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1	The Christmas Train more books like this by David Baldacci add to wishlist Thriller writer David Baldacci shifts genre from pulse-pounding to heartwarming in this sentimental Christmas story. Angered by a clumsy search of his person and possessions, journalist Tom Langdon goes ballistic at airport security, and is subsequently banned from flying for two years. That unfortunate incident dovetails nicely with his father's ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Europe by Eurail: Touring Europe by Train more books like this by LaVerne Ferguson-Kosinski add to wishlist Europe by Eurail has been the train traveller's one-stop source for visiting Europe's cities and countries by rail for more than thirty years. This comprehensive guide, fully revised and updated, provides the latest information on fares, schedules, and pass options, as well as detailed information on more than ninety specific rail excursions. ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Frommer's Europe by Rail more books like this by Naomi P Kraus (Editor) add to wishlist You'll never fall into the tourist traps when you travel with Frommer's. It's like having a friend show you around, taking you to the places locals like best. Our expert authors have already gone everywhere you might go -- they've done the legwork for you, and they're not afraid to tell it like it is, saving you time and money. No other series ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.84! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Strangers on a Train more books like this by Patricia Highsmith add to wishlist The Psychologists would call it folie a deux...'Bruno slammed his palms together.' Hey! Cheeses, what an idea! I kill your wife and you kill my father! We meet on a train, see, and nobody knows we know each other! Perfect alibis! Catch? From this moment, almost against his conscious will, Guy Haines is trapped in a nightmare of shared guilt and an ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.92! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Riding the Iron Rooster more books like this by Paul Theroux add to wishlist Theroux narrates an ambitious railroad journey beginning in London, continuing through Europe, Russia, and finally China. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.55! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Old Patagonian Express more books like this by Paul Theroux add to wishlist Celebrated travel-writer Paul Theroux turns his pen on the Americas, describing the trip from Boston to Patagonia, from subway to steam engine. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.00! \| signed copies \| first editions
7	Murder on the Trans-Siberian Express more books like this by Stuart M Kaminsky add to wishlist Inside the Moscow Police Department, madness regins. Inspectors Karpo and Zelach enter the underground world of post-punk rock clubs searching for clues to the disappearance of an anti-Semitic rock star who happens to be the son of one of Moscow's most powerful Jewish citizens. Then there is the young woman, dubbed the Phantom of the Underground ... see all copies from $3.90! new only from $27.48! \| signed copies \| first editions
8	Lonely Planet Trans-Siberian Railway more books like this by Simon Richmond add to wishlist Part of the Lonely Planet Country Guide Series. Best-selling and inspirationalguide to the Trans-Siberian Railway, covering Russia, Mongolia and China. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $15.57! \| SVS
9	The Imperial Way more books like this by Paul Theroux, Steve McCurry (Photographer) add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $19.75! \| signed copies \| first editions
10	Background to Danger more books like this by Eric Ambler add to wishlist Background to Danger is a classic international thriller from the pen of a master entertainer. The scene is Central Europe just prior to World War II. A young British journalist becomes an innocent pawn in a deadly game of espionage. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.25! \| first editions \| SVS
11	Riding Toward Everywhere more books like this by William T Vollmann add to wishlist Vollmann is a relentlessly curious, endlessly sensitive, and unequivocally adventurous examiner of human existence. In his work, he offers readers a gorgeously written immersion in the trainhopping, hobo life. 66 b&w photos. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	The Excursion Train more books like this by Edward Marston add to wishlist Detective Inspector Robert Colbeck is back to investigate two deaths on the rails. Will he catch the murderer before more lives are lost. . . see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.50! \| first editions
