Fly By Wire. The Geese, The Glide, The 'Miracle' on the Hudson, Paperback - William Langewiesche

From the testing laboratories where engineers struggle to build a jet engine that can resist bird attacks, through the creation of the A320 in Fran...

In Fly by Wire, one of America's greatest journalists takes us on a "fascinating" (The New York Times) and sometimes humorous journey into the rapi...

Reducere. The remarkable true story of Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger's heroic crash landing in the Hudson River, as told by the passengers who owe him their l...

August Kleinzahler has earned admiration for his musical, precise poems that are grounded in the people, places and language among which he has lived.

Art historian David Webster left his childhood home of Saugerties, New York ten years ago and hasn't looked back. Intelligent, successful, and prou...

Reducere. The 20, 000 German Jews who fled Hitler's Germany and settled in Washington Heights were unusual in many ways. They preserved their Jewish identity...

Reducere. "A piercing work of fiction with a strong claim to being Singer's masterpiece" (Richard Bernstein, The New York Times), Shadows on the Hudson trace...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Reducere. When falling crop prices threaten his family with starvation, fifteen-year-old Victor Flores heads north in an attempt to "cross the wire" from Mex...

'Anyone who has ever tried to do something well, anyone who has ever made personal sacrifices for an art or an idea, will have no trouble understan...

Reducere. One hundred years ago. On the foggy Hudson River, a riverboat captain rescues an injured mermaid from the waters of the busiest port in the United ...

In "White Eagle, Red Star, " distinguished historian Norman Davies gives us a full account of the Polish-Soviet War, with its dramatic climax in Au...

Reducere. The open ocean--that vast expanse of international waters--spreads across three-fourths of the globe. It is a place of storms and danger, both natu...

Reducere. Drama / 7m, 7f / Unit set Immortalized onstage and screen by Anne Bancroft and Patty Duke, this classic tells the story of Annie Sullivan and her s...

DescriptionBelieved to have been written between 1610 and 1611, "The Tempest" is likely the last play written solely by Shakespeare. The story conc...

Reducere. A "Library Journal" Best Book of 2015 Go behind the scenes of seven of today s most popular narrative radio shows and podcasts, including "This Ame...

A marriage simply meant to be?Publisher: HarperCollins PublishersAuthor(s): Fiona McArthurNumber of pages: 384Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 107...

Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's UKAuthor(s): Catherine DoyleNumber of pages: 240Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 128 x 196 x 21Cover ty...

Reducere. DescriptionIt is hardly news that our planet is on the brink of ecological disaster. Yet amid the alarming headlines, a grassroots restoration move...

Reducere. Drama / 7m, 7f / Unit set Immortalized onstage and screen by Anne Bancroft and Patty Duke, this classic tells the story of Annie Sullivan and her s...

Reducere. Very little is known about the Roman poet and philosopher Titus Lucretius Carus. His birth and death dates are based off of cross-referencing works...

Praised as an "unforgettable love story" by Heather Morris, New York Times bestselling author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz, this is the real-life,...

Publisher: Monkfish Book Publishing CompanyAuthor(s): Beebe BahramiNumber of pages: 418Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 152 x 229 x 28Cover type: ...

Reducere. In Fly on the Wall, a moving and hilarious diary-style illustrated novel from the award-winning author of Pie in the Sky, a twelve-year-old boy goe...

Warriors won the Aryamati poetry prize in 2021. The pamphlet spans a thirty-year history, against the shadow of the Sri Lankan civil war, told from...

The latest addition to Thames & Hudson's acclaimed `Photofile' series surveys William Klein, best known for The Americans and New York.

Reducere. 'Letter on Corpulence' is arguably the most important Diet Book ever written. Long before the Atkins Diet and the rush of low-carb diets that follo...

Reducere. In these dark, witty short stories, Katy Wimhurst creates off-kilter worlds which illuminate our own. Here, knitting might cancel Armageddon. A win...

Reducere. 1. Fly on the Wall - 3: 44 2. Shake Your Foundations - 4: 10 3. First Blood - 3: 46 4. Danger - 4: 22 5. Sink the Pink - 4: 15 6. Playing with Girl...

Reducere. During the night of 27-28 March 1971, a Viet Cong sapper company infiltrated Fire Support Base Mary Ann, the forwardmost position in the 23d Divisi...

'The monk who taught the world mindfulness' TimeThis is the definitive book on mindfulness from the beloved Zen master and Nobel Peace Prize nomine...

The ultimate collection of William Wegman's Weimaraner photographs, in an accessibly priced format, with over 250 brilliant and witty images from a...

In this chapbook, Helen Bowie composes a love letter to the poorly-scribbled female characters of Hollywood and beyond, who exist solely to move th...

Cracked Asphalt seeks to untangle the strings of guilt Sree Sen found herself wrapped in after her move from Mumbai, India to Dublin, Ireland. Born...

A series of personal, curated interviews with internationally-acclaimed literary editors. This book will widen your horizons as a writer, exposing ...