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Red Moon Rising: Sputnik and the Hidden Rivalries That Ignited the Space Age Red Moon Rising: Sputnik and the Hidden Rivalries That Ignited the Space Age
by Matthew Brzezinski

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“In his exuberant narrative of the superpower space race . . . [Brzezinski] tells the story of American and Soviet decisions with remarkable dramatic—even cinematic—flair.”—The New York Times Book Review In Red Moon... (read more)

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Red Moon Rising: Sputnik and the Hidden Rivalries That Ignited the Space Age Red Moon Rising: Sputnik and the Hidden Rivalries That Ignited the Space Age
by Matthew Brzezinski

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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... (read more)

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Welcome to the Moon! (Astronomy) Welcome to the Moon! (Astronomy)
by Robert Bruce Kelsey

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Offers twelve expeditions to exciting lunar features that you can see with a telescope from your backyard.... (read more)

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The Moon Watcher's Companion: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about the Moon and More The Moon Watcher's Companion: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about the Moon and More
by Donna Henes

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Henes brings together a wide range of writings about the moon from Mother Goose to Galileo. Includes a comprehensive encyclopedia of lunar terminology, a timeline of lunar explorations, and biographies of illustrious moon watchers.... (read more)

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Cambridge Dictionary of Astronomy Cambridge Dictionary of Astronomy
by Jacqueline Mitton

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Held up by the heliopause? Floored by the flatness problem? Intimidated by MACHOs? With the Cambridge Astronomy Dictionary you'll no longer be defeated by such astronomical jargon! These and 3,200 additional words, names, and abbreviations used in... (read more)

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Saturn and How to Observe It (Astronomers' Observing Guides) Saturn and How to Observe It (Astronomers' Observing Guides)
by Julius Benton

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This new series is designed especially for practical amateur astronomers who not only want to observe, but want to know the details of exactly what they are looking at. Saturn is the second largest planet in the solar system, and the only one with a... (read more)

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Practical Astronomy Practical Astronomy
by Storm Dunlop

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A concise, illustrated guidebook for amateur astronomers. With straightforward text and color illustrations, Practical Astronomy covers all the basics amateur astronomers need to know. Astronomer Storm Dunlop explains how to observe the night sky using... (read more)

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The Brightest Stars: Discovering the Universe Through the Sky's Most Brilliant Stars The Brightest Stars: Discovering the Universe Through the Sky's Most Brilliant Stars
by Fred Schaaf

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Fred Schaaf is one of the most experienced astronomical observers of our time. For more than two decades, his view of the sky-what will be visible, when it will be visible, and what it will look like-has encouraged tens of thousands of people to turn... (read more)

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Astronomy with a Budget Telescope Astronomy with a Budget Telescope
by Patrick Moore

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Sir Patrick Moore, CBE, FRS has long been the scourge of those people selling low-cost astronomical telescopes via mail-order catalogues and non-specialist stores. Ten years ago the quality was appalling and disappointment would have been almost... (read more)

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Celestial Sampler: 60 Small-Scope Tours for Starlit Nights (Stargazing) Celestial Sampler: 60 Small-Scope Tours for Starlit Nights (Stargazing)
by Sue French

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Take a tour of the universe with Sky & Telescope Contributing Editor Sue French. With 60 Small Scope Sampler columns, you will be out and exploring the wonders if the night sky in no time. Most of the objects are visible in a 4-inch telescope, making... (read more)

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Space Race: The Epic Battle Between America and the Soviet Union for Dominion of Space Space Race: The Epic Battle Between America and the Soviet Union for Dominion of Space
by Deborah Cadbury

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The basis for a four-part "National Geographic" series, this spellbinding account of the race into space includes, for the first time in history, the Russian side of the story. Two 8-page inserts, one in full color.... (read more)

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Back in Orbit Back in Orbit
by John Glenn

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At the age of 77, John Glenn, one of the original seven Mercury astronauts, will return to orbit, making him the oldest person ever in space. This is the step-by-step story of that heroic mission, told by award-winning journalists who have chronicled... (read more)

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Teaching and Learning Astronomy: Effective Strategies for Educators Worldwide Teaching and Learning Astronomy: Effective Strategies for Educators Worldwide
by Jay M. Pasachoff and John R. Percy

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A comprehensive and well illustrated book of international teaching technology and expertise in astronomy.... (read more)

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The Restless Universe: Understanding X-Ray Astronomy in the Age of Chandra and Newton The Restless Universe: Understanding X-Ray Astronomy in the Age of Chandra and Newton
by Eric M Schlegel

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Carl Sagan once noted that there is only one generation that gets to see things for the first time. We are in the midst of such a time right now, standing on the threshold of discovery in the young and remarkable field of X-ray astronomy. In The Restless... (read more)

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Smithsonian Intimate Guide to the Cosmos: Visualizing the New Realities of Space Smithsonian Intimate Guide to the Cosmos: Visualizing the New Realities of Space
by Dana Berry

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What does "dark energy" look like? Or a black hole swallowing an entire solar system? NASA illustrator Berry takes the reader by the hand for a visual tour of the "new" cosmos, to the farthest imaginable reaches of space.... (read more)

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Milky Way 5TH Edition Milky Way 5TH Edition
by Bart Jan Bok

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A swirling spiral of 100 billion star-suns, star clusters, nebulae, and cosmic dust, the Milky Way is our Home Galaxy; yet research during the past ten years have overturned assumptions about even its most fundamental characteristics.... (read more)

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Empire of the Sun: Planets and Moons of the Solar System Empire of the Sun: Planets and Moons of the Solar System
by John Gribbin

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Over the past few years, the Hubble Space Telescope has provided us with images of astonishing clarity and detail, images that have revolutionized how scientists and incidental stargazers alike perceive our universe. Other space probes, such as Galileo... (read more)

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Quintessence: The Search for Missing Mass in the Universe Quintessence: The Search for Missing Mass in the Universe
by Lawrence Krauss

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In this new edition of The Fifth Essence, the single best book ever written on the mystery of "dark matter" in the universe, Krauss shows how the dark-matter problem is now connected with two of the hottest areas in recent cosmology: the fate of the... (read more)

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Higher Than Everest: An Adventurer's Guide to the Solar System Higher Than Everest: An Adventurer's Guide to the Solar System
by Paul Hodge

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Tired of exploring planet Earth? Have you ever imagined what it would be like to explore the Moon? Ever wonder about the topography of Mars? In this unique guidebook all of your extraterrestrial wanderlust can be fulfilled as Paul Hodge takes you on a... (read more)

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History of the Space Shuttle Volume 2 Develo History of the Space Shuttle Volume 2 Develo
by T A Heppenheimer

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Volume Two traces the development of the shuttle through a decade of engineering setbacks and breakthroughs, program management challenges, and political strategizing, culminating in the first launch in April 1981. The focus is on the engineering... (read more)

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