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The Coalwood Series: Book 1

Rocket Boys

by Homer Hickam

The true story, originally published as Rocket Boys , that inspired the Universal Pictures film. It was 1957, the year Sputnik raced across the Appalachian sky, and the small town of Coalwood, West Virginia, was slowly dying. Faced with an uncertain future, Homer Hickam nurtured a dream: to... (learn more about this book)

The Right Stuff

by Tom Wolfe

First published in 1979 to extraordinary acclaim, Tom Wolfe’s landmark work became an instant bestseller, going on to sell more than 2.5 million copies. It is a true story that is as exciting as the best fiction — the tale of American heroes Yeager, Conrad, Grissom and Glenn — men who were... (learn more about this book)

Pale Blue Dot

by Carl Sagan

"FASCINATING . . . MEMORABLE . . . REVEALING . . . PERHAPS THE BEST OF CARL SAGAN'S BOOKS." --The Washington Post Book World (front page review) In Cosmos, the late astronomer Carl Sagan cast his gaze over the magnificent mystery of the Universe and made it accessible to millions of people... (learn more about this book)

Failure Is Not an Option

by Gene Kranz

A breathtaking, first-hand account of the early days of the NASA space program, through the eyes of the man who held it all together...

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A Man on the Moon

by Andrew Chaikin

On the night of July 20, 1969, our world changed forever when two Americans, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, walked on the moon. Now the greatest event of the 20th century is magnificently retold through the eyes and ears of the people who were there. Based on the interviews with 23 moon... (learn more about this book)

Riding Rockets

by R. Mike Mullane

In 1978, the first group of space shuttle astronauts was introduced to the world -- twenty-nine men and six women who would carry NASA through the most tumultuous years of the space shuttle program. Among them was USAF Colonel Mike Mullane, who, in his memoir Riding Rockets, strips the... (learn more about this book)

Moon Shot

by Alan Shepard, Deke Slayton

It is 25 years since Neil Armstrong made man's first triumphant lunar landing. Now Alan Shepard and Deke Slayton, two pioneering astronaughts, reveal the human cost of the bitter struggle between the Superpowers to be first on the moon. In this unique first-hand account of the space race the... (learn more about this book)

The Day the Universe Changed

by James Burke

Revision of Burke's highly successful original of 1985. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

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First Man

by James R. Hansen

On July 20, 1969, the world stood still to watch thirty-eight-year-old American astronaut Neil A. Armstrong become the first person to step on the surface of another heavenly body. Perhaps no words in human history became better known than those few he uttered at that historic moment. In a... (learn more about this book)

Alien Agenda

by Jim Marrs

The Truth Begins Here Award-winning journalist Jim Marrs has uncovered compelling new evidence to suggest that alien life forms have not only visited our planet in the past, but are among us right now. Drawing on numerous eyewitness accounts, highly classified CIA reports, and his own... (learn more about this book)