Ballooning Books
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Falling Upwards: How We Took to the Air (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.80 — 836 ratings — published 2013
Levels of Life (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.90 — 14,061 ratings — published 2013
The Ice Balloon: S. A. Andrée and the Heroic Age of Arctic Exploration (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as ballooning)
avg rating 3.53 — 1,020 ratings — published 2012
Riding the Jetstream:The Story of Ballooning from Montgolfier to Breitling (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as ballooning)
avg rating 4.00 — 4 ratings — published 2002
Balloon Flying Handbook (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.29 — 17 ratings — published 2001
Around the World P (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.27 — 91 ratings — published 1999
Having Fun over Bristol, World Capital of Hot Air Ballooning (Photo Albums Book 15)
by (shelved 2 times as ballooning)
avg rating 4.67 — 3 ratings — published 2013
Bristol UK Aerial Photographs and Tourist Attractions (ebook)
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avg rating 5.00 — 3 ratings — published 2013
A Life in the Air (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as ballooning)
avg rating 4.69 — 13 ratings — published 2013
Ballooning: The Complete Guide to Riding the Winds (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as ballooning)
avg rating 4.75 — 4 ratings — published 1984
The World War II Ghost Blimp (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 2.67 — 6 ratings — published
Balloons at War: Gasbags, Flying Bombs & Cold War Secrets (Revealing History (Paperback))
by (shelved 1 time as ballooning)
avg rating 5.00 — 1 rating — published 2004
Ten Miles High, Two Miles Deep (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as ballooning)
avg rating 4.00 — 4 ratings — published 1957
A Light History of Hot Air (Hardcover)
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avg rating 2.62 — 13 ratings — published 2007
Just Wind: Tales Of Two Pilots Under Pressure (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.00 — 3 ratings — published 2003
Magnificent Failure: Free Fall from the Edge of Space (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.14 — 35 ratings — published 2003
The Balloon Factory: The Story of the Men Who Built Britain's First Flying Machines (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.52 — 21 ratings — published 2008
Hot Air (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.34 — 68 ratings — published 2015
The Airships Akron & Macon: Flying Aircraft Carriers of the United States Navy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as ballooning)
avg rating 4.44 — 9 ratings — published 1965
Ohio's Airship Disaster: The Story Of The Crash Of The Uss Shenandoah (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as ballooning)
avg rating 4.17 — 6 ratings — published
The wizard of the winds (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.00 — 1 rating — published 1978
Chasing the Wind: The Autobiography of Steve Fossett (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as ballooning)
avg rating 4.26 — 39 ratings — published 2006
A Grandstand Seat: The American Balloon Service in World War I (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as ballooning)
avg rating 3.00 — 3 ratings — published 1998
The Ballooning Manual (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as ballooning)
avg rating 4.00 — 3 ratings — published 1991
The Balloonists: The History of the First Aeronauts (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as ballooning)
avg rating 4.25 — 16 ratings — published 1966
Weather Ways (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.67 — 3 ratings — published 1952
The Cloud Collector's Handbook (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.28 — 624 ratings — published 2009
From the Ground Up (ASA Training Manuals)
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avg rating 4.61 — 69 ratings — published 1941
The Cloudspotter's Guide (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.13 — 2,814 ratings — published 2006
The Free Life: The Spirit of Courage, Folly, and Obsession (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as ballooning)
avg rating 3.00 — 1 rating — published 1994
The Balloonist: The Story of T. S. C. Lowe---Inventor, Scientist, Magician, And Father of the U.S. Air Force (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as ballooning)
avg rating 3.00 — 2 ratings — published 2007
The Hot Air Balloon Book: Build and Launch Kongming Lanterns, Solar Tetroons, and More (Science in Motion)
by (shelved 1 time as ballooning)
avg rating 4.20 — 5 ratings — published 2013
Taking to the Air: An Illustrated History of Flight (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as ballooning)
avg rating 3.62 — 16 ratings — published
Sky Sailors: True Stories of the Balloon Era (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as ballooning)
avg rating 4.13 — 54 ratings — published 2010
The Explorer Gene (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as ballooning)
avg rating 4.00 — 29 ratings — published 2013
The Twenty-One Balloons (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.95 — 25,972 ratings — published 1947
Enduring Love (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.65 — 47,571 ratings — published 1997
Dressing for Altitude: U.S. Aviation Pressure Suits, Wiley Post to Space Shuttle (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.25 — 12 ratings — published 2012
The Mysterious Island (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 4.13 — 58,748 ratings — published 1875
The Amber Spyglass (His Dark Materials, #3)
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avg rating 4.11 — 381,708 ratings — published 2000
The Subtle Knife (His Dark Materials, #2)
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avg rating 4.15 — 457,848 ratings — published 1997
The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials, #1)
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avg rating 4.03 — 1,609,685 ratings — published 1995
Charles Kuralt's America (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as ballooning)
avg rating 4.01 — 982 ratings — published 1995
The Mystery of the Hot Air Balloon (The Boxcar Children, #47)
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avg rating 3.80 — 674 ratings — published 1995
The Borrowers Aloft (The Borrowers, #4)
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avg rating 4.01 — 4,523 ratings — published 1961
“Rosier flung himself off his horse and ran towards then, already shouting. 'What a landing! What skill! The Prince and Princess of the Air!'
'And me?' said Armand, tossing Rosier a rope. 'Don't I warrant a mention?'
'Bah, you're not in this story!' Rosier pulled back on the line, holding it tight. 'My story is full of passion! Poetry! Danger and Thrills! But, if I ever write something in praise of tiny little numbers in a row - then Armand, you will be the hero.”
― Enchantée
'And me?' said Armand, tossing Rosier a rope. 'Don't I warrant a mention?'
'Bah, you're not in this story!' Rosier pulled back on the line, holding it tight. 'My story is full of passion! Poetry! Danger and Thrills! But, if I ever write something in praise of tiny little numbers in a row - then Armand, you will be the hero.”
― Enchantée
“We just got word that Virgin Airlines (which Branson owns) was awarded a commercial route into Shanghai. So the balloon must be doing some good.”
― Thursday's Child: The Mike Kendrick Story
― Thursday's Child: The Mike Kendrick Story

