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21) Code to zero
Author
Language
English
Description
In this classic Cold War thriller, #1 New York Times bestselling author Ken Follett puts his own electrifying twist on the space race between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. As the clock counts down to a shocking climax, "Code to Zero's split-second suspense proves that . . . [Follett is] still a hell of a storyteller" (Entertainment Weekly).
January, 1958—the darkest hour of the Cold War and...
January, 1958—the darkest hour of the Cold War and...
24) Winds of marque
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In a dense star sluster, the solar winds blow fiercely. The star-sailing ship HMSS Daring runs at full sheet on a secret mission from the Emperor himself: to hunt down and destroy a festering pirate threat. Armed with a letter of marque allowing them to collect the bounty of enemy vessels, the crew has been told to find the pirates' base by any means necessary."--Publisher description.
Author
Publisher
Sterling Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
21 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
Scratch, Lofty, and Sniff are three dinosaurs determined to fly. But jump and flap as they might, their plan for flight fails, until someone comes along who is very good at flying.
26) Why don't jumbo jets flap their wings?: flying animals, flying machines, and how they are different
Author
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
xiv, 278 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
From the Publisher: What do a bumble bee and a 747 jet have in common? It's not a trick question. The fact is they have quite a lot in common. They both have wings. They both fly. And they're both ideally suited to it. They just do it differently. Why Don't Jumbo Jets Flap Their Wings? offers a fascinating explanation of how nature and human engineers each arrived at powered flight. What emerges is a highly readable account of two very different approaches...
27) Ursa's light
Author
Publisher
Peter Pauper Press, Inc
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"One night Ursa the bear had an idea. An amazing idea. A wild idea. She was going to fly!"--
28) Revenger
Author
Series
Revenger novels volume 1
Publisher
Orbit
Language
English
Formats
Description
A science fiction adventure story set in the rubble of our solar system in the dark, distant future - a tale of space pirates, buried treasure and phantom weapons, of unspeakable hazards and single-minded heroism . . . and of vengeance.
29) Up and down
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
Even though the penguin and the boy are close friends and do many things together, the penguin decides that he wants to fly and he wants to do it on his own.
32) Bird flight
Author
Publisher
Van Nostrand Reinhold Co
Pub. Date
1977.
Physical Desc
191 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Publisher
Alliance Atlantis
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (87 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A young woman dreams that being a flight attendant will help her escape from her rural home town. When she ends up stationed in Cleveland she enters into a relationship and begins to question her dreams.
36) Space
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
137 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Jack and Annie present information about the universe, including our solar system, and briefly describe the history of space travel and of the science of astronomy.
38) Hank has a dream
Author
Publisher
Peter Pauper Press, Inc
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 22 x 27 cm
Language
English
Description
Hank relates to a friend a dream in which he flies to the sea, past the trees, and over the clouds.
Author
Language
English
Description
Blackout drunk Cassie Bowden is used to waking up in strangers? beds, but what she discovers one morning in a sumptuous Dubai hotel suite is instantly sobering?blood-soaked sheets and the dead body of the handsome American hedge fund manager she met on her flight over. Even worse for Cassie, the assassin who executed him already regrets sparing the passed-out flight attendant. It?s a killer set-up. Cassie, flying on primal survival instinct, tries...
40) Horizon
Author
Series
Bone universe novels volume 3
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Formats
Description
After losing everything, Kirit Densira reluctantly allies with Nat Brokenwings to ensure the survival of their community.
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