Moon Rush: The New Space Race
By: Leonard David
3.62
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Veteran space journalist digs into the science and technology--past, present, and future--central t…
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1. Alien: River of Pain (Canonical Alien trilogy, #3)
By: Christopher Golden
3.84
Format: 352 pages, Mass Market Paperback
When Ellen Ripley finally returns to Earth, she learns that the planet LV-426—now called Acheron—ha… read more
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"He had learned that sometimes there was no safe path, no decision from which one could emerge unscathed. In those cases, he had been taught to take the path of honor, even if it led to pain or death"-Christopher Golden, Alien: River of Pain (Canonical Alien trilogy, #3)
2. Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning
By: Peter C. Brown , Henry L. Roediger III , Mark A. McDaniel
4.30
Format: None pages, Hardcover
To most of us, learning something "the hard way" implies wasted time and effort. Good teaching, we … read more
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3. The Hidden Reality: Parallel Universes and the Deep Laws of the Cosmos
By: Brian Greene
3.82
Format: 148 pages, Hardcover
From the best-selling author of The Elegant Universeand The Fabric of the Cosmoscomes his most expa… read more
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4. Tides of Fire (Sigma Force #17)
By: James Rollins
4.22
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
In the latest riveting thriller from the #1 New York Times bestselling author, an international… read more
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5. 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?
6. Treacle Walker
By: Alan Garner
3.13
Format: 152 pages, Hardcover
Treacle Walker is a stunning fusion of myth and folklore and an exploration of the fluidity of time… read more
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7. The Song of the Cell: An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human
By: Siddhartha Mukherjee
4.28
Format: 473 pages, Hardcover
Winner of the 2023 PROSE Award for Excellence in Biological and Life Sciences and the 2023 Chautauq… read more
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8. The End of the World Is Just the Beginning: Mapping the Collapse of Globalization: The Collapse of Globalization and Its Aftermath
By: Peter Zeihan
4.18
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
2019 was the last great year for the world economy. For generations, everything has been getting… read more
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- business
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9. The Possibility of Life: Science, Imagination, and Our Quest for Kinship in the Cosmos
By: Jaime Green
4.02
Format: 288 pages, ebook
A dazzling cultural and scientific exploration of alien life and the cosmos, examining how the poss… read more
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"We’re not alone because we’re not separate from the swirl of a galaxy’s arms or the way wind catches dust in a gyre. We’re no more an anomaly than an atom is."-Jaime Green, The Possibility of Life: Science, Imagination, and Our Quest for Kinship in the Cosmos
"…science fiction writers may have been the first people to realize the unknowability of where technology would lead us… Where it used to be possible to set stories millennia in the future—affording h…"-Jaime Green, The Possibility of Life: Science, Imagination, and Our Quest for Kinship in the Cosmos
10. The Storm Before the Calm: America's Discord, the Coming Crisis of the 2020s, and the Triumph Beyond
By: George Friedman
4.05
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
*One of Bloomberg's Best Books of the Year*The master geopolitical forecaster and New York Times be… read more
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11. How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need
By: Bill Gates
4.13
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Bill Gates shares what he's learned in more than a decade of studying climate change and investing … read more
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12. 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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13. Imaginable: How to See the Future Coming and Feel Ready for Anything―Even Things That Seem Impossible Today
By: Jane McGonigal
4.10
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
World-renowned future forecaster, game designer, and NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author Jane McGonig… read more
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14. Chasing New Horizons: Inside the Epic First Mission to Pluto
By: Alan Stern
4.36
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Alan Stern and David Grinspoon take us behind the scenes of the science, politics, egos, and public… read more
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"When word of the astronomers’ vote in Prague reached the New Horizons team, reactions ranged from indifferent (“Who cares what astronomers think? They’re not the experts in this."-Alan Stern, Chasing New Horizons: Inside the Epic First Mission to Pluto
"The people who created this amazing mission of exploration chased their new horizons hard; they never let go of their dream; they put everything they had into it; and eventually they chased it down a…"-Alan Stern, Chasing New Horizons: Inside the Epic First Mission to Pluto
"No doubt, there was something that drew people to this particular launch—a sense of something epochal, a passing of the torch from Voyager to a new generation of explorers who had been inspired by Vo…"-Alan Stern, Chasing New Horizons: Inside the Epic First Mission to Pluto
"They had done it! Against all the struggles, doubts, and naysayers of the past 17 years, a spaceship had left Earth that day on its way to explore the Pluto system. With it rode the hopes of its team…"-Alan Stern, Chasing New Horizons: Inside the Epic First Mission to Pluto
15. The Asteroid Hunter: A Scientist’s Journey to the Dawn of our Solar System
By: Dante Lauretta
4.16
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A "captivating, behind-the-scenes account" of NASA’s historic OSIRIS-REx mission to return an aster… read more
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16. Dispatches from Planet 3: Thirty-Two (Brief) Tales on the Solar System, the Milky Way, and Beyond
By: Marcia Bartusiak
4.08
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
An award-winning science writer presents a captivating collection of cosmological essays for the ar… read more
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17. The New World on Mars: What We Can Create on the Red Planet
By: Robert Zubrin
3.83
Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition
Robert Zubrin, world-renowned space authority and founding president of the Mars Society, taps toda… read more
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18. Space Shuttle Stories: Firsthand Astronaut Accounts from All 135 Missions
By: Tom Jones
4.29
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Experience all 135 NASA space shuttle missions ever flown through the words of the astronauts thems… read more
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19. 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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20. Moon Rush: The New Space Race
By: Leonard David
3.62
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Veteran space journalist digs into the science and technology--past, present, and future--central t… read more
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21. The Big Book of Mars: From Ancient Egypt to The Martian, A Deep-Space Dive into Our Obsession with the Red Planet
By: Marc Hartzman
3.73
Format: 255 pages, Kindle Edition
Filled with entertaining history, archival images, pop culture ephemera, and interviews with NASA s… read more
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