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Sunlight and Other Fears

By Amartya Sen

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Hardcover:

9780405121937, titled "Vision: A Saga of the Sky" | Ayer Co Pub, June 1, 1979, cover price $37.95 | also contains Vision: A Saga of the Sky

Birdmen: The Wright Brothers, Glenn Curtiss, and the Battle to Control the Skies

By Lawrence Goldstone

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Hardcover:

9780345538031 | Ballantine Books, May 6, 2014, cover price $28.00

9780312756055, titled "State and Nation in the Third World: The Western State and African Nationalism" | Palgrave Macmillan, January 1, 1983, cover price $26.50 | also contains State and Nation in the Third World: The Western State and African Nationalism

9780384416901, titled "Laili and Majnum" | Johnson Reprint Corp, May 1, 1969, cover price $19.00 | also contains Laili and Majnum

Paperback:

9780345538055 | Ballantine Books, April 21, 2015, cover price $18.00

B-17 Flying Fortress in Combat over Europe

By Tomasz Szlagor

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Paperback:

9788362878918 | Pck blg edition (Casemate Pub & Book Dist Llc, February 19, 2014), cover price $19.95

Voyager: Exploration, Space, and the Third Great Age of Discovery

By Stephen J. Pyne

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Paperback:

9780143119593 | Reprint edition (Penguin USA, June 28, 2011), cover price $17.00

Voyager: Seeking Newer Worlds in the Third Great Age of Discovery

By Stephen J. Pyne

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Hardcover:

9780670021833 | Viking Pr, July 22, 2010, cover price $29.95

Miscellaneous:

9781101189757 | Viking Pr, July 22, 2010, cover price $14.99

The Chasing Icarus: The Seventeen Days in 1910 That Forever Changed American Aviation

By Gavin Mortimer

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Hardcover:

9780802717115, titled "Chasing Icarus: The Seventeen Days in 1910 That Forever Changed American Aviation" | Walker & Co, May 3, 2009, cover price $26.00

Paperback:

9780802719935, titled "Chasing Icarus: The Seventeen Days in 1910 That Forever Changed American Aviation" | Walker & Co, July 6, 2010, cover price $17.00

On Great White Wings: The Wright Brothers and the Race for Flight

Released on the eve of the one hundredth anniversary of Kitty Hawk, this account of the historic Wright brothers flight chronicles the race to be the first to achieve powered flight.

By Spencer Dunmore

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Hardcover:

9780786866861 | 1 edition (Hachette Books, October 1, 2001), cover price $40.00 | About this edition: Released on the eve of the one hundredth anniversary of Kitty Hawk, this account of the historic Wright brothers flight chronicles the race to be the first to achieve powered flight.

Paperback:

9781897330425 | Madison Press Books, August 1, 2010, cover price $39.95

Blue Skies, Black Wings: African American Pioneers of Aviation

Looks at the lives and accomplishments of African Americans involved in aviation, including Charles Wesley Peter who flew his own plane in 1911 and Eugene Jacques Bullard, the first African American combat pilot who was one of two hundred Americans who flew for France in World War I.

By Samuel L. Broadnax and Alan M. Osur (foreword by)

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Hardcover:

9780275991951 | Praeger Pub Text, January 30, 2007, cover price $49.00 | About this edition: Looks at the lives and accomplishments of African Americans involved in aviation, including Charles Wesley Peter who flew his own plane in 1911 and Eugene Jacques Bullard, the first African American combat pilot who was one of two hundred Americans who flew for France in World War I.

Paperback:

9780803217744 | Bison Books, October 1, 2008, cover price $19.95

Three Across: The Great Transatlantic Air Race of 1927

Product Description: It's 1927, and the air race is on! Three pilots compete to be the first to fly across the Atlantic. In the spring of that year, three airplanes were at Roosevelt Field on Long Island preparing for a historic journeyâa nonstop flight between New York and Paris...read more

By Norman H. Finkelstein

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School and Library:

9781590784624 | Calkins Creek, September 1, 2008, cover price $17.95 | About this edition: It's 1927, and the air race is on!

