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The Mysterious Island was published in 1874, and it is one of Verne's longest novels. The plot depicts a group of men who have become castaways stranded on an island in the Pacific during the American Civil War. The novel describes their attempts not only to survive but also, with the aid of the scientific and technological know-how, to rebuild their world from the meager resources of the island. At the end, however, it is realized that Captain Nemo,...
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Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
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Falling Upwards tells the story of the enigmatic group of men and women who first risked their lives to take to the air, and so discovered a new dimension of human experience. Why they did it, what their contemporaries thought of them, and how their flights revealed the secrets of our planet in wholly unexpected ways is its subject.--
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Just before dawn in the hills near the Scottish border, a man murders a young woman. At the same time, a hot-air balloon crashes out of the sky. There's just one survivor. She's seen the killer's face - but he's also seen hers. And he won't rest until he's eliminated the only witness to his crime. Alone, scared, trusting no one, she's running to where she feels safe - but it could be the most dangerous place of all.
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Series
Publisher
Floris Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Evie is determined to win first prize at the Strawberry Fair with her amazing hot-air balloon! But on the way to the competition the creatures of Wildberry Acres need her help. What is most important to Evie: winning or helping others?" --
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Series
Pokémon ; 13
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
Ash and his friends get involved in a Pokemon hot air balloon race, where the prize is a rare Dratini.
13) Ballooning
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Series
Publisher
Smart Apple Media
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
Surveys the history, equipment, techniques, risks, and safety factors of ballooning.
15) Danny Deckchair
Publisher
Artisan Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Danny is an average guy who uses gags and pranks to liven up his blue-collar life. While his friends watch helplessly from below, Danny accidentally ends up taking off in a deck chair strapped to giant helium-filled balloons. He decides to start a whole new life in the town where he crash-lands. That is until his old life catches up him.
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Pignon Scorbion ; 2
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Language
English
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"A delightful day in 1910 at the Haxford Spring Fair turns horrifying and deadly when a balloonist plummets to the earth from the blue skies above. However unlikely, it{u2019}s soon discovered that this unfortunate corpse was not done in by his precipitous plunge but instead from an arrow fatally lodged in his chest. Unraveling the twisted web of intrigue that took the man{u2019}s life requires the expert skills of Haxford{u2019}s brilliant and sartorially...
17) Balloon man
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Tragedy forces Bill Costen out of his NFL career, leading him to become the first African American Hot-Air Balloon Master Pilot in the world." --
19) The balloonist
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Publisher
Farrar, Straus, Giroux
Pub. Date
[1976]
Language
English
Description
The acclaimed novel of love, ambition, and Arctic adventure-with an introduction by Philip Pullman.
It is July 1897, at the northernmost reach of the inhabited world. Swedish inventor Gustav Crispin is determined to become the first person to set foot on the North Pole, and return, borne by hot air balloon. Making the expedition with two companions-an American journalist and a young, French-speaking adventurer-all three climb into the small wicker...
