"Richard Mayhew is a young London businessman with a good heart whose life is changed forever when he stops to help a bleeding girl--an act of kindness that plunges him into a world he never dreamed existed. Slipping through the cracks of reality, Richard lands in Neverwhere--a London of shadows and darkness, monsters and saints, murderers and angels that exists entirely in a subterranean labyrinth. Neverwhere is home to Door, the mysterious girl...

"For cynical twenty-three-year-old August, moving to New York City is supposed to prove her right: that things like magic and cinematic love stories don't exist, and the only smart way to go through life is alone. She can't imagine how waiting tables at a 24-hour pancake diner and moving in with too many weird roommates could possibly change that. And there's certainly no chance of her subway commute being anything more than a daily trudge through...

When an urban legend rumored to trap people inside subway tunnels seems to be behind mysterious disappearances in the Bronx, sixteen-year-old Raquel and her friends team up to save their city--and confront a dark episode in its history in the process.

It begins with a dead body at the far end of Baker Street tube station, all that remains of American exchange student James Gallagher and the victim's wealthy, politically powerful family is understandably eager to get to the bottom of the gruesome murder. The trouble is, the bottom, if it exists at all, is deeper and more unnatural than anyone suspects except, that is, for London constable and sorcerer's apprentice Peter Grant. With Inspector Nightingale,...

"In 1870, Alfred Ely Beach invents New York's first underground train"--

In this wonderful PreK-1 book, students will learn all about what it's like to ride a subway as well as the parts and people that make it go!

"Developed by literacy experts for students in kindergarten through grade three, this book introduces city trains to young readers through leveled text and related photos"--Provided by publisher.

Whether riding the intricate web of rails that cross the country, or just taking the subway in the big city, trains are an amazing way to get from place to place. Original, creative text paired with vibrant full-color photographs show these amazing trains moving from here to there, giving riders an easy trip to wherever they're going. Trains crossing the countryside or moving underground in big metropolises all share the same characteristics, quickly...

"Large photographs and simple text describe different city trains, including subways, elevated railways, and light rail"--Provided by publisher.

While the elevated Chicago Loop is justly famous as a symbol of the city, the fascinating history of its subways is less well known. The City of Chicago broke ground on what would become the "Initial System of Subways" during the Great Depression and finished 20 years later. This gigantic construction project, a part of the New Deal, would overcome many obstacles while tunneling through Chicago's soft blue clay, under congested downtown streets, and...