To Conquer the Air: The Wright Brothers and the Great Race for Flight

Product Description: James Tobin, award-winning author of Ernie Pyle's War and The Man He Became, has penned the definitive account of the inspiring and impassioned race between the Wright brothers and their primary rival Samuel Langley across ten years and two continents to conquer the air...read more

By James Tobin

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Hardcover:

9780786257225 | Large print edition (Thorndike Pr, September 1, 2003), cover price $29.95 | About this edition: At the turn of the twentieth century, Wilbur Wright and a scattered handful of other adventurers believed that the dream of flight lay within reach, and in a headlong race across ten years and two continents competed to conquer the air.

9780684856889 | Free Pr, April 1, 2003, cover price $28.00 | About this edition: A history of the first-flight race documents the efforts of such Wright brothers' competitors as the Smithsonian's Samuel Pierpont Langley, Glenn Curtiss, and Alexander Graham Bell.

Paperback:

9780743255363 | Reprint edition (Free Pr, April 1, 2004), cover price $18.00 | About this edition: A history of the first-flight race documents the efforts of such Wright brothers competitors as the Smithsonian's Samuel Pierpont Langley, motorcyclist Glenn Curtiss, and Alexander Graham Bell.

CD/Spoken Word:

9780743528702 | Abridged edition (Simon & Schuster Audioworks, April 1, 2003), cover price $30.00 | About this edition: A history of the first-flight race documents the efforts of not only the then-unknown Wright Brothers, but their more prominent competitors, including the Smithsonian's Samuel Pierpont Langley, motorcyclist Glenn Curtiss, and Alexander Graham Bell.

Cassette/Spoken Word:

9780743528696 | Abridged edition (Simon & Schuster Audioworks, April 1, 2003), cover price $26.00 | About this edition: A history of the first-flight race documents the efforts of not only the then-unknown Wright Brothers, but their more prominent competitors, including the Smithsonian's Samuel Pierpont Langley, motorcyclist Glenn Curtiss, and Alexander Graham Bell.

Prebinding:

9781435290372 | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, May 29, 2008), cover price $25.00 | About this edition: James Tobin, award-winning author of Ernie Pyle's War and The Man He Became, has penned the definitive account of the inspiring and impassioned race between the Wright brothers and their primary rival Samuel Langley across ten years and two continents to conquer the air.

Book of Flight: The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum

An updated guide to the world of flight documents the milestones in aviation history that changed the world, from the development of ballooning to Charles Lindbergh's solo trip across the Atlantic to the building of the International Space Station. Simultaneous.

By Judith E. Rinard and Smithsonian Air and Space Museum (corporate author)

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Hardcover:

9781554072927 | 2 rev upd edition (Firefly Books Ltd, July 20, 2007), cover price $24.95 | About this edition: A guide to the world of flight documents the milestones in aviation history that changed the world, from the development of ballooning to the mission to Mars.

How the Wright Brothers Got It Right: Engineering & Invention of the Airplane: from Bicycle Mechanics to Aeronautical Engineers, Test Pilots and Powered Flight

By Jack L. Shagena

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Paperback:

9780977686650 | Jack L Shagena Jr, March 27, 2007, cover price $14.95

The Nation's Hangar: The Aircraft Study Collection of the National Air & Space Museum

Product Description: The National Air & Space Museum preserves more than 350 aircraft at its restoration facility in Maryland, many of which are the last of their kind in existence. This magnificent book walks the reader through the restoration and preservation facility and provides photographs and histories of some of its most notable aircraft...read more

By Robert Van Der Linden

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Hardcover:

9781574270846 | Howell Pr, September 30, 2005, cover price $49.95 | About this edition: The National Air & Space Museum preserves more than 350 aircraft at its restoration facility in Maryland, many of which are the last of their kind in existence.

