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Cockpit Confidential

Everything You Need to Know About Air Travel: Questions, Answers, and Reflections

by Patrick Smith ...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA fascinating fear of flying book from a commercial airline pilot and author of the popular website askthepilot.com.For millions of people, travel by air is a confounding, uncomfortable, and even frightening experience. When you go behind the scenes, however, you can see that the grand theater of air travel is actually fascinating. From the intricate design of airport ... Read more

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA fascinating fear of flying book from a commercial airline pilot and author of the popular website askthepilot.com.For millions of people, travel by air is a confounding, uncomfortable, and even frightening experience. When you go behind the scenes, however, you can see that the grand theater of air travel is actually fascinating. From the intricate design of airport
... Read more

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Forever Island

A Novel

by Patrick Smith ...

A classic and heartbreaking tale of one man's fight to protect nature, and a treasured way of life, against the forces of greed.In a corner of the Big Cypress Swamp, to the north of the Florida Everglades, lives Charlie Jumper, and eighty-six-year-old Seminole man. Unlike the younger American Indians who have adopted white civilization, Charlie and his wife cling to the old ways, hunting and ... Read more

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A classic and heartbreaking tale of one man's fight to protect nature, and a treasured way of life, against the forces of greed.In a corner of the Big Cypress Swamp, to the north of the Florida Everglades, lives Charlie Jumper, and eighty-six-year-old Seminole man. Unlike the younger American Indians who have adopted white civilization, Charlie and his wife cling to the old ways, hunting and
... Read more
A Land Remembered

by Patrick D Smith ...

Series series A Land Remembered
A Land Remembered has been ranked #1 Best Florida Book eight times in annual polls conducted by Florida Monthly Magazine.In this best-selling novel, Patrick Smith tells the story of three generations of the MacIveys, a Florida family who battle the hardships of the frontier to rise from a dirt-poor Cracker life to the wealth and standing of real estate tycoons. The story opens in 1858, when Tobias ... Read more

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A Land Remembered has been ranked #1 Best Florida Book eight times in annual polls conducted by Florida Monthly Magazine.In this best-selling novel, Patrick Smith tells the story of three generations of the MacIveys, a Florida family who battle the hardships of the frontier to rise from a dirt-poor Cracker life to the wealth and standing of real estate tycoons. The story opens in 1858, when Tobias
... Read more

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Cockpit Confidential

Everything You Need to Know About Air Travel: Questions, Answers, and Reflections

by Patrick Smith ...

A New York Times bestsellerFor millions of people, travel by air is a confounding, uncomfortable, and even fearful experience. Patrick Smith, airline pilot and author of the web's popular Ask the Pilot feature, separates the fact from fallacy and tells you everything you need to know...How planes fly, and a revealing look at the men and women who fly themStraight talk on turbulence, pilot training ... Read more

$8.99 USD

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A New York Times bestsellerFor millions of people, travel by air is a confounding, uncomfortable, and even fearful experience. Patrick Smith, airline pilot and author of the web's popular Ask the Pilot feature, separates the fact from fallacy and tells you everything you need to know...How planes fly, and a revealing look at the men and women who fly themStraight talk on turbulence, pilot training
... Read more

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Somebody Else's Century

East and West in a Post-Western World

by Patrick Smith ...

From one of our foremost experts on Asia and its history comes this brilliant dissection of the relationship between East and West.In three succinct essays, Patrick Smith investigates the East’s endeavor to adopt Western technology and all that we consider modern. He underscores a crucial distinction between modernization (the simple emulation of the West) and the true task of “becoming modern.” ... Read more

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From one of our foremost experts on Asia and its history comes this brilliant dissection of the relationship between East and West.In three succinct essays, Patrick Smith investigates the East’s endeavor to adopt Western technology and all that we consider modern. He underscores a crucial distinction between modernization (the simple emulation of the West) and the true task of “becoming modern.”
... Read more
A Land Remembered: Student Edition Volume 1

by Patrick D Smith ...

Series series A Land Remembered
A Land Remembered has become Florida's favorite novel. Now this Student Edition in two volumes makes this rich, rugged story of the American pioneer spirit more accessible to young readers. Patrick Smith tells of three generations of the MacIveys, a Florida family battling the hardships of the frontier. The story opens in 1858, when Tobias and Emma MacIvey arrive in the Florida wilderness with ... Read more

$8.99 USD

A Land Remembered has become Florida's favorite novel. Now this Student Edition in two volumes makes this rich, rugged story of the American pioneer spirit more accessible to young readers. Patrick Smith tells of three generations of the MacIveys, a Florida family battling the hardships of the frontier. The story opens in 1858, when Tobias and Emma MacIvey arrive in the Florida wilderness with
... Read more
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A Land Remembered

by Patrick Smith ...

Narrated by George Guidall ...

