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Apollo 8: The Thrilling Story of the First Mission to the Moon
JEFFREY KLUGER - Henry Holt and Co.
Format: Hardcover
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The untold story of the historic voyage to the moon that closed out one of our darkest years with a nearly unimaginable triumphIn August 1968, NASA made a bold decision: in just sixteen weeks, the United States would launch humankind's first flight to the moon. Only the year before, three... |
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Brave Green World: How Science Can Save Our Planet
Chris Forman - The MIT Press
Format: Paperback
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In Nature, there is little chemical waste; nearly every atom is a resource to be utilized by organisms, ensuring that all the available matter remains in a perpetual cycle. By contrast, human systems of energy production and manufacturing are linear; the end product is waste. In Brave Green... |
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True Story: What Reality TV Says About Us
Danielle J. Lindemann PhD - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover
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What do we see when we watch reality television?In True Story: What Reality TV Says About Us, the sociologist and TV-lover Danielle J. Lindemann takes a long, hard look in the "funhouse mirror" of this genre. From the first episodes of The Real World to countless rose ceremonies... |
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Cary Grant, the Making of a Hollywood Legend
Mark Glancy
Format: Hardcover
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A definitive new account of the professional and personal life of one of Hollywood's most unforgettable, influential stars.Archie Leach was a poorly educated, working-class boy from a troubled family living in the backstreets of Bristol. Cary Grant was Hollywood's most debonair... |
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The Twelve Lives of Alfred Hitchcock: An Anatomy of the Master of Suspense
Edward White
Format: Hardcover
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In The Twelve Lives of Alfred Hitchcock, Edward White explores the Hitchcock phenomenon - what defines it, how it was invented, what it reveals about the man at its core, and how its legacy continues to shape our cultural world. The book's twelve chapters illuminate different aspects... |
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