Falling Upwards: How We Took to the Air

Author: Sir Richard Holmes Format: Hardback Number of Pages: **"Kirkus" Best Books of the Year (2013)****"Time Magazine" 10 Top Nonfiction Books of 2013****"The New Republic" Best Books of 2013** In this heart-lifting chronicle, Richard Holmes, author of the best-selling "The Age of Wonder," follows the pioneer generation of balloon aeronauts, the daring and enigmatic men and women who risked their lives to take to the air (or fall into the sky). Why they did it, what their contemporaries thought of...Read more