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"A little guide intended to be consumed in one long-distance airplane flight for the general reader to extract the philosophical implications of the condition forced upon them. To be read with some nostalgia under current pandemic conditions or, more likely, to be utilized as we shift back to traveling in a post-pandemic world"--
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Air Transport: A Tourism Perspective provides rigorous insights into the current complexities, synergies and conflicts within air transportation and tourism, presenting a balanced, comprehensive, contemporary, and global analysis that thoroughly examines the links between theory and practice. The book offers readers a multi-sector, global perspective on the practical implications of the link between air transport and tourism. By using a novel approach,...
7) Turbulence
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"A stunning, virtuosic novel about twelve people, mostly strangers, and the surprising ripple effect each one has on the life of the next as they cross paths while in transit around the world.' --amazon.com.
Twelve flights, from London to Madrid, from Dakar to Sao Paulo, to Toronto, to Delhi, to Doha. Passengers and crew, en route to see lovers or estranged siblings, aging parents, baby grandchildren, or nobody at all. Along the way, they experience...
10) Thin air
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"Seventeen-year-old boarding school student Emily Walters is selected for an opportunity of a lifetime--she'll compete abroad for a cash prize that will cover not only tuition to the college of her choice, but will lift her mother and her out of poverty. But almost from the moment she and 11 other contestants board a private jet to Europe, Emily realizes somebody is willing to do anything to win. Between keeping an eye on her best friend's flirty...
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When their car breaks down, Peppa, George, Mummy Pig, and Daddy Pig set out in an airplane to visit Peppa's friends who are vacationing across the globe.
Los amigos de Peppa viajan por el mundo, ¡y Peppa va a visitarlos! ¡Únete a Peppa, George, Mamá Cerdita y Papá Cerdito en su viaje en avión por la jungla, las montañas, el desierto y hasta el polo Sur para ver a Suzy Oveja y los pingüinos!
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It weighs as much as 100 elephants, but it can fly for hours. How does a jet do that? From the engine that provides the power and wings that lift the plane off the ground to the cockpit controls and passenger cabin, see how these modern marvels work and what makes them stay in the air. Introduces young readers to the mechanical science of jet planes that recreates an airplane ride while explaining how powerful engines, specially designed wings, and...
14) Bearplane!
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From the departure gate to the baggage claim, Bear Cub experiences their first time on a plane.
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The founder of Scott's Cheap Flights explains why we're searching for airfare all wrong, shares the strategies that have saved his two million newsletter subscribers a collective $500 million on airfare, and presents a bold new approach for how to see the world while never overpaying for flights again. When Scott Keyes booked flights to Italy for $130 roundtrip and Japan for $169 roundtrip, he didn't just uncover amazing fares; it was the beginning...
19) City in the sky
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At any one time, there are around one million people airborne somewhere in the world; that equates to an entire airborne city -- a "city in the sky." Straddling whole continents, the fabric of this extraordinary construction consists of the 100,000 flights that crisscross the world every single day. Take off around the world, on the arc of an actual journey from departure to arrival, to uncover the invisible global networks and complex logistics that...
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"Welcome to Flight or Fright, an anthology about all the things that can go horribly wrong when you're suspended six miles in the air, hurtling through space at more than 500 mph and sealed up in a metal tube (like--gulp!--a coffin) with hundreds of strangers. All the ways your trip into the friendly skies can turn into a nightmare, including some we'll bet you've never thought of before ... but now you will the next time you walk down the jetway...
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