Biography & Autobiography, Aviation & Nautical
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Many Voyages in Strange Crafts
A Memoir by Captain William Rodick
Young William Rodick was determined to go to sea, like his sea captain father. Even though his father warned him against it, William apprenticed with a merchant marine and boarded his first ship in Liverpool, England, at the age of fourteen. This...
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I Didn't Make Admiral
but what a life, no regrets! by George H. Jackson
Pour yourself a drink and walk the gangplank into the adventures of George Jackson, a retired naval officer and master mariner. Engrossing, irreverent, and full of life, I Didn’t Make Admiral is a collection of stories told with love,...
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Captain Scott's Scrapbook
Mutinies, Mining and Mysteries by Margot Dixon
Amongst the family albums her mother had kept, Margot Dixon found something very curious—Captain Samuel F. Scott’s old scrapbook. Who was this man? And why did her family have his scrapbook? As she read through the book, full of one-of-a-kind...
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An Ocean to Redemption
Navigating Storms of Love, Betrayal, and Deceit on the High Seas by Robert P. Jones
Embark on a journey unlike any other in An Ocean to Redemption – an engaging memoir that unveils a breathtaking tale of love, betrayal, and adventure. Rob and Lisa, after years of marital bliss, surrender to wanderlust and embark on an ambitious...
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Time in Africa
Flying and Fun from 1963 to 1983 by David Price
Time in Africa: Flying and Fun from 1963 to 1983 covers 20 amazing years of David Price’s life as a pilot, working primarily in Africa. Although filled with personal adventures and humorous anecdotes, Time in Africa is much more than an...
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My Aviation Journey
From a Childhood Dream to an Airline Captain by Gerard Mofet
After graduating from flight college with a Commercial Pilot Licence in 1999, and with only $250 in his wallet, a suitcase, a typewriter, his flight bag and an abundance of grit, Gerard Mofet dove head first into the highly competitive world of...
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Spartan Mosquitoes
by Ernest Durwood Scullion
IMAGINE flying miles above the earth in a wooden airplane with no pressurization and little heat. At 30,000 feet, the outside air temperature is about–35 Fahrenheit. After a few hours, the cabin temperature drops to –20. Now imagine taking aerial...
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Canoe for Change
A Journey Across Canada by Glenn Green and Carol VandenEngel
Imagine taking on the challenge of a cross-Canada canoe adventure: to live outdoors for months at a time, to embark on your destination knowing you have 8,515 kilometres ahead of you to paddle. Canoe for Change is the story of husband-and-wife...
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Never a Dull Moment
A Memoir of Canadian Naval Aviation, Firebombing and Theatre by George E. Plawski
George Plawski was born in Gdynia, Poland, in 1934. His father, Eugene, was a senior naval officer who fought in both World Wars in the capacities of pilot, and as the commander of surface ships as well as submarines. Before the war, he lived...
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Dreamers Refuse to Be Victims
Per Ardua ad Astra (From Adversity to the Stars by Milan “Lou” Voticky
Upheaval. Flight. Terror. Insecurity. Milan Voticky and his family faced all of this when the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia in 1939 forced them to escape to Shanghai. Liberated from the Shanghai ghetto in 1945, the Voticky family made their...
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