 Tevye the Dairyman and The Railroad Stories
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| By : Sholem Aleichem, Hillel Halkin (Translator) |
A superb introduction to the caustic wit and keen observations of one of the world's greatest storytellers. Included are "Tevye the Dairyman, " his masterpiece and the basis for Fiddler on the Roof, and all 21 Railroad Stories, in which human nature and the various shocks of modernity are perceived by men and women riding the trains from shtetl to shtetl.
Publisher: Schocken Books
Sales Rank: 35,113
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The Christmas Train
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| By : David Baldacci |
Tom Langdon, a weary and cash-strapped journalist, is banned from flying when a particularly thorough airport security search causes him to lose his cool. Now, he must take the train if he has any chance of arriving in Los Angeles in time for Christmas with his girlfriend. To finance the trip, he sells a story about a train ride taken during the Christmas season. Thereupon begins one of the most hilarious-and heartwarming-journeys ever told. Along the way, Tom encounters a ridiculous cast of characters, unexpected romance, and an avalanche that changes everyone's Christmas plans. As the mighty Southwest Chief chugs along, Tom learns what really makes the holiday special in a remarkable novel that will charm all who read it.
Publisher: Warner Books
Sales Rank: 28,307
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The Mystery of the Blue Train
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| By : Agatha Christie |
Agatha Christie is still considered the undisputed queen of crime. Katherine Grey's life changes dramatically after she inherits a large sum of money. A trip to the Riviera on the Blue Train is her first adventure. When she meets Hercule Poirot, she's thrown into the investigation of a wealthy American's murder....
Publisher: Berkley Pub Group
Sales Rank: 70,406
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The Octopus: A Story of California (Twentieth Century Classics)
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| By : Frank Norris, Kevin Starr (Introduction) |
Like the tentacles of an octopus, the tracks of the railroad reached out across California, as if to grasp everything of value in the state Based on an actual, bloody dispute between wheat farmers and the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1880, The Octopus is a stunning novel of the waning days of the frontier West. To the tough-minded and self-reliant farmers, the monopolistic, land-grabbing railroad represented everything they despised: consolidation, organization, conformity. But Norris idealizes no one in this epic depiction of the volatile situation, for the farmers themselves ruthlessly exploited the land, and in their hunger for larger holdings they resorted to the same tactics used by the railroad...
Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper)
Sales Rank: 51,134
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The Old Patagonian Express : By Train Through the Americas
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| By : Paul Theroux |
Starting with a rush-hour subway ride to South Station in Boston to catch the Lake Shore Limited to Chicago, Theroux winds up on the poky, wandering Old Patagonian Express steam engine, which comes to a halt in a desolate land of cracked hills and thorn bushes. But with Theroux the view along the way is what matters: the monologuing Mr. Thornberry in Costa Rica, the bogus priest of Cali, and the blind Jorge Luis Borges, who delights in having Theroux read Robert Louis Stevenson to him.
Publisher: Mariner Books
Sales Rank: 53,904
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Ties That Bind (Ribbons West, 3)
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| By : Judith Pella, Tracie Peterson |
The Race to Complete the Transcontinental Railroad Accelerates.... Will Sabotage Thwart Their Dream? The strife of the Civil War has ended, but the Indian wars on the Plains have intensified and the Union Pacific and Central Pacific Railroads are locked in a high-stakes competition to link the eastern states with their western counterparts. Jordana Baldwin had come to California by stagecoach to help her sister Victoria, but after three years she has grown restless and feels the need to do...
Publisher: Bethany House
Sales Rank: 169,352
Avg. Customer Rating: 5 / 5.0
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Train Man
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| By : Peter T. Deutermann |
A bridge is blown up, plunging a 100-car train deep into the Mississippi River. The FBI sends Assistant Director Hush Hanson and Agent Carolyn Lang to investigate. Hanson and Lang suspect a single man--the Train Man--is bringing down bridges one by one. No one can guess a far great danger is looming, with barely a chance to stop the deadliest disaster of all. Martin's Press.
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Sales Rank: 103,385
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Westward the Dream (Ribbons West, 1)
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| By : Judith Pella, Tracie Peterson |
Continuing the legacy of the RIBBONS OF STEEL series, this romantic new epic from the bestselling author team of Judith Pella and Tracie Peterson joins the dangerous and exciting exploration of the western frontier. Furthering the legacy of Carolina and James Baldwin begun in the RIBBONS OF STEEL series, Pella and Peterson's newest venture pushes West and features the romances and adventures of a new generation of Baldwins.
Publisher: Bethany House
Sales Rank: 193,422
Avg. Customer Rating: 5 / 5.0
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Writing the Rails: Train Adventures by the World's Best-Loved Writers
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| By : Edward C. Goodman (Editor) |
Rich and inviting, this collection of 101 train travel stories, both fact and fiction, by renowned writers from around the world and throughout history, is a feast for the armchair vagabond. The stories, essays, historic accounts, poetry, songs and other pieces that comprise this impressive anthology have been carefully selected from the widest range of sources to reflect the glories of travel by rail, from the Orient Express to the New York City subway.
Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal Pub
Sales Rank: 474,572
Avg. Customer Rating: 4 / 5.0
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