Around the World in 80 Trains : A 45,000-Mile Adventure - Monisha Rajesh Publication Date:23/01/2020WINNER OF THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC TRAVELLER AWARD FOR BEST TRAVEL BOOKSHORTLISTED FOR THE STANFORD DOLMAN TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD'Monisha Rajesh has chosen one of the best ways of seeing the world. Never too fast, never too slow, her journey does what trains do best. Getting to the heart of things. Prepare for a very fine ride' Michael PalinFrom the cloud skimming heights of Tibet's Qinghai railway to silk sheeted splendour on the Venice Simplon
In this rush for green energy
It's 1960s Finland and Pirkko has fun getting into trouble
the serial killer Edward Wayne Edwards
she quickly draws the ire of the Primus
essential dispatch from the front lines of the billionaire revolution
Determined to go straight after a stint in prison
languid and incredibly funny
unrecognisable and uncanny
A bald old man with a terrible temper and a pathetic assistant
he learns that nowhere is safe
compelling
and the ways in which the people of Japan understand their myths are very different today even from a century ago