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Last Train to Paradise

Henry Flagler and the Spectacular Rise and Fall of the Railroad that Crossed an Ocean

de Les Standiford ...

Narrado por Del Roy ...

Completo

8 hora 17 minutos

The fast-paced and gripping true account of the extraordinary construction and spectacular demise of the Key West Railroad—one of the greatest engineering feats ever undertaken, destroyed in one fell swoop by the strongest storm ever to hit U.S. shores.In 1904, the brilliant and driven entrepreneur Henry Flagler, partner to John D. Rockefeller, dreamed of a railway connecting the island of Key ... Leer más

$17.95 USD

The fast-paced and gripping true account of the extraordinary construction and spectacular demise of the Key West Railroad—one of the greatest engineering feats ever undertaken, destroyed in one fell swoop by the strongest storm ever to hit U.S. shores.In 1904, the brilliant and driven entrepreneur Henry Flagler, partner to John D. Rockefeller, dreamed of a railway connecting the island of Key
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Off the Tracks

A Meditation on Train Journeys in a Time of No Travel

de Pamela Mulloy ...

Narrado por Jennifer Wigmore ...

Completo

5 hora 55 minutos

Train travel is having a renaissance. Grand old routes that had been canceled, or were moldering in neglect, have been refurbished as destinations in themselves. The Rocky Mountaineer, the Orient Express, and the Trans-Siberian Railroad run again in all their glory.Pamela Mulloy has always loved train travel. Whether returning to the Maritimes every year with her daughter on the Ocean, or taking ... Leer más

$24.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

Train travel is having a renaissance. Grand old routes that had been canceled, or were moldering in neglect, have been refurbished as destinations in themselves. The Rocky Mountaineer, the Orient Express, and the Trans-Siberian Railroad run again in all their glory.Pamela Mulloy has always loved train travel. Whether returning to the Maritimes every year with her daughter on the Ocean, or taking
... Leer más
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Thomas og vennerne - En historie om mod

de Mattel ...

Narrado por Henrik Koefoed ...

Series series Thomas og vennerne
Completo

22 minutos

Da det lille, blå damplokomotiv Thomas bliver sendt til lergraven, ser han en klippeblok med store, mystiske fodaftryk i. Hans gode ven Percy tror, at det er monsterfodspor, og pludselig tør Percy ikke køre i mørket længere. Men er der virkelig store, farlige monstre løs på Sodor?Tag med på spændende eventyr med toget Thomas, Gordon, James, Cranky, Diesel, Dexter, Henry og alle de andre ... Leer más

$7.99 USD

Da det lille, blå damplokomotiv Thomas bliver sendt til lergraven, ser han en klippeblok med store, mystiske fodaftryk i. Hans gode ven Percy tror, at det er monsterfodspor, og pludselig tør Percy ikke køre i mørket længere. Men er der virkelig store, farlige monstre løs på Sodor?Tag med på spændende eventyr med toget Thomas, Gordon, James, Cranky, Diesel, Dexter, Henry og alle de andre
... Leer más
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The Harvey Girl

de Dana Stabenow ...

Narrado por Marguerite Gavin ...

Series series The Harvey Girls Mysteries
Completo

6 hora 42 minutos

Bloomsbury presents The Harvey Girl by Dana Stabenow, read by Marguerite Gavin.From the award-winning author of the Kate Shugak Mysteries, a thrilling new detective series set during America's wild boom time of the nineteenth century.WELCOME TO THE GILDED AGE. WHERE NOT EVERYTHING GLITTERS.The New Mexico Territory is a lawless frontier where criminals steal money and land alike with impunity. ... Leer más

$18.99 USD

Bloomsbury presents The Harvey Girl by Dana Stabenow, read by Marguerite Gavin.From the award-winning author of the Kate Shugak Mysteries, a thrilling new detective series set during America's wild boom time of the nineteenth century.WELCOME TO THE GILDED AGE. WHERE NOT EVERYTHING GLITTERS.The New Mexico Territory is a lawless frontier where criminals steal money and land alike with impunity.
... Leer más
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Last Train to Paradise

Henry Flagler and the Spectacular Rise and Fall of the Railroad that Crossed an Ocean

de Les Standiford ...

