The remarkable autobiography of a pioneering female aviator who left a privileged life to serve in World War II. Her father was a millionaire race-car driver who became chairman of Bentley Motors, and her grandfather cofounded the De Beers mining company. But by the late 1930s, debutante Diana Barnato had enough of her affluent, chaperoned existence and sought excitement in flying-soloing at Brooklands after only six hours' training. Joining the Air...

J. B Priestley's 1949 classic teaches us that joy may be found in even the simplest things, and that we all have the capacity to appreciate them. Delight comprises a series of short essays, all focusing on a single simple pleasure, from reading detective stories in bed to smoking a pipe in the bath, from 'Cosy planning' to the earliest summer mornings, and from mineral water in the bedrooms of foreign hotels to the smell of bacon in the morning. Combining...

"Erica Reid's debut collection, Ghost Man on Second, traces a daughter's search for her place in the world after estrangement from her parents. Reid writes, "It's hard to feel at home unless I'm aching." Growing from this sense of isolation, Reid's stories create new homes in nature, in mythology, and in poetic forms--including sestinas, sonnets, and golden shovels--containers that create and hold new realizations and vantage points. Reid stands up...

Eyes in focus? Wearing your lucky shirt? Let the games begin! In a second book of speed-search adventures, Waldo summons fans to go head-to-head with each other or to race solo against the clock. Just open the book perfectly flat, with your opponent sitting opposite--or your self-timer at the ready--and zero in on one side of an action-filled spread. Find Waldo among zany games, super sports, and comical contests, from a heated soccer match to a high-flying...

"Todos a bordo, pero ¡cuidado! Los pasajeros que duermen en este tren tal vez nunca se despierten. En las primeras horas de Nochebuena, el tren cama de Londres a las Highlands descarrila, junto con los planes festivos de sus viajeros. Con el tren enterrado en Nieve en medio de la nada, los pasajeros solo se tienen unos a otros, y no todos llegarán a sus celebraciones navideñas. Mientras un asesino intenta capturar a los pasajeros uno por uno, la...