Soaring Skyward

Author : Claudine Burnett
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2011-11-04
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9781467033602

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Soaring Skyward by Claudine Burnett Pdf

Flying was a perilous adventure, with death only a small breath away. Many lost their lives in pursuit of their dream and have remained relatively forgotten, until now. (italics until now) Aviation fever struck young and old alike, especially after the four Dominguez Air Meets held in Southern California between 1910-1913. It inspired many such as the Birnie and French brothers, Charles Day, and Glenn Martin to build their own air ships. For others like Frank Champion, Long Beachs first airman, it meant learning from the best---traveling to London, England, to study with Louis Bleriot, and going on to teach others, such as Long Beach Airport founder Earl Daugherty, to fly. There were also daring women: Tiny and Ethel Broadwick, who parachuted out of airplanes when many men refused to do so because they considered it too dangerous; Gladys ODonnell instrumental in founding the Womens Air Derby; World War II ferrying pilots, led by Barbara Erickson London, whose service to America was not recognized until 1977; Dianna Bixby and Joan Merriam Smith trying to complete Amelia Earharts dream of circumnavigating the globe. Soaring Skyward (italics for title) introduces remarkable men and women who embraced the dangers and challenges of flight. It also tells the story of the Long Beach Municipal Airport, the center of much of Southern Californias aviation history. The early days of ballooning, air circuses, parachute jumps, barnstorming, air meets, forgotten military sites and much more are all explored in this well documented look into the past, and future, of aviation in Southern California. After twenty years of extensive research, Ms. Burnetts book is sure to open up new sources of information for aviation and history enthusiasts, and most definitely shed additional light on the past.

Author : Brandon Sanderson
Publisher : Ember
Page : 546 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2019-10-08
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780399555800

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Skyward by Brandon Sanderson Pdf

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Reckoners series, Words of Radiance, and the Mistborn trilogy comes the first book in an epic new series about a girl who dreams of becoming a pilot in a dangerous world at war for humanity's future. Spensa's world has been under attack for decades. Now pilots are the heroes of what's left of the human race, and becoming one has always been Spensa's dream. Since she was a little girl, she has imagined soaring skyward and proving her bravery. But her fate is intertwined with her father's--a pilot himself who was killed years ago when he abruptly deserted his team, leaving Spensa's chances of attending flight school at slim to none. No one will let Spensa forget what her father did, yet fate works in mysterious ways. Flight school might be a long shot, but she is determined to fly. And an accidental discovery in a long-forgotten cavern might just provide her with a way to claim the stars. And don't miss the #1 New York Times bestselling sequel, Starsight! "[A] nonstop, highflying opener." --Kirkus Reviews, starred review "With this action-packed trilogy opener, Sanderson offers up a resourceful, fearless heroine and a memorable cast." --Publishers Weekly, starred review "Sanderson delivers a cinematic adventure that explores the defining aspects of the individual versus the society. . . . Fans of Sanderson will not be disappointed." --SLJ "It is impossible to turn the pages fast enough." --Booklist

Author : Sterling Hayden
Publisher : Sheridan House, Inc.
Page : 458 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1574090488

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Wanderer by Sterling Hayden Pdf

The autobiography of Sterling Hayden: actor, (Dr. Strangelove, The Godfather, Asphalt Jungle), sailor, officer, writer (Voyage), one-time communist, and constant wanderer.

Author : Katherine Kurtz,Deborah Turner Harris
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 441 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2016-07-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781504037617

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The Temple and the Crown by Katherine Kurtz,Deborah Turner Harris Pdf

The Knights Templar battle an occult order in this “soundly researched [and] briskly paced” alternate history set during the Scottish War of Independence (Booklist). In this stunning sequel to their acclaimed historical fantasy The Temple and the Stone, coauthors Katherine Kurtz and Deborah Turner Harris return to the legends of the fabled Order of the Knights Templar, the mystical medieval brotherhood of warrior monks born in the crucible of the Holy Land Crusades. Returning to a brilliantly recreated alternate past, two of the world’s premier fantasists spin a breathtaking tale of courage, destiny, duty, and magic that unfolds against a backdrop of England’s tumultuous struggle with Scotland and the heroic exploits of Scotsmen Robert the Bruce and William “Braveheart” Wallace. Unwavering devotion to God and their magical order has carried noble knights Arnault de Saint Clair and Torquil Lennox into the heat of battle in war-torn Scotland in these dark days of conflict, only to discover that there are forces at work far more sinister than kings and crowns. The English liege, Edward I, is determined to destroy the Knights Templar, who have sided with the enemy Scots, while in France, Philip IV, known as “King Philip the Fair,” is driven by his greed for the legendary Templar wealth and would usurp the power of the Pope himself to attain their riches. But unbeknownst to either king, they are both in the thrall of the Knights of the Black Swan, a malevolent supernatural order with loyalties to Lucifer alone. On the eve of the decisive battle of Bannockburn, Saint Clair, Lennox, and their brave Templar brethren will be compelled to stand against these minions of the Devil, who are willing to see thousands die and kingdoms crumble to feed their unholy hunger for ultimate power. The Temple and the Crown is an epic tale that celebrates a history that never was, a legend that has endured for centuries, and the heroic exploits of Scotsmen Robert the Bruce and William “Braveheart” Wallace.

