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A Monthly Collection of Librarian-selected Books by Topic
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March 2024: Moving Right Along
Planes
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Fly Girls: how five daring women defied all odds and made aviation history by Keith O'Brien (DB 92057, BR 22404) - Biographies.
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Highest Duty: my search for what really matters by Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger with Jeffrey Zaslow (DB 69797, BRG 03913) - Memoir.
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Race of Aces: WWII's elite airmen and the epic battle to become the master of the sky by John R. Bruning (DB 98980) - Nonfiction history.
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The Nugget by P.T. Deutermann (DB 117014) - Historical fiction about a naval aviator in World War II.
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The Aviator's Wife by Melanie Benjamin (DB 76448) - Historical fiction about Charles Lindbergh and his wife Anne Morrow.
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The Flying Circus by Susan Crandall (DB 83174) - Historical fiction about a flying stunt circus.
Trains
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Railroads and the American People by H. Roger Grant (DB 75827, BR 19774) - Nonfiction history.
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Hey Boy! Hey George!: the Pullman porter by Johnnie F. Kirvin (DBC 02585) - History memoir.
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Midnight in Siberia: a train journey into the heart of Russia by David Greene (DB 80592) - Nonfiction travel.
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The Little Liar by Mitch Albom (DB 117937) - Historical fiction about a boy during World War II helping load trains with Jewish "passengers".
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Iona Iverson's Rules for Commuting by Clare Pooley (DB 108652) - Modern novel about strangers on a regular commuter train in London.
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The U.P. Trail or Union Pacific by Zane Grey (DB 43652, BR 18357) - Classic western novel about the construction of the Union Pacific railroad.
And Automobiles
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The Car: the rise and fall of the machine that made the modern world by Bryan Appleyard (DB 115425) - Nonfiction history.
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The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: genius, power, and deception on the eve of World War I by Douglas Brunt (DB 116835) - Biography.
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Why We Drive: toward a philosophy of the open road by Matthew B. Crawford (DB 101846) – Philosophy and society.
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Passengers by John Marrs (DB 98514, BR 23840) - Science fiction suspense with self-driving cars and social media.
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Blacktop Wasteland by S.A. Cosby (DB 100242, BR 23786) - Suspense novel about an automobile mechanic who drives the get-away car in robberies.
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Mrs. Nash's Ashes by Sarah Adler (DB 117792) - Novel about a road trip to lay a friend's remains to rest.
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These books and more are available on digital cartridge (call the Library at 1-800-992-9012 to order) or for download from the National Library Service's (NLS) online Braille Audio Reading Download (BARD) database: https://nlsbard.loc.gov/
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