Product Description: The wonder of flight has long captured the human imagination. In this beguiling history — ranging from the first aircraft to astronauts and beyond — David Darling tells the stories of the colorful adventurers whose wonder has translated into bizarre contraptions, magnificent achievements and, sometimes, startling folly...read more

Product Description: For five weeks―from April 14 to May 21, 1927―the world held its breath while fourteen aviators took to the air to capture the $25,000 prize that Raymond Orteig offered to the first man to cross the Atlantic Ocean without stopping...read more

A portrait of the successful career and tempestuous private life of Beryl Markham draws on personal papers and interviews to reveal her turbulent relationships with three husbands and diverse lovers, and her work as a horse trainer and pilot