8 best-selling science books like The Vinyl Frontier: The Story of NASA's Interstellar Mixtape by Jonathan Scott

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The Vinyl Frontier: The Story of NASA's Interstellar Mixtape

By: Jonathan Scott

3.70

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The fascinating story behind the mission, music, and message of NASA's Voyager Golden Record--human…

If you liked the science plot in The Vinyl Frontier: The Story of NASA's Interstellar Mixtape by Jonathan Scott , here is a list of 8 books like this:

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1. The Colorado Kid

By: Stephen King

3.38

Format: 178 pages, Mass Market Paperback

On an island off the coast of Maine, a man is found dead. There's no identification on the body. On… read more

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"Sometimes loving eyes don't see what they don't want to see."

-Stephen King, The Colorado Kid

"For a woman a man will do many things that he'd turn his back on in an instant when alone; things he'd back away from, nine times out of ten, even when drunk adn with a bunch of his friends egging hi…"

-Stephen King, The Colorado Kid

"Todos cayeron del árbol y se rompieron el brazo alguna vez, todos recuerdan lo travieso que fueron cuando eran niños, lo que no recuerdan, es a sus madres levantándose en medio de la noche para darle…"

-Stephen King, The Colorado Kid

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2. Valiant Ambition: George Washington, Benedict Arnold, and the Fate of the American Revolution (The American Revolution Series)

By: Nathaniel Philbrick

4.12

Format: 427 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of In The Heart of the Sea, comes a surprising account o… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
"Midshipman Edward Pellew was in the British boat right behind Arnold's. The American general had escaped, but in his haste he had left behind his stock and buckle, which Pellew took as a keepsake. Ye…"

-Nathaniel Philbrick, Valiant Ambition: George Washington, Benedict Arnold, and the Fate of the American Revolution (The American Revolution Series)

"In an October 6 letter to Lord Stirling, he set forth the principle that would guide his increasingly sophisticated intelligence-gathering efforts. "As we are often obliged to reason the designs of t…"

-Nathaniel Philbrick, Valiant Ambition: George Washington, Benedict Arnold, and the Fate of the American Revolution (The American Revolution Series)

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3. Rum Punch (Ordell Robbie & Louis Gara #2)

By: Elmore Leonard

3.93

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Ordell Robbie makes a fine living selling illegal high-powered weaponry to the wrong people. Jackie… read more

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"He sat in the living room in the dark, an expert at waiting, a nineteen-year veteran of it, waiting for people who failed to appear, missed court dates because they forgot or didn't care, and took of…"

-Elmore Leonard, Rum Punch (Ordell Robbie & Louis Gara #2)

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4. Germania: In Wayward Pursuit of the Germans and Their History

By: Simon Winder

3.61

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

A unique exploration of German culture, from sausage advertisements to Wagner Sitting on a bench at… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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5. It's a Battlefield

By: Graham Greene

4.04

Format: None pages, Paperback

Drover, a Communist bus driver, is in prison appealing his death sentence for killing a policeman d… read more

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6. The Wright Brothers

By: David McCullough

2.60

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize David McCullough tells the dramatic story-behind-the-story ab… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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7. The Stars My Destination

By: Neil Gaiman , Alfred Bester

4.06

Format: 258 pages, Hardcover

In this pulse-quickening novel, Alfred Bester imagines a future in which people "jaunte" a thousand… read more

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  • space
"Millions for defense, but not one cent for survival."

-Neil Gaiman, The Stars My Destination

"Don't ask the world to stop moving because you have doubts."

-Neil Gaiman, The Stars My Destination

"I've handed life and death back to the people who do the living and the dying."

-Neil Gaiman, The Stars My Destination

"If you can have everything at fifty that you wanted when you were fifteen, you're happy."

