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Griffith, Victoria.

Summary: Profiles Brazilian aviator Alberto Santos-Dumont, who made great strides in the invention of flight.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Books for Young Readers 2011

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 629.13 GRI

Rockliff, Mara

Summary: This true story follows the story of Beatrice Shilling, a woman whose ingenuity, persistence, and mechanical expertise helped Britain win World War II.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2021

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Slader, Erik

Summary: Today, everyone is familiar with Neil Armstrong's famous words as he first set foot on the moon: 'One small step for man; one giant leap for mankind.' He made it look easy, but America's journey to the moon was anything but simple. In 1957, when the Soviet Union launched Sputnik, the world's first satellite, into orbit, America had barely crossed the starting line of the great Space Race. Later...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2018

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Juvenile book on CD, Call number: J CD 692.4 Slader 2018

Heppenheimer, T. A.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Wiley 2003

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 629.13 HEP

Summary: Jiro dreams of flying and designing beautiful airplanes, inspired by the famous Italian aeronautical designer Caproni. Nearsighted from a young age and unable to be a pilot, Jiro joins a major Japanese engineering company in 1927 and becomes one of the world's most innovative and accomplished airplane designers. Jiro meets and falls in love with Nahoko, and grows and cherishes his friendship...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Buena Vista Home Entertainment 2014

Copies Available at Woodmere

2 available in Anime, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY ANIME WIN

Breen, Steve

Summary: "Young Violet's only friend is her dog, Orville, until one of her homemade flying machines takes her to the rescue of a Boy Scout troop in trouble."--Title page verso.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 2008

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BRE

Crouch, Tom D.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic Society 2003

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Cassutt, Michael

Summary: "One of the most elusive and controversial figures in NASA's history, George W.S. Abbey was called "the Dark Lord," "the Godfather," and "UNO" (unidentified NASA official) by those within NASA. He was said to be secretive, despotic, a Space Age Machiavelli. Yet Abbey had more influence on human spaceflight than almost anyone in history. From young pilot and wannabe astronaut to engineer,...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2018

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Sutter, Joseph F.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Smithsonian Books 2006

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 629 SUT

Dye, Paul (Paul F.)

Summary: Dye, NASA's longest-serving Flight Director, examines the split-second decisions that the directors and astronauts were forced to make in a field where mistakes are unthinkable, and where errors led to the loss of national resources-- and more importantly, one's crew. From the powerful fiery ascent to the majesty of on-orbit operations to the high-speed and critical re-entry and landing of a...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2020

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Adult, Call number: B DYE DYE

Steel, Danielle.

Summary: When Kate Jamison and Joe Allbright meet for the first time shortly before Christmas in 1940 they recognize each other as soulmates, but the next three decades are filled with pain and happiness as they try to stay together.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2001

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC STE

Summary: Jiro dreams of flying and designing beautiful airplanes, inspired by the famous Italian aeronautical designer Caproni. Nearsighted from a young age and unable to be a pilot, Jiro joins a major Japanese engineering company in 1927 and becomes one of the worlds most innovative and accomplished airplane designers. Jiro meets and falls in love with Nahoko, and grows and cherishes his friendship...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment 2013

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1 available in Anime, Call number: DVD ANIME WIN

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD WIN RATED PG-13

Mulley, Clare

Summary: "Despite Hitler's dictates on women's place being in the home, two fiercely defiant female pilots were awarded the Iron Cross during the Second World War. Other than this unique distinction and a passion for flying that bordered on addiction, these women could not have been less alike. One was Aryan Nazi poster-girl Hanna Reitsch, an unsurpassed pilot, who is now best-known for being the last...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2017

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 MUL

Harris, Duchess

Summary: In the 1950s, NASA relied on human computers. These skilled women did calculations by hand. While astronauts and their accomplishments were well known, human computers often worked behind the scenes. Hidden Heroes: The Human Computers of NASA explores the legacy of NASA's human computers.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Core Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2019

