Download or read book Sleek for the Long Flight written by William Matthews and published by White Pine Press. This book was released on 1988 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A strange blend of dice, bones, and wine... an elegant book. Highly recommended."--Small Press
Download or read book Sleek for the Long Flight written by William Matthews and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Selected Poems and Translations written by William Matthews and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1992 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'An excellent book, which carries one away with its vigor and invention, both in such poems as 'Straight Life' and in it breezy, pungent versions of Martial.' -Richard Wilbur
Download or read book Planes written by Felicity Brooks and published by Usborne Books. This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lift all the flaps in this board book and find out about airplanes.
Download or read book How Do Jets Work written by Buffy Silverman and published by Lerner Publications. This book was released on 2013-02-01 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jets are sleek and powerful. They travel very fast. But how do these heavy planes fly? And how do pilots land them? Read this book to find out!
Download or read book Nancy Batson Crews written by Sarah Byrn Rickman and published by University of Alabama Press. This book was released on 2009-08-02 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A riveting oral history/biography of a pioneering woman aviator. This is the story of an uncommon woman--high school cheerleader, campus queen, airplane pilot, wife, mother, politician, business-woman--who epitomizes the struggles and freedoms of women in 20th-century America, as they first began to believe they could live full lives and demanded to do so. World War II offered women the opportunity to contribute to the work of the country, and Nancy Batson Crews was one woman who made the most of her privileged beginnings and youthful talents and opportunities. In love with flying from the time she first saw Charles Lindbergh in Birmingham, (October 1927), Crews began her aviation career in 1939 as one of only five young women chosen for Civilian Pilot Training at the University of Alabama. Later, Crews became the 20th woman of 28 to qualify as an "Original" Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron (WAFS) pilot, employed during World War II shuttling P-38, P-47, and P-51 high-performance aircrafts from factory to staging areas and to and from maintenance and training sites. Before the war was over, 1,102 American women would qualify to fly Army airplanes. Many of these female pilots were forced out of aviation after the war as males returning from combat theater assignments took over their roles. But Crews continued to fly, from gliders to turbojets to J-3 Cubs, in a postwar career that began in California and then resumed in Alabama. The author was a freelance journalist looking to write about the WASP (Women Airforce Service Pilots) when she met an elderly, but still vital, Nancy Batson Crews. The former aviatrix held a reunion of the surviving nine WAFS for an interview with them and Crews, recording hours of her own testimony and remembrance before Crews's death from cancer in 2001. After helping lead the fight in the '70s for WASP to win veteran status, it was fitting that Nancy Batson Crews was buried with full military honors.
Download or read book Contemporary Poets written by Tracy Chevalier and published by Saint James Press. This book was released on 1991 with total page 1310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains biographical entries, a list of separately published books, and an essay on each poet.
Download or read book A Perfect Husband written by Fiona Brand and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2012-08-07 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Determined to escape her family's history of falling for men afraid of commitment, Lilah Cole has a plan. She's devised a marriage checklist to help her find the perfect husband. And her billionaire boss fills every requirement. Too bad it's his wild brother, Zane Atraeus, who fills her fantasies. Handsome, dangerous and sexy, Zane is not marriage material. But Lilah's supposed relationship with his brother sets off a media storm. With Zane running interference, there's no way Lilah can avoid him. So what's a sensible girl to do but surrender to seduction?
Download or read book Best Ever Paper Airplanes written by Norman Schmidt and published by Sterling Publishing Company. This book was released on 2007 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 18 Models--each named for a bird--and instructions how to make them.
Download or read book Airline Maps written by Mark Ovenden and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2019-11-21 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this gorgeously illustrated collection of airline route maps, Mark Ovenden and Maxwell Roberts look to the skies and transport readers to another time. Hundreds of images span a century of passenger flight, from the rudimentary trajectory of routes to the most intricately detailed birds-eye views of the land to be flown over. Advertisements for the first scheduled commercial passenger flights featured only a few destinations, with stunning views of the countryside and graphics of biplanes. As aviation took off, speed and mileage were trumpeted on bold posters featuring busy routes. Major airlines produced highly stylized illustrations of their global presence, establishing now-classic brands. With trendy and forward-looking designs, cartographers celebrated the coming together of different cultures and made the earth look ever smaller. Eventually, fleets got bigger and routes multiplied, and graphic designers have found creative new ways to display huge amounts of information. Airline hubs bring their own cultural mark and advertise their plentiful destination options. Innovative maps depict our busy world with webs of overlapping routes and networks of low-cost city-to-city hopping. But though flying has become more commonplace, Ovenden and Roberts remind us that early air travel was a glamorous affair for good reason. Airline Maps is a celebration of graphic design, cartographic skills and clever marketing, and a visual feast that reminds us to enjoy the journey as much as the destination.
