The All-American Boys
By: Walter Cunningham
3.75
Format: 488 pages, Paperback
The All-American Boys is a no-holds-barred candid memoir by a former Marine jet jockey and physicis…
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1. Crazy Horse and Custer
By: Stephen E. Ambrose
4.22
Format: 560 pages, Paperback
On June 25, 1876, 611 men of the United States 7th Cavalry rode towards the banks of the Little Big… read more
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- history
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2. 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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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
- space
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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
3. As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride
By: Various , Joe Layden , Rob Reiner , Cary Elwes
4.14
Format: None pages, Hardcover
From actor Cary Elwes, who played the iconic role of Westley in The Princess Bride, comes a first-p… read more
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- autobiography
- nonfiction
- biography
4. The Design of Everyday Things
By: Donald A. Norman
4.11
Format: 559 pages, Paperback
Anyone who designs anything to be used by humans -- from physical objects to computer programs to c… read more
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- nonfiction
- science
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
- biography
- nonfiction
- space
- science
6. Forever Young: A Life of Adventure in Air and Space
By: James R. Hansen , John W. Young
3.30
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
He walked on the Moon. He flew six space missions in three different programs--more than any other … read more
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- history
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7. Deke!: An Autobiography
By: Michael Cassutt , Donald K. Slayton
3.00
Format: None pages,
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8. The Guns at Last Light: The War in Western Europe, 1944-1945 (World War II Liberation Trilogy, #3)
By: Rick Atkinson
4.67
Format: 121 pages, Hardcover
The magnificent conclusion to Rick Atkinson's acclaimed Liberation Trilogy about the Allied triumph… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
9. We Seven: By the Astronauts Themselves
By: Alan Shepard , Wally Schirra , Donald K. Slayton , John Glenn , Virgil I. Grissom , Scott Carpenter , L. Gordon Cooper Jr.
3.91
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
The pioneer astronauts who took America into space tell their personal stories about the challenges… read more
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- history
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10. 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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- nonfiction
- history
- science
- space
11. Lost Moon: The Perilous Voyage of Apollo 13
By: Jeffrey Kluger , Jim Lovell , Fred Sanders
4.22
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
April 1970. The glory days of the Apollo space program. NASA send Commander Jim Lovell and two othe… read more
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12. The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine
By: Ilan Pappé
3.98
Format: 296 pages, Hardcover
Since the Holocaust, it has been almost impossible to hide large-scale crimes against humanity. In … read more
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13. 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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14. 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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15. The Sea Wolf
By: Jack London
4.07
Format: None pages, Paperback
The novel begins when Van Weyden is swept overboard into San Francisco Bay, and plucked from the se… read more
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16. How Apollo Flew to the Moon
By: None
4.50
Format: None pages, Paperback
Between 1968 and 1972, twenty four daring men journeyed from Earth to the Moon. This fascinating bo… read more
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17. Falling to Earth: An Apollo 15 Astronaut's Journey to the Moon
By: Francis French , Al Worden , None , None
4.04
Format: None pages, Hardcover
As command module pilot for the Apollo 15 mission to the moon in 1971, Al Worden flew on what is wi… read more
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18. First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong
By: James R. Hansen
4.15
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
On July 20, 1969, the world stood still to watch thirty-eight-year-old American astronaut Neil A. A… read more
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19. Two Sides of the Moon: Our Story of the Cold War Space Race
By: Tom Hanks , Neil Armstrong , Alexei Leonov , None
3.88
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
"An extraordinary book." ---Arthur C. Clarke Space was one of the most fiercely fought battleground… read more
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21. 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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22. Fallen Astronauts: Heroes Who Died Reaching for the Moon
By: Colin Burgess , Eugene A. Cernan , None , None
3.50
Format: 424 pages, Paperback
Near the end of the Apollo 15 mission, David Scott and fellow moonwalker James Irwin conducted a se… read more
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23. Rise of the Rocket Girls: The Women Who Propelled Us, from Missiles to the Moon to Mars
By: Nathalia Holt
3.88
Format: 326 pages, Kindle Edition
The riveting true story of the women who launched America into space.In the 1940s and 50s, when the… read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
- space
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24. The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War
By: Malcolm Gladwell
4.03
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
An exploration of how technology and best intentions collide in the heat of war In The Bomber Ma… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
"Revolutions are birthed in conversation, argument, validation, proximity, and the look in your listener’s eye that tells you you’re on to something."-Malcolm Gladwell, The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War
"I'm drawn again and again to obsessives. I like them. I like the idea that someone could push away all the concerns and details that make up everyday life and just zero in on one thing - the thing th…"-Malcolm Gladwell, The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War
"The more you invest in a set of beliefs - the greater the sacrifice you make in the service of that conviction - the more resistant you will be to evidence that suggests that you are mistaken. You do…"-Malcolm Gladwell, The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War
25. 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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- biography
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- space
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26. Nimitz at War: Command Leadership from Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay
By: Craig L. Symonds
4.65
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
From one of our most distinguished naval historians, the first wartime biography in a half-century … read more
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- biography
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27. The Sisterhood: The Secret History of Women at the CIA
By: Liza Mundy
4.23
Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition
A thrilling and monumental new history of the CIA that reveals how women have always played crucial… read more
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28. 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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- history
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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. 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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31. The All-American Boys
By: Walter Cunningham
3.75
Format: 488 pages, Paperback
The All-American Boys is a no-holds-barred candid memoir by a former Marine jet jockey and physicis… read more
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