Author : Paul Bricknill
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1957
Category : Fighter pilots
ISBN : LCCN:gb57012924
Reach for the Sky
Paul Bricknill
Reach For The Skies
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Reach for the Skies
Sir Richard Branson
Author : Sir Richard Branson
Publisher : Random House
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2010-06-03
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780753524015
Reach for the Skies by Sir Richard Branson Pdf
As far back as stories go, pioneers have reached for the skies. In the last two hundred years, they have mastered the air and made the modern world possible. Today they are bringing outer space within our reach. They're inventors and toymakers, amateurs and adventurers, visionaries, dreamers and, yes, crackpots. Some have called them irresponsible, even dangerous. But Richard Branson has met many of them. He has worked with them, funded them, and flown with them. He admires them, and trusts them, and thinks they and their kind are our future. In this book Richard Branson looks at the history of flight through the stories and people who have inspired him throughout his life. In these pages you will find tales of miraculous rescues; of records made and broken; of surprising feats of endurance and survival, including some of his own adventures, as well as developments in the future of air travel (and space travel). It is a story of pioneers, and of course it includes the world famous Montgolfiers and the Wright brothers, but he also wants to describe some of the lesser-known trailblazers. People like Tony Jannus, who in 1914 created the first scheduled commercial flight in the world, flying his passengers over the waters of Tampa Bay at an altitude of just fifty feet! The 'bird man' Leo Valentin, who in the 1950s jumped from 9,000 feet with wooden wings attached to his shoulders. And Branson's friend Steve Fossett, who dedicated his life to breaking records and having adventures. This is their story. It is also, in a small way, his own.
Reaching for the Stars
José M. Hernández
Author : José M. Hernández
Publisher : Center Street
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2012-09-04
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781455522811
Reaching for the Stars by José M. Hernández Pdf
The book that inspired the new film A Million Miles Away. Born into a family of migrant workers, toiling in the fields by the age of six, Jose M. Hernàndez dreamed of traveling through the night skies on a rocket ship. Reaching for the Stars is the inspiring story of how he realized that dream, becoming the first Mexican-American astronaut. Hernàndez didn't speak English till he was 12, and his peers often joined gangs, or skipped school. And yet, by his twenties he was part of an elite team helping develop technology for the early detection of breast cancer. He was turned down by NASA eleven times on his long journey to donning that famous orange space suit. Hernàndez message of hard work, education, perseverance, of "reaching for the stars," makes this a classic American autobiography.
Reach for the Stars! (Shimmer and Shine)
Courtney Carbone
Author : Courtney Carbone
Publisher : Random House Books for Young Readers
Page : 26 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2019-07-02
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781984847775
Reach for the Stars! (Shimmer and Shine) by Courtney Carbone Pdf
A full-color storybook featuring Nickelodeon's Shimmer and Shine--with a lenticular cover that makes it appear as though the genies are actually moving! Discover the magical new world of Zahramay Skies with Nickelodeon's Shimmer and Shine! Boys and girls ages 3 to 7 will love this exciting full-color storybook featuring Nickelodeon's Shimmer and Shine. It includes a zahra-amazing lenticular cover that makes it appear as though the genies are actually moving!
A Ladder to the Sky
John Boyne
Author : John Boyne
Publisher : Bond Street Books
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2018-11-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780385692922
A Ladder to the Sky by John Boyne Pdf
The new novel from the beloved New York Times bestselling author of The Boy in the Striped Pajamas and The Heart's Invisible Furies, a seductive Highsmithian psychodrama following one brilliant, ruthless man who will stop at nothing in his pursuit of fame. If you look hard enough, you can find stories pretty much anywhere. They don't even have to be your own. Or so would-be writer Maurice Swift decides very early on in his career. A chance encounter in a West Berlin hotel with celebrated novelist Erich Ackermann gives him an opportunity to ingratiate himself with someone more powerful. For Erich is lonely, and he has a story to tell. Whether or not he should do so is another matter. Once Maurice has made his name, he sets off in pursuit of other people's stories. He doesn't care where he finds them--or to whom they belong--as long as they help him rise to the top. Stories will make him famous but they will also make him beg, borrow and steal. They may even make him do worse. A psychological drama of cat and mouse, A Ladder to the Sky shows how easy it is to achieve the world if you are prepared to sacrifice your soul.
