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Dear American Airlines: A Novel

by Jonathan Miles

Sometimes the planes don't fly on time. Bennie Ford, a fifty-three-year-old failed poet turned translator, is traveling to his estranged daughter's wedding when his flight is canceled. Stuck with thousands of fuming passengers in the purgatory of O'Hare airport, he watches the clock tick and realizes that he will miss the ceremony. Frustrated, irate, and helpless, Bennie does the only thing he can: he starts to... (more)

Air Babylon

by Imogen Edwards-Jones

Airport Planning & Management

by Alexander T. Wells

'Excellent and comprehensive' - "Bookends". 'A must-read for students and anyone wanting to learn more about the how and why of airports' - "Airliners". Extensively revised and updated to reflect post-9/11 changes in the industry, this new edition of the benchmark text and reference in airport planning and management brings aviation students and professionals comprehensive, timely, and authoritative coverage of a... (more)

The Age of Flight: A History of America's Pioneering Airline

The Age of Flight: A History of America's Pioneering Airline

by William Garvey

This incredible book is wonderfully written and pulls from the United Airlines archives for nostalgic artwork, advertising, and actual photographs of the airline through time. Celebrate this groundbreaking airline from its humble beginnings in open bi-planes beginning the first airmail service in the country to one of the most respected modern trend-setting airlines in the world. Span the years for yourself and be... (more)

Pricing on Purpose: Creating and Capturing Value

Pricing on Purpose: Creating and Capturing Value

by Ronald J. Baker

—Reed Holden, founder, Holden Advisors Corp., www.holdenadvisors.com coauthor, The Strategy and Tactics of Pricing: A Guide to Profitable Decision Making , Third Edition "With Pricing on Purpose, Ron Baker had made an enormous contribution to the better understanding of pricing that will be accessible to anyone who wants to learn. People are intrigued by instances of what they see as idiosyncratic... (more)

Concorde Experience

by National Museums of Scotland

*gift book or memento -- for aviation buffs *a pop-up picture book for adults and children alike. The idea that one could cross the Atlanta in in three and a half hours was mind-boggling, and the Concorde became the first choice for air travel for royalty and rock stars. The world's favorite supersonic plane flew at twice the speed of sound, offered gourmet meals and represented the ultimate in air... (more)

The Future of Pricing: How Airline Ticket Pricing Has Inspired a Revolution

The Future of Pricing: How Airline Ticket Pricing Has Inspired a Revolution

by E. Andrew Boyd

A story about science, technology, and people, The Future of Pricing provides an inside look at how airlines price tickets and how practices developed in the airline industry are now revolutionizing the world of pricing. Written for business professionals and students wanting to better understand the rapid growth of scientific pricing, the author draws upon his years of experience as Chief Scientist for a... (more)

Hard Landing

by Thomas Petzinger, Thomas Petzinger Jr.

In this updated paperback edition of a "rich, readable, and authoritative" Fortune) book, Wall Street Journal reporter Petzinger tells the dramatic story of how a dozen men, including Robert Crandall of American Airlines, Frank Borman of Eastern, and Richard Ferris of United, battled for control of the world's airlines Radio drive-time pubilcity.

Why Can't We Make Money in Aviation?

by Adam M. Pilarski

Seemingly since the beginning of aviation history there has been discussion and speculation on the remarkable inability of the industry to generate profits. The question as to how this is the case and how the industry managed to survive, let alone actually grow and prosper so far, is the subject of this book. Detailing the historical performance of the industry and critically exploring the various theories... (more)

Catastrophe

And how to fight back

by Dick Morris, Eileen McGann

It's time to take back our country. Now. It's that simple. It's that urgent. So begins Dick Morris and Eileen McGann's latest and most important book. They say that we must act before President Barack Obama fully implements his radical political agenda. Because after Obama has won his war on prosperity and canceled the war on terror, it will be too late to regain our liberty or our security. At a time when we... (more)

In a Perfect World: A Novel

by Laura Kasischke

Laura Kasischke is the author of Boy Heaven , her first novel for teens, as well as The Life Before Her Eyes , Be Mine , and seven collections of poetry. She has twice received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, and her writing has been published in The New Republic , Harper's , Poetry , and The American Poetry Review . She is an assistant professor at the University of Michigan, where... (more)

The Pilot's Wife

by Anita Shreve

With five novels to her credit, including the acclaimed The Weight of Water, Anita Shreve now offers a skillfully crafted exploration of the long reach of tragedy in The Pilot's Wife. News of Jack Lyons's fatal crash sends his wife into shock and emotional numbness: "Kathryn wished she could manage a coma. Instead, it seemed that quite the opposite had happened: She felt herself to be inside of a private weather... (more)

The Flying Book: Everything You've Ever Wondered About Flying on Airplanes

The Flying Book: Everything You've Ever Wondered About Flying on Airplanes

by David Blatner

Whether you fear, thrill at, or, like many, have never bothered to stop and think about the wonder of commercial flight, The Flying Book will inform, surprise, reassure, and entertain. David Blatner takes readers from the cockpit to the runway, the control tower, the baggage and security systems, the airplane manufacturing plant, and beyond, explaining the many factors that make airline travel possible. There... (more)

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