Author: Michele Sobel Spirn
Publisher: January Productions
ISBN: 9780873862592
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 32

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Author: Burke Davis
Publisher: Coward Mc Cann
ISBN: 9780698203723
Category : Balloon ascensions
Languages : en
Pages : 45

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Recounts the brief and near-disastrous history of the balloon created by the Confederate army to spy on Federal troops who had used the same means to observe Southern troop movements.

Author: Adora Mitchell Bayles
Publisher: PublishAmerica
ISBN: 1462634621
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 451

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"Sebring, Florida knew nothing about Grand Prix Racing when Adora Bayles was born there in 1931. Growing up in a dysfunctional family, she married into a dysfunctional family. Sometime, during that marriage, she realized there was a way out of the bickering, manipulative, jealousy-ridden, envy-ridden, low self-esteem-ridden life style. Through nine months of extensive counseling, she suddenly became functional. The rest of the family remained dysfunctional."

Author: Jason Henry
Publisher: Union Square Kids
ISBN: 9781454923602
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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More than a century before the Wright Brothers invented their plane, brothers Joseph and ƒtienne Montgolfier sent a flying machine into the skies--a hot-air balloon with three animals in the basket. This picture book chronicles that first, magical journey! Full color.

Author: David P Matheson
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0244732280
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 60

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A fed up castle who decides to go on an adventure. Can the Downie del Folk Of Stonehaven find him?

Author: Bree Galbraith
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
ISBN: 1459803264
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36

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Theo is brokenhearted when he accidentally lets go of the string of his party balloon. As he watches it float out of sight, Theo wonders where his balloon might have gone. Luckily, his older brother Zeke knows everything about everything. Zeke explains that it is a little-known fact that all lost balloons end up in Chicago, the Windy City. Then he tells Theo about Frank, who is responsible for collecting all the balloons in the world. Theo is so touched by Frank's story that he decides to send him a message of hope the only way he knows how. A unique story filled with the magic and whimsy of childhood imagination, Once Upon a Balloon will delight young readers and reawaken the child in all of us.

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Category : Adventure stories, English
Languages : en
Pages : 904

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Category : Children's literature
Languages : en
Pages : 860

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Category : Aeronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 1218

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Author: Robert Jeschonek
Publisher: Pie Press
ISBN: 1311187642
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 108

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In these pages, Robert Jeschonek will take you on a tour of the wildest places and people you've never imagined. Don't miss these edgy, exciting, and surprising scifi tales by an award-winning Star Trek and Doctor Who author. This volume includes six scifi stories for one low price: "Warning! Do Not Read This Story!": An entire town wiped out...by a rogue story? Only Carrol and Sascha LaVerge, mystic problem-solving sisters, stand in its way. "Tempus Fugitive": In a realm where time itself comes to life, the hunt is on for a fugitive minute, 12:30 P.M. Only by seizing one last hope can 12:30 P.M. prevent one of the darkest events in human history from becoming a reality. "Luminaria": On a day known forever as The Silencing, millions of human colonists went missing in space without a trace. Fifty years later, a team of explorers mounts a search, riding a space elevator into the heart of the unknown. "The Secret of the Ultimate Male Enhancement": The male enhancement of tomorrow has everything from shape-changing powers to a mind of its own. But what happens when this miraculous endowment refuses to cooperate with its owner? "The Memory of You Lingers": Ten years of haunting by the digital ghost of his victim, Frieda, have left Baird the rapist a basket case. Freedom awaits...but Frieda has no intention of leaving. "Tijuana, Massachusetts": Why does Cape Cod, Massachusetts keep changing into Tijuana, Mexico? Don't ask Patty, the foul-mouthed everything-hater with a memory full of holes. Is someone--or something--driving her crazy? Reviews "Robert Jeschonek is a towering talent." – Mike Resnick, Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author "Jeschonek ́s stories are delightfully insane, a pleasure to read." – Fábio Fernandes, Fantasy Book Critic "Robert Jeschonek is the literary love child of Tim Burton and Neil Gaiman." – Adrian Phoenix, critically acclaimed author of The Maker's Song and Hoodoo series