Mercury Rising: John Glenn, John Kennedy, and the New Battleground of the Cold War
By: Jeff Shesol
4.28
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
A riveting history of the epic orbital flight that put America back into the space race. If the…
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1. A Man on the Moon
By: Michael Kramer , Bronson Pinchot , Tom Hanks , Andrew Chaikin
4.49
Format: 688 pages, Paperback
A celebration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the first moon landing offers an accessible histor… read more
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"It's almost as if Kennedy grabbed a decade out of the 21st century," Cernan said, "and spliced it into the 1960s." That helps to explain why, as I wrote in 1993 in the preface of this book, we weren'…"-Michael Kramer, A Man on the Moon
2. Moon Shot: The Inside Story of America's Race to the Moon
By: Jay Barbree , Alan Shepard , Deke Slayton , None
4.01
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The never-before-told story of the courage, dedication, and teamwork that made the journey to the m… read more
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3. The General vs. the President: MacArthur and Truman at the Brink of Nuclear War
By: H.W. Brands
4.57
Format: None pages, Hardcover
From master storyteller and historian H. W. Brands, twice a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, comes … read more
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4. Apollo 8
By: Jeffrey Kluger
0.00
Format: None pages,
In August 1968, one short year after three astronauts had burned to death in their spacecraft, NASA… read more
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5. Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut's Journey
By: Michael Collins
2.96
Format: None pages, Paperback
NASA astronaut Michael Collins trained as an experimental test pilot before venturing into space as… read more
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6. Failure is Not an Option: Mission Control From Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond
By: Gene Kranz
4.60
Format: 200 pages,
Gene Kranz was present at the creation of America's manned space program and was a key player in it… read more
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7. The Right Stuff
By: Tom Wolfe
4.08
Format: 432 pages,
Tom Wolfe began The Right Stuffat a time when it was unfashionable to contemplate American heroism.… read more
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8. The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook
By: Hampton Sides
4.51
Format: 408 pages, Hardcover
From New York Times bestselling author Hampton Sides, an epic account of the most momentous voyage … read more
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9. The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
By: Erik Larson
4.24
Format: 565 pages, Hardcover
The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Splendid and the Vile brings to life the pivotal fi… read more
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"A house divided against itself cannot stand."-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
"Lincoln on a sofa was like a ship's mast on a barstool, poised in an uneasy equilibrium between relaxation and structural collapse."-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
"They were convinced that Britain, once confronted with the loss of Southern cotton, would ally itself with the Confederacy—the “cotton is king"-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
"South Carolina is too small for a Republic, and too big for an insane asylum. [James L. Petigru (1789-1863), following the state's vote to secede from the Union in 1860]"-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
10. Road to Surrender: Three Men and the Countdown to the End of World War II
By: Evan Thomas
4.41
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A riveting, immersive account of the agonizing decision to use nuclear weapons against Japan--a cru… read more
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11. Rocket Men: The Daring Odyssey of Apollo 8 and the Astronauts Who Made Man's First Journey to the Moon
By: Robert Kurson
4.53
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
The inside, lesser-known story of NASA's boldest and riskiest mission: Apollo 8, mankind's first jo… read more
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12. The Shadow of War: A Novel of the Cuban Missile Crisis
By: Jeff Shaara
4.33
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
New York Times bestselling author Jeff Shaara brings alive the heart-stopping days and nights of th… read more
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- politics
- american history
13. Beyond: The Astonishing Story of the First Human to Leave Our Planet and Journey into Space
By: Stephen Walker
4.57
Format: 512 pages, ebook
09.07 am. April 12, 1961. A top secret rocket site in the USSR. A young Russian sits inside a tiny … read more
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- nonfiction
- space
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14. Nuclear Folly: A History of the Cuban Missile Crisis
By: Serhii Plokhy
4.22
Format: 444 pages, Hardcover
Nearly thirty years after the end of the Cold War, today’s world leaders are abandoning disarmament… read more
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- american history
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15. Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space
By: Adam Higginbotham
4.60
Format: 576 pages, Hardcover
The definitive, dramatic, minute-by-minute story of the Challenger disaster based on new archival r… read more
