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Now and Forever
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Ray Bradbury |
Presents two novellas, including "Somewhere a Band Is Playing," in which a young writer discovers that all is not as it seems in a nostalgic community, and "Leviathan '99," in which Ishmael Hunnicut … |
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In the Ocean of Night
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Gregory Benford |
From the back cover Warner paperback February 2004:
2019: NASA astronaut Nigel Walmsley is sent on a mission to intercept a rogue asteroid on a collision course with Earth. Ordered to destroy the… |
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Space challenger
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James Haskins |
A biography of Guy Bluford, the first black American in space, part of the crew of the space shuttle "Challenger" on its August 1983 flight. |
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Doctor Critter
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Mercer Mayer |
A young critter plays doctor and tries to give medical care to unsuspecting family members. On board pages. |
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Magnificent Desolation
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Buzz Aldrin |
Forty years ago, Buzz Aldrin became the second human, minutes after Neil Armstrong, to set foot on a celestial body other than the Earth. The event remains one of mankind's greatest achievements and … |
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Astronauts
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Colleen A. Sexton |
"Introductory text and full-color images explore what astronauts do in space. Intended for students in kindergarten through third grade"--Provided by publisher. |
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Voyagers III
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Ben Bova |
Keith Stoner lay frozen in an alien spacecraft for fifteen long years; during that time he came to be something more than just an astronaut, just a man. Stoner became partly alien himself--merged wit… |
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Mars
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Ben Bova,Stefan Rudnicki |
From the back cover of Bantam paperback July 1993:
It is a world shrouded in mystery -- a planet pocked by meteors, baked by ultraviolet light, and covered by endless deserts the color of dried bl… |
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Bob's best ever friend
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Simon Bartram |
Bob is back but this time everyone's favourite man on the moon is feeling glum. What he needs is a best-ever friend to help him with intergalactic missions and jigsaw puzzles. But where will he find … |
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Valentina Tereshkova
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Heather Feldman |
A biography of the Russian astronaut who was the first woman in space. |
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Blast off
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Linda C. Cain |
This book should never have gone out of print. The illustrations alone are mesmerizing and awe inspiring. I'm not a fan of depictions of children making fun of others' dreams, even in service of the … |
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Twin spica
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Kō Yaginuma |
"In a Tokyo of the not-too-distant future a young girl looks up to the stars with melancholy in her heart and hope in her eyes. Thirteen-year-old Asumi Kamogawa's whole life has been tied to those st… |
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Neil Armstrong
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Jay Barbree |
Much has been written about Neil Armstrong, America’s modern hero and history’s most famous space traveler. Yet shy of fame and never one to steal the spotlight Armstrong was always reluctant to disc… |
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The Medusa Chronicles
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Alastair Reynolds,Stephen Baxter |
Inspired by Sir Arthur C. Clarke's award-winning novella A Meeting With Medusa, this is a novel of the unfolding rivalry between Mankind and Machines, spanning centuries and the spaces of the solar s… |
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Space quest
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Peter Lock |
Join five astronauts on a mission to explore the planets of the solar system. First stop -- Mars. |
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The Melody of Secrets
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Jeffrey Stepakoff |
"Jeffrey Stepakoff's The Melody of Secrets is an epic love story set against the 1960s U.S. space program, where deeply-buried secrets could threaten not just a marriage, but a country. Maria was bar… |
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Sally Ride
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Lynn Sherr |
The definitive biography of Sally Ride, America's first woman in space, with exclusive insights from Ride's family and partner, by the ABC reporter who covered NASA during its transformation from a t… |
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Shannon Lucid
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Carmen Bredeson |
Chronicles the life of the astronaut from her childhood in Oklahoma through her various space shuttle missions to her six months aboard the Mir space station. |
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Christa McCauliffe
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Patricia Stone Martin |
Traces the life of the woman selected as the first teacher-in-space and her tragic death in the Challenger space shuttle explosion. Includes information on setting goals. |
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To the moon!
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Paul A. Reynolds |
The chance to meet astronaut Kris Korn?eld is a dream come true for twins Sydney and Simon. But ?rst they have to come up with the most creative project about the Earth s moon. While Sydney s work is… |
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