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Download or read book Walking on Air written by Janann Sherman and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2011-08-01 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aviation pioneer Phoebe Fairgrave Omlie (1902-1975) was once one of the most famous women in America. In the 1930s, her words and photographs were splashed across the front pages of newspapers across the nation. The press labeled her “second only to Amelia Earhart among America’s women pilots,” and First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt named her among the “eleven women whose achievements make it safe to say that the world is progressing.” Omlie began her career in the early 1920s when aviation was unregulated and open to those daring enough to take it on, male or female. She earned the first commercial pilot’s license issued to a woman and became a successful air racer. During the New Deal, she became the first woman to hold an executive position in federal aeronautics. In Walking on Air, author Janann Sherman presents a thorough and entertaining biography of Omlie. In 1920, the Des Moines, Iowa, native bought herself a Curtiss JN-4D airplane and began learning how to fly and perform stunts with her future husband, pilot Vernon Omlie. She danced the Charleston on the top wing, hung by her teeth below the plane, and performed parachute jumps in the Phoebe Fairgrave Flying Circus. Using interviews, contemporary newspaper articles, archived radio transcripts, and other archival materials, Sherman creates a complex portrait of a daring aviator struggling for recognition in the early days of flight and a detailed examination of how American flying changed over the twentieth century.
Book Synopsis Walking On Air by : Catherine Anderson
Download or read book Walking On Air written by Catherine Anderson and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2014-02-04 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From “incomparable” (Fresh Fiction) New York Times bestselling author Catherine Anderson comes a heartfelt historical romance about lost souls, second chances, and love everlasting. Random, Colorado, is just another stop on the road for solitary gunslinger Gabriel Valance. Known for his drinking, gambling, and womanizing, he prefers to remain a stranger to anyone who crosses his path. But when an upstart gunslinger catches Gabe off guard and shoots him down, he regrets his empty, lonely life with his dying breath... Golden-haired beauty Nancy Hoffman settled in Random after fleeing an abusive past. Caring for her younger sister and working in a hat shop help her to forge ahead, Nacy remains fearful and mistrustful of men—and of marriage... Their paths will cross when Gabe gets a second chance at life and a divine mission: to sweep Nancy off her feet, gain her trust, and convince her to believe in his love. And in doing so, the once-hardened cowboy may just save himself.
Download or read book Walking on Air written by Kelly Easton and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-05-11 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: But today I dream of falling...into the crowd of God-struck people. The pale leaves of their faces tilt up and their white limbs rise to catch me as I am passed among the river of their hands, one to another, am kept by them, am kept. -- from Walking on Air It is the Depression in America, 1931. Twelve-year-old June is a tightrope walker. Performing in her preacher father's revival shows, June travels through cities, makeshift camps, carnivals, and freak shows. The family has no home, no money, no friends -- and faith that is getting thinner than the air upon which June walks. On her journey June examines her life and is torn between loyalty to her family and their religion, and the life she might have. She comes to understand that discovering what the world has in store for her will require facing old family secrets and making some gut-wrenching decisions. Walking on Air is a stirring novel of self-examination, as June balances on a literal and figurative tightrope within the rich and tormented landscape of America during the Depression. Facing the problems of her day, June must use her wit, fire, and strong spirit in order to triumph.
