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This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days Horrible Science: Frightful Flight is stuffed with hair-raising heights, dizzying drops and mind-blowing facts about flying! Readers will be amazed to learn how to see the earth's shadow, how to build a flying saucer, and how, after centuries of fearsome flight flops, people have finally taken to the skies. Redesigned in a bold, funky new look and illustrated throughout by Tony De Saulles for the next generation of Horrible Science fans. Features Summary Frightful Flight is stuffed with hair-raising heights and mind-blowing facts about flying! Learn how to see the earth's shadow, build a flying saucer, and how... Author Nick Arnold (Author), Tony De Saulles (Illustrator) Publisher Scholastic Press Release date 20140904 Pages 208 ISBN 1-4071-4451-0 ISBN 13 978-1-4071-4451-1

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 15 working days Whether it be creating a rainbow out of different colored handkerchiefs or filling up the sky with flying doves carrying playing cards, the feats carried out by a would-be magician fill the pages of this book about everyday magic. Although not really a magician, the main character imagines himself to be one, accomplishing impressive tricks such as changing night into day and back again. This amusing and colorful story helps children discover the magic of the everyday and to perceive the world as a spectacular magic show in its own right. Features Summary Winner at the 2012 Moonbeam Children's Book Awards A book overflowing with poetry and color, helping us to discover that we live within the most amazing magic show we could ever imagine... Author Fran Nuno (Author), Enrique Quevedo (Illustrator), Jon Brokenbrow (Translator) Publisher Cuento de Luz SL Release date 20120824 Pages 24 ISBN 84-15-24111-9 ISBN 13 978-84-15-24111-9

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days Recipient of the Grand Prix of the Academie Francaise, "Wind, Sand and Stars" is unsurprassed in capturing the grandeur, danger, and isolation of flight. Its exciting account of air adventure - through the treacherous passes of the Pyrenees, above the Sahara, along the snowy ramparts of the Andes - combined with lyrical prose and the soaring spirit of a philosopher, make this book one of the most popular works ever written about flying. Features Summary Featuring an Introduction by Anne Morrow Lindbergh, this book, a recipient of the Grand Prix of the Academie Francaise, offers an exciting account of air adventure combined with Saint-Exupery's compelling prose and philosophy.. Author Antoine De Saint-Exupery Publisher Harvest Books Release date 20021209 Pages 229 ISBN 0-15-602749-6 ISBN 13 978-0-15-602749-6

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days Cycling is hugely popular nowadays. Since 2003 more than 100 million bikes have been produced each year, more than twice the amount of cars. And in 2011, more than 741,000 people cycled to work, an increase of 90,000 from 2001. The Splendid Book of the Bicycle is a wide-ranging celebration of the bicycle and cycling, incorporating social history, sport and science. It covers the bicycle's invention and subsequent historical development, stories of intrepid early cyclists who travelled the world, the 20th-century popularity of cycle touring, and the depiction of bicycles in films, books and art. It examines the sport of cycling, including histories of the Tour de France and the other great European races, the Giro d'Italia and Vuelta a Espana, and goes on to explore velodrome-based cycling and the rise of BMX and mountain biking. It investigates the science behind balance and aerodynamics, and covers the future of bicycles, including innovative flying, floating and electric bikes. It also touches on the technical aspects of bicycles, including an exploded diagram of a typical bike and tips for basic maintenance of your own bike. Beautifully illustrated with vintage and modern images, this book is a perfect gift for both bike obsessives and general readers. Word count: 35,000 words Features Summary A sumptuous, wide-ranging guide to cycling, full of practical information but with a huge sense of fun, packed with evocative images from the history of cycling. Author Daniel Tatarsky Publisher Portico Books Release date 20160811 Pages 192 ISBN 1-910232-56-4 ISBN 13 978-1-910232-56-9

 Warriors of the Sky: Springbok Air Heroes in Combat - Peter Bagshawe - Ashanti - 1990 - Hard cover with dust cover in excellent condition. This is a collection of fifty exciting short stories written by pilots of the South African Air Force. The majority concern World War II when, along with other Commonwealth air forces, the SAAF fought alongside the RAF in the war-torn skies over Europe. The book captures the esprit de corps that existed between all the nationalities that fought on the Allied side and creates a splendid record of the many heroic actions in which the Springbok pilots fought. Some of the other stories relate flying in the border wars that South Africa fought in post-war years, often against vastly superior and better equipped communist inspired regimes.