Product Detail - AIRTRAN JOURNAL BOOKS

Unlike nineteenth- century British writers who lamented the coming of industrialization, Henry Ford saw the machine not as defiling the garden but rather as harmonizing with it. And Ford’s Amazon town does seem to complement its setting, perhaps because the conceit that underwrote Fordlandia has been muted by its weed- entwined buildings, rotten floor planks, and guano- glazed walls. This impression is reinforced by the memories of residents, most too young to have experienced the company firsthand...

The second Beltway thriller (following A Time to Run) from California senator Boxer offers an insider's perspective to her agreeably told if far-fetched narrative. The intrigue begins when the Republican White House nominates Carl Satcher, an old foe that protagonist Sen. Elizabeth Fischer Lind defeated for his Senate seat, to be secretary of homeland security. During confirmation hearings, Elizabeth tries to debate his extreme views on antiterrorism and draconian stance on civil liberties. Meanwhile...

Readers will love the exciting space action in Disney’s new feature film, Treasure Planet . It’s told from the point of view of the young hero Jim Hawkins–a young man full of adventurous spirit!