Flight Not Improbable Octave Chanute and the Worldwide Race Toward Flight / by Short, Simine

Table of Contents: “…How it all began -- 2. Flight is not Improbable (1853 – 1895) -- 3. Theory – Investigating – Practical Flying (1896) -- 4. …”
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The flight of the condor : stories of violence and war from Colombia /

Table of Contents: “…Once upon a time: a short story on violence / Hugo Chaparro Valderrama -- Lather and nothing else / Hernando Téllez -- The execution / Juan Carlos Botero -- The soldiers / Álvaro Cepeda Samudio -- My father was blue / Nicolás Suescún -- The day we buried our weapons / Plinio Apuleyo Mendoza -- Prelude / Hernando Téllez -- A christmas story / Mario Mendoza Zambrano -- The new order / Arturo Echeverri Mejia -- Family birthday wishes / Germán Espinosa -- Fear / Manuel Mejia Vallejo -- The designator / Roberto Montes Mathieu -- Gelatin / Harold Kremer -- The procession of shadows / Germán Santamaria -- The aroma of death / Heriberto Fiorillo -- Bitter sorrows / Dario Ruiz Gómez -- Eme / Julio Paredes -- The feast / Policarpo Varón -- Vendors of peculiar objects / Celso Román -- Brides by night / Evelio Rosero Diago -- The sixth commandment / Juan Fernando Merino.…”


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Flights of fancy : the great fantasy films / by Von Gunden, Kenneth

Table of Contents: “…T: A Child's Fantasy -- It's A Wonderful Life: The Guardian Angel -- Jason and the Argonauts: Ancient Mythology -- King Kong: The Giant Monster -- Lost Horizon: The Hidden Paradise -- Popeye: The Comic Strip Hero -- Superman: The Super Hero -- Thief of Bagdad: Arabian Nights -- Time Bandits: Child as Hero -- Topper: The Ghost Story -- The Wizard of Oz: The Fabulous Journey.…”


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Connecting Flights. by Barrett, Lou

Table of Contents: “…At a Jerusalem MarketOn the Carpentry of Ants; Medea in Corinth; The Unraveling; The Red Cord; Black Milk; Words and Arrows; Fertile Crescent; Babel; Homeward; Retrieving a Frozen Newspaper; Beach House in Late August; Address Book; The Account; A Morning Foot; Time's Fool; And Now Eighty; Random Thoughts on a Birthday Late; Barter: 1944; Brief Truance; My Greenhorn; A Wait in the Garden; Night Visit; Seachange; Time Entering; At LaGuardia Airport; Acknowledgments; Endnotes.…”
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Femininity in flight : a history of flight attendants / by Barry, Kathleen M. (Kathleen Morgan)

Table of Contents: “…: glamour and women's rights in the mid-1960s -- "You're white, you're free, and you're 21 -- what is it?"…”
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Go, flight! : the unsung heroes of Mission Control, 1965-1992 / by Houston, Rick, 1967-

Table of Contents: “…Who did what -- Tampa, tranquility base here -- Growing up -- We're going to make it right -- Merry Christmas from the moon -- Dress rehearsals -- A bunch of guys about to turn blue -- Great job, young man -- We've got more than a problem -- Living on the moon -- The end of an era -- Legacy.…”
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Return flights / by Davis, Jarita

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Title Page; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Part 1; Dreaming in Crioulo, or Why I Romanticize the Old Country; Joseph Silva Barboza, a Portrait; Another Homecoming; Dress Whites; Ana Left the Old Country; The Children, Their Darkness; Defining the Morna; While Listening to Cesaria Evora; Atlantic Coasts; Corn; Return Flights; Part 2; The Woman Who Cleans Fish; The Wedding Feast, Brava 1926; Harvesting a Return; Alone in Plymouth; Swimming Lessons; Nantucket Sleigh Ride; The Scrimshander; Part 3; One Criolinha Speaks; You Cannot Prepare for This Trip; Impressions in Stone; Arrival.…”
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Flight of Aquavit / by Bidulka, Anthony, 1962-

Table of Contents: “…Front cover -- Flight of Aquavit -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 -- Chapter 6 -- Chapter 7 -- Chapter 8 -- Chapter 9 -- Chapter 10 -- Chapter 11 -- Chapter 12 -- Chapter 13 -- Chapter 14 -- Chapter 15 -- Chapter 16 -- Chapter 17 -- Chapter 18 -- Chapter 19 -- Chapter 20 -- Chapter 21 -- Chapter 22 -- Acknowledgements -- backcover.…”
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The flight of the mind : Virginia Woolf's art and manic-depressive illness / by Caramagno, Thomas C.

