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Robert Zimmerman
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In this definitive account of the quest to establish a human presence in lifeless outer space, award-winning space historian Robert Zimmerman reveals the great global gamesmanship between Soviet and American political leaders that drove the space efforts of both following the Apollo lunar landings in the 1960s and 1970s.
Beaten to the Moon by their Cold War enemies, the Russians were intent on being first to the planets. They knew that to reach other...
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English
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As the title may indicate, this chapbook/poetry book contains approximately 50 thought provoking, conversation 'kickers', icebreakers, or personal, nodding to yourself style poetry. Mostly political yet is inclusive of a variety of opinionated commentary on prominent issues of the press & journalists behind the scenes. Please allow me to further explain my impetus behind this book. What has brought me to this juncture (to become a published poet)...
3) The Universe in a Mirror: The Saga of the Hubble Space Telescope and the Visionaries Who Built It
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English
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"One of Booklist's Editors' Choice for Best Adult Titles for 2008" "Finalist for the 2008 Eugene M. Emme Astronautical Literature Award, American Astronautical Society" Robert Zimmerman is an award-winning science writer and historian whose work has appeared in Natural History, the Wall Street Journal, and Astronomy, among other leading publications. His books include Leaving Earth: Space Stations, Rival Superpowers, and the Quest for Interplanetary...
4) Pioneer
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English
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The time is 2183. Fifty-six-year-old Saunders Maxwell is a stubborn old space-farer who has spent his entire life in space. He has captained the Moon-Mars shuttle and led exploration missions beyond Mars. When he came to Mars in his forties he helped discover the water source that made the first American Mars colony possible. Later he turned to asteroid mining, captaining a small ship and crew of about a half dozen on repeated trips to the asteroid...
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English
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"Circuit Hikes of Southern Arizona" is an easy-to-use guidebook, describing the many circuit hikes hidden in the mountains surrounding Tucson and throughout southern Arizona. The guide includes 32 specific hikes with an additional two dozen options, with hikes ranging from so easy you can take your toddlers to so strenuous you will want to train for weeks beforehand. Each hike comes with an easy-to-read topo map, as well as detailed instructions for...
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English
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After receiving a certain and imminent death sentence from untreatable cancer on Christmas Eve, I was faced with absolute hopelessness. Only in desperation could I find the understanding I needed to witness a season of miracles and intimacy with a God that I took for granted so many years.
Within this book are the events and newfound realities that broke the grip of a cancer which had never been beaten by medical science, and the invaluable life...
11) Tribe
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Series
Todd Mills mysteries volume 2
Publisher
Delta Trade Paperbacks
Pub. Date
1997, ©1996
Language
English
Description
When his former college girlfriend--who like him, is gay--re-enters Todd's life, she brings mystery and danger and also reawakens the twenty-year-old memory of the death of one of his fraternity brothers.
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Inventions That Shook the World volume 10
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English
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A new telescope named Hubble lets us see even further into the universe, revealing more of its majesty and mysteries. A young software engineer's wife gives birth to his daughter while he develops the camera phone in the waiting room, and Pathfinder safely bounces to a stop on Mars thanks to an airbag system that puts cars airbag system to shame.