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"When asked what he was thinking about when preparing for launch abroad his Mercury-Redstone rocket, Alan Shepard, the first American in space, had infamously replied, "The fact that every part of thi…"-Adam Higginbotham, Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space
"At the foot of the ladder, he [Gene Cernan Apollo 17] delivered the short speech he had memorized for the occasion. "Is like to just say what I believe history will record: That America's challenge o…"-Adam Higginbotham, Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space
16. Whatever It Took: An American Paratrooper's Extraordinary Memoir of Escape, Survival, and Heroism in the Last Days of World War II
By: Henry Langrehr
4.33
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Published to mark the 75th anniversary of VE Day, an unforgettable never-before-told first-person a… read more
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17. My Remarkable Journey
By: Katherine G. Johnson
4.32
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
The remarkable woman at heart of the smash New York Times bestseller and Oscar-winning film Hidden … read more
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18. Unbecoming a Lady: The Forgotten Sluts and Shrews Who Shaped America
By: Therese Oneill
3.72
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A quippy and irreverent collection of illustrated profiles of the great American women who weren’t … read more
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"[A woman] takes up just the right amount of space. Small is best. You need to prove yourself worthy of the molecules you displace, madam."-Therese Oneill, Unbecoming a Lady: The Forgotten Sluts and Shrews Who Shaped America
19. His Majesty's Airship: The Life and Tragic Death of the World's Largest Flying Machine
By: S.C. Gwynne
4.02
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From historian and bestselling author of the Pulitzer Prize finalist Empire of the Summer Moon come… read more
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20. SAS Ghost Patrol: The Ultra-Secret Unit That Posed As Nazi Stormtroopers
By: Damien Lewis
4.36
Format: 335 pages, Kindle Edition
The Ultra-Secret Unit That Posed As Nazi StormtroopersThe Most Daring Mission Ever UndertakenSAS Gh… read more
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21. Cathedral
By: Ben Hopkins
3.88
Format: 622 pages, Hardcover
A thoroughly immersive read and a remarkable feat of imagination, Cathedral tells a sweeping story … read more
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22. War on the Border: Villa, Pershing, the Texas Rangers, and an American Invasion
By: Jeff Guinn
4.01
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Jeff Guinn, chronicler of the Southwestern US and of American undesirables (Bonnie and Clyde, Charl… read more
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23. Germany 1923: Hyperinflation, Hitler's Putsch, and Democracy in Crisis
By: Volker Ullrich
3.98
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
The great Austrian writer Stefan Zweig confided in his autobiography: “I have a pretty thorough kno… read more
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24. The Quiet Americans: Four CIA Spies at the Dawn of the Cold War—A Tragedy in Three Acts
By: Scott Anderson
4.14
Format: 562 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling author of Lawrence in Arabia, a gripping history of the early years of the Col… read more
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25. Across the Airless Wilds: The Lunar Rover and the Triumph of the Final Moon Landings
By: Earl Swift
4.19
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
In this follow-up to the acclaimed New York Times bestseller Chesapeake Requiem, Earl Swift redisco… read more
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26. Mercury Rising: John Glenn, John Kennedy, and the New Battleground of the Cold War
By: Jeff Shesol
4.28
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
A riveting history of the epic orbital flight that put America back into the space race. If the… read more
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27. American Moonshot: John F. Kennedy and the Great Space Race
By: Douglas Brinkley
4.17
Format: 576 pages, ebook
Instant New York Times Bestseller As the fiftieth anniversary of the first lunar landing approache… read more
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28. Shoot for the Moon: The Space Race and the Extraordinary Voyage of Apollo 11
By: James Donovan
4.37
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
For the 50th anniversary, the epic story of Apollo 11 and the astronauts, flight controllers, and e… read more
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29. Through the Glass Ceiling to the Stars: The Story of the First American Woman to Command a Space Mission
By: Eileen M. Collins
4.37
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
The long-awaited memoir of a trailblazer and role model who is telling her story for the first time… read more
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30. The Last American Hero: The Remarkable Life of John Glenn
By: Alice L. George
4.01
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
On February 20, 1962, John Glenn became a national star. That morning at Cape Canaveral, the small-… read more
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31. Imminent: Inside the Pentagon's Hunt for UFOs
By: Luis Elizondo
4.29
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
The former head of the Pentagon program responsible for the investigation of UFOs—now known as unid… read more
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