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The Fearless Flier's Handbook
The Internationally Recognized Method for Overcoming the Fear of Flying
Written by Debbie Seaman
Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
On Sale: September 1, 1998
Price: $14.99
As many as one in five people is afraid of flying. For some, the fear is so paralyzing that they have never boarded a plane. For others, flying is a necessary evil-they'll do it because they have to, but it's torture. They white-knuckle their way through the flights they have to... Read more >
The Internationally Recognized Method for Overcoming the Fear of Flying
Written by Debbie Seaman
Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
On Sale: September 1, 1998
Price: $14.99
As many as one in five people is afraid of flying. For some, the fear is so paralyzing that they have never boarded a plane. For others, flying is a necessary evil-they'll do it because they have to, but it's torture. They white-knuckle their way through the flights they have to... Read more >
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Where the Suckers Moon
The Life and Death of an Advertising Campaign
Written by Randall Rothenberg
Format: Trade Paperback, 496 pages
On Sale: October 31, 1995
Price: $16.00
Rothenberg chronicles the brief, turbulent marriage between a recession-plagued auto company and an aggressively hip ad agency (whose creative director despised cars), capturing both the ad world's tantalizing gossip and the broader significance of its creations. "Simply the best book about advertising I have ever read."--Neil Postman (Technopoly). Read more >
The Life and Death of an Advertising Campaign
Written by Randall Rothenberg
Format: Trade Paperback, 496 pages
On Sale: October 31, 1995
Price: $16.00
Rothenberg chronicles the brief, turbulent marriage between a recession-plagued auto company and an aggressively hip ad agency (whose creative director despised cars), capturing both the ad world's tantalizing gossip and the broader significance of its creations. "Simply the best book about advertising I have ever read."--Neil Postman (Technopoly). Read more >
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Pirate Hunter of the Caribbean
The Adventurous Life of Captain Woodes Rogers
Written by David Cordingly
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: September 4, 2012
Price: $18.00
From renowned pirate historian David Cordingly, author of Under the Black Flag and film consultant for the original Pirates of the Caribbean, comes the thrilling story of Captain Woodes Rogers, the avenging nemesis of the worst cutthroats ever to terrorize the high seas. Once a marauding privateer himself, Woodes Rogers went... Read more >
The Adventurous Life of Captain Woodes Rogers
Written by David Cordingly
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: September 4, 2012
Price: $18.00
From renowned pirate historian David Cordingly, author of Under the Black Flag and film consultant for the original Pirates of the Caribbean, comes the thrilling story of Captain Woodes Rogers, the avenging nemesis of the worst cutthroats ever to terrorize the high seas. Once a marauding privateer himself, Woodes Rogers went... Read more >
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China Airborne
Written by James Fallows
Format: Hardcover, 288 pages
On Sale: May 15, 2012
Price: $25.95
Written by James Fallows
Format: Hardcover, 288 pages
On Sale: May 15, 2012
Price: $25.95
More than two-thirds of the new airports under construction today are being built in China. Chinese airlines expect to triple their fleet size over the next decade and will account for the fastest-growing market for Boeing and Airbus. But the Chinese are determined to be more than customers. In 2011, China...
