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| Author | : Georgie Anne Geyer |
| Publisher | : Garrett County Press |
| Total Pages | : 452 |
| Release | : 2011-08-16 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 1891053167 |
In Buying the Night Flight Georgie Anne Geyer, one of the first American women to cover wars abroad, tells of her thrilling rise from cub reporter to foreign correspondent as she made her way into the male-dominated world of journalism. Born from thirty years of reporting experience, Geyer transports the reader to Guatemala, Cuba, Egypt, Russia, and Cambodia, recounting the history and politics, adventure and extremism of the times with rare insight, humor, and passion. Told with a brilliance and dead-on honesty, this book vividly captures the triumphs of a determined and talented young reporter.
| Author | : Antoine de Saint-Exupéry |
| Publisher | : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
| Total Pages | : 88 |
| Release | : 1974-03-20 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 0547542798 |
Fasten your seatbelt to experience the spectacle and solitude of flying high in the Andes in this novel from the author of The Little Prince. No writer has equaled Saint-Exupéry in describing the perilous and poetic experience of flying, in submission to what he calls “those damn elemental divinities—night, day, mountain, sea and storm.” In this gripping, beautifully written novel inspired by his experience as a pilot in South America, he tells of the brave men who pilot night mail planes from Patagonia, Chile, and Paraguay to Argentina in the early days of commercial aviation. They are impelled to perform their routine acts of heroism by a steely chief named Rivière, whose extraordinary character is revealed through the dramatic events of a single night. Preface by André Gide. Translated by Stuart Gilbert. “The book stands out by reason of the quality of its style, the beauty of the passages in which flight is described better than it ever has been before, but more especially because of the emotions of the men of heroic mold.”—André Maurois, Saturday Review
| Author | : Robert Burleigh |
| Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
| Total Pages | : 40 |
| Release | : 2011-02-22 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
| ISBN | : 1442431202 |
Amelia Earhart is a legend in the field of aviation, and no accomplishment of hers is more acclaimed than her unparalleled 1932 solo flight across the Atlantic. As only the second person—and the first woman—to achieve such a feat, Amelia Earhart earned a place in the history books, and award-winning author Robert Burleigh has captured every nuance of her remarkable journey in this detailed picture book that is full of action and edge. Readers will be thrilled with the adventure and drama in this nonfiction account—and Wendell Minor’s vivid paintings will make them feel as if they’re along for the ride.
| Author | : Jacquie Faber |
| Publisher | : Balboa Press |
| Total Pages | : 39 |
| Release | : 2015-04-21 |
| Genre | : Self-Help |
| ISBN | : 1504328191 |
Desiree has a problem: shes a butterfly, and she wants to fly at night. She wants to follow her dreams and dance in the dark. But her mother and father have told her that only bats, owls, and moths fly at night. Should she risk following her dreams and face the unfamiliar? Or should she be like the other monarchs that only fly during the day? Desirees Night Flight is an enlightening read for both spiritual seekers and lovers of childrens literature. This magical story takes readers on a journey from doubt to belief in our hopes and dreams. Jacquie Faber has created, with her lyrical text, a timeless dancefrom shadow to light. Truly inspiring! Anjali Andrea Alban Childrens Author, Speaker and Mentor. When Desiree follows her dream into the unfamiliar she learns that love, trust and belief in herself can all work together. She discovers an inner light all living things share and can then draw on strengths she didnt know she had. Ms. Fabers beautiful tale delivers this powerful message with great charm. Grace W Rogers Ph.D. Retired Psychologist and Columnist in West Marin Citizen.
| Author | : Ken Follett |
| Publisher | : Penguin |
| Total Pages | : 448 |
| Release | : 2004-04-06 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 110112668X |
#1 New York Times bestselling author Ken Follett takes to the skies in this classic novel of international suspense. Set in the early days of World War II, Night over Water captures the daring and desperation of ordinary people caught in extraordinary circumstances—in prose as compelling as history itself. . . . September 1939. England is at war with Nazi Germany. In Southampton, the world's most luxurious airliner—the legendary Pan Am Clipper—takes off for its final flight to neutral America. Aboard are the cream of society and the dregs of humanity, all fleeing the war for reasons of their own . . . shadowed by a danger they do not know exists . . . and heading straight into a storm of violence, intrigue, and betrayal. . . .
| Author | : Philip Reeve |
| Publisher | : Scholastic |
| Total Pages | : 128 |
| Release | : 2018-07-05 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 1407186752 |
Return to the world of Mortal Engines in this new book of three short stories about the rebellious young aviatrix, Anna Fang, illustrated by Ian McQue. A key character in the Mortal Engines book and film, this is your chance to learn more of her past. Night Flights includes Traction City, the 2011 World Book Day Book by Philip Reeve.
| Author | : Beryl Markham |
| Publisher | : Macmillan |
| Total Pages | : 308 |
| Release | : 1983 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 9780865471184 |
Autobiography detailing the author's life in Africa and career as a pilot.
| Author | : Antoine de Saint-Exupéry |
| Publisher | : Penguin Classics |
| Total Pages | : 188 |
| Release | : 1976 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : Julie Orringer |
| Publisher | : Vintage |
| Total Pages | : 577 |
| Release | : 2019-05-07 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 0307959414 |
From the bestselling, award-winning author of The Invisible Bridge comes a gripping tale of forbidden love, high-stakes adventure, and unimaginable courage filled with "suspense and tragedy, unexpected twists and deliverance” (The Seattle Times). • THE INSPIRATION FOR THE NETFLIX SERIES TRANSATLANTIC MARSEILLE, 1940. Varian Fry, a Harvard-educated journalist and editor, arrives in France. Recognizing the darkness descending over Europe, he and a group of like-minded New Yorkers formed the Emergency Rescue Committee, helping artists and writers escape from the Nazis and immigrate to the United States. Amid the chaos of World War II, and in defiance of restrictive U.S. immigration policies, Fry must procure false passports, secure visas, seek out escape routes through the Pyrenees and by sea, and make impossible decisions about who should be saved, all while under profound pressure—and in a state of irrevocable personal change. In this dazzling work of historical fiction—one that illuminates previously unexplored elements of Fry’s story, and has, since its publication, brought us new insight into his life.
| Author | : Jill Esbaum |
| Publisher | : Astra Publishing House |
| Total Pages | : 40 |
| Release | : 2022-03-29 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
| ISBN | : 1635925673 |
High-flying history is brought to life in this suspenseful story of an unknown and daring pilot named Jack Knight, who in 1921 flew his biplane straight into a blizzard over America's heartland and saved the US Air Mail Service in the process. When Jack Knight takes off in his biplane from North Platte, Nebraska, in 1921, hundreds of people crowd the airstrip. Is Jack transporting a famous passenger? Is he ferrying medicine for a sick child? Nope--Jack has six sacks of mail. For the past few years, biplanes like Jack's have been flying the mail only during daylight hours. Flying after dark is risky and crashes are too common, so lawmakers decide to cut funding for the US Air Mail Service. Outraged officials and pilots want to prove that flying the mail is best, so they concoct a plan--a coast-to-coast race. But when a crash, exhaustion, and a snowstorm ground three of the planes, Jack Knight becomes the race's only hope. All he has to do is fly all night long, leaning out of the plane to see, and navigate a blizzard over land he's never covered with an empty fuel tank. Will Jack pull it off and save the Air Mail Service?
