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When Titus Took The Train - Anne Cottringer - Picture BooksCategory: Books Description: Titus is going on a long train journey. Under the watchful eye of the train guard he takes his seat and, until he arrives at his destination where Uncle Henry is waiting to meet him, he doesn't leave it. Or does he? Is it the curly moustache of a fellow passenger that is the impetus for Titus' fisticuff fight with bandits on the train roof? Or the sharp metallic teeth of the guard's ticket-puncher that propels him into a dangerous tunnel encounter with a T-rex? Is it the fact that the train makes a routine stop on a viaduct that sends Titus spinning into a daredevil parachute jump to find a mechanic and fix the stricken engine? Or is it the announcement that 'Boulder City' is the next stop that creates an avalanche of activity where Titus saves the train from a catastrophic collision with falling rocks? Readers will be swept along by these acts of derring-do and will be left wondering whether they really did happen or whether they're all part of the wild parallel universe that is Titus's imagination. Delivery time: 1 to 3 days Delivery cost: 1.95 Author: 0 Review this product |
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Stop The TrainCategory: Books Description: In the dusty Oklahoma prairie, Cissy’s neighbours have staked their hearts on making their little desert town bloom. So when a cruel railroad baron threatens their existence, they must stop him – whatever it takes! Delivery cost: 0.00 ISBN: 9780192718815 Review this product |
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On The Slow Train - Michael Williams - Trains and Railways: General InterestCategory: Books Description: This beautifully-packaged book will take the reader on the slow train to another era when travel meant more than hurrying from one place to the next, the journey meaning nothing but time lost in crowded carriages, condemned by broken timetables. On the Slow Train will reconnect with that long-missed need to lift our heads from the daily grind and reflect that there are still places in Britain where we can stop and stare. It will tap into many things: a love of railways, a love of history, a love of nostalgia. This book will be a paean to another age before milk churns, porters and cats on seats were replaced by security announcements and Burger King. These 12 spectacular journeys will help free us from what Baudelaire denounced as 'the horrible burden of time.' This title is updated for the paperback. Delivery time: 1 to 3 days Delivery cost: 1.95 Author: 0 Review this product |
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Last Call For The Dining Car - Michael Kerr - Travel WritingCategory: Books Description: Ever since Paul Theroux first embarked in London on the first train of his Great Railway Bazaar, railways have been a rich source for the best travel writing. These days, with our awareness of the global warming implications of endless air travel and the opportunity to jump on a train at magnificent St Pancras and be whisked straight to the continent, train travel has assumed a new importance and romance - which is why so many more tour companies are offering a great train ride as part of their holiday itineraries. Now, Michael Kerr, the Telegraph's deputy Travel Editor, has burrowed deep in the newspaper's archives and collected together the very best of its writing about railway journeys. Here are journeys non-stop from London to Vladivostok; across the Canadian Rockies; the first train across Australia from Darwin to Alice Springs; on the teeming, crawling, travelling adventure of Indian railways. But there is also the Duke of Windsor haughtily washing his hands of train travel for ever after being held up by a signal failure on the Southern region; the very last day of steam travel on British Rail in 1967, and John Betjeman's paean to the glory of old-time train travel.This is an anthology that will appeal to the railway buff and the armchair traveller alike; to everyone who has ever Inter-railed in their youth, and everyone nostalgic for the days when the only way to cross a continent was by train. Michael Kerr is Deputy Travel Editor of the Daily Telegraph. He lives in Surrey. Delivery time: 1 to 3 days Delivery cost: 1.95 Author: 0 Review this product |
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
GREAT LITTLE FOLLOW ALONG STORY BOOK,
This review is from: Stop That Train!: A Pop-through-the-slot book (Hardcover)
We purchased this book after receiving 2 similar books for Xmas. The concept is great as my 2yr old gets to take the train on the journey through the book. As you push the trains through the slots, we also see if we can spot the motorbike that is chasing the train.Similar books that follow this concept are Moles bedtime and Ladybird moves home. Both these are excellent and if honest preferred by my 2yr old as they are aimed at slightly younger readers. All in all great idea, just wished there were more of them about. 
great book, By caroline "CAZ" (london, uk) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Stop That Train!: A Pop-through-the-slot book (Hardcover)
My son was 3yrs old when i purchased this book, he loved it thenand he still l;oves it now and he is 5yrs old now.
