Summer 1939. With Europe on the brink of war, eighteen-year-old Kristina Tomiak has been called up to join the White Eagles, Poland's valiant air force. When the Nazis reach the town where she is based, Kristina makes a daring escape, but she doesn't realise that she's carrying a stowaway in her plane. Will Kristina be able to navigate the most challenging flight of her life and reach safety am…
Nazi Germany is a dangerous place for a girl with a stammer - and although her father tries to keep her safe, Ingrid can't help feeling like she's let him down. But in the air, soaring high as she pilots her beloved glider planes, Ingrid is free and incredibly talented. When she gets the chance to fly in a propaganda tour alongside her hero, Germany's daring female test pilot Hanna Reitsch, Ing…
I am not a traitor. Let me tell you how I became a pilot and why I landed my plane behind enemy lines – and what I did afterwards. And then you can judge for yourselves … Nastia Nabokova is a daring pilot, the daughter of revolutionaries, and now, as Russia enters the Second World War, she must fight to save the glorious Motherland. But when the battles begin and life itself is at stake,…
The most interesting bookstores in the world, collected in one beautifully bound volume After 150 Bars, Restaurants, Hotels, Houses, Gardens, Golf Courses and Vineyards this is the eighth book in the internationally successful 150 series Selected and written by American author Elizabeth Stamp, journalist at Architectural Digest & CNN For the enthusiastic reader and book lover, browsing through…
A beloved writing teacher and essayist lays out the rules for crafting a remarkable personal essay, the kind that tells a story, moves readers, and reveals insights into the human condition — the kind that AI can’t write Everyone has a story, and for Nancy Slonim Aronie, helping people tell their story has been a life mission. In Seven Secrets to the Perfect Personal Essay, she reveals the …
Be careful. We are being watched. That's the message Enola Holmes gets from her friend Lady Cecily, who uses her pink fan to signal danger. Enola must save Cecily, who is being held prisoner in an abysmal orphanage. If Cecily isn't rescued, she'll be forced into a miserable marriage! But Enola's brother Sherlock is the only one who can help. If she joins forces with Sherlock, Enola risks her…