The Madonna Of The Sleeping Cars

Author : Maurice DeKobra
Publisher : Melville House
ISBN 13 : 1612190596
Total Pages : 219 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Madonna of the Sleeping Cars written by Maurice DeKobra and published by Melville House. This book was released on 2012-09-25 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the biggest bestsellers of all time, and one of the first and most influential spy novels of the twentieth century, is back in print for the first time since 1948 Alan Furst fans will note that train passengers in his bestselling thrillers are often observed reading The Madonna of the Sleeping Cars. It’s a smart detail: First published in 1927, the book was one of the twentieth century’s first massive bestsellers, selling over 15 million copies worldwide. It’s the story of two tremendously charming characters who embark on a glamorous adventure on the Orient Express—and find themselves on a thrilling ride across Europe and into the just-barely unveiled territories of psychoanalysis and revolutionary socialism. Gerard Seliman—technically, a Prince—is so discouraged by the demise of his marriage that he flees to London to become the personal assistant of a glamorous member of the British peerage, Lady Diana Wyndham. But he soon finds himself involved in a wild scheme by Lady Diana to save herself from looming financial ruin while simultaneously fending off rich lotharios. At the center of it all: a plan to rescue her rights to a Russian oil field now under the control of revolutionaries who don’t like capitalists. The book that set the standard for intellectual thrillers of political and social intrigue, The Madonna of the Sleeping Cars, with its jetsetting and witty protagonists, is still as fresh a page-turner as ever—and as fun.

Author : Maurice Dekobra
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 251 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Madonna of the Sleeping Cars written by Maurice Dekobra and published by . This book was released on 1939 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Maurice Dekobra
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Madonna of the Sleeping Cars written by Maurice Dekobra and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Paul Theroux
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 9780395415016
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sunrise with Seamonsters written by Paul Theroux and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1986 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: " ... Collection of decidedly opinionated articles, essays, and ruminations, spanning two decades ..."--Page 4 of cover

Author : Danilo Kiš
Publisher : Northwestern University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780810115132
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hourglass written by Danilo Kiš and published by Northwestern University Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Of all Danilo Kis's books, HOURGLASS, the account of the final months in one man's life before he is sent to a concentration camp, is generally considered his masterpiece. "A finely sustained, complex fictional performance. It is full of pain and rage and gusto and joy of living, at once side-splitting and a heartbreaker".--WASHINGTON POST BOOK WORLD.

Author : Janet Sternburg
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 9780393308679
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Writer on Her Work written by Janet Sternburg and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 1980 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "With its many voices, images and aphorisms--from those of Maxine Kumin to Luisa Valenzuela, from Rita Dove to Elizabeth Jolley--the book is a pleasure and a faithful companion".--Publishers Weekly. "Twenty terrific women writers reveal a little something about their work, and about themselves. . . . A gift in every possible way".--Los Angeles Times.

Author : Michael Kerr
Publisher : Aurum
ISBN 13 : 1845137493
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Last Call for the Dining Car written by Michael Kerr and published by Aurum. This book was released on 2011-08-15 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ever since Paul Theroux embarked in London on the first train of his Great Railway Bazaar, railways have been a rich source for the best travel writing. This is truer than ever in the twenty-first century. As the environmental implications of relentless air travel cast an ominous shadow over the prospect of foreign adventure, the opportunity to jump on a train at St Pancras and be whisked straight to the continent offers a wonderful alternative. Train travel has assumed a new pragmatic importance as well as romance – which is no doubt 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 writings about the railway: here are journeys non-stop from London to Vladivostok; across the Canadian Rockies; the first train to traverse Australia from Darwin to Alice Springs; and on the teeming, crawling, travelling adventure of Indian railways. In scenes much more familiar to the British commuter, Boris Johnson discovers his “inner McEnroe” thanks to signal failure in the Midlands, and Michael Palin samples the delights of British Rail Inter-City. This is an anthology that will appeal to the railway buff and the armchair traveller alike; to anyone 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.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 864 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Nation and Athenæum written by and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 864 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1274 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Bookseller and the Stationery Trades' Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 1274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 934 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The New Statesman written by and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 934 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: