Mavericks of the Sky
Title | Mavericks of the Sky PDF eBook |
Author | Barry Rosenberg |
Publisher | Harper Collins |
Pages | 369 |
Release | 2011-05-03 |
Genre | Transportation |
ISBN | 0062037579 |
It was the pilots of the U.S. Air Mail service who made it possible for flight to evolve from an impractical and deadly fad to today's worldwide network of airlines. Nicknamed "The Suicide Club," this small but daring cadre of pilots took a fleet of flimsy World War I "Jenny" Biplanes and blazed a trail of sky routes across the country. In the midst of the Jazz Age, they were dashing, group–proud, brazen, and resentful of authority. They were also loyal, determined to prove the skeptics wrong. MAVERICKS OF THE SKY, by Barry Rosenburg and Catherine Macaulay, is a narrative non–fiction account of the crucial, first three years of the air mail service – beginning with the inaugural New York–to–Washington D.C. flight in 1918, through 1921 when aviator Jack Knight was the first to fly across the country at night and furthermore, through a blizzard. In those early years, one out of every four men lost their lives. With the constant threat of weather and mechanical failure and with little instrumentation available, aviators relied on their wits and instincts to keep them out of trouble. MAVERICKS OF THE SKY brings these sagas to life, and tells the story of the extraordinary lives and rivalries of those who single–handedly pulled off the great experiment.
Big Sky Baby
Title | Big Sky Baby PDF eBook |
Author | Judy Duarte |
Publisher | Silhouette |
Pages | 248 |
Release | 2011-07-05 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0373362420 |
After five years, Jeff Forsythe returns to Rumor, Montana to find his childhood friend pregnant. She doesn't want to tie him down, but the pregnant friend tempts Jeff to trim and wings and put down roots in Montana. Isn't this what friends are for?
Big Sky Grooms
Title | Big Sky Grooms PDF eBook |
Author | Susan Mallery |
Publisher | Harlequin Books |
Pages | 390 |
Release | 2001 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 9780373834914 |
Big Sky Grooms by Susan Mallery\Bronwyn Williams\Carolyn Davidson released on Jul 25, 2001 is available now for purchase.
Mavericks of War
Title | Mavericks of War PDF eBook |
Author | Jason S Ridler |
Publisher | Rowman & Littlefield |
Pages | 448 |
Release | 2023-06-14 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0811767760 |
During World War I, Oxford-trained archeologist Lawrence of Arabia used his knowledge of the Middle East to help organize the Arab revolt against the Ottoman Empire. In this entertaining and insightful book, Jason Ridler profiles the intellectuals, outsiders, and eccentrics who followed in Lawrence’s footsteps across the next hundred years of warfare and who relied on creativity, curiosity, and outside-the-box thinking to shape battlefields from World War II and Vietnam to Iraq and Afghanistan. They were Ivy Leaguers and Oxford scholars, anthropologists and archeologists, an ad executive, an international activist, a Peace Corps veteran, an émigré journalist (and former teenage member of the French Resistance), a diplomat—mavericks and oddballs, men and women—who, not always heralded or heeded and sometimes hated, challenged traditional military thought and helped win wars, secure peace, and change the face of modern war.
OS X Mavericks: The Missing Manual
Title | OS X Mavericks: The Missing Manual PDF eBook |
Author | David Pogue |
Publisher | "O'Reilly Media, Inc." |
Pages | 1408 |
Release | 2013-12-17 |
Genre | Computers |
ISBN | 1449372902 |
What do you get when you cross a Mac with an iPad? OS X 10.9 Mavericks. Its 200 new features include Mac versions of iPad goodies like Maps, iBooks, and iTunes Radio—but not a single page of instructions. Fortunately, David Pogue is back, with the expertise and humor that have made this the #1 bestselling Mac book for over 11 years straight. The important stuff you need to know: Big-ticket changes. Finder tabs. Finder tags. App Nap. iCloud Keychain. iTunes Radio. Maps. iBooks. Automatic app updating. If Apple wrote it, this book covers it. Nips and tucks. This book demystifies the hundreds of smaller enhancements, too, in all 50 programs that come with the Mac: Safari, Mail, Calendar, Notification Center,Messages, Time Machine… Shortcuts. Meet the tippiest, trickiest Mac book ever written. Undocumented surprises await on every page. Power users. Security, networking, build-your-own Services, file sharing with Windows, even Mac OS X’s Unix chassis—this one witty, expert guide makes it all crystal clear. There’s something new on practically every page of this edition, and David Pogue brings his celebrated wit and expertise to every one of them.
Under the Western Sky
Title | Under the Western Sky PDF eBook |
Author | Laurie Paige |
Publisher | Silhouette |
Pages | 205 |
Release | 2011-10-17 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1459218434 |
HE HAD THE KIND OF SMILE THAT DID THINGS TO A WOMAN …until he arrested her. Julianne Martin had come to New Mexico’s canyon country on a mission of deliverance. But now Special Agent Anthony Aquilon had just accused the compassionate nurse-midwife of making off with priceless Native American artifacts! Tony’s alluring thief-at-large was no common criminal but an uncommon woman born to warm the cold places inside a man. A modernday warrior who’d defend those he loved to his last breath, Tony longed to place his trust in Julianne…and more. Could a simple case of mistaken identity lead to the perfect match?
Neither Snow Nor Rain
Title | Neither Snow Nor Rain PDF eBook |
Author | Devin Leonard |
Publisher | Open Road + Grove/Atlantic |
Pages | 381 |
Release | 2016-05-03 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0802189970 |
“[The] book makes you care what happens to its main protagonist, the U.S. Postal Service itself. And, as such, it leaves you at the end in suspense.” —USA Today Founded by Benjamin Franklin, the United States Postal Service was the information network that bound far-flung Americans together, and yet, it is slowly vanishing. Critics say it is slow and archaic. Mail volume is down. The workforce is shrinking. Post offices are closing. In Neither Snow Nor Rain, journalist Devin Leonard tackles the fascinating, centuries-long history of the USPS, from the first letter carriers through Franklin’s days, when postmasters worked out of their homes and post roads cut new paths through the wilderness. Under Andrew Jackson, the post office was molded into a vast patronage machine, and by the 1870s, over seventy percent of federal employees were postal workers. As the country boomed, USPS aggressively developed new technology, from mobile post offices on railroads and airmail service to mechanical sorting machines and optical character readers. Neither Snow Nor Rain is a rich, multifaceted history, full of remarkable characters, from the stamp-collecting FDR, to the revolutionaries who challenged USPS’s monopoly on mail, to the renegade union members who brought the system—and the country—to a halt in the 1970s. “Delectably readable . . . Leonard’s account offers surprises on almost every other page . . . [and] delivers both the triumphs and travails with clarity, wit and heart.” —Chicago Tribune