The Wright Brothers And the Birth of Aviation

Product Description: On December 17th, 1903 two bicycle mechanics' from Dayton, Ohio achieved the first powered man-carrying flight that was sustained and controlled. The Wright brothers' accomplishments were not lucky accidents and theirs is a wonderful story about the power of individuals and the scientific method...read more

By Lester Garber

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Hardcover:

9781861267306 | Crowood Pr, August 30, 2005, cover price $44.95 | About this edition: On December 17th, 1903 two bicycle mechanics' from Dayton, Ohio achieved the first powered man-carrying flight that was sustained and controlled.

Doolittle: Aerospace Visionary

Product Description: On April 18, 1942, Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle led a flight of sixteen B-25 bombers off the flight deck of the USS Hornet on one of the most daring raids in U.S. military history, a low-level strike on Tokyo and other Japanese cities...read more

By Dik A. Daso

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Hardcover:

9781574884203 | Potomac Books Inc, November 1, 2003, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: On April 18, 1942, Lt.

Paperback:

9781574886696 | Potomac Books Inc, May 11, 2005, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: On April 18, 1942, Lt.

Wings of Yesteryear: The Golden Age of Private Aircraft

The years from the 1920s through to the outb reak of World War 2 produced some stylish and innovative air craft designs. This book of vintage aircraft celebrates thes e varied aircraft and includes both colour and black and whi te photographs. '

By Geza Szurovy

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Hardcover:

9780760303979 | Zenith Pr, June 1, 1998, cover price $34.95 | About this edition: The years from the 1920s through to the outb reak of World War 2 produced some stylish and innovative air craft designs.

Paperback:

9780760319253 | Zenith Pr, June 1, 2004, cover price $24.95

Home Field Advantage: A Century Of Partnership Between Wright-pattenson Air Force Base And Dayton, Ohio In The Pursuit Of Aeronautical Excellence

Product Description: Tells the story of how Dayton, Ohio and Wright-Patterson Air Force Base became America's "Cradle of Aviation".

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Hardcover:

9780160680656 | United States Government Printing, April 28, 2004, cover price $67.00 | About this edition: Tells the story of how Dayton, Ohio and Wright-Patterson Air Force Base became America's "Cradle of Aviation".

First Flight: The Wright Brothers and the Invention of the Airplane

First Flight Â This compact National Parks Service Handbook describes the lives of Americaâs first pilots, the Wright brothers, and their invention of the first successful heavier-than-air-machine--the airplane. In addition to their personal history, the book describes sites where the brothers conducted their experiments, such as Kitty Hawk and Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina.Â It also describes their development of the first Âpracticalâ airplaneÂthe 1905 Wright Flyer III, preserved today at the Aviation Heritage National Historical Park, Huffman Prairie Flying Field in Dayton, Ohio.Â Illustrations tracing the Wrightsâ progress, maps, and a fold-out chart depicting the 1903 Wright Flyer and the principles of flight make this publication an indispensable guide to the Wright brothersâ story.Â Â Â Â

By Tom D. Crouch

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Paperback:

9780756739843 | Diane Pub Co, January 2, 2004, cover price $20.00

9780912627717 | Natl Park Service, December 1, 2002, cover price $22.01 | About this edition: First Flight Â This compact National Parks Service Handbook describes the lives of Americaâs first pilots, the Wright brothers, and their invention of the first successful heavier-than-air-machine--the airplane.

Reconsidering a Century of Flight

Product Description: On December 17, 1903, Orville and Wilbur Wright soared into history during a twelve-second flight on a secluded North Carolina beach. Commemorating the 100th anniversary of the first flight, these essays chart the central role that aviation played in twentieth-century history and capture the spirit of innovation and adventure that has characterized the history of flight...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

By Janet R. Daly Bednarek (editor) and Roger D. Launius (editor)

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Hardcover:

9780807828151 | Univ of North Carolina Pr, October 1, 2003, cover price $73.50 | About this edition: On December 17, 1903, Orville and Wilbur Wright soared into history during a twelve-second flight on a secluded North Carolina beach.

Paperback:

9780807854884 | Univ of North Carolina Pr, October 1, 2003, cover price $35.00 | About this edition: On December 17, 1903, Orville and Wilbur Wright soared into history during a twelve-second flight on a secluded North Carolina beach.

