Lunar Books

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  Connections

  You can make all the plans you will, plot to make a fortune in the commodities market, speculate on developing trends: all will likely come to naught, for "however carefully you plan for the future, ...  > read more
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  Apollo 13

  On April 13, 1970, three American astronauts were on their way to the moon when a mysterious explosion rocked their ship, forcing them to abandon the main ship and spend four days in the tiny lunar ...  > read more
• Space Probes
  Space Station
  Satellites
  Space Exploration
  Space Policy
  NASA
   
  

  Sputnik: The Shock of the Century

  On October 4, 1957, as Leave It to Beaver premiered on American television, the Soviet Union launched the space age. Sputnik, all of 184 pounds with only a radio transmitter inside its highly ...  > read more
• Environmental Issues
  Mining
  Construction
  Sustainability
  Nature
  Environmental Policies
   
  

  Collapse

  Jared Diamond's Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed is the glass-half-empty follow-up to his Pulitzer Prize-winning Guns, Germs, and Steel. While Guns, Germs, and Steel explained the ...  > read more
• Environmental Issues
  Environmental Policies
  Earth Science
  Sustainability
  Ocean Policy
  Environmental Policy
   
  

  Environmental Science: Toward A Sustainable Future (10th Edition)

  As the field of environmental science continues to evolve, this highly readable guide presents a full spectrum of views and information to help readers evaluate issues and make informed decisions. ...  > read more
• Moon
  Space Missions
  Solar System
  Astronomy
  Behavioral Science
  Earth Science
   
  

  A Man on the Moon: The Voyages of the Apollo Astronauts

  A decade in the making, this book is based on hundreds of hours of in-depth interviews with each of the twenty-four moon voyagers, as well as those who contributed their brain power, training and ...  > read more
• Evolutionary Biology
  Evolution
  Charles Darwin
  Origin of Life
  Religion
  Anthropology
   
  

  Evolution vs. Creationism: An Introduction

  Almost eighty years after the Scopes trial, the debate over the teaching of evolution continues to rage. There is no easy resolution--it is a complex topic with profound scientific, religious, ...  > read more
• Space Station
  Space Probes
  Space Policy
  Space Exploration
  Astronomy
  NASA
   
  

  Rocketeers: How a Visionary Band of Business Leaders, Engineers, and Pilots Is Boldly Privatizing Space

  In the more than forty years since the first human left the atmosphere of Earth, no one had ever done so without the help of a government agency. That changed on June 21, 2004, when SpaceShipOne, ...  > read more
• Archaeology
  Ancient Civilizations
  Spirituality
  Religion
  Lost Treasures
  Disaster Plan
   
  

  In Search of Paul: How Jesus' Apostle Opposed Rome's Empire with God's Kingdom

  John Dominic Crossan, the eminent historical Jesus scholar, and Jonathan L. Reed, an expert in biblical archaeology, reveal through archaeology and textual scholarship that Paul, like Jesus, focused ...  > read more
• NASA
  Space Missions
  Space Exploration
  Space Policy
  Moon
  Space Station
   
  

  Failure is not an Option: Mission Control from Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond

  In 1957, the Russians launched Sputnik and the ensuing space race. Three years later, Gene Kranz left his aircraft testing job to join NASA and champion the American cause. What he found was an ...  > read more

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