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The Trains Now Departed is Kindle #No 1 Bestseller on railways. More sensuous than a book?
I sometimes worry about e-readers. Are they replacing books? Will books go the same way as old branch lines? What about the sensuous feel of a book, with its lovely illustrations and all the tactile qualities that go with it? Well, my latest book is currently #No 1 Bestseller on amazon.co.uk in Kindle format. I […]
Read More The Trains Now Departed – and the world’s greatest train journeys
Just returned from Singapore and Hong Kong, where I gave a series of talks on the Greatest Train Journeys of the World, as well as signing copies of my newest book, The Trains Now Departed. It’s marvellous how the fondness for railway heritage extends round the world…
Read More Delighted to see three of my books in Amazon Top 25 in railway history, including #No. 1 Bestseller
Three of my books The Trains Now Departed, Steaming to Victory and On the Slow Train Again all ranked in Amazon Top 25 in Railway History today – including #No 1 Bestseller. Keeps an author happy… http://amzn.to/1s9OcaN
Read More The Trains Now Departed in Rail magazine. ‘The perfect book for a long rail journey’
“Guides you through a lost world – The nostalgia of tomorrow.” A lovely review of my book from Philip Haigh, senior commentator in the current issue of Rail magazine – Britain’s best-selling modern railways publication:
Read More The Trains Now Departed in the Daily Telegraph
My article in the Daily Telegraph based on my chapter on the great days of British express trains from my new book The Trains Now Departed: Sixteen Excursions into the Lost Delights of Britain’s Railways – just published http://bit.ly/1ET6vGT
Read More The Trains Now Departed in the Independent and i newspapers
Here’s my article in today’s Independent and ‘i’ newspapers based on a chapter from my new book the Trains Now Departed, published tomorrow, May 7 http://ind.pn/1EX9MZe
Read More The whistle blows for publication of ‘The Trains Now Departed’ – out this week
IT’S finally publication week for my new book The Trains Now Departed, out on Thursday May 7 – when the whistle blows for departure on a project close to my heart that has lasted for three years – a mixture of hard work and intense pleasure. Publication week is a moment of great trepidation for […]
Read More The Trains Now Departed – my newest book to be published on General Election day – May 7
IT’S sometimes hard to feel sympathetic to politicians, but I’m sharing some of their jitters this week since my newest book, The Trains Now Departed: Sixteeen Excursions into the Lost Delights of Britain’s Railways, is published on General Election day, May 7. I didn’t choose the day – the choice was made by my publishers Penguin […]
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