West with the Night by Beryl Markham for $1.99
From the description:
"Beryl Markham’s life was a true epic, complete with shattered societal expectations, torrid love affairs, and desperate crash landings. A rebel from a young age, the British-born Markham was raised in Kenya’s unforgiving farmlands. She learned to be a bush pilot at a time when most Africans had never seen a plane. In 1936, she accepted the ultimate challenge: to fly solo across the Atlantic. Her successes and her failures—and her deep, lifelong love of the “soul of Africa”—are all chronicled here with wrenching honesty and agile wit. Hailed by National Geographic as one of the greatest adventure books of all time, West with the Night is the sweeping account of a fearless and dedicated woman."
This piece of nonfiction pulled down 4.7 stars on 210 reviews with 8 negative. 306 pages, with WhisperSync for voice. Markham's wikipedia entry:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beryl_Markham
Notably, there is some dispute that Markham did, in fact, write her autobiography. Her later writings were never approached this level of accomplishment.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beryl_Markham#Authorship_controversy

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