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The Flight
Charles Lindbergh's Daring and Immortal 1927 Transatlantic Crossing
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2017
"GRIPPING. ... AN HOUR-BY-HOUR ACCOUNT.****" — WALL STREET JOURNAL • From one of the most decorated pilots in Air Force history comes a masterful account of Lindbergh’s death-defying nonstop transatlantic flight in Spirit of St. Louis
On the rainy morning of May 20, 1927, a little-known...
by Melissa Holbrook Pierson
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2011
“Pierson is an even better writer than she is a rider.”—Boston Globe
“World’s Toughest Motorcycle Riders”—long-distance motorcycling is not a pastime but an obsession. In this candid, eloquent, sharply observed book, Melissa Holbrook Pierson introduces us to this strange endeavor...
The One Percenter Code: How to Be an Outlaw in a World Gone Soft
How to Be an Outlaw in a World Gone Soft
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2012
In The One Percenter Code*,* best-selling Motorbooks author and editor of Easyriders magazine Dave Nichols takes up where he left off in One Percenter: The Legend of The Outlaw Bikers. Nichols takes readers inside the world of outlaw motorcycle clubs and pulls back the secretive curtain on the biker...
Highest Duty
My Search for What Really Matters
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
Now a major motion picture from Clint Eastwood, starring Tom Hanks—the inspirational autobiography by one of the most captivating American heroes of our time, Capt. ‘Sully’ Sullenberger—the pilot who miraculously landed a crippled US Airways Flight 1549 in New York’s Hudson River, saving...
Racing Engine Builder's HandbookHP1492
How to Build Winning Drag, Circle Track, Marine and Road RacingEngines
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2006
This is a complete guide to building racing engines, focusing on tips and techniques that will help an engine builder build a motor for any application: drag racing, circle track, road racing, or boats.
Last Train to Paradise
Henry Flagler and the Spectacular Rise and Fall of the Railroad that Crossed an Ocean
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2003
The fast-paced and gripping true account of the extraordinary construction and spectacular demise of the Key West Railroad—one of the greatest engineering feats ever undertaken, destroyed in one fell swoop by the strongest storm ever to hit U.S. shores.
In 1904, the brilliant and driven entrepreneur...
by Doug Morris
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2007
Imagine you're sitting next to a pilot on a flight and he's eager to answer all those nagging questions you have about air travel. Are those bumps and noises normal? Why are some take-offs delayed? What happens if there's a storm? How does this plane stay in the air, anyway? In From the Flight Deck:...
Sextant
A Young Man's Daring Sea Voyage and the Men Who Mapped the World's Oceans
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2014
In the tradition of Dava Sobel's Longitude comes sailing expert David Barrie's compelling and dramatic tale of invention and discovery—an eloquent elegy to one of the most important navigational instruments ever created, and the daring mariners who used it to explore, conquer, and map the world.
Since...
Cruising Attitude
Tales of Crashpads, Crew Drama, and Crazy Passengers at 35,000 Feet
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2012
Real-life flight attendant Heather Poole has written a charming and funny insider’s account of life and work in the not-always-friendly skies. Cruising Attitude is a Coffee, Tea, or Me? for the 21st century, as the author parlays her fifteen years of flight experience into a delightful account of...
Electrician
The Complete Guide to Electrician Jobs, Electrician Apprentice, Commercial Electrician, Residential Electrician, Electrician Education, Electrician Helper and More
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2013
The insider's guide to electrician, electrician helper, electrician education, residential electrician, commercial electrician, electrician apprentice and electrician jobs.
by Tom Vanderbilt
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2008
A New York Times Notable Book
One of the Best Books of the Year
The Washington Post • The Cleveland Plain-Dealer • Rocky Mountain News
In this brilliant, lively, and eye-opening investigation, Tom Vanderbilt examines the perceptual limits and cognitive underpinnings that make us...
Ninety Percent of Everything
Inside Shipping, the Invisible Industry That Puts Clothes on Your Back, Gas in Your Car, and Food on Your Plate
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2013
Eye-opening and compelling, the overlooked world of freight shipping, revealed as the foundation of our civilization
On ship-tracking websites, the waters are black with dots. Each dot is a ship; each ship is laden with boxes; each box is laden with goods. In postindustrial economies, we no...
One Percenter: The Legend of the Outlaw Biker
The Legend of the Outlaw Biker
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2010
There comes a time in every man's life when he has to decide whether to conform or break out. Ninety-nine percent of us choose to accept the constraints imposed by society. The rest become outlaws. For this one percent-those who set their own standards, follow their own values, pursue their own esthetic-the...
by Mark Vanhoenacker
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2019
Take a seat—the captain’s seat, that is—and relax. You’re about to land a Boeing 747.
The mystery of flight is magical; the reality, still more so—from the physics that keeps a 450-ton vehicle aloft, to the symphony of technology and teamwork that safely sets it down again. Take it...