2020, ISBN: 9780671534646

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Presidio Pr. Good. 1.6 x 6.6 x 9.6 inches. Hardcover. 2008. 399 pages. Dj worn<br>Tired of the red tape that keeps the milita ry in check, Marine fighter pilot Brad Austin decides t… Mehr…

Presidio Pr. Good. 1.6 x 6.6 x 9.6 inches. Hardcover. 2008. 399 pages. Dj worn<br>Tired of the red tape that keeps the milita ry in check, Marine fighter pilot Brad Austin decides to break th e rules and embark on a head-to-head confrontation with the Vietn amese flying ace ruling the skies. Reprint. PW. Editorial Revie ws From Kirkus Reviews A Marine pilot chafes under Lyndon Johnso n's politically calculated limitations of the Vietnam air war. Th e author of DEFCON ONE (1989) flies again. Marine fighter pilot B rad Austin, temporarily attached to a carrier-based Navy F-4 Phan tom group, has shown himself to be one of the best young fliers i n the country. An Annapolis graduate, the son and grandson of Nav y admirals, Austin joined the Marines to set himself apart from a ny hint of family influence in his career. Influence has no place in the day-to-day air battles over Hanoi and Haiphong, where Aus tin's first-class flying skill is all that matters. The young Mar ine's growing resentment of the White House's micromanagement of the war without military advice is set aside temporarily for a br ief encounter in Hawaii with the beautiful daughter of an antiwar physician. Then it's back to the war, where Austin at last goes outside the rules in order to shoot down the Vietnamese ace who h as terrorized the skies for years. All the highly placed relative s in the world may not be enough to save Austin's career. Hampere d by instructional-film-style dialogue, Boy Scout romance, and st ock characters, this collection of midair adventures will be of i nterest primarily to retired fliers. -- Copyright ®1991, Kirkus A ssociates, LP. All rights reserved. Review Joe Weber -- jet pilo t and Vietnam veteran, known for his ...best-sellers Defcon One ( 1989) and Shadow Flight (1990) -- does an admirable job of evokin g in such readers a visceral understanding of the restrictions th at precluded victory in Vietnam. ...Naval aviators will pore thro ugh Weber's books riveted by the action and reminiscing on their own service. They will find the description of the various weapon s and procedures fascinating. ...Weber's political points will hi t close to home, and they will strengthen the resolve of many, su ch as myself, who are determined never to allow the mistakes of V ietnam to be repeated. --Senator John McCain in Proceedings, Sept ember, 1992 ., Presidio Pr, 2008, 2.5, Coronet. Good. 130mm / 198mm. Paperback. 1995. 378 pages. Cover worn. Text tanned<br>April 13, 1970. Astronauts Jim Lovell, Fred Haise and Jack Swigert are hurtling towards the moon in the Apollo 13 spacecraft, when an explosion rocks the shi p. The cockpit grows dim, the air grows thin, and the instrument lights wink out. Moments later, the astronauts are forced to aban don the main ship for the tiny lunar module, designed to keep two men alive for just two days. But there are three men aboard and they are four days from home. As the action shifts from the disab led ship to the frantic engineers at Mission Control to Lovell's anxious family, APOLLO 13 brilliantly recreates the harrowing, he roic mission in all its drama and glory. This gripping story of h uman endurance is the basis for Ron Howard's classic film starrin g Tom Hanks and Kevin Bacon. ., Coronet, 1995, 2.5, New York,, Ny, U.S.A.: Crown Publishers, 1993. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition/First Printing. The Jacket Has Minor Shelf Wear., Crown Publishers, 1993, 4.5, New York, NY: Signet Book / New American Library, 1986 "From Dilithium Crystals to Vulcan Sex Rites - a Cosmic Flight into the World of Trek" clean and tight and square, no creases or tears, pages and inside cover have yellowed, page edges are yellow-tipped, Signet Book / New American Library, 1986, 4, From the New York Times bestselling author of the Tradd Street novels comes a story of one woman's journey into a secret pastand a life she never expected on the ravaged coast of Biloxi, Mississippi....Working at an auction house in New York, Julie Holt meets a struggling artist and single mother who reminds her very much of her missing younger sister. Monica Guidry paints a vivid picture of her Southern family through stories, but never says why or how she lost contact with them. And she has another secret: a heart condition that will soon take her life.Feeling as if she's lost her sister a second time, Julie inherits from Monica an antique portraitas well