Before Amelia

Author: Eileen F. Lebow
Publisher: Potomac Books, Inc.
ISBN: 1612342256
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 483

Book Description
Before Amelia is the remarkable story of the worldas women pioneer aviators who braved the skies during the early days of flight. While most books have only examined the women aviators of a single country, Eileen Lebow looks at an international spectrum of pilots and their influence on each other. The story begins with Raymonde de Laroche, a French woman who became the first licensed female pilot in 1909. De Laroche, Lydia Zvereva, Melli Beese, Hilda Hewlitt, Harriet Quimby, and the other women pilots profiled here rose above contemporary gender stereotypes and proved their ability to fly the temperamental heavier-than-air contraptions of the day. Lebow provides excellent descriptions of the dangers and challenges of early flight. Crashes and broken bones were common, and many of the pioneers lost their lives. But these women were adventurers at heart. In an era when womenas professional options were severely limited and the mere sight of ladies wearing pants caused a sensation, these women succeeded as pilots, flight instructors, airplane designers, stunt performers, and promoters. This book fills a large void in the history of the first two decades of flight."

Amelia Unabridged

Author: Ashley Schumacher
Publisher: Wednesday Books
ISBN: 1250253039
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 320

Book Description
Sparks fly between two teens as they grapple with grief, love, and the future in this unforgettable debut novel sure to entice fans of Jandy Nelson and Jennifer E. Smith Eighteen-year-old Amelia Griffin is obsessed with the famous Orman Chronicles, written by the young and reclusive prodigy N. E. Endsley. They’re the books that brought her and her best friend Jenna together after Amelia’s father left and her family imploded. So when Amelia and Jenna get the opportunity to attend a book festival with Endsley in attendance, Amelia is ecstatic. It’s the perfect way to start off their last summer before college. In a heartbeat, everything goes horribly wrong. When Jenna gets a chance to meet the author and Amelia doesn’t, the two have a blowout fight like they’ve never experienced. And before Amelia has a chance to mend things, Jenna is killed in a freak car accident. Grief-stricken, and without her best friend to guide her, Amelia questions everything she had planned for the future. When a mysterious, rare edition of the Orman Chronicles arrives, Amelia is convinced that it somehow came from Jenna. Tracking the book to an obscure but enchanting bookstore in Michigan, Amelia is shocked to find herself face-to-face with the enigmatic and handsome N. E. Endsley himself, the reason for Amelia’s and Jenna’s fight and perhaps the clue to what Jenna wanted to tell her all along. Ashley Schumacher's devastating and beautiful debut, Amelia Unabridged, is about finding hope and strength within yourself, and maybe, just maybe, falling in love while you do it.

Before She Was Mine

Author: Amelia Wilde
Publisher: Amelia Wilde
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 292

Book Description
Summer was mine once. Leaving her behind to go to war was unforgivable. I survived... barely. Though my body is broken. I never expected to see her at the veteran’s support office. There are a million reasons I don't deserve her. I fell in with a bad crowd when I got back home. Worse than she can imagine. They’re still out to get me. My love is dangerous. And my secrets are deadly.

Exactly Where You Need to Be

Author: Amelia Diane Coombs
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1534493565
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 320

Book Description
Turtles All the Way Down meets Love and Luck in this “lively” (Publishers Weekly), romantic road trip story about a teen girl’s last chance to have an epic summer with her best friend before everything changes. Florie’s OCD and her mother’s worrying have kept her from a lot of things, like having an after-school job and getting her driver’s license. And now that she’s graduated high school, while her best friend Kacey is headed off to Portland in the fall, Florie’s taking a parent-sanctioned gap year off before starting college. When the decision was made, Florie was on board, but now she can’t ignore the growing itch to become the person she wants to be and venture outside the quaint, boring Washington town she grew up in. Winning tickets to see her favorite true crime podcast’s live show in California gives her the opportunity to do just that, if only for a few days. So—unbeknownst to their parents—Kacey and Florie set off on a road trip to San Francisco. The only downside in Florie’s opinion? Sam, Kacey’s older brother and Florie’s forever crush, is their ride. The Samson Hodge, who Florie hasn’t seen since winter break, and who she’d prefer to never see again, if possible. But Florie is willing to put up with Sam if it means one last adventure with her best friend. Making it to San Francisco and back to Washington without their parents catching on isn’t a given, but one thing is for sure: this trip will change everything.

