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The Polar Express
Chris Van Allsburg
Houghton Mifflin, 1985
A family treasure
This book is a keepsake for our family. It is given extra care due to the quality of the story and book. The pictures are large, beautiful and unique. The art work was what first caught my attention. It is a wonderful Christmas story, but we read it throughout the ...
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The Milwaukee Road's Hiawathas (Great Passenger Trains)
Voyageur Press, 2006
A Nostalgic Look at What Once Was
As I was reading this book I got to the page showing the commemorative stamps featuring an image of The Hiawatha, known as "Fastest Train in America", as it traveled over 100 miles per hour on its daily run connecting Chicago, Milwaukee and the Twin Cities. A ...
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The Polar Express: The Journey Begins (An Early Reader)
Kitty Richards
Houghton Mifflin, 2004
great book
This book will be a classic. My grandson loved it. The artwork is fabulous. This edition is made just for the younger kids.
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Orient Express (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
Graham Greene
Penguin Classics, 2004
Orient Express is an exciting Hitchcock like journey from Ostend to Istanbul
Graham Greene the eminent British novelist published this minor, suspensful and entertaining work in 1932. In Great Britain the novel is entitled "Stamboul Train". The novel is short but has a murder and interesting characters to keep your attention. The characters are ...
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Empire Express: Building the First Transcontinental Railroad
David Haward Bain
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2000
Very Good!
Empire Express is an amazingly well done epic.
Starting at the beginning of the Age of Steam when only dreamers thought that America's greatest mid century engineering feat was a remote possibility, and winding up at the beginning of the Gilded Age, when only ...
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Murder on the Orient Express: A Hercule Poirot Mystery (Agatha Christie Collection)
Agatha Christie
Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, 2006
Christie and Poirot at their best
Murder on the Orient Express is almost certainly the most famous Agatha Christie novel and may well be the best-known novel from the entire mystery genre. Despite the fact that I had been told the solution to the case many years ago, I decided to go ahead and finally ...
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The Old Patagonian Express: By Train Through the Americas
Paul Theroux
Mariner Books, 1979
From Boston to Patagonia by Train
Note: I made some immature Mormon angry because of my negative reviews of books that attempted to prove the Book of Mormon, and that person has been slamming my reviews almost as fast as they are posted.
So, your "helpful" votes are appreciated. Thanks, and note ...
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Nate the Great on the Owl Express (Nate the Great)
Marjorie Weinman Sharmat
Yearling, 2004
Nate Really IS Great!
I first picked up a Nate the Great book for my five year-old a few months ago after having been warned off getting him the Junie B. Jones series as there is a lot of negative language in those books (calling people "stupid" and things like that).
My son was just ...
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Streetwise Vancouver Map - Laminated Center City Street Map of Vancouver, Canada - Folding pocket size travel ...
Streetwise Maps
Streetwise Maps, 2005
Handy, Useful, and Durable!
I love this series of maps. Small and plastic-coated, they tuck into a purse or backpack easily, don't tear or get wrinkled, and they are colorful and attractive. This particular map is very small and yet very easy to read, and gives you everything you need to know ...
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The Kindaichi Case Files, Vol. 16: The Magical Express
Yozaburo Kanari
TokyoPop, 2007
A big Kindaichi fan!!
I have to admit it, I keep expecting to get one of the stories & have it stink. I mean, how can a series keep going & still be entertaining? Many long-running mangas all seem to have the same problem: after a point in time the storyline starts to sag & the characters ...
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Trip To The North Pole (The Polar Express: The Movie)
Ellen Weiss
Houghton Mifflin, 2004
Yes, Virginia, There Really is a Santa Claus
Said a kindly newspaper writer to a little girl who wasn't sure if Santa Claus was real. "The Polar Express" recalls the sentiment of this letter and in fine style, "Trip to the North Pole" takes readers on a memorable ride.
You know, one thing about trains --- It ...
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Pennsylvania Railroad's Broadway Limited (Great Passenger Trains)
Joe Welsh
Voyageur Press, 2006
The Illustrated Story of a Famous Passenger Train
There was a time when the railroads cared about passenger travel. and the Pennsylvania Railroad's Broadway Limited was prime evidence. The ads said a lot, 'The Best Equipped Train in the World.' Of course you might get a bit of an argument from the New York Central's ...
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Baltimore & Ohio's Capitol Limited and National Limited (Great Passenger Trains)
Joe Welsh
Voyageur Press, 2007
Baltimore and Ohio's Capitol Limited and National Limited
I have owned Baltimore and Ohio's Capitol Limited and National Limited book since December 4, 2007. The book has excellent black and white and color photos of the Capitol Limited and National Limited. My favorite color photos of the National Limited are in Chapter 1. I ...
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The Hiawatha Story (Fesler-Lampert Minnesota Heritage)
Jim Scribbins
Univ Of Minnesota Press, 2007
Thee book on thee streamliner of the 30s
Passengers used to look out the window and see "Slow to 90 MPH" signs! It's schedule still stands as the fastest scheduled run by a steam locomotive - in the world! It's design and implementation was the standard many countries are still trying to copy! We are talking ...
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The Disoriented Express (Nancy Drew Graphic Novels: Girl Detective #10)
Stefan Petrucha
Papercutz, 2007
Great Detective
I've said it once and i'll said it twice Nancy Drew is a great girl detective.
Rondall Banks
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