In 1999 Amit Chaudhuri moved back to Calcutta the city in which he was born. It was a place he had loved in his youth & the place he had made his name writing about. But upon his return he discovered that the Calcutta of his imagination had receded & another had taken its place. Lyrical observant & profound Calcutta is a personal account of two years (2009-2011) spent in one of the least known
- yet greatest
- cities of our time by one of our leading novelists. Using the historic elections of 2011 as a fulcrum Chaudhuri looks back to the nineteenth century when the city burst with a new vitality & towards the twenty-first when
- utterly changed
- it seems to be on the verge of another turn. Along the way he evokes all that is most particular & extraordinary. From the homeless & the working class to the old declining haute bourgeois; from the new malls & hotels to old houses being destroyed by developers; from politicians on their way out to the citys fitful attempts to embrace globalisation Calcutta brings a multifarious universe to life.



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The new novel from Pulitzer Prize-winner Geraldine Brooks author of the Richard & Judy bestseller March Sunday Times bestseller Year of Wonders & People of the Book. Martha s Vineyard 1650s: Bethia Mayfield is a young girl growing up in the tiny settlement of Great Harbor amid a small band of pioneers & Puritans. Restless bright & curious but denied the education that her brothers receive she slips away as often as she can to explore the island s wild landscapes & observe its native Wampanoag inhabitants. At the age of twelve she encounters Caleb the young son of a chieftain & the children form a secret friendship that gradually draws each into the alien world of the other. Meanwhile Bethia s minister father is trying to convert the Wampanoag awakening the wrath of the tribe s shaman against whose magic he must test his own beliefs. & when he takes it upon himself to educate Caleb it will further divide the communities
- within a year the boy is learning Latin & Greek & leaves the island to study at Harvard. As Caleb makes the crossing into white culture Bethia finds herself pulled in the opposite direction. Trapped by the narrow strictures of her faith & her gender she seeks connections with Caleb s world that will challenge her beliefs & set her at odds with her community...
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Telfords plan to connect Loch Ness Loch Oich & Loch Lochy with each other & the sea was a huge undertaking which brought civil engineering to the Highlands on a heroic scale. Deep in the Highlands far from the canal network of England engineers forged their way through the Great Glen to construct the biggest canal of its day: twenty-two miles of artificial cutting & no fewer than twenty-eight locks. A.D. (Sandy) Camerons book has long been recognised as the authoritative work on the canal as well as a reliable & useful guide to the surrounding area. There are intriguing old plans not discovered until 1992 & a survey of the dramatic rise in pleasure-craft traffic during the last two decades. But the highlight of the recent past was undoubtedly the Tall Ships passing through the canal in stately procession in 1991. Impossible then not to feel the fascination of this beautiful waterway: a working piece of industrial history & a remarkable engineering achievement. This book is a fitting celebration of this remarkable feat of engineering. ...

In this George Mackay Browns first collection of short stories the themes he would develop over his career are set out
- an obsession
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This is the story of electric street railway trolleybus & light rail vehicle transit in Canada's western city of Calgary Alberta. Calgary was founded in 1875 when the North West Mounted Police established a new fort
- Fort Calgary. A big boost for the city came eight years later when the Canadian Pacific Railway
- building westward to the Pacific
- reached the Bow River in 1883. Calgary became an important centre for Canadian Pacific operations & has since become the railway's headquarters location. By 1909 Calgary boasted a population of 30 000 people. In July of that year the Calgary Electric Railway began operations with two cars sixteen employees & three miles of track. The system quickly grew & the following year became known as the Calgary Municipal Railway. Through its forty years of street railway service Calgary acquired passenger cars from such well-known Canadian builders as Ottawa Car Manufacturing Company Preston Car & Coach Company & the Canadian Car & Foundry. In addition the system's roster included used cars from several sources in the United States. Totalling 113 cars in all
- plus a scenic car
- it has been a daunting task to secure photos for this book. Many superb images have been discovered illustrating the operation of streetcars in different sections of the city. There are over 150 streetcar photos. Finding trolleybus photographs has been a challenge as well but the authors have succeeded in gathering a fine selection representing all classes of 'trackless trolley' coaches purchased new & acquired used from other US systems. You'll see streetcars & trolleybuses operating in the city centre in the rural suburbs & in residential neighbourhoods. Coverage of today's modern rail transit cars is outstanding. Now called 'light rail vehicles' all classes of these LRVs are represented operating in all seasons & over most portions of the system illustrating the many varied & unique Calgary urban environments. Rich carefully composed black & white photos are rounded out with a fine showing of subjects in colour. There's a variety of photos to interest everyone with an interest in the development of Calgary as a city: the construction of ' The Bay' early scenes in Bowness Park & some views of the streetcars serving seemingly unpopulated fields that today are thriving subdivisions. Whether you are a railway enthusiast or simply interested in Calgary's history you will find this account of Calgary's Electric Transit" a fascinating informative & enjoyable reading experience."




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For someone who didnt intend to wreck the solar systems fragile balance of power Jim Holden did a pretty good job of it. While Earth & Mars have stopped shooting each other the core alliance is shattered. The outer planets & the Belt are uncertain in their new
- possibly temporary
- autonomy. Then on one of Jupiters moons a single super-soldier attacks slaughtering soldiers of Earth & Mars indiscriminately & reigniting the war. The race is on to discover whether this is the vanguard of an alien army or if the danger lies closer to home.

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Thirty years have passed since eleven-year-old Paul Tracy watched his troubled father Warren a pitcher for the New York Mets clash with his childhood hero the Cubs golden-boy Joe Castle in a contest from which no winners emerged. Now the news that his father is dying brings the memory of that day flooding back. Deciding that its time to face up to what really happened on that baseball field in 1973 father & son make their way to Calico Rock Arkansas where either redemption or rejection awaits them. ...

Thirty years have passed since eleven-year-old Paul Tracy watched his troubled father Warren a pitcher for the New York Mets clash with his childhood hero the Cubs' golden-boy Joe Castle in a contest from which no winners emerged. Now the news that his father is dying brings the memory of that day flooding back. Deciding that it's time to face up to what really happened on that baseball field in 1973 father & son make their way to Calico Rock Arkansas where either redemption or rejection awaits them. ...

Calico Road runs through a tiny Lancashire hamlet up on the edge of the moors miles from anywhere. Its folk are an independent breed
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California s nickname Golden State dates from its Wild West mining era. But on sunny days when the coastal fog lifts it might just as well describe California s more than 1100 miles of Pacific beaches. Sara Benson Lonely Planet Writer Our Promise You can trust our travel information because Lonely Planet authors visit the places we write about each & every edition. We never accept freebies for positive coverage so you can rely on us to tell it like it is. Inside This Book 8 authors 75+ beaches 100 maps 102 wineries Inspirational photos Clear easy-to-use maps Comprehensive planning tools Best of the Golden State feature In-depth background Disneyland Trip Planner ...