The Ultimate Engineer: The Remarkable Life of NASA's Visionary Leader George M. Low (Outward Odyssey: A People's History of Spaceflight)
By: Richard Jurek
4.19
Format: 328 pages, Hardcover
This well-researched book is as much a history of NASA as a biography of George Low, and as such is…
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1. Apollo: The Race To The Moon
By: Charles Murray , Catherine Bly Cox
4.52
Format: 512 pages, Paperback
Out of print for fifteen years, this is the classic account of how the United States got to the moo… read more
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2. Dealers of Lightning: Xerox PARC and the Dawn of the Computer Age
By: Michael A. Hiltzik
4.13
Format: 480 pages, Paperback
The Barnes & Noble Review March 1999 While Gates, Jobs, and the other big boys of Silicon Valley ar… read more
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3. Into That Silent Sea: Trailblazers of the Space Era, 1961-1965
By: Francis French , Colin Burgess , Paul Haney
5.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
It was a time of bold new technology, historic moments, and international jousting on the final fro… read more
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- history
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- space
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4. Endurance: A Year in Space, A Lifetime of Discovery
By: Scott Kelly
4.55
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
A stunning memoir from the astronaut who spent a record-breaking year aboard the International Spac… read more
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5. Blood, Sweat, and Pixels: The Triumphant, Turbulent Stories Behind How Video Games Are Made
By: Jason Schreier
4.75
Format: None pages,
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6. Cook County ICU: 30 Years of Unforgettable Patients and Odd Cases
By: Cory Franklin
3.57
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
An inside look at one of the nation's most famous public hospitals, Cook County, as seen through th… read more
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7. The Innocents Abroad
By: Mark Twain
4.23
Format: 11 pages, Paperback
The Innocents Abroad is one of the most prominent and influential travel books ever written about E… read more
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8. The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism
By: Doris Kearns Goodwin
3.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Doris Kearns Goodwin, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and author of Team of Rivals, captures the Progr… read more
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9. The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl
By: Timothy Egan
4.05
Format: 353 pages, Kindle Edition
The dust storms that terrorized the High Plains in the darkest years of the Depression were like no… read more
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"It still scares people driving cars named Expedition and Outlander... Throughout the Great Plains, a visitor passes more nothing than something. Or so it seems."-Timothy Egan, The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl
"Of all the countries in the world, we Americans have been the greatest destroyers of land of any race of people barbaric or civilized," Bennett said in a speech at the start of the dust storms. What …"-Timothy Egan, The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl
10. Surviving to Drive
By: Guenther Steiner
4.17
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
People talk about football managers being under pressure. Trust me, that's nothing. Pressure is wat… read more
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"Then again, could you imagine me walking on to the balcony in St Peter’s Square in Rome and delivering the Urbi et Orbi. ‘OK, I’m finished now. Get to foking work!’ Pope Guenther the first would be P…"-Guenther Steiner, Surviving to Drive
11. How To Build A Car
By: Adrian Newey
4.48
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
'Adrian has a unique gift for understanding drivers and racing cars. He is ultra competitive but ne… read more
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12. Failure Mode (Expeditionary Force, #15)
By: Craig Alanson
4.47
Format: 697 pages, Kindle Edition
When a mission ends in disaster and there is no way to achieve the objective, no way to regroup and… read more
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13. Aftermath (Expeditionary Force, #16)
By: Craig Alanson
4.38
Format: 697 pages, Kindle Edition
What happens in the wake of Failure Mode? The Aftermath of a stunning victory—especially an unex… read more
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14. Fallout (Expeditionary Force, #13)
By: Craig Alanson
4.53
Format: 23 pages, Audible Audio
Listening time 22 hours 29 minutes The Expeditionary Force saga continues with Fallout, the eage… read more
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15. Match Game (Expeditionary Force, #14)
By: Craig Alanson
4.51
Format: 698 pages, Kindle Edition
For years, the ancient alien AI known as Skippy (the Magnificent, don’t forget that part) has been … read more
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16. Sid Meier's Memoir!: A Life in Computer Games
By: Sid Meier
4.19
Format: 286 pages, Hardcover