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J629.45 HAR

Contents: [v. 1.] Folk & traditional = Folclórico e tradicional. Ella diz que tem (Carmen Miranda ; Banda Da Lua) (2:41) -- Deixa esta mulher sofrer (Ary Barrosa ; Com Fon-Fon e sua orchestra) (2;52) -- Yao (Orquestra Brasiĺia) (3:38) -- Fica mais um pouco, amor (Adoniran Barbosa) (3:44) -- Candomblé : 1976 (various artists) (3:14) -- Okolofé (Wilson Moreira) (4:13) -- Gente que vem de Lisboa/Peixinhos...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Blue Jackel Entertainment 1995

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD LATIN BRA

Summary: Features Brazilian musician Joao Gilberto's first three albums. Joao Gilberto is one of the pioneers of the bossa nova musical genre, yet he has avoided the limelight for fifty years. Here, listerners can experience Gilberto's earliest music, which chronicles the beginnings of bossa nova.

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2012

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD LATIN GIL

Summary: Brazil is known for its beautiful beaches and vibrant culture. However, in recent years, the country has developed more of a reputation for corrupt politicians, kidnapping, and plastic surgery. Artfully connects these seemingly disparate elements and conducts a dazzling, yet harrowing, examination of the tragic domino effect that has reshaped the face of the country and created an entire...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: City Lights Home Entertainment 2008

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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MAN

Contents: Disc one, Bossa Nova Brasilia. Desafinado / A.C. Jobim, Newton Mendonca (Joao Gilberto) (2:00) -- Dindi / A.C. Jobim, Aloysio de Oliveira (Sylvia Telles) (2:36) -- One Note Samba / A.C. Jobim, Newton Mendonca (Antonio Carlos Jobim) (3:20) -- Chega De Saudade / A.C. Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes (Elizete Cardoso) (3:29) -- A Felicidade / A.C. Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes (Agostinho Dos Santos) (2:47)...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2013

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD LATIN BOS

Hoffman, David E. (David Emanuel)

Summary: "While getting into his car on the evening of February 16, 1978, the chief of the CIA's Moscow station was handed an envelope by an unknown Russian. Its contents stunned the Americans: details of top-secret Soviet research and development in military technology that was totally unknown to the United States. From 1979 to 1985, Adolf Tolkachev, an engineer at a military research center, cracked...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2015

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Larson, Kirsten W.

Summary: "Emma Lilian Todd's mind was always soaring--she loved to solve problems. Lilian tinkered and fiddled with all sorts of objects, turning dreams into useful inventions. As a child, she took apart and reassembled clocks to figure out how they worked. As an adult, typing up patents at the U.S. Patent Office, Lilian built the inventions in her mind, including many designs for flying machines....

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Calkins Creek, an imprint of Boyds Mills & Kane 2020

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 TOD

Earle, Shannon

Summary: "When an oil-covered penguin washes up in Brazil, Seu João saves its life. The man and penguin become friends, and the penguin won't return to the wild."--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge 2022

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 598.47 EAR

Contents: En conversa en conversa / Lucio Alves ; Llaroldo Barbosa (Joao Gilberto) (2:20) -- Correnteza / Antonio Adolfo ; Tibertio Gaspar (Tamba No. 4) (3:40) -- Mañana de carnaval / Luis Bonfá (Trio Orfeo Negro) (3:07) -- Astronauta / samba do pregunta (Joao Gilberto) (2:17) -- Lenga-lenga / Laorcio de Freitao (Tamba No. 4) (2:50) -- Baiao / Luis Gonzaga (Octavio Henrique, Mr. Bossa Nova) (2:51) --...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Orfeon 1990

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD LATIN BRA

Allende, Isabel.

Summary: When fifteen-year-old Alexander Cold accompanies his individualistic grandmother on an expedition to find a humanoid Beast in the Amazon, he experiences ancient wonders and a supernatural world as he tries to avert disaster for the Indians.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Rayo 2002

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1 available in Young Adult Foreign Language, Call number: YA FOREIGN SPANISH ALL

Lindbergh, Anne Morrow

Contents: pt. 1. Santiago.--pt. 2. Bathurst.--pt. 3. Bound Natal.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt, Brace and company 1938

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 629.1333 Lindb

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