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Empires Of The Sky
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Author : Alexander Rose
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2020-04-28
Empires Of The Sky written by Alexander Rose and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-04-28 with History categories.
The Golden Age of Aviation is brought to life in this story of the giant Zeppelin airships that once roamed the sky—a story that ended with the fiery destruction of the Hindenburg. “Genius . . . a definitive tale of an incredible time when mere mortals learned to fly.”—Keith O’Brien, The New York Times At the dawn of the twentieth century, when human flight was still considered an impossibility, Germany’s Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin vied with the Wright Brothers to build the world’s first successful flying machine. As the Wrights labored to invent the airplane, Zeppelin fathered the remarkable airship, sparking a bitter rivalry between the two types of aircraft and their innovators that would last for decades, in the quest to control one of humanity’s most inspiring achievements. And it was the airship—not the airplane—that led the way. In the glittery 1920s, the count’s brilliant protégé, Hugo Eckener, achieved undreamed-of feats of daring and skill, including the extraordinary Round-the-World voyage of the Graf Zeppelin. At a time when America’s airplanes—rickety deathtraps held together by glue, screws, and luck—could barely make it from New York to Washington, D.C., Eckener’s airships serenely traversed oceans without a single crash, fatality, or injury. What Charles Lindbergh almost died doing—crossing the Atlantic in 1927—Eckener had effortlessly accomplished three years before the Spirit of St. Louis even took off. Even as the Nazis sought to exploit Zeppelins for their own nefarious purposes, Eckener built his masterwork, the behemoth Hindenburg—a marvel of design and engineering. Determined to forge an airline empire under the new flagship, Eckener met his match in Juan Trippe, the ruthlessly ambitious king of Pan American Airways, who believed his fleet of next-generation planes would vanquish Eckener’s coming airship armada. It was a fight only one man—and one technology—could win. Countering each other’s moves on the global chessboard, each seeking to wrest the advantage from his rival, the struggle for mastery of the air was a clash not only of technologies but of business, diplomacy, politics, personalities, and the two men’s vastly different dreams of the future. Empires of the Sky is the sweeping, untold tale of the duel that transfixed the world and helped create our modern age.
Empire Of Sky
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Author : Gabrielle S Awe
language : en
Publisher: Independently Published
Release Date : 2020-06-06
Empire Of Sky written by Gabrielle S Awe and has been published by Independently Published this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-06-06 with categories.
Six of Crows meets an Ember in the Ashes in this stunning and ambitious YA Fantasy debut with a Sci-Fi twist The time of the Gods is endingRaised by assassins, Alinya has only ever known the dark streets of the City Below - the city of merchants and commoners and the young girls that farm magic in the fields of Sky. Focused on the Trials that will make her a full-fledged assassin, Alinya never looks up to the City Above; the floating city that rules the Empire of Sky. But on the day of her last trial she runs into the Prince of the Air. Destined to rule, he is known for his debauchery and cavalier attitude towards death; a combination that lands him in the dangerous underworld of Alinya's city. When she saves him she never expects to see him again but the Gods have something else in mind for both of them. For he is the subject of her last trial; she must kill the Prince of the Air, and she cannot fail. The price of failure is death.But princes aren't so easy to kill. Alinya starts to suspect that the whole thing is rigged, and she is not wrong; there is a greater game at play. When the prince slips through her fingers she is thrown into an adventure that will reveal the darkest secrets of their world; secrets known only by the Gods and the ruling families. The secret of how this world was built. The secret of how to topple an empire. The secret of how to remake the world. Alinya finds herself in a race to gather all the clues that have been scattered across this world before the Empire has her killed. With the help of friends she makes along the way, she must play this game to the finish - either she and her friends will die, or she will make the world anew.The wildcard can change the whole game.
Sky As Frontier
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Author : David T. Courtwright
language : en
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Release Date : 2005
Sky As Frontier written by David T. Courtwright and has been published by Texas A&M University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Aeronautics categories.
A look at how aviation's frontier lasted only a scant 3 decades, then vanished as commercial and military imperatives made flying routine.
