Title: The essence of Sikhism: the lives and teachings of the Sikh gurus
Author surname(s): Kaur Anand
Author forename(s): T
Publisher: Madhuban Educational Books
Pages: 48
ISBN: none
Publn date: 1999 (original publication date: 1996)
Location: shelf 11.7 SGSSS library
Language: English
Preface: yes
Overview: This book is book 4 of a series.  It describes the lives of Guru Angad Dev and Guru Amar Daas, and their contributions to gurbani.  Chapters include questions to test understanding.  The book is therefore aimed at students but is of relevance to anyone wishing to learn.  It is entirely in English.

Title: Economic thought of the Sikh gurus
Author surname(s): Dass
Author forename(s): JR
Publisher: National book organisation publishers
Pages: 192
ISBN: 8185135274
Publn date: 1988 (original publication date: 1988)
Location: shelf 10.7 SGSSS library
Language: English
Preface: yes
Overview: The book looks at economic thought included in AG and GGS and the economic times in which the gurus lived, and their impact on the economic life of people.  Annexes cover: GGS, Dasam Granth, Janamsakhis, Hukamnama, Rehatnama, towns founded by the gurus.  A short bibliography is included.

Title: Sikh gurus and the Indian spiritual thought
Author surname(s): Singh
Author forename(s): Taran
Publisher: Sri guru granth sahib studies department; Punjabi University, Patialas
Pages: 240
ISBN: none
Publn date: 1981 (original publication date: 1981)
Location: shelf 10.7 SGSSS library
Language: English
Preface: yes
Overview: The book reproduces lectures by a variety of people that were delivered in the period 1973-79 at Punjabi university.  Lectures deal with: the contribution of Sikhism to civilisation; socio-political conditions depicted in the AG; the impact of the teachings of guru Nanak on Sikhism; Guru Nanak in a historical context; Guru Nanak's Japu; contribution of Sikh gurus to Indian spirituality; the teachings of guru Nanak.

Title: Essays on the authenticity of Kartarpuri Bir and the integrated logic and unity of Sikhism
Author surname(s):Singh
Author forename(s): Daljeet
Publisher: Publication Bureau Punjabi University, Patiala
Pages: 114
ISBN: none
Publn date: 1987 (original publication date: 1987)
Location: shelf 10.6 SGSSS library
Language: English
Preface: yes
Overview: The book has two essays, one on the authenticity of the AG (aka Kartarpuri Bir) and involved a direct study of the AG by the author who concluded "study of the Bir itself reveals how misplaced and shallow are the various recorded views expressing doubts abiout its authenticity."  "The second essay, therefore, seeks to bring out the logical and integrated structure and unity of the Sikh religion and its doctrines."

Title: Cascade of nectar
Author surname(s): not stated
Author forename(s): not stated
Publisher: Sikhshelpoingsikhs.com and JS Uppal and family (Australia)
Pages: 111
ISBN: none
Publn date: 2005 (original publication date: 2005)
Location: shelf  11.3; 10.4; 1.5 SGSSS library
Language: English
Preface: no
Overview: The book is a transliteration and translation of: Salok M 9; Mundavani & Ragmala; Arati; Barah Maha.  It includes a page on pronunciation of gurmukhi letters in English. 

Title: The golden temple
Author surname(s): Singh and Shankar
Author forename(s): Mohinder and Sondeep
Publisher: UBS publishers, in association with National Institute of Panjab Stuidies
Pages: 96
ISBN: none
Publn date: 2002 (original publication date: 2002)
Location: shelf 10.4 SGSSS library
Language: English
Preface: yes
Overview:  The book describes the composition of the AG, the daily routine at the golden temple, the Akal Takht, the gurdwara's management, and the significance of the temple in Sikh history and politics. A glossary is included.

Title: Guru granth sahib: an analytical study
Author: Surindar Singh Kohli
Pages: 391
ISBN: '8172050607
Publisher: Singh Brothers
Publn date: 2005 (original publication date: 1961)
Language: English
Location: shelf 9.2 SGSSS library
Preface: yes
Overview:  The book is based on his PhD thesis.  It deals with the langauage, ragas, and imagery of the AG; it describes the social and religious conditions depicted in the AG; It also provides a description of Indian religions mentioned in AG, and ends with a summary of Sikh tenets

Title: About compilation of sri guru granth sahib
Author: Sahib Singh
Pages: 271
ISBN: none
Publisher: Kulwant Singh Suri, Lok Sahit Prakashan
Publn date: 1996 (original publication dated: 1996)
Language: English
Location: shelf 9.2 SGSSS library
Preface: yes
Overview: The book was translated by Daljit Singh.  The book was written in 1950 and published in 1970.  The book exposes "spurious matter [intrioduced] into most of the handwritten copies of the Holy Book", i.e., it discusses material and its origin and why it is spurious.  Appendices cover a biography of the author, a summary of the book, and a summary on Sikhism

Title: Sri guru granth sahib: a gift of guru arjan dev ji
Author:Haribala (Rani) Kaur Vaid
Pages: 266
ISBN: '8189159062
Publisher: Bhai Chattar Singh & Co
Publn date: 2004 (original publication dated: 2004)
Language: English
Location: shelf 9.2 SGSSS library
Preface: yes
Overview: The book describes in detail the life of Guru Arjan and the compilation of AG, and the composition of GGS and its composers.  It has a glossary and extensive bibliography

