The sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission to save both humanity and the earth, Ryland Grace is hurtled into the depths of space when he must conquer an extinction-level threat to our species.

WHAT'S IN STICK AND RUDDER: • The invisible secret of all heavier-than-air flight: the Angle of Attack. What it is, and why it can't be seen. How lift is made, and what the pilot has to do with it. • Why airplanes stall How do you know you're about to stall? • The landing approach. How the pilot's eye functions in judging the approach. • The visual clues by which an experienced pilot unconsciously judges: how you can quickly learn to use...

In this gripping moment-to-moment narrative, based on groundbreaking reporting, Lynn Spencer brings the inspiring true drama of the heroic response of American pilots and controllers on the morning of 9/11 vividly to life for the first time, taking us right inside the airliner cockpits and control towers, the fighter jets and the military battle cabs. She makes vital corrections to the findings of the 9/11 Commission Report, and reveals many startling,...

"An entertaining and fascinating memoir of "gifted storyteller" (People) Ann Hood's adventurous years as a TWA flight attendant. In 1978, in the tailwind of the Golden Age of air travel, flight attendants were the epitome of glamor and sophistication. Fresh out of college and hungry to experience the world, Ann Hood joined their ranks. She carved chateaubriand in the first-class cabin, found romance on layovers in London and Lisbon, and walked more...

Space travel and the exploration of the far reaches of the universe have advanced at an astounding pace since the early days of the Space Race in the 1950s. This edition of Timeless Trivia presents questions, answers and commentary ranging from those early days to the Space Shuttle and beyond.

Dumbo the circus elephant is unhappy about his large ears, until he discovers that he can use them to fly.

Top secret information about the United States first satellite launch in 1958 has been erased from the mind of American scientist Luke Lucas who must cure his own amnesia if he wants any chance to make the space shot successful.