Book Synopsis Walking on Air by : Susan Smith Jones
Download or read book Walking on Air written by Susan Smith Jones and published by Mango Media. This book was released on 2011-07-01 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The holistic life coach presents a 1-month plan to jumpstart healthy habits for your mind body and spirit in this comprehensive wellness guide. If you’re looking to lose weight, get healthy, or simply break free from a "spin-cycle" lifestyle, this book is the catalyst you need to get started on the right track. Susan Smith Jones offers thirty days of lifestyle changes that will help you feel more vibrant, healthy, and spiritually whole. Building on the principles of her classic Choose to Live Peacefully, Smith Jones shares the simple lessons she has used to help thousands of clients make remarkable transformations in their health and happiness. Each chapter offers specific recommendations such as:Choosing colorful, rejuvenating, whole foodsSimplifying one's surroundingsHonoring intuitionOpening oneself up to abundanceMastering the art of self-disciplineAnd many more
Download or read book Walking on Air written by Pierre Delattre and published by Mariner Books. This book was released on 1980 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Walking on Air Without Stumbling by : H. John Lyke
Download or read book Walking on Air Without Stumbling written by H. John Lyke and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2007-11 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The unexamined life is not worth living" is as true today as when this statement was uttered by Socrates, centuries ago. This book is designed to help people examine their lives, their hopes, their fears, and by so doing, gain new psychological insights about themselves and other people. It deals with the major concerns of most people: sex, marriage, divorce, children, aging, stress, control, normal and abnormal relations, and responses. It encourages readers to gain a sense of perspective about the human condition: to balance responsibility with freedom, and perhaps to take themselves a bit less seriously. While some technical terms are used, they come in small, easy doses. The book offers helpful suggestions for setting realistic goals, becoming aware of fantasies, and turning those fantasies into reality. The writing style is clear, concise, and entertaining, and the characters used to illustrate points are vivid. Whether or not your own life is as happy as it can be, you'll find this book both helpful and entertaining. The human condition consists of coping with an imperfect world. We can all use a little help in getting used to - and experiencing the real joy of - WALKING ON AIR WITHOUT STUMBLING.
Book Synopsis Walking on Air by George the Greek by : George Livieratos
Download or read book Walking on Air by George the Greek written by George Livieratos and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2003-12-26 with total page 694 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a story about the life of George Livieratos, whose success personified the American Dream. It is a story of an adventurous life filled with endless involvements. As a young child in Greece he becomes an orphan during World War II when both of his parents were killed during a German bombing attack. Joining the merchant marines George traveled around the world and enjoyed the experiences of many cultures. At the age of 21 George immigrated to the United States. After 35 years of hard work and a lot of good times he reaches~ a financial plateau of rich and fame. He had become the Chairman of one of the fastest growing penny stock companies on Wall Street. In 1983 George became one of the first targets of the United States Organized Crime Task Force. This action brought him and his family into the lowest level of human despair, when ultimately led to the death of his son and the destruction of his financial empire. The story is very exciting, it tells how he made his deals and can help to mature students of business overnight. His deal making shows a simple way to do business using common sense and golden rules. George is a capitalist with a liberal heart. It takes courage and power to face the forces of evil, to defy them, provoke them, and ignore their ruthless power. The transcripts of his trials prove his courage and statements. This book tells how he stood up for his principles of loyalty, pride and self -respect. Sacrificing himself and taking a fall. Discover how the resolve of this Greek immigrant's mind and soul empowered him to defy incarceration and even death from his compelled oppressors. In 1986 when he was incarcerated and refused bail, pending his appeal, his morale remained as furious as ever. This story details how the U.S. Justice Department prosecuted and convicted Mr. Livieratos and his co-defendants. The story indicates that interpretation; politics and selective application of the law can lead to the conviction of the best intentioned, while protecting the potentially less desirable. His description of the Federal Prison System is in such detail and simplicity that it can be used by inmates as a Federal Prison manual. His characterization of governmental regulatory agencies depicts them as large bureaucratic quagmires, which complicates and destroys the interest of the victimized citizens. Although considered outrageous by some, he provides opinions on how he thinks organized crime and the mafia was a better alternative to the current drug infested street crime. His human instincts will open the public's eyes and hearts for a better society based on love and care for all humans. The author hopes this book will wake up Americans to strive for equal justice for all, regardless of your social status, color, or religion. The Authors main point is to expose his characterization of the hypocrisy of government officials who don't care about the people, but only the power they posses. His colorful sexual encounters and lustful desires add some levity to an otherwise tragic Greek epic.
Download or read book Walking on Air written by R.S. Jones and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-03-17 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William Addams is dying. Controlling, mercurial, and estranged from his family, he is consumed by the fear that he'll be abandoned by Henry and Susan, his closest friends, the only people on whom he can rely. What he wants is for their faithfulness to last until they take him home to his beloved house to die. But as William's condition worsens, it becomes apparent that his expectations of devotion and loyalty involve not simply a loving commitment but the virtual handing over of his friends' vitality and independence; indeed, William covets their very lives. Filled with penetrating insights and dazzling beauty, Walking on Air explores the shadowy, often disturbing parameters of devotion, demonstrating its inevitable limits as well as its astounding powers of transformation.
