In the late 1860s, the powerful Midland Railway decided to build its own main line to Scotland. Its existing main line stretched from London St Pancras to Leicester, Sheffield & Leeds, but the London & North Western Railway had become increasingly obstructive in allowing Midland Railway trains ...
Behind the Beautiful ForeversbyKatherine Boo: Pulitzer Prize-winnerKatherine Boo, a staff writer forThe New Yorkerand an astute chronicler of America’s poor, turns to India for her first book, a work of narrative nonfiction exploring Annawadi, a shantytown settlement near the Mumbai airport.Behin...