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    On the Wing: To the Edge of the Earth with the Peregrine Falcon, Hörbuch, Digital, 336min
    In this extraordinary narrative, Alan Tennant recounts his all-out effort to radio-track the transcontinental migration of the peregrine falcon, an investigation no one before him had ever taken to such lengths. On the Wing transports us from the windswept flats of the Texas barrier islands, where the tundra falcons pause during their springtime journey north, to the Arctic, and then south, through Mexico, Belize, and into the Caribbean, in a hilariously picaresque and bumpy flight. At the helm is Tennant's partner in falcon-chasing, George Vose, a septuagenarian World War II vet who trusts his instincts as much as his instruments. As the two men nearly lose their lives and run afoul of the law in the race to keep their birds in view and their rattletrap Cessna gassed up and running, Tennant renders with gorgeous precision and skill the landscape and wildlife they pass on the way and the falcons that direct their course. On the Wing is a breathtaking encounter with these majestic birds, the icons of pharaohs, Oriental emperors, and European nobility, whose fierce mien, power, and swiftness have fired the human imagination for centuries. This is an unforgettable tale that speaks to all our dreams of flight. Language: English. Narrator: Alan Tennant. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/sans/000539/bk_sans_000539_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Dog Stars: The hope-filled story of a world changed by global catastrophe (eBook, ePUB)
    A life-affirming dystopian tale of global disaster, survival, and belief for any reader of Emily St John Mandel's STATION ELEVEN or Cormac McCarthy's THE ROAD 'THE ROAD crossed with a post-apocalyptic romance...[engages] deep emotions to spine-chilling (and suspenseful) effect' Lawrence Norfolk, Guardian Books of the Year Readers fell in love with THE DOG STARS'Every bit as good as THE ROAD... A superbly sustained masterpiece' *****'A beautifully written tale of loss, survival and self-discovery ... suspenseful and touching' ***** 'A wee gem ... A great story, beautifully spun and well told' *****'I absolutely loved this book' *****Hig, bereaved and traumatised after global disaster, has three things to live for - his dog Jasper, his aggressive but helpful neighbour, and his Cessna aeroplane. He's just about surviving, so long as he only takes his beloved plane for short journeys, and saves his remaining fuel.But, just once, he picks up a message from another pilot, and eventually the temptation to find out who else is still alive becomes irresistible. So he takes his plane over the horizon, knowing that he won't have enough fuel to get back. What follows is scarier and more life-affirming than he could have imagined. And his story, THE DOG STARS, is a book unlike any you have ever read.
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    Wolffs Revier Staffel 2 Folge 2
    Candice Vogt, die Frau eines Berliner Geschäftsmannes, wird entführt. Der Täter diktiert telefonisch seine Bedingungen für die Freilassung: Drei Millionen Mark Lösegeld, nahe der Autobahn Berlin-Dresden deponiert. Andernfalls will er die Frau durch eine Zeitbombe in die Luft jagen. Wolff wirft den Geldkoffer, in den ein Sender installiert wurde, aus einer Cessna ab. Leider schlägt der Versuch einer Spurenaufnahme fehl, weil der Täter das Geld umpackt ... Rechte: Sat.1
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    Spitfire Final Flight: The Incredible Story of 36 Burmese Spitfires and the Extraordinary Plan to Steal One , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 131min
    Inspired by actual events. Suffering from the later stages of Alzheimer's, Captain Tom “Winkle” Brown is a retired RAF test pilot and World War 2 veteran approaching his century year.When 36 pristine Spitfires are discovered buried deep within the Burmese jungle, he gets a surprise visit from Grant Global Industries, with a most intriguing proposition.Author's note: In 1987 an amateur pilot Mathias Rust (18 years old) flew his Cessna F172 through Soviet air defense during the height of the Cold War. He successfully touched down his tiny aircraft in Moscow's Red Square.Imagine what a seasoned fighter pilot could achieve? South American drug runners outfox US coast guards all the time and land on Florida's lush golf courses at night.Ask yourself a question: Could a highly trained Spitfire veteran dog-fight MiG-29s?Frontline heat-seeking missiles won't lock on to a low emission piston engine. Most air-to-air engagements take place over 25 miles away, ruling out the need for cannon ammunition to be loaded (some Eurofighter Typhoons actually have their guns removed).The Spitfire is a weapon, not a weapons delivery platform like today's fighter planes. Modern jets stall at around 120 mph; a Spitfire is still effective at speeds below 80 mph. You'll be surprised what she's capable of in the right hands. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Graham Mack. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/209854/bk_acx0_209854_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Crazy for the Storm , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 458min
    From the age of three, Norman Ollestad was thrust into the world of surfing and competitive downhill skiing by the intense, charismatic father he both idolized and resented. While his friends were riding bikes, playing ball, and going to birthday parties, young Norman was whisked away in pursuit of wild and demanding adventures. Yet it were these exhilarating tests of skill that prepared "Boy Wonder," as his father called him, to become a fearless champion - and ultimately saved his life. Flying to a ski championship ceremony in February 1979, the chartered Cessna carrying Norman, his father, his father's girlfriend, and the pilot crashed into the San Gabriel Mountains and was suspended at 8,200 feet, engulfed in a blizzard. "Dad and I were a team, and he was Superman," Ollestad writes. But now Norman's father was dead, and the devastated 11-year-old had to descend the treacherous, icy mountain alone. Set amid the spontaneous, uninhibited surf culture of Malibu and Mexico in the late 1970s, this riveting memoir, written in crisp Hemingwayesque prose, recalls Ollestad's childhood and the magnetic man whose determination and love infuriated and inspired him - and also taught him to overcome the indomitable. As it illuminates the complicated bond between an extraordinary father and his son, Ollestad's powerful and unforgettable true story offers remarkable insight for us all ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Norman Ollestad. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/harp/001895/bk_harp_001895_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Companies established in 1927
