11 Best history books like Moondust: In Search of the Men Who Fell to Earth by Andrew Smith

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Moondust: In Search of the Men Who Fell to Earth

By: Andrew Smith

4.05

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

In time for the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing comes this edition of journalist And…

"Santa Claus is a lie but if you think that's bad, check out what 'fuck' really means."

-Andrew Smith, Moondust: In Search of the Men Who Fell to Earth

"Santa Claus is a lie but if you think that's bad, check out what 'fuck' really means."

-Andrew Smith, Moondust: In Search of the Men Who Fell to Earth

"Santa Claus is a lie but if you think that's bad, check out what 'fuck' really means."

-Andrew Smith, Moondust: In Search of the Men Who Fell to Earth

"Had (President) Kennedy turned to his advisers and wailed, "What can we beat the Russians at?" and if someone had cried "Backgammon!" at that point, Apollo would never have happened."

-Andrew Smith, Moondust: In Search of the Men Who Fell to Earth

If you liked the history plot in Moondust: In Search of the Men Who Fell to Earth by Andrew Smith , here is a list of 11 books like this:

Cover of The Fall of Berlin 1945 by Antony Beevor

1. The Fall of Berlin 1945

By: Antony Beevor

4.29

Format: 490 pages, Paperback

The Red Army had much to avenge when it finally reached the frontiers of the Reich in January 1945.… read more

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  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
"Sé practico: regala un ataúd"

-Antony Beevor, The Fall of Berlin 1945

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2. Witchfinders

By: Malcolm Gaskill

4.37

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

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Similar categories in Malcolm Gaskill's Witchfinders book and Andrew Smith's Moondust: In Search of the Men Who Fell to Earth

  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
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3. 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

Similar categories in Jay Barbree's Moon Shot: The Inside Story of America's Race to the Moon book and Andrew Smith's Moondust: In Search of the Men Who Fell to Earth

  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • space
  • science
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4. KLF: Chaos Magic Music Money

By: J.M.R. Higgs , John Higgs

3.32

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

They were the best-selling singles band in the world. They had awards, credibility, commercial succ… read more

Similar categories in J.M.R. Higgs's KLF: Chaos Magic Music Money book and Andrew Smith's Moondust: In Search of the Men Who Fell to Earth

  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction

5. 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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6. A Pelican at Blandings (Blandings Castle, #11)

By: P.G. Wodehouse

4.25

Format: 194 pages, Paperback

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7. 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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8. 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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9. 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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10. Brothers in Arms: One Legendary Tank Regiment's Bloody War from D-Day to VE-Day

By: James Holland

4.47

Format: 592 pages, Hardcover

Celebrated military historian James Holland chronicles the experiences in World War II of the legen… read more

Similar categories in James Holland's Brothers in Arms: One Legendary Tank Regiment's Bloody War from D-Day to VE-Day book and Andrew Smith's Moondust: In Search of the Men Who Fell to Earth

  • historical
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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11. The Little Book of Aliens

By: Adam Frank

4.26

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

“With wit and brio, Frank separates current nonsense about aliens from the serious and fascinating … read more

Similar categories in Adam Frank's The Little Book of Aliens book and Andrew Smith's Moondust: In Search of the Men Who Fell to Earth

  • science
  • astronomy
  • nonfiction
  • space
Cover of Our Moon: How Earth's Celestial Companion Transformed the Planet, Guided Evolution, and Made Us Who We Are by Rebecca Boyle

12. 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

Similar categories in Rebecca Boyle's Our Moon: How Earth's Celestial Companion Transformed the Planet, Guided Evolution, and Made Us Who We Are book and Andrew Smith's Moondust: In Search of the Men Who Fell to Earth

  • history
  • nonfiction
  • astronomy
  • space
  • science
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13. The Universe:

By: Andrew Cohen

4.24

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Every night, above our heads, a drama of epic proportions is playing out. Diamond planets, zombie s… read more

Similar categories in Andrew Cohen's The Universe: book and Andrew Smith's Moondust: In Search of the Men Who Fell to Earth

  • science
  • astronomy
  • nonfiction
  • space
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14. First Comes Summer

By: Maria Hesselager

3.25

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Winding seamlessly between the psychological and the mythological, the spellbinding story of a youn… read more

Similar categories in Maria Hesselager's First Comes Summer book and Andrew Smith's Moondust: In Search of the Men Who Fell to Earth

  • historical
Cover of Across the Airless Wilds: The Lunar Rover and the Triumph of the Final Moon Landings by Earl Swift

