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Riding Rockets: The Outrageous Tales of a Space Shuttle Astronaut
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This was a surprising read. I loved this book, but it has two very distinct sides. One is funny, self-confident, brash, accomplished. The other is grim, unsure, depressing, an expose of institutional politics and culture at it's soul (and life) destroying worst. It's not all photo ops and champange. This is why I like it and yet sometimes found it... »
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The Way of the Explorer: An Apollo Astronaut's Journey Through the Material and Mystical Worlds
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I would tell anyone up front that this is a very in depth book. It covers a lot of truly amazing subject matter, from placing healers in scientific laboratory environments to understanding our place in the universe. I was impressed with not only the personal experiences told throughout but also with the differing aspects of how our cultures view the sa... »
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The Right Stuff
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Tom Wolfe began The Right Stuff at a time when it was unfashionable to contemplate American heroism. Nixon had left the White House in disgrace, the nation was reeling from the catastrophe of Vietnam, and in 1979--the year the book appeared--Americans were being held hostage by Iranian militants. Yet it was exactly the anachronistic courage of... »
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Deke!: An Autobiography
I would have to say that this book, more than any other, is one I have read and referred to many times over. Covering the most astonishing era of science... »
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