Empires of the Sky
Alexander Rose
Author : Alexander Rose
Publisher : Random House Trade Paperbacks
Page : 657 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2021-05-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9780812989984
Empires of the Sky by Alexander Rose Pdf
The Golden Age of Aviation is brought to life in this story of the giant Zeppelin airships that once roamed the sky—a story that ended with the fiery destruction of the Hindenburg. “Genius . . . a definitive tale of an incredible time when mere mortals learned to fly.”—Keith O’Brien, The New York Times At the dawn of the twentieth century, when human flight was still considered an impossibility, Germany’s Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin vied with the Wright Brothers to build the world’s first successful flying machine. As the Wrights labored to invent the airplane, Zeppelin fathered the remarkable airship, sparking a bitter rivalry between the two types of aircraft and their innovators that would last for decades, in the quest to control one of humanity’s most inspiring achievements. And it was the airship—not the airplane—that led the way. In the glittery 1920s, the count’s brilliant protégé, Hugo Eckener, achieved undreamed-of feats of daring and skill, including the extraordinary Round-the-World voyage of the Graf Zeppelin. At a time when America’s airplanes—rickety deathtraps held together by glue, screws, and luck—could barely make it from New York to Washington, D.C., Eckener’s airships serenely traversed oceans without a single crash, fatality, or injury. What Charles Lindbergh almost died doing—crossing the Atlantic in 1927—Eckener had effortlessly accomplished three years before the Spirit of St. Louis even took off. Even as the Nazis sought to exploit Zeppelins for their own nefarious purposes, Eckener built his masterwork, the behemoth Hindenburg—a marvel of design and engineering. Determined to forge an airline empire under the new flagship, Eckener met his match in Juan Trippe, the ruthlessly ambitious king of Pan American Airways, who believed his fleet of next-generation planes would vanquish Eckener’s coming airship armada. It was a fight only one man—and one technology—could win. Countering each other’s moves on the global chessboard, each seeking to wrest the advantage from his rival, the struggle for mastery of the air was a clash not only of technologies but of business, diplomacy, politics, personalities, and the two men’s vastly different dreams of the future. Empires of the Sky is the sweeping, untold tale of the duel that transfixed the world and helped create our modern age.
Pebble in the Sky
Isaac Asimov
Author : Isaac Asimov
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2010-04-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781429968195
Pebble in the Sky by Isaac Asimov Pdf
One moment Joseph Schwartz is a happily retired tailor in Chicago, 1949. The next he's a helpless stranger on Earth during the heyday of the first Galactic Empire. Earth, as he soon learns, is a backwater, just a pebble in the sky, despised by all the other 200 million planets of the Empire because its people dare to claim it's the original home of man. And Earth is poor, with great areas of radioactivity ruining much of its soil--so poor that everyone is sentenced to death at the age of sixty. Joseph Schwartz is sixty-two. This is young Isaac Asimov's first novel, full of wonders and ideas, the book that launched the novels of the Galactic Empire, culminating in the Foundation series. This is Golden Age SF at its finest. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
The Prince of the Skies
Antonio Iturbe
Author : Antonio Iturbe
Publisher : Feiwel & Friends
Page : 473 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2021-11-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781250807007
The Prince of the Skies by Antonio Iturbe Pdf
A gripping narrative of friendship and exploration, and an homage to Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, an unforgettable writer who touched the lives of millions of readers, and who was able to see the world through the eyes of a child. In the 1920s, long before he wrote The Little Prince, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry was an accomplished pilot. Along with Jean Mermoz and Henri Guillaumet, he was chosen to pioneer new mail routes across the globe. No distance was too far and no mountain too high—each letter had to reach its destination. The three friends soared through the air, while back on solid ground, they dealt with a world torn apart by wars and political factions.
A Deepness in the Sky
Vernor Vinge
Author : Vernor Vinge
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 802 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2007-04-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781429915090
A Deepness in the Sky by Vernor Vinge Pdf
Tor Essentials presents new editions of science fiction and fantasy titles of proven merit and lasting value, each volume introduced by an appropriate literary figure. After thousands of years of searching, humans stand on the verge of first contact with an alien race. Two human groups: the Qeng Ho, a culture of free, innovative traders, and the Emergents, a ruthless society based on the technological enslavement of minds. The group that opens trade with the aliens will reap unimaginable riches. But first, both groups must wait at the aliens' very doorstep, for their strange star to relight and for the alien planet to reawaken, as it does every two hundred and fifteen years... Amidst terrible treachery, the Qeng Ho must fight for their freedom and for the lives of the unsuspecting innocents on the planet below, while the aliens themselves play a role unsuspected by Qeng Ho and Emergents alike. More than just a great science fiction adventure, A Deepness In the Sky is a universal drama of courage, self-discovery, and the redemptive power of love. This new Tor Essentials edition of Vernor Vinge's A Deepness In the Sky includes an introduction by the Hugo, Nebula, and World Fantasy Award-winning Jo Walton, author of Among Others. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
A Meeting in the Sky
Rina Singh
Author : Rina Singh
Publisher : Creative Editions
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2019-08-06
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1568463103
A Meeting in the Sky by Rina Singh Pdf
On December 20, 1943, a German pilot escorted an American bomber to safety; this remarkable, secret meeting in the sky inspired a lifelong quest to reunite as the two former enemies became friends.
