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Author |
: Laura Fernandez |
Publisher |
: Markham, Ont. : North Winds Press |
Total Pages |
: 28 |
Release |
: 2001 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0439987253 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780439987257 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (53 Downloads) |
Synopsis King of the Skies by : Laura Fernandez
One day each spring a boy launches his fighting kite into the air. He has worked on it all year, perfecting every detail to make his kite the very best -- the one that can capture all the others. Not even the huge kite of the boy next door can match his ... for on this special day, he is king of the skies!
Author |
: Nicola Davies |
Publisher |
: Candlewick Press |
Total Pages |
: 52 |
Release |
: 2017-06-13 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780763695682 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0763695688 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (82 Downloads) |
Synopsis King of the Sky by : Nicola Davies
When a young boy moves from his home in Italy to Wales, the only thing that cheers him up are the racing pigeons that Mr. Evans keeps in a loft behind his house.
Author |
: Russell Erickson |
Publisher |
: Apples & Honey Press |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 2025 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1681156903 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781681156903 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (03 Downloads) |
Synopsis Warton and the King of the Skies by : Russell Erickson
Two toad brothers gain their freedom from a bickering weasel family by teaching them the value of teamwork.
Author |
: Lucy Saxon |
Publisher |
: Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Total Pages |
: 385 |
Release |
: 2014-06-03 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781619633681 |
ISBN-13 |
: 161963368X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (81 Downloads) |
Synopsis Take Back the Skies by : Lucy Saxon
Desperate to escape an arranged marriage and the life her high-ranking government official father planned for her, Cat Hunter does the unthinkable. She runs away from her homeland Tellus, disguises herself as a boy, and stows away on an air ship. She's ready for life in a new land where the general population isn't poverty stricken and at the mercy of the cruel officials. What she isn't quite ready for is meeting Fox, a crew member aboard the Stormdancer-which turns out to be a smugglers' ship. So begins an epic adventure that spans both land and sea. This explosive debut starts a unique six-book series. Each novel will be set in a different land within the Tellus world, with repeating characters and related, nonlinear storylines that combine to create a one-of-a-kind, addictive reading experience.
Author |
: Garrett M. Graff |
Publisher |
: Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster |
Total Pages |
: 512 |
Release |
: 2019-09-10 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781501182204 |
ISBN-13 |
: 150118220X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (04 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Only Plane in the Sky by : Garrett M. Graff
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “This is history at its most immediate and moving…A marvelous and memorable book.” —Jon Meacham “Remarkable…A priceless civic gift…On page after page, a reader will encounter words that startle, or make him angry, or heartbroken.” —The Wall Street Journal “Visceral...I repeatedly cried…This book captures the emotions and unspooling horror of the day.” —NPR “Had me turning each page with my heart in my throat…There’s been a lot written about 9/11, but nothing like this. I urge you to read it.” —Katie Couric The first comprehensive oral history of September 11, 2001—a panoramic narrative woven from the voices of Americans on the front lines of an unprecedented national trauma. Over the past eighteen years, monumental literature has been published about 9/11, from Lawrence Wright’s The Looming Tower, which traced the rise of al-Qaeda, to The 9/11 Commission Report, the government’s definitive factual retrospective of the attacks. But one perspective has been missing up to this point—a 360-degree account of the day told through the voices of the people who experienced it. Now, in The Only Plane in the Sky, award-winning journalist and bestselling historian Garrett Graff tells the story of the day as it was lived—in the words of those who lived it. Drawing on never-before-published transcripts, recently declassified documents, original interviews, and oral histories from nearly five hundred government officials, first responders, witnesses, survivors, friends, and family members, Graff paints the most vivid and human portrait of the September 11 attacks yet. Beginning in the predawn hours of airports in the Northeast, we meet the ticket agents who unknowingly usher terrorists onto their flights, and the flight attendants inside the hijacked planes. In New York City, first responders confront a scene of unimaginable horror at the Twin Towers. From a secret bunker underneath the White House, officials watch for incoming planes on radar. Aboard the small number of unarmed fighter jets in the air, pilots make a pact to fly into a hijacked airliner if necessary to bring it down. In the skies above Pennsylvania, civilians aboard United Flight 93 make the ultimate sacrifice in their place. Then, as the day moves forward and flights are grounded nationwide, Air Force One circles the country alone, its passengers isolated and afraid. More than simply a collection of eyewitness testimonies, The Only Plane in the Sky is the historic narrative of how ordinary people grappled with extraordinary events in real time: the father and son working in the North Tower, caught on different ends of the impact zone; the firefighter searching for his wife who works at the World Trade Center; the operator of in-flight telephone calls who promises to share a passenger’s last words with his family; the beloved FDNY chaplain who bravely performs last rites for the dying, losing his own life when the Towers collapse; and the generals at the Pentagon who break down and weep when they are barred from rushing into the burning building to try to rescue their colleagues. At once a powerful tribute to the courage of everyday Americans and an essential addition to the literature of 9/11, The Only Plane in the Sky weaves together the unforgettable personal experiences of the men and women who found themselves caught at the center of an unprecedented human drama. The result is a unique, profound, and searing exploration of humanity on a day that changed the course of history, and all of our lives.
