A secret project prior to WW2 is planned to keep the United States out of the war in Europe. A beautiful German test pilot, a unique aircraft with one deadly flaw. Before the war begins the plane disappears. Seventy-five years later, a writer, Dominick August, gets pulled into the search for the missing plane and his world starts to spin as the search turns deadly. Events are controlled by a secret organization that fears the discovery of the missing airplane will focus government attention on them and reveal their real function as international profiteers that operate under their own rules. A lovely woman, Laura, helps Dominick get started before she is whisked away by the FBI; a female Rear Admiral, tough, beautiful and a little mischievous pulls strings that may cause her to lose her position in the Navy, or worse. From Los Angeles to Washington D.C.to the small town in the Sierra Nevada Mountains to the desert air base in the Mojave Desert, the search moves steadily to its surprising conclusion.
Think of what differentiates Sam Adams beer from Budweiser, or Yamaha (electric keyboards) from conventional pianos. Further, Godin layers on a need to focus on distinctive “original” niche audiences. “The old rule was this: Create safe ...
Presents a behind-the-scenes account of NASA's ambitious and sometimes tumultuous involvement with Russia's problem-plagued MIR space station over three years
BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Diana Gabaldon’s Voyager. Praise for Dragonfly in Amber “Diana Gabaldon is a born storyteller. . . . The pages practically turn themselves.”—The Arizona Republic “A triumph!
This volume provides fully illustrated and up-to-date keys for all dragonfly genera with descriptive text for each genus, accompanied by distribution maps and 1,595 diagnostic illustrations, including wing patterns and characteristics of ...
In Backyard Books: Are You a Dragonfly? by Judy Allen with illustrations by Tudor Humphries, the secrets of metamorphosis are unfurled through the story of a familiar backyard creature.
“You mean the dragonflies? ... “The dragonfly does not have a lot of time to waste,” he continued, “that is why they are always on the move. It takes a dragonfly almost four years to hatch, and it only lives about two months.
The Dragonfly Pool by Eva Ibbotson is an enchanting tale of friendship and determination during the Second World War, from the author of The Star of Kazan.
The book focuses on the identification of both adults and larvae, highlighting the key features.
Dragonfly
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