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1) Flight
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A seasoned airline pilot miraculously crash lands his plane after a mid-air catastrophe, saving nearly every soul on board. After the crash, Whip is hailed as a hero, but as more is learned, more questions than answers arise as to who or what was really at fault and what really happened on the plane.
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Afghanistan, 1970's. Amir is a Pushtun boy. Hassan is a Hazara boy. Amir and Hassan are raised together in Amir's father house. They play together and go kitting on the streets of a peaceful Kabul. Amir feels that his wise and good father, Baba, blames him for the death of his mother during his delivery. He feels that his father loves and prefers Hassam to him. In return, Amir feels a great respect for his father's best friend, Rahim Khan, who supports...
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Join Leo, June, Quincy, Annie and Rocket on a mission to rescue the Three Little Piggies when their airplanes spin out of control. Rocket will have to fly fast enough and far enough to bring the Piggies home. Journey to outer space on a trilling voyage. Then, get ready to race around the globe against the world's greatest flying machines. Big Jet is up to his old tricks, and he will do anything to win the trophy.
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Aliens are everywhere and they're attacking planet Earth. Dr. Russell Marvin works for Operation Skyhook, a government task force sending rockets into space to probe for future space flights. But when the rockets begin mysteriously disappearing, Dr. Marvin investigates along with his wife Carol, only to find the rockets are being intercepted by an army of space aliens who give humanity an ultimatum: loyalty or death. As the aliens begin attacking...
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Ave fénix volume 160
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Vuelo nocturno es una novela de Antoine de Saint-Exupéry publicada en diciembre de 1931 con prólogo de André Gide. Muy pronto, logró el Premio Femina (1931). Fue una de las primeras novelas en ser adaptadas en formato de bolsillo en 1953 (dentro de la colección Le Livre de poche, donde llevaba el número 3).
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Story of the men working for a South American mail and freight business in the 1930s. They are trying to win a lucrative government contract to carry mail, and must perform satisfactorily despite bad weather, injuries, poor cash flow and a woman trying to win the boss's heart.
10) El papalote
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When the children want to fly a kite, first Mama must figure out how to make one, then they wait for the rain to end, then, it blows away. But while looking for it, they find something even better.
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En 1972 partió de Montevideo, con destino a Santiago de Chile, un avión Fairchild Hiller FH-227 de las fuerzas aéreas uruguayas en el que viajaba el equipo de rugby Old Christians y sus acompañantes. Sin embargo, les aguardaba un destino muy distinto del que habían proyectado. Las infernales condiciones climatológicas determinaron la catástrofe y el aparato se estrelló en los Andes. Solo dieciséis de los cuarenta y cinco pasajeros que viajaban...
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Los deseos de Moshesiwä nacen en la selva donde vive y juega. Amunet sonríe al pensar en su futuro. Juana se deja llevar muy lejos mientras limpia los cristales de los coches y, al otro lado del mundo, Anja y su hermano Tovo rebuscan en un basurero sin dejar de soñar. Las niñas y niños de estas pequeñas historias vuelan su cometa y sueñan con un mundo mejor. Atrapa su hilo y viaja tú también con la cometa de los sueños.
13) All about flight
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Children will discover that the flight of an airplane is dependent upon the balance of four forces; gravity, lift, thrust, and drag. They will also examine how helicopters and air balloons work.
16) Atrapados
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When Floyd's kite gets stuck in a tree, he tries to knock it down with increasingly larger and more outrageous things.
Cuando la cometa de Floyd queda atascada en un árbol, la imaginacín será el límite para intentar bajarla arrojándole toda clase de objetos. Al final, cuando casi toda la ciudad ha quedado atrapada encima, el árbol culpable deja caer la pequeña cometa, que resbala suavemente hacia el niño. Ahora que Floyd ya tiene su cometa,...
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"On a lively street in the lovely city of Paris, a girl named Aída glanced up and was dazzled by the sight of an airship. Oh, how she wished she could soar through the sky like that! The inventor of the airship, Alberto, invited Aída to ride with him, but she didn't want to be a passenger. She wanted to be the pilot. Aída was just a teenager, and no woman or girl had ever flown before. She didn't let that stop her, though. All she needed was courage,...