Lindbergh: A Biography

List Price: $12.95 
Author: Leonard Mosley 
Source Notes. 
Index. 
40 halftone illus 
Page Count: 496 
Dimensions: 5 3/8 x 8 1/2 
With his historic 1927 flight across the Atlantic in The Spirit of St. Louis, Charles Lindbergh overnight became one of America’s most celebrated heroes. In this highly readable biography, best-selling author Leonard Mosley offers an fascinating account of Lindbergh’s childhood, days as a barnstormer and mail pilot, the flight to Paris and its aftermath, the Hauptmann trial, his later life, and much more. 

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All About Lightning

List Price: $7.95 
Author: Martin A. Uman  
Illustrated. 
Page Count: 192 
Dimensions: 5 3/8 x 8 1/2 
Highly readable non-technical survey of nature and causes of lightning, thunderstorms, ball lightning, St. Elmo’s Fire, much more.

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Wonders of the Sky: Observing Rainbows, Comets, Eclipses, the Stars and Other Phenomena

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Page Count: 299 
Dimensions: 5 1/4 x 8 1/4 
Fascinating layman’s guide to naked eye astronomy. Explores such topics as eclipses, coronas, mock suns, halos, sun pillars and more. 56 illustrations and photos supplement the text. "...practical, detailed, and informative commentary on the heavens...written with care and a sense of delight in the visual pleasure around and above us..."—Astronomy Magazine.

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The Story of Maps

List Price: $16.95 
Author: Lloyd A. Brown
86 illustrations. 
Extensive notes and 
Bibliography. 
Page Count: 464 
Dimensions: 6 1/2 x 9 1/4 
The first authoritative history of maps and the men who made them. The historical coverage of this volume is immense: from the first two centuries A. D. (Strabo and Ptolemy) through the end of the 19th century, with some discussion of 20th-century developments.

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