Author: Stefan Bechtel
Publisher: Citadel Press
ISBN: 9780806528335
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
With an hour-by-hour account--told by survivors--of 1969's Hurricane Camille, this book puts a human face on one of the nation's worst natural disasters. 16-page photo insert.
Roar of the Heavens
Author: Stefan Bechtel
Publisher: Citadel Press
ISBN: 9780806528335
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
With an hour-by-hour account--told by survivors--of 1969's Hurricane Camille, this book puts a human face on one of the nation's worst natural disasters. 16-page photo insert.
Publisher: Citadel Press
ISBN: 9780806528335
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
With an hour-by-hour account--told by survivors--of 1969's Hurricane Camille, this book puts a human face on one of the nation's worst natural disasters. 16-page photo insert.
When the Sky Roars
Author: Katie Weaver
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781736267387
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
As the wind twirls around, and the sky starts to ROAR, I try hard to be brave but I need to know more! Like the reason it's noisy up there, way up high. I can't wait to find out; I just need to know why. So, I've made up my mind; I'll go up to the skies! I'm about to discover a shocking surprise!
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781736267387
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
As the wind twirls around, and the sky starts to ROAR, I try hard to be brave but I need to know more! Like the reason it's noisy up there, way up high. I can't wait to find out; I just need to know why. So, I've made up my mind; I'll go up to the skies! I'm about to discover a shocking surprise!
James and the Sky Bandits
Author: Stephanie Bognar
Publisher: Stephanie Bognar
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 110
Book Description
‘Oooh, you are a cheeky wretch!’ said the Colonel, a little put out by the secret smile which appeared on James’ face. ‘You’ll see how funny this all is when you’re smited by a Grabandle, or when you’ve had your head chewed off by the Giant Sand Serpent of the Dead Plains!’ The snort became a raspberry which burst from James’ pursed lips and he laughed even harder. A Giant Sand Serpent?! Smited by a Grabandle?! This was all becoming too much! The Colonel became more and more irate by the apparent humour James was finding in everything he was saying. There was nothing at all humorous about being robbed and then having your knees gnawed at by a Sinister Neeblestack, or being digested by the Gurglebelch! He began to think the boy was quite insane. James felt as though he had lost the plot too! James is bored. His town is boring and his job is boring. He craves escape and adventure. One day, when he comes across two rather peculiar characters, it seems his wish is about to come true. But this isn't the kind of swashbuckling adventure he had in mind, and he soon discovers that not all is quite what it seems. A comic fantasy adventure story suitable for both young adults and older adults looking for a fun read and a bit of escapism themselves.
Publisher: Stephanie Bognar
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 110
Book Description
‘Oooh, you are a cheeky wretch!’ said the Colonel, a little put out by the secret smile which appeared on James’ face. ‘You’ll see how funny this all is when you’re smited by a Grabandle, or when you’ve had your head chewed off by the Giant Sand Serpent of the Dead Plains!’ The snort became a raspberry which burst from James’ pursed lips and he laughed even harder. A Giant Sand Serpent?! Smited by a Grabandle?! This was all becoming too much! The Colonel became more and more irate by the apparent humour James was finding in everything he was saying. There was nothing at all humorous about being robbed and then having your knees gnawed at by a Sinister Neeblestack, or being digested by the Gurglebelch! He began to think the boy was quite insane. James felt as though he had lost the plot too! James is bored. His town is boring and his job is boring. He craves escape and adventure. One day, when he comes across two rather peculiar characters, it seems his wish is about to come true. But this isn't the kind of swashbuckling adventure he had in mind, and he soon discovers that not all is quite what it seems. A comic fantasy adventure story suitable for both young adults and older adults looking for a fun read and a bit of escapism themselves.
Salvage the World
Author: Dan DanXia
Publisher: Funstory
ISBN: 1649554931
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 834
Book Description
It was said that the wind and the clouds of the world surged, and the rivers of time surged. People said that the sky and the sky were long and endless, but the stars moved like smoke, and in the end, it was just a wind and moon.
Publisher: Funstory
ISBN: 1649554931
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 834
Book Description
It was said that the wind and the clouds of the world surged, and the rivers of time surged. People said that the sky and the sky were long and endless, but the stars moved like smoke, and in the end, it was just a wind and moon.