Narrado por Richmond Hoxie ...

Abreviado

6 hora 19 minutos

The fast-paced and gripping true account of the extraordinary construction and spectacular demise of the Key West Railroad—one of the greatest engineering feats ever undertaken, destroyed in one fell swoop by the strongest storm ever to hit U.S. shores.In 1904, the brilliant and driven entrepreneur Henry Flagler, partner to John D. Rockefeller, dreamed of a railway connecting the island of Key ... Leer más

$14.95 USD

The fast-paced and gripping true account of the extraordinary construction and spectacular demise of the Key West Railroad—one of the greatest engineering feats ever undertaken, destroyed in one fell swoop by the strongest storm ever to hit U.S. shores.In 1904, the brilliant and driven entrepreneur Henry Flagler, partner to John D. Rockefeller, dreamed of a railway connecting the island of Key
... Leer más
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The Trains Now Departed

Sixteen Excursions into the Lost Delights of Britain's Railways

de Michael Williams ...

Narrado por Michael Tudor Barnes ...

Completo

10 hora 45 minutos

SOMETIMES you come across a lofty railway viaduct, marooned in the middle of a remote country landscape. Or a crumbling platform from some once-bustling junction buried under the buddleia. If you are lucky you might be able to follow some rusting tracks, or explore an old tunnel leading to…well, who knows where? Listen hard. Is that the wind in the undergrowth? Or the spectre of a train from a ... Leer más

$14.99 USD

SOMETIMES you come across a lofty railway viaduct, marooned in the middle of a remote country landscape. Or a crumbling platform from some once-bustling junction buried under the buddleia. If you are lucky you might be able to follow some rusting tracks, or explore an old tunnel leading to…well, who knows where? Listen hard. Is that the wind in the undergrowth? Or the spectre of a train from a
... Leer más
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Slow Trains Around Britain

Notes from a 4,088-Mile Adventure on 143 Rides

de Tom Chesshyre ...

Narrado por David Thorpe ...

Completo

12 hora 27 minutos

In a small market town in the northeast of England in 1825, something momentous happened: ticket-bearing human beings started moving along wrought-iron tracks on a contraption with engine-powered wheels. The contraption was called a 'train'. What happened in Darlington, along a 26-mile line to Stockton, would kickstart the worldwide railway revolution. To celebrate the 200th anniversary of this ... Leer más

$43.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

In a small market town in the northeast of England in 1825, something momentous happened: ticket-bearing human beings started moving along wrought-iron tracks on a contraption with engine-powered wheels. The contraption was called a 'train'. What happened in Darlington, along a 26-mile line to Stockton, would kickstart the worldwide railway revolution. To celebrate the 200th anniversary of this
... Leer más
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Grand Central

How a Train Station Transformed America

de Sam Roberts ...

Narrado por Sam Roberts ...

Completo

6 hora 59 minutos

A rich, illustrated - and entertaining -- history of the iconic Grand Central Terminal, from one of New York City's favorite writers, just in time to celebrate the train station's 100th fabulous anniversary.In the winter of 1913, Grand Central Station was officially opened and immediately became one of the most beautiful and recognizable Manhattan landmarks. In this celebration of the one hundred ... Leer más

$24.99 USD

A rich, illustrated - and entertaining -- history of the iconic Grand Central Terminal, from one of New York City's favorite writers, just in time to celebrate the train station's 100th fabulous anniversary.In the winter of 1913, Grand Central Station was officially opened and immediately became one of the most beautiful and recognizable Manhattan landmarks. In this celebration of the one hundred
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Unconditional Ways To Make Money in Transportation & Warehousing

Boats, Land, Chassis, RVs, Campers, Containers, etc...

de Staphane Williams ...