-Neil Gaiman, The Stars My Destination

8. The Trouble With Science

By: None

4.20

Format: None pages, Paperback

Examining the widespread sense of the "difficulty" of science, this work considers why many people … read more

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9. The Hot Spot

By: Charles Williams

4.57

Format: 102 pages, Paperback

A dark, brooding masterpiece of guilt, greed, and lust in a town ripe for felony. Madox wasn't all … read more

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10. The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II

By: Denise Kiernan

3.27

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The incredible story of the young women of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, who unwittingly played a crucial r… read more

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11. The Hammer of God

By: Arthur C. Clarke

3.82

Format: 736 pages, Paperback

In the year 2110 technology has cured most of our worries. But even as humankind enters a new golde… read more

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12. LaBrava

By: Elmore Leonard

4.07

Format: 154 pages, Paperback

New York Times bestselling author Elmore Leonard delivers his trademark blend of action, sex, viole… read more

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13. It's OK to Be Angry About Capitalism

By: Bernie Sanders

4.09

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A progressive takedown of the uber-capitalist status quo that has enriched millionaires and billion… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
"The goal of any democratic, moral, and rational nation must be to create a society where people are healthy, happy and able to live long and productive lives. Not just the rich and the powerful, but …"

-Bernie Sanders, It's OK to Be Angry About Capitalism

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14. Standing in the Shadows (Inspector Banks, #28)

By: Peter Robinson

4.09

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The 28th twisting installment in the DCI Alan Banks mystery series that Stephen King calls "the bes… read more

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15. Tokyo Express

By: Seichō Matsumoto

3.68

Format: 175 pages, Paperback

In una cala rocciosa della baia di Hakata, i corpi di un uomo e di una donna vengono rinvenuti all’… read more

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16. What If? 2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions (What If?, #2)

By: Randall Munroe

4.37

Format: 354 pages, Hardcover

The #1 New York Times–bestselling author of What If? and How To provides his best answers yet to th… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • science
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17. The Future of Geography: How Power and Politics in Space Will Change Our World

By: Tim Marshall

3.94

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Spy satellites orbiting the moon. Space metals worth more than most countries’ GDP. People on Mars … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • science
  • space
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18. The Making of the Modern Middle East: A Personal History

By: Jeremy Bowen

4.38

Format: 465 pages, Kindle Edition

A Sunday Times Paperback of the YearA Spectator and New Statesman Book of the Year‘An illuminating … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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19. Wild and Crazy Guys: How the Comedy Mavericks of the '80s Changed Hollywood Forever

By: Nick de Semlyen

4.06

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The behind-the-scenes story of the iconic funnymen who ruled '80s Hollywood—Bill Murray, Steve Mart… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
"Sometimes you gotta say "What the fuck". If you can't say it, you can't do it."

-Nick de Semlyen, Wild and Crazy Guys: How the Comedy Mavericks of the '80s Changed Hollywood Forever

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20. Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster

By: Adam Higginbotham

4.37

Format: 538 pages, Hardcover

The story of Chernobyl is more complex, more human, and more terrifying than the Soviet myth. Adam … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • science
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21. The Writing of the Gods: The Race to Decode the Rosetta Stone

By: Edward Dolnick

4.19

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Un apasionante thriller cultural. Un fascinante retrato de imperios antiguos y modernos, una mirada… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • science
"The cliché has it that an unknown subject is a closed book, but Egypt was different. Egypt was an open book, with illustrations on every page, that no one knew how to read."

