{"product_id":"wind-sand-and-stars-9780156027496","title":"Wind, Sand and Stars","description":"The National Book Award-winning autobiographical book about the wonder of flying from Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, author of the beloved children's classic The Little Prince.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA National Geographic Top Ten Adventure Book of All Time\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRecipient of the Grand Prix of the Académie Française, Wind, Sand and Stars captures the grandeur, danger, and isolation of flight. Its exciting account of air adventure, combined with lyrical prose and the spirit of a philosopher, makes it one of the most popular works ever written about flying. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTranslated by Lewis Galantière.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"There are certain rare individuals...who by the mere fact of their existence put an edge on life, their ceaseless astonishment before its possibilities awakening our own latent sense of renewel and expectation. No one ever stood out more conspicuously in this respect than the French aviator and author Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.\"--The New York Times Book Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ede Saint-Exupéry, Antoine:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPÉRY, the \"Winged Poet,\" was born in Lyon, France, in 1900. A pilot at twenty-six, he was a pioneer of commercial aviation and flew in the Spanish Civil War and World War II. His writings include \u003ci\u003eThe Little Prince\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWind, Sand and Stars\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNight Flight\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSouthern Mail\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAirman's Odyssey\u003c\/i\u003e. In 1944, while flying a reconnaissance mission for his French air squadron, he disappeared over the Mediterranean. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mariner Books Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50598507249938,"sku":"9780156027496","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b5fa6c04-8d34-45fa-91f9-c333fb20d2b4.jpg?v=1732186382","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/wind-sand-and-stars-9780156027496","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}