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- The balloonist / by Harris, MacDonald,1921-1993.(CARDINAL)518919; Pullman, Philip,1946-(CARDINAL)347461;
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- Subjects: Fiction.; Ballooning; Hot air balloons;
- Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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- The little balloonist : a novel / by Donn, Linda.(CARDINAL)769050;
Accelerated Reader AR- Subjects: Fiction.; Blanchard, Marie-Madeleine-Sophie Armand, 1778-1819; Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821; Balloon ascensions; Women balloonists;
- Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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- A conspiracy of alchemists / by Schwarz, Liesel.(CARDINAL)403120;
"A Conspiracy of Alchemists is the first book of the Chronicles of Light and Shadow series, starring the spunky dirigible pilot Elle Chance and the handsome warlock Marsh. Set during the Belle Epoque, Conspiracy is a thrilling and inventive historical fantasy, where the myths and legends of Old Europe live side by side with the wondrous creations of modern scientists and aviators. It's also set in a world haunted by vampires, fairies, and other supernatural creatures. And it mixes a thrill-a-minute page-turning plot with a genuinely moving love story. In Conspiracy, Elle and Marsh face off against a shadowy band of alchemists intent on sundering the veil between the world of the supernatural and our own--and learn that Elle has a mysterious part to play in this magical conspiracy"--- Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Paranormal fiction.; Alchemists; Balloonists;
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- A conspiracy of alchemists : book one in the chronicles of light and shadow / by Schwarz, Liesel.(CARDINAL)403120;
"A Conspiracy of Alchemists is the first book of the Chronicles of Light and Shadow series, starring the spunky dirigible pilot Elle Chance and the handsome warlock Marsh. Set during the Belle Epoque, Conspiracy is a thrilling and inventive historical fantasy, where the myths and legends of Old Europe live side by side with the wondrous creations of modern scientists and aviators. It's also set in a world haunted by vampires, fairies, and other supernatural creatures. And it mixes a thrill-a-minute page-turning plot with a genuinely moving love story. In Conspiracy, Elle and Marsh face off against a shadowy band of alchemists intent on sundering the veil between the world of the supernatural and our own--and learn that Elle has a mysterious part to play in this magical conspiracy"--- Subjects: Paranormal fiction.; Fantasy fiction.; Balloonists; Alchemists;
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- Sky sailors : true stories of the balloon era / by Bristow, David(David L.)(CARDINAL)704421;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-134).The black moon: the first balloon flights (France, 1783) -- Queen of the night sky: Sophie and Jean-Piere Blanchard (France, 1784-1819) -- Splashdown in Lake Erie: John Steiner (United States, 1857) -- The children are gone!: Martha and David Harvey (United States, 1858) -- The long voyage: the flight of the balloon Atlantic (United States, 1859) -- To the top of the sky: Coxwell and Glaisher's record altitude (United Kingdom, 1862) -- The siege of Paris: the balloon-and-pigeon post (France, 1870-1871) -- The North Pole balloon: Salomon Andrees's expedition (Sweden and the Arctic Ocean, 1897) -- Parachute girl: Dolly Shepherd (United Kingdom, 1903-12).An introduction to the history of ballooning introduces the pioneers of human flight and their contraptions which were used to cross large bodies of water, sail over enemy armies, and fly into storms, from 1783 until the early twentieth century.850LLexileAccelerated Reader AR- Subjects: Biographies.; Balloonists; Balloonists; Balloonists;
- Available copies: 6 / Total copies: 6
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- Falling upwards : how we took to the air / by Holmes, Richard,1945-(CARDINAL)356334;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 372-377) and index.Voices overhead -- The falling dream -- Fiery prospects -- Airy kingdoms -- Angel's eye -- Wild west wind -- Spies in the sky -- Gigantic voyages -- Vertical explorations -- Mariners of the upper atmosphere -- Paris airborne -- Extreme balloons -- Epilogue -- Classic balloon accounts.Falling Upwards tells the story of the enigmatic group of men and women who first risked their lives to take to the air, and so discovered a new dimension of human experience. Why they did it, what their contemporaries thought of them, and how their flights revealed the secrets of our planet in wholly unexpected ways is its subject.--- Subjects: Balloonists; Ballooning;
- Available copies: 6 / Total copies: 7
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- Wind riders [videorecording] / by Katayama, Emi,film director.; Gravitas Ventures (Firm),publisher.(CARDINAL)340634;
The untold stories of three American balloon pilots who have dedicated their lives to their sport, as they defend their world title.Rating: Not rated.DVD-R, wide screen.- Subjects: Biographical films.; Documentary films.; Nonfiction films.; Ballooning; Balloonists;
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- Once upon a time in the North [sound recording] / by Pullman, Philip,1946-(CARDINAL)347461;
Read by the author and a full cast.In a time before Lyra Silvertongue was born, the tough American balloonist Lee Scoresby and the great armoured bear Iorek Byrnison meet when Lee and his hare daemon Hester crash-land their trading balloon onto a port in the far Arctic North and find themselves right in the middle of a political powder keg.- Subjects: Audiobooks.; Fantasy fiction.; Audiobooks.; Balloonists; Balloonists; Balloonists;
- Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 5
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- Cloud hopper / by Kephart, Beth,author.(CARDINAL)355436; Sulit, William,illustrator.(CARDINAL)608638;
Fourteen-year-old Sophie and her best friends Wyatt and K set out to help when a silent, mysterious girl in a homemade hot air balloon lands in rural Gilbertine.Grades 7-9.Ages 11-14.HL680LAccelerated Reader ARA Junior Library Guild selection.- Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Young adult fiction.; Friendship; Balloonists; Grandmothers; Friendships.;
- Available copies: 10 / Total copies: 11
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- Around the world in 20 days : the story of our history-making balloon flight / by Piccard, Bertrand.(CARDINAL)659535; Jones, Brian,1947-(CARDINAL)659536;
Jones, Brian- Subjects: Jones, Brian, 1947-; Piccard, Bertrand.; Balloon ascensions.; Balloonists; Balloonists; Flights around the world.;
- Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
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