Completo

1 horas 26 minutos

Embark on an odyssey through the complex realm of logistics with this indispensable guide, a beacon for entrepreneurs navigating the labyrinthine challenges of transport and warehousing. This compendium of strategies and insights unveils the secrets to orchestrating the movement and storage of goods with precision. It serves as a manifesto for the savvy logistician aspiring to master the dance of ... Leer más

$6.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

Embark on an odyssey through the complex realm of logistics with this indispensable guide, a beacon for entrepreneurs navigating the labyrinthine challenges of transport and warehousing. This compendium of strategies and insights unveils the secrets to orchestrating the movement and storage of goods with precision. It serves as a manifesto for the savvy logistician aspiring to master the dance of
... Leer más
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For The Love of Trains

de Paul Routledge ...

Narrado por Nicholas Camm ...

Completo

9 hora 1 minutos

Dedicated ‘Puffer Nutter’ Paul Routledge has loved trains all his life.Whether it’s chugging along on a scenic steam railway or whizzing through towns and fields to the other side of the country, for Paul it has never lost its magic.A journalist for nearly 60 years years and Daily Mirror columnist for 27 of those, Paul has written regularly about the joys of train travel.Now the country is set to ... Leer más

$16.76 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

Dedicated ‘Puffer Nutter’ Paul Routledge has loved trains all his life.Whether it’s chugging along on a scenic steam railway or whizzing through towns and fields to the other side of the country, for Paul it has never lost its magic.A journalist for nearly 60 years years and Daily Mirror columnist for 27 of those, Paul has written regularly about the joys of train travel.Now the country is set to
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De sorte tog. Lokomotivmænd i krig

de Carl Otto Petersen ...

Narrado por Finn Andersen ...

Completo

9 hora 50 minutos

"De sorte tog: Lokomotivmændi krig" er en skildring af livet under tyskernes besættelse af Danmark i 1940-1945 set fra lokomotivførernes perspektiv. Jernbanen var Danmarks nerve og skinnenettet fragtede madvarer og andre forsyninger rundt mellem landsdelene. Men jernbanen var også et udsat mål for sabotage, da den tyske værnemagt benyttede skinnerne til at fragte våben og anden krigsmateriel rundt ... Leer más

$12.99 USD

"De sorte tog: Lokomotivmændi krig" er en skildring af livet under tyskernes besættelse af Danmark i 1940-1945 set fra lokomotivførernes perspektiv. Jernbanen var Danmarks nerve og skinnenettet fragtede madvarer og andre forsyninger rundt mellem landsdelene. Men jernbanen var også et udsat mål for sabotage, da den tyske værnemagt benyttede skinnerne til at fragte våben og anden krigsmateriel rundt
... Leer más
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Murder on the Cornish Train

A totally gripping British cosy murder mystery

de JM Hall ...

Narrado por John Telfer ...

Series series The Cornish Murder Mystery Series
Completo

10 hora 52 minutos

One missing passenger. One dead body. Is it murder on the Cornish train?It is a dark and stormy night when Jeff boards the Cornish sleeper train at Paddington station.As they make their way down the dark British coast, waves crash over the carriages and the wheels rattle in the gale.Arriving in Cornwall the next morning, Jeff discovers one passenger has vanished into thin air.The next day, another ... Leer más

$31.99 USD

One missing passenger. One dead body. Is it murder on the Cornish train?It is a dark and stormy night when Jeff boards the Cornish sleeper train at Paddington station.As they make their way down the dark British coast, waves crash over the carriages and the wheels rattle in the gale.Arriving in Cornwall the next morning, Jeff discovers one passenger has vanished into thin air.The next day, another
... Leer más
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Thomas og vennerne - En farefuld tur til fastlandet

de Mattel ...

