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Night Trains
Author | : Andrew Martin |
Publsiher | : Profile Books |
Total Pages | : 152 |
Release | : 2017-02-09 |
Genre | : Travel |
ISBN | : 9781782832126 |
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Night trains have long fascinated us with the possibilities of their private sleeping compartments, gilded dining cars, champagne bars and wealthy travellers. Authors from Agatha Christie to Graham Greene have used night trains to tell tales of romance, intrigue and decadence against a rolling background of dramatic landscapes. The reality could often be as thrilling: early British travellers on the Orient Express were advised to carry a revolver (as well as a teapot). In Night Trains, Andrew Martin attempts to relive the golden age of the great European sleeper trains by using their modern-day equivalents. This is no simple matter. The night trains have fallen on hard times, and the services are disappearing one by one. But if the Orient Express experience can only be recreated by taking three separate sleepers, the intriguing characters and exotic atmospheres have survived. Whether the backdrop is 3am at a Turkish customs post, the sun rising over the Riviera, or the constant twilight of a Norwegian summer night, Martin rediscovers the pleasures of a continent connected by rail. By tracing the history of the sleeper trains, he reveals much of the recent history of Europe itself. The original sleepers helped break down national barriers and unify the continent. Martin uncovers modern instances of European unity - and otherwise - as he traverses the continent during 'interesting times', with Brexit looming. Against this tumultuous backdrop, he experiences his own smaller dramas, as he fails to find crucial connecting stations, ponders the mystery of the compartment dog, and becomes embroiled in his very own night train whodunit.
Good Night Trains
Author | : Adam Gamble,Mark Jasper |
Publsiher | : Good Night Books |
Total Pages | : 26 |
Release | : 2015-04-23 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 9781602193468 |
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All aboard! Come ride the rails and explore the fascinating world of trains while sitting comfortably in your passenger seat. This colorful board book includes steam locomotives, freight trains, box cars, cog railroads, mine trains, subways, monorails, sleeper trains, high speed trains, holiday trains, and more.
Innovation with Manchester to Paris Night Trains Using Existing Rail Resources
Author | : Tony Baldwinson |
Publsiher | : Tony Baldwinson |
Total Pages | : 52 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : Railroads |
ISBN | : 9780957260634 |
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Night Trains
Author | : Peter T. Maiken |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1992 |
Genre | : Locomotives |
ISBN | : 0801845033 |
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Forty years ago, it was the way to travel. Back then, one could climb between crisp linens and soft blankets, adjust the oversized pillows, and watch America speed by in the night. With more than 300 photographs and 50 maps, Night Trains is a lively account of the Pullman enterprise during the golden years of its operation--from 1920 to 1955--when the remarkable sleeping car system routinely played host to more than 50,000 guests nightly. "A compelling tribute to a bygone time when getting there was half the fun... An education for the young and a scrapbook for those who remember." -- Herald-Dispatch
Where Do Steam Trains Sleep at Night
Author | : Brianna Caplan Sayres |
Publsiher | : Random House Books for Young Readers |
Total Pages | : 26 |
Release | : 2017-06-27 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780553521009 |
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Take the train to dreamland with this board book version of the chugging bedtime tale, the perfect companion to Where Do Diggers Sleep at Night? and Where Do Jet Planes Sleep at Night? Have you ever wondered what little trains do when it’s time for bed? Same things you do! Steam trains, freight trains, subways—and more!—wash up, have a snack, load their teddies for storytime, and get rocked to sleep by mommy and daddy trains beneath a blanket of stars. Little one-track-mind train lovers will be tickled to see how bedtime is just the same for their favorite vehicles as it is for them. “Train lovers will be sure to take this bedtime read for a ride.” —School Library Journal
Night Train
Author | : Martin Amis |
Publsiher | : Random House |
Total Pages | : 160 |
Release | : 2010-12-23 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9781446401514 |
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A sharp twist on the noir genre from one of England’s finest fiction writers 'I worked one hundred murders,' says Detective Mike Hoolihan, an American policewoman. 'In my time I have come in on the aftermath of maybe a thousand suspicious deaths, most of which turned out to be suicides, accidentals or plain unattendeds. So I've seen them all: jumpers, stumpers, dumpers, dunkers, bleeders, floaters, poppers, bursters. But of all the bodies I have ever seen none has stayed with me, in my gut, like the body of Jennifer Rockwell. I say all this because I am part of the story I am going to tell, and I feel the need to give you some idea of where I'm coming from.' Night Train is a mystery story which lingers in the reader's mind even after Mike Hoolihan declares the case closed. ‘Tough, noir, Chandleresque’ Independent ‘Night Train is both delicate and bruising - a long drawn-out blue note. The book hangs around in the mind like smoke in a jazz club’ Telegraph Magazine
Night Train
Author | : David Quantick |
Publsiher | : Titan Books (US, CA) |
Total Pages | : 280 |
Release | : 2020-09-29 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9781785658600 |
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"David Quantick is one of the best kept secrets in the world of writing. He's smart, funny and unique. You should let yourself in on the secret." - Neil Gaiman From Emmy-Award winning author David Quantick, Night Train is a science-fiction horror story like no other. A woman wakes up, frightened and alone. The room shaking and jumping like it's alive. The noise is terrifying. Where is she? Stumbling through a door, she realizes she is on a train carriage. A carriage full of the dead. A personal hell unfolding in an apocalyptic future. This is NIGHT TRAIN. A terrifying ride set on a driverless locomotive, heading for a collision somewhere in the endless night. How did the woman get here? Who is she? And who are the dead? As our heroine makes her way through the train trying to find out what happened to her, she meets a former strongman, a trained killer, and a collection of strange and terrifying creatures. Each step takes her closer to finding out the secret of the Night Train.
Night Train to Turkistan
Author | : Stuart Stevens |
Publsiher | : Atlantic Monthly Press |
Total Pages | : 254 |
Release | : 1988 |
Genre | : Travel |
ISBN | : 0871131900 |
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The first account of travel in Chinese Turkistan, closed to foreigners since 1949, shows a world where bureaucratic hazards often loom larger than geographical ones. First serial to Esquire.