Under Desert Skies
Melissa L. Sevigny
Author : Melissa L. Sevigny
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2016-02-25
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781941451045
Under Desert Skies by Melissa L. Sevigny Pdf
"The book tells the story of how an upstart planetary laboratory in Tucson, the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory (LPL), would help create the field of planetary science, breaking free from traditional astronomical techniques to embrace a wide range of disciplines necessary to study planets"--Provided by publisher.
Fractured Sky
Catherine Cowles
Author : Catherine Cowles
Publisher : The PageSmith LLC
Page : 389 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2022-10-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781951936174
Fractured Sky by Catherine Cowles Pdf
Damaged. Broken. Destroyed. I’ve heard it all. A single moment of trusting the wrong person shattered my life into pieces, and my family has never looked at me the same. It’s impossible to convince them that I’m anything more than the broken girl they rescued all those years ago. Until I meet him. Ramsey’s grumpy demeanor and menacing scowl scare most of the world away. But not me. Not when I’ve seen his gentle hands soothe an abused colt or comfort a terrified mare. And when I finally get up the courage to strike out on my own, Ramsey’s there. Roommates felt like such a safe proposition until Ramsey’s lingering touches and wicked smile light a fire in me I don’t think will ever be extinguished. And he feels it, too… But just as my new life begins to take root, an evil from my past emerges from the shadows, casting a darkness on my newfound freedom. And this time, they won’t settle for pieces of me. They want everything…
Me and the Sky
Beverley Bass,Cynthia Williams
Author : Beverley Bass,Cynthia Williams
Publisher : Knopf Books for Young Readers
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2019-09-10
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780525645511
Me and the Sky by Beverley Bass,Cynthia Williams Pdf
The groundbreaking female pilot featured in the hit Broadway musical Come from Away tells her story in this high-flying and inspiring picture-book autobiography! When Beverley Bass was a young girl in the late 1950s, she told her parents she wanted to fly planes--and they told her that girls couldn't be pilots. Still, they encouraged her, and brought her to a nearby airport to watch the planes take off and land. After decades of refusing to take no for an answer, in 1986 Beverley became the first female pilot promoted to captain by American Airlines and led the first all-female crewed flight shortly thereafter. Her revolutionary career became even more newsworthy when she was forced to land in the remote town of Gander, Newfoundland, on September 11, 2001, due to US airspace closures. After several days there, she flew her crew and passengers safely home. Beverley's incredible life is now immortalized in the hit Broadway musical Come from Away. Here, discover how she went from an ambitious young girl gazing up at the sky to a groundbreaking pilot smiling down from the cockpit. "Inspiring and up, up, and away all the way."--Kirkus "An inspiring biography about one woman's determination to forge a new path."--Booklist
The Sky So Heavy
Claire Zorn
Author : Claire Zorn
Publisher : Univ. of Queensland Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2013-08-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780702251412
The Sky So Heavy by Claire Zorn Pdf
This haunting dystopian novel thrillingly and realistically looks at a nuclear winter from an Australian perspective.For Fin it's just like any other day—racing for the school bus, bluffing his way through class, and trying to remain cool in front of the most sophisticated girl in his universe. Only it's not like any other day because, on the other side of the world, nuclear missiles are being detonated. When Fin wakes up the next morning, it's dark, bitterly cold, and snow is falling. There's no internet, no phone, no TV, no power, and no parents. Nothing Fin's learned in school could have prepared him for this. With his parents missing and dwindling food and water supplies, Fin and his younger brother Max must find a way to survive all on their own. When things are at their most desperate, where can you go for help?
Floor of the Sky: the Great Plains
David Plowden
Author : David Plowden
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : History
ISBN : UVA:X000504160
