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We know how their music changed the world. But what really happened on the flights that ended their lives?Patsy Cline. Otis Redding. Jim Croce. Lynyrd Skynyrd. Randy Rhoads. Ricky Nelson. Stevie Ray Vaughan. John Denver. Aaliyah. Jenni Rivera. James Horner. Glenn Miller. Buddy Holly, Ritchie...

On 25 December 1943, the German battlecruiser Scharnhorst slipped out Altenfjord in Norway to attack Arctic convoy JW55B which was carrying vital war supplies to the Soviet Union. But British naval intelligence knew of the Scharnhorst's mission before she sailed and the vulnerable convoy was protected by a large Royal Naval force, including the battleship Duke of York. In effect the Scharnhorst was sailing into a trap. One of the most compelling naval dramas of the Second World War had begun.

There’s a dirty little secret about aviation maintenance: It often breaks aircraft instead of fixing them. Manifesto is the much-anticipated first audiobook from renowned aviation columnist and speaker Mike Busch. Written in typical no-nonsense style, it lays out the basis of Mike's “minimalist” maintenance philosophy for owner-flown general aviation aircraft. An owner who follows the audiobook's guidance can save a small fortune on maintenance costs and end up with a safer, more reliable aircraft.

A New York Times technology correspondent presents the dramatic rise and fall of Uber, set against the rapid upheaval in Silicon Valley during the mobile era. Based on hundreds of interviews with current and former Uber employees, along with previously unpublished documents, Super Pumped is a pause-resisting story of ambition and deception, obscene wealth, and bad behavior, that explores how blistering technological and financial innovation culminated in one of the most catastrophic 12-month periods in American corporate history.

Pan Am at War chronicles the airline's historic role in advancing aviation and serving America's national interest before and during World War II. From its inception, Pan American Airways operated as the "wings of democracy", spanning six continents and placing the country at the leading edge of international aviation. At the same time, it was clandestinely helping to fight America's wars.

Commanded by Captain Howes Norris, the Sharon headed for the whaling grounds of the northwestern Pacific. At Pohnpei Island, 12 men from the Sharon deserted the ship, leaving her critically shorthanded. After steering for New Zealand to recruit more crew, the men on lookout raised a school of sperm whales. Two boats gave chase, each with a crew of six. Five men were left on board the Sharon: Norris, three pacific Islanders, and a Portuguese boy named Manuel.

Handing over the keys is a traumatic rite of passage for parents, and they will sleep better knowing that The Driving Book is in their teens' glove compartments. Covering virtually every scenario a new driver may face, from changing a tire to negotiating privileges with parents to handling a car in bad weather, Karen Gravelle helps teen drivers navigate through tricky new territory. This reissue features updated information for today's tech-savvy teen drivers.

The Pilot’s Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge provides basic knowledge that is essential for pilots. This handbook introduces pilots to the broad spectrum of knowledge that will be needed as they progress in their pilot training. Except for the Code of Federal Regulations pertinent to civil aviation, most of the knowledge areas applicable to pilot certification are presented. This handbook is useful to beginning pilots, as well as those pursuing more advanced pilot certificates.

During his remarkable lifetime, Harold Gatty became one of the world's great navigators (in 1931, he and Wiley Post flew around the world in a record-breaking eight days) and, to the benefit of posterity, recorded in this book much of his accumulated knowledge about pathfinding both on land and at sea. Applying methods used by primitive peoples and early explorers, the author reveals how to determine location, study wind directions and reflections in the sky, even how to use the senses of smell and hearing to find your way in the wilderness, in a desert, in snow-covered areas, and on the ocean.

An exciting scientific adventure from the days of wooden ships and iron men, LONGITUDE is full of heroism and chicanery, brilliance and the absurd. It is also a captivating brief history of astronomy, navigation and clockmaking. During the great ages of exploration, "the longitude problem" was...

The crackling memoir of a middle-aged urbanite who decides to cross the US by bicycle—4,000 agonizing miles—to face down the aging infrastructure of his body, and American mobility A tech and science writer living in Brooklyn, Clive Thompson grew up as a classic '80s video-game nerd...

In Pass Your Private Pilot Checkride, the MzeroA team leverages their extensive flight experience and knowledge to guide aspiring pilots through one of the most crucial steps in their aviation journey—the checkride. This book aims to demystify the process, offering strategies and insights that will save you time and reduce stress, ensuring you're fully prepared for the big day.

As you'll discover in his incomparable memoir, inventor, mechanic, TV presenter and walking tall as the definition of the British eccentric, Edd China sees things differently. An unstoppable enthusiast from an early age, Edd had 35 ongoing car projects while he was at university, not counting the double-decker bus he was living in. Now he's a man with not only a runaround sofa, but also a road-legal office, shed, bed and bathroom. 

تخلص من قلق البدايات وانطلق في رحلات برية ممتعة عبر الدليل الشامل لتعلم مهارات التخييم بالمركبات الترفيهية من الصفر. سواء كنت تخطط لعطلة عائلية هادئة أو تسعى...

Ontdek hoe bittere rivaliteit en onvermoeibare innovatie de mensheid leerden vliegen in deze historische biografie. Dit waargebeurde verhaal biedt een nuchtere, maar uiterst inspirerende luisterervaring, ideaal om tijdens je dagelijkse woon-werkverkeer helemaal in op te gaan. Terwijl je gefocust...

Twee nuchtere fietsenmakers herschrijven de luchtvaartgeschiedenis met briljante innovatie en ijzeren volharding. Dit meeslepende historische avontuur brengt je rechtstreeks naar hun werkplaats vol houtkrullen, olie en gedurfde experimenten. Een fascinerende luisterervaring die je direct...

تخلص من رهبة الميكانيكا المعقدة وافهم منظومة السيارات بثقة عبر هذا الدليل التعليمي المصمم للمبتدئين. استمع أثناء تنقلك اليومي لتطوير ثقافتك التقنية وتحويل...

面对突发的熄火与黑烟，零基础车主也能跳过天价维修费，用最接地气的排障技巧搞定复杂的柴油机械。如果你曾对着轰鸣的机器感到焦虑，害怕一次误操作就报废昂贵设备，这段干货满满的音频指南将彻底治愈你的机械恐惧...

轰动世界的首次动力飞行并非源于天才的灵光一闪，而是两个普通自行车技工在无尽试错与残酷商业竞争中死磕出来的技术奇迹。当全世界都在仰望苍穹、试图破解飞行的秘密时，这对固执的兄弟正窝在狭小的车间里，在压力...

从依靠模糊地貌在荒野求生，到运用精确至米级的卫星定位网络，人类为解答“身在何处、如何抵达”付出了数千年的试错代价。当你走在每天重复的通勤路上，或在陌生的城市街头寻找方向时，这部节奏明快的科普极简史将...