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Miss Wyoming Miss Wyoming Douglas Coupland Waking up in an L.A. hospital, John Johnson is amazed that it was the flu and not an overdose of five different drugs mixed with cognac that nearly killed him. As a producer of high-adrenaline action… OL14854123W
Air crashes Air crashes Elaine Landau Explores such aircraft tragedies as the Hindenberg, TWA flight 800, and United flight 232, and looks at how we can improve airline safety. OL15040085W
Flight to heaven Flight to heaven Dale Black "Dale Black tells how he survived a plane crash at age nineteen, his near-death experience of heaven, and how his life dramatically changed as a result of this event forty years ago"--Provided by pub… OL15091554W
SelectEditions--Volume 4 1999 SelectEditions--Volume 4 1999 Nevada Barr,Stuart Harrison,James Thayer,John Grisham,Tanis H. Erdmann The testament -- John Grisham The snow falcon -- Stuart Harrison Terminal event -- James Thayer Liberty falling -- Nevada Barr. OL15151656W
Miracle on the Hudson Miracle on the Hudson The Survivors Of Flight 1549 In this heart-stopping, page-turning tale of fear, heroism, and redemption, the passengers of the Hudson River crash landing tell their remarkable stories.Millions watched the aftermath on television… OL15187262W
Lost in Shangri-la Lost in Shangri-la Mitchell Zuckoff Describes the 1945 odyssey of three plane crash survivors in New Guinea who endured a harrowing journey through the jungle to seek help, their encounter with a primitive tribe who had never seen whit… OL15445037W
The sleepwalker (CHERUB #9) The sleepwalker (CHERUB #9) robert muchamore An airliner explodes over the Atlantic leaving 345 people dead. Crash investigators suspect terrorism, but they're getting nowhere. A distressed 12-year-old calls a police hotline and blames his fath… OL15599271W
Miracle in the Andes Miracle in the Andes Nando Parrado A survivor of the horrific 1972 plane crash that stranded his rugby team in the Andes for seventy-two days provides his account of the ordeal and of his desperate expedition across seventy miles of f… OL15738700W
A nightingale Christmas A nightingale Christmas Heather Holm A woman is disfigured in an airplane crash, and after witnessing a series of miracles, she is able to cope with her deformities and accept a new way of life. OL16414359W
This is your captain speaking This is your captain speaking Jon Methven When a public relations group covertly stages a no-casualty, heroic plane crash to improve an airline's stock, its captain, a news anchor, and a man who faked his death are all involved. OL16703342W
Earthbound (Earthbound Series, Book 1) Earthbound (Earthbound Series, Book 1) Aprilynne Pike Eighteen-year-old Tavia is the only survivor of a plane crash that killed her parents. Grieving and lonely, she starts having strange visions; of a boy she's never met but feels compulsively drawn to… OL17657404W
Robert Ludlum's The Bourne objective Robert Ludlum's The Bourne objective Eric Van Lustbader The Central Intelligence training program Treadstone produced two graduates of equal skill and determination --Jason Bourne and a vicious Russian mercenary, Leonid Arkadin. As Bourne's destiny circle… OL17754495W
Amazon diary Amazon diary Mark Greenberg,Hudson Talbott Twelve-year-old Alex is rescued from a plane crash by the Yanomami Indians of Venezuela and spends several weeks in the Amazon jungle with them, learning and appreciating their way of life. OL1817453W
Aircraft rescue and fire fighting Aircraft rescue and fire fighting International Fire Service Training Association ix, 248 p. : 28 cm OL19152060W
The forgotten flight The forgotten flight Stuart H. Newberger Combining the international intrigue of John le Carré with the courtroom drama of John Grisham, this real-life legal thriller asks how we can bring leaders of sovereign nations to account for their c… OL19712245W
Miss Wyoming Miss Wyoming Douglas Coupland On surviving a plane crash, a beauty queen disappears to live a meaningful life and meets a film producer with similar goals. But their romance is threatened by her mother, who wants her back in the … OL19888397W
Vanished Vanished Wil S. Hylton " From a mesmerizing storyteller, the gripping search for a missing World War II crew, their bomber plane, and their legacy. On September 1, 1944, a massive American bomber carrying eleven men vanish… OL19972148W
Ufo! Ufo! Jenny Randles The focus of this book is the problem of "UFO"s as a hazard to aviation. The author describes herself as an open minded skeptic. She believes "UFO"s absolutely exist, but regards them as literally un… OL2001510W
Seconds to Midnight Seconds to Midnight Philip Donlay 1 online resource (325 pages) OL21332152W
Sobrevivo Sobrevivo Alex Morel "Jane despierta en medio de una tormenta de nieve en las montañas de Montana y pronto descubre que el único superviviente aparte de ella es Paul, su compañero de asiento. Juntos forman un lazo emocio… OL24214297W
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