Book Synopsis Charlie Tanner Could Walk on Air by : Robert S. Telford
Download or read book Charlie Tanner Could Walk on Air written by Robert S. Telford and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2010-12-08 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charlie dreamed he could soar high in the air, rest on tree branches, and sit on top of chimneys. Better yet, he could kick his way up into the sky and look far down onto little people with horses and wagons, street cars and shops. He could flutter-kick out of the way of bullies who called him "Shrimp" and chased him through the streets of Brooklyn.
Book Synopsis The Boy Who Would Walk on Air by : KD Groethe
Download or read book The Boy Who Would Walk on Air written by KD Groethe and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2012-11-29 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tommo dreamed; Tommo wished, and Tommo believed he could Walk On Air. One day, Takli, Tommos best friend, made it happen! And for both! She had the power. Taklis Chinese grandfather had left her with the ability to perform wondrous things. Nica, Taklis other best friend, a Chinese whistling duck, taught himself to whistle speak by watching Harpo Marx, of The Marx Brothers. Harpo spoke to his TV brothers in this manner. Tommo and Takli eventually understood every word Nica whistled. When it happened! When the fog surrounded them, Tommo and Takli were walking above a forest of Maples while Nica flew. They felt lost until they saw the golden escalator. Stepping on, they rode it to The Land of Sweet Illusions. This land, made from candy and ice cream, was ruled by King Hagen Das and Queen Bunny Blue. There, the trio met characters from fairy tales and plays: UntilThe Sultan of Sour from The Land of Sour tried to overthrow King Hagen. Nica became everyones hero, wreaking the Sultans plans and driving him away while all others sat hypnotized. After saving King Hagens kingdom, Tommo, Takli and Nica left to find the golden escalator that would take them home. Success! But it stopped, OMG in the Land of Sour where everyone and everything was pickley green and mean. There they met two witches, happy Abra and miserable Kadabra. They were then taken by the Cheesed Off Police to the Sultan of Sour. They couldnt leave until they had made all greenies smile and giggle and laughan impossibility. Butwith h the help of Abra and Kadabra and a plan, Tommo, Takli and Nica made em laugh and were allowed to go home. Was it an illusion? Was it real? Only Tommo and Takli knew for sure.
Download or read book The Snowman written by Raymond Briggs and published by . This book was released on 1995-01-01 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ideal for the weeks leading up to Christmas.
Book Synopsis Paragliding Flight by : Dennis Pagen
Download or read book Paragliding Flight written by Dennis Pagen and published by Sport Aviation Publications. This book was released on 1990-01-01 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A Philosophy of Walking by : Frédéric Gros
Download or read book A Philosophy of Walking written by Frédéric Gros and published by Verso Books. This book was released on 2023-07-11 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This “passionate affirmation of the simple life” explores how walking has influenced history’s greatest thinkers—from Henry David Thoreau and John Muir to Gandhi and Nietzsche (Observer) “It is only ideas gained from walking that have any worth.” —Nietzsche In this French bestseller, leading thinker and philosopher Frédéric Gros charts the many different ways we get from A to B—the pilgrimage, the promenade, the protest march, the nature ramble—and reveals what they say about us. Gros draws attention to other thinkers who also saw walking as something central to their practice. On his travels he ponders Thoreau’s eager seclusion in Walden Woods; the reason Rimbaud walked in a fury, while Nerval rambled to cure his melancholy. He shows us how Rousseau walked in order to think, while Nietzsche wandered the mountainside to write. In contrast, Kant marched through his hometown every day, exactly at the same hour, to escape the compulsion of thought. Brilliant and erudite, A Philosophy of Walking is an entertaining and insightful manifesto for putting one foot in front of the other.
