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Explore 24 books like On Extended Wings by Diane Ackerman — a handpicked selection united by Aviation & Nautical and Biography & Autobiography.

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The Schneider Trophy Races The Extraordinary True Story of Aviation’s Greatest Competition — Ralph Barker

The Schneider Trophy Races The Extraordinary True Story of Aviation’s Greatest Competition

Themes: Aviation & Nautical • Biography & Autobiography

Lindbergh in Montana An Air Adventurer Leaves a Legacy in the Treasure State — Dennis Gaub

Lindbergh in Montana An Air Adventurer Leaves a Legacy in the Treasure State

Themes: Aviation & Nautical • Biography & Autobiography

Cilin II A Solo Sailing Odyssey — Edgar D. Whitcomb

Cilin II A Solo Sailing Odyssey

Edgar D. Whitcomb

Themes: Aviation & Nautical • Biography & Autobiography

Completely Mad Tom McClean, John Fairfax, and the Epic Race to Row Solo Across the Atlantic — James R. Hansen

Completely Mad Tom McClean, John Fairfax, and the Epic Race to Row Solo Across the Atlantic

James R. Hansen

Themes: Aviation & Nautical • Biography & Autobiography

Canadian MiG Flights — Harold Skaarup

Canadian MiG Flights

Themes: Aviation & Nautical • Biography & Autobiography

Lucky 666 The Impossible Mission That Changed the War in the Pacific — Bob Drury

Lucky 666 The Impossible Mission That Changed the War in the Pacific

Themes: Aviation & Nautical • Biography & Autobiography

My Path Through Life — Jack D. Kahlo

My Path Through Life

Themes: Aviation & Nautical • Biography & Autobiography

The Boy Who Fell to Shore The Extraordinary Life and Mysterious Disappearance of Thomas Thor Tangvald — Charles J. Doane

The Boy Who Fell to Shore The Extraordinary Life and Mysterious Disappearance of Thomas Thor Tangvald

Charles J. Doane

Themes: Aviation & Nautical • Biography & Autobiography

Relentless Skies Volume 1 – The Most Efficient Airman (1910-1942) — Ian Campbell

Relentless Skies Volume 1 – The Most Efficient Airman (1910-1942)

Themes: Aviation & Nautical • Biography & Autobiography

Saved from the Waves Animal Rescues of the RNLI — The Rnli

Saved from the Waves Animal Rescues of the RNLI

Themes: Aviation & Nautical • Biography & Autobiography

Up in the Air The Real Story of Life Aboard the World’s Most Glamorous Airline — Betty Riegel

Up in the Air The Real Story of Life Aboard the World’s Most Glamorous Airline

Themes: Aviation & Nautical • Biography & Autobiography

A Sailor’s Odyssey At Peace and at War 1935-1945 — Alvin P. Chester

A Sailor’s Odyssey At Peace and at War 1935-1945

Alvin P. Chester

Themes: Aviation & Nautical • Biography & Autobiography

Airplane Stories and Histories — Norman Currey

Airplane Stories and Histories

Themes: Aviation & Nautical • Biography & Autobiography

The Boy With Only One Shoe An Illustrated Memoir of Wartime Life with Bomber Command — John Henry Meller

The Boy With Only One Shoe An Illustrated Memoir of Wartime Life with Bomber Command

John Henry Meller

Themes: Aviation & Nautical • Biography & Autobiography

Where the Sea Breaks Its Back The Epic Story of Early Naturalist Georg Steller and the Russian Exploration of Alaska — Corey Ford

Where the Sea Breaks Its Back The Epic Story of Early Naturalist Georg Steller and the Russian Exploration of Alaska

Themes: Aviation & Nautical • Biography & Autobiography

West with the Night — Beryl Markham

West with the Night

Themes: Aviation & Nautical • Biography & Autobiography

Into the Storm Two Ships, a Deadly Hurricane, and an Epic Battle for Survival — Tristram Korten

Into the Storm Two Ships, a Deadly Hurricane, and an Epic Battle for Survival

Tristram Korten

Themes: Aviation & Nautical • Biography & Autobiography

Excerpts from the Sky An Airline Pilot’s Story — Ty Fatungase

Excerpts from the Sky An Airline Pilot’s Story

Themes: Aviation & Nautical • Biography & Autobiography

One Hundred Days The Memoirs of the Falklands Battle Group Commander — Sandy Woodward

One Hundred Days The Memoirs of the Falklands Battle Group Commander

Themes: Aviation & Nautical • Biography & Autobiography

Air Born Two Generations in Flight — Jan Davis

Air Born Two Generations in Flight

Themes: Aviation & Nautical • Biography & Autobiography

The Ship Beneath the Ice The Discovery of Shackleton’s Endurance — Mensun Bound

The Ship Beneath the Ice The Discovery of Shackleton’s Endurance

Themes: Aviation & Nautical • Biography & Autobiography

Maritime Academy Graduate Memoir of a Third Mate — Mark H. Glissmeyer

Maritime Academy Graduate Memoir of a Third Mate

Mark H. Glissmeyer

Themes: Aviation & Nautical • Biography & Autobiography

An Officer and a Gentlewoman — Heloise Goodley

An Officer and a Gentlewoman

Heloise Goodley

Themes: Aviation & Nautical • Biography & Autobiography

Masters of the Air America’s Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany — Donald L. Miller

Masters of the Air America’s Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany

Donald L. Miller

Themes: Aviation & Nautical • Biography & Autobiography

A curated shelf of 24 read-alikes for On Extended Wings by Diane Ackerman — spanning Aviation & Nautical, Biography & Autobiography and featuring authors such as Ralph Barker, Dennis Gaub, Edgar D. Whitcomb, James R. Hansen, and others.

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