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"A powerful reconstruction of the flight's final moments. . . . Made me think of John Hersey's Hiroshima." - New York Times Book Review
Thedefinitive story of the courageous men and women aboard Flight 93 on September 11, 2001, and of the day that forever changed the way Americans view the world and themselves.
Of the four horrific hijackings on September 11, Flight 93 resonates as one of epic resistance. At a time when the United States appeared...
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Could you survive a plane crash in the Andes mountain range? Nando Parrado: Crash in the Andes in the True Survival series explores Parrado's shocking survival story. The book is written with a high interest level and lower level of complexity to serve more mature students reading at lower levels. Clear visuals, colorful photographs (including images of the survivors!), and considerate text help with comprehension and wild facts hold the readers'...
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As hundreds of rescue workers waited on the ground, United Airlines Flight 232 wallowed drunkenly over the bluffs northwest of Sioux City. The plane slammed onto the runway and burst into a vast fireball. The rescuers didn't move at first: nobody could possibly survive that crash. And then people began emerging from the summer corn that lined the runways. Miraculously, 184 of 296 passengers lived. No one has ever attempted the complete reconstruction...
25) Random Hearts
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An Internal Affairs sergeant and a Congresswoman become entangled in a shocking mystery and an unexpected romance after their spouses are killed in a plane crash together.
28) The Grey Sisters
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"D and Spider have always been close friends, and they are further united in their shared heartbreak: they both lost siblings in a horrific plane crash two years earlier. A chance sighting of a beloved cuddly toy in a photograph of the only survivor spurs D to finally seek closure. She and Spider and their friend, Min, set off on a road trip to the mountainside site of that terrible crash. Ariel has lived on the mountain all her life. She and her...
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"Mallory Reynolds is a driven woman fueled by her passion for photographing wild animals in remote locations. Every year she makes a trek deep into Alaska, but this time the unthinkable happens: she crash-lands after her plane stalls out in a storm. Injured, vulnerable, and threatened by the very creatures she loves, Mallory fears the worst - until she's rescued by Michael Bradley, a mysterious mountain man living in self-imposed exile.Mallory is...
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"On October 13, 1972 an Uruguayan Air Force plane crashed in the Andes. Forty-five people were on board. Many died on impact, or in the hours following the crash. At over 4,000 feet above sea level, under temperatures of ?22, and without shelter or food, the line separating victims and survivors was increasingly blurry. Only sixteen of them would make it out alive."--
35) Przed katastrofą
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"Mglista, letnia noc 23 sierpnia 2015 roku. Z lotniska w Martha's Vineyard wylatuje prywatny samolot z jedenastoma osobami na pokładzie, dziesięcioma zamożnymi i mężczyzną - malarzem - któremu ostatnio nie wiedzie się w życiu najlepiej. To ma być krótki, zaledwie dwudziestodziewięciominutowy lot do Nowego Jorku. Stewardesa serwuje drinki, w telewizji leci mecz baseballowy, nic nie zapowiada tego, co wydarzy się za nieco ponad kwadrans....
37) Heaven is here
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A poignant and inspirational memoir that chronicles Stephanie Nielson's life before and after the horrific plane crash that changed her path forever.
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On a foggy summer night, eleven people -- ten privileged, one down-on-his-luck painter -- depart Martha's Vineyard on a private jet headed for New York. Sixteen minutes later, the unthinkable happens: the plane plunges into the ocean. The only survivors are Scott Burroughs -- the painter -- and a four-year-old boy, who is now the last remaining member of an immensely wealthy and powerful media mogul's family. With chapters weaving between the aftermath...
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Colin Riordan lleg? a Virgin River para recuperarse de un espantoso accidente de helic?ptero que le hab?a dejado cicatrices por dentro y por fuera. Su familia era un apoyo maravilloso, pero era en la pintura donde hallaba verdadero consuelo para su alma atormentada. Herida en lo profesional y en lo personal por una desastrosa aventura amorosa, la publicista Jillian Matlock hab?a alquilado una vieja casona victoriana en Virgin River. La casa ten?a...
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