Author: K. A. Lalani
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ISBN: 9781911320333
Category : Air pilots
Languages : en
Pages : 200
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"This is an extensive, fully-researched biography of Amy Johnson, Britain's most famous aviatrix. Unto the Skies takes readers from the early days of her childhood and adolescence in Hull, through to her estrangement from her family in London, to the point where her love of flying led to the fame she later, albeit reluctantly, gained after her epic 1930 Australia flight. The story of Amy's death is still surrounded by mystery, after she crashed into the Thames estuary and was drowned; her body was never recovered. Her story still serves as an inspiration to many, being Britain's first qualified woman ground engineer - despite being told she would never be a flier - and completing her world-famous solo flight at the age of 26, before other setting other records. The story of her life will be widely enjoyed."--Publisher description.
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Publisher: Canongate Books
ISBN: 0857861018
Category : Bibles
Languages : en
Pages : 60
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The final book of the Bible, Revelation prophesies the ultimate judgement of mankind in a series of allegorical visions, grisly images and numerological predictions. According to these, empires will fall, the "Beast" will be destroyed and Christ will rule a new Jerusalem. With an introduction by Will Self.
Author: Jonathan Rosen
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780374186302
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 348
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Aerial delights: A history of America as seen through the eyes of a bird-watcher John James Audubon arrived in America in 1803, when Thomas Jefferson was president, and lived long enough to see his friend Samuel Morse send a telegraphic message from his house in New York City in the 1840s. As a boy, Teddy Roosevelt learned taxidermy from a man who had sailed up the Missouri River with Audubon, and yet as president presided over America’s entry into the twentieth century, in which our ability to destroy ourselves and the natural world was no longer metaphorical. Roosevelt, an avid birder, was born a hunter and died a conservationist. Today, forty-six million Americans are bird-watchers. The Life of the Skies is a genre-bending journey into the meaning of a pursuit born out of the tangled history of industrialization and nature longing. Jonathan Rosen set out on a quest not merely to see birds but to fathom their centrality—historical and literary, spiritual and scientific—to a culture torn between the desire both to conquer and to conserve. Rosen argues that bird-watching is nothing less than the real national pastime—indeed it is more than that, because the field of play is the earth itself. We are the players and the spectators, and the outcome—since bird and watcher are intimately connected—is literally a matter of life and death.
Author: Laura Fernandez
Publisher: Markham, Ont. : North Winds Press
ISBN: 9780439987257
Category : Kites
Languages : en
Pages : 28
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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: Ellen Westphal
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 371151278X
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 82
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Poetry that meanders between playfulness and seriousness, tells stories or simply tries to find words where words are not enough. The poems question our contemporary way of life and try to heal. It's about us, about the meaning of life and about our furry and feathered friends. About care, about hate and about love. Written in English, partly translated into German (or vice versa) or mixed with German. Perhaps sometimes even very simple German English. But powerful nonetheless. Speaking from heart to heart, turning hard times into heart times, meant to be felt, to be listened to. Perhaps even to be thought about, if you want to. What others say about Ellens poems: "There is so much power in her words." "The words evoke images in me." "Amazing!" "You can read and understand them on different levels." "So beautiful and touching!"
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ISBN:
Category : Bible
Languages : en
Pages : 1384
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Author: John Julian
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hymns
Languages : en
Pages : 1634
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Author: Jane Hall
Publisher: Inspiring Voices
ISBN: 1462402143
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 178
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With over 6 million people incarcerated or under legal supervision, corrections has become a larger and larger part of American life. Indeed, older prisons have become tourist attractions. Do you work in corrections or know someone who does? Do you try to work heartily unto the Lord, and to see each person as being created in the image of God? Let these snapshot meditations show: How a murderer can glorify his creator. Where God drops pearls. The power of a flower. How a life of lies can lead to eternal truth. Who reveals Jesus second commandment. How a kitten can be holy. The pain of the past and fear of the future. How a small obedience can be a great testimony. The power of perception. Where nobody knows your name. How locking down can lead to looking up. How anger evolves to adoration. How obedience breeds blessing. How God is the change agent. Who sees in the dark and hears in the clamor. What matters at the end. The impact of stories known by heart. How bad boys can bless. The pain of pride; the shame of sin.
Author: John Julian
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hymns
Languages : en
Pages : 1796
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Author: Shelley Pearsall
Publisher: Yearling
ISBN: 0440421403
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 354
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It's May 5, 1945. Carrying nothing but a suitcase and a bag of his aunt's good fried chicken, 13-year-old Levi Battle heads south to a U.S. Army post in search of his father—a lieutenant in an elite unit of all black paratroopers. The fact that his father doesn't even know he's coming turns out to be the least of his problems. As Levi makes his way across the United States, he learns hard lessons about the way a black boy is treated in the Jim Crow South. And when he arrives at his destination, his struggles are far from over. The war may be ending, but his father's secret mission is just beginning—and it's more dangerous than anybody imagined. . . . Shelley Pearsall has created an unforgettable character in Levi and gives readers a remarkable tour of 1945 America through his eyes. Jump into the Sky is a tour de force of historical fiction from a writer at the very top of her game.
