Download or read book Boeing 747 Queen of the Skies written by Owen Zupp and published by . This book was released on 2019-09-24 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Boeing 747 is more than an airliner - it is the Queen of the Skies. From flights over Antarctica to carrying a spare fifth engine beneath the wing, award-winning aviation writer and airline pilot, Owen Zupp, has detailed the varied journeys of the magnificent Boeing 747.
Download or read book Sky Queen written by Judy Kundert and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2019-06-18 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's 1967, and Katherine Roebling is a Chicago-based stewardess caught between the hold of highflying travel and the call of her Native American ancestors just as the women’s movement is taking the US by storm. As she vacillates between an ever-present mystical ancestral feather and her alluring stewardess life of excitement and travel, she embarks on a journey from one adventure to the next—each episode bringing her closer to her predestined calling. A chance meeting with a college student from Athens, Greece at a Chicago Playboy Mansion Press Party and her visit to the Oracle of Delphi intertwine with Katherine's discovery of the treasure inside herself. Ultimately, she gains wings that allow her to glide over society’s barriers; she abandons the so-called glamorous life she’s been living, creates her own path, and embarks upon a new career at the Smithsonian in DC—one that will take her on a miraculous experience of personal growth and uncharted paths.
Download or read book Bessie Queen of the Sky written by Andrea Doshi and published by . This book was released on 2017-03-01 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fairy tale is inspired by the story of Bessie Coleman, the first African American woman to hold a pilot's license in the world. 'When Bessie was growing up, no one could have imagined that a girl from a humble family would get out of the cotton fields and become a pilot. But with the help of her best friend Bloony, Bessie uses her courage and determination to make her dream come true!'
Download or read book Queen of the Sky written by Josephine Chia and published by Penguin Random House Sea. This book was released on 2019 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Will Great Grandmother's birthday wish be fulfilled? Amelia is a modern, nine-year-old Peranakan Chinese girl. She adores her Great Grandmother whom she nicknamed GGM. GGM has lots of exciting tales to tell her about old Singapore. She takes Amelia to see the site of her old kampung, an attap-thatched village along the Kallang River where she had met Amelia's famous namesake and aviatrix, Amelia Earhart, the historical Queen of the Sky, in June 1937. GGM is very active and does not behave like a doddering Senior. She started skiing at sixty and wants to do something adventurous for her 90th birthday. But the entire family does not approve.
Download or read book The Sky Queen written by Mamang Dai and published by Katha. This book was released on 2005 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A superb retelling of another age-old classic folk tale from Arunachal Pradesh. The story of Nyanyi Myete, the legendary celestial queen from the Kojum-Koja civilization, who came out of the Great Deluge to give us the message of harmony in the natural world.
Download or read book The Queen who Stole the Sky written by Jennifer Garrett and published by Richmond Hill, Ont. : North Winds Press. This book was released on 1986 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Queen Will Betray You written by Sarah Henning and published by Tor Teen. This book was released on 2021-07-06 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The breathtaking sequel to Sarah Henning's The Princess Will Save You--a brilliantly-executed YA fantasy homage to The Princess Bride KEEP YOUR EYE ON THE CROWN... After a thousand years of political stability, the realm of The Sand and Sky is up for grabs. Four kingdoms, four rulers vying for the ultimate prize, sovereignty over the entire continent: A ruthless old king spinning webs, whose schemes encompass generations. A widowed queen whose only credo is all kings must die. A runaway queen whose unexpected return upends everyone’s plans. And a prince-in-waiting determined to wait no more. Standing against them are a dispossessed princess and her stable boy love with a surprising claim of his own. Their only hope in the face of unspeakable betrayals, enemies hidden in the shadows, and insurmountable odds is the power of true love... The Kingdoms of Sand & Sky Trilogy Book 1: The Princess Will Save You Book 2: The Queen Will Betray You Book 3: The King Will Kill You Praise for The Princess Will Save You “Full of inconceivable wit, daring adventure, and cunning political machinations...It’s as if Sarah Henning looked into my soul that yearned for a book like The Princess Bride and said—as you wish. And yes, this is a kissing book.”—Ashley Poston, author of Heart of Iron “A breakneck fantasy adventure.... Swoony romance, sword fights, a great cast of characters and some clever parallels to a story about another princess who won’t be made a bride makes The Princess Will Save You a strong contender for my favorite novel of the year.”—Emily Hall Schroen, Main Street Books, St. Charles, Missouri At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Download or read book Diary of a Dysfunctional Flight Attendant written by Blog Based Books and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Queen Bess written by Doris L. Rich and published by Smithsonian Institution. This book was released on 2015-03-10 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here is the brief but intense life of Bessie Coleman, America's first African American woman aviator. Born in 1892 in Atlanta, Texas, she became known as “Queen Bess,” a barnstormer and flying-circus performer who defied the strictures of race, sex, and society in pursuit of a dream.
Download or read book The Chili Queen written by Sandra Dallas and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2003-09-10 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Life may have been hard on Addie French, but when she meets friendless Emma Roby on a train, all her protective instincts emerge. Emma's brother is seeing her off to Nalgitas to marry a man she has never met. And Emma seems like a lost soul to Addie-someone who needs Addie's savvy and wary eye. It isn't often that Addie is drawn to anyone as a friend, but Emma seems different somehow. When Emma's prospective fails to show up at the train depot, Addie breaks all her principles to shelter the girl at her brothel, The Chili Queen. But once Emma enters Addie's life, the secrets that unfold and schemes that are hatched cause both women to question everything they thought they knew. With Sandra Dallas's trademark humor, charm, and pathos, The Chili Queen will satisfy anyone who has ever longed for happiness. The Chili Queen is the winner of the 2003 Spur Award for Best Western Novel.
