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Author: Daniel Mathews
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Published: 2007
Total Pages: 410
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn illustrated guide, in both book and CD-ROM, this work marries geology, natural history, and human history for a glorious portrait of the continent. Each two-page spread features an aerial photo with captions and identifies landmarks that airline passengers can see.
Author: Edward Jablonski
Publisher: Time Life Medical
Published: 1982
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780809433421
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhen the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, the Army Air Forces had only 1,100 combat-ready planes. No one could have imagined then that within the next four years the AAF would become the mighty weapon commemorated in the paintings reproduced on the following pages, or that it would have to scope to engage in what its commander, General Henry H. "Hap" Arnold, described as a "global mission." Nevertheless, by 1944 the AAF had grown into 16 separate air forces stationed around the world, and its 1,100 planes had grown to nearly 80,000.
Author: Gail Cooper
Publisher: JHU Press
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 244
ISBN-13: 9780801871139
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCooper demonstrates how the lure of the open air, from rooftop schoolrooms to open-air theaters to the front porch, challenged air conditioning. Americans were slow to give up the social rituals of hot-weather living - the cold drink, the cool clothes, the summer vacation - for the comforts of either the window air conditioner or the central system.
Author: F. Robert Van der Linden
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Published: 2011-12
Total Pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780295803814
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn 1933, the Boeing Aircraft Company set a new standard for air transportation by introducing the Boeing 247 a graceful, all-metal, twin-engined aircraft that was 50 percent faster than the competition. Van der Linden traces the development of the 247 and the odyssey from its brief period of dominan
Author: Cornelius, Wanda
Publisher: Pelican Publishing
Published:
Total Pages: 516
ISBN-13: 9781455603558
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis history book celebrates a near-forgotten band of gallant American airmen, led by Claire Lee Chennault, who served in the midst of a strange land at a time of great turmoil. They arrived in China, not as conquerors, but as codefenders, appreciated by the most humble and grateful Chinese who would smile to them and in many cases utter the only mutually recognizable words of communication: 'Ding Hao, ' meaning 'It is good.'
Author: Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
Publisher: Smithsonian Books (DC)
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 76
ISBN-13: 9780974511306
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Robert John Moore
Publisher: Friedman-Fairfax
Published: 2000-08
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781586631161
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSee the grandeur and variety of the American landscape from high above. Hundreds of oversized, spectacular photographs create a fascinating virtual tour of the 50 states from a vantage point few of us have shared. Sweep over the majestic Grand Canyon, soar above the skyscrapers of New York City, and hang in the sky over rocky coastline and sandy beaches. From outer space, watch the entire continent come into focus through colorful satellite images. Closer to earth, New England appears, with its tidy houses, bright fall foliage, and coast dotted with tiny islands. Get an overhead look at the mighty Mississippi making its wide bend by Baton Rouge. Fly over the peaks of the Rockies, beautiful Yellowstone, and the paradisiacal Hawaiian islands. Region by region, from familiar territory to the farthest reaches of the nation, view man-made curiosities and achievements and sights of natural beauty and power.
Author: Terry Love
Publisher: Schiffer Military History
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780764306198
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAir America was the largest of the CIA's secret airlines. Air America was one of the world's most extraordinary ailines. It was run by the CIA, operated secret missions, publicly flew scheduled routes, and, at its peak, Air America had the largest commercial fleet in the world! The airline emerged from China after World War II, had close ties to the famous Flying Tigers, Claire Chennault, other airlines, and foreign governments. But was it really an airline, or just a military cargo division? Air America operated a wide variety of helicopters and other aircraft. They did maintenance for foreign military, other competing airlines, American military, and had the largest facilities in Asia - in fact, the American government denied that they even existed! But they did exist, and a magnificent job was done by them. Revealed here, for the first time, is some of the flight equipment that was used on some of these secret missions. They "invented" aerial resupply - even before the Berlin Airlift. Finally, they did most of the evacuation from falling Saigon in 1975. Unsung, unheralded, but always brave, courageous, and dedicated, they lived up to, and often died, with Air America's motto of "Anything, Anywhere, Anytime - Professionally."
Author: Gregory Pardlo
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 2018-04-10
Total Pages: 226
ISBN-13: 1524731773
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom the beloved Pulitzer Prize-winning poet: an extraordinary memoir and blistering meditation on fatherhood, race, addiction, and ambition. Gregory Pardlo's father was a brilliant and charismatic man--a leading labor organizer who presided over a happy suburban family of four. But when he loses his job following the famous air traffic controllers' strike of 1981, he succumbs to addiction and exhausts the family's money on more and more ostentatious whims. In the face of this troubling model and disillusioned presence in the household, young Gregory rebels. Struggling to distinguish himself on his own terms, he hustles off to Marine Corps boot camp. He moves across the world, returning to the United States only to take a job as a manager-cum-barfly at his family's jazz club. Air Traffic follows Gregory as he builds a life that honors his history without allowing it to define his future. Slowly, he embraces the challenges of being a poet, a son, and a father as he enters recovery for alcoholism and tends to his family. In this memoir, written in lyrical and sparkling prose, Gregory tries to free himself from the overwhelming expectations of race and class, and from the tempting yet ruinous legacy of American masculinity. Air Traffic is a richly realized, deeply felt ode to one man's remarkable father, to fatherhood, and to the frustrating yet redemptive ties of family. It is also a scrupulous, searing examination of how manhood can be fashioned in our cultural landscape.
Author: Eric Klinenberg
Publisher: Metropolitan Books
Published: 2007-01-09
Total Pages: 370
ISBN-13: 1429923601
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA groundbreaking investigative work by a critically acclaimed sociologist on the corporate takeover of local news and what it means for all Americans For the residents of Minot, North Dakota, Clear Channel Communications is synonymous with disaster. Early in the morning of January 18, 2002, a train derailment sent a cloud of poisonous gas drifting toward the small town. Minot's fire and rescue departments attempted to reach Clear Channel, which owned and operated all six local commercial radio stations, to warn residents of the approaching threat. But in the age of canned programming and virtual DJs, there was no one in the conglomerate's studio to take the call. The people of Minot were taken unawares. The result: one death and more than a thousand injuries. Opening with the story of the Minot tragedy, Eric Klinenberg's Fighting for Air takes us into the world of preprogrammed radio shows, empty television news stations, and copycat newspapers to show how corporate ownership and control of local media has remade American political and cultural life. Klinenberg argues that the demise of truly local media stems from the federal government's malign neglect, as the agencies charged with ensuring diversity and open competition have ceded control to the very conglomerates that consistently undermine these values and goals. Such "big media" may not be here to stay, however. Eric Klineberg's Fighting for Air delivers a call to action, revealing a rising generation of new media activists and citizen journalists—a coalition of liberals and conservatives—who are demanding and even creating the local coverage they need and deserve.
