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  • 101 Hours in a Zeppelin

    Ernst August Lehmann and the Dream of Transatlantic Flight, 1917

    par Robert S. Pohl ...
    The Robert Wichard Pohl letters, which are the basis of this book, have never before been translated or published.Pohl provides a rare personal account of life aboard a WWI airshipThis was the first flight to exceed 100 hours, and to prove that Zeppelins were, indeed, capable of flying across the Atlantic Ocean. ... En savoir plus

    $17.99 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Wicked Capitol Hill

    An Unruly History of Behaving Badly

    par Robert S. Pohl ...
    "Chronicles some of Capitol Hill's most legendary scandals, ranging from duels to murder to sex" ( Roll Call).Local historian and Walking Shtick tour guide Robert S. Pohl brings us Wicked Capitol Hill. Pohl includes such historic crimes as the affair between the congressman and the Capitol Hill cobbler's daughter that ended in murder at the hands of the press. Tales range from the backrooms of ... En savoir plus

    $15.99 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Urban Legends & Historic Lore of Washington, D.C.

    par Robert S. Pohl ...
    Collections series American Legends
    A carving of General Lee on the back of the Lincoln monument, the birth of lobbying at the Willard Hotel, a romantic gesture that built the distinctive homes of Capitol Hill--these are legends of Washington, D.C. The capital is home to all manner of colorful rumors and tall tales. According to local lore, the missing J Street was L'Enfant's snub to Supreme Court justice John Jay, and the course of ... En savoir plus

    $17.91 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

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  • Breaking the Chains of Gravity

    The Story of Spaceflight before NASA

    The incredible story of spaceflight before the establishment of NASA.NASA's history is a familiar story, one that typically peaks with Neil Armstrong taking his small step on the Moon in 1969. But America's space agency wasn't created in a vacuum. It was assembled from pre-existing parts, drawing together some of the best minds the non-Soviet world had to offer.In the 1930s, rockets were all the ... En savoir plus

    $15.99 CAD

  • Black Fokker Leader

    Carl Degelow—The First World War's Last Airfighter Knight

    par Peter Kilduff ...
    This biography of the WWI fighter pilot offers "an intimate portrait of the last recipient of the 'Blue Max'" (Barrett Tillman).One of the most noteworthy German fighter pilots of World War I was Leutnant der Reserve Carl Degelow, whose squadron of mostly black Fokker D.VII fighters posed a formidable threat to some of Britain's most celebrated air units on the Western Front.Black Fokker Leader, ... En savoir plus

    $19.19 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Jagdverband 44

    Squadron of Experten

    par Robert Forsyth ...
    Collections Livre 27 - Aviation Elite Units
    This book provides up-to-date insight into the notorious German unit, JV 44, its numerous aces and its stunning success with the revolutionary Me 262 during the last dramatic months of World War 2.There was no Luftwaffe fighter unit like Jagdverband 44. Formed in February 1945, the unit grew out of Hitler's bizarre decision that the Me 262 jet fighter should be used as a bomber, despite its ... En savoir plus

    $23.99 CAD

  • Memoirs of a Stuka Pilot

    "Well-written and holds the reader's attention . . . an engaging book and a rare personal view of flying one of the most iconic aircraft of WWII." — FiretrenchAfter recounting his early days as a naval cadet, including a voyage to the Far East aboard the cruiser Köln and as the navigator/observer of the floatplane carried by the pocket battleship Admiral Scheer during the Spanish Civil War, Helmut ... En savoir plus

    $17.59 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • The Women Who Flew for Hitler

    The True Story of Soaring Ambition and Searing Rivalry

    par Clare Mulley ...
    Biographers' Club Prize-winner Clare Mulley's The Women Who Flew for Hitler—a dual biography of Nazi Germany's most highly decorated women pilots.Hanna Reitsch and Melitta von Stauffenberg were talented, courageous, and strikingly attractive women who fought convention to make their names in the male-dominated field of flight in 1930s Germany. With the war, both became pioneering test pilots and ... En savoir plus

    $17.59 CAD

  • Von Braun

    Dreamer of Space, Engineer of War

    par Michael Neufeld ...
    Curator and space historian at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum delivers a brilliantly nuanced biography of controversial space pioneer Wernher von Braun.Chief rocket engineer of the Third Reich and one of the fathers of the U.S. space program, Wernher von Braun is a source of consistent fascination. Glorified as a visionary and vilified as a war criminal, he was a man of profound ... En savoir plus

    $16.99 CAD

  • Luftwaffe Sturmgruppen

    par John Weal ...
    Collections Livre 20 - Aviation Elite Units
    The 'storm troopers' of the Luftwaffe, the elite Sturmgruppen units comprised the most heavily armed and armoured fighter interceptors ever produced by the Germans.Their role was to smash like a mighty fist through the massed ranks of USAAF daylight bombers. Only volunteers could serve with these elite units, and each pilot was trained to close with the enemy and engage him in extremely short ... En savoir plus

    $23.99 CAD

  • Dr. Space

    The Life of Wernher von Braun

    Written by veteran aerospace journalist Bob Ward, who spent years investigating his subject, this biography presents a revealing but even-handed portrait of the father of modern rocketry. As he chronicles Werner von Braun's life, Ward explodes many myths and misconceptions about the controversial genius who was a hero to some, a villain to others. The picture of von Braun that emerges is of a ... En savoir plus

    $26.99 CAD

  • What Was the Hindenburg?

    Illustré par David Groff ...
    Collections series What Was?
    At 800-feet long, the Hindenburg was the largest airship ever built--just slightly smaller than the Titanic! Also of a disastrous end, the zeppelin burst into flame as spectators watched it attempt to land in Lakehurst, New Jersey on May 6, 1937. In under a minute, the Hindenburg was gone, people jumping from windows to escape. However, only 62 of the 97 crew members and passengers onboard ... En savoir plus

    $9.99 CAD