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Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
An Autobiography
Afterword by John R. Dailey
Edited by Michael J. Neufeld and Alex M. Spencer
Foreword by John Glenn
Format: Hardcover, 416 pages
On Sale: October 26, 2010
Price: $40.00
Designed to convey the awe of a visitor first walking into the world's largest showplace of aviation history, this Autobiography headlines the incredible collections, both on view and behind the scenes, of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. The official story and insiders' tales of the museum are shared by... Read more >
An Autobiography
Afterword by John R. Dailey
Edited by Michael J. Neufeld and Alex M. Spencer
Foreword by John Glenn
Format: Hardcover, 416 pages
On Sale: October 26, 2010
Price: $40.00
Designed to convey the awe of a visitor first walking into the world's largest showplace of aviation history, this Autobiography headlines the incredible collections, both on view and behind the scenes, of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. The official story and insiders' tales of the museum are shared by... Read more >
China's Wings
War, Intrigue, Romance, and Adventure in the Middle Kingdom During the Golden Age of Flight
Written by Gregory Crouch
Format: eBook, 528 pages
On Sale: February 28, 2012
Price: $15.99
From the acclaimed author of Enduring Patagonia comes a dazzling tale of aerial adventure set against the roiling backdrop of war in Asia. The incredible real-life saga of the flying band of brothers who opened the skies over China in the years leading up to World War II—and boldly safeguarded them... Read more >
War, Intrigue, Romance, and Adventure in the Middle Kingdom During the Golden Age of Flight
Written by Gregory Crouch
Format: eBook, 528 pages
On Sale: February 28, 2012
Price: $15.99
From the acclaimed author of Enduring Patagonia comes a dazzling tale of aerial adventure set against the roiling backdrop of war in Asia. The incredible real-life saga of the flying band of brothers who opened the skies over China in the years leading up to World War II—and boldly safeguarded them... Read more >
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The God Machine
From Boomerangs to Black Hawks: The Story of the Helicopter
Written by James R. Chiles
Format: Trade Paperback, 368 pages
On Sale: September 30, 2008
Price: $16.00
From transforming the ways of war to offering godlike views of inaccessible spots, revolutionizing rescues worldwide, and providing some of our most-watched TV moments—including the cloud of newscopters that trailed O. J. Simpson’s Bronco—the helicopter is far more capable than early inventors expected. Now James Chiles profiles the many helicoptrians who... Read more >
From Boomerangs to Black Hawks: The Story of the Helicopter
Written by James R. Chiles
Format: Trade Paperback, 368 pages
On Sale: September 30, 2008
Price: $16.00
From transforming the ways of war to offering godlike views of inaccessible spots, revolutionizing rescues worldwide, and providing some of our most-watched TV moments—including the cloud of newscopters that trailed O. J. Simpson’s Bronco—the helicopter is far more capable than early inventors expected. Now James Chiles profiles the many helicoptrians who... Read more >
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Transatlantic Liners
Written by J. Layton
Format: eBook, 64 pages
On Sale: July 24, 2012
Price: $9.95
Prior to air travel there was only one way to cross the Atlantic: by ship. By the late nineteenth century, steam ships dominated the transatlantic passenger trade, growing exponentially in size as maritime technology improved and as more immigrants poured from Europe into the New World. As the liners got bigger... Read more >
Written by J. Layton
Format: eBook, 64 pages
On Sale: July 24, 2012
Price: $9.95
Prior to air travel there was only one way to cross the Atlantic: by ship. By the late nineteenth century, steam ships dominated the transatlantic passenger trade, growing exponentially in size as maritime technology improved and as more immigrants poured from Europe into the New World. As the liners got bigger... Read more >
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Pushing the Limits
New Adventures in Engineering
Written by Henry Petroski
Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $11.99
Here are two dozen tales in the grand adventure of engineering from the Henry Petroski, who has been called America’s poet laureate of technology. Pushing the Limits celebrates some of the largest things we have created–bridges, dams, buildings--and provides a startling new vision of engineering’s past, its present, and its future. Along... Read more >
New Adventures in Engineering
Written by Henry Petroski
Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $11.99
Here are two dozen tales in the grand adventure of engineering from the Henry Petroski, who has been called America’s poet laureate of technology. Pushing the Limits celebrates some of the largest things we have created–bridges, dams, buildings--and provides a startling new vision of engineering’s past, its present, and its future. Along... Read more >
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A Week at the Airport
Written by Alain De Botton
Format: Trade Paperback, 112 pages
On Sale: September 21, 2010
Price: $15.00
From the bestselling author of The Art of Travel comes a wittily intriguing exploration of the strange "non-place" that he believes is the imaginative center of our civilization.
Given unprecedented access to one of the world’s busiest airports as a “writer-in-residence,” Alain de Botton found it to be a showcase for many... Read more >
Written by Alain De Botton
Format: Trade Paperback, 112 pages
On Sale: September 21, 2010
Price: $15.00
From the bestselling author of The Art of Travel comes a wittily intriguing exploration of the strange "non-place" that he believes is the imaginative center of our civilization.
Given unprecedented access to one of the world’s busiest airports as a “writer-in-residence,” Alain de Botton found it to be a showcase for many... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