Author : Chris Wadsworth,Matt Johnson,Southwest Florida Museum of History
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : History
ISBN : 0738586765

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Buckingham Army Air Field by Chris Wadsworth,Matt Johnson,Southwest Florida Museum of History Pdf

For most people in Southwest Florida, the name Buckingham is just one more dot on a map--a rural area east of U.S. Interstate 75. But for a few years, it was so much more. Starting in 1942, it was the site of the Buckingham Army Air Field--home to some 16,000 men and women supporting the United States' World War II efforts. Airplanes roared in the skies over Lee County and reflected off the azure waters of the Gulf of Mexico as tens of thousands of young men trained as aerial gunners. Learning to target and bring down enemy aircraft with their guns was critical to America's success in both the European and Pacific theaters. On the ground, trucks rumbled across the mammoth base, soldiers marched in review under the hot Florida sun, and an entire town sprang up on what was once swampland. Barracks were built, along with stores, nightclubs, churches, and even a hospital with its own baby ward. Today the memories of Buckingham Army Air Field can be found hiding in plain sight, including a working airport that was once the heart of the base.

Author : Franck Salameh
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2015-07-07
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780739184011

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Charles Corm by Franck Salameh Pdf

Charles Corm: An Intellectual Biography of a Twentieth-Century Lebanese “Young Phoenician” delves into the history of the modern Middle East and an inquiry into Lebanese intellectual, cultural, and political life as incarnated in the ideas, and as illustrated by the times, works, and activities of Charles Corm (1894–1963). Charles Corm was a guiding spirit behind modern Lebanese nationalism, a leading figure in the “Young Phoenicians” movement, and an advocate for identity narratives that are often dismissed in the prevalent Arab nationalist paradigms that have come to define the canon of Middle East history, political thought, and scholarship of the past century. But Charles Corm was much more than a man of letters upholding a specific patriotic mission. As a poet and entrepreneur, socialite and orator, philanthropist and patron of the arts, and as a leading businessman, Charles Corm commanded immense influence on modern Lebanese political and social life, popular culture, and intellectual production during the interwar period and beyond. In many respects, Charles Corm has also been “the conscience” of Lebanese society at a crucial juncture in its modern history, as the autonomous sanjak/Mutasarrifiyya (or Province) of Mount-Lebanon and the Vilayet (State) of Beirut of the late nineteenth century were navigating their way out of Ottoman domination and into a French Mandatory period (ca. 1918), before culminating with the independence of the Republic of Lebanon in 1943.

Author : Charlotte Wildman
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2016-09-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9781474257381

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Urban Redevelopment and Modernity in Liverpool and Manchester, 1918-1939 by Charlotte Wildman Pdf

Faced with economic decline, unprecedented levels of unemployment and new forms of political extremism during Britain's last great economic crash, politicians and planners in Liverpool and Manchester responded by investing in dramatic and ambitious programmes of urban regeneration. Urban Redevelopment and Modernity in Liverpool and Manchester, 1918-1939 is the first book to provide the hitherto unknown story of the innovative transformation of these cities. Charlotte Wildman challenges academic scholarship in British history, which associates the post-1918 period with the emasculation of local government and the decline of civic culture. She shows that local politicians, planners, architects, businessmen and even religious leaders embraced innovative trends in creating distinct forms of urban modernities, which particularly changed the way women experienced the transformed city. Urban Redevelopment and Modernity in Liverpool and Manchester, 1918-1939 offers a complex, interactive and multipolar interpretation of the ways cities develop, pointing to new methods and ways of understanding both interwar Britain and urban history more generally. At a time of debate and discussion about devolution and decentralisation of government, this book makes an opportune contribution to debates about urban governance and regionalism in contemporary Britain.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Diplomatic and consular service, American
ISBN : UOM:39015076213084

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State by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Diplomatic and consular service, American
ISBN : MINN:31951P007576142

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State Magazine by Anonim Pdf

Author : Brandon Sanderson
Publisher : Delacorte Press
Page : 15 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2013-12-03
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780449818435

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Mitosis: A Reckoners Story by Brandon Sanderson Pdf

Read the e-novella from the #1 New York Times bestselling Recokners series: Steelheart, Firefight, and Calamity! Brandon Sanderson, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Words of Radiance, coauthor of Robert Jordan’s The Wheel of Time series, and creator of the internationally bestselling Mistborn trilogy, presents Mitosis, a short story set in the action-packed world of Steelheart, Firefight, and Calamity: the Reckoners series, exclusively available in the digital format. Epics still plague Newcago, but David and the Reckoners have vowed to fight back. Praise for the Reckoners Series: #1 New York Times Bestselling Series “Another win for Sanderson . . . he’s simply a brilliant writer. Period.” —Patrick Rothfuss, author of the New York Times and USA Today bestseller The Name of the Wind “Action-packed.” —EW.com “Compelling. . . . Sanderson uses plot twists that he teases enough for readers to pick up on to distract from the more dramatic reveals he has in store.” —The A.V. Club

