Aviation Classics

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee Jimmy Buffett offers his philosophy on life and how to live it, “like sitting with Buffett at a beachside bar, listening to him spin tales” (Time). “Buffett took his family on a three-week trek around the Caribbean...

In Ted W. Lawson’s classic Thirty Seconds over Tokyo, Lawson gives a vivid eyewitness account of the unorthodox assignment that 85 intrepid volunteer airmen - the “Tokyo Raiders” - under the command of celebrated flier James H. Doolittle executed in April 1942. The plan called for 16 B-25 twin-engine medium bombers of the Army Air Corps to take off from the aircraft carrier Hornet, bomb industrial targets in Japan, and land at airfields in China.

From the young airmen who took their frail machines high above the trenches of World War I and fought their foes in single combat, there emerged a renowned company of brilliant aces - among them Ball, Bishop, McCudden, Collishaw, and Mannock - whose legendary feats have echoed down half a century. But behind the elite pilots in the Royal Flying Corps, there were many hundreds of airmen who flew their hazardous daily sorties in outdated planes without ever achieving fame.

"Come for the banter, stay for the intrigue, and enjoy this fascinating tale of the American Revolution.”—Christian Science Monitor A riveting reimagining of the young woman who almost ended the American Revolution. Philadelphia in the 1770s. Peggy Shippen longs for the war she’s living...

August 1911. Emily Hardcastle and her inimitable lady’s maid Florence Armstrong are enjoying a fine summer until Harry, Lady H’s brother, turns up out of the blue with a mystery for them to solve. A routine parachute test at a local aeroplane factory has gone horribly wrong - with pilot Dickie Dupree plummeting to his death. Harry is certain there is more to this ‘tragic accident’ than meets the eye, having discovered that someone at the airfield is leaking top secret intelligence to foreign rivals.

High-altitude daring, a son’s search for truth Ted Scott — famed aviator and national hero — breaks the world altitude record, survives a blazing engine failure, and enters the perilous trans‑Pacific race to Honolulu. Beneath the speed and spectacle lies a quieter quest: to clear his father’s name for a long-ago murder charge. Set in the 1920s age of barnstormers and ocean crossings, this restored edition follows aerial rescues, midnight chases, and a hunt that spans San Diego to Honolulu. Themes include honor, loyalty, and the cost of fame, told with the direct, action‑driven ...

In 1942, six Navy scout planes fly out from a secret American carrier in the Mediterranean and never come back. Lieutenants Stud Stacey and Jake Bell, two hard-flying pilots who have already lost too many friends, refuse to let the silence stand. They take off before dawn in a lone amphibian with a dead radio, no markings, and no backup. What they find is a trap. Captured by the Luftwaffe and locked inside a Sicilian air base packed with bombers and paratroopers, they meet a battered R.A.F. pilot who knows too much and a Kommandant who will stop at nothing to learn where the American ...

High above the endless deserts of North Africa and the southern skies of France, a solitary pilot navigates the perilous paths of early airmail routes, carrying letters that connect distant lives. In Southern Mail, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, a pioneering aviator and masterful storyteller, blends breathtaking adventure with profound introspection. This debut novel takes readers inside the cockpit, where every flight is a test of skill, courage, and resilience. The stark beauty of the desert, the thrill of flight, and the tension of isolation create an immersive experience that transcends ...

The spectacular, true story of a scrappy teenager from New York’s Lower East Side who stowed away on the most remarkable feat of science and daring of the Jazz Age, The Stowaway is “a thrilling adventure that captures not only the making of a man but of a nation” (David Grann, bestselling...

Masterpieces of Adventure — Volume II brings together two remarkable collections originally selected by Nella Braddy in the early twentieth century: Stories of the Sea and Sky and Adventures within Walls. Together, they present fifteen compelling works by some of the most celebrated writers of classic literature. Stories of the Sea and Sky transports readers into a world of maritime peril, mysterious vessels, aerial adventure, and encounters with the terrifying forces of nature. Frank Norris's The Ship That Saw a Ghost evokes the supernatural dread of an isolated ocean voyage, while Edgar...

When Angela's father gets lost at the airport, she looks for him everywhere, even inside an airplane. But when Angela's love of button-pressing proves too great, she finds herself in charge of flying the plane. Can Angela make it back down to the runway?

What if the future of flight arrived decades before the world was ready? The members of Philadelphia's prestigious Weldon Institute are convinced they have solved the greatest challenge of the age: conquering the skies with the perfect balloon. Then a mysterious stranger interrupts their meeting. Calling himself Robur the Conqueror, he dismisses everything they believe about flight. Balloons, he declares, belong to the past. The future belongs to machines heavier than air. No one believes him. Until two of the Institute's leaders vanish without a trace. Suddenly carried aboard an ...

The life and adventures of Thomas Cochrane, a young man who rose from midshipman to admiral, are so extraordinary that, to paraphrase Patrick O’Brian, one has to suspend disbelief. In fact, O’Brian admitted to using Cochrane as the model for his character Jack Aubrey. Second only to Nelson...

A world traveler and adventurer, L. Ron Hubbard was a keen observer and astute researcher and imbued his fiction with authentic characters, local color and real-life adventure. Whether sailing the high seas with Lord Nelson’s fleet, digging in a scorching desert for Alexander’s treasure, or ducking bullets across war-torn China, these stories will carry you on adventure to other times and places.

A world traveler and adventurer, L. Ron Hubbard was a keen observer and astute researcher and imbued his fiction with authentic characters, local color, and real-life adventure. Whether sailing the high seas with Lord Nelson’s fleet, digging in a scorching desert for Alexander’s treasure, or ducking bullets across war-torn China, these stories will carry you on adventure to other times and places.

There’s not a dare Smoke Burnham won’t take, and there’s not a wager he won’t make. Now he’s betting his life that he can fly his plane, Super Comet - with his pet cheetah Patty coming along for the ride - across the mountains and jungles of South America to a prize-winning payday. All he has to do is out-race the competition, out-maneuver a saboteur, and make out with his girl - who’s determined to bring him down to earth. One thing you can count on - in the air, in a fight, or in his girlfriend’s arms - he’s a man who likes to turn up the heat.

Caution is a second-generation ace pilot desperately trying to bury his past and the memories of his father - a daredevil barnstormer who perished trying to wow crowds and killed Caution's mother from the shock. Now Caution has worked his way up the ladder as an ultra-conservative general manager of a small airline. But against his better judgement, Caution must risk the hazards of a round-world air race. Joined by a fiery blonde stunt flyer as his female co-pilot, he begins the journey only to discover that a rival airline is trying to sabotage their every move.

“Tell me the story of Everest,” she said, a fervent smile sweeping across her face, creasing the corners of her eyes. “Tell me about this mountain that’s stealing you away from me.” In 1924 George Mallory departs on his third expedition to reach the summit of Mount Everest. Left behind...

Inspired by TRUE Events! - In a historical with romance, action-adventure, family, foreign and national intrigue between the U.S. and the Soviet Union, all kinds of exciting things...Through blizzards, gale-force winds, temperatures falling below -80, and over 700 miles of death-dealing terrain, teams of brave men and courageous and smart dogs of in dominatable fighting spirit, mush sleds across the Alaska wilderness, in an around the clock relay, race with lifesaving serum for 11,000 plague-ravaged people inaccessible by everything, but death and their determined rescuers, warring with the...

Spreading democracy takes more than cutting-edge military hardware. Winning the hearts and minds of a troubled nation is a special mission we give to bewildered young soldiers who can’t speak the native language, don’t know the customs, can’t tell friends from enemies, and–in this...