In Skygods, Robert Gandt, a Pan Am pilot for twenty-six years, gives the first inside account of Pan Am's unprecedented demise.
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Author: Gandt, Robert L.Summary: -
Author: Roberts, JillianSummary:
In this illustrated nonfiction picture book, child psychologist Dr. Jillian Roberts introduces young readers to the ideas of body safety and body image.
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Author: Bunting, EveSummary:Robert and his friend Charlie are proud of their fathers, who are working on the construction of San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge.
Genre: Juvenile fiction, Picture books -
Author: Trollope, AnthonySummary:
Mark Roberts, a young clergyman, is appointed to Framley, home of Lord Lufton, who falls in love with Mark's sister.
Genre: Historical fiction -
Author: Nicole, ChristopherSummary:Jessica Jones is on a job protecting cabinet minister Margaret Lewton when events take an extraordinary turn. Seconds before a bomb blast occurs she spots terrorist Robert Korman.
Genre: Thrillers (Fiction) -
Author: Cronin, A. JSummary:
Robert Shannon, now a young doctor, puts medical research above all else, but has to face many obstacles of his own making.
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Author: Ellis, JulieSummary:
Recently widowed Laura Roberts investigates a spate of kidnappings in Alabama: the latest victim is the nephew of a friend and worse, previous victims were all killed.
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Author: Murphy, JimSummary:
Combines an account of Robert Louis Stevenson's experiences as he traveled from New York to California by train in 1879 and a description of the building and operation of railroads in nineteenth-...
Genre: Juvenile nonfiction -
Author: Kizzia, Tom.Summary:
Documents the story of Robert "Papa Pilgrim" Hale and the antiestablishment family settlement in remote Alaska that was exposed as a cult-like prison where Hale brutalized and isolated...
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Author: Byron, RobertSummary:
Over the course of several months during 1931 and 1932, Robert Byron journeyed to three countries teetering on the brink of change. In Russia, which was stricken by famine, Stalin's dictatorship...
Genre: Travel writing, History and geography -
Author: Stevenson, Robert LouisSummary:
The celebrated Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevenson arranged for his friend the art historian Sidney Colvin to select and organise the essays in this volume, many of which had originally...
Genre: Essays, Literary arts -
Author: Byron, RobertSummary:
In 1933, Robert Byron set off from Venice with his friend Christopher Sykes to explore the architecture of the Middle East. Their long and arduous journey took them from Cyprus and Jerusalem to...
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Author: Kennedy, Robert F.Summary:In honor of the fiftieth anniversary of Robert Francis Kennedy's death, an inspiring collection of his most famous speeches accompanied by commentary from notable historians and public figures....
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Author: Jenkins, Charles RobertSummary:
In January of 1965, twenty-four-year-old U.S. Army sergeant Charles Robert Jenkins abandoned his post in South Korea, walked across the DMZ, and surrendered to communist North Korean soldiers...
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Author: Smith, PattiSummary:
In the summer when Coltrane died, poet Patti Smith fell in love with photographer Robert Mapplethorpe. Eventually the two joined up with the Andy Warhol superstars and called later Hotel Chelsea...
Genre: Biographies and autobiographies, Music