Narrado por Henrik Koefoed ...

Series series Thomas og vennerne
Completo

11 minutos

Damplokomotivet Henry bliver skadet, og James får hans tur til fastlandet. Thomas syntes, at det er uretfærdigt. Han vil også ud på eventyr! Thomas kobler sig derfor på Henrys godsvogne, inden James når at gøre det, og suser af sted. Men der lurer farer på fastlandet, som det lille lokomotiv ikke kender ...Tag med på spændende eventyr med toget Thomas, Gordon, James, Cranky, Diesel, Dexter, Henry ... Leer más

$5.99 USD

Damplokomotivet Henry bliver skadet, og James får hans tur til fastlandet. Thomas syntes, at det er uretfærdigt. Han vil også ud på eventyr! Thomas kobler sig derfor på Henrys godsvogne, inden James når at gøre det, og suser af sted. Men der lurer farer på fastlandet, som det lille lokomotiv ikke kender ...Tag med på spændende eventyr med toget Thomas, Gordon, James, Cranky, Diesel, Dexter, Henry
... Leer más
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History of New York Subway: From Gritty Tunnels to Global Icon, How an Underground Railroad Shaped a Modern City

de Nicholas Bauer ...

Narrado por Nicholas Bauer ...

Completo

1 horas 53 minutos

Dive into the gritty urban history of an engineering marvel that turned a chaotic harbor town into a global empire. Perfect for your daily commute, this high-energy narrative captures the raw ambition and fierce political battles that built a city beneath the streets. Discover how rival financiers and radical visionaries carved transit lines through solid rock.Feel the chaotic pulse of nineteenth ... Leer más

$9.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

Dive into the gritty urban history of an engineering marvel that turned a chaotic harbor town into a global empire. Perfect for your daily commute, this high-energy narrative captures the raw ambition and fierce political battles that built a city beneath the streets. Discover how rival financiers and radical visionaries carved transit lines through solid rock.Feel the chaotic pulse of nineteenth
... Leer más
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Full Steam Ahead

How the Railways Made Britain

de Peter Ginn, Ruth Goodman ...

Narrado por Peter Ginn, Ruth Goodman ...

Completo

6 hora 50 minutos

The Age of Railways was an era of extraordinary change which utterly transformed every aspect of British life – from trade and transportation to health and recreation.Full Steam Ahead reveals how the world we live in today is entirely shaped by the rail network, charting the glorious evolution of rail transportation and how it left its mark on every aspect of life, landscape and culture. Peter ... Leer más

$24.99 USD

The Age of Railways was an era of extraordinary change which utterly transformed every aspect of British life – from trade and transportation to health and recreation.Full Steam Ahead reveals how the world we live in today is entirely shaped by the rail network, charting the glorious evolution of rail transportation and how it left its mark on every aspect of life, landscape and culture. Peter
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Billy Connolly's Tracks Across America

The travel memoir from bestselling author and the nation's favourite comedian Billy Connolly

de Billy Connolly ...

Narrado por David Monteath ...

Completo

6 hora 21 minutos

An epic trip across America with much-loved national treasure and comedy legend, Billy ConnollyBilly Connolly has spent much of his life in the United States, where he now lives. It's a country he knows and loves a great deal, but even someone as well-travelled as Billy can always discover new things about such a vast nation. So he's off on the move again, this time via the tracks of the great ... Leer más

$24.99 USD

An epic trip across America with much-loved national treasure and comedy legend, Billy ConnollyBilly Connolly has spent much of his life in the United States, where he now lives. It's a country he knows and loves a great deal, but even someone as well-travelled as Billy can always discover new things about such a vast nation. So he's off on the move again, this time via the tracks of the great
... Leer más
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Toget

de Kirsten Ahlburg ...

Narrado por Githa Lehrmann ...

