Four Wings and a Prayer - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Four Wings and a Prayer write by Sue Halpern. This book was released on 2011-04-13. Four Wings and a Prayer available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Every autumn, the monarch butterflies east of the Rockies migrate from as far north as Canada to Mexico. Memory is not their guide — no one butterfly makes the round trip — but each year somehow find their way to the same fifty acres of forest on the high slopes of Mexico’s Neovolcanic Mountains, and then make the return trip in the spring. In Four Wings and a Prayer, Sue Halpern sets off on an adventure to delve into the secrets behind this extraordinary phenomenon. She visits scientists and butterfly lovers across the country, offering a keenly observed portrait of the monarchs’ migration and of the people for whom they have become a glorious obsession. Combining science, memoir, and travel writing, Four Wings and a Prayer is an absorbing travelogue and a fascinating meditation on a profound mystery of the natural world.
A Wing and a Prayer
A Wing and a Prayer - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Wing and a Prayer write by Harry H. Crosby. This book was released on 2021-09-14. A Wing and a Prayer available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. “A compelling account of the air war against Germany” written by the navigator portrayed by Anthony Boyle in Apple TV’s Masters of the Air (Publishers Weekly). They began operations out of England in the spring of ’43. They flew their Flying Fortresses almost daily against strategic targets in Europe in the name of freedom. Their astonishing courage and appalling losses earned them the name that resounds in the annals of aerial warfare and made the “Bloody Hundredth” a legend. Harry H. Crosby—depicted in the miniseries Masters of the Air developed by Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg—arrived with the very first crews, and left with the very last. After dealing with his fear and gaining in skill and confidence, he was promoted to Group Navigator, surviving hairbreadth escapes and eluding death while leading thirty-seven missions, some of them involving two thousand aircraft. Now, in a breathtaking and often humorous account, he takes us into the hearts and minds of these intrepid airmen to experience both the triumph and the white-knuckle terror of the war in the skies. “Affecting . . . A vivid account . . . Uncommonly thoughtful recollections that address the moral ambiguities of a great cause without in any way denigrating the selfless valor or camaraderie that helped ennoble it.” —Kirkus Reviews “Re-creates for us the sense of how it was when European skies were filled with noise and danger, when the fate of millions hung in the balance. An evocative and excellent memoir.” —Library Journal “The acrid stench of fear and cordite, the coal burning stoves, the heroics, the losses . . . This has to be the best memoir I have read, bar none.” —George Hicks, director of the Airmen Memorial Museum
Four Wings and a Prayer
Four Wings and a Prayer - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Four Wings and a Prayer write by Sue Halpern. This book was released on 2011-03-11. Four Wings and a Prayer available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Monarch butterflies abound in Canada. We marvel at their beauty and the magic of their metamorphosis. Familiar as they are to us, these tiny creatures nevertheless harbour many secrets. Perhaps the deepest mystery is the monarchs' annual migration. Each autumn, they travel unimaginably long distances, something no other butterflies do. How do they know when to migrate? How, unguided by memory, do they navigate to their destination in the heart of the threatened Mexican jungle? Sue Halpern recounts the mesmerizing story of these mysteries, and the race to solve them. She describes the discoveries of Canadian biologist Fred Urquhart and his wife, who first encouraged amateur lepidopterists to tag butterflies. We follow her to Mexico, where she searches for butterflies. She introduces us to Don Davis, an enthusiast who has tagged an estimated 20,000 monarchs since 1985. And though terrified of flying, she takes us on a flight with University of Toronto biologist David Gibo, as they attempt to predict the flight vectors of butterflies. Astonishing, fascinating, Four Wings and a Prayer, like our encounters with these delicate winged creatures, is a rare gem.
Half a Wing, Three Engines and a Prayer
Half a Wing, Three Engines and a Prayer - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Half a Wing, Three Engines and a Prayer write by Brian D. O'Neill. This book was released on 1999-05-21. Half a Wing, Three Engines and a Prayer available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Incorporating a wealth of new material, here is the riveting story of the bombing raids that broke the back of Nazi Germany, praised as "a well-researched, highly readable account of a B-17 combat crew's experience ... excellent." (Roger A. Freeman, author of The Mighty Eighth)
On Wings of Prayer
On Wings of Prayer - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook On Wings of Prayer write by Reggie Weems. This book was released on 2009. On Wings of Prayer available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