The life and career of the legendary developer celebrated as the “godfather of computer gaming,” an… read more
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"In the right context, a game is not just a vehicle for fun, but an exercise in self-determination and confidence."-Sid Meier, Sid Meier's Memoir!: A Life in Computer Games
"Separately is probably how I work best with everyone, to be honest. I'm an introvert who likes people: I want to collaborate on the whole, but do my part individually."-Sid Meier, Sid Meier's Memoir!: A Life in Computer Games
"Whatever it is you want to be good at, you have to make sure you continue to read, and learn, and seek joy elsewhere, because you never know where inspiration will strike."-Sid Meier, Sid Meier's Memoir!: A Life in Computer Games
"Games were not just a diversion, I realized. Games could make you feel. If great literature could would its power through nothing but black squiggles on a page, how much more could be done with movem…"-Sid Meier, Sid Meier's Memoir!: A Life in Computer Games
17. The Formula: How Rogues, Geniuses, and Speed Freaks Reengineered F1 into the World's Fastest-Growing Sport
By: Joshua Robinson
4.41
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
🎧Listening Length = 10 hours and 40 minutes NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Wall Street Journal rep… read more
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18. Breakaway (Expeditionary Force, #12)
By: Craig Alanson
4.48
Format: 393 pages, Kindle Edition
The Expeditionary Force saga continues with Breakaway, the eagerly awaited sequel to number-one Aud… read more
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19. Brushfire (Expeditionary Force, #11)
By: Craig Alanson
4.45
Format: 392 pages, Paperback
Peacetime can be a rough adjustment for the battle-hardened Merry Band of Pirates. Especially wh… read more
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20. Critical Mass (Expeditionary Force, #10)
By: Craig Alanson
4.52
Format: 395 pages, Kindle Edition
The Merry Band of Pirates are in desperate trouble after the end of their last mission, and the rea… read more
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21. The Leadership Secrets of Nick Saban: How Alabama's Coach Became the Greatest Ever
By: John Talty
4.36
Format: 255 pages, Kindle Edition
Wall Street Journal BestsellerFor almost every year of the last decade, any college team coveting a… read more
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22. 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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23. Never Panic Early: An Apollo 13 Astronaut's Journey
By: Fred Haise
3.52
Format: 216 pages, Hardcover
The extraordinary autobiography of astronaut Fred Haise, one of only 24 men to fly to the moon In … read more
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24. The Ultimate Engineer: The Remarkable Life of NASA's Visionary Leader George M. Low (Outward Odyssey: A People's History of Spaceflight)
By: Richard Jurek
4.19
Format: 328 pages, Hardcover
This well-researched book is as much a history of NASA as a biography of George Low, and as such is… read more
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25. Infinity Beckoned: Adventuring Through the Inner Solar System, 1969–1989 (Outward Odyssey: A People's History of Spaceflight)
By: Jay Gallentine
4.14
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
What we know today about the Moon, Mars, and Venus has been erected on a colorful foundation of hum… read more
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26. Beyond Blue Skies: The Rocket Plane Programs That Led to the Space Age (Outward Odyssey: A People's History of Spaceflight)
By: Chris Petty
4.42
Format: 408 pages, Hardcover
Chris Petty has written a book that covers much of the unheralded research into high-speed flight t… read more
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27. Go, Flight!: The Unsung Heroes of Mission Control, 1965–1992 (Outward Odyssey: A People's History of Spaceflight)
By: Rick Houston
4.31
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
At first glance, it looks like just another auditorium in just another government building. But amo… read more
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28. Stealth: The Secret Contest to Invent Invisible Aircraft
By: Peter Westwick
4.15
Format: 251 pages, Hardcover
The story behind the technology that revolutionized both aeronautics, and the course of history … read more
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29. Blues Brothers: The Arc of Gratitude
By: Dan Aykroyd
4.28
Format: 2 pages, Audible Audio
The sound. The suits. The sunglasses. The Blues Brothers have firmly cemented their place as pop-cu… read more
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30. Task Force Hammer (Expeditionary Force, #17)
By: Craig Alanson
4.49
Format: 806 pages, Kindle Edition
The Merry Band of Pirates stopped the enemy from stealing a Sentinel, and destroyed its Elder stars… read more
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31. Come Fly with Us: NASA's Payload Specialist Program (Outward Odyssey: A People's History of Spaceflight)
By: Melvin Croft
4.06
Format: 456 pages, Hardcover
2020 Space Hipsters Prize for Best Book in Astronomy, Space Exploration, or Space History Come Fly… read more
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