Author: Alice Kaltman
Publisher: Tortoise Books
ISBN: 1948954419
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
This irresistible collection of stories brilliantly skewers the close-to-rich and not-so-famous of 21st century America. With keen yet kind perspective, Kaltman revels in the triumphs and travails of misfit trophy wives, psychic hotel maids, jilted bridegrooms, showtune-singing security guards, and assorted other oddballs. Always balancing her sharp eye with a soft heart, Kaltman ensures that this collection isn't just funny, but memorable and lovable as well.
Staggerwing
Author: Alice Kaltman
Publisher: Tortoise Books
ISBN: 1948954419
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
This irresistible collection of stories brilliantly skewers the close-to-rich and not-so-famous of 21st century America. With keen yet kind perspective, Kaltman revels in the triumphs and travails of misfit trophy wives, psychic hotel maids, jilted bridegrooms, showtune-singing security guards, and assorted other oddballs. Always balancing her sharp eye with a soft heart, Kaltman ensures that this collection isn't just funny, but memorable and lovable as well.
Publisher: Tortoise Books
ISBN: 1948954419
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
This irresistible collection of stories brilliantly skewers the close-to-rich and not-so-famous of 21st century America. With keen yet kind perspective, Kaltman revels in the triumphs and travails of misfit trophy wives, psychic hotel maids, jilted bridegrooms, showtune-singing security guards, and assorted other oddballs. Always balancing her sharp eye with a soft heart, Kaltman ensures that this collection isn't just funny, but memorable and lovable as well.
Staggerwing!
Author: Robert T. Smith
Publisher:
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Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
A Field Guide to Airplanes of North America
Author: M. R. Montgomery
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780618411276
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Describes and illustrates over four hundred different airplanes likely to be seen in North America, grouped in the categories of biplanes, agricultural planes, low-wing singles, amphibians, low-wing twins, high-wing twins, twin-boom and canard twins, four-engine props, business jets, jet airliners, military aircraft, recently retired military aircraft, and helicopters.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780618411276
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Describes and illustrates over four hundred different airplanes likely to be seen in North America, grouped in the categories of biplanes, agricultural planes, low-wing singles, amphibians, low-wing twins, high-wing twins, twin-boom and canard twins, four-engine props, business jets, jet airliners, military aircraft, recently retired military aircraft, and helicopters.
Flying Magazine
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Languages : en
Pages : 106
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Languages : en
Pages : 106
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Flying Magazine
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Languages : en
Pages : 156
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Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
Wichita's Legacy of Flight
Author: Jay M. Price
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738531809
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Known as the "Air Capital of the World," Wichita, Kansas, has been continuously associated with aviation longer than any city in the world. The city's inventive and entrepreneurial spirit made an early mark on the aviation and aerospace industries. From the first hot air balloons floating over the wheat fields to the major aviation corporations that still call the city home, Wichita has been associated with the wonder of flight, which celebrates its 100th anniversary in 2003. The images in this book document the evolution of flight and its subsequent effect on the cowtown that dared to dream it could become an international center for aviation.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738531809
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Known as the "Air Capital of the World," Wichita, Kansas, has been continuously associated with aviation longer than any city in the world. The city's inventive and entrepreneurial spirit made an early mark on the aviation and aerospace industries. From the first hot air balloons floating over the wheat fields to the major aviation corporations that still call the city home, Wichita has been associated with the wonder of flight, which celebrates its 100th anniversary in 2003. The images in this book document the evolution of flight and its subsequent effect on the cowtown that dared to dream it could become an international center for aviation.
The Staggerwing Story
Author: Edward H. Phillips
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780911139273
Category : Airplanes
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780911139273
Category : Airplanes
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Flying Magazine
Author:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 106
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 106
Book Description
Flying Magazine
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Languages : en
Pages : 156
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Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
Best of the National Air and Space Museum
Author: F. Robert van der Linden
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution
ISBN: 1588345815
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
Experience the thrill of flying some of the world's most important airplanes and spacecraft. Best of the National Air and Space Museum provides unprecedented access to the most popular museum in the world. The Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum hosts an average of seven million visits every year. The Udvar-Hazy Center—three football fields long and ten stories high—receives more than one million visits annually. Best of the National Air and Space Museum features the best of both museums, from the Challenger space shuttle and the Wright flyer to the Spirit of St. Louis and the stealth bomber. Robert Van der Linden, curator of aeronautics, has selected the most important, popular, and just plain impressive aircraft and spacecraft from the collections of both museums to be showcased in this beautiful book. Each page spread includes intriguing facts of the item's design, use, mission, specifications, and dimensions. A must-have for space and aviation buffs.
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution
ISBN: 1588345815
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
Experience the thrill of flying some of the world's most important airplanes and spacecraft. Best of the National Air and Space Museum provides unprecedented access to the most popular museum in the world. The Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum hosts an average of seven million visits every year. The Udvar-Hazy Center—three football fields long and ten stories high—receives more than one million visits annually. Best of the National Air and Space Museum features the best of both museums, from the Challenger space shuttle and the Wright flyer to the Spirit of St. Louis and the stealth bomber. Robert Van der Linden, curator of aeronautics, has selected the most important, popular, and just plain impressive aircraft and spacecraft from the collections of both museums to be showcased in this beautiful book. Each page spread includes intriguing facts of the item's design, use, mission, specifications, and dimensions. A must-have for space and aviation buffs.