15. 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

Similar categories in Earl Swift's Across the Airless Wilds: The Lunar Rover and the Triumph of the Final Moon Landings book and Andrew Smith's Moondust: In Search of the Men Who Fell to Earth

  • american history
  • history
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • astronomy
  • space
  • science
Cover of The Space Business: From Hotels in Orbit to Mining the Moon – How Private Enterprise is Transforming Space by Andrew  May

16. The Space Business: From Hotels in Orbit to Mining the Moon – How Private Enterprise is Transforming Space

By: Andrew May

3.86

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Yörünge otellerinden Ay madenciliğine, özel sektör uzayı nasıl dönüştürüyor? Yirminci yüzyılda u… read more

Similar categories in Andrew May's The Space Business: From Hotels in Orbit to Mining the Moon – How Private Enterprise is Transforming Space book and Andrew Smith's Moondust: In Search of the Men Who Fell to Earth

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • science
  • space
Cover of Traveling: On the Path of Joni Mitchell by Ann Powers

17. Traveling: On the Path of Joni Mitchell

By: Ann Powers

3.51

Format: 443 pages, Kindle Edition

For decades Joni Mitchell’s life and music have enraptured listeners. One of the most celebrated ar… read more

Similar categories in Ann Powers's Traveling: On the Path of Joni Mitchell book and Andrew Smith's Moondust: In Search of the Men Who Fell to Earth

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
Cover of Variable Valve Timings: Memoirs of a car tragic by Chris      Harris

18. Variable Valve Timings: Memoirs of a car tragic

By: Chris Harris

4.46

Format: 236 pages, Kindle Edition

'What defines the car-saddo condition is not being able to recall a time when the toy-car-era of yo… read more

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Cover of Prywatne armie świata. Czyli jak wyglądają współczesne konflikty by Zbigniew Parafianowicz

19. Prywatne armie świata. Czyli jak wyglądają współczesne konflikty

By: Zbigniew Parafianowicz

3.28

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Wojny, do których państwa wolą się nie przyznawać. Kim są osławione rosyjskie zielone ludziki i … read more

Similar categories in Zbigniew Parafianowicz's Prywatne armie świata. Czyli jak wyglądają współczesne konflikty book and Andrew Smith's Moondust: In Search of the Men Who Fell to Earth

  • nonfiction
Cover of Moondust: In Search of the Men Who Fell to Earth by Andrew      Smith

20. Moondust: In Search of the Men Who Fell to Earth

By: Andrew Smith

4.05

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

In time for the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing comes this edition of journalist And… read more

Similar categories in Andrew Smith's Moondust: In Search of the Men Who Fell to Earth book and Andrew Smith's Moondust: In Search of the Men Who Fell to Earth

  • american history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • history
  • historical
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • astronomy
  • space
  • science
"Santa Claus is a lie but if you think that's bad, check out what 'fuck' really means."

-Andrew Smith, Moondust: In Search of the Men Who Fell to Earth

"Had (President) Kennedy turned to his advisers and wailed, "What can we beat the Russians at?" and if someone had cried "Backgammon!" at that point, Apollo would never have happened."

-Andrew Smith, Moondust: In Search of the Men Who Fell to Earth

"Apollo has something to teach us as we enter a new century of genetic modification, artificial intelligence, nanotechnology. It's a cautionary tale about that most fundamentally human of human traged…"

-Andrew Smith, Moondust: In Search of the Men Who Fell to Earth

"Was Apollo worth all the effort and expense? If it had been about the Moon, the answer would be no, but it wasn't, it was about the Earth. The answer is yes. The only thing I can't see in all this is…"

-Andrew Smith, Moondust: In Search of the Men Who Fell to Earth

Cover of The Secret History of Sharks: The Rise of the Ocean's Most Fearsome Predators by John       Long

21. The Secret History of Sharks: The Rise of the Ocean's Most Fearsome Predators

By: John Long

4.11

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

World-leading paleontologist John Long presents the complete, untold story of how sharks emerged as… read more

Similar categories in John Long's The Secret History of Sharks: The Rise of the Ocean's Most Fearsome Predators book and Andrew Smith's Moondust: In Search of the Men Who Fell to Earth

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • science

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Antony Beevor

4.29

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Malcolm Gaskill

4.37

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James Holland

4.47

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First Comes Summer

Maria Hesselager

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Adam Higginbotham

4.37

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4.17

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Jimmy Soni

4.23

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Cade Metz

4.27

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