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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
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Set against a backdrop of early twentieth-century Africa, an Africa that no longer exists, beryl Markham, a gifted and lyrical storyteller, eloquently describes her extraordinary life as a pioneer aviator, a breeder of race horses, and a child growing up in a sparsely populated area of British east Africa. Illustrating this awe-inspiring life story expands our appreciation of the marvelous adventure that was her life.
Author
Publisher
Atria Paperback
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
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When Tate Collins meets airline pilot Miles Archer, she doesn't think it's love at first sight. They wouldn't even go so far as to consider themselves friends. The only thing Tate and Miles have in common is an undeniable mutual attraction. Once their desires are out in the open, they realize they have the perfect set-up. He doesn't want love, she doesn't have time for love, so that just leaves the sex. Their arrangement could be surprisingly seamless,...
Author
Publisher
Simon and Schuster
Pub. Date
1961
Language
English
Description
Ernest K. Gann’s classic memoir is an up-close and thrilling account of the treacherous early days of commercial aviation. In his inimitable style, Gann brings you right into the cockpit, recounting both the triumphs and terrors of pilots who flew when flying was anything but routine.
8) Lindbergh
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.5 - AR Pts: 51
Language
English
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Explores the career and life of the man known as the "Lone Eagle," highlights Lindbergh's historic solo flight, examines the kidnapping case that electrified the world, and discusses his controversial politics during World War II
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
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Description
"Brought to Kenya from England as a child and then abandoned by her mother, Beryl is raised by both her father and the native Kipsigis tribe who share his estate. Her unconventional upbringing transforms Beryl into a bold young woman with a fierce love of all things wild and an inherent understanding of nature's delicate balance. But even the wild child must grow up, and when everything Beryl knows and trusts dissolves, she is catapulted into a string...
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Language
English
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From the bestselling author of The Double Bind, Skeletons at the Feast, and Secrets of Eden, comes a riveting and dramatic ghost story. In a dusty corner of a basement in a rambling Victorian house in northern New Hampshire, a door has long been sealed shut with 39 six-inch-long carriage bolts. The home's new owners are Chip and Emily Linton and their twin ten-year-old daughters. Together they hope to rebuild their lives there after Chip, an airline...
14) Manhunt
Author
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
Alexandra has given up Manhattan and her Wall Street job to go husband hunting in Alaska where men outnumber women four to one. Alexandra sees Michael Casey in her sights, a pilot and confirmed bachelor. The challenge of the hunt may prove too much for her.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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An aviator whose plane is forced down in the Sahara Desert encounters a little man from a small planet, who describes his adventures in the universe, seeking the secret of what is really important in life.
Author
Publisher
Mira
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
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Description
Emma Collins has always believed that the world is divided into two kinds of people: those who love fruitcake and those who don't. She's firmly in the second category, so it's ironic that her first major assignment for the Puyallup, Washington, Examiner is a series of articles about
fruitcake. At least it's a step up from writing obituaries.Her task is to interview the finalists in a fruitcake recipe contest, and that means traveling around the state....
17) Women with wings
Author
Series
Publisher
Oliver Press
Pub. Date
c2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Describes the lives and accomplishments of six famous women aviators: Harriet Quimby, Bessie Coleman, Amelia Earhart, Beryl Markham, Anne Morrow Lindbergh, and Jacqueline Cochran.
20) Tailspin
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Language
English
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Description
Rye Mallett is a 'freight dog', a pilot who'll fly anywhere in the world, at any time, at a moment's notice, through the worst weather. As a fighter pilot in Afghanistan, he escaped death once. Figuring that it's only a matter of time before it catches up with him, he tempts it by taking risks. But one night he takes to the air, when no other pilot would, to deliver a black padlocked box. What awaits him at his destination is a near crash and a run-in...
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