Inspired by a love of trains and the nature of love, a series of intertwined romantic tales follows the experiences of four strangers traveling from Edinburgh to London who entertain each other with reminiscences about how trains have...
Railroad travel
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Author:McCall Smith, AlexanderSummary: - Author:Wood, HeatherSummary:
A firsthand account of 40 Indian villagers who are given the chance to see all of India by a wealthy landowner.
- Author:Bell, P. G.Summary:
A middle-grade fantasy and nonstop adventure, The Train to Impossible Places by debut author P. G. Bell is as fun as it is full of heart and the first book of a planned trilogy. A train that travels through impossible places. A boy...
- Author:Christie, AgathaSummary:
When the luxurious Blue Train arrives at Nice, a guard attempts to wake serene Ruth Kettering from her slumbers. But she will never wake again for a heavy blow has killed her, disfiguring her features almost beyond recognition. What is...
- Author:Hadley, TessaSummary:
Paul leaves his family to search for Pia, his daughter from his first marriage. He finds her pregnant and living in less than ideal conditions--but with an outlook on life that's strangely compelling. Paul decides to start a new life...
- Author:Theroux, PaulSummary:
American-born Paul Theroux had lived in England for 11 years when he realized he'd explored dozens of exotic locations without discovering anything about his adopted home. So, with a knapsack on his back, he set out to explore by...
- Author:Baldacci, DavidSummary:
A journalist on a cross-country Christmas train scales the rugged terrain of his own heart in this New York Times bestselling holiday tale that inspired the Hallmark Hall of Fame original movie! Disillusioned journalist Tom Langdon must...
- Author:Highsmith, PatriciaSummary:
In Patricia Highsmith's debut novel, we encounter Guy Haines and Charles Anthony Bruno, passengers on the same train. But while Guy is a successful architect in the midst of a divorce, Bruno turns out to be a sadistic psychopath...
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Author:Jackson, MelanieSummary:It's all aboard! for mystery when Dinah Galloway takes the cross-country train from Vancouver to Toronto, to appear on a TV talent show. But will she make it-or be permanently derailed? Along with her sister Madge, and her fellow junior...
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Author:Guest, JacquelineSummary:The Depression has ruined Henry Dafoe's life: his father has left the family farm to look for work, his mother is sick and now she's decided to send Henry to Nova Scotia to work on his uncle's fishboat. But Henry has other ideas. He...
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Author:Benoit, CharlesSummary:At 27, Jason Talley of Corning, New York, leads an orderly life, precisely processing loans for a mortgage company. Its warmest spot is his friendship with Sriram Sundaram and his lively wife Vidya. One night Sriram secretly confides he...
- Author:Mulloy, PamelaSummary:
Train travel is having a renaissance. Grand old routes that had been canceled, or were moldering in neglect, have been refurbished as destinations in themselves. The Rocky Mountaineer, the Orient Express, and the Trans-Siberian Railroad...
- Author:Green, Simon R.Summary:
The Organization has learned that an attempt is to be made on Sir Dennis Gregson's life as he travels to Bath. But when a body is found on the train, Ishmael Jones has just 56 minutes to solve the crime.
- Author:Christie, AgathaSummary:
Just after midnight, a snowstorm stops the Orient Express dead in its tracks in the middle of Yugoslavia. The luxurious train is surprisingly full for this time of year. But by morning there is one passenger less. A 'respectable...
- Author:Windley, CarolSummary:
In 1927, as Natalia Faber travels from Berlin to Prague with her mother, she learns the truth about her father and meets Dr. Magdalena Schaefferová, whose family will become a significant part of her future.
- Author:Pooley, ClareSummary:
Nobody ever talks to strangers on the train. It's a rule. But what would happen if they did? From the New York Times bestselling author of The Authenticity Project comes an escapist read that will transport you, cheer you, and make...
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Author:Theroux, PaulSummary:With this vibrant and illuminating travelogue that shows just how much the world has changed in the 30 years since he wrote "The great railway bazaar," Theroux returns to the rails of Eastern Europe, Central Asia, India, China, Japan,...
- Author:Sedgman, SamSummary:
From Adventures on Trains author and British Book Award 2021 winner Sam Sedgman comes a beautiful and fact-filled book encapsulating the excitement and wonder of adventure and travel - all seen through the world's most epic train...
- Author:Blanchet, PascalSummary:
En voiture! C’est l’expression utilisée par les conducteurs de train pour dire « Tous à bord, le train se met en route ». Ce livre vous emmènera de Montréal à Los Angeles en vous faisant découvrir les villes et paysages des grands...
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Author:Lock, NormanSummary:Stephen Moran comes of age with the young country that he crosses on the Union Pacific, just as the railroad unites the continent. Propelled westward, he encounters many famous and colorful figures on his journey.
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