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When the wind blows volume 2
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The six children have escaped horrifying government experiments, a childhood in captivity and frightening brush with death. Living out in the world for the first time, they yearn to be reunited with Kit and Frannie, the couple who saved their lives. And Max, the leader of the flock, is seized by and overpowering fear that the kids are about to face a danger greater than any they've ever known. All that the children want is to return to the one place...
2) Mile High
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Windy city volume 1
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"Zanders: Chicago hockey isn't complete without me--everyone's favorite player to hate. I know my role, and I play it well. In fact, I thoroughly enjoy spending the majority of my game time in the penalty box before leaving the arena with a new girl on my arm each night. What I don't like is the new flight attendant on our team's private plane. She works for me, not the other way around. But I'll be sure to remind her of that, and I can guarantee,...
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"From the New York Times bestselling author of The Guest Room, a powerful story about the ways an entire life can change in one night: A flight attendant wakes up in the wrong hotel, in the wrong bed, with a dead man - and no idea what happened. Cassandra Bowden is no stranger to hungover mornings. She's a binge drinker, her job with the airline making it easy to find adventure, and the occasional blackouts seem to be inevitable. She lives with them,...
4) A web of air
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Hungry city chronicles. Prequels volume 2
Hugner City Chronicles Prequel volume 2
Fever Crumb volume 2
Hugner City Chronicles Prequel volume 2
Fever Crumb volume 2
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In Mayda, a post-apocalyptic city off the coast of Portugal, a brilliant young engineer and a mysterious recluse race to build a flying machine, unaware that powerful enemies will kill to possess--or destroy--their new technology.
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"A young Russian sits inside a tiny capsule on top of the Soviet Union's most powerful intercontinental ballistic missile--originally designed to carry a nuclear warhead--and blasts into the skies. His name is Yuri Gagarin. And he is about to make history. Traveling at almost 18,000 miles per hour--ten times faster than a rifle bullet--Gagarin circles the globe in just 106 minutes. From his windows he sees the earth as nobody has before, crossing...
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Flight school volume 1
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Little Penguin, who has the "soul of an eagle," enrolls in flight school.
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Jake Grafton novels volume 6
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In this thriller from a New York Times–bestselling author, Vietnam is over for a Navy pilot—but danger remains in the form of Soviet MiGs and Sumatran pirates.
Fighter pilot Jake Grafton is adrift following combat in Vietnam. With no place in the States to call home, Grafton sticks to what he knows best: taking on the world’s most treacherous skies from the cockpit of a Grumman A-6 Intruder.
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10) Space explorers
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"Introduces young readers to the . . . world of space exploration and the famous firsts, near misses, and disasters that have taken place"--Provided by publisher.
11) Cat & canary
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A city cat who lives out his fantasy of being able to fly finds that staying on the ground isn't so bad after all.
14) Space flights
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Presents the wonders of space flight from the past, present, and far into the future.
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"In 1978, in the tailwind of the Golden Age of air travel, flight attendants were the epitome of glamor and sophistication. Fresh out of college and hungry to experience the world, Ann Hood joined their ranks. She carved chateaubriand in the first-class cabin, found romance on layovers in London and Lisbon, and walked more than a million miles in high heels, smiling as she served thousands of passengers. She flew through the start of deregulation,...
17) Up and down
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Even though the penguin and the boy are close friends and do many things together, the penguin decides that he wants to fly and he wants to do it on his own.
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Shares the story of the remarkable NASA scientists and engineers who created America's space program and fulfilled President Kennedy's mandate to put a man on the Moon before 1970.
President John F. Kennedy astonished the world on May 25, 1961, when he announced to Congress that the United States should land a man on the Moon by 1970. No group was more surprised than the scientists and engineers at NASA, who suddenly had less than a decade to invent...
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What does it feel like to live more than 200 miles above Earth in the International Space Station (ISS)? What happens during an average day? And is it true that ISS astronauts drink water that's made from their own urine? In this new Science Slam! title, kids will discover the answers to all these questions and many more fascinating facts about living in space. Each book is expertly crafted to meet early elementary and science curriculum standards,...
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Rhyming text introduces spacecrafts and iconic space missions, including Sputnik, Apollo 11, and the International Space Station.
"3 . . . 2 . . . 1 . . . Blast off! Embark on a journey into space aboard rockets, space capsules, satellites, rovers, and more. Simple rhyming text and engaging illustrations introduce children to the space crafts and missions that changed the way we understand the universe. Kids will also meet some of the inspiring astronauts...