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  Bird - Three extraordinary...

  Tracey Curtis-Taylor

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  Tracey Curtis-Taylor has created headlines around the world with three epic flights in a 1942 Boeing Stearman biplane. Paying homage to two historic female aviators, she flew from Cape Town to Goodwood in 2013, from London to Australia in 2015 and, two years later, completed a transcontinental flight across the USA, after surviving a plane crash during the expedition. 
   
  But her daring exploits came at a huge personal cost. 
   
  From the moment the Light Aircraft Association (LAA) awarded her a prestigious trophy for ‘navigation, a feat of aviation, endurance and tenacity’, several men with personal grudges made it their mission not just to strip Tracey of her award but to destroy her reputation. 
   
  Now, for the first time and with searing honesty, Tracey tells, in breath-taking detail, the remarkable story of how she overcame extreme adversity to complete her three epic journeys. And she charts the bitter campaign waged against her, revealing the rank misogyny and hypocrisy that exists in British aviation. 
   
  In Bird, her unique and action-packed memoir, she also tells how: 
   
  She cheated death twice – once in a high-speed boating accident and again when her historic Stearman crashed in the Arizona desert. 
  Her unconventional upbringing sparked her spirit of adventure – but a shocking secret drove her family apart 
  She fulfilled her dreams only after overcoming a series of near-critical setbacks 
  Tracey took her first flying lesson at 16 but it was in New Zealand where she properly learned to fly and had her first taste of piloting historic aircraft 
   
  Overcoming a series of traumatic events, including a failed marriage, Tracey returned to England and, in 2009, was determined to emulate the heroics of Lady Heath, the first UK woman to hold a pilot’s licence and the first person to fly from Cape Town to London in an open-cockpit aircraft.

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  The JonBenét Ramsey Murder - A...

  Hunter Blackwell

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  On December 26, 1996, six-year-old JonBenét Ramsey was found dead in her family’s Boulder, Colorado home, sparking one of the most infamous and baffling true crime cases in history. A cryptic ransom note, a crime scene riddled with contradictions, and a tangled web of conflicting theories have left investigators and the public searching for answers for nearly three decades. Despite intense media scrutiny, multiple investigations, and countless theories, the case remains unsolved to this day. 
  In this audiobook, we take a deep dive into the chilling details of the crime, unraveling the events leading up to JonBenét’s tragic death and the many twists that followed. From the shocking 911 call to the controversial handling of forensic evidence, every aspect of the case is examined with a critical lens. Why was the ransom note so unusual? Could an intruder have slipped in unnoticed? Or does the truth lie closer to home? 
  The JonBenét Ramsey Murder explores the evidence, police missteps, and shocking revelations that have kept the world captivated for decades. We’ll examine the role of the media, the numerous suspects who fell under suspicion, and the enduring impact of the case on both the true crime community and the Ramsey family. 
  Perfect for true crime fans, this audiobook delivers a compelling and thought-provoking look at a case that refuses to fade into history, reminding us that some mysteries may never be fully solved.

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  Edith Stein - The Life and...

  María Ruiz Scaperlanda

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  Amid a world torn by war and prejudice, a brilliant Jewish philosopher stunned her family and colleagues when she embraced the Catholic faith and later entered a Carmelite monastery, taking the name Teresa Benedicta of the Cross. Her life and martyrdom under the Nazi regime reveal a powerful witness of grace, courage, and spiritual depth. Her example offers a timeless model of true feminine strength, uniting faith, family, and work in a life transformed by an unwavering love for Christ.

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  Coolamon Girl

  Dianne Lucas

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  Wryly humorous and scarifyingly honest, Coolamon Girl is a beautifully crafted memoir of a daughter terrified of her mother. Scarred by her mother's conservatism and palpable dislike of her body and her sexuality, Di escapes her fraught home life and the stultifying narrowness of her 1950s and 60s small country town. Feeling lost in the big outside world, she travels the bumpy journey into adulthood full of adolescent doubts and fears - how she looks, how others see her, how to navigate sex and love. And finally, she discovers what she values as a woman. Told with clarity and poignancy, painful scenes are rendered unflinchingly, yet the whole is suffused with humour and compassion. Di's coming-of-age is a triumph of recovery from betrayal and Coolamon Girl captures the glory of reaching for a bigger life and the power of the universal within the particular, as relevant today as when she lived it. 

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  Asteroid YR4 - 11 Ways the World...

  Luc Mary

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  What if... a rogue planet grazed the Earth? the Earth left its orbit? the Earth stopped rotating? a meteorite crashed into the middle of the Atlantic Ocean? the Sun suddenly went out? a supervolcano erupted in the United States? humanity fell victim to a giant solar storm? a neutron star hurtled towards Earth? a black hole the size of a soccer ball grazed Earth? the star Betelgeuse exploded into a supernova? 
  
  These are eleven apocalyptic scenarios exploring an unlikely but possible future. All of these extraordinary events are scientifically credible. Some of these catastrophes have even already occurred in the recent past. Proof of this can be found in the meteorite that crashed into the Yucatán and wiped out the dinosaurs... 
  
  Each scenario is explained by a scientist  recognized in their field.

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  Breakthroughs in Science

  Isaac Asimov

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  Isaac Asimov, known primarily for his science fiction stories, was also a scientist. In cooperation with the Senior Scholastic magazine, he composed this wonderful and fascinating work of historical nonfiction. 
  Twenty-six far-reaching discoveries and the twenty-nine scientists who made them—from Archimedes, who boasted he could move the world, to Goddard, who sent the first liquid-fuel rocket toward space. 
  These men of vision and genius set their sights beyond the known to bring about hold advances in scientific thinking and enlarge our knowledge of man and his environment. 
  Masterfully narrated by award-winning narrator Mike Vendetti. This work is an inspiration to young and old alike. Who knew Thomas Alva Edison lost his hearing in one ear because he lost his balance hopping a train, and a trainman grabbed him by the ears to pull him onto the train?

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