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| 22/05/2012 11:00 AM |
| Reader Review: "Turn of Mind" |
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by Karen R (Virginia): A riveting story of a highly accomplished woman, Dr. Jennifer White, succumbing to the ravages of Alzheimer's Disease. The writing style is original; the story told thru Dr. White's eyes, whose reality changes from day to day, minute to minute. It is a sad story of a woman who keeps a notebook as she progresses in losing her ability to interact properly with the outer world, not recognizing her own children but at other times sharp on events of long ago. Although a work of fiction, this story allows us to peek into the real world of dementia, the brain's deterioration; the frustrations and fears that accompany it. I found myself thinking of my own father who has dementia, wondering if he has the same fractured and frightening thoughts/confusion and will it progress similarly? Remarkable book and hard to put down. The ending just a little bit too tidy for my taste but the book is still well worth the read.
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| 21/05/2012 11:00 AM |
| Reader Review: "Nineteen Minutes" |
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by Lauren Conrad (illinois): This was one of the best books I have ever read. Being a high school student helped me relate to so many characters in the book. I recommend this book to every high school student, as the characters can all be found in any school. There is the bully, the misfit, the popular kids. A incident occurs among the students where an email posting(which was supposed to be private) is sent out to all the school and causes a terrible situation for the sender. This is such a case of something any high school student can relate to. I think reading this book, may make some high school students think twice about how they treat each other. I sure hope it does!
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| 21/05/2012 11:00 AM |
| Reader Review: "The Sense of an Ending" |
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by Cloggie Downunder (Thirroul NSW Australia): The Sense of an Ending is the 11th novel by Julian Barnes. In his sixties, retired, Tony Webster sees his life as pretty ordinary: career, marriage, amicable divorce, one child, two grandchildren. So the letter from a lawyer, informing him of an unexpected bequest of money and some documents, is surprising and intriguing. A blast from the past, it has him thinking back to high school friends, Adrian Finn in particular, and his first girlfriend at college, Veronica Ford. As Tony examines his memories of 40 years ago, present day events have him wondering just how true his memories are, and how justified his actions really were. Quotes from his sixth form History class come to mind: and#147;Is history the lies of the victors? Or the self-delusions of the defeated?and#148; Tony decides itand#146;s the memories of the survivors, who are neither victorious nor defeated. Barnes has given the reader a clever plot and realistic characters. I found the suicide philosophy (life is an unsolicited gift you can refuse to accept) thought-provoking and the twist at the end left me gasping. I found it very reminiscent of Ian McEwanand#146;s writing. This is a short but very powerful read.
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| 18/05/2012 11:00 AM |
| Reader Review: "The Finkler Question" |
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by Phyll (Toowoomba): Contrary to Howard Jacobson's contention that Australian readers prefer their fiction to be andquot;unwrittenandquot; and andquot;unfictionalandquot;, I prefer a novel to be without haphazardness of structure and about people who stretch my boundaries of empathy. There's a tang of narcissism in Finkler. This puts Jacobson in the category of andquot;un-writerandquot; - the sort of author that he denigrated in his 1987 travel book andquot;In the Land of Ozandquot;. I admire Jacobson's humour, but would have liked a few commas and other traditional grammatical devices to admire as well. Good luck to him with the pleasure of that lucrative reward. He should revisit Australia to do a witty update of his travel book, a genre in which he excels.
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| 05/05/2012 11:00 AM |
| Reader Review: "Chesapeake Blue" |
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by Cloggie Downunder (Thirroul NSW Australia): Chesapeake Blue is the fourth of the Chesapeake Bay series by Nora Roberts. It is the story of Seth Quinn, who as a ten-year-old , was bought from his mother (Rayand#146;s estranged daughter, Gloria deLauter) by Ray Quinn and raised by Rayand#146;s adopted sons, Cam, Ethan and Phil. After years of promoting his art around the continent, Seth Quinn wants to come home to St Christopher, to the security of the place he grew up in. When he arrives, he meets Drusilla Whitcomb Banks, granddaughter of a Senator, who has come to St Chris to get away from life in Washington and the stifling demands of her parents. Sheand#146;s running a flower shop and loving it, and Seth wants to paint her, and more. But everyone has secrets in their past, and Sethand#146;s is insisting on turning up like a bad penny, threatening everything he holds dear. Is there any way someone as sophisticated as Dru can be with someone like Seth with his history? Is Seth underestimating Drusillaand#146;s strength? Has Seth forgotten he is a Quinn, and Quinns stand together? This final chapter in the Chesapeake Bay series will please fans who wanted to know how Seth turned out. Roberts knows how to create characters to love and hate, and a plot that is original. An entertaining read.
