Author: NORMAN G. GAUTREAU
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781943075737
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 300

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Author: Gerard Degroot
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 0814721133
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 337

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A selection of the History, Scientific American, and Quality Paperback Book Clubs For a very brief moment during the 1960s, America was moonstruck. Boys dreamt of being an astronaut; girls dreamed of marrying one. Americans drank Tang, bought “space pens” that wrote upside down, wore clothes made of space age Mylar, and took imaginary rockets to the moon from theme parks scattered around the country. But despite the best efforts of a generation of scientists, the almost foolhardy heroics of the astronauts, and 35 billion dollars, the moon turned out to be a place of “magnificent desolation,” to use Buzz Aldrin’s words: a sterile rock of no purpose to anyone. In Dark Side of the Moon, Gerard J. DeGroot reveals how NASA cashed in on the Americans’ thirst for heroes in an age of discontent and became obsessed with putting men in space. The moon mission was sold as a race which America could not afford to lose. Landing on the moon, it was argued, would be good for the economy, for politics, and for the soul. It could even win the Cold War. The great tragedy is that so much effort and expense was devoted to a small step that did virtually nothing for mankind. Drawing on meticulous archival research, DeGroot cuts through the myths constructed by the Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Johnson administrations and sustained by NASA ever since. He finds a gang of cynics, demagogues, scheming politicians, and corporations who amassed enormous power and profits by exploiting the fear of what the Russians might do in space. Exposing the truth behind one of the most revered fictions of American history, Dark Side of the Moon explains why the American space program has been caught in a state of purposeless wandering ever since Neil Armstrong descended from Apollo 11 and stepped onto the moon. The effort devoted to the space program was indeed magnificent and its cultural impact was profound, but the purpose of the program was as desolate and dry as lunar dust.

Author: Sherrilyn Kenyon
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
ISBN: 1429906073
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 372

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Susan Michaels was once the hottest reporter on the Beltway Beat until a major scandal ruined her life and left her writing stories about alien babies and Elvis sightings. Life as she once knew it is over, or so she thinks, but then she gets a lead on a story that could salvage her extinct career. She heads to the local animal shelter, expecting a hot news tip, which she gets in the form of a major police cover-up . . . for a ring of soul-sucking vampires out to take over Seattle. So much for saving her credibility. And if that isn't bad enough, she gets talked into adopting a cat and finds she's allergic to it. A cat that turns out to be a shapeshifter who claims to be an immortal vampire slayer on the prowl for the same corrupt cops. Her first thought: seek professional help. But as Susan's drawn into Ravyn's dark and dangerous world, she comes to realize that there's a lot more at stake than just her defunct career. Now it's no longer a question of bringing the truth to her readers; it's a matter of saving their very lives and souls. Ravyn's life was shattered over four hundred years ago, when he mistakenly trusted the wrong human with the truth of his existence. He lost his family, his honor, and his life. Now, in order to save the people of Seattle, he's forced to confront that nightmare all over again, and to trust another woman with the secret that could destroy him. In the world of the Dark-Hunters, life is always dangerous. But never more so than now; when a very human woman can shatter their entire world with just one story. The only question is . . . will she?

Author: Gloria Avak Pitchell
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781502724298
Category : Armenian Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 226

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The Dark and the Light Side of the Moon is a novel, based on fact, about two people from two different worlds who experience the joys and sorrows of human life.Both individuals question whether they will ever find happiness because of the unbelievable tragedies that occur early in their lives.The two main characters, George and Virginia, find that courage, standing by convictions, and looking for the bright side of life, go a long way to overcome the horrendous dark side.This is a highly charged epic, filled with emotion-sad, happy, funny and appalling.

Author: Russell Reising
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
ISBN: 9780754640196
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 280

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This collection of essays provides indispensable studies of the monumental 1973 album, The Dark Side of the Moon, from a variety of musical, cultural, literary and social perspectives. The development and change of the songs is considered closely, from the earliest recordings through to the live, filmed performance at London's Earls Court in 1994. The album is placed within the context of developments in late 1960s/early 1970s popular music, with particular focus on the use of a variety of segues between tracks which give the album a multidimensional unity.

Author: Ginger Gilmour
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780993302305
Category : Artists
Languages : en
Pages : 635

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Author: Terry Pratchett
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1407035568
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 244

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DOM SALABOS HAD A LOT OF ADVANTAGES As heir to a huge fortune, he had an excellent robot servant (with Man-Friday subcircuitry), a planet (the First Syrian Bank) as godfather, a security chief who even ran checks on himself, and on Dom's home world even death was not always fatal. