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1. www.amazon.co.uk › Taking-Flight-EvolutionaryTaking Flight: The Evolutionary Story of Life on the Wing

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   May 4, 2023 · Taking Flight by Lev Parikian is a marvellous work of nonfiction that explores the miracle of flight. This work of nature writing explores the evolutionary story of life with wings. The book explores how flight has evolved and developed in diverse ways from flapping and gliding, hovering and diving to great migrations.

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   • Author: Lev Parikian

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3. www.waterstones.com › book › taking-flightTaking Flight by Lev Parikian - Waterstones

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   May 16, 2024 · ISBN: 9781783967827. Number of pages: 304. Dimensions: 198 x 129 mm. MEDIA REVIEWS. ' [Lev Parikian] brings a sense of infectious enthusiasm to his account of the evolution of flight in the natural world, from mayflies and bees to bats and hummingbirds by way of pterosaurs and archaeopteryx, combining a wealth of information with a sense of ...

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   May 4, 2023 · Conjuring lost worlds, ancient species and ever-shifting ecologies, this exhilarating new book is a mesmerising encounter with fourteen flying species: from the first fluttering insect of 300 million years ago to the crested pterosaurs of the Mesozoic Era, from hummingbirds that co-evolved with rainforest flowers to the wonders of dragonfly, albatross, pipistrelle and monarch butterfly with ...

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6. www.liverpoolecho.co.uk › travel › millions-britsMillions of Brits book holidays in 48 hours before tax increase

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   9 hours ago · In April, we saw economy class domestic flight APD rise by 50p, short-haul overseas flights increased by £2, and long-haul flights of up to 5,500 miles saw an 11% surge, from £194 to £216."

7. www.amazon.com › Wind-Sand-Stars-Harvest-Book › dpWind, Sand And Stars (Harvest Book): de Saint-Exupéry ...

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   Dec 9, 2002 · A National Geographic Top Ten Adventure Book of All Time Recipient of the Grand Prix of the Académie Française, Wind, Sand and Stars captures the grandeur, danger, and isolation of flight. Its exciting account of air adventure, combined with lyrical prose and the spirit of a philosopher, makes it one of the most popular works ever written about flying.

   • Author: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

8. www.msn.com › en-au › newsMillions of passengers rush to book flights ahead of rumoured ...

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   Domestic class economy flight rate rose by 50p from £6.50 to the current £7. Short-haul duty increased by £2 per seat, while duties on long-haul flights of up to 5,500 miles went up from £194 ...

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   • “A select few novels possess the wonder of music, and this is one of them. No two readers will experience it exactly the same way. Flights is an international, mercurial, and always generous book, to be endlessly revisited. Like a glorious, charmingly impertinent travel companion, it reflects, challenges, and rewards.”–Los Angeles Review of Books

   Flights: Nobel Prize and Booker Prize Winner: Tokarczuk, Olga, Croft

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   What is taking flight?

   • Taking Flight is a mind-expanding feat of the imagination, a close encounter with flight in its myriad forms, urging us to look up and drink in the spectacle of these gravity-defying marvels that continue to shape life on Earth.

   Taking Flight: The Evolutionary Story of Life on the Wing

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   Who wrote 'flights' by Olga Tokarczuk?

   • Washington Post From the incomparably original Polish writer Olga Tokarczuk, Flights interweaves reflections on travel with an in-depth exploration of the human body, broaching life, death, motion, and migration. Chopin's heart is carried back to Warsaw in secret by his adoring sister.

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   • Ambitious and complex." — Washington Post From the incomparably original Polish writer Olga Tokarczuk, Flights interweaves reflections on travel with an in-depth exploration of the human body, broaching life, death, motion, and migration.

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    Aug 14, 2018 · – The Millions “Deftly explores, in limpid, captivating vignettes, the spaces we inhabit—bodies, geographies, the expanse of the page—and the loves, fears, and wonder that inhabit us.” –Literary Hub “An indisputable masterpiece.” –Publishers Weekly, starred review “This host of haunting narratives teases the mind and taunts the soul... exhilarating.” —Library Journal