Author |
: Stephen King |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: |
Release |
: 2014-12 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1627152970 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781627152976 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (70 Downloads) |
Synopsis Nightmares in the Sky by : Stephen King
Author |
: Bob King |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 227 |
Release |
: 2018-04-24 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781624144929 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1624144926 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (29 Downloads) |
Synopsis Wonders of the Night Sky You Must See Before You Die by : Bob King
"Take your night watching to the next level with Bob King's bucket list collection of 57 remarkable night sky wonders and dark sky destinations. Fill your nights with adventure and the ability to see some of the incredible phenomenon of the sky with this must-have book. Learn all about the brightest and best stars, planets, meteors, comets and constellations using the naked eye, binoculars, telescopes and apps."--
Author |
: Philip C. Plait |
Publisher |
: Penguin |
Total Pages |
: 338 |
Release |
: 2008 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0670019976 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780670019977 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (76 Downloads) |
Synopsis Death from the Skies! by : Philip C. Plait
It's only a matter of time before a cosmic disaster spells the end of the Earth. But how concerned should we about about any of these catastrophic scenarios? And if they do post a danger, can anything be done to stop them?
Author |
: Ann Blainey |
Publisher |
: Black Inc. |
Total Pages |
: 442 |
Release |
: 2021-08-03 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781743820711 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1743820712 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (11 Downloads) |
Synopsis King of the Air by : Ann Blainey
A revealing portrait of a brilliant and troubled figure – a daredevil of the sky Charles Kingsford Smith was the most commanding flyer of the golden age of aviation. In three short years, he broke records with his astounding and daring voyages: the first trans-Pacific flight from America to Australia, the first circumnavigation around the equator, the first non-stop crossing of the Australian mainland. He did it all with such courage, modesty and charm that Australia and the world fell in love with him. He became a national hero, ‘Our Smithy’. Yet his achievements belied a traumatic past. He had witnessed the horror of World War I – first as a soldier at Gallipoli, later as a combat pilot with the Royal Flying Corps – and, like so many of his generation, he bore physical and emotional scars. The public saw the derring-do; only those close to him knew the anxious man who pushed himself to the edge of health and sanity. In November 1935, Kingsford Smith’s plane crashed and he was lost at sea near Burma, his body never to be recovered. This brilliant work from one of Australia’s foremost biographers reveals the complicated, tumultuous life of a fascinating figure, who pursued his obsession to the greatest heights of fame and catastrophe Ann Blainey is the author of the acclaimed I Am Melba, which won the 2009 National Biography Award and was the most popular book in the 2009 State Library of Victoria Summer Reads program. Her other books include biographies of Leigh Hunt and the Kemble sisters. ‘Brilliant ... Blainey’s fascinating book focuses on the inner as well as the outer man. While Smithy’s career highlights may be well known, his ambiguous relationship with fame, his drinking, and his doubts and fears were not. In this beautifully written, scrupulously researched and meticulously indexed work, Blainey has filled this gap to perfection.’ —Ross Fitzgerald, The Weekend Australian 'Crisply written ... Even people not particularly interested in the feats of aviators will find this book an engrossing read.' —Jim Davidson, The Sydney Morning Herald ‘Blainey is a pleasure to read and this biography is superbly researched’ —Michael McGirr, Australian Book Review
Author |
: Stephen Deas |
Publisher |
: Penguin |
Total Pages |
: 355 |
Release |
: 2011-02-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781101475584 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1101475587 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (84 Downloads) |
Synopsis The King of the Crags by : Stephen Deas
In his "utterly fascinating" (Book Smuggler) debut, The Adamantine Palace, Stephen Deas "restored [dragons] to all their scaly fire- breathing glory" (Daily Telegraph). Now, as the Realms teeter on the brink of war, the fate of humanity rests in the survival of one majestic white dragon. Prince Jehal has had his way-now his lover Zafir sits atop the Realms with hundreds of dragons and their riders at her beck and call. But Jehal's plots are far from over, for he isn't content to sit back and watch Zafir command the earth and sky. He wants that glory for himself- no matter who he must sacrifice to get it. The one thing Jehal fears is that the white dragon still lives-and if that is so, then blood will flow, on all sides...