-Edward Dolnick, The Writing of the Gods: The Race to Decode the Rosetta Stone

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22. Deliver Me from Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska

By: Warren Zanes

4.42

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The fascinating story behind the making of Bruce Springsteen’s most surprising album, Nebraska, rev… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • history
"Nineteen eighty-two is as good a year as any to mark the threshold of a future we're still negotiating. It's been called the information age, the digital age, the new media age. It was the beginning …"

-Warren Zanes, Deliver Me from Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska

"Nebraska made it almost impossible for critics to miss Springsteen's willingness to take a chance in the name of his art. If Springsteen was driven simply by fame and mainstream success, there would …"

-Warren Zanes, Deliver Me from Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska

"Guitar Town was out, and it was doing okay," [Steve] Earle recalled. "But the label didn't want it to happen. Jimmy [Bowen] certainly didn't. He didn't like the record. He didn't like me. But it was …"

-Warren Zanes, Deliver Me from Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska

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23. Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon

By: Michael Lewis

3.80

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From the #1 best-selling author of The Big Short and Flash Boys, the story of FTX’s spectacular col… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of Beyond: The Astonishing Story of the First Human to Leave Our Planet and Journey into Space by Stephen Walker

24. 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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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • science
  • space
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25. Facing the Mountain: A True Story of Japanese American Heroes in World War II

By: Daniel James Brown

4.49

Format: 560 pages, Hardcover

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Boys in the Boat, a gripping World War II saga… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of World Within a Song: Music That Changed My Life and Life That Changed My Music by Jeff Tweedy

26. World Within a Song: Music That Changed My Life and Life That Changed My Music

By: Jeff Tweedy

4.01

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

An exciting and heartening mix of memories, music, and inspiration from Wilco front man and New Yor… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Power of Language: How the Codes We Use to Think, Speak, and Live Transform Our Minds by Viorica Marian

27. The Power of Language: How the Codes We Use to Think, Speak, and Live Transform Our Minds

By: Viorica Marian

4.10

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

“Sparkles with insight.”—Daniel Pink One of Behavioral Scientist ’s Summer Books of 2023 One of Ne… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • science
Cover of His Majesty's Airship: The Life and Tragic Death of the World's Largest Flying Machine by S.C. Gwynne

28. His Majesty's Airship: The Life and Tragic Death of the World's Largest Flying Machine

By: S.C. Gwynne

4.02

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From historian and bestselling author of the Pulitzer Prize finalist Empire of the Summer Moon come… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • science
Cover of Life's Too Short: A Memoir by Darius Rucker

29. Life's Too Short: A Memoir

By: Darius Rucker

4.18

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A raw, heartfelt memoir from Darius Rucker, the three-time Grammy Award–winning, Diamond-selling le… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
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30. The Sullivanians: Sex, Psychotherapy, and the Wild Life of an American Commune

By: Alexander Stille

3.47

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

The devolution of the Sullivan Institute, from psychoanalytic organization to insular, radical cult… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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31. The Vinyl Frontier: The Story of NASA's Interstellar Mixtape

By: Jonathan Scott

3.70

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The fascinating story behind the mission, music, and message of NASA's Voyager Golden Record--human… read more

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  • music
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • astronomy
  • space
  • science

17 Top history books like The Vinyl Frontier: The Story of NASA's Interstellar Mixtape by Jonathan Scott

Transform Your Habits

Valiant Ambition: George Washington, Benedict Arnold, and the Fate of the American Revolution (The American Revolution Series)

Nathaniel Philbrick

4.12

Transform Your Habits

Germania: In Wayward Pursuit of the Germans and Their History

Simon Winder

3.61

Transform Your Habits

The Wright Brothers

David McCullough

2.60

Transform Your Habits

It's OK to Be Angry About Capitalism

Bernie Sanders

4.09

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18 Top music books like World Within a Song: Music That Changed My Life and Life That Changed My Music by Jeff Tweedy

Transform Your Habits

Your Song Changed My Life: From Jimmy Page to St. Vincent, Smokey Robinson to Hozier, Thirty-Five Beloved Artists on Their Journey and the Music That Inspired It

Bob Boilen

3.78

Transform Your Habits

My Effin' Life

Geddy Lee

4.58

Transform Your Habits

Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk

Kathleen Hanna

4.46

Transform Your Habits

3 Shades of Blue: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, and the Lost Empire of Cool

James Kaplan

4.35

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