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  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 willing to put their lives on the line in pursuit of the final frontier. With stunning accuracy and captivating prose, Wolfe... (more)
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  Space Odyssey: Book 2

  2010: Odyssey Two

  by Arthur C. Clarke

  2001: A Space Odyssey shocked, amazed, and delighted millions in the late 1960s. An instant book and movie classic, its fame has grown over the years. Yet along with the almost universal acclaim, a host of questions has grown more insistent through the years, for example: who or what transformed Dave Bowman into the Star-Child? What alien purpose lay behind the monoliths on the Moon and out in space? What could... (more)
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  Space: A Memoir

  by Jesse Lee Kercheval

  The author of "The Dogeater" and "The Museum of Happiness" presents a memoir in the tradition of Tobias Wolff's "This Boy's Life". Weaving personal and public concerns inextricably, this brilliant rendering of an era tells the story of a nation's love affair with its space program and one girl's search for herself 15-city author tour.
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  Two Sides of the Moon : Our Story of the Cold War Space Race

  by David Randolph Scott

  Growing up on either side of the Iron Curtain, David Scott and Alexei Leonov experienced very different childhoods but shared the same dream to fly. Excelling in every area of mental and physical agility, Scott and Leonov became elite fighter pilots and were chosen by their countries' burgeoning space programs to take part in the greatest technological race ever-to land a man on the moon. In this unique... (more)
• The Mouse on the MoonLeonard Wibberley

  

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  The Mouse on the Moon

  by Leonard Wibberley

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  Tom Wolfe.: The Right Stuff.

  by Tom Wolfe

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  Red Moon Rising

  Sputnik and the Hidden Rivalries that Ignited the Space Age

  by Matthew Brzezinski

  For the fiftieth anniversary of Sputnik, the behind-the-scenes story of the fierce battles on earth that launched the superpowers into space   The spy planes were driving Nikita Khrushchev mad. Whenever America wanted to peer inside the Soviet Union, it launched a U-2, which flew too high to be shot down. But Sergei Korolev, Russia’s chief rocket designer, had a riposte: an artificial satellite that would orbit... (more)
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  Epic Rivalry: The Inside Story of the Soviet and American Space Race

  by Von Hardesty

  When Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the moon in 1969, they personified an almost unimaginable feat—the incredibly complex task of sending humans safely to another celestial body. This extraordinary odyssey, which grew from the rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War, was galvanized by the Sputnik launch in 1957. To mark the fiftieth anniversary of Sputnik, National... (more)
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  Screwed Pooch

  by Jan Millsapps

  Jan Millsapps is a versatile and accomplished writer who has produced films, videos, digital and interactive cinema, and has published print and online media. She is a featured blogger on Apple's Learning Interchange and contributing editor for the online, rich media journal "Academic Intersections." Her films have been shown at the Smithsonian Institute, Kennedy Center, the International Center of... (more)
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  White Sands, Red Menace

  by Ellen Klages

  It is 1946, and the events of The Green Glass Sea have changed the world—and Dewey Kerrigan’s life. She’s now living near the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico with the Gordon family. Dr. Gordon is working on rockets that will someday go to the moon; Mrs. Gordon is working on stopping the Bomb. Meanwhile, Dewey and her “sister,” Suze, share secrets, art, and science as they adjust to high school in an... (more)
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  Whatever Happened to the World of Tomorrow?

  by Brian Fies

  Whatever Happened to the World of Tomorrow?, the long-awaited follow-up to Mom's Cancer, is a unique graphic novel that tells the story of a young boy and his relationship with his father.   Spanning the period from the 1939 New York World's Fair to the last Apollo space mission in 1975, it is told through the eyes of a boy as he grows up in an era that was optimistic and ambitious, fueled by industry, engines,... (more)
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  Jack Ryan: Book 5

  The Cardinal of the Kremlin

  by Tom Clancy

  Two men possess vital data on Russia's Star Wars missile defense system. One isted by the KGB. The other is Jack Ryan, hero of The Hunt for Red October,ld to peace. A 4-month #1 New York Times bestseller, with 1.3 million hardcover copies in print. HC: Putnam.