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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Holmes, Richard, 1945-     Subjects     Balloonists -- History.     Ballooning -- History.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Holmes, Richard, 1945-       by title:      Falling upwards : ho...         MARC Display

Falling upwards : how we took to the air / Richard Holmes. by Holmes, Richard, 1945- New York : Pantheon Books, c2013. Subjects Balloonists -- History.   Ballooning -- History. ISBN:  9780307379665 : 0307379663 Description:  xii, 404 p., [24] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 25 cm. Edition:  1st United States ed. Contents:  Voices overhead -- The falling dream -- Fiery prospects -- Airy kingdoms -- Angel's eye -- Wild west wind -- Spies in the sky -- Gigantic voyages -- Vertical explorations -- Mariners of the upper atmosphere -- Paris airborne -- Extreme balloons -- Epilogue -- Classic balloon accounts. Requests:  0 Summary:  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.--   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Aiea Public Library Adult Nonfiction 387.73209 Ho Checked In Add Copy to MyList Hawaii Kai Public Library Adult Nonfiction 387.73209 Ho Checked In Add Copy to MyList Hawaii State Library Business, Science & Technology 387.73209 Ho Checked In Add Copy to MyList Kailua Public Library Adult Nonfiction 387.73209 Ho Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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