Ghost Train to the Eastern Star

Ghost Train to the Eastern Star

By
Paul Theroux
Paul Theroux
2007 • 512 pages

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134 books

Turkey

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Danziger's Travels: Beyond Forbidden Frontiers
Prince Borghese's Trail: 10,000 Miles over Two Continents, Four Deserts, and the Roof of the World in the Peking to Paris Motor Challenge
Life on the Golden Horn
Journey Round Turkey
Corner Seat
Riding to the Tigris
Husky Be My Guide

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27 books

Laos

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One Foot in Laos
A View of the World: Selected Journalism
The Deprat Affair: Ambition, Revenge and Deceit in French Indo-China
Tiger for Breakfast
The Lands of Charm and Cruelty: Travels in Southeast Asia
Tiger Balm: Travels in Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia
Tales from the Torrid Zone : Travels in the Deep Tropics

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124 books

Russia

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Russia: A Journey to the Heart of a Land and its People
All the Right Places
The Incredible Mile: Siberia - Mongolia - Uzbekistan
Siberian Dream
Off The Rails
Holy Russia: An Historical Companion to European Russia
Corner Seat

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50 books

Sri Lanka

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The Age of Kali
With My Back to the East
Song of India
Return Ticket
Husky Be My Guide
Tiger for Breakfast
The Great Railway Bazaar: By Train Through Asia

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47 books

Vietnam

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Bridge Across My Sorrows
The Deprat Affair: Ambition, Revenge and Deceit in French Indo-China
Where the Wild Things Were: Travels of a Conservationist
Return Ticket
The China Voyage: A Quest by Bamboo Raft
Witness
The Road To Angkor

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17 books

Train

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The Incredible Mile: Siberia - Mongolia - Uzbekistan
Double Circuit
Corner Seat
One Chinese Moon
Sunrise on the Southbound Sleeper: More Great Railway Journeys from the Daily Telegraph
Train to Pakistan
Slow Trains to Simla

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14 books

Turkey

Traveller
Mer Barr
Istanbul
Not Even My Name: A True Story
Midnight at the Pera Palace: The Birth of Modern Istanbul
Ghost Train to the Eastern Star
A History of Private Life: From Pagan Rome to Byzantium

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7 books

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Into the Wild
The Shadow of the Wind
The Geography of Bliss
The Liar
Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel
The Great Railway Bazaar: By Train Through Asia
Ghost Train to the Eastern Star

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Owned

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Two Under the Indian Sun
Sailing with Mohammed
Beowulf
Slowly Down the Ganges
One Lonely Night
Killer Mine
The Snake

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346 books

Uk

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Infiltrators: Guns Drugs Deception And Murder Duty Calls
Love & Peace with Melody Paradise
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Falling Out of Cars
Man and Boy
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
The Meaning of Everything: The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary

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1,507 books

Travel

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City of Djinns
The Age of Kali
Red Dust: A Path Through China
Notes from My Travels: Visits with Refugees in Africa, Cambodia, Pakistan and Ecuador
Travelling: An Entertainment
The Wrong Way Home
On The Road To Damascus

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2,143 books

Non Fiction

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Days and Nights in Calcutta
The Real "Bravo Two Zero"
Soldier Five: The Real Truth about the Bravo Two Zero Mission
In Xanadu: A Quest
Danziger's Travels: Beyond Forbidden Frontiers
Infiltrators: Guns Drugs Deception And Murder Duty Calls
Paddy O'Brien: Whistle While You Work

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555 books

Usa Author

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The Minotaur Takes A Cigarette Break
Lucky You
Magician: Apprentice
Silverthorn
Prince of the Blood
Notes from My Travels: Visits with Refugees in Africa, Cambodia, Pakistan and Ecuador
The Fires of Heaven

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201 books

5 Star

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Vurt
The Marsh Arabs
Who Wanders Alone
My Kenya Days
Samarkand and Beyond: A History Of Desert Caravans
First Overland
Madman's Island

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238 books

China

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In Xanadu: A Quest
Danziger's Travels: Beyond Forbidden Frontiers
Red Dust: A Path Through China
The Bonesetter's Daughter
Mao: The Unknown Story
The Great Wall
The Terracotta Army

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344 books

India

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Days and Nights in Calcutta
City of Djinns
The Age of Kali
Losing Gemma
Sea of Poppies
The Vine Of Desire
Travels Through Sacred India

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424 books

Multi Continent

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In Xanadu: A Quest
Danziger's Travels: Beyond Forbidden Frontiers
Notes from My Travels: Visits with Refugees in Africa, Cambodia, Pakistan and Ecuador
The Wrong Way Home
Michael Palin's Hemingway Adventure
The Bonesetter's Daughter
On The Road To Damascus

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19 books

Romania

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Daren
Dragoman Pass
Travels in the Balkans
Arabia Felix: The Danish Expedition of 1761-1767
Stalin's Nose : Across the Face of Europe
The Historian
New Europe

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22 books

Georgia

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Across The Caucasus
The Incredible Mile: Siberia - Mongolia - Uzbekistan
Imperium
The Silk Roads: A New History of the World
Russia: A 1000 Year Chronicle of the Wild East
To Caucasus: The End of all the Earth
The Spirit-Wrestlers

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114 books

France

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The Terminal Man
Prince Borghese's Trail: 10,000 Miles over Two Continents, Four Deserts, and the Roof of the World in the Peking to Paris Motor Challenge
Let Them Call It Jazz
From Le Pigeonnier
Amber, Furs and Cockleshells: Bike Rides with Pilgrims and Merchants
The Sun Also Rises
A Single Swallow: Following An Epic Journey From South Africa To South Wales

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70 books

Myanmar

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Where the Dawn Comes Up Like Thunder
With My Back to the East
A View of the World: Selected Journalism
Song of India
Little Daughter: A Memoir of Survival in Burma and the West
In Quest of a Mermaid
First Overland

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90 books

Japan

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Autobiography of a geisha
Blossoms and Shadows
All the Right Places
A Bridge for Passing
Tales of Old Japan: Folklore, Fairy Tales, Ghost Stories and Legends of the Samurai
With My Back to the East
Unbeaten Tracks in Japan

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35 books

Cambodia

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The Deprat Affair: Ambition, Revenge and Deceit in French Indo-China
The Five Pound Look
Where the Wild Things Were: Travels of a Conservationist
The Road To Angkor
Round the World in Seventy Days
Tiger for Breakfast
East Of Siam: Ramblings in the Five Divisions of French Indo-China

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40 books

Uzbekistan

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The Incredible Mile: Siberia - Mongolia - Uzbekistan
Corner Seat
A Ride to Khiva
Imperium
Journeys on the Silk Road: A Desert Explorer, Buddha's Secret Library, and the Unearthing of the World's Oldest Printed Book
Sovietistan: Travels in Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan
A Person from England & Other Travellers to Turkestan

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66 books

Malaysia

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Where the Dawn Comes Up Like Thunder
With My Back to the East
The Surgeon's Log
We Ended in Bali
Where the Wild Things Were: Travels of a Conservationist
Mulu: The rain forest
First Overland
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