Table of Contents: “…Dalloway -- It is finished ambivalence resolved, self restored in To the Light house -- I do not know altogether who I am the plurality of intrasubjective life in the Waves.…”


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Flights and Fights Inside the Low Cost Airlines /

Table of Contents: “…Budget Airline Bosses (2:09) -- Contrasting Competitors (3:14) -- Ryanair Modeled Southwest Airlines (2:51) -- EasyJet Takes Off (4:08) -- Airline Low-fare Revolution (4:58) -- Money Making Marketing Ideas (2:37) -- Quick Turnarounds and Simplification (2:07) -- Ryanair's Profit/Passenger (2:45) -- O'Leary's Style of Management (3:39) -- A Successful Business Model (2:11) -- British Airways' Budget Airline, GO (2:43) -- Price Tracking (3:55) -- Publicity, Good and Bad (4:34) -- EasyJet's Moscow Expansion (2:37) -- The Question of Airline Expansion (2:57) -- Ryanair's Growth Plan (1:58) -- Credits: Flights and Fights: Inside the Low Cost Airlines (0:34)…”
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Flights and fights : inside the low cost airlines /

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Flight dynamics / by Stengel, Robert F.

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Chapter One: Introduction; Preface; 1.1 ELEMENTS OF THE AIRPLANE ; Airframe Components; Propulsion Systems; 1.2 REPRESENTATIVE FLIGHT VEHICLES; Light General Aviation Aircraft; Variable-Stability Research Aircraft; Sailplane; Business Jet Aircraft; Turboprop Commuter Aircraft; Small Commercial Transport Aircraft; Large Commercial Transport Aircraft; Supersonic Transport Aircraft; Fighter/Attack Aircraft; Bomber Aircraft; Space Shuttle; Uninhabited Air Vehicle; 1.3 THE MECHANICS OF FLIGHT; REFERENCES; Chapter Two: Exploring the Flight Envelope.…”
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Wingless flight : the lifting body story / by Reed, R. Dale, 1930-

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Note to Paperback Edition; Acknowledgments; Foreword; Introduction; Chapter 1 The Adventure Begins; Chapter 2 Flying Bathtub -- Chapter 3 Commitment to Risk; Chapter 4 On to the Heavyweights; Chapter 5 Angry Machines; Chapter 6 Back to the Drawing Board; Chapter 7 Wingless Flight Matures; Chapter 8 Lifting-Body Racehorses; Chapter 9 Wingless Flight Lives On; Appendix; Glossary; A; B; C; D; F; H; L; M; N; P; R; S; T; V; W; X; Y; Bibliography; About the Author; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z.…”
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Marfa flights : aerial views of Big Bend Country / by Chaplo, Paul V.

Table of Contents: “…Front Cover; Contents; Foreword; Photographer's Preface; Introduction; Flight Routes Map; I. The Journey Begins: The Flight from Marfa, Texas; 1. …”
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Flight of the buffalo : soaring to excellence, learning to let employees lead /

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Flight science : mathematics, techniques, sensibility / by Mayboudi, Layla S.

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Kite Flight /

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First flight : a mother hummingbird's story.

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Taking flight : Britains' America's Cup challenge /

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Flight Testing Analysis of the Spin Dynamics of a Single–Engine Low–Wing Aeroplane / by Schrader, Steffen Haakon

Table of Contents: “…Literature review -- Measurement system for spin test data acquisition -- Preparation of the aeroplane and the spin trials -- Spin description -- Mathematical spin test data analysis -- Flight test data comparison.…”
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