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Freaky-big airplanes / by Goldish, Meish.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 24) and index.LSC
Subjects: Transport planes;
© c2010., Bearport Pub.,
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Spitfires : the American women who flew in the face of danger during World War ll / by Aikman, Becky,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."The heart-pounding true story of the daring American women who piloted the world's most dangerous aircraft through the treacherous skies of Britain during World War II. In 1942, a few months after the United States entered the second world war, a trailblazing band of 25 American women traveled to England to ferry planes for the British Royal Air Force. Despite their skill, these women were not permitted to fly for the United States military. But Great Britain, desperate for a steady supply of warplanes in a fight for survival, accepted ferry pilots regardless of gender, race, or nationality. These "spitfires" were risking their lives in one of the deadliest jobs of the war. They flew new, barely tested fighters and bombers to air bases and shot-up planes back for repair, never knowing what might go wrong until they were high in the sky. Many died in crashes or made spectacular saves. But ferrying was also the women's opportunity do their patriotic duty, excel, and revel in adventure. Before the war, they were crop dusters or debutantes, college girls or performers in flying circuses. But in wartime they lived like women decades ahead of their time, choosing the identities they wanted. Some shocked their British hosts with their thoroughly modern behavior. With cinematic sweep, Becky Aikman follows the stories of nine of the captivating women who served, drawing on intimate unpublished diaries, letters, and records, along with her own interviews, to bring these forgotten heroines fully to life. Spitfires is a vivid, richly detailed account of war, ambition, and a group of remarkable women whose lives were as unconventional as their dreams"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Great Britain. Air Transport Auxiliary; Spitfire (Fighter plane); Women air pilots; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;
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Highlights. [videorecording] / by Dreamscape Media,publisher.; Highlights for Children, Inc.,production company.;
Start the engines! Learn about the different ways that people get from one place to another using all sorts of transportation, such as planes, trains, boats, and cars!G.Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.DVD ; wide screen presentation.
Subjects: Children's films.; Animated films.; Educational films.; Nonfiction films.; Short films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Transportation.; Vehicles.;
For private home use only.
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Trains, boats and planes / by Robinson, Michelle(Michelle Jane),1977-; Tuya, Jez.;
Here is a colourful rhyming story following trains, boats, and planes in their busy day. But where are they all going? Join three busy transport vehicles as they speed their doggy passengers to the Big Festival! The running isn't smooth, and there's a rainstorm on the way.
Subjects: Picture books.; Airplanes; Railroad trains; Boats and boating; Transportation;
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Mission critical / by Greaney, Mark,author.;
"Court Gentry's flight on a CIA transport plane is interrupted when a security team brings a hooded man aboard. The mysterious passenger is being transported to England where a joint CIA/MI6 team will interrogate him about a mole in Langley. When they land at an isolated airbase in the UK, they are attacked by a hostile force that kidnaps the prisoner. Gentry, the lone survivor, is ordered to track down the assassins and rescue the asset. In Virginia, an assault on a CIA safe house leaves dead and wounded agents littering a suburban neighborhood. The object of the attack is Court's former lover, Zoya Zakharova. She escapes, but with a team of killers on her trail. Now, two different agents on two different continents are battling blind against the impossible--but each may be holding the piece the other needs to fight their way out"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Spy fiction.; Assassins; Spies;
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Zoom along / by Phillips, Jessica.;
Join your little drivers as they fly a plane, sail a boat, pedal a bike and so much more!LSC
Subjects: Vehicles; Transportation; Transportation noise; Vocabulary;
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Plane [videorecording] / by Adeleke, Remi,1982-actor.; Cumming, Charles,1971-screenwriter.; An, Yoson,1992-actor.; Ben-Victor, Paul,actor.; Butler, Gerard,1969-actor.; Colter, Mike,1976-actor.; Pineda, Daniella,1987-actor.; Richet, Jean-François,film director.; Lions Gate Films (Santa Monica, Calif.),film distributor.;
Gerard Butler, Mike Colter, Yoson An, Daniella Pineda, Paul Ben-Victor, Remi Adeleke.In the white-knuckle action movie PLANE, pilot Brodie Torrance saves his passengers from a lightning strike by making a risky landing on a war-torn island only to find that surviving the landing was just the beginning. When most of the passengers are taken hostage by dangerous rebels, the only person Torrance can count on for help is Louis Gaspare, an accused murderer who was being transported by the FBI. To rescue the passengers, Torrance will need Gaspare's help and will learn there's more to Gaspare than meets the eye.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Action and adventure films.; Feature films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation; Air pilots; Airplanes; Hostages; Islands; Murderers; Rescues;
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Beep! Beep! Vehicles on the go / by Barton, Byron.;
"Twelve vehicles-a car, a truck, a plane, a boat, a train, a bus, a bike, and so on-are introduced to very young children in this board book celebration of transportation"--Newborn-4.
Subjects: Board books.; Vehicles; Transportation;
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Machines in motion : the amazing history of transportation / by Jackson, Tom,1972-; Mould, Chris.;
Trains -- Overground & underground -- Ships -- More ships -- Cars -- More cars -- Balloons -- Bikes -- Aeroplanes -- Tanks -- Helicopters -- Working vehicles -- Submarines -- Rockets -- Spacecraft.Every day, all over the world, people travel: short trips or great, long voyages, moving slowly and steadily or racing along at super-fast speeds. They make their trips in cars, trains, planes, ships and on bikes-and some people have even blasted off in rockets! But how did these vehicles become what we know now?
Subjects: Transportation;
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The Moscow offensive / by Brown, Dale,1956-author.;
"America's first line of defense--Brad McLanahan and the heroes of the Iron Wolf Squadron--must counter a dangerous Russian strike from within the homeland in this cutting-edge tale from the New York Times master of the high-tech military thriller, Dale Brown. On a remote island estate, a billionaire investor sells his air freight company to a mysterious new owner. The purchaser is none other than the President of Russia, Gennadiy Gryzlov. The Russians will use these private planes to secretly transport dangerous cargo into the United States. The inept American President Stacy Anne Barbeau has failed to account for the Russian threat. But others have been vigilant and will not leave America defenseless. Brad McLanahan and the Iron Wolf Squadron have joined forces with the newly formed Alliance of Free Nations in Eastern Europe, to prepare for the attack they know is imminent. Working with the most cutting-edge technology, the team will deploy CIDs--Cybernetic Infantry Devices--twelve-foot-tall humanoid combat robots, each armed with more firepower than a conventional platoon. But their state-of-the-art weapons may not be enough to combat the threat. The Russians have managed to reverse engineer their own combat robots nearly decimated in a previous attack, and have slowly begun smuggling them across America's borders. Dealing with an unprecedented danger and a feckless president and congress, McLanahan and the Iron Wolf Squadron will once again put their own lives on the line to check this new Russian peril and keep the home of the brave and the free world safe"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Special forces (Military science); Special operations (Military science); Terrorism;
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