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'A beautifully observed and sympathetic tour of modern Britain that runs on the tracks of our years.' David Quantick 'Charming…The accounts will make any fan of railways want to experience these delights for themselves.' – The Independent All aboard for a one-of-a-kind journey by train to...

De 35 mooiste treinreizen van Europa, beschreven door dé treinreisjournalist van de Lage Landen. Met een voorwoord van Paul Haenen. De internationale trein beleeft een glorieuze comeback. En terecht, want reizen per spoor is avontuurlijk, relaxed en klimaatvriendelijk. Er is alle ruimte om rond te lopen, een boek te lezen of te lunchen terwijl de mooiste landschappen langs je raam voorbijglijden. De trein is een microkosmos waarin tijd er even niet toe doet – een betere reden om te ontspannen bestaat niet.

In 2016, while working as a journalist in Yangon, Clare Hammond discovered an obscure map that showed a web of new railways spanning the length and breadth of the country - railways not shown on any other publicly available maps. She was determined to uncover the railways' origins, purpose, and most of all, the silence that surrounded them. She would spend three months travelling on these mysterious railways, and the next five years piecing their story together.

Memories of the pivotal role campaign trains played in American elections fade with the passing of each generation. Also forgotten are the stories documented by the reporters who traveled with hundreds of whistle-stopping politicians, including Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, Dwight Eisenhower, and Ronald Reagan. The trains were the backdrop of political drama, intrigue, humor, and triumph for more than 185 years. Campaign trains were an American invention that enabled politicians to connect with as many voters as possible in the country’s largest cities and smallest towns.

Paul Theroux, the author of the train travel classics The Great Railway Bazaar and The Old Patagonian Express, takes to the rails once again in this account of his epic journey through China. He hops aboard as part of a tour group in London and sets out for China's border. He then spends a year...