as custody of her young son. Taking him to Biloxi, Mississippi, to meet the family he's never known, Julie discovers a connection of her own. The portrait, of an old Guidry relative, was done by her great-grandfatherand unlocks a surprising family history....Karen White is the New York Times bestselling author of more than twenty novels, including the Tradd Street series, Dreams of Falling, The Night the Lights Went Out, Flight Patterns, The Sound of Glass, A Long Time Gone, and The Time Between. She is the coauthor of The Forgotton Room and The Glass Ocean with New York Times bestselling authors Beatriz Williams and Lauren Willig. She grew up in London but now lives with her husband and two children near Atlanta, Georgia., Berkley; Reissue edition (July 28, 2020), 6, Alexandria, Virginia: Time - Life Books, 1988. 5th Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Illustrated. Padded hardcover with embossed decor on & paste-on picture on front cover with silver lettering. Light wear. ***Because of the size of this book, if you are requesting expedited shipping or shipping outside of the USA, we will require additional shipping charges.***, Time - Life Books, 1988, 3, Knopf Books for Young Readers. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2002. Hardcover. 037581518X . Ex-Library; 0.4 x 7.94 x 8.85 Inches; 32 pages; Newbery Honor winner Mavis Jukes&#8217;s highly praised picture book is reissued <br>with a new jacket and in a more appealing trim size. <br><br>&#8220;With the brilliant colors of a wild sunset sky, this picture book expresses the exhilaration of flying a plane and connects that power with a sense of fragility and grief. A small girl, like Amelia Earhart, takes off in a biplane, like a moth at dusk, and skywrites &#8216;I love you&#8217; and &#8216;goodbye&#8217; in the clouds as a message for her terminally ill young uncle in his hospital room. But then it turns out her flight is imaginary; she&#8217;s really a passenger, with her mother, on a big, crowded jet on her way to visit the hospital. . . . Without sentimentality or falseness, the spare, echoing words make death a part of the &#8216;rise and fall&#8217; of life.&#8221;&#8212;<i>Booklist</i>, Starred ., Knopf Books for Young Readers, 2002, 3, Alexandria, Virginia: Time - Life Books, 1982. 2nd Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Illustrated. Padded hardcover with embossed decor on & paste-on picture on front cover with silver lettering. Light wear. Very light soiling. ***Because of the size of this book, if you are requesting expedited shipping or shipping outside of the USA, we will require additional shipping charges.***, Time - Life Books, 1982, 3, Alexandria, Virginia: Time - Life Books, 1986. 3rd Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Illustrated. Padded hardcover with embossed decor on & paste-on picture on front cover with silver lettering. Light wear. ***Because of the size of this book, if you are requesting expedited shipping or shipping outside of the USA, we will require additional shipping charges.***, Time - Life Books, 1986, 3, Tustin, California: Pacific Writers Press, 1999. Inscribed and signed by author on half-title. Fine in soft covers. 73 pages. Poems with a clear voice: "Lookin' for my dark side, sweetheart? / It's slumped in the office, / three flights up and don't trust the banisters . . . " from his poem titled "Film Noir." Cover and section headings from a painting by Chet La More from the 1941 New York City Project, capture the bittersweet nature of the poems.. Inscribed by author. 1st Edition. Soft Cover., Pacific Writers Press, 1999, 0, Alexandria, Virginia: Time - Life Books, 1986. 3rd Printing, Revised . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Illustrated. Padded Hardcover With Embossed Decor On & Paste-On Picture On Front Cover With Silver Lettering. Very Light Edgewear. Light Wear. ***Because Of The Size Of This Book, If You Are Requesting Expedited Shipping Or Shipping Outside Of The Usa, We Will Require Additional Shipping Charges.***, Time - Life Books, 1986, 3, Alexandria, Virginia: Time - Life Books, 1985. 2nd Printing, Revised . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Illustrated. Padded Hardcover With Embossed Decor On & Paste-On Picture On Front Cover With Silver Lettering. Book Has Edgewear With A Scrape To The Edge Of Back Cover. Light Wear. ***Because Of The Size Of This Book, If You Are Requesting Expedited Shipping Or Shipping Outside Of The Usa, We Will Require Additional Shipping Charges.***, Time - Life Books, 1985, 2.5, U.S.A.: Pocket Book, 1995. Good paperback , movie cover. Mass Market Paper Back. Good., Pocket Book, 1995, 2.5<