Magical Lion Defying Heaven
Author: Liu YiJie
Publisher: Funstory
ISBN: 1649751869
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 837
Book Description
In his previous life, he lived alone, and in this life, he created a beast. He refused to accept that fate was unfair and he created his own demonic cultivation method. He wanted to turn the Demonic Lion clan into a Qilin clan that could fight against a huge dragon.
Publisher: Funstory
ISBN: 1649751869
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 837
Book Description
In his previous life, he lived alone, and in this life, he created a beast. He refused to accept that fate was unfair and he created his own demonic cultivation method. He wanted to turn the Demonic Lion clan into a Qilin clan that could fight against a huge dragon.
Lightning in the Sky
Author: Carl Mann
Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN: 1787203328
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Originally published in 1943, this is a biography of Jimmy Doolittle (1896-1993), a highly decorated officer in the United States Army Air Corps who pioneered in all phases of aeronautical achievement and commanded the Doolittle Raid on Japan during World War II. He became the first pilot to take the “blind” out of flying and complete the “outside loop”, set numerous speed records, and won many racing trophies. Promoted to lieutenant general, he was also awarded the Medal of Honor for his valor and leadership as commander of the Doolittle Raid, a bold long-range retaliatory air raid on the Japanese main islands weeks after the attack on Pearl Harbor. His Tokyo flight is widely regarded as one of the coups of the Second World War. Doolittle also commanded the 12th Air Force over North Africa, the 15th Air Force over the Mediterranean, and the 8th Air Force over Europe.
Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN: 1787203328
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Originally published in 1943, this is a biography of Jimmy Doolittle (1896-1993), a highly decorated officer in the United States Army Air Corps who pioneered in all phases of aeronautical achievement and commanded the Doolittle Raid on Japan during World War II. He became the first pilot to take the “blind” out of flying and complete the “outside loop”, set numerous speed records, and won many racing trophies. Promoted to lieutenant general, he was also awarded the Medal of Honor for his valor and leadership as commander of the Doolittle Raid, a bold long-range retaliatory air raid on the Japanese main islands weeks after the attack on Pearl Harbor. His Tokyo flight is widely regarded as one of the coups of the Second World War. Doolittle also commanded the 12th Air Force over North Africa, the 15th Air Force over the Mediterranean, and the 8th Air Force over Europe.
Conquerors of the Sky
Author: Thomas Fleming
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1466821477
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 897
Book Description
A novel that crowns Thomas Fleming's forty-year career, Conquerors of the Sky takes readers on a gripping insider's journey into the lives and loves, the hopes and heartbreaks of the men and women who make America's planes. When Adrian Van Ness, the enigmatic chairman of Buchanan Aircraft, dies of a heart attack, a struggle for control of the aerospace giant erupts between burly Dick Stone, the tough-talking money man from New York, and Californian Cliff Morris, CEO and supersalesman. Sarah Morris, Cliff's estranged English-born wife, knows all the company's secrets. With her at the controls, Conquerors of the Sky becomes a time trip to the early years of the twentieth century, when flight was seen as spiritual ascent and idealistic Frank Buchanan began designing planes. New York aristocrat Adrian Van Ness is equally fascinated by these new machines--as a financial bonanza. In 1930, Adrian's amoral business genius and Frank's visions of ever swifter sleeker planes form a precarious alliance. Soon Buchanan Aircraft is competing with Lockheed and Boeing and Northrop for contracts to build airliners and bombers and fighters. As corrupt connections between generals and congressmen and presidents multiply, Frank sees some of his greatest planes scuttled by dirty political deals. He watches Adrian grow rich and powerful preaching the gospel of air power in the century's wars. When Dick Stone joins Buchanan he sees Adrian as his American father. But he soon shifts his spiritual allegiance to Frank Buchanan. Cliff Morris's flamboyant style conceals a ruinous moral collapse in the deadly skies over World War II Germany. His fear of discovery is worsened by the sardonic shadow of his stepbrother, Billy McCall, the supreme pilot Cliff will never become. Sarah loves all three men and ultimately has to choose between them, knowing that in the macho world of Buchanan Aircraft, women are objects to be enjoyed -- or used to sell the latest bomber or airliner. For women like Amanda Van Ness, Adrian's wife (and Frank Buchanan's lover), this leads to madness. For Sarah it leads to power -- at a terrible price. Spanning the history of flight from the clumsy fabric planes of 1911 to the whizzing stealth fighters of today, Conquerors of the Sky is a page-turning drama of the struggle to mesh aerodynamic visions with the harsh realities of cashflow and profits -- and with the desires and dreams of the men and women who inhabit this unique world. Told by a master of the historical imagination, it is a must-read book that will launch America into the celebration of the hundredth anniversary of flight. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1466821477
