[英] 克里斯蒂安·沃尔玛尔（Christian Wolmar） 英国铁路历史学家，知名记者。他长期为《泰晤士报》《独立报》《卫报》撰稿，并为铁路领域的政府部门和企业提供决策咨询。 沃尔玛尔拥有丰富的铁路历史学识，他笔下的铁路史往往浓缩着一个时代的影子。他关注铁路与现代社会的构建，主要研究铁路与资本流通、技术、国家、战争的关系。沃尔玛尔的作品有《铁、血与金：铁路如何改变世界》《战争的引擎：铁路如何改变现代战争》《烈火与蒸汽：英国铁路史》等。 他不仅精于研究英国铁路，他也熟知中、美、俄、印等许多国家的铁路发展历程，尤其对于铁路技术如何推动现代化进程，有着独到的见解。英国《卫报》称他为“了不起的铁路历史专家”，2007年，他被授予政府级别荣誉“年度国家交通运输记者奖”。

The Turkestano-Siberian Railroad, or Turksib, was one of the great construction projects of the Soviet Union's First Five-Year Plan. As the major icon to ending the economic "backwardness" of the USSR's minority republics, it stood apart from similar efforts as one of the most potent metaphors for the creation of a unified socialist nation. Built between December 1926 and Janu...(展开全部)

Matthew J. Payne is assistant professor of history at Emory University.

日本電擊小說大賞金賞作品同名漫畫化！ 日本動畫化，日版小說銷售量累計超過100萬本！ 漫畫：吟遊詩人 原作：成田良悟 角色設計：エナミカツミ 在橫跨美洲大陸的特快列車「飛翔禁酒坊號」上—— 「不良集團」為了劫取貨物，「革命恐怖分子」為了奪回偉大的領導者， 「殺人狂」為了勒索鉅款，「鴛鴦大盜」為了會見紐約的友人； 他們紛紛搭上這班列車，卻不知接下來的這一晚將是多麼瘋狂…… ——更拍案叫絕的真相就在同名小說版第二、三集！

Henry Brown doesn't know how old he is. Nobody keeps records of slaves' birthdays. All the time he dreams about freedom, but that dream seems farther away than ever when he is torn from his family and put to work in a warehouse. When Henry grows up and marries, he is again devastated when his family is sold at the slave market. Then one day, as he lifts a crate at the warehouse...(展开全部)

本書是成田良悟在榮獲第九屆電擊小說大獎「金獎」之後寫下的第一部作品。 與得獎作相比，本作的格局更為宏大，布局也更加弔詭。 故事舞台設定在1931年的美國，一輛橫跨美洲大陸的特快列車「飛翔禁酒坊」上。 「不良少年集團」為了劫取貨物室中的寶物而搭上這班列車。 「革命恐怖分子軍團」為了奪回他們偉大的領導者而搭上這班列車。 「殺人狂」為了勒索鐵路公司交出鉅款而搭上這班列車。 「鴛鴦大盜」為了與已經一年不見的紐約友人會見而搭上這班列車。 他們此刻正陶醉在出發的興奮之情中，尚不知道，接下來的這一晚將是多麼瘋狂——

A groundbreaking, breathtaking history of the Chinese workers who built the Transcontinental Railroad, helping to forge modern America only to disappear into the shadows of history until now. From across the sea, they came by the thousands, escaping war and poverty in southern China to seek their fortunes in America. Converging on the enormous western worksite of the Transconti...(展开全部)

A groundbreaking, breathtaking history of the Chinese workers who built the Transcontinental Railroad, helping to forge modern America only to disappear into the shadows of history until now From across the sea, they came by the thousands, escaping war and poverty in southern China to seek their fortunes in America. Converging on the enormous western worksite of the Transcontin...(展开全部)

A groundbreaking, breathtaking history of the Chinese workers who built the Transcontinental Railroad, helping to forge modern America only to disappear into the shadows of history until now. From across the sea, they came by the thousands, escaping war and poverty in southern China to seek their fortunes in America. Converging on the enormous western worksite of the Transconti...(展开全部)

A groundbreaking, breathtaking history of the Chinese workers who built the Transcontinental Railroad, helping to forge modern America only to disappear into the shadows of history until now From across the sea, they came by the thousands, escaping war and poverty in southern China to seek their fortunes in America. Converging on the enormous western worksite of the Transcontin...(展开全部)