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West With the Night

by Beryl Markham

West with the Night is the story of Beryl Markham--aviator, racehorse trainer, beauty--and her life in the Kenya of the 1920s and '30s. Regarded by many as one of the best adventure books ever!

Forced to crash land because of a faulty electrical system, a young RAF pilot finds salvation on a chilly Christmas Eve. By the author of The Day of the Jackal, The Fourth Protocol, The Dogs of War, The Odessa File, and No Comebacks.

West with the Night

by Beryl Markham

The Search for Amelia Earhart (with 8 pages of photographs)

The Search for Amelia Earhart (with 8 pages of photographs)

First Blue: The Story of World War II Ace Butch Voris And the Creation of the Blue Angels

First Blue: The Story of World War II Ace Butch Voris And the Creation of the Blue Angels

by Robert K. Wilcox

The Remarkable Story of a True Hero of American Aviation The U.S. Navy's Blue Angels are the most famous flight demonstration team in the world. While millions of aviation enthusiasts see their shows every year, the story of the man who formed the squadron has never been told. He is Roy Marlin "Butch" Voris, a World War II Ace and one of only two aviators ever to command the Blue Angels twice. First Blue ... (more)

The Wright Brothers, pioneers of American aviation (Landmark books)

The Wright Brothers, pioneers of American aviation (Landmark books)

by Quentin James Reynolds

Young Orville and Wilbur Wright loved building things. From the fastest sled in town to the highest-flying kite, the Wright brothers’ creations were always a step ahead of everyone else’s. They grew up learning all about mechanics from fixing bicycles and studied math and physics. On December 17, 1903, Orville took off in the world’s first flying machine! The Wright airplane is one of the most amazing–and... (more)

Charles Lindbergh

by Leonard Mosley

With his historic 1927 flight across the Atlantic in The Spirit of St. Louis, Charles Lindbergh overnight became one of America’s most celebrated heroes. In this highly readable biography, best-selling author Leonard Mosley offers an fascinating account of Lindbergh’s childhood, days as a barnstormer and mail pilot, the flight to Paris and its aftermath, the Hauptmann trial, his later life, and much more. Source... (more)

Howard Hughes: My Story

by Howard Hughes, Clifford Irving

God Is My Co-Pilot

Yeager: An Autobiography

by Chuck Yeager, Leo Janos

Chuck Yeager tells his whole life story, from childhood with a hard working father, to breaking the sound barrier, to being a test pilot with the "right stuff".

Wind, Sand and Stars

by Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Recipient of the Grand Prix of the Académie Française, Wind, Sand and Stars captures the grandeur, danger, and isolation of flight. Its exciting account of air adventure, combined with lyrical prose and the spirit of a philosopher, makes it one of the most popular works ever written about flying. Translated by Lewis Galantière.

The English Patient

by Michael Ondaatje

The Booker Prize-winning novel, now a critically acclaimed major motion picture, starring Ralph Fiennes, Juliette Binoche, Willem Dafoe and Kristin Scott Thomas. With ravishing beauty and unsettling intelligence, Michael Ondaatje's Booker Prize-winning novel traces the intersection of four damaged lives in an Italian villa at the end of World War II. Hana, the exhausted nurse; the maimed thief, Caravaggio; the... (more)

Catch-22

by Joseph Heller

Catch-22 is like no other novel. It is one of the funniest books ever written, a keystone work in American literature, and even added a new term to the dictionary. At the heart of Catch-22 resides the incomparable, malingering bombardier, Yossarian, a hero endlessly inventive in his schemes to save his skin from the horrible chances of war. His efforts are perfectly understandable because as he furiously... (more)

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West With the Night

by Beryl Markham

The Shepherd

by Frederick Forsyth, Robert Powell

West with the Night

by Beryl Markham

The Search for Amelia Earhart (with 8 pages of photographs)

First Blue: The Story of World War II Ace Butch Voris And the Creation of the Blue Angels

by Robert K. Wilcox

The Wright Brothers, pioneers of American aviation (Landmark books)

by Quentin James Reynolds

Charles Lindbergh

by Leonard Mosley

Howard Hughes: My Story

by Howard Hughes, Clifford Irving

God Is My Co-Pilot

Yeager: An Autobiography

by Chuck Yeager, Leo Janos

Wind, Sand and Stars

by Antoine de Saint-Exupery

The English Patient

by Michael Ondaatje

Catch-22

by Joseph Heller