13 view cover	The Man in Lower Ten more books like this by Mary Roberts Rinehart add to wishlist Lawrence Blakely's briefcase holds evidence that can convict a powerful figure in Washington of forgery, so he takes no chances. It had taken extreme cunning to procure the documents, but that proves nothing compared to holding onto them. On the Capitol-bound Pullman, Blakely wakes to find his briefcase gone--and a murdered body in his berth. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.55! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Night Train to Rigel more books like this by Timothy Zahn add to wishlist It all starts when a man comes to deliver a message to Frank Compton - only to fall dead at his feet. What follows is a suspenseful thriller that only Timothy Zahn, a master of hard science fiction adventure, could have written. More than two hundred years from now, the Ouadrail transportation system run by the enigmatic Spiders connects ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	The Five-Forty-Five to Cannes more books like this by Tess Uriza Holthe add to wishlist The 5:45 to Cannes. It links northern Italy with the French Riviera while running like a thread through lives that touch one another in unexpected and often secret ways: Chazz, the heir to a great fortune, suffers debilitating mood swings that threaten his once-perfect marriage. GianCarlo, a kindhearted young Italian, looks for a way out of the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.50! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	The Lost Boy: A Novella more books like this by Thomas Wolfe, James Clark (Introduction by) add to wishlist In this novella Thomas Wolfe displays his unmatched literary autobiographical style and uses a polyphonic narrative structure to present the tragic death of his 12-year-old brother Grover at the World's Fair in St. Louis in 1904. In shorter versions this story appeared first in Redbook magazine in 1937, in THE HILLS BEYOND in 1941, and in a short ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.32! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	The Case of Compartment 7 more books like this by Sam McCarver add to wishlist The first John Darnell mystery, "The Case of Cabin 13, " set the scene of the crime on the doomed R.M.S. "Titanic." Now the world's first and only "paranormal" detective climbs aboard the Orient Express--with a sultry spy, a phantom bride, and a budding mystery writer named Agatha Christie. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions
18 view cover	Kingdom by the Sea more books like this by Paul Theroux add to wishlist After eleven years living as an American in London, Paul Theroux set out to travel clockwise round the coast and find out what Britain and the British are really like. It was 1982, the summer of the Falklands War and the royal baby, and the ideal time, he found, to surprise the British into talking about themselves. The result is vivid and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.69! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Great American Rail Journeys more books like this by John Grant add to wishlist The executive producer of the PBS TV programs by the same name now brings the joys of North American rail journeys to readers in a large-format color tome. Enriched with historical detail, each of the eight chapters celebrates one rail journey. 150 color photos. 8 maps. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.95! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Railways and Culture in Britain: The Epitome of Modernity more books like this by Mr. Ian Carter add to wishlist The 19th-century's steam railway epitomized modernity's relentlessly onrushing advance. In this work Ian Carter delves into the cultural impact of train technology, and how this was represented in British society. Why for example did Britain possess no great railway novel? The work's first half tests that assertion by comparing fiction and images ... see all copies from $25.00! new only from $32.12! \| SVS
21	The Kingdom by the Sea: A Journey Around Great Britain more books like this by Paul Theroux add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.97! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Destination Murder more books like this by Jessica Fletcher, Donald Bain add to wishlist In this special 20th novel in the "USA Today" bestselling series, Jessica takes a three-night train trip with her friend and his railroad association through scenic British Columbia. But when a member of the entourage takes a sip of a Bloody Mary and dies, it's up to Jessica to do some unplanned sleuthing. Original. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.50! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Japan by Rail more books like this by Ramsey Zarifeh add to wishlist Fully revised second edition, includes full historical background, cultural tips, getting to Japan, where to stay and eat, and timetables see all copies from $2.29! new only from $11.27! \| first editions \| SVS
24	Zephyr:: Tracking a Dream Across America more books like this by Henry Kisor add to wishlist Chicago journalist Henry Kisor takes readers on an armchair journey across the country on Amtrak's California Zephyr. Within the train's 18 cars, we meet hundreds of individuals, each with a story. Paralleling the adventure is the grand history of railroads and the speeding panaroma of the West. Photos. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $13.92! \| signed copies \| first editions
25 view cover	Orient Express: An Entertainment more books like this by Graham Greene, Christopher Hitchens (Introduction by) add to wishlist ORIENT EXPRESS (1933) was Graham Greene's third novel, but it was his first truly successful one. Though he classed this novel as one of his "entertainments" (as opposed to his more serious fiction), ORIENT EXPRESS is a probing look at the themes that would obsess Greene all his life: sex vs. morality, suicide, issues of loyalty and betrayal, and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.17! \| SVS

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