{"product_id":"skyfaring-a-journey-with-a-pilot-9780804169714","title":"Skyfaring: A Journey with a Pilot","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of the Best Books of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times \u003c\/i\u003e-\u003ci\u003e San Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e - \u003ci\u003eThe Economist\u003c\/i\u003e -\u003ci\u003e Kirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the twenty-first century, airplane flight-- once a remarkable feat of human ingenuity--has been relegated to the realm of the mundane. In this mesmerizing reflection on flying, Mark Vanhoenacker, a 747 pilot who left academia and a career in the business world to pursue his childhood dream of flying, helps us to reimagine what we--as pilots and as passengers--are actually doing when we enter the world between departure and discovery. In a seamless fusion of history, politics, geography, meteorology, ecology, family, and physics, Vanhoenacker vaults across geographical and cultural boundaries; above mountains, oceans, and deserts; through snow, wind, and rain, renewing a simultaneously humbling and almost superhuman activity and reawakening our capacity to be amazed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/03\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780804169714\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.90d","brand":"Mark Vanhoenacker","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36643760144540,"sku":"9780804169714","price":15.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_60a2c3b2-8b7b-4627-9d8e-a5eef1cfd574.jpg?v=1603857222","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/skyfaring-a-journey-with-a-pilot-9780804169714","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}