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Around the World in a Bad Mood!: Confessions of a Flight Attendant
by Rene Foss  Publisher Comments A hilarious slant on the culture of airline travel -- by a flight attendant who's logged more in-flight hours than Federal Express. Around the World in a Bad Mood is a center seat on an oversold flight to laughter. And there's no one better qualified...
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West with the Night
by Beryl Markham 
Publisher Comments "Did you read Beryl Markham's book, West with the Night? I knew her fairly well in Africa and never would have suspected that she could and would put pen to paper except to write in her flyer's log book. As it is, she has written so well, and marvelously...
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Coffee, Tea, or Me?: The Uninhibited Memoirs of Two Airline Stewardesses
by Trudy Baker and Rachel Jones and Donald Bain Publisher Comments Remember when flying was glamorous and sexy, even fun? When airline food was gourmet, everyone dressed up for a flight, and stewardesses catered to our every need-at least in our imaginations? This classic memoir by two audaciously outspoken young ladies,...
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A Gift of Wings
by Richard Bach Publisher Comments Once in a generation a book, a vision, a writer, capture the imagination and emotions of millions. "Jonathan Livingston Seagull" was such a book. Richard Bach's unique vision again shines forth, touching with magic the drama of life in all its limitless...
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Flight of Passage
by Rinker Buck Publisher Comments Rinker Buck's beautiful memoir of fathers, sons, and adventure in the skies won abundant praise from critics and readers across the country. Now available in trade paperback, Flight of Passage is set to become the new favorite of the audience of millions...
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Flyboys: A True Story of Courage
by James Bradley Publisher Comments James Bradley's #1 bestseller Flags of Our Fathers made real the humanity and legacy of war as few books had before. Now, in Flyboys, Bradley returns to World War II and an extraordinary — and totally unknown — true story of courage. Over...
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Lindbergh
by A Scott Berg Publisher Comments Few American icons provoke more enduring fascination than Charles Lindbergh -- renowned for his one-man transatlantic flight in 1927, remembered for the sorrow surrounding the kidnapping and death of his firstborn son in 1932, and reviled by many for his...
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Blue Streak Inside Jetblue the Upstart
by Barbara S Peterson Publisher Comments The definitive, behind-the-scenes story of the most innovative airline in America A few years ago, an unknown entrepreneur named David Neeleman uprooted his wife and nine kids from Utah to New York, dreaming of a bold new company that would make jaded...
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Dawn Over Kitty Hawk
by Walter J Boyne Publisher Comments Walter J. Boyne, the world's foremost historian on aviation and the former director of the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, presents this fascinating, historically accurate, fictional account of all the cutthroat personalities who strived to be the...
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Yeager, an Autobiography
by Chuck Yeager Publisher Comments General Chuck Yeager, the greatest test pilot of them all -- the first man to fly faster than the speed of sound . . .the World War II flying ace who shot down a Messerschmitt jet with a prop-driven P-51 Mustang . . .the hero who defined a certain...
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Among the Heroes: The Story of United Flight 93 and the Passengers and Crew Who Fought Back
by Jere Longman Publisher Comments On the evening of September 14, as the sun set over the flag-draped county courthouse in Somerset, Pennsylvania, fifteen hundred mourners gathered together as Governor Tom Ridge presided over a memorial to the passengers and crew of United Flight 93. In...
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Joy of Flying 3RD Edition
by Robert Mark Publisher Comments Whether you're thinking about taking flying lessons or already are a student, this refreshing guide focuses on everything you need to know about becoming a pilot. Find out how to choose a flight instructor who's right for you. Learn what type of aircraft...
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Around the World in 20 Days: The Story of Our Adventure History-Making Balloon Flight
by Bertrand Piccard Synopsis A roller-coaster adventure of emotional highs and lows. aLibrary Journal Into the real thin air: The gripping story of the history-making around-the-world balloon flight as told by the pilots themselves. In this dramatic and inspiring account...
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Von Mises, Richard
by Richard Von Mises Publisher Comments The classic treatment examines probability theory, its relation to statistics, and its truth-finding value. A renowned mathematician, scientist, and philosopher derives the logical concept of "probability"; considers theories of Pascal, Laplace, and...
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Amelia Earhart: Flying Solo (Sterling Point Books)
by John Burke Publisher Comments Earhart grew up at a time when many believed that men alone had the right to experience the thrill of adventure--but, from the moment she saw her first airplane, she knew it was her destiny to fly. She made record-setting flights across America, the...
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Wright Brothers : a Biography (89 Edition)
by Fred C. Kelly Publisher Comments Engaging story, long considered the definitive biography. Well-documented account, free of technical detail, describes boyhood interests, gliding at Kitty Hawk, their first powered flights, and Wilbur's efforts to revolutionize European aviation. 16...
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How to Become a Pilot: The Step-By-Step Guide to Flying
by Faa Publisher Comments Updated after 15 years, here is the essential information needed to pass FAA exams for pilot license and advanced certification. "All the knowledge the beginner or intermediate pilot needs."--Aeronautical Journal.270 pages, 10 1/4 x 7 3/4....
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Far/Aim 2005: Federal Aviation Regulations, Aeronautical Information Manual (FAR/AIM: Federal Aviation Regulations & the Aeronautical Information Manual)
by Federal Aviation Administration Publisher Comments These handbooks present the latest civil aviation directives gathered from the Federal Aviation Regulations (FAR) and the Aeronautical Information Manual (AIM) for pilots, flight crew, and aviation maintenance technicians. All regulations that have...
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Amelia: A Life of the Aviation Legend
by Donald M Goldstein Publisher Comments "Earhart's story soars again." ???"Pittsburgh Post-Gazette"...
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Used: $5.95 Hardcover List Price $23.00
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Under a Wing: A Memoir
by Reeve Lindbergh Synopsis The world knew Charles Lindbergh as a daring aviator, Pulitzer Prize-winning author, and controversial isolationist in World War II; his wife, Anne Morrow Lindbergh, was also famous, the author of the bestselling Gift from the Sea and other books. But...
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