Ballooning > Publications > Books

• Balloon Publishing Company - Publisher of instructional books plus a new coffee table book and calendar.
  
   
• Aloft! - Celebrating 40 years of ballooning. Aloft! at the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta is an "authorized" 120 page photographic coffee table book filled with imagery and information inquiring minds want to know.
  
   
• Liberty Balloon Company Bookstore - Large selection of ballooning books with an emphasis on learning to fly.
  
   
• Ballooning Over 2000 - This european book expresses in images the magic and the charm of the world of balloons. 250 very colorful pictures in 176 pages with English text in 23 x 31 large format. It's a beautifull trip in different landscape, you'll enjoy photos from Switzerland to Turkey, Austria and Tunisia, New Mexico and Canada, Italy and Germany, France and Luxembourg, India and Burma.
  
   
• The Art of Ballooning - Packed with wonderful photographs and with an exciting layout, this full-format book stands out.
  
   
• The Joy of Ballooning - New book written by a contributing editor to Balloon Life magazine, offers a fascinating, behind-the-scenes view of the world of hot-air ballooning. More than 100 breathtaking color photographs of spectacular balloons in action.
  
   
• A Skylark In Blue Yonder - An awesome account of one man's determination to fly hot air balloons in the good old days. A must for every would-be balloon pilot.
  
   
• Balloon Builders Journal CD - The Balloon Builders Journal Compendium CD contains 374 pages of technical data for the amateur builder. The CD contains all issues of the Journal that was published between 1993 and 1998. Additional articles and opinion are added to the CD.
  
   
• Colorful Air Too - Follow-up book of photos from the Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta, by Al Halowell.
  
   
• Good Books - 4 - flight balloon group - Ballooning book reviews by a private balloon club based in the UK. A mix of training, history, and fun titles reviewed.
  
   
• Hot-Air Henry - A children's book about a siamese cat who stows away on a hot air balloon.
  
   
• Just Wind - New book explores two ballooning expeditions in the Stratosphere: Earthwinds and Lightheart. By Bill Armstrong, this is the author's website on the book.
  
   
• Just Wind: Chronicles of Two Balloon Pilots Under Pressure - JUST WIND, a book that takes readers behind the hangar door to recount the astonishing inside stories of two of the most dangerous and sophisticated long-distance ballooning voyages ever tried.
  
   
• The Dominion Of The Air - The story of aerial navigation by John Mackenzie Bacon. Complete online book, indexed by chapter covers lots of ballooning history up to about 1902. Detailed e-Book.
  
  
   
• Violet the Pilot - Nicely illustrated children's book by pilot/author Bettina Jenkins Bathe (illustrations by Barbara Fortin), follows its heroine on an adventure flying hot air balloons over France.
  
   
• Balloon, Zeppelin and Aviation Books At Valhalla - Balloon, Zeppelin, airship, aviation, space books and ephemera sales, collection development and consulting at Valhalla Enterprises. Specializes in old and antique books.