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| 04/05/2012 11:00 AM |
| Reader Review: "The Lifeboat" |
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by Diane S.: Thirty nine people in one lifeboat adrift for many weeks waiting for rescue, some strong some not. Rogan takes what is a relatively simple plot line and than fills it with moral ambiguities and decisions that keeps the reader wondering what will happen next. Not sure what I think of the main character and narrator Grace, we are filled in on her back story, except to say that I felt she was definitely an opportunist, but above all she is a survivor, not only of the ship sinking and subsequent trial, but in life itself. The language used is insightful and well in keeping in what was going on in the lifeboat. Couldn't help wondering how I would have acted if found in the same situation as these people. This will make an interesting book for discussion groups as there are many different aspects of this novel that can be discussed.
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| 01/05/2012 11:00 AM |
| Reader Review: "A Land More Kind Than Home" |
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by Diane S.: My goodness but this book was fantastic! His use of local color and dialect, his descriptions, his use of the weather to ratchet up the tension, and all this from a first time author. The town midwife, Adelaide, who sees it as her job to protect the children, the sheriff, who has plenty of tragedy in his own life, and the two young boys, Jess, who is in third grade, and his older but mute brother, Christopher. When evil comes to their small Appalachian town in the form of itinerant preacher, Chambliss, events are set in motion that will leave few unscathed. Two boys would pay for their natural curiosity in a way that is out of all proportion to their misdeed. I knew this story drew me in when I found myself wanting to grab one of the characters and tell them not to do it. I felt the tension in the pit of my stomach, like the way one feels before the big drop on a roller coaster. Yet in ends in a note of hope and a looking forward to that I would not have thought possible. Absolutely gripping!
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| 01/05/2012 11:00 AM |
| Reader Review: "The Dovekeepers" |
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by Louise J (Canada): I have read a lot of novels about ancient Jerusalem during this era but I must begin this particular review with one word and#150; WOW!! I was completely entranced with Alice Hoffmanand#146;s The Dovekeepers which took place during the Roman siege during the first century CE. The story is told through the voices of four different women: Yael, Revka, Aziza and Shirah. Each of these women had secrets about where they came from, who they are, who their fathers were, and who they love. Each of the womenand#146;s stories bound them together throughout the novel emotionally and symbolically. The change in each womanand#146;s story flowed effortlessly and leant to the dynamic retelling of this sad and tragic period in history. The dramatic end to this story will rip your heart out and leave tear-stains on your pages as you turn them. The title The Dovekeepers has a symbolic meaning throughout the story. Iand#146;ve read a lot of Hoffmanand#146;s work and I believe this to be her very best. I believe this will become a classic in the future and a novel that will be talked about in book groups, peopleand#146;s living rooms, in the news and will be a bestseller. I for sure will be touting the merits of this book to anyone and everyone who will listen. Kudos to you Ms. Hoffman!
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| 28/04/2012 11:00 AM |
| Reader Review: "Blue Asylum" |
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by Diane S.: Set during the civil war, the wife of a slave owning plantation, is sentenced to the lunatic asylum on Sibella Island. There she meets many different characters, some sane some not, and Ambrose who is scarred by his own actions in the war. This novel is a quiet novel, almost ethereal in tone, because the reader learns what sent these people here in flashback and conversations from the characters instead of directly from the acts. Loved the doctor's son, a young boy who fears he himself in insane. The descriptions of the water, sea life and the island are beautifully rendered. As for the name Blue in the title, it does have meaning but you will have to read the book to find out what it is.
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| 21/04/2012 11:00 AM |
| Reader Review: "A Good American" |
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by Dorothy T. (Victorville, CA): There is not a dull moment in this book. The storyline about multiple generations of a German/American family is engrossing, and there are plenty of humorous situations. Alex George has plenty to say and he says it well. I could just hear that four-part barbershop quartet harmony!
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