20th Century Complete Guide to Sputnik and the Soviet ...
 This up-to-date and comprehensive electronic book on two CD-ROMs presents an incredible and totally revised collection of important documents and publications about the dawn of the Space Age: the launch of Sputnik on October 4, 1957, and the subsequent ... [... more]
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Footfall
"NOBODY DOES IT BETTER THAN NIVEN AND POURNELLE. I LOVED IT!" --Tom Clancy They first appear as a series of dots on astronomical plates, heading from Saturn directly toward Earth. Since the ringed planet carries no life, scientists deduce the ... [... more]
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Korolev: How One Man Masterminded the Soviet Drive to ...
How One Man Masterminded the Soviet Drive Beat America to the Moon. "Fascinating . . . packed with technical and historical detail for the space expert and enthusiast alike . . . Great stuff!"-New Scientist "In this exceptional book, James ... [... more]
$19.95
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The New Solar System
As the definitive guide for the armchair astronomer, The New Solar System has established itself as the leading book on planetary science and solar system studies. Incorporating the latest knowledge of the solar system, a distinguished team of ... [... more]
$69.00
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A History of Space Exploration: And its future...
The launch of the first liquid-propellant rocket in 1926 led to the development of the first long-range missiles fired during World War II. The technology had advanced sufficiently by 1957 to enable an intercontinental ballistic missile to be developed. ... [... more]
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Alternate Empires (What Might Have Been, Vol. 1)
A collection of "What If" stories about Alternative Empires From the Introduction to ""What Might Have Been: Volume I" that the first example of what we know call "alternative history" (the genre formerly and also known ... [... more]
$11.95
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Callahan's Key
What's Jake Stonebender's standard fee for saving the universe? That's easy: "A bar, and enough money and clout to run it." It's time for Jake to save the day yet again, with a lot of help from the rest of his pun-happy, cosmically strange crew. ... [... more]
$6.99
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The History of Russia: Seventh Revised Edition (Meridian)
Great book to form a basis for further reading John Lawrence's book provides a solid basis of information concerning the origin of Russia and the formation of her various governments. Information pertaining to more recent political events is not included, ... [... more]
$17.00
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Space Dogs: Pioneers of Space Travel
Back when scientists knew nothing about space travel, back when rockets were new, a group of Russian cosmonauts rode rockets to the edge of space and into earth orbit. These pioneer space travelers were dogs, space dogs of the Soviet space program. For 15 ... [... more]
$11.95
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Korolev: How One Man Masterminded the Soviet Drive to ...
How One Man Masterminded the Soviet Drive Beat America to the Moon. "Fascinating . . . packed with technical and historical detail for the space expert and enthusiast alike . . . Great stuff!"-New Scientist "In this exceptional book, James ... [... more]
$30.00
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Footfall
"NOBODY DOES IT BETTER THAN NIVEN AND POURNELLE. I LOVED IT!" --Tom Clancy They first appear as a series of dots on astronomical plates, heading from Saturn directly toward Earth. Since the ringed planet carries no life, scientists deduce the ... [... more]
$7.99
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Red Moon
It begins in 1964 with the sudden and unexpected death of Sergai Korolev, the man who ran the Soviet Space Program. Young Yuri Ribko, an engineering student working for one of the Korolev's bureaus, is either fortunate or unfortunate to have an uncle who ... [... more]
$25.95
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