Illustrated Book of Steam and Rail: The History and Development of the Train and an Evocativ... Book

This is my Mom's second best book. It's a kick-ass thriller about ne'er do-wells, a secretary and oil companies. Does it sound as if it is "ripped from today's headlines?!" Well, consider that it was written in 1975, was a best-seller then, and today reads as fresh as it did over 30 years ago. The lead character, one Anna Peters, was one of the first modern female thriller characters. Don't take my word for it: Mom won an Edgar (the Mystery Writers of America's version of the Oscar) for her. More? Well, Alvin Toffler, the writer of "Future Shock," and Newt Gingrich's pal, took two pages out of that book to trash my Mum, which is as good an endorsement as you will ever get. Go read it.