Ghost Train to the Eastern Star
Title | Ghost Train to the Eastern Star PDF eBook |
Author | Paul Theroux |
Publisher | Emblem Editions |
Total Pages | 513 |
Release | 2009-08-25 |
Genre | Travel |
ISBN | 0771085389 |
National Bestseller In Ghost Train to the Eastern Star, Theroux recreates an epic journey he took thirty years ago, a giant loop by train (mostly) through Eastern Europe, Turkey, the Caucasus, Central Asia, the Indian Subcontinent, China, Japan, and Siberia. In short, he traverses all of Asia top to bottom, and end to end. In the three decades since he first travelled this route, Asia has undergone phenomenal change. The Soviet Union has collapsed, China has risen, India booms, Burma slowly smothers, and Vietnam prospers despite the havoc unleashed upon it the last time Theroux passed through. He witnesses all this and more in a 25,000 mile journey, travelling as the locals do, by train, car, bus, and foot. His odyssey takes him from Eastern Europe, still hungover from Communism, through tense but thriving Turkey, into the Caucasus, where Georgia limps back toward feudalism while its neighbour Azerbaijan revels in oil-driven capitalism. As he penetrates deeper into Asia’s heart, his encounters take on an otherworldly cast. The two chapters that follow show us Turkmenistan, a profoundly isolated society at the mercy of an almost comically egotistical dictator, and Uzbekistan, a ruthless authoritarian state. From there, he retraces his steps through India, Mayanmar, China, and Japan, providing his penetrating observations on the changes these countries have undergone. Brilliant, caustic, and totally addictive, Ghost Train to the Eastern Star is Theroux at his very best.
Federal Register
Title | Federal Register PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 2074 |
Release | 1977 |
Genre | Delegated legislation |
ISBN |
Larsen V. Chicago and North Western Railway Co
Title | Larsen V. Chicago and North Western Railway Co PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 336 |
Release | 1948 |
Genre | |
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The South Western Reporter
Title | The South Western Reporter PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 1230 |
Release | 1895 |
Genre | Law reports, digests, etc |
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Includes the decisions of the Supreme Courts of Missouri, Arkansas, Tennessee, and Texas, and Court of Appeals of Kentucky; Aug./Dec. 1886-May/Aug. 1892, Court of Appeals of Texas; Aug. 1892/Feb. 1893-Jan./Feb. 1928, Courts of Civil and Criminal Appeals of Texas; Apr./June 1896-Aug./Nov. 1907, Court of Appeals of Indian Territory; May/June 1927-Jan./Feb. 1928, Courts of Appeals of Missouri and Commission of Appeals of Texas.
Massachusetts Reports
Title | Massachusetts Reports PDF eBook |
Author | Massachusetts. Supreme Judicial Court |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 698 |
Release | 1879 |
Genre | Law reports, digests, etc |
ISBN |
The American and English Railroad Cases
Title | The American and English Railroad Cases PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 856 |
Release | 1912 |
Genre | Law reports, digests, etc |
ISBN |
American and English Railroad Cases, New Series
Title | American and English Railroad Cases, New Series PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 944 |
Release | 1905 |
Genre | Law reports, digests, etc |
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