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    The World War I Diary and Letters of David S. Ingalls, America’s First Naval Ace

    Series series War and Society in North America
    Hero of the Angry Sky draws on the unpublished diaries, correspondence, informal memoir, and other personal documents of the U.S. Navy’s only flying “ace” of World War I to tell his unique story. David S. Ingalls was a prolific writer, and virtually all of his World War I aviation career is covered, from the teenager’s early, informal training in Palm Beach, Florida, to his exhilarating and ... Leer más

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  • Clarence L. "Kelly" Johnson: From Skunk Works To The Edge Of Space

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    Kelly Johnson designed the Blackbird, a plane that flew non-stop from London to Los Angeles in less than four hours, outracing the sun and landing four hours before it had taken off, a remarkable feat--and this was more than 35 years ago. Johnson was the innovative genius behind Lockheed's "Skunk Works," and played a leading role in the development of more than forty aircraft, including some of ... Leer más

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  • The Boy Who Could Change the World

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    Winner of the Ida and Studs Terkel PrizeIn his too-short life, Aaron Swartz reshaped the Internet, questioned our assumptions about intellectual property, and touched all of us in ways that we may not even realize. His tragic suicide in 2013 at the age of twenty-six after being aggressively prosecuted for copyright infringement shocked the nation and the world.Here for the first time in print is ... Leer más

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  • Building the Mosquito Fleet

    The US Navy's First Torpedo Boats

    In 1877, the U.S. Navy purchased the fast steam yacht Stiletto from the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company of Bristol, Rhode Island, for "automobile" torpedo experiments in Narragansett Bay. The submarine service was in its infancy, and interest in the self-propelled torpedo as an undersea weapon flourished. Herreshoff's fast, steam-powered boats were the first of the delivery platforms accepted by ... Leer más

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  • Outback Penguin

    Richard Lane's Barwell Diaries

    Richard Lane was one of three brothers who founded Penguin Books in 1935.But like all great stories, his life didn’t start there.After sailing to Adelaide in 1922, Richard began work as a boy migrant – a farm apprentice living in rural South Australia as part of the ‘Barwell Boys’ scheme.In Australia, he deepened his appreciation for literature, and understood how important it was to make good ... Leer más

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  • The Making of a Writer

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    Gail Godwin was twenty-four years old and working as a waitress in the North Carolina mountains when she wrote: “I want to be everybody who is great; I want to create everything that has ever been created.” It is a declaration that only a wildly ambitious young writer would make in the privacy of her journal. In the heady days of her literary apprenticeship, Godwin kept a daily chronicle of her ... Leer más

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    An icon of Latin American literature captures the strangeness of childhood as he explores the aftermath of a long-ago injury in this “searching, lyrical memoir” with elements of magical realism “reminiscent of García Márquez” (Kirkus Reviews)Homero Aridjis has always said that he was born twice. The first time was to his mother in April 1940 and the second time was as a poet, in January 1951. His ... Leer más

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  • Off the Grid

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  • In a Quiet Voice

    In a Quiet Voice is a collection of essays, free verse and stories the writer presents retrospectively as writings he recorded over time. His essays are historical with short stories buttressed and heightened by free verse. The writer dedicates this Word Imagery to the reader as narrative that flows through the book like red wine into the readers ... Leer más

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  • The Owl and the Prince of Peace

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