Author : Al Allaway
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2008-09-29
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9780615245836

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Chronicles of YakWriters by Al Allaway Pdf

The Perfect Gift:An Anthology of Poems & Short Stories by Yakima's Writer's Group.Notable Authors such as: Al Allaway, Walt Banko,Donnajean Barton, Guy Brooke, Patricia Clark, Charis Dawson, Bonnie King Fulkerson, Gloria Hayden, Pansy Hoffman, Eve Hollingbery, Jim Leonard, Ed Malecki, Jeff Reynolds, Avel & Tanya Segura, Lois Selig, Earlene Silvestri, Carol Smith, Dick Sproul, Molly Steigleder, Ed Stover, Helene Thomas, Virginia Todd, Amelia Westbay.Some great ideas for writer's clubs or groups.

Author : Stephen Gottschalk
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 503 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2011-02-23
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780253013620

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Rolling Away the Stone by Stephen Gottschalk Pdf

“Gottschalk distinguishes himself by placing Christian Science in the larger context of American religion . . . sheds new light on Eddy’s life and work.” —Publishers Weekly This richly detailed study highlights the last two decades of the life of Mary Baker Eddy, a prominent religious thinker whose character and achievement are just beginning to be understood. It is the first book-length discussion of Eddy to make full use of the resources of the Mary Baker Eddy Collection in Boston. Rolling Away the Stone focuses on her long-reaching legacy as a Christian thinker, specifically her challenge to the materialism that threatens religious belief and practice. “Gottschalk has provided readers with a masterful account of Christian Science in its heyday. This book is a first-rate read for students of American religion and provides a look into how one of the country’s more complex religious figures dealt with materialism in the late-nineteenth-century America.” —Religious Studies Review “Gottschalk does a superb job of providing historical context for the chaotic events of Eddy’s final decades.” —Choice “Gottschalk’s account is well told and enriched by fresh material now available from the Mary Baker Eddy Library for the Betterment of Humanity.” —Christian Science Monitor “The book includes a great deal of fresh research and honest scholarship . . . for the individual wanting to sink his or her teeth into a serious study of Eddy . . . you have a lot to look forward to in reading this book.” —The Christian Science Journal

Author : Ron Adkison
Publisher : Wilderness Press
Page : 422 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2013-05-15
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9780899976211

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Utah's National Parks by Ron Adkison Pdf

Discover soaring sandstone cliffs, ancient rock-art, sun-baked desert, and open woodlands of pinyon and juniper. Up-to-date trail and campground information are featured in this second edition and 124 different hikes are detailed. Includes descriptions of desert geology, plants and animals, and a topographic map for each hike.

Author : Brandon Sanderson
Publisher : Delacorte Press
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2021-11-23
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780399555879

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Cytonic by Brandon Sanderson Pdf

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The third book in an epic series about a girl who will travel beyond the stars to save the world she loves from destruction from the author of the Reckoners series, the Mistborn trilogy, and the Stormlight Archive. Spensa’s life as a Defiant Defense Force pilot has been far from ordinary. She proved herself one of the best starfighters in the human enclave of Detritus and she saved her people from extermination at the hands of the Krell—the enigmatic alien species that has been holding them captive for decades. What’s more, she traveled light-years from home as an undercover spy to infiltrate the Superiority, where she learned of the galaxy beyond her small, desolate planet home. Now, the Superiority—the governing galactic alliance bent on dominating all human life—has started a galaxy-wide war. And Spensa’s seen the weapons they plan to use to end it: the Delvers. Ancient, mysterious alien forces that can wipe out entire planetary systems in an instant. Spensa knows that no matter how many pilots the DDF has, there is no defeating this predator. Except that Spensa is Cytonic. She faced down a Delver and saw something eerily familiar about it. And maybe, if she’s able to figure out what she is, she could be more than just another pilot in this unfolding war. She could save the galaxy. The only way she can discover what she really is, though, is to leave behind all she knows and enter the Nowhere. A place from which few ever return. To have courage means facing fear. And this mission is terrifying.

Author : Matthew J.S. Green
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 143 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2011-09-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781465354310

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Spark by Matthew J.S. Green Pdf

In the small town of Elgin, a horrendous storm strikes forever changing the lives of everyone who lives there. A young man is struck by lightning and miraculously survives, left only with three circles on his chest that glow a brilliant blue. Then he discovers that it has done more than scarred him, it has given him powers beyond his wildest dreams! However, a madman hellbent on vengeance for his family is also given the same powers, and the war for survival soon begins...