Amelia

Author: Henry Fielding
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 314

Book Description

Because Amelia Smiled

Author: David Ezra Stein
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 1536227943
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 43

Book Description
Just try not to smile! A positively inspiring picture book from the creator of the Caldecott Honor–winning Interrupting Chicken. Because Amelia smiles as she skips down the street, her neighbor Mrs. Higgins smiles too, and decides to send a care package of cookies to her grandson Lionel in Mexico. The cookies give Lionel an idea, and his idea inspires a student, who in turn inspires a ballet troupe in England! And so the good feelings that started with Amelia’s smile make their way around the world, from a goodwill recital in Israel, to an impromptu rumba concert in Paris, to a long-awaited marriage proposal in Italy, to a knitted scarf for a beloved niece back in New York. Putting a unique spin on "what goes around comes around," David Ezra Stein’s charmingly illustrated story reminds us that adding even a small dose of kindness into the world is sure to spur more and more kindness, which could eventually make its way back to you!

Passing the UKCAT and BMAT 2011 6e

Author: Glenn Hutton
Publisher: SAGE
ISBN: 0857254820
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 238

Book Description
This revised and updated 2011 edition is the most comprehensive guide available to the UKCAT and BMAT. Readers will find all they need to face the tests with confidence, fulfil their potential and succeed in their application - whichever universities they are applying to. New questions have been added to the extensive practice sections of both the UKCAT and BMAT. In addition this essential text takes would-be doctors through everything they need to know from writing their personal statements and preparing for interviews to time management and test-taking strategies.

Passing the UKCAT and BMAT 2012

Author: Rosalie Hutton
Publisher: SAGE
ISBN: 0857257773
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 289

Book Description
Expert guidance and essential practice questions to help you succeed when taking both the UKCAT and BMAT.

Tales from the Stellar Realms 01

Author: Victoria Warfield
Publisher: Dorrance Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 326

Book Description
About the Book A queen, a cleric, a ranger, a paladin, and a wildman. After these five unlikely heroes are summoned by a mysterious force, called Arcanist, they must work together to save their realms from utter destruction. As they venture forth, their choices take on more weight, etching their fates in stone. Based on a tabletop roleplaying game campaign, Tales from the Stellar Realms weaves an exciting narrative of sword fighting, bravery, and friendship, and challenges the ideology of choice and freedom. About the Author Feeling she never fully grew up, Victoria Warfield embraces the creative and playful aspects of life. When she is not writing, Warfield can be found playing tabletop role playing games with friends, reading, drawing, and creating character concepts for the next adventure. She currently resides in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

The Time Escort

Author: Frederic M. Moseley Jr.
Publisher: Moseleybooks
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 212

Book Description
In a distant future, humanity has abandoned a poisoned and dying Earth and now resides among the stars. The fate of their former home rests in the hands of CORE (Central Organization of Rejuvenating Earth), while time travel is strictly controlled by The Corporation and their team of Time Escorts. These skilled escorts accompany civilians on journeys to the past, ensuring that nothing is altered. But when Time Escort Michal is fired for saving a young girl from death in the past, he becomes determined to prove that changing the course of history for good is the right thing to do. Though his time-traveling watch is confiscated, Michal manages to secure another one and embarks on a series of vigilante missions to help those in need. Meanwhile, fellow Escorts Jacob and Noah are pulled from their own assignments and given a new mission: stop Michal at all costs. They are told that if he succeeds in altering the past, it will have disastrous consequences for their present reality. However, there is more at play than meets the eye, and Michal's watch holds the key to a deeper agenda. Not only does it allow him to travel through time, but it also has the power to transport him to the future. As Michal takes a bold risk by attempting to change the death of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in hopes of preventing World War One, Jacob and Noah race against time to stop him. But unbeknownst to them, a shadowy government plots to rise and reclaim control over Earth as they know it.