Bennet Jackson (5 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Pages are clean, unmarked and undamaged. Exterior covers are lightly soiled with a few light creases and some uneven toning along edges. Very little wear otherwise. The magazine will be packed with a backing card, bubble-wrapped and shipped in a sturdy box to ensure safe transit. This issue includes: "The Meyers 145" (It's much too blind taxying and taking off, but from there on you have the kind of airplane two-place owners dream about: fast, long range, comfortable, the very maximum in vision, and slow, accurate landings) by Leighton Collins; "Instrument Lifesaver" (Spirally unstable airplanes make an emergency procedure imperative) by Paul A. Soderlind; "The Insurance Claim" (If you've never had a loss here's a chance to see how it works and why) by Leroy G. Hester; "Saucers or Illusions?" (It's interesting when someone who's skeptical about saucers sees one) by William A. Dixon; "Wilderness Airport" (Being able to taxy right up your hotel door is really something) by A. Bruce Boehm; "Through English Clouds" (An American learns now tricks in getting a British instrument rating) by Bennett L. Jackson; "Etc." (This year's National Air Races set an important pattern for the future. Balanced Airpower? Learmatic Navigator, CAA answers June editorial); "Air Mail".

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. Completely clean inside and out. Some wear to edges of covers and spine. The magazine will be packed with a backing card, bubble-wrapped and shipped in a sturdy, flat box to ensure safe transit. This issue includes: "Hard Times on the American Frontier" (In Nebraska's Sand Hills, wind pumps the water, cows chop the wood--and people are few and far between) by Donald Duke Jackson with photographs by Gail Mooney; "How Evelyn Cameron Captured the Plains" (Her quarry was eastern Montana, 1894-1928: her weapon a camera, and her trophy, a stunning pictorial record); "Titian: Art's Venetian Lion" (A bravura exhibition comes to the National Gallery to mark the quincentenary of the master painter's birth) by Bennett Schiff; "Micromachines--They're not to Be Sneered At" (The future is big for tiny devices with microscopic parts that already measure blood pressure and save gas) by Doug Stewart with photographs by Peter Menzel; "Telling Tales Out of School" (On the coral reef, fishes sport eye-popping color combinations that get the word out to friend and foe) by Joseph S. Levine with photographs by Jeffrey L. Rotman; "Watch Your Language, Cautioned H. W. Fowler" (For almost a century, the gentle lexicographer has steered scribblers through the shoals of English usage) by Israel Shenker with illustrations by John Huehnergarth; "India's Gamble on the Holy Narmada" (Debate rages as massive dams to harness the river's resources destroy forests, temples and homelands) by Mark Fineman with photographs by David Beatty; "It's High-Low Time at New York's MOMA" ('High' modernism meets the 'low' arts of advertising caricature, comics and graffiti in a lively new show) by Phil Patton; "George Bernard Shaw, In Love and Out" (At age 65, the dramatist fell for a young American vamp whom he would adore and revile, but never forget) by Arline B. Tehan; "Penicillin and a Revolution in World Health" (In the early 1940s, bacterial illnesses were a leading cause of death, then the first wonder drug was tried) by Edwin Kiester, Jr.; plus "Book Reviews"; "Picture Credits"; "Additional Reading"; "November Events at the Smithsonian"; "Smithsonian Tours, Seminars and Expeditions" and "I'm All Suited Up, and A Fireman for Life" by Bailey White.

Condition: Nuevo. GAMON | Dimensiones: 200 x 300 - Narrativa.

Condition: Nuevo. Sancia Grado es una ladrona y de las buenas. Su último objetivo: un almacén fuertemente custodiado en los muelles de la ciudad de Tevanne. Pero sin saberlo, Sancia ha sido enviada a robar un artefacto de poder inimaginable. Un objeto que podría revolucionar la tecnología mágica conocida como escritura.Las Casas de los Mercaderes que controlan esta magia, el arte de usar comandos codificados para inocular objetos cotidianos con sensibilidad, ya la han utilizado para transformar a Tevanne en una inmensa e implacable maquinaria capitalista. Pero si descubren los secretos del dispositivo, serán capaces de reescribir el mundo para que se adapte a sus objetivos.Alguien de las Casas quiere a Sancia muerta para hacerse con el poder. Deberá sobrevivir y detener la transformación mortal que está en marcha. Se tendrá que unir a aliados inverosímiles, aprender a usar el poder del artefacto y experimentar un cambio que la convertirá en algo que nunca habría imaginado.

Rústica. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: Nuevo. 01. Sancia Grado es una ladrona y de las buenas. Su último objetivo, un almacén fuertemente custodiado en los muelles de Tevanne, no es nada que sus habilidades no puedan manejar. Pero sin que ella lo sepa, Sancia ha sido enviada para robar un artefacto de poder inimaginable, un objeto que podría revolucionar la tecnología mágica conocida como escritura. Las Casas Mercantes que controlan esta magia, el arte de usar comandos codificados para inocular objetos cotidianos con sensibilidad, ya la han usado para transformar a Tevanne en una inmensa e implacable maquinaria capitalista. Pero si pueden además descubrir los secretos del artefacto, reescribirán el mundo para que se adapte a sus objetivos. Ha llegado el momento en que alguien de las Casas quiere a Sancia muerta y el artefacto para ellos. Y en la ciudad de Tevanne, no hay nadie con poder para detenerlo. Para sobrevivir y detener la transformación mortal que está en marcha, Sancia tendrá que unirse a aliados inverosímiles, aprender a usar el poder del artefacto para sí misma y experimentar una transformación, que la convertirá en algo que ella nunca podría haber imaginado. En una ciudad que funciona con magia industrializada, se librará una guerra secreta para sobrescribir la realidad misma. LIBRO.