Fasten your seatbelt to experience the spectacle and solitude of flying high in the Andes in this novel from the author of The Little Prince.

No writer has equaled Saint-Exupéry in describing the perilous and poetic experience of flying, in submission to what he calls “those damn elemental divinities—night, day, mountain, sea and storm.” In this gripping, beautifully written novel inspired by his experience

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Una nueva traducción y un esclarecedor apéndice justifican la reedición de este clásico de Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, el libro que mejor expresa los valores humanistas del autor de El Principito. Escrito en clave autobiográfica, Tierra de los hombres narra los momentos culminantes del trabajo de Saint-Exupéry en la sociedad Latécoère, compañía francesa pionera en abrir rutas de correo áereo a lo largo de todo el planeta durante...

Terre des hommes est bien plus qu'un simple récit de voyage. C'est un vibrant plaidoyer en faveur de la solidarité, de la persévérance et de la recherche de sens dans notre existence. Avec une prose poétique et une profondeur émotionnelle saisissante, Saint-Exupéry nous invite à méditer sur la fragilité de la vie et sur la nécessité de trouver notre place dans un monde complexe.

Letter to a Hostage is a book by the author Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. Saint-Exupéry initially wrote this piece as a preface for his best friend, Léon Werth's novel: Trente-trois jours (Thirty Three Days). Werth had been forced to take refuge in the Jura region of France during the autumn of 1940 because of his Jewish origins. His book, however, could not be published, and so the author significantly revised his preface, removing any direct references...

Der Weltbesteller als hochwertiges Geschenkbuch Ein Pilot muss in der Sahara notlanden. Er trifft auf einen sonderbaren Jungen, der ihm erzählt, wie er seinen Planeten und seine Rose verließ, um Freunde zu finden. Er berichtet von seltsamen Asteroidenbewohnern, vom König ohne Untertanen, vom Trinker, vom Geschäftsmann, vom Laternenanzünder, vom kleinen Fuchs und von der Schlange. Es ist die Geschichte einer wundersamen Reise, die jeder einmal...

Salué comme un chef-d'œuvre de la littérature, Courrier Sud est une invitation à s'évader, à rêver et à embrasser la beauté de l'aventure humaine. Laissez-vous emporter par la puissance de cette histoire extraordinaire qui vous transportera au-delà des nuages et vous fera réfléchir sur la fragilité et la grandeur de la condition humaine.

Learn to conjugate French verbs with the help of The Little Prince! Inside this volume, you will find unforgettable quotes and illustrations from Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's literary masterpiece. Learners are given present-tense conjugation tables of many common French verbs ("avoir", "être", "aller"). Each verb is taken from a quote from the original novel. Above each conjugation table is the Little Prince himself, demonstrating the verb in question....

Jacques Bernis es un joven piloto de la Compañía Latécoère, encargado del transporte aeropostal, vía España, Marruecos y Mauritania, desde Toulouse hasta Dakar, donde el correo se embarcaba con destino a América del Sur. Durante estos trayectos, Bernis rememora nostálgico su infancia a la vez que se enfrenta a los innumerables peligros propios de la labor de estos pioneros de la aviación. Prendado por Genoveva, ésta se ha casado con Herlin,...

The World War II aviator and author of The Little Prince tells his true story of flying a reconnaissance plane during the Battle of France in 1940. A recollection of the shattering days during World War II when, though the fall of France was imminent, a handful of French pilots continued to fight on against the Germans. Translated by Lewis Galantière.

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry is known universally for the gentle charm of Le Petit Prince, but it is this book, Land of Men - known originally in English as Wind, Sand and Stars - which is his masterpiece. First published in 1939, it documents Saint-Exupéry's life as a pilot in the pioneering days of long-distance flying and in particular his experiences as a pilot transporting mail across countries, across continents. These courageous pilots took...