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Richard Bach



Richard Bach is an American author and a former USAF fighter pilot, Air Force captain, and latter-day barnstorming pilot. Bach is known for his 1970s bestsellers, Jonathan Livingston Seagull and Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah. A writer of both fiction and nonfiction flight-related books, Bach utilizes real-life events in his semi-autobiographical works to impart philosophical wisdom regarding humans’ physical limitations.

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Out of My Mind: The Discovery of Saunders-Vixen

An enthralling flight into the realm of possibility, Out of My Mind shows what happens when Richard Bach sets out to solve the design problems troubling his Piper Cub.

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Richard Bach
2000
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Nothing by Chance

The author describes his adventures during the summer of 1966, when he emulated the gypsy pilots of the 1920s and barnstormed across America.

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Richard Bach
1990
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A Gift of Wings

With perfect insight, Richard Bach captures the true esssence of flying and the magic of being in the air. Philosophical and adventurous, each story will grab you and make you want to soar. Once again Richard Bach has written a masterpiece to help you touch that part of your home that is the sky.

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Richard Bach, K.O. Eckland
1989
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FindCenter Quotes ImageThe only thing that shatters dreams is compromise.

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One: A Novel

I gave my life to become the person I am right now.

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Richard Bach
1989
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Stranger to the Ground

A man alone in the sky has a chance to touch the stars. But as Richard Bach, flying a lone jet across Europe, reaches for the eternal, he must also confront the fear and danger that shadow the unknown.

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Richard Bach
1963
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Running from Safety: An Adventure of the Spirit

A half-mile up, suspended by nylon wings and the promise of good lift, life hangs on a pledge. Richard Bach made that pledge, fifty years before, to return to the frightened child he used to be and teach him everything he had learned from living.

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Richard Bach
1995
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FindCenter Quotes ImageLook in the mirror and one thing is sure: what we see is not who we are.

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Messiah’s Handbook: Reminders for the Advanced Soul

In Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah, Richard Bach met Donald Shimoda, a fellow pilot with the keys to the universe who barnstormed the Midwest in a Travel Air biplane.

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Richard Bach
2019
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FindCenter Quotes ImageBelieve you know all the answers, and you know all the answers. Believe you’re a master, and you are.

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