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Roughing It
Roughing It

by Mark Twain

My brother had just been appointed Secretary of Nevada Territory-an office of such majesty that is concentrated in itsel...

1872 408 ed.
Terre des hommes
Terre des hommes

by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

In 1926 I was enrolled as student airline pilot by the Latecoere Company, the predecessors of Aeropostale (now Air Franc...

1936 124 ed.
Vol de nuit
Vol de nuit

by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

a scene that would never change. This tiny village, he could gladly have made friends with it; the choice once made, a m...

1931 128 ed.
Reach for the Sky
Reach for the Sky

by Larry Forrester, Paul Brickhill

WHEN DOUGLAS BADER was nineteen, his flying instructor said, "That young man will either be famous or be killed."

1954 36 ed.
Pilote de guerre
Pilote de guerre

by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Surely I must be dreaming.

1942 64 ed.
Fate Is the Hunter
Fate Is the Hunter

by Ernest K. Gann

IN THE beginning many of us were scientific barbarians.

1961 23 ed.
American Film
American Film

by American Film Institute

1975 83 ed.
West with the night
West with the night

by Beryl Markham

How is it possible to bring order out of memory?

1942 29 ed.
Flyboys
Flyboys

by James Bradley

THE e-mail was from Iris Chang, author of the groundbreaking bestseller The Rape of Nanking.

2003 18 ed.
Air Combat
Air Combat

by Robert F. Dorr

At 8:00 A.M. that morning, second lieutenants George Welch and Kenneth Taylor-both new fighter pilots-were awakened at W...

2006 3 ed.
High Flight—Stories of an Air Force Fighter Pilot
High Flight—Stories of an Air Force Fighter Pilot

by Col. Lester Marlon Romine, Ms Michele Romine Treacy

2016 1 ed.