Outposts on the Frontier: A Fifty-Year History of Space Stations
By: Jay M. Chladek
4.06
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
The International Space Station (ISS) is the largest man-made structure to orbit Earth and has been…
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1. Stalin: Paradoxes of Power, 1878-1928
By: Stephen Kotkin
3.97
Format: 976 pages, Hardcover
A magnificent new biography that revolutionizes our understanding of Stalin and his world It has th… read more
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"Russia was a genuine great power, but with a tragic flaw. Its vicious, archaic autocracy had to be emasculated for any type of better system to emerge. Unmodern in principle, let alone in practice, t…"-Stephen Kotkin, Stalin: Paradoxes of Power, 1878-1928
2. Bold They Rise: The Space Shuttle Early Years, 1972-1986
By: David Hitt , Heather R. Smith , Robert L. Crippen
3.87
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
After the Apollo program put twelve men on the moon and safely brought them home, anything seemed p… read more
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3. The Final Days
By: Bob Woodward , Carl Bernstein
3.50
Format: 192 pages,
The Final Daysis the classic, behind-the-scenes account of Richard Nixon's dramatic last months as … read more
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4. The X-15 Rocket Plane: Flying the First Wings into Space
By: None , Joe Engle , Michelle Evans
2.50
Format: None pages, Hardcover
With the Soviet Union's launch of the first Sputnik satellite in 1957, the Cold War soared to new h… read more
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5. 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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6. In the Shadow of the Moon: A Challenging Journey to Tranquility, 1965-1969
By: Francis French , Colin Burgess , Walter Cunningham
4.47
Format: None pages, Hardcover
In the Shadow of the Moontells the story of the most exciting and challenging years in spaceflight,… read more
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7. Ambassadors from Earth: Pioneering Explorations with Unmanned Spacecraft
By: Jay Gallentine
3.87
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Rewind to the 1950s and ponder: was America's first satellite really built by a college student? Ho… read more
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8. Dragon Teeth
By: Michael Crichton
3.50
Format: 142 pages, Hardcover
Michael Crichton's recently discovered novel--an adventure set in the Wild West during the golden a… read more
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9. The Siege of Mecca: The Forgotten Uprising in Islam's Holiest Shrine and the Birth of al-Qaeda
By: Yaroslav Trofimov
4.89
Format: 78 pages,
In "The Siege of Mecca," acclaimed journalist Yaroslav Trofimov pulls back the curtain on a thrilli… read more
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10. Skunk Works: A Personal Memoir of My Years at Lockheed
By: None , Ben R. Rich
3.83
Format: 432 pages, Paperback
From the development of the U-2 to the Stealth fighter, the never-before-told story behind the high… read more
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11. 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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12. A Man of Iron: The Turbulent Life and Improbable Presidency of Grover Cleveland
By: Troy Senik
4.16
Format: 384 pages, ebook
“A thoroughly engaging and enjoyable” (National Review) biography of Grover Cleveland—the honest, p… read more
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13. Children of Memory (Children of Time, #3)
By: Adrian Tchaikovsky
4.02
Format: 486 pages, Kindle Edition
The modern classic of space opera that began with Children of Time continues in this extraordinary … read more
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"The essential fallacy,' Ghoti picks up, 'is that humans and other biologically evolved, calculating engines feel themselves to be sentient, when sufficient investigation suggests this is not so. And …"-Adrian Tchaikovsky, Children of Memory (Children of Time, #3)
14. Children of Ruin (Children of Time, #2)
By: Adrian Tchaikovsky
4.06
Format: 597 pages, Audible Audio
The astonishing sequel to Children of Time, the award-winning novel of humanity's battle for surviv… read more
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"We can only observe the present before we go on to destroy the future."-Adrian Tchaikovsky, Children of Ruin (Children of Time, #2)
"Complex life was merely the recent froth over a great vat of prokaryotes feeding and dividing and dying."-Adrian Tchaikovsky, Children of Ruin (Children of Time, #2)
"Perhaps Senkovi would have approved; he who had once seen himself as the trickster god of the pantheon, before there were no more gods left to trick. Perhaps Senkovi would have recalled ancient human…"-Adrian Tchaikovsky, Children of Ruin (Children of Time, #2)
"Meshner has read simplified children’s histories of the spider civilization, vocal in explaining that, these days, everything is fine and male spiders are allowed to play a full role in society. In p…"-Adrian Tchaikovsky, Children of Ruin (Children of Time, #2)
15. A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through?
By: Kelly Weinersmith
4.06
Format: 448 pages, ebook
Earth is not well. The promise of starting life anew somewhere far, far away—no climate change, no … read more
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"For now, if leaving Earth is humanity leaving the cradle, well, humanity is going straight to its neighbor's basement."-Kelly Weinersmith, A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through?
"The Moon isn't just sort of a gray Sahara without air. Its surface is made of jagged, electrically charged microscopic glass and stone, which clings to pressure suits and landing vehicles. Nor is Mar…"-Kelly Weinersmith, A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through?
16. Contact
By: Carl Sagan
4.15
Format: 375 pages, Kindle Edition
Pulitzer Prize-winning author and astronomer Carl Sagan imagines the greatest adventure of all—the … read more
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"Our God Is Alive and Well. Sorry About Yours."-Carl Sagan, Contact
"Black holes collect problems faster than they collect matter."-Carl Sagan, Contact
"Why should God be so clear in the Bible and so obscure in the world?"-Carl Sagan, Contact
"For small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love."-Carl Sagan, Contact
17. Alien Clay
By: Adrian Tchaikovsky
4.06
Format: 396 pages, Kindle Edition
They travelled into the unknown and left themselves behind . . . On the distant world of Kiln li… read more
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18. Lords of Uncreation (The Final Architecture, #3)
By: Adrian Tchaikovsky
4.35
Format: 608 pages, Hardcover
The Arthur C. Clarke award-winning author of Children of Time brings us the third and final novel i… read more
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19. Exordia
By: Seth Dickinson
3.78
Format: 544 pages, Hardcover
“Anna, I came to Earth tracking a very old story, a story that goes back to the dawn of time. it’s … read more
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20. Eighteen Days in October: The Yom Kippur War and How It Created the Modern Middle East
By: Uri Kaufman
4.18
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
"Pacy and enthralling." ― Financial Times "Tells the story brilliantly." ―Senator Joseph I. Lieber… read more
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21. The Doors of Eden
By: Adrian Tchaikovsky
3.87
Format: 609 pages, ebook
Lee’s best friend went missing on Bodmin Moor, four years ago. She and Mal were chasing rumours of … read more
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22. When the Heavens Went on Sale: The Misfits and Geniuses Racing to Put Space Within Reach
By: Ashlee Vance
4.26
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
An Instant New York Times Bestseller A momentous look at the private companies building a revolu… read more
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23. 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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24. 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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25. 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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26. 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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27. 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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28. 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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29. Outposts on the Frontier: A Fifty-Year History of Space Stations
By: Jay M. Chladek
4.06
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
The International Space Station (ISS) is the largest man-made structure to orbit Earth and has been… read more
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30. A Long Voyage to the Moon: The Life of Naval Aviator and Apollo 17 Astronaut Ron Evans (Outward Odyssey: A People's History of Spaceflight)
By: Geoffrey Bowman
4.23
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
As command module pilot of Apollo 17 , the last crewed flight to the moon, Ron Evans combined preci… read more
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31. Homesteading Space: The Skylab Story (Outward Odyssey: A People's History of Spaceflight)
By: David Hitt
4.37
Format: 548 pages, Hardcover
As the United States and the Soviet Union went from exploring space to living in it, a space statio… read more
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