Author: Dane SkeltonPublisher: Xulon Press
ISBN: 1624191509
Category : Missions
Languages : en
Pages : 110
Book Description
Author: Savage Detours
Author: Lisa MortonPublisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786457066
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 249
Book Description
This is the first book-length study of the career and life of Ann Savage, whose performance in Detour earned her a place in Time Magazine's list of the top 10 greatest movie villains. The biography covers her abused childhood and her career as a studio contract player, pin-up queen, B movie star, jetsetter and award-winning aviatrix. A complete annotated filmography with release date, credits, cast, synopsis and commentary for each of her films is included.
Flying American Combat Aircraft of World War II
Author: Robin HighamPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 0811770117
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 361
Book Description
Riveting, first-person accounts that put the reader in the cockpit. Dozens of photographs of the planes and the pilots that flew and fought in the skies from Tokyo to Berlin. Find out what it was like to fly some of the all-time classic aircraft of World War II, including the P-51 Mustang, B-17 Flying Fortress, P-47 Thunderbolt, P-38 Lightning, P-40 Kittyhawk, and many more!
The Rarified Air of the Modern
Author: Willie HiattPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190248912
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 249
Book Description
From the moment news reached Peru in 1910 that Jorge Chávez Dartnell, a pilot of Peruvian parentage, had become the first man to fly across the Alps, aviation fired the imagination of the masses in his home country. His and other Peruvian pilots' achievements generated great optimism that this technology could lift Peru out of its self-perceived backwardness and transform it into a modern nation. Though poor infrastructure, economic woes, a dearth of technical expertise, and frequent pilot deaths slowed Peru's domestic aviation project, diverse groups saw in airplanes their own visions for Peruvian renewal. In this book, Willie Hiatt shows how politicians, businessmen, and military officials promoted the project as critical to the nation. At the same time, indigenous communities and provincial residents willingly gave up land for airfields, raised money to purchase aircraft for the military, named airplanes after sponsoring civic groups, towns, and regions, and breached police cordons at flying exhibitions to get close-up looks at planes and pilots. By 1928, three commercial lines were transporting passengers and goods from far-flung regions of the Amazon, highlands, and coast to Lima and beyond. Tracing the development of Peruvian aviation from heroic individual feats to essential infrastructure, The Rarified Air of the Modern shows how Peruvians mobilized airplanes to reflect their technological progress, their modern identity, and their nation's intertwining with the history of the West.
Author: Howard PeaseAcross the Miles
Author: Annie Douglass LimaPublisher: Annie Douglass Lima
ISBN:
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 153
Book Description
Watch a violinist spin stars and snowflakes into existence and wake dragons. Step into a bookstore full of dusty treasures, and wander through a graveyard for poems that died before their birth. Join a solitary star treading the measures of its stately dance above a rainbow like a stream of dripping jewels. Then mourn with the alien who crash-landed on Earth and can’t get home - but be careful to avoid the deadly shadow creatures slinking through the darkness. Grab your copy of this volume of poetry now and embark on an unforgettable journey across the miles!
Author: Angel Lost
Author: Robert SpoedePublisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1450228194
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
Lieutenant Eric Solms found love in war torn Vietnam when he assumed command of an American Army Special Forces in Vietnam. In the camp he discovered L Thi Kim-L , called Lee by Americans. a key figure at the fortification as a Vietnamese female medic. She had had been reared in the home of American missionaries. Drawn by her deep Christian commitment, compassionate heart, intellect, and beauty, Eric is attracted to her. In turn, his faith, honesty, and leadership of the Special Forces team pull her toward him. Within weeks they have expressed love for one another. But Eric questions if it is an attraction based on the emotional and shared dangers they face. Before their romance can mature Eric is seriously wounded. Using her medical skills and improvised treatments she keeps Eric alive during a jungle journey until they reach an American army hospital. While unconscious from his infected wounds Lee is not permitted to accompany him by the military medical personnel when he is evacuated to the United States. She then disappears. Eric, aided by full American government assistance, fruitlessly searches for Lee as he realizes that his love for Lee was not caused by circumstances. His father uses his significant political influence to aid in Eric's quest. As an attractive young man, son of affluent parents, he encounters several beautiful and eager women. During the years of unrest in America in the 1960's and 1970's as protest against the Cold War campaign in Vietnam surges his inquiries carry him into the shadowy world of intelligence in America and Germany.. Both in America and in Germany strangers offer to help Eric find Lee but with a price. He is also given a mission as a courier from East Germany to the West. Will he succeed in finding his one beloved or is there another one for him?
English in Mind Level 5 Student's Book with DVD-ROM
Author: Herbert PuchtaPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521184568
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 129
Book Description
This second edition updates a course which has proven to be a perfect fit for classes the world over. Engaging content and a strong focus on grammar and vocabulary combine to make this course a hit with both teachers and students. Popular course features have been refreshed with new content, including the imaginative reading and listening topics, 'Culture in Mind', and 'Everyday English' sections. New for the second edition is a DVD-ROM with the Level 5 Student's Book containing games, extra exercises and videos featuring the photostories' characters as well as a 'Videoke' record-yourself function. There is a full 'Vocabulary bank' at the back of the book which expands upon lexical sets learned in the units.
