered by maps showing the extent of urban development in the last decades of the 19th & early 20th century. The plans have been taken from the Ordnance Survey mapping & reprinted at about 15 inches to one mile (1:4, 340). On the reverse most maps have historical notes & many also include extracts from contemporary directories. Most maps cover about one mile (1.6kms) north/south, one & a half miles (2.4kms) across; adjoining sheets can be combined to provide wider coverage.FOR MORE INFORMATION & A COMPLETE LIST OF ALL AVAILABLE TITLES PLEASE CLICK ON THE SERIES LINK. ...

Holytown & New Stevenston in 1910 in a fascinating series of reproductions of old Ordnance Survey plans in the Alan Godfrey Editions, ideal for anyone interested in the history of their neighbourhood or family. The map covers the Holytown & New Stevenston area, north of Motherwell. Coverage extends from Thankerton House eastward to Silverburn Place, & from Holytown Main Street southward to New Stevenston House. Features include Baird`s Square, Thankerton Colliery (No 4 & 6 pits), South Howden, Napier`s Square, Holytown Colliery, Holytown station on the CR line, Carfin Street, Stevenston Street, etc. On the reverse are extracts from a Holytown trade directory plus a railway timetable for the Holytown-Hamilton line. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25” OS Series: Selected towns in Great Britain & Ireland are covered by maps showing the extent of urban development in the last decades of the 19th & early 20th century. The plans have been taken from the Ordnance Survey mapping & reprinted at about 15 inches to one mile (1:4, 340). On the reverse most maps have historical notes & many also include extracts from contemporary directories. Most maps cover about one mile (1.6kms) north/south, one & a half miles (2.4kms) across; adjoining sheets can be combined to provide wider coverage.FOR MORE INFORMATION & A COMPLETE LIST OF ALL AVAILABLE TITLES PLEASE CLICK ON THE SERIES LINK. ...

Holywell in 1910 in a fascinating series of reproductions of old Ordnance Survey plans in the Alan Godfrey Editions, ideal for anyone interested in the history of their neighbourhood or family. The map covers the centre of Holywell & the area to the west, with coverage westward to Mwdwl-eithin & Saith-aelwyd. Features include Pantasaph Farm, Grange Quarries, Holloway area, Coed Saith-aelwyd, Naid-y-march, Pen y Ball, Pen-y-ball Top, Smithy Gate, Town Hall, most of High Street, St Winefride`s School, St James church, Upper & Lower Mills, Great Holway lead mines, Coed y Fron, route of old railway, Wallside Mine, numerous old shafts for former lead mines, old quarries, Clwt Militia Office, etc. On the reverse is an OS index map for the main part of Flintshire c.1872. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25” OS Series: Selected towns in Great Britain & Ireland are covered by maps showing the extent of urban development in the last decades of the 19th & early 20th century. The plans have been taken from the Ordnance Survey mapping & reprinted at about 15 inches to one mile (1:4, 340). On the reverse most maps have historical notes & many also include extracts from contemporary directories. Most maps cover about one mile (1.6kms) north/south, one & a half miles (2.4kms) across; adjoining sheets can be combined to provide wider coverage.FOR MORE INFORMATION & A COMPLETE LIST OF ALL AVAILABLE TITLES PLEASE CLICK ON THE SERIES LINK. ...

Holywell Green in 1905 in a fascinating series of reproductions of old Ordnance Survey plans in the Alan Godfrey Editions, ideal for anyone interested in the history of their neighbourhood or family. The map covers the village of Holywell Green, on the east side of Stainl&. Features include railway branch with terminus, Brookroyd Mills, Broad Carr, Springwood Mills, Jagger Green, Old Lindley, Haigh House, Broad Carr Mill, Holywell Hall, Burrwood Mill, Brooklands, etc. St Andrew`s church Stainland is at the left margin of the map. On the reverse is an 1889 directory of Stainl&, plus a 1914 timetable for the railway branch. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25” OS Series: Selected towns in Great Britain & Ireland are covered by maps showing the extent of urban development in the last decades of the 19th & early 20th century. The plans have been taken from the Ordnance Survey mapping & reprinted at about 15 inches to one mile (1:4, 340). On the reverse most maps have historical notes & many also include extracts from contemporary directories. Most maps cover about one mile (1.6kms) north/south, one & a half miles (2.4kms) across; adjoining sheets can be combined to provide wider coverage.FOR MORE INFORMATION & A COMPLETE LIST OF ALL AVAILABLE TITLES PLEASE CLICK ON THE SERIES LINK. ...

