Train travel
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Food on the Move—Dining on the Legendary Railway Journeys of the World: edited by Sharon Hudgins
Published by Reaktion Books, 2019, 256 pages There is something magical about sitting on a train, eating well while staring out of the window at a constantly changing vista. So when I came across this book that combines two of… Continue reading
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Around the World in 80 Trains—A 45,000 Mile Adventure: Monisha Rajesh
Published by Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019, 336 pages “Trains are rolling libraries of information, and all it takes is to reach out to passengers to bind together their tales.” Monisha Rajesh loves trains (in fact she wrote a similar book about riding… Continue reading
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A Slow Train to Switzerland: Diccon Bewes
Published by Nicholas Brealey Publishing, 2013, 320 pages While researching a book on a Switzerland, Diccon Bewes—a Briton who has lived in Switzerland for over eight years—found a reference to a diary written by an English woman, Jemimah Morrell (known… Continue reading
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Stranger on a Train—Daydreaming and Smoking around America with Interruptions: Jenny Diski
Published by Virago / Picador, 2002, 288 pages. This account of two railway journeys Jenny Diski took through the US—a short one, from Georgia to Arizona, and a longer one from New York circling the country—is not a conventional travel… Continue reading
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Around India in 80 Trains: Monisha Rajesh
Published by Nicholas Brealey, 2017, 288 pages. Looking out of her window on a foggy London day, Monisha Rajesh feels she needs a change. So begins her journey to India. Rajesh’s family had moved back to India from Sheffield in… Continue reading
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