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Author : Mary M. Connors
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)
Download or read book Living Aloft written by Mary M. Connors and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Chang-rae Lee
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101217278
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)
Download or read book Aloft written by Chang-rae Lee and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2005-03-01 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New York Times–bestselling novel by the critically acclaimed author of Native Speaker, A Gesture Life and My Year Abroad. At 59, Jerry Battle is coasting through life. His favorite pastime is flying his small plane high above Long Island. Aloft, he can escape from the troubles that plague his family, neighbors, and loved ones on the ground. But he can't stay in the air forever. Only months before his 60th birthday, a culmination of family crises finally pull Jerry down from his emotionally distant course. Jerry learns that his family's stability is in jeopardy. His father, Hank, is growing increasingly unhappy in his assisted living facility. His son, Jack, has taken over the family landscaping business but is running it into bankruptcy. His daughter, Theresa, has become pregnant and has been diagnosed with cancer. His longtime girlfriend, Rita, who helped raise his children, has now moved in with another man. And Jerry still has unanswered questions that he must face regarding the circumstances surrounding the death of his late wife. Since the day his wife died, Jerry has turned avoiding conflict into an art form-the perfect expression being his solitary flights from which he can look down on a world that appears serene and unscathed. From his comfortable distance, he can't see the messy details, let alone begin to confront them. But Jerry is learning that in avoiding conflict, he is also avoiding contact with the people he loves most.
Author : Thomas Gompf
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781735919348
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)
Download or read book A Life Aloft written by Thomas Gompf and published by . This book was released on 2021-11 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Back when he was first learning to fly an airplane, Tom Gompf found himself applying terms from his beloved sport of diving to the maneuvers he was mastering. The line began blurring between the two disciplines, and he realized being a pilot and being a diver had an awful lot in common. Both were forms of flying. Being airborne, aloft, free of the bonds of gravity-that, for Tom, has always been the stuff of life. As an Air Force officer serving in the Vietnam War and a commercial airline pilot for 30 years, Tom knows his way around an airplane. And, as a champion diver who earned the bronze medal in the 10-meter platform diving event at the 1964 Olympics, Tom has found numerous ways to soar physically. A devoted husband, father, friend, and mentor, Tom's ongoing work in support of Olympic divers through endless hours of volunteer service and as the "father of synchronized diving" has certainly left an enduring legacy that's increased opportunities for others to fly, too. In all things, Tom has sought to climb up to the next rung, offering a hand up to those around him as he's crept skyward in his lifelong pursuit of high flight. In "A Life Aloft," Tom reflects back on what he's learned from pushing himself and the sport of diving to ever greater heights.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 850 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Living Age written by and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 850 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John Holmes Agnew
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 550 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)
Download or read book Eclectic Magazine, and Monthly Edition of the Living Age written by John Holmes Agnew and published by . This book was released on 1863 with total page 550 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : George C. WARDEN
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 26 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)
Download or read book Self-reefing Topsails,&c., Without Sending Men Aloft. Saving of Life, Time, Labour, and Property. Invented and Patented by H. D. P. Cunningham, Esq written by George C. WARDEN and published by . This book was released on 1855 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Amy D. Finstein
Publisher : Temple University Press
ISBN 13 : 1439919186
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)
Download or read book Modern Mobility Aloft written by Amy D. Finstein and published by Temple University Press. This book was released on 2020-11-23 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the first half of the twentieth century, urban elevated highways were much more than utilitarian infrastructure, lifting traffic above the streets; they were statements of civic pride, asserting boldly modern visions for a city’s architecture, economy, and transportation network. Yet three of the most ambitious projects, launched in Chicago, New York, and Boston in the spirit of utopian models by architects such as Le Corbusier and Hugh Ferriss, ultimately fell short of their ideals. Modern Mobility Aloft is the first study to focus on pre-Interstate urban elevated highways within American architectural and urban history. Amy Finstein traces the idealistic roots of these superstructures, their contrasting realities once built, their impacts on successive development patterns, and the recent challenges they have posed to contemporary urban designers. Filled with more than 100 historic photographs and illustrations of beaux arts and art deco architecture, Modern Mobility Aloft provides a critical understanding of urban landscapes, transportation, and technological change as cities moved into the modern era.
Author : Mary M. Connors
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)
Download or read book Living Aloft written by Mary M. Connors and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Dominic F. Sherony
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476691886
Total Pages : 349 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)
Download or read book Feathered Marvels written by Dominic F. Sherony and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2024-02-06 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the discovery of the fossil Archaeopteryx to more than 10,000 different documented species today, birds have become the second most diversified class of vertebrates on Earth. Birds have evolved extensively since they first emerged in prehistoric times--but that diversity could dwindle and even vanish unless we take steps to conserve their habitats, ensuring that they sustain their numbers and their variety. This natural history of birds starts in the distant past--going back to the Jurassic, Cretaceous and Paleogene periods--in order to get a broader understanding of the birds that we see today. Chapters cover their lives, breeding, flight, migration and more, while also highlighting some especially unique bird fossils, such as the Pelagornis Sandersi, which had a wingspan of more than 20 feet. Also included are chapters on the loss of needed habitats, the current decline of native birds, and what can be done to reverse it.
Author : Philip Robert Harris
Publisher : Prentice Hall
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)
Download or read book Living and Working in Space written by Philip Robert Harris and published by Prentice Hall. This book was released on 1992 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the behavioural science aspects of living and working in space. Dr Harris examines the twin concepts of space ethos and synergy, underlining their vital importance in any extraterrestrial expansion. He analyzes the broader human dimensions of space exploration and development beyond the scientific and engineering considerations. He examines the emergence of a unique space culture in the orbital environment, taking into consideration the anthropological, sociological, psychological and living systems aspects, and also reviews the impact of organizational culture on space agencies and the aerospace industry, together with the influence of space technology and habitation upon the Earth's culture and peoples.
