Whether you’re on the Orient Express or the Inverness to Wick and Thurso route traversing some of the wildest country in Britain, train travel affords a vision of the world like no other. From the modest line through North Yorkshire’s Esk Valley to the Trans-Siberian; from a narrow-gauge web of lines in the Harz Mountains to the coast-tocoast journey through the mountains of Corsica, acclaimed travel writer Anthony Lambert presents an unmissable selection for any traveller who loves the journey as much as the destination. Here is a carefully chosen, wide-ranging selection of train journeys with character, sublime scenery and a real sense of history.

These files update the language courses to version 3.7.6.2 r10 (Levels 1 to 5)

Start learning a new language and see where it takes you. Whether you want to make the most of your holiday, get that promotion at work or be able to have a conversation with your relatives from other countries, just 30 minutes a day can get you on the road to speaking confidently. Make every second count – on the train or in a queue – and take the first step on your language-learning journey.

These files update the language courses to version 3.7.6.2 r10 (Levels 4 and 5)

 

Start learning a new language and see where it takes you. Whether you want to make the most of your holiday, get that promotion at work or be able to have a conversation with your relatives from other countries, just 30 minutes a day can get you on the road to speaking confidently. Make every second count – on the train or in a queue – and take the first step on your language-learning journey.

The Girl on the TrainRachel takes the same commuter train every morning. Every day she rattles down the track, flashes past a stretch of cozy suburban homes, and stops at the signal that allows her to daily watch the same couple breakfasting on their deck. She’s even started to feel like she knows them. “Jess and Jason,” she calls them. Their life—as she sees it—is perfect. Not unlike the life she recently lost.

And then she sees something shocking.

In Hiccup the Viking's misadventures, the stakes have never been higher, and it's friend versus foe to decide the fate of the world. In this, the penultimate title in the amazing story arc that began with How to Train Your Dragon, Hiccup is faced with a personal dilemma against the backdrop of an impending battle and the possible destruction of everything he knows.