Series series Læseværkstedet
Completo

37 minutos

En dramatisk historie fra det virkelige liv. Ole er lokofører. Det har han været i 22 år. Han er glad for sit arbejde, for han elsker at køre tog. Han kører mest på samme rute, som han kender ud og ind. Det er sent, da han kører dagens sidste tur. Alt er stille og roligt. Togets lygter lyser på skinnerne. Ole kan se noget mørkt. Noget der bevæger sig. Er det et dyr? Det er ikke et dyr, det er to ... Leer más

$6.99 USD

En dramatisk historie fra det virkelige liv. Ole er lokofører. Det har han været i 22 år. Han er glad for sit arbejde, for han elsker at køre tog. Han kører mest på samme rute, som han kender ud og ind. Det er sent, da han kører dagens sidste tur. Alt er stille og roligt. Togets lygter lyser på skinnerne. Ole kan se noget mørkt. Noget der bevæger sig. Er det et dyr? Det er ikke et dyr, det er to
... Leer más
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The Man from Steamtown

The Story of F. Nelson Blount

de James R. Adair, Hannah Goodman ...

Narrado por Derek Shetterly ...

Completo

8 hora 5 minutos

The throbbing sound of the steam-driven pistons and sight of the flashing drive-rods quickened the boy's pulse. He had heard and seen it all from his bedroom window, but now he had stepped-in person-into the wonderful world of steam. F. Nelson Blount's interest in steam engines began when he was only four. As he grew up, he studied and wrote about them, often traveling many miles to see one. Yet ... Leer más

$16.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

The throbbing sound of the steam-driven pistons and sight of the flashing drive-rods quickened the boy's pulse. He had heard and seen it all from his bedroom window, but now he had stepped-in person-into the wonderful world of steam. F. Nelson Blount's interest in steam engines began when he was only four. As he grew up, he studied and wrote about them, often traveling many miles to see one. Yet
... Leer más
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Fem minutter i godnat - Thomas og vennerne

de Mattel ...

Narrado por Henrik Koefoed ...

Series series Thomas og vennerne
Completo

52 minutos

Kom med Thomas og vennerne, når de suser rundt på Sodors jernbane og gør sig nyttige for kontrolchefen med den høje, sorte hat. Bogen indeholder tolv skønne historier, som passer perfekt til godnatlæsningen – og til alle andre tidspunkter på dagen, hvor der lige er fem minutter tilovers. Tag med på spændende eventyr med toget Thomas, Gordon, James, Cranky, Diesel, Dexter, Henry og alle de andre ... Leer más

$4.99 USD

Kom med Thomas og vennerne, når de suser rundt på Sodors jernbane og gør sig nyttige for kontrolchefen med den høje, sorte hat. Bogen indeholder tolv skønne historier, som passer perfekt til godnatlæsningen – og til alle andre tidspunkter på dagen, hvor der lige er fem minutter tilovers. Tag med på spændende eventyr med toget Thomas, Gordon, James, Cranky, Diesel, Dexter, Henry og alle de andre
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£2.6 Million on the Line

How a Signal Scam Stopped a Train and Made £2.6 Million Disappear

de Dax Mercer ...

Narrado por Digital Voice Adam E ...

Series Audiolibro 9 - The Perfect Score
Completo

9 minutos

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.£2.6 million. One signal. One stop.The train was never supposed to stop.Moving through the countryside under cover of night, it carried sealed sacks of cash between cities that depended on its reliability. Every movement followed a system. Every signal meant something.Until one was changed.What followed became one of the most daring train robberies in ... Leer más

$3.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.£2.6 million. One signal. One stop.The train was never supposed to stop.Moving through the countryside under cover of night, it carried sealed sacks of cash between cities that depended on its reliability. Every movement followed a system. Every signal meant something.Until one was changed.What followed became one of the most daring train robberies in
... Leer más
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Boss of the Grips

The Life of James H. Williams and the Red Caps of Grand Central Terminal

de Eric K. Washington ...

