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Stamboul train Stamboul train Graham Greene Published in 1932 as an 'entertainment', Graham Greene's gripping spy thriller unfolds aboard the majestic Orient Express as it crosses Europe from Ostend to Constantinople. Weaving a web of subte… OL106079W
Tracks Tracks Eric D. Goodman A novel in stories, the setting is "a train traveling from Baltimore to Chicago. Each story is told from the perspective of a passenger on the train...The stories stand alone, but they become stronge… OL16561563W
Locomotive Locomotive Brian Floca Learn what it was like to travel on the transcontinental railroad in the 1860s. OL16811467W
The Girl on the Train The Girl on the Train Pocket,Paula Hawkins A debut psychological thriller that will forever change the way you look at other people's lives. Rachel takes the same commuter train every morning. Every day she rattles down the track, flashes … OL17112428W
La chica del tren La chica del tren Paula Hawkins,Paula Hawkins,Aleix Montoto Llagostera Rachel toma siempre el tren de las 8.04 h. Cada mañana lo mismo: el mismo paisaje, las mismas casas… y la misma breve parada en la señal roja. Son solo unos segundos, pero le permiten observar a una … OL17119064W
Trans-Siberian Railway Trans-Siberian Railway Anthony Haywood A comprehensive guide to the cities and attractions along the Trans-Siberian Railway route that provides information on accommodations, restaurants, attractions, the history and culture of the region… OL17799646W
Train rides Train rides Pam Walker Simple text and photographs describe a train ride, including the work of the engineer and the conductor. OL1861262W
Train I ride Train I ride Paul Mosier When Rydr travels by train from Los Angeles to Chicago, she learns along the way that she can find family wherever she is. Rydr is on a train heading east, leaving California, where her gramma can t … OL19716600W
Deadman's switch Deadman's switch Barbara Seranella Charlotte Lyon can handle a crisis and has made that talent into a lucrative business. She describes it as crisis management, in which she supplies excellent and often unusual advice to suddenly trou… OL1971782W
Morton Morton David Collier "A graphic novel lamenting the loss of train travel, the grip of family, mortality, art, and the human condition, with many other digressions thrown in for good measure. The book opens in media res a… OL19729061W
Europe by Eurail 2015 Europe by Eurail 2015 LaVerne Ferguson-Kosinski Europe by Eurail has been the train traveler's one-stop source for visiting Europe's cities and countries by rail for more than thirty years. Newly revised and updated, this comprehensive guide provi… OL19998628W
Great American railroad journeys Great American railroad journeys Michael Portillo "... Michael Portillo now undertakes an epic trip by train from New York and Boston on the East Coast down to the Deep South of Atlanta and New Orleans, then onto Chicago, Colorado, New Mexico and ul… OL20058599W
India junction India junction Sharma, Seema (Of Indian Railways) Contributed articles. OL23277346W
Extraordinary railway journeys Extraordinary railway journeys Anthony Lambert,Tom Savio "This superbly illustrated book features 24 of the most exceptional railway journeys in the world, from the superlative Venice Simplon-Orient Express, which has provided luxury transport across Europ… OL24273431W
Great continental railway journeys Great continental railway journeys Michael Portillo Great Continental Railway Journeys is now a firmly established series on BBC2, following in the illustrious tracks of its predecessor - Great British Railway Journeys. Both series are fronted by ex-p… OL27272964W
Murder on the Orient Express Murder on the Orient Express Agatha Christie ***While en route from Syria to Paris, in the middle of a freezing winter's night, the Orient Express is stopped dead in its tracks by a snowdrift.*** Passengers awake to find the train still strande… OL471576W
Riding Toward Everywhere Riding Toward Everywhere William T. Vollmann Vollmann is a relentlessly curious, endlessly sensitive, and unequivocally adventurous examiner of human existence. He has investigated the causes and symptoms of humanity's obsession with violence (… OL506895W
Mystery in White Mystery in White J. Jefferson Farjeon On Christmas Eve, heavy snowfall brings a train to a halt near the village of Hemmersby. Several passengers take shelter in a deserted country house, where the fire has been lit and the table laid fo… OL5203140W
The Railfan Guide to Britain and Ireland The Railfan Guide to Britain and Ireland George H. Drury 160 p. : 23 cm OL640243W
The Railway Journey The Railway Journey Wolfgang Schivelbusch The impact of constant technological change upon our perception of the world is so pervasive as to have become a commonplace of modern society. But this was not always the case; as Wolfgang Schivelbu… OL9519699W
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