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Come Fly the World
The Jet-Age Story of the Women of Pan Am
2021
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Glamour, danger, liberation: in a Mad Men–era of commercial flight, Pan Am World Airways attracted the kind of young woman who wanted out, and wanted upRequired to have a college education, speak two languages, and possess the political savvy of a Foreign Service officer during the Cold War, a jet-age stewardess serving on iconic Pan Am between 1966 and 1975 also had to be between 5'3" and 5'9", between 105 and 140 pounds, and under 26 years of age at the ...
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Starry and Restless
Three Women Who Changed Work, Writing, and the World
2026
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“Read this book and be enthralled.” —The New York TimesA Parade Most Anticipated Book of the YearThe page-turning story of three women reporters and the way they changed the world, work, and journalism.She hid on a Red Cross boat to reach Omaha Beach on D-Day. She walked the abandoned streets of Hong Kong to take food to her daughter’s father, a prisoner of war. She fought off the advances of overz...
The Other Side of Paradise
Life in the New Cuba
2014
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Change looms in Havana, Cuba's capital, a city electric with uncertainty yet cloaked in cliché90 miles from U.S. shores and off-limits to most Americans. Journalist Julia Cooke, who lived there at intervals over a period of five years, discovered a dynamic scene: baby-faced anarchists with Mohawks gelled with laundry soap, whiskey-drinking children of the elite, SanterÃtrainees, pregnant prostitutes, university graduates planning to leave for the first country that will give them a visa.
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Come Fly The World
The Jet-Age Story of the Women of Pan Am
- Narrated by
- Andi Arndt
Unabridged
7 hours 33 min
2021
EN
Glamour, danger, liberation: in a Mad Men–era of commercial flight, Pan Am World Airways attracted the kind of young woman who wanted out, and wanted upRequired to have a college education, speak two languages, and possess the political savvy of a Foreign Service officer, ajet-age stewardess serving on iconic Pan Am between 1966 and 1975 also had to be between 5′3" and 5′9", between 105 and 140 pounds, and under 26 years of age at the time of hire.Cooke’s ...
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Starry and Restless
Three Women Who Changed Work, Writing, and the World
- Narrated by
- Andi Arndt
Unabridged
13 hours 44 min
2026
EN
"Andi Arndt’s performance fleshes out each woman’s biography clearly and respectfully, often adding a wry tone." — KirkusThe riveting story of three women reporters and the way they changed the world, work, and journalism.She hid on a Red Cross boat to reach Omaha Beach on D-Day. She walked the abandoned streets of Hong Kong to take food to her daughter’s father, a prisoner of war. She fought off the advances of overzealous Yugosla...