1995, ISBN: 0671534645

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[EAN: 9780671534646], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: Pocket Books, New York], SPACE, ASTRONAUTS, MOON, APOLLO 13, JIM LOVELL, NASA, FRED HAISE, MISSION CONTROL, DEKE SLAYTON, SWIGERT, KEN… Mehr…

[EAN: 9780671534646], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: Pocket Books, New York], SPACE, ASTRONAUTS, MOON, APOLLO 13, JIM LOVELL, NASA, FRED HAISE, MISSION CONTROL, DEKE SLAYTON, SWIGERT, KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, LUNAR, pocket paperbk, 418 pages, wraps, illus., appendices, index, some wear to cover and spine edges Jim Lovell was the commander of the ill-fated Apollo 13 flight. James Arthur "Jim" Lovell, Jr. (born March 25, 1928) is a former NASA astronaut and a retired captain in the United States Navy, most famous as the commander of the Apollo 13 mission, which suffered a critical failure en route to the Moon but was brought back safely to Earth by the efforts of the crew and mission control. Lovell was also the command module pilot of Apollo 8, the first Apollo mission to enter lunar orbit. He is a recipient of the Congressional Space Medal of Honor and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. He is one of only 24 pepople to have flown to the Moon, the first of only three people to fly to the Moon twice, and the only one to have flown there twice without making a landing. Lovell was also the first person to fly in space four times. Apollo 13 was the seventh manned mission in the American Apollo space program and the third intended to land on the Moon. The craft was launched on April 11, 1970, at 13:13 CST from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, but the lunar landing was aborted after an oxygen tank exploded two days later, crippling the Service Module (SM) upon which the Command Module (CM) depended. Despite great hardship caused by limited power, loss of cabin heat, shortage of potable water, and the critical need to make makeshift repairs to the carbon dioxide removal system, the crew returned safely toEarth on April 17. The flight passed the far side of the Moon at an altitude of 254 kilometers (137 nautical miles) above the lunar surface, and 400,171 km (248,655 mi) from Earth, a spoaceflight record marking the farthest humans have ever traveled from Earth. The mission was commanded by James A. Lovell with John L. "Jack" Swigert as Command Module Pilot and Fred W. Haise as Lunar Module Pilot., Books<

1995, ISBN: 9780671534646

New York: Pocket Books, 1995. 1st Pocket Bks Printing. Mass market paperback. good. pocket paperbk, 418 pages, wraps, illus., appendices, index, some wear to cover and spine edges Jim L… Mehr…

New York: Pocket Books, 1995. 1st Pocket Bks Printing. Mass market paperback. good. pocket paperbk, 418 pages, wraps, illus., appendices, index, some wear to cover and spine edges Jim Lovell was the commander of the ill-fated Apollo 13 flight. James Arthur "Jim" Lovell, Jr. (born March 25, 1928) is a former NASA astronaut and a retired captain in the United States Navy, most famous as the commander of the Apollo 13 mission, which suffered a critical failure en route to the Moon but was brought back safely to Earth by the efforts of the crew and mission control. Lovell was also the command module pilot of Apollo 8, the first Apollo mission to enter lunar orbit. He is a recipient of the Congressional Space Medal of Honor and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. He is one of only 24 pepople to have flown to the Moon, the first of only three people to fly to the Moon twice, and the only one to have flown there twice without making a landing. Lovell was also the first person to fly in space four times. Apollo 13 was the seventh manned mission in the American Apollo space program and the third intended to land on the Moon. The craft was launched on April 11, 1970, at 13:13 CST from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, but the lunar landing was aborted after an oxygen tank exploded two days later, crippling the Service Module (SM) upon which the Command Module (CM) depended. Despite great hardship caused by limited power, loss of cabin heat, shortage of potable water, and the critical need to make makeshift repairs to the carbon dioxide removal system, the crew returned safely toEarth on April 17. The flight passed the far side of the Moon at an altitude of 254 kilometers (137 nautical miles) above the lunar surface, and 400,171 km (248,655 mi) from Earth, a spoaceflight record marking the farthest humans have ever traveled from Earth. The mission was commanded by James A. Lovell with John L. "Jack" Swigert as Command Module Pilot and Fred W. Haise as Lunar Module Pilot., Pocket Books, 1995, 2.5<

1995, ISBN: 9780671534646

New York: Pocket, 1995. Mass Market Paperback. Good. 68x16x104. No Stock Photos! We photograph every item. 418 pages; spine crease, edge wear; In April of 1970, during NASA's fi… Mehr…

New York: Pocket, 1995. Mass Market Paperback. Good. 68x16x104. No Stock Photos! We photograph every item. 418 pages; spine crease, edge wear; In April of 1970, during NASA's fifth mission to the moon, Jim Lovell and his fellow Apollo 13 astronauts found their craft crippled by a mysterious explosion. The authors detail the harrowing and heroic four day rescue. Now a major motion picture from Universal Pictures coming 1995, directed by Ron Howard and starring Tom Hanks and Kevin Bacon., Pocket, 1995, 2.5<

ISBN: 9780671534646

The true story of Apollo 13 movie tie-in version in very good paperback copy., Pocket Books, 3