Download or read book The Queen of Nothing written by Holly Black and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2019-11-19 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A powerful curse forces the exiled Queen of Faerie to choose between ambition and humanity in this highly anticipated and jaw-dropping finale to The Folk of the Air trilogy from a #1 New York Times bestselling author. He will be the destruction of the crown and the ruination of the throne Power is much easier to acquire than it is to hold onto. Jude learned this lesson when she released her control over the wicked king, Cardan, in exchange for immeasurable power. Now as the exiled mortal Queen of Faerie, Jude is powerless and left reeling from Cardan's betrayal. She bides her time determined to reclaim everything he took from her. Opportunity arrives in the form of her twin sister, Taryn, whose life is in peril. Jude must risk venturing back into the treacherous Faerie Court, and confront her lingering feelings for Cardan, if she wishes to save her sister. But Elfhame is not as she left it. War is brewing. As Jude slips deep within enemy lines she becomes ensnared in the conflict's bloody politics. And, when a dormant yet powerful curse is unleashed, panic spreads throughout the land, forcing her to choose between her ambition and her humanity . . .
Download or read book Tell Me a Dragon written by Jackie Morris and published by . This book was released on 2018-06-21 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this enchanting book, Jackie Morris conjures a world where everyone has their own dragon, exploring all their variety through lyrical text and beautifully realised illustrations.
Download or read book The Silent Unwinding written by Jackie Morris and published by . This book was released on 2021-09-16 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a companion to The Unwinding. It contains within images that tell stories, but it reads like a silent film. Each of the images is an invitation to dream.The tales of this silent edition are not pinned to the page by words. Each dreamer will find their own path, perhaps a new one each time they return.The illustrations are intended to inspire: there is space to draw and write, to paint dreams and stories, thoughts and verse, in new worlds, wherever your pen may guide you.
Download or read book The Scotch Queen written by Penelope Sky and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-08-15 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "I wasn't sure what changed my mind about giving London to Bones, but something did. Now London is officially mine. She's sassy, feisty, and she still tells me off when I have her under my thumb. I love it. Now I have a deal with the Barsetti brothers, Josephine is still pining for me, and revenge is heavy on my mind. I'm not sure what to do with London now that I'm not gonna kill her. But I'm certainly not going to fall in love with her"--Back cover.
Download or read book The Scotch King written by Penelope Sky and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-08-15 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Joseph Ingram made the mistake of stealing from me-four million dollars. He took my intelligence without paying for it. And thought he could get away with it. Think again. Now I'll take something from him-something irreplaceable. His sister. Collateral. But even when Joseph doubles the amount of money he owes me, I don't give her up. Nope. I have an image to maintain. So I keep her. And I'm not giving her up.
Download or read book BLINK REGNANT written by Michael Riggs and published by Michael Riggs. This book was released on 2022-10-07 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Survival in an alien forest. A tribe of unlikely companions. An epic story spanning a complex fantasy universe. Welcome to Blink. The story continues in Book Three of the Blink Series — BLINK REGNANT. Blink is a creatively written teen and young adult sci fi fantasy novel series by Michael Riggs with a rich complex fantasy universe of magic, teleportation, time travel, alien planets, clean romance, strong friendships, thought provoking concepts, action and adventure, alien creatures, mystery, twists, turns and more! With an ever expanding underground fandom - Blink is rapidly becoming one of the most popular self published teen fantasy and sci-fi book series. Back on Earth, Brody and Sky struggle to make sense of their new reality while the war rages on for the blue forest tribe and the kingdom of New Garden. Blink Regnant is written from four perspectives. Corin, the right hand of Queen Amelia — Mia, the New Garden runaway — Ember, a blink hunter. — and Brody, the main protagonist in Blink and Blink Traveler. Of the hunted, who will remain in the light and who will turn to darkness? Blink is a science fiction mystery adventure, but more importantly it is a book about humans — the light and the darkness — our will to survive and how love, friendship, family and courage remain powerful even across the universe. Hailed as the “Lord of the Flies” of YA Fantasy and Sci-fi, Michael Riggs’ BLINK series is a thought provoking adventure full of mystery, twists and turns. Buy BLINK REGNANT today to continue on this other-worldly adventure readers say they can’t put down.
Download or read book Sierra Sky written by Jude Liebermann and published by Totally Entwined Group (USA+CAD). This book was released on 2012-02-06 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Half-breed Sierra must marry a prince from another planet in hopes she will someday be reunited with her enslaved love. Sierra Sky is a half-breed of human and Klenarian but has been raised on Earth. Her father is king, and she is betrothed to the prince of a nearby warring kingdom on the far distant planet of Klenar. The problem is she is in love with her protector, Dathu, who is from another planet of enslaved humanoids similar to Earthlings. She is forced to travel to Klenar and marry a man she does not know in hopes that someday she will be reunited with her love. Along the way, she discovers more about her heritage and how exciting sex with aliens can be.