Narrado por David Sadzin ...

Completo

10 hora 11 minutos

A long-overdue biography of the head of Grand Central Terminal's Red Caps, who flourished in the cultural nexus of Harlem and American railroads.In a feat of remarkable research and timely reclamation, Eric K. Washington uncovers the nearly forgotten life of James H. Williams (1878–1948), the chief porter of Grand Central Terminal's Red Caps—a multitude of Harlem-based black men whom he organized ... Leer más

$25.99 USD

A long-overdue biography of the head of Grand Central Terminal's Red Caps, who flourished in the cultural nexus of Harlem and American railroads.In a feat of remarkable research and timely reclamation, Eric K. Washington uncovers the nearly forgotten life of James H. Williams (1878–1948), the chief porter of Grand Central Terminal's Red Caps—a multitude of Harlem-based black men whom he organized
... Leer más
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Slow Trains to Venice

A Love Letter to Europe

de Tom Chesshyre ...

Narrado por David Thorpe ...

Completo

10 hora 11 minutos

Escaping the rat race for a few happy weeks, Tom Chesshyre indulges in the freedom of the tracks. From France (dogged by rail worker strikes), through Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany and Poland he goes, travelling as far east as Odessa by the Black Sea in Ukraine. With no set plans, simply a desire to let the trains lead the way, his trip takes him onwards via Hungary, the Balkans and Austria. ... Leer más

$40.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

Escaping the rat race for a few happy weeks, Tom Chesshyre indulges in the freedom of the tracks. From France (dogged by rail worker strikes), through Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany and Poland he goes, travelling as far east as Odessa by the Black Sea in Ukraine. With no set plans, simply a desire to let the trains lead the way, his trip takes him onwards via Hungary, the Balkans and Austria.
... Leer más
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Untold Railway Stories, The

de Monisha Rajesh, Andrew Martin, Shahnaz Habib, Clare Hammond, Mark Ovenden, Vicki Pipe, Leon McCarron, Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor, Sam Williams, Omar Musa, Felicity Spector, Jack Curtis ...

Narrado por Esmée Cook ...

Completo

7 hora 47 minutos

A compendium of fascinating and evocative new writing on railway travel and history. Telling of little known journeys and uncovered histories on railway routes around the world - from the UK, Europe and Africa to North America, the Middle East and Asia.From Myanmar's highlands to the British Pennines, from slow travel between coffee plantations in Borneo to a cross-continent odyssey on African ... Leer más

$24.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

A compendium of fascinating and evocative new writing on railway travel and history. Telling of little known journeys and uncovered histories on railway routes around the world - from the UK, Europe and Africa to North America, the Middle East and Asia.From Myanmar's highlands to the British Pennines, from slow travel between coffee plantations in Borneo to a cross-continent odyssey on African
... Leer más
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Railsong

A Novel

de Rahul Bhattacharya ...

Narrado por Sudha Bhuchar ...

Completo

17 hora 42 minutos

Bloomsbury presents Railsong by Rahul Bhattacharya, read by Sudha Bhuchar."Magnificent . . . I would follow Miss Chitol to the ends of the earth." —Kamila Shamsie"Profoundly tender [and] vigorously alive to the currents of national change**."** —Megha MajumdarFrom the Man Asian Prize–shortlisted author Rahul Bhattacharya, a breathtaking novel about a woman forging a life for herself on the ... Leer más

$30.99 USD

Bloomsbury presents Railsong by Rahul Bhattacharya, read by Sudha Bhuchar."Magnificent . . . I would follow Miss Chitol to the ends of the earth." —Kamila Shamsie"Profoundly tender [and] vigorously alive to the currents of national change**."** —Megha MajumdarFrom the Man Asian Prize–shortlisted author Rahul Bhattacharya, a breathtaking novel about a woman forging a life for herself on the
... Leer más

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