When Andy and his friend Tamika travel to the city for a weekend with Tamika's aunt, they arrive in time to rescue hamsters parachuting down from Aunt Mandy's building! Andy resolves to uncover who's behind the troublesome incident, but first he must endure trips to fancy restaurants, museums and the ballet, made more unpleasant by annoying Jason, a young friend of Aunt Mandy's. The big-city fun he was expecting turns into some surprising discoveries...

A toolkit of proven strategies and practices for building capacity and creating transformation Recent years have seen a proliferation of information on how to make change-in business, in social and environmental movements, and on a more personal scale. But, even with all this attention, two out of three change efforts fail to achieve their desired result. How can you make your own effort buck this trend? In Parachuting Cats into Borneo, change-management...

Describes the U.S. Army Golden Knights, including their formations and maneuvers, planes, equipment, and team member duties.

Although he finds him boring at first, Adam soon becomes fascinated with Mr. Haddock, a heroic World War II parachutist who lost his legs and now lives in the nursing home where Adam's mother works.

This classic episode of the U.S. Army's The Big Picture television series shows the members of the U.S. Army Parachute Team, champions in competition and combat who don't blink at plummeting 120 miles an hour from two miles above the earth. Using an unusual helmet camera technique, this video from the National Archives and Records Administration captures the U.S. Army skydivers demonstrating daring, freefall skills that are used by this elite corps...

Flying coast to coast across the U.S. aboard one of the world's largest airships, a team of scientists undertakes a series of exciting experiments shedding light on the causes of wild weather, how life exploits the atmosphere, and the human impact upon the weather. The team begins their voyage with an exploration of clouds. Expedition leader and meteorologist Felicity Aston examines how clouds capture liquid water and tries to weigh a cloud in an...

Explores a career in the Air Force Combat Controllers, discussing training, equipment and more.

The star of the survival series "Man Vs. Wild" recounts his adventurous life, from his experiences with mountaineering and martial arts to the free-fall parachuting accident in Africa that almost left him paralyzed.

An introduction to sport parachuting, including training, equipment, skills, and organizations.

"The Nine follows the true story of the author's great aunt Helene Podliasky, who led a band of nine female resistance fighters as they escaped a German forced labor camp and made a ten-day journey across the front lines of WWII from Germany back to Paris. The nine women were all under thirty when they joined the resistance. They smuggled arms through Europe, harbored parachuting agents, coordinated communications between regional sectors, trekked...