Books About Aircraft & Flying
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Hippo Books - Bomber Aircraft of the World
A vintage book from the Hippo Series - No. 7. 126 pages of aircraft descriptions and pictures of each one. No writing, tears or rips - spine intact. Some discolouration to pages.
The gap year book
Fancy a year out between school and further studies? Thinking of letting the rat-race wait? This practical guide to planning and taking a year out offers advice on pre-trip preparation, where and when to go and ideas on what to do. Fancy a year out between school and further studies? Thinking of letting the rat-race wait? You need The Gap Year Book - a definitive, practical guide to planning and taking a year out. Packed with essential advice on pre-trip preparation and planning, the inside track on when and where to go, and numerous ideas on what to do, this book is a one-stop gap year shop.;Want to try yacht crewing? Fancy a stab at volunteering? Raring to go on a conservation project? We'll tell you how to organise all this and more, all you need now is your plane ticket! - full-colour world map showing gap year routes - tried and tested itineraries from real gappers - contact details for all the gap year placement companies and organisations - access to dedicated gap year discussion forum on lonelyplanet.com's Thorn Tree - Impressive breadth and depth of information supplied in a readable and entertaining way - information on the best courses to take and how to apply for jobs - quotes and tales from real gappers who've been there and done it - how to stay healthy away from home - 28,195 accepted university applicants deferred entry to take a gap year in 2002 (UCAS) - There are currently over 1,800,000 students following higher education programmes (NUSSL) - Average age of students is 16-25 (nusonline.co.uk) - Individual student spend is approximately pound5,535 pa - Average student spends pound524 p.a on travel (NUSSL) - Nearly a quarter do not buy holiday insurance (National Express) - 93 percent of higher education students in the UK have internet access (NOP
Airport - Usborne Sticker Books
A sticker book that encourages children to fill in the busy airport scenes using the colourful stickers provided. It includes scenes such as arriving at the airport, the departure lounge and the runway, each begging to be filled with the planes, people, luggage carts and vehicles.
Airport - Usborne First Colouring Books
There are dozens of planes and trucks to discover and colour at the busy airport in this fun and lively book. Each airport scene has a pre-coloured background and fun stickers to add to every page to make them easy for young children to complete.
Busy Books: Busy Airport
It's a very busy day at the airport! The simple push or pull of a tab in this chunky, interactive board book can cause all sorts of amazing things to happen: bags go round the carousel, helicopters take off and aeroplanes fly through the clouds! Full of delightful detail and magical mechanisms, this is the perfect book for keeping busy hands and busy minds entertained for hours.
Resistance. Four cassettes .Audio Book
The wife of a Resistance worker in Nazi-occupied Belgium falls in love with a wounded American pilot, forcing her to struggle with trust and betrayal. The wounded pilot becomes the pivot of the young housewife's life and their love affair causes repercussions throughout the small town.
The Doomsday Code - TimeRiders Book 3
Liam O'Connor should have died at sea in 1912. Maddy Carter should have died on a plane in 2010. Sal Vikram should have died in a fire in 2026. But all three have been given a second chance - to work for an agency that no one knows exists. Its purpose: to prevent time travel destroying history ...In 1993 British computer hacker Adam Lewis finds his name in a coded manuscript that is almost one thousand years old. How did Adam's name get in there ...and why? Confronted by Adam in 2001, the TimeRiders travel back to Sherwood Forest in 1193 to discover the origins of the ancient message. But when a strange hooded man appears interested in the same thing, they begin to wonder what terrible threat this cryptic link from the past holds for the future...
Airport Sticker Book - Usborne Spotter's Sticker Guides
This is an exciting title in this informative series of books, containing over 100 full-colour stickers, which children can match to the illustrations. This beautifully illustrated sticker book doubles as a spotters' guide, with accurate and simple descriptions that allow children to seek out and find the planes, vehicles and buildings to be found in and around a busy airport. The small size allows the books to fit neatly into a pocket so children can spot on the go.
The Eternal War - TimeRiders Book 4
Liam O'Connor should have died at sea in 1912. Maddy Carter should have died on a plane in 2010. Sal Vikram should have died in a fire in 2026. But all three have been given a second chance - to work for an agency that no one knows exists. Its purpose: to prevent time travel destroying history ...A time wave has struck that alters the entire history of the American Civil War. Abraham Lincoln has followed Liam into the present from 1831 - and now the world is in a dangerous state of limbo ...If the TimeRiders can't return Lincoln to the past, the Civil War will never end. Can Maddy persuade two colonels on either side of no man's land to cease fire long enough to save the future?
Timeriders: Gates of Rome (book 5)
Liam O'Connor should have died at sea in 1912. Maddy Carter should have died on a plane in 2010. Sal Vikram should have died in a fire in 2026. But all three have been given a second chance - to work for an agency that no one knows exists. Its purpos
Timeriders: Gates of Rome (book 5) - TimeRiders
Liam O'Connor should have died at sea in 1912. Maddy Carter should have died on a plane in 2010. Sal Vikram should have died in a fire in 2026. But all three have been given a second chance - to work for an agency that no one knows exists. Its purpose: to prevent time travel destroying history ...Project Exodus - a mission to transport 300 Americans from 2070 to 54AD to overthrow the Roman Empire - has gone catastrophically wrong. Half have arrived seventeen years earlier, during the reign of Caligula. Liam goes to investigate, but when Maddy and Sal attempt to flee a kill-squad sent to hunt down their field office, all of the TimeRiders become trapped in the Roman past. Armed with knowledge of the future, Caligula is now more powerful than ever. But with the office unmanned - and under threat - how will the TimeRiders make it back to 2001 and put history right? This is book five in the bestselling "TimeRiders" series by Alex Scarrow. Ancient Rome gets a time-travel makeover! "TimeRiders" (Book 1) won the Red House Book Award older readers category, and was Penguin UK's first ever number one on the iBookstore.
Choo Choo Clickety Clack - Alex Ayliffe - Picture Books
Through tunnels rattling, at stations stopping. Clickety clack! Off they go! This noisy, busy, bestselling book with fun rhyming text and bright, bold artwork is jam-packed with trains, planes, racing cars, sailing boats and more! Perfect for machine-mad little ones!
The Boss Baby - Marla Frazee - Picture Books
From the moment the baby arrived, it was obvious that he was the boss. The boss baby is used to getting his way - drinks made to order 24/7, his private jet plane, and meetings around the clock. But when his demands aren't getting proper responses, he has to go to new lengths to achieve the attention he deserves. Marla Frazee brings her signature wit and humour - along with adorable illustrations - to a book that explores the effect of one family's very unusual new arrival.
Soldiers - Louise Stowell - Novelty & Activity Books
Sticker Dressing Soldiers has over 250 stickers and lots of scenes to decorate. With intriguing historical facts to engage their attention and a variety of soldiers to dress, from Ancient Greek soldiers to First World War pilots, there's plenty to keep your child busy and entertained.
The Way Back Home - Oliver Jeffers - Picture Books
Shining star Oliver Jeffers is back with this star spangled inter-galactic adventure tale in space! One day a boy finds an aeroplane in his cupboard. Up, up, up and away he flies, high into the sky. Whizzing past clouds, stars and planets until suddenly, he runs out of petrol! Miles from earth, the boy crashes into the moon and waits. Just as he is beginning to get cold and lonely, a friendly martian appears from the darkness, also with a broken aircraft. Together they come up with a super plan to float the boy back down to earth to collect his toolbox. Can the boy find his way back home safely and will he ever make it back up to the moon to rescue his friend?