Monsted-Vincent MV-1 Starflight The all-aluminum Monsted-Vincent MV-1 Starflight was the brainchild of two World […]
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Audiobook Review | A Quest for Roanoke in ‘The Secret Token’ by Andrew Lawler
Author Andrew Lawler examines the gamut of leads as well as 400-plus years of unprovable elucidations of the mystery of the long-lost colony of Roanoke.
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What We Learned From… Retreat From Kabul, 1842
In 1839 the British invaded Afghanistan, aiming to replace a Russian-leaning emir with one more amenable to Crown interests in India
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Daily Quiz for November 9, 2018
In July 1932, this woman teamed up with Frances Marsalis to complete a 196-hour endurance flight
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Audiobook Review | Rocket Men: The Daring Odyssey of Apollo 8 by Robert Kurson
Author Robert Kurson chronicles astronauts Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and Bill Ander journey to the moon on a space mission filled with setbacks.
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Das Pariskanone
The gun that bombarded the French capital in 1918 was the most advanced weapon of its time
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Deadly Decorum
Karl Nerger turned a homely freighter into the most audacious commerce raider of World War I. Yet his prisoners considered him a fine gentleman
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Golden Parachute: Saving Combat Crews
Surviving a fall from a crippled aircraft requires more than a leap of faith
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Deadly Quest for Glory
Competition for acclaim made the best German pilots better in World War II. But […]
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Edward Pollard: Defeated South’s White Liar
Author created ‘Lost Cause’ myth that underpinned Jim Crow