Space ExplorationUnpublished

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-- Vividly illustrated guides get up-close and personal with animals from around the world, the vast reaches of space and the world's fastest trains-- Discover amazing facts about birds' nest building habits, learn what drives sharks into 'feeding frenzies', and more

A memoir in the tradition of Frank Conroy's STOP TIME and Tobias Wolff's THIS BOY'S LIFE, SPACE is about growing up when America was on the brink of the big changes coming by way of Apollo 11, THE FEMININE MYSTIQUE, and the Vietnam War. "Never has the space program been so charmingly brought...

During the last forty years, human beings have broken free of the Earth and ventured out to other worlds orbiting the Sun. We have visited every planet except Pluto, discovered dozens of new moons in orbit around other planets, and put to rest myths and fantasies that have been accepted for...