{"product_id":"9780544128088","title":"Airman's Odyssey: Wind, Sand and Stars; Night Flight; and Flight to Arras","description":"\u003cb\u003eThree award-winning works of adventure, survival, and the early days of aviation from the celebrated author of \u003ci\u003eThe Little Prince\u003c\/i\u003e, collected in one volume.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Ranging from the northern skies of France to the South American Andes, this volume includes two memoirs and a novel, each informed by the lauded pilot and poet’s experiences as a pioneering aviator during World War II.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWind, Sand and Stars\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Recounting his early days flying airmail routes across the African Sahara, Saint-Exupéry explores the spiritual, philosophical, and physical wonders of navigating the passes of the Pyrenees, the peaks of the Andes, and the wasteland of the Libyan desert. This memoir, a National Book Award winner that was voted a \u003ci\u003eNational Geographic\u003c\/i\u003e Top Ten Adventure Book of All Time, is “a beautiful book, a brave book, and a book that should be read against the confusion of this world” (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNight Flight\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Overseeing night-mail flights in Buenos Aires, Riviere is a believer in remaining faithful to the mission and has trained his pilots to stave off the fear of death. But when he discovers that one of his planes is lost in a storm after flying out of Patagonia, both his authority and his beliefs will be challenged, in a novel that won France’s Prix Femina Award and was made into a classic film.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFlight to Arras\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Saint-Exupéry’s memoir of a harrowing reconnaissance mission during the Battle of France in 1940—as one of only a handful of pilots who continued to fight in solidarity against the inevitable German invasion—was a recipient of the Grand Prix Littéraire de l’Aéro-Club de France.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Saint-Exupéry . . . blends adventure with reflection in a way few writers have.” —Richard Bach\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTranslated by Lewis Galantière and Stuart Gilbert\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Houghton Mifflin Harcourt","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47120418930928,"sku":"9780544128088","price":30.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780544128088_p0.jpg?v=1763711713","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780544128088","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}