Pebble In The Sky
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Author : Isaac Asimov
language : en
Publisher: Macmillan
Release Date : 2010-04-27
Pebble In The Sky written by Isaac Asimov and has been published by Macmillan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-04-27 with Fiction categories.
One moment Joseph Schwartz is a happily retired tailor in Chicago, 1949. The next he's a helpless stranger on Earth during the heyday of the first Galactic Empire. Earth, as he soon learns, is a backwater, just a pebble in the sky, despised by all the other 200 million planets of the Empire because its people dare to claim it's the original home of man. And Earth is poor, with great areas of radioactivity ruining much of its soil--so poor that everyone is sentenced to death at the age of sixty. Joseph Schwartz is sixty-two. This is young Isaac Asimov's first novel, full of wonders and ideas, the book that launched the novels of the Galactic Empire, culminating in the Foundation series. This is Golden Age SF at its finest. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Skykeeper
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Author : S. M. Gaither
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018-02-28
Skykeeper written by S. M. Gaither and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-02-28 with categories.
The sky is fallingdown.And all her life, Aven has been trained to prevent it from collapsing completely. As a keeper of her underwater empire, her blood is laced with the magic that allows her to seal the 'sky', to reinforce the barrier that holds the great Sea-Above in place.But that sea has never liked being restrained.Strange things are happening in the western corners of the empire. There are rumors of increasingly broken skies. Rising flood waters. Of a tidal wave of destruction that is spreading, racing toward Aven's own peaceful, glittering kingdom. When a routine sky sealing goes tragically wrong, Aven finds herself thrust into a journey toward those hostile western lands, desperate for answers, for a way to stop that wave from surging deeper into the empire and lifting tensions between kingdoms already on the brink of war.And what she discovers will challenge everything she thought she believed, forcing her to rise and meet an impossible destiny--or else watch the sky crash down and drown her along with the rest of her world.
Sky Boys How They Built The Empire State Building
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Author : Deborah Hopkinson
language : en
Publisher: Schwartz & Wade
Release Date : 2012-11-28
Sky Boys How They Built The Empire State Building written by Deborah Hopkinson and has been published by Schwartz & Wade this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-11-28 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
This Boston Globe–Horn Book Honor Book and ALA-ALSC Notable Children's Book provides a riveting brick-by-brick account of how one of the most amazing accomplishments in American architecture came to be. It’s 1930 and times are tough for Pop and his son. But look! On the corner of 34th Street and 5th Avenue, a building straight and simple as a pencil is being built in record time. Hundreds of men are leveling, shoveling, hauling. They’re hoisting 60,000 tons of steal, stacking 10 million bricks, eating lunch in the clouds. And when they cut ribbon and the crowds rush in, the boy and his father will be among the first to zoom up to the top of the tallest building in the world and see all of Manhattan spread at their feet.
Empire Of The Sky
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Author : Anthony Sampson
language : en
Publisher: A&C Black
Release Date : 2012-12-17
Empire Of The Sky written by Anthony Sampson and has been published by A&C Black this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-12-17 with History categories.
First published in 1984, explosively topical and penetrating in insight, this bestseller from the world's expert on international, high-flying big business is essential and fascinating reading for anyone who has ever looked down on the world from a plane and wondered how airlines have changed it.
Sky Falls
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Author : Hannah Steenbock
language : en
Publisher: Buehsteppe Verlag
Release Date : 2024-02-01
Sky Falls written by Hannah Steenbock and has been published by Buehsteppe Verlag this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-02-01 with Fiction categories.