Title: The guru granth sahib: canon, meaning and authority
Author: Pashaura Singh
Pages: 318
ISBN: '0195648943
Publisher: Oxford university press
Publn date:2001 (original publication dated: 2000)
Language: English
Location: shelf 9.2 SGSSS library
Preface: yes
Overview: The book aims to answer: how did the AG come into being; what is the meaning of gurbani, and how did the AG come to be the GGS?  It is part of a PhD thesis by the author.  The author relied on three translations of AG by other scholars.  A glossary is provided.  The book discusses the manuscripts that contributed to the canonisation of the AG.  Section 2 examines diferent interpretations of the AG; section 3 discusses the authority of the AG.  It provides an large bibliography

Title: Egoism in the adi-granth
Author: Harbans Singh Sethi
Pages: 139
ISBN: 81-202-
Publisher: Ajanta books international
Publn date: 2001 (original publication dated: 2001)
Language: English
Location: shelf 9.2 SGSSS library
Preface: yes
Overview: The book is based on the writings in the AG and GGS and of Guru Gobind Singh, and focusses on how egoism distances a person from God and "how it [egoism] can unite him with the Lord".  Its preface says egoism is a common theme of other religions.  The book provides a "faithfull rendition in verse of quite a number of compositions comprisiong the mystic experiences of the saints and Gurus"

Title: Selections from the holy granth: a compilation of the basic writings of the Sikh faith
Author: Gurbachan Singh Talib
Pages: 208
ISBN: none
Publisher: Vikas publishing house (Bell Books))
Publn date: 1975 (original publication dated: 1975)
Language: English
Location: shelf 9.1 SGSSS library
Preface: yes
Overview: The aim of the book is to provide "the original concepts of the power of what to the Sikhs is the divinely inspired word." It claims previous English translations of the AG do not convey the original concepts of the AG.  It also seeks to convey philosophical concepts of Sikhi and the "experience and emotion" of the original text (GGS or AG). The book summarises the composition of GGS, brief biograpohies of the composers of GGS.  Most of the book sets out hymns, and ends with a glossary of terms.

Title: Cosmic divinity of Adi Guru granth sahib
Author: S Singh Narang
Pages: 96
ISBN: none
Publisher: Sant Sewa Singh; Gurdwara Rampur Khera Sahib; Hoshiarpur
Publn date:2005 (original publication date: 2004)
Language: English
Location: shelf 6.3 SGSSS library
Preface: yes
Overview:  The book is in 3 sections: section 1 is on Sikhi's principal values and aims; section 2 includes views of Sikhi by non-sikh scholars.  It discusses Sikhi in terms of the universe and nature.  Section 3 includes a call to Sikhs to stand up to corrosive forces and to uphold Sikhi standards.  The author expresses dismay at the behaviour of Sikhs who have strayed away from Sikh ideals.  The book includes the following memorable quote by qazi nur muhammed in his Jangnama, about the Sikhs of the 18th century: ""They never slay a coward nor they attack a fugitive…they do not attack the unarmed person…They do not plunder the wealth or ornaments of a woman, be she a well-to-do lady or a maid servant…They are extremely brave…If you want to learn the swordmanshipo, learn from them...There is no thief at all among these dogs, nor is there any house-breaker born among these miscreants...They do not make frie3nds with aduklterers and house breakers....There is no adultery among these dogs...They are not among the Hindus...They have a separate religion of their own."

Title: The adi granth or the holy scriptures of the Sikhs: translated from the original Gurumukhi with introductiort essays by
Author: Ernest Trumpp
Publisher: Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers Pvt Ltd
Pages: 711
ISBN: 8121502446
Publn date: 1997
First published: 1877
Language: English
Preface: Preface dated 23/01/1877 (Munich).  Being german (I think),Trumpp had a doubly-difficult task to translate the AG into E.  He was advised to go to the Punjab for assistance but when he did in 1870, the granthis he consulted "had not even a clear insight into the doctrines of the Granth.  Other persons, who were recommended to me for their learning, I found equally ignorant...the Sikhs, in consequence of their former warlike manner of life and the troublous times, had lost all learning; whereas the Brahmans...never had deigned to pay any attention to the Granth...Nothing therefore remained to me but to read first the whole Granth through, in order to make myself conversant with its contents and its style."  Trumpp returned to Europe in 1872 to print his translation.  "I have spent seven years on the elaboration of this volume, the task proving infinitely more arduous than I had ever imagined, and even though I can hardly expect the Granth will attract many readers, the less so, as Sikhism is a waning religion, that will soon belong to history, yet I venture to hope that my labours will not be in vain.  The Sikh Granth, which will always keep its place in the history of religion, lies now open before us, and we know authentically what their Gurus taught." Trumpp says "the chief importance of the Sikh Granth lies in the linguistic line, as being the treasury of the old Hindui dialects, and I hope that the day will not be far distant when these hitherto hidden treasures will be made available for the furtherance of modern Indian philology by being embodied in a grammar of the mediaeval Hundui dialects."
Overview: The text includes the following essays: "the life of baba nanak"; "sketch of the life of the other Sikh gurus"; "sketch of the religion of the Sikhs"; "on the composition of the Granth"; "on the language and the metres used in the Granth", followed by a translation into Eng of the Adi Granth. An appendix has the original Japji sahib text, in gurmukhi script. See https://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Trumpp%27s_Translation_Of_Portions_Of_The_Guru_Granth_Sahib for a review of the impact and consequences of Trumpp's translation (it was largely rejected but credited for stimulating an analysis of the Granth by a wider audience).  An online version can be seen here https://archive.org/details/cu31924023913217/page/n19/mode/2up  A pdf version can be downloaded at https://gurmatveechar.com/books/English_Books/The.Adi.Granth.by.Ernest.Trump.(GurmatVeechar.com).pdf  See here for support for Trumpp https://www.sikhphilosophy.net/threads/ernest-trumpps-critique-of-sikhism-stands-correct-essay.54100/