{"title":"Ken Dornstein","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"boy-who-fell-out-of-the-sky-book-ken-dornstein-9780375707698","title":"The Boy Who Fell Out of the Sky","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe story of one man's search for the truth about his brother--and himself.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Hugely satisfying ... [Dornstein's] journey ... reveals not just the truth about the Dornstein brothers but about love, loss, and ultimately life's inescapable transience.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e David Dornstein was twenty-five years old, with dreams of becoming a great writer, when he boarded Pan Am Flight 103 on December 21, 1988. Thirty-eight minutes after takeoff, a terrorist bomb ripped the plane apart over Lockerbie, Scotland.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Almost a decade later, Ken Dornstein set out to solve the riddle of his older brother's life, using the notebooks and manuscripts that David left behind. In the process, he also began to create a new life of his own.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49543176552721,"sku":"GOR006858670","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50477996245265,"sku":"CIN0375707697G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51268607377681,"sku":"NIN9780375707698","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51700583694609,"sku":"GOR014367833","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":52782846017809,"sku":"CIN0375707697A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":52992696451345,"sku":"CIN0375707697VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0375707697.jpg?v=1750696272"},{"product_id":"boy-who-fell-out-of-the-sky-book-ken-dornstein-9780340899687","title":"The Boy Who Fell Out of the Sky","description":"On December 21, 1989, David Dornstein died in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie in Scotland. He left behind a younger brother, Ken, desperate to understand his death, and pick up the pieces of what he left behind. But far from being a simple rescue mission, Ken's quest became a labour of love, an obsession, and an emotional journey to much stranger places than he ever could have imagined ! A heartrending, profoundly moving memoir with the narrative pull of a detective story.'What an expressive range Dornstein has! Humour, absurdity, bathos, drama, tragedy, excitement -- he combines them all in this shocking, complex and profoundly thoughtful study of loss and survival' Alexander Masters (author of Stuart: A Life Backwards\")'Mesmerising' New York Times\"'Fascinating' Esquire\"","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49553179050257,"sku":"GOR003205825","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50459532591377,"sku":"GOR003506914","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0340899689.jpg?v=1751165337"},{"product_id":"boy-who-fell-out-of-the-sky-book-ken-dornstein-9780340899663","title":"The Boy Who Fell Out of the Sky","description":"Ken Dornstein always looked up to his older brother David. David was handsome, popular and successful with women. He was talented, and had dreams of writing the Great American Novel -- dreams his little brother never doubted would come true.  David died in the Lockerbie bombing of 1988, aged 25.  This memoir begins as the story of Ken's investigation into David's death.  But as his obsessive enquiries go on, it becomes the story of David's life, what he meant to Ken -- and who he really was. As it moves towards its devastating finale, Ken's account becomes as page-turning as a thriller, and raises the question: how well do we know the people we love?","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49575615103249,"sku":"GOR003863116","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53632842334481,"sku":"GOR006373673","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0340899662.jpg?v=1751390657"},{"product_id":"boy-who-fell-out-of-the-sky-book-ken-dornstein-9780375503597","title":"The Boy Who Fell Out of the Sky","description":"We share a common bond with even the most bizarre beetle of the Peruvian rain forest, asserts John Janovy Jr. A belief in that common bond might, in fact, be the most fundamental characteristic of a biologist. And biologists see the worth of a plant or an animal not in monetary terms but in its contribution to our understanding of life. The famous naturalist brings a humanist's vision to this superbly written book. On Becoming a Biologist is grounded in reality, cognizant of practical matters (education and jobs) as well as the ideals that inform the profession-a reverence for life and a responsibility to humankind and its future. Janovy draws on his experiences as a graduate and postdoctoral student, on his rewarding relationships with teachers, and on his fieldwork as a naturalist. This edition includes new information throughout the book regarding pertinent events, issues, and changes in technology. John Janovy Jr. is Varner Professor at the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and director of the Cedar Point Biological Station. He is the author of Keith County Journal and Back in Keith County, both available in Bison Books editions.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49663885902097,"sku":"GOR007043141","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51424119390481,"sku":"CIN0375503595G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51888705732881,"sku":"GOR004345947","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":52936633319697,"sku":"CIN0375503595VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0375503595.jpg?v=1751134537"},{"product_id":"accidentally-on-purpose-book-ken-dornstein-9780312129927","title":"Accidentally, on Purpose","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50457665175825,"sku":"CIN0312129920G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51332656398609,"sku":"CIN0312129920VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0312129920.jpg?v=1750974357"},{"product_id":"boy-who-fell-out-of-the-sky-book-ken-dornstein-9780340899670","title":"The Boy Who Fell Out of the Sky","description":"Ken Dornstein always looked up to his older brother David. David was handsome, popular and successful with women. He was talented, and had dreams of writing the Great American Novel   dreams his little brother never doubted would come true.    David died in the Lockerbie bombing of 1988, aged 25.    This memoir begins as the story of Ken s investigation into David s death. But as his obsessive enquiries go on, it becomes the story of David s life, what he meant to Ken   and who he really was. As it moves towards its devastating finale, Ken s account becomes as page-turning as a thriller, and raises the question: how well do we know the people we love?    'An original and compelling memoir of life and death.' Anothny Swofford, author of JARHEAD","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52700479521041,"sku":"GOR001055771","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ WELL_READ \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53026565751057,"sku":"GOR014703701","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780340899670.jpg?v=1762504951"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/collections\/author-books-by-ken-dornstein.oembed","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}