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 897
Book Description
A novel that crowns Thomas Fleming's forty-year career, Conquerors of the Sky takes readers on a gripping insider's journey into the lives and loves, the hopes and heartbreaks of the men and women who make America's planes. When Adrian Van Ness, the enigmatic chairman of Buchanan Aircraft, dies of a heart attack, a struggle for control of the aerospace giant erupts between burly Dick Stone, the tough-talking money man from New York, and Californian Cliff Morris, CEO and supersalesman. Sarah Morris, Cliff's estranged English-born wife, knows all the company's secrets. With her at the controls, Conquerors of the Sky becomes a time trip to the early years of the twentieth century, when flight was seen as spiritual ascent and idealistic Frank Buchanan began designing planes. New York aristocrat Adrian Van Ness is equally fascinated by these new machines--as a financial bonanza. In 1930, Adrian's amoral business genius and Frank's visions of ever swifter sleeker planes form a precarious alliance. Soon Buchanan Aircraft is competing with Lockheed and Boeing and Northrop for contracts to build airliners and bombers and fighters. As corrupt connections between generals and congressmen and presidents multiply, Frank sees some of his greatest planes scuttled by dirty political deals. He watches Adrian grow rich and powerful preaching the gospel of air power in the century's wars. When Dick Stone joins Buchanan he sees Adrian as his American father. But he soon shifts his spiritual allegiance to Frank Buchanan. Cliff Morris's flamboyant style conceals a ruinous moral collapse in the deadly skies over World War II Germany. His fear of discovery is worsened by the sardonic shadow of his stepbrother, Billy McCall, the supreme pilot Cliff will never become. Sarah loves all three men and ultimately has to choose between them, knowing that in the macho world of Buchanan Aircraft, women are objects to be enjoyed -- or used to sell the latest bomber or airliner. For women like Amanda Van Ness, Adrian's wife (and Frank Buchanan's lover), this leads to madness. For Sarah it leads to power -- at a terrible price. Spanning the history of flight from the clumsy fabric planes of 1911 to the whizzing stealth fighters of today, Conquerors of the Sky is a page-turning drama of the struggle to mesh aerodynamic visions with the harsh realities of cashflow and profits -- and with the desires and dreams of the men and women who inhabit this unique world. Told by a master of the historical imagination, it is a must-read book that will launch America into the celebration of the hundredth anniversary of flight. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
From the Sky
Author: Andrew Schroeder
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1514424789
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 153
Book Description
When a young warrior witnesses the coming of beings he considers gods, his life and the lives of those around him are changed forever. But the story of these beings of tremendous power is only half of the truth. Witness what happens when myth and legend meets fact, and discover the truth behind those who have come From the Sky
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1514424789
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 153
Book Description
When a young warrior witnesses the coming of beings he considers gods, his life and the lives of those around him are changed forever. But the story of these beings of tremendous power is only half of the truth. Witness what happens when myth and legend meets fact, and discover the truth behind those who have come From the Sky
In the Trades, the Tropics and the Roaring. Forties
Author: Annie Brassey
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
The Dance of the Bhuleshwar Brush
Author: Daksha Hathi
Publisher: unisun publications
ISBN: 9788188234196
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
A dark comedy to make you tear your hair, split your sides and smack your lips. Two sisters in search of love; parents torn between tradition and transition; matrimonial encounters of the most mirthful, miserable, mercenary and macabre kind. A culinary adventure with the most unholy alliances.
Publisher: unisun publications
ISBN: 9788188234196
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
A dark comedy to make you tear your hair, split your sides and smack your lips. Two sisters in search of love; parents torn between tradition and transition; matrimonial encounters of the most mirthful, miserable, mercenary and macabre kind. A culinary adventure with the most unholy alliances.