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Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
xxxiii, 118 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Antoine de Saint-Exupery's classic tale - beloved by children and adults alike - now in a beautiful clothbound edition. Antoine de Saint-Exupery first published The Little Prince in 1943, only a year before his plane vanished over the Mediterranean during a reconnaissance mission. Nearly eighty years later, this fable of love and loneliness has lost none of its power. The narrator is a downed pilot in the Sahara Desert, frantically trying to repair...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
126 pages, 32 unnumbered pages : illustrations (some color) ; 18 cm
Language
English
Description
"White Fang, led by Zechs (Milliardo), and Treize's World Nation Army, prepares for a decisive battle to be waged in outer space. Wufei takes command of the G Team comprised of Heero and the other pilots, and chooses to first strike White Fang before battling the World Nation troops. The EVE WARS, on which the fate of the entire Earth Sphere rests, are set to begin on December 24th, A.C. 195. The G Team sorties and takes on White Fang's Virgo II squad....
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
156 pages, 22 unnumbered pages : illustrations (some color) ; 18 cm
Language
English
Description
"The EVE WARS shift into a full-scale battle as the World Nation Army and White Fang clash. Wufei challenges Treize to a battle, which results in Treize's abrupt defeat. Meanwhile, inside the Libra, which is on course to crash into the Earth, the final battle between Heero and Zechs unfolds. How will the battle on which the fate of the Earth Sphere rests play out ...? Find out in this final volume of Glory of the Losers!"--Provided by publisher
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
An inspiring picture book biography about Hazel Ying Lee, the first Chinese American woman to fly for the US military.
Even when other people scoffed at her dreams of becoming a pilot, Hazel Ying Lee wouldn't take no for an answer. She became the first Chinese American woman to fly for the US military, joining the Women's Airforce Service Pilots during World War II. -- adapted from jacket
Author
Series
Osprey aircraft of the aces volume 105
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
96 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 25 cm.
Language
English
116) WASPs
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
31 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs) were American women who wanted to serve as members of the Army Air Force during World War II. Although there was resistance from some people who thought women couldn't be military pilots, eventually women were allowed to serve as pilots.
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
xxvii, 308 pages, 36 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Presents the life of Tommy Hitchcock, the World War I fighter pilot and war hero, legendary polo player, who the prominent socialite Tom Buchanan in "The Great Gatsby" is modeled after.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
xii, 218 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Fly Until You Die": An Oral History of Hmong Pilots in the Vietnam War exposes the best kept secret in the American war in Southeast Asia by exploring the experiences of ethnic minority pilots trained by the US Air Force and their efforts to make sense of war decades later."--Provided by publisher.
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
241 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"As the culminating volume of Admiral Richard E. Byrd, Jr.'s renowned expeditions, this is the comprehensive autobiography of a man who knew no limits. From his earliest days as a Navy pilot in training, to his controversial flights to the North and South Poles, his lifelong passion for exploration, and his trailblazing quests across the Antarctic continent, Admiral Byrd was a man who stared down long odds, harsh climates, and harrowing landscapes,...
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