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Title: A Gift of Wings by Richard Bach ISBN: 0-440-20432-1 Publisher: Dell Pub. Date: 02 October, 1989 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.93 (14 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: 48 classic magazine articles from a golden age
Comment: For pilots and lovers of flight, this is a 'must have' book. It's a collection of 48 magazine articles Richard Bach wrote from the the late 1960's/early 1070's (with a couple of even earlier ones). They originally appeared in Flying, Air Progress, Private Pilot, Argosy, Sport Flying, and Air Facts. The topics range from classic Bach railing against the FAA by cheering for the Outlaws, to barnstorming, to Egyptians flying, to applying at United Airlines. There is an awesome article describing his favourite books, his relationship with pilots that write, complete with a reading list. There is even a little one-page article from 1959, 'There's something the matter with seagulls.' He was thinking about seagull acrobatics for a while . . .
It's all flying and thoughts about flying. Unlocking the magic box of flight with wonderful words.
Rating: 5
Summary: Inspirational and Life Changing Book
Comment: "A Gift of Wings" and Bach's "Stranger to the Ground," led to my earning a Private Pilot's License, the second most influential event in my life. After reading Bach, I had little choice: I had to fly solo, above the clouds and earth, and experience the trancendental moments he described, or my life would be incomplete, perhaps even wasted.
This is my flying "Bible." Whenever I need inspiration, whether related to life or flying, a few chapters will renew my spirits and leave me yearning to fly, my cynicism, anger or depression evaporated by his lovely words. Some of his deeply heartfelt sentiments are so beautiful, it brings tears to my eyes, even after the 20th reading.
Bach will convince you that the invention of the airplane was mankind's singular greatest accomplishment, not for it's technical achievement, but for it's affect on the human spirit.
I own a hardbound copy which I hope to have Bach autograph. I bought 20 paperback copies: one for my car, several at my airport office, one at my bedside, and the some given away to private and airline pilots, who having lived some of Bach's magic moments in the air, can appreciate his insights. The rest are reserved for unsuspecting, non-flying "groundpounders" I will meet, who are about to have a life changing experience, when I bestow upon them - "A Gift of Wings."
Rating: 5
Summary: An amazing creation
Comment: If you love flying, or the feeling of freedom that comes with flight (and who doesn't?), then you will absolutely adore this Richard Bach amazing creation. Beautifully written, it will expand your horizons and touch your soul!
Arlene Millman
author of BOOMERANG - A MIRACLE TRILOGY
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Title: Stranger to the Ground by Richard Bach ISBN: 0440206588 Publisher: Dell Pub. Date: 02 April, 1990 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: Illusions : The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah by Richard Bach ISBN: 0440204887 Publisher: Dell Pub. Date: 10 October, 1989 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach ISBN: 0380012863 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 01 January, 1976 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: The Bridge Across Forever : A Lovestory by Richard Bach ISBN: 0440108268 Publisher: Dell Pub. Date: 01 October, 1989 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Running from Safety : An Adventure of the Spirit by Richard Bach ISBN: 0385315287 Publisher: Delta Pub. Date: 01 November, 1995 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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