Download or read book Walking on Air written by Christina Jones and published by Headline Accent. This book was released on 2014-11-03 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: READERS LOVE CHRISTINA JONES' ENCHANTING TALES! 'A fantastic story, with twits and turns both in the air and on the ground. This book will keep you guessing until the very end!' ***** Reader review 'Another excellent book by Christina Jones... I can't get enough of them. Looking forward to reading my next one' ***** Reader review 'I totally and utterly loved this novel, what a fantastic well written wonderful story!' ***** Reader review 'Truly fantastic book there aren't enough stars for how brilliant Christina's books are' ***** Reader review 'Another brilliant book by Christina Jones. Well worth reading' ***** Reader review ___________________________________________________ Billie is sure that the future is going to be rosy... But just how wrong can one girl be? Billie Pascoe is determined to escape from her past mistakes, her present job, and her very uncertain future. Attempting to flee her problems, she opens a warehouse on the edge of a run-down air field - despite not knowing a thing about how to run a business. Her status as the world's biggest areophobe doesn't help either, but the biggest problem of all takes the form of Jonah Sullivan, the gorgeous pilot and plane-owner who walks into her life at the worst possible moment. Billie soon discovers exactly what Jonah has mind for her warehouse - and while she's not exactly sold by the idea of becoming a wing-walker, she soon learns how far her courage extends for love... ___________________________________________________ Love Christina Jones' entertaining sagas? Then check out the fabulously joyful Summer at Sandcastle Cottage and Christmas at Sandcastle Cottage. You won't be disappointed!
Download or read book Walking On Glass written by Iain Banks and published by Abacus. This book was released on 2008-09-04 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Establishes beyond doubt that Iain Banks is a novelist of remarkable talents' Daily Telegraph Graham Park is in love. But Sara Fitch is an enigma to him, a creature of almost perverse mystery. Steven Grout is paranoid - and with justice. He knows that They are out to get him. They are. Quiss, insecure in his fabulous if ramshackle castle, is forced to play interminable impossible games. The solution to the oldest of all paradoxical riddles will release him. But he must find an answer before he knows the question. Park, Grout, Quiss - no trio could be further apart. But their separate courses are set for collision. Praise for Iain Banks: 'The most imaginative novelist of his generation' The Times 'His verve and talent will always be recognised, and his work will always find and enthral new readers' Ken MacLeod, Guardian 'His work was mordant, surreal, and fiercely intelligent' Neil Gaiman 'An exceptional wordsmith' Scotsman
Book Synopsis The Girl Who Walked On Air by : Emma Carroll
Download or read book The Girl Who Walked On Air written by Emma Carroll and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2014-08-05 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the queen of historical fiction, The Girl Who Walked On Air by Emma Carroll is an enchanting historical adventure for ages 9-11.Louie, who was abandoned at Chipchase's Travelling Circus as a baby, dreams of becoming a 'Showstopper', but Mr Chipchase keeps her hidden, tucked away in the ticket booth. No Death-Defying Stunts for her. But Louie has been secretly practising her act - tightrope-walking - and dreams of being the Girl Who Walked on Air . . . she just needs to be given the chance to shine.And the circus needs her too - Wellbeloved's rival show is stealing their crowds. They need a Showstopper. Desperate, Mr Chipchase reluctantly lets Louie perform. She is a sensation, and gets an offer from the sinister Mr Wellbeloved himself to perform . . . over Niagara Falls. But nothing is quite as it seems and soon Louie's bravery is tested not just on the highwire but in confronting her past and the shady characters in the world of the circus . . .Fans of Frost Hollow Hall will love this epic adventure about following your dreams and becoming a showstopper!'An adventure of old-fashioned charm.' The Sunday Times'Engaging and entertaining.' Independent on Sunday'This book will keep you hooked as you let your imagination take flight.' We Love This Book'This one ticks all the boxes - Emma Carroll is an author to watch.' Books for Keeps'Historical fiction fans will love Emma Carroll's The Girl Who Walked on Air.' Sunday Express'Perfect for captivating the imagination of a developing reader.' Mumsnet
Download or read book Walking on Air written by Trevor Jones and published by Vintage. This book was released on 1997 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