A daring escape. An unlikely ally. A wicked betrayal. When the day of his sacrifice draws near, Sky Falcon has nothing left to lose. Daring the wrath of the Priests, he escapes through a clever application of his magic, taking the love of his life with him. Together, they hatch a desperate and daring plan: After escaping the Holy Empire through different routes, they vow to reunite near Jungle Fortress in the south. On his own, Sky makes an unfortunate mistake which leads him down the road to doom. Can he escape once more or will he find himself bound on top of a Pyramid, after all? “Sky Falls” takes you on yet another intense and fast-paced ride through the world of the Winds and Pillars, with familiar characters lending a hand. If you adore being sucked into a tale of magic, adventure, love and battle, you will devour the second book of the Pillars of the Empire by Hannah Steenbock. Best reading order: Start with the Winds of Destiny: South Breaks West Flows East Roars North Shatters Continue with the Pillars of the Empire Earth Splits Sky Falls
The Drowning Empire The Complete Series
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Author : S.M. Gaither
language : en
Publisher: S.M. Gaither
Release Date : 2020-02-05
The Drowning Empire The Complete Series written by S.M. Gaither and has been published by S.M. Gaither this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-02-05 with Fiction categories.
This is the story of a girl who held up the sky. It begins with a break, a flood of rain and tears. And it ends with a crown that might cost her everything she loves. This boxed set contains all three books in The Drowning Empire trilogy--over 1200 pages of magic, action, and romance! One click today and prepare to get lost in this epic fantasy retelling of the Atlantis myth! Book One, Sky Keeper Welcome to the World Below, where the keepers command the sky, but the commander of the keepers controls the empire... For centuries, the four kingdoms of the Caspian empire have remained safe and hidden below the ocean, protected from the Surface World—and from that ocean that separates them—by a great barrier maintained by magic. Aven Talavir has spent her entire life learning to be a keeper of that barrier, channeling her powers into maintaining and healing it. But now an impossibly sinister force seeks to shatter it. To stop the looming flood of destruction, Aven picks up her knives and sets off on a quest to find an ancient power that may be able to permanently heal the makeshift sky. Reaching it will mean fighting her way through dangerous politics and deadly magic, all while finding love and friendship in unexpected places— Only to realize that the greatest treachery may not lie in the breaking sky, but in the very hearts of the people around her. Book Two, Curse Breaker In the underwater empire of Caspia, a storm is brewing. Aven Talavir's efforts to unite the four kingdoms resulted in a temporary peace, but that peace is shattered all over again when she is named the controversial heir to a dying emperor's throne. The crown on her head makes her a target. One that Kai 'West' Armana would do anything to remove. One that results in an attack, and a curse on the newly crowned empress that will require an unimaginable sacrifice to undo. And that sacrifice is only the beginning. Because the world is not healed. The sky is not safe. And things that should be dead and drowned do not always stay that way. Book Three, Storm Bringer The Sky is Changed. Once upon a time, Aven Talavir lived in a sparkling empire beneath the waves, protected from the Sea-Above by a sky made of magic. Then it all fell apart. The four kingdoms of the Caspian Empire are united no longer. Aven is an empress in name only, her kingdom overtaken by her rivals, her city flooded, and her hope fading as she sets out on a desperate journey to find allies, and to take back the power she needs to mount one final effort to save her world. That power exists. She knows that now. But the cost of wielding it may be more than she can pay. The epic story that began in Sky Keeper concludes in this thrilling final book. Waters and armies will rise, kings and queens will fall, and the Empress of Sky will see her true reign begin…Or else watch everything she loves be swept away by a storming sea.
Empires In The Sky
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Author : Stuart Hill
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017-09-28
Empires In The Sky written by Stuart Hill and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-09-28 with categories.
In the late twenty-first century, a terrorist attack destroyed Cosmopolis space station. Fast forward a couple of centuries and through a combination of luck, science and circumstance, Breaker Jackson, who was on board, is still around. Now something of a renegade, pirate, and living legend he and his crew take a little time off in the middle of their latest heist to help the military defend an attack from alien bugs. The crew of the USS Jakarta are despatched to locate and bring in Jackson to help fight off more of the bugs in what looks like turning into the biggest offensive of all time. It'll be a long trip to get to where he's holding up, leaving plenty of time for the crew of the Jakarta to get to know each other a bit too well, flout a few regulations, fraternise every chance they can, get in and out of a few scrapes, and learn a few lessons about trust and bravery.