The Astronaut Maker: How One Mysterious Engineer Ran Human Spaceflight for a Generation
By: Michael Cassutt
3.79
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
One of the most elusive and controversial figures in NASA’s history, George W. S. Abbey was call…
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1. Life on a Young Planet: The First Three Billion Years of Evolution on Earth (Princeton Science Library)
By: Andrew H. Knoll
4.00
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Australopithecines, dinosaurs, trilobites--such fossils conjure up images of lost worlds filled wit… read more
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2. Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void
By: Mary Roach
4.28
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
Space is a world devoid of the things we need to live and thrive: air, gravity, hot showers, fresh … read more
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3. 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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4. Where the Water Goes: Life and Death Along the Colorado River
By: David Owen
3.44
Format: 198 pages, Hardcover
A brilliant, eye-opening account of where our water comes from and where it all goes The Colorado … read more
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5. 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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- history
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6. 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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7. No Dream Is Too High: Life Lessons From a Man Who Walked on the Moon
By: Ken Abraham , Buzz Aldrin
4.14
Format: 222 pages, Hardcover
Beloved American hero Buzz Aldrin reflects on the wisdom, guiding principles, and irreverent anecdo… read more
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8. All These Worlds Are Yours: The Scientific Search for Alien Life
By: None
3.75
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
Where would you look for alien life? An astronomer and science popularizer explains the basics of a… read more
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9. An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth
By: Chris Hadfield
4.50
Format: 142 pages, Hardcover
Colonel Chris Hadfield has spent decades training as an astronaut and has logged nearly 4000 hours … read more
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11. Riding Rockets: The Outrageous Tales of a Space Shuttle Astronaut
By: Mike Mullane
3.12
Format: 56 pages,
On February 1, 1978, the first group of space shuttle astronauts, twenty-nine men and six women, we… read more
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12. 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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13. The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream
By: Barack Obama
3.68
Format: 290 pages, Hardcover
The Audacity of Hopeis Barack Obama's call for a new kind of politics--a politics that builds upon … read more
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14. 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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15. 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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16. Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection
By: Charles Duhigg
4.05
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780593243916. Who and what are supercommunicators? They're the … read more
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"Strong leaders didn't help people align. In fact, groups with a dominant leader had the least amount of neural synchrony."-Charles Duhigg, Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection
"To communicate with someone, we must connect with them. When we absorb what someone is saying and they comprehend what we say, it's because our brains have, to some degree, aligned."-Charles Duhigg, Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection
17. The Burning Blue: The Untold Story of Christa McAuliffe and NASA's Challenger Disaster
By: Kevin Cook
4.26
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
The untold story of a national trauma—NASA’s Challenger explosion—and what really happened to Ameri… read more
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18. The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism
By: Tim Alberta
4.45
Format: 506 pages, Kindle Edition
Evangelical Christians are perhaps the most polarizing—and least understood—people living in Americ… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
19. Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life
By: Arnold Schwarzenegger
4.14
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The seven rules to follow to realize your true purpose in life—di… read more
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"The fact that I had such vivid impressions and expectations at all is the reason I got there in the first place."-Arnold Schwarzenegger, Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life
"The beauty of pain, not only is it temporary...is it tells you when you begin to give enough of yourself in pursuit of your dreams. If the work hasn't hurt or cost you anything, or at least made you …"-Arnold Schwarzenegger, Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life
20. Our Moon: How Earth's Celestial Companion Transformed the Planet, Guided Evolution, and Made Us Who We Are
By: Rebecca Boyle
3.95
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
An intimate look at the Moon and its relationship to life on Earth--from the primordial soup to the… read more
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21. 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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- history
- biography
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- space
- science
"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
22. The Six: The Untold Story of America's First Women Astronauts
By: Loren Grush
4.36
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
In the bestselling tradition of Hidden Figures and Code Girls, the remarkable true story of America… read more
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23. An Ugly Truth: Inside Facebook's Battle for Domination
By: Sheera Frenkel
3.97
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
Award-winning New York Times reporters Sheera Frenkel and Cecilia Kang unveil the tech story of our… read more
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24. The New Guys: The Historic Class of Astronauts That Broke Barriers and Changed the Face of Space Travel
By: Meredith Bagby
4.59
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
The never-before-told story of NASA’s 1978 astronaut class, which included the first American women… read more
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25. The Story of the Earth in 25 Rocks: Tales of Important Geological Puzzles and the People Who Solved Them
By: Donald R. Prothero
4.21
Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition
Every rock is a tangible trace of the earth’s past. In The Story of the Earth in 25 Rocks, Donald R… read more
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- history
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26. 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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27. Handprints on Hubble: An Astronaut's Story of Invention (Lemelson Center Studies in Invention and Innovation series)
By: Kathryn D. Sullivan
4.05
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
The first American woman to walk in space recounts her experience as part of the team that launched… read more
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28. Moonshot: A NASA Astronaut’s Guide to Achieving the Impossible
By: Mike Massimino
4.30
Format: 210 pages, Hardcover
Former NASA astronaut and New York Times bestselling author Mike Massimino—the first person to twee… read more
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29. The Astronaut Maker: How One Mysterious Engineer Ran Human Spaceflight for a Generation
By: Michael Cassutt
3.79
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
One of the most elusive and controversial figures in NASA’s history, George W. S. Abbey was call… read more
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30. An Earthling's Guide to Outer Space: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Black Holes, Dwarf Planets, Aliens, and More
By: Bob McDonald
3.61
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Beloved science commentator Bob McDonald takes us on a tour of our galaxy, unraveling the mysteries… read more
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31. One of Ten Billion Earths: How we Learn about our Planet's Past and Future from Distant Exoplanets
By: Karel Schrijver
3.85
Format: 474 pages, Hardcover
Illustrated with breathtaking images of the Solar System and of the Universe around it, this book e… read more
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