The Wright Brothers and the Invention of the Aerial Age

By Tom D. Crouch and Peter L. Jakab

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Hardcover:

9780792269854 | Natl Geographic Society, May 1, 2003, cover price $35.00

Aloft at Last: How the Wright Brothers Made History

Product Description: Orville and Wilbur Wright made the first successful flights in an engine-powered, heavier-than-air machine at Kitty Hawk on December 17, 1903. In just 12 seconds, they accomplished a feat men had been attempting for hundreds of years...read more

By Chris Kidder

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9781878405371 | Nags Head Art, December 1, 2002, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Orville and Wilbur Wright made the first successful flights in an engine-powered, heavier-than-air machine at Kitty Hawk on December 17, 1903.

The Winged Gospel: America's Romance With Aviation

By Joseph J. Corn

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Paperback:

9780801869624 | Johns Hopkins Univ Pr, May 17, 2002, cover price $25.00

A Dream of Wings: Americans and the Airplane, 1875-1905

Describes the early experiments of American inventors and scientists, such as Octave Chanute, Samuel Langley, and August Herring, and how they paved the way for the Wright brothers. Reprint. (view table of contents)

By Tom D. Crouch

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Paperback:

9780393322279 | Reprint edition (W W Norton & Co Inc, February 1, 2002), cover price $22.95 | About this edition: Describes the early experiments of American inventors and scientists, such as Octave Chanute, Samuel Langley, and August Herring, and how they paved the way for the Wright brothers.

9780874743258 | Reprint edition (Smithsonian Inst Pr, March 1, 1989), cover price $24.95 | About this edition: Describes the early experiments of American inventors and scientists, such as Octave Chanute, Samuel Langley, and August Herring, and how they paved the way for the Wright brothers

I Could Never Be So Lucky Again

A former stunt pilot describes his life of aerial acrobatics, discussing his pioneering work in the development of aviation technology, his service during World War II, his role in the raid against Japan, and more. Reprint.

By James H. Doolittle

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Hardcover:

9780553078077 | Bantam Dell Pub Group, September 1, 1991, cover price $22.50 | About this edition: Recounts a pilot's experiences in war and peace

Paperback:

9780553297256 | Reprint edition (Bantam Books, August 1, 1992), cover price $6.99 | also contains Portraits by Ingres: Image of an Epoch | About this edition: A former stunt pilot describes his life of aerial acrobatics, discussing his pioneering work in the development of aviation technology, his service during World War II, his role in the raid against Japan, and more.

Flight in America: From the Wrights to the Astronauts

When first published in 1984, Roger Bilstein's Flight in America was widely hailed as the foremost history of what is arguably the most remarkable achievement of the twentieth century--human flight. Now, in this newly revised and expanded edition, Bilstein continues his comprehensive history to the closing decade of the present century and offers a glimpse of developments in the next."The most comprehensive survey of the history of American aeronautics and space flight yet published."--Technology and Culture."Bilstein casts wide and far to net virtually everything from technological trends and research and development to the effect of air travel on the expansion of major league baseball in the 1950s and early 1960s... A superior work that will satisfy aero buffsand professionals alike."--Journal of American History. (view table of contents)

By Roger E. Bilstein

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Hardcover:

9780801848278 | Rev sub edition (Johns Hopkins Univ Pr, May 1, 1994), cover price $50.00 | About this edition: When first published in 1984, Roger Bilstein's Flight in America was widely hailed as the foremost history of what is arguably the most remarkable achievement of the twentieth century--human flight.

Paperback:

9780801866852 | 3 sub edition (Johns Hopkins Univ Pr, June 26, 2001), cover price $27.00

9780801848285 | Revised edition (Johns Hopkins Univ Pr, May 1, 1994), cover price $18.95 | About this edition: When first published in 1984, Roger Bilstein's Flight in America was widely hailed as the foremost history of what is arguably the most remarkable achievement of the twentieth century--human flight.

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