    Companies established in 1927 ab 30.49 € als Taschenbuch: Volvo Cessna 7-Eleven CBS Piper Aircraft JVC Volvo Cars Northrop Grumman Blue Bird Corporation Elsa Schiaparelli Wertheim & Co. Angel Bakeries The Beer Store Schlumberger Ziff Davis Solar Turbines McDonald & Co.. Aus dem Bereich: Bücher, Taschenbücher, Wirtschaft & Soziales,
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    The Dog Stars , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 641min
    A riveting, powerful novel about a pilot living in a world filled with loss - and what he is willing to risk to rediscover, against all odds, connection, love, and grace. Hig survived the flu that killed everyone he knows. His wife is gone, his friends are dead, he lives in the hangar of a small abandoned airport with his dog, his only neighbor a gun-toting misanthrope. In his 1956 Cessna, Hig flies the perimeter of the airfield or sneaks off to the mountains to fish and to pretend that things are the way they used to be. But when a random transmission somehow beams through his radio, the voice ignites a hope deep inside him that a better life - something like his old life - exists beyond the airport. Risking everything, he flies past his point of no return - not enough fuel to get him home - following the trail of the static-broken voice on the radio. But what he encounters and what he must face - in the people he meets, and in himself - is both better and worse than anything he could have hoped for. Narrated by a man who is part warrior and part dreamer, a hunter with a great shot and a heart that refuses to harden, The Dog Stars is both savagely funny and achingly sad, a breathtaking story about what it means to be human. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Mark Deakins. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rand/003212/bk_rand_003212_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Dreams of Flight: General Aviation in the United States , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 445min
    General aviation encompasses all the ways aircraft are used beyond commercial and military flying: private flights, barnstormers, cropdusters, and so on. This history examines the many airplanes used in general aviation, from early Wright and Curtiss aircraft to the Piper Cub and the Lear Jet. The authors trace the careers of birdmen, birdwomen, barnstormers, and others who shaped general aviation - from Clyde Cessna and the Stinson family of San Antonio to Olive Ann Beech and Paul Poberezny of Milwaukee. They explain how the development of engines influenced the development of aircraft, from the E-107 that powered the 1929 Aeronca C-2, the first affordable personal aircraft, to the Continental A-40 that powered the Piper Cub, and the Pratt and Whitney PT-6 turboprop used on many aircraft after World War II. In addition, the authors chart the boom and bust cycle of general aviation manufacturers, the rising costs and increased regulations that have accompanied a decline in pilots, the creation of an influential general aviation lobby in Washington, and the growing popularity of "type" clubs, created to maintain aircraft whose average age is 28 years. This book provides listeners with a sense of the scope and richness of the history of general aviation in the United States. An epilogue examining the consequences of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, provides a cautionary note. The book is published by Texas A&M University Press. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jim Seitz. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/071691/bk_acx0_071691_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Bridge to Caracas: The King Trilogy, Volume 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 555min
    Volume one of The King Trilogy, a truly amazing and gut-wrenching story. How was an incredible $325,000,000 theft achieved using The Peace Bridge as a fulcrum? It was a piece of national history. The story had to be told. One of the largest and most audacious gasoline tax evasion scams in Canadian and U.S. history. The perpetrator used The Peace Bridge, spanning The Niagara River, to facilitate his crime, and his private Cessna to transport the enormous fruits of the theft to the "safety"of a Cayman Island bank. The scam netted an amount "that makes The New York State Lottery look like a Sunday school collection." Cynical and remorselessly ruthless, the thief possesses a brilliant criminal mind, has enormous contempt for the law, police, governments, and the system in which they function. He assumes rules are for fools, and takes sadistic pleasure in breaking them. Discover: The mechanics of the scam ( i.e. how such a gigantic theft was achieved) The extent to which the lives of two star-crossed lovers were disrupted by this criminal The character of the criminal, an unscrupulous individual with an absolute contempt for rules, the law, authority, and propriety Why and how the story ended in Caracas, Venezuela What happened to the fruits of his crime, and why How much of the story is fiction, and how much is fact. Scroll up now and get your copy now. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Mathias Lenssen. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/020290/bk_acx0_020290_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Just Shut Up and Jump , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 221min
    John Martin's sense of adventure would lead him to achieving goals in life that many of us only dream about. Cycling around New Zealand's East Cape as a 13-year-old boy, and being part of the first BASE jump in New Zealand were just some of these. Other incidents such as getting booed off the stage while playing in the back-up band at a "Split Enz" concert, would shape the character of the person he became. The strength of this character would be tested when his Cessna Ag Wagon crop dusting aircraft crashed and burned, resulting in John receiving third degree burns to 70% of his body, face and hands. His story is not one of sadness and self-pity. The humorous and entertaining way he tells his tale makes this story, not just one of determination and courage, but a reminder to us all that sometimes "laughter is the best medicine." From this audiobook you will receive both inspiration and motivation. John's rise up from the ashes to return to flying and running a successful Tandem Skydiving business, is a testament as to what a positive attitude can do. As his story unfolds, the listener will chuckle their way through the chapters as they are taken on a journey into what makes us all tick. The spirit of a person that refuses to let even the most horrendous of life's challenges hold him back, shines through. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: John Martin. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/motv/000024/bk_motv_000024_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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