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Significant Food
Significant Food is a collaborative work of textual analysis and criticism that chews on the role and prominence of food in American literature. The volume offers close readings of many well-known, and some less well-known, examples of American writing, as studied through the food culture sensibilities of a well-stocked cupboard of contributors who offer their analyses for public consumption. Editors Jeff Birkenstein and Robert C. Hauhart find that literary criticism has focused on the role food plays in literary production to a greater extent than recognized at first glance and that its role has become increasingly common only in the last two decades. Still, while there is critical commenta...
Shirley Jackson, Influences and Confluences
The popularity of such widely known works as "The Lottery" and The Haunting of Hill House has tended to obscure the extent of Shirley Jackson's literary output, which includes six novels, a prodigious number of short stories, and two volumes of domestic sketches. Organized around the themes of influence and intertextuality, this collection places Jackson firmly within the literary cohort of the 1950s. The contributors investigate the work that informed her own fiction and discuss how Jackson inspired writers of literature and film. The collection begins with essays that tease out what Jackson's writing owes to the weird tale, detective fiction, the supernatural tradition, and folklore, among other influences. The focus then shifts to Jackson's place in American literature and the impact of her work on women's writing, campus literature, and the graphic novelist Alison Bechdel. The final two essays examine adaptations of The Haunting of Hill House and Jackson's influence on contemporary American horror cinema. Taken together, the essays offer convincing evidence that half a century following her death, readers and writers alike are still finding value in Jackson’s words.
Handling In-Flight Emergencies
DEFUSE THE EMERGENCY BEFORE IT HAPPENS Do you know the best way to get found if you're forced down, radioless, in the wilderness? Can you land in heavy surface winds? What happens if your engine fails? Are you prepared for the unexpected? Pilot Jerry Eichenberger's Handling In-Flight Emergencies is the best way to prepare for the unexpected-and to fly more confidently and safely. This guide can help you- * Apply the best prevention, management, and correction strategies for all in-flight emergencies * Fly knowing you're armed with the best solutions to in-air crises * Follow critical preflight and training procedures that protect you aloft * Learn preferred ways of coping with icing, thunderstorms, wind shear, mechanical and electrical failures, IFR conditions, navigational errors, spatial disorientation, and more * Discover equipment to help you identify and reduce dangers that might otherwise go undetected * Evaluate avionics products before you need them * Learn from other pilots' errors REAL-LIFE CASE STUDIES ILLUSTRATE EACH EMERGENCY SITUATION A volume in the McGraw-Hill Practical Flying Series
Half a Wing, Three Engines and a Prayer
Incorporating a wealth of new material, here is the riveting story of the bombing raids that broke the back of Nazi Germany, praised as "a well-researched, highly readable account of a B-17 combat crew's experience ... excellent." (Roger A. Freeman, author of The Mighty Eighth)
Aviation Internet Directory: A Guide to the 500 Best Web Sites
Quotes: The critics raved about the author's previous edition: "A real time saver. Catalogs the best aviation Web sites . . . giving clever descriptions and evaluation." Flying magazine "An excellent sampling of cyber information resources for pilots." Plane & Pilot magazine "John Merry narrowed the field down to the best of the best to save you search time when browsing for aviation topics. (Yes, AOPA's site [www.aopa.org] made the cut)." AOPA Pilot Fly Straight to Aviation's Best Web Sites! Pilot John Merry, author of the highly acclaimed 200 Best Aviation Web Sites and 300 Best Aviation Web Sites is back with Aviation Internet Directory: A Guide to 500 Best Aviation Web Sites! And he's do...
Controlling Pilot Error: Maintenance and mechanics
Contains real-life pilot stories, valuable "save-yourself" techniques and an action agenda of preventive techniques to avoid risks.
Aircraft Icing
Required reading for every pilot, this resource identifies different icing types -- including new phenomena such as supercolled drizzle droplets. Covers both ground and airborne icing for VFR and IFR pilots in high- and low-level operations.
The Aviation Fact Book
If you ever wanted to have an all-in-one-place aviation book, here it is. And it's got it all - fascinating information about every aspect of flying: historical, modern, recreational, military, and commercial.
AIM-FAR, 1999
This preferred all-in-one source guide to current pilot information and federal regulations features an easy-to-use format and shaded areas highlighting important changes for 1999. Illustrations.