Download or read book American Writers written by Leonard Unger and published by Charles Scribner's Sons. This book was released on 1974 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains biographical and critical essays on the work of important American writers. Presents scholar-signed essays prepared by experts in the field.
Download or read book Natural Bravery written by Gaylon Ferguson and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2016-02-16 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Increasingly, we seem to live in a culture of fear, amid threats of terrorism, violence, environmental disasters, and distrust in our leaders. Fear and groundlessness are pervasive, but according to Buddhist teacher Gaylon Ferguson, it is the very potency of this fear that makes it such a powerful tool for personal and cultural transformation. Natural Bravery offers wise and pointed teachings for helping us to look at fear with immediacy and courage, and to engage with it as a path to transform ourselves—and the world. Walking this path, we learn to cultivate fearlessness and to connect more deeply with others and with the natural world.
Download or read book How to Survive a Long Haul Flight written by Matthew Eaves and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2008 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: LONG HAUL FLYING is one of the most challenging, exhausting, expensive and exciting experiences anyone can ever have, but if you are new to it all, where do you start? This book is written by a frequent traveller and incorporates tips, support and advice from travellers and industry experts. This book will explore booking, preparation, packing, the airport, being airborne, advice for arrival and everything you need to know to survive a long haul flight across the world. First Edition Review: This work is a genuinely funny but ultimately practical guide to surviving the traumas of long haul flights, but it applies equally well to any length of air travel. The hints and tips are well thought out and come from years of flying experiences drawn from all over the world. I can thoroughly recommend this to anyone about to embark on a journey, whether a seasoned traveler or a first time flyer. In fact, I can recommend it even if you are never going to fly - some of the anecdotes and tips are priceless!
Download or read book Record Breaking Paper Airplanes Ebook written by Andrew Dewar and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2017-06-20 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Become a true aviator by making your very own paper airplanes based on world record-holding designs! Paper airplane expert Andrew Dewar presents this new collection of 16 original high-performance paper airplane. These model planes are incredibly easy to fold, and designed to push the envelope in terms of time aloft and distance thrown--based on principles exploited by record-breaking paper airplane experts such as Ken Blackburn, Michael Collins and Takuo Toda. The book opens with the history of paper airplane record-setters, followed by a fascinating introduction to flight and aerodynamics for kids. By learning about the engineering properties that affect the duration and distance of their flights, they'll have fun coaxing better and better performances out of these optimized designs. The sky is the limit once they understand how planes actually work! Some of the high-tech projects include: A colorful Condor A futuristic Strato Taxi A speedy Delta Dart And many more! Each paper plane has simple folding instructions and corresponding custom folding papers with folding lines printed right on the sheets. Each plane can be folded up in just a few moments, so kids can start shattering records of their own right away! This paper airplanes kit includes: A full-color, 64-page book Easy, step-by-step instructions 16 unique designs 48 printable full-color airplane folding sheets
Download or read book Flying Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1961-11 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Turbulence written by David Szalay and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2019-07-16 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice* A “masterful” (The Washington Post), “cathartic” (Star Tribune, Minneapolis), novel about twelve people, mostly strangers, and the surprising ripple effect each one has on the life of the next as they cross paths while in transit around the world—from the Booker Prize–shortlisted author of All That Man Is. In this “compelling” (The Christian Science Monitor), “crisp and clever” (Vanity Fair) novel, Szalay’s diverse protagonists circumnavigate the planet in twelve flights, from London to Madrid, from Dakar to Sao Paulo, to Toronto, to Delhi, to Doha, en route to see lovers or estranged siblings, aging parents, baby grandchildren, or nobody at all. Along the way, they experience the full range of human emotions from loneliness to love and, knowingly or otherwise, change each other in one brief, electrifying interaction after the next. Written with magic and economy, “Szalay explores the miraculous ability of our shared humanity to lift us from loneliness” (Esquire) and delivers a dazzling portrait of the interconnectedness of the modern world.
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