Unabridged

14 hours 58 min

In this best-selling novel, Patrick D. Smith tels the story of three generations of the MacIveys, a Florida family who battle the hardships of the frontier to rise from a dirt-poor Cracker life to the wealth and standing of real estate tycoons. The story opens in 1858, when Tobias MacIvey arrives in the Florida wilderness to start a new life, and ends in 1968 with Solomon MacIvey, who realizes ... Read more

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In this best-selling novel, Patrick D. Smith tels the story of three generations of the MacIveys, a Florida family who battle the hardships of the frontier to rise from a dirt-poor Cracker life to the wealth and standing of real estate tycoons. The story opens in 1858, when Tobias MacIvey arrives in the Florida wilderness to start a new life, and ends in 1968 with Solomon MacIvey, who realizes
... Read more

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Hands-On Artificial Intelligence for Beginners

An introduction to AI concepts, algorithms, and their implementation

by Patrick D. Smith, David Dindi ...

Grasp the fundamentals of Artificial Intelligence and build your own intelligent systems with easeKey FeaturesEnter the world of AI with the help of solid concepts and real-world use casesExplore AI components to build real-world automated intelligenceBecome well versed with machine learning and deep learning conceptsBook DescriptionVirtual Assistants, such as Alexa and Siri, process our requests, ... Read more

$41.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Grasp the fundamentals of Artificial Intelligence and build your own intelligent systems with easeKey FeaturesEnter the world of AI with the help of solid concepts and real-world use casesExplore AI components to build real-world automated intelligenceBecome well versed with machine learning and deep learning conceptsBook DescriptionVirtual Assistants, such as Alexa and Siri, process our requests,
... Read more
The River Is Home

A Novel

by Patrick D. Smith ...

Poor in material possessions, Skeeter's kinfolk are rich in their appreciation of their beautiful natural surroundings. The river on which they live—with its food supply, steamboats, and floods—figures strongly in their lives as the source of life, change, and death. Though their life is a simple one, it's filled with friendship, loyalty, love, and compassion ... Read more

$15.99 USD

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Poor in material possessions, Skeeter's kinfolk are rich in their appreciation of their beautiful natural surroundings. The river on which they live—with its food supply, steamboats, and floods—figures strongly in their lives as the source of life, change, and death. Though their life is a simple one, it's filled with friendship, loyalty, love, and compassion
... Read more

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Cockpit Confidential

Everything You Need to Know About Air Travel: Questions, Answers, and Reflections

by Patrick Smith ...

Narrated by Charlie Thurston ...

Unabridged

10 hours 33 min

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERYour ultimate guide to unlocking the secrets of aviation!For millions of people, travel by air is a confounding, uncomfortable, and even frightening experience. When you go behind the scenes, however, you can see that the grand theater of air travel is actually fascinating. From the intricate design of airport architecture to the logistics of inflight service, here is ... Read more

$20.00 USD

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERYour ultimate guide to unlocking the secrets of aviation!For millions of people, travel by air is a confounding, uncomfortable, and even frightening experience. When you go behind the scenes, however, you can see that the grand theater of air travel is actually fascinating. From the intricate design of airport architecture to the logistics of inflight service, here is
... Read more

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My Judge My Jury My Executioner

by Patrick H. Smith, Patrick Smith ...

My Judge, My Jury, My Executione is an epic story about friends, family, faith, death, survival, overcoming and love.David was an ordinary kid, growing up in a small East Texas town. A simply country boy, he was torn by the loss of his baby brother. Once he finished high school, he decided to follow in the footsteps of his grandfather and his father by joining the military. After being injured in ... Read more

$7.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

My Judge, My Jury, My Executione is an epic story about friends, family, faith, death, survival, overcoming and love.David was an ordinary kid, growing up in a small East Texas town. A simply country boy, he was torn by the loss of his baby brother. Once he finished high school, he decided to follow in the footsteps of his grandfather and his father by joining the military. After being injured in
... Read more
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Allapattah

by Patrick D. Smith ...

Narrated by Jim Seybert ...

Unabridged

5 hours 42 min

Twenty-five-year-old Seminole Toby Tiger lives in despair in the Florida Everglades. He loves the land and everything that exists in the natural world: the deer and egrets, turtles and herons, cypress trees and sawgrass, ponds and marshes, and, most of all, Allapattah, the crocodile. He watches helplessly as the white man imposes his will on the Seminoles, forcing them either to conform or to eke ... Read more

$18.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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Twenty-five-year-old Seminole Toby Tiger lives in despair in the Florida Everglades. He loves the land and everything that exists in the natural world: the deer and egrets, turtles and herons, cypress trees and sawgrass, ponds and marshes, and, most of all, Allapattah, the crocodile. He watches helplessly as the white man imposes his will on the Seminoles, forcing them either to conform or to eke
... Read more

Also available as: eBook