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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Amazing flying machines Amazing flying machines Robin Kerrod Text and photographs present flying machines throughout history, including hot-air balloons, helicopters, and the space shuttle. OL16060961W
Desert Thieves Desert Thieves Dan L. Walker 283 pages ; 20 cm OL19349046W
Mighty Machines Mighty Machines Chris Oxlade Deals with the fastest, the loudest and the most awesome planes ever built, using clear text and detailed illustrations. OL19766415W
Anything is possible Anything is possible Giulia Belloni Up and down tale about a determined sheep and skeptical wolf on a quest to build a flying machine. A determined sheep and his practical wolf friend try their hand at building a flying machine togeth… OL19969933W
The magnificent flying Baron estate The magnificent flying Baron estate Eric Bower The year is 1891, and Waldo W.B. Baron has just woken up to find his house flying no, wait, floating? floating a thousand feet above the ground. His inventor parents have transformed their house in… OL20053997W
The clipper of the clouds The clipper of the clouds Jules Verne An eccentric engineer calling himself Robur the Conqueror kidnaps three of his critics and embarks on a trip around the world in a flying machine he invented. OL26177113W
Midsummer Moon Midsummer Moon Laura Kinsale All the king's men could not surpass the intellect, nor all the king's ladies the beauty of Merlin Lambourne. As the infamous Napoleon's deadly army grows ever closer, Lord Ransom Falconer franticall… OL2748929W
Flying Machine Flying Machine Andrew Nahum A photo essay tracing the history and development of aircraft from hot-air balloons to jetliners. Includes information on the principles of flight and inner workings of various flying machines. OL3121092W
Flying machine Flying machine Andrew Nahum A photo essay tracing the history and development of aircraft from hot-air balloons to jetliners. Includes information on the principles of flight and the inner workings of various flying machines. OL3121100W
Cromwell Dixon's Sky Cycle Cromwell Dixon's Sky Cycle John A. Nez In 1907 Columbus, Ohio, fourteen-year-old Cromwell Dixon, aided by his mother, begins building the flying bicycle he has invented to enter in the St. Louis Air Ship Carnival. Includes facts about Dix… OL3535089W
Airman Airman Eoin Colfer,Colfer One dark night on the island of Great Saltee, fourteen-year-old Conor is framed for a terrible crime he didn't commit. Thrown into prison by the dastardly Hugo Bonvilain, Conor is trapped in a seaswe… OL5726031W
Passarola rising Passarola rising Azhar Abidi The fabulous debut novel by new international talent Azhar Abidi, Passarola Rising is a deftly written picaresque tale filled with evocative detail, adventure, and suspense. Set in eighteenth-century… OL5844594W
Flying machines Flying machines Alfred William Marshall I have a copy of this book but an earlier edition co-authored by Henry Greenly, possibly printed in 1911 or 1912. OL7561007W