Sky High: Jean Batten's Incredible Flying Adventures

David Hill; Phoebe Morris

The little plane has been flying across the sea for eight hours. Huge black clouds surround it. Rain pours in. Wind slams. The aircraft is tossed around like a leaf. The pilot stares into the darkness. How much fuel is left? Is she flying in the right direction? How long till she reaches land? In 1934,...

Under the Wave at Waimea

Paul Theroux

"Theroux's work is like no one else's." -Francine Prose, New York Times Book Review   From legendary writer Paul Theroux comes an atmospheric novel following a big-wave surfer as he confronts aging, privilege, mortality, and whose lives we choose to remember.   Now in his sixties, big-wave surfer Jo...