Holzkirchen in a series of GPS compatible recreational editions of the Bavarian topographic survey at 1:25, 000, with waymarked hiking trails & cycling routes, campsites & youth hostels, etc. Coverage

Includes:: Feldkirchen-Westerham, Aying, Miesbach, Otterfing, Sauerlach, Warngau. Contours used in this map vary between 5 to 20m according to the terrain, with 20m interval predominantly used for hilly areas. Varied colouring show different types of landscape: woods, vineyards, fields etc. Maps in this series feature extensive overprint highlighting local & long-distance footpaths & cycle routes, including King Ludwig Way or different variants of the Way of St James, indicating their waymarking. Symbols highlight different types of accommodation (campsites, youth hostels, refuges, etc), sport & recreational facilities, various places of interest, etc. The maps have a 1-km UTM grid. Map legend & all the text are in German only. To see other titles in this series please click on the series link.

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Colm Toibin’s Homage to Barcelona celebrates the cosmopolitan hub, vibrant architecture, art scene, culture & nightlife of the Spanish city. Written with knowledge & affection, the book moves from the story of Barcelona’s founding & its huge expansion in the nineteenth century to the lives of Gaudí, Miró, Picasso, Casals & Dalí. It also explores the history of Catalan nationalism, the tragedy of the Civil War, the Franco years & the transition from dictatorship to democracy which Colm Tóibín witnessed in the 1970s. ...

` Every line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly, against totalitarianism & for democratic Socialism as I understand it`. Thus wrote Orwell following his experiences as a militiaman in the Spanish Civil War, chronicled in ” Homage to Catalonia”. Here he brings to bear all the force of his humanity, passion & clarity, describing with bitter intensity the bright hopes & cynical betrayals of that chaotic episode: the revolutionary euphoria of Barcelona, the courage of ordinary Spanish men & women he fought alongside, the terror & confusion of the front, his near-fatal bullet wound & the vicious treachery of his supposed allies. Eric Arthur Blair (1903-1950), better known by his pen-name, George Orwell, was born in India, where his father worked for the Civil Service. An author & journalist, Orwell was one of the most prominent & influential figures in twentieth-century literature. His unique political allegory ” Animal Farm” was published in 1945, & it was this novel, together with the dystopia of ” Nineteen Eighty-Four” (1949), which brought him world-wide fame. All his novels & non-fiction, including ” Burmese Days” (1934), ” Down & Out in Paris & London” (1933), ” The Road to Wigan Pier” (1937) & ” Homage to Catalonia” (1938) are published in ” Penguin Modern Classics”. If you enjoyed ” Homage to Catalonia”, you might like Orwell`s ” The Road to Wigan Pier”, also available in ” Penguin Modern Classics”. ” An unrivalled picture of the rumours, suspicions & treachery of the civil war”. (Anthony Beevor, author of ”D-Day”). ”A war story that is both brutally honest & lyrically beautiful”. (Michael Shelden, ” Daily Telegraph”, Books of the Century). ...

When their traditional business
- selling saris
- is increasingly sidelined by the new fashion for jeans & stitched salwar kameez,

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Hundreds of thousands of readers were enthralled & delighted by the luminous, tender voice of John Ames in Gilead, Marilynne Robinson`s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Now comes HOME, a deeply affecting novel that takes place in the same period & same Iowa town of Gilead. This is Jack`s story. Jack
- prodigal son of the Boughton family, godson & namesake of John Ames, gone twenty years
- has come home looking for refuge & to try to make peace with a past littered with trouble & pain. A bad boy from childhood, an alcoholic who cannot hold down a job, Jack is perpetually at odds with his surroundings & with his traditionalist father, though he remains Boughton`s most beloved child. His sister Glory has also returned to Gilead, fleeing her own mistakes, to care for their dying father. Brilliant, loveable, wayward, Jack forges an intense new bond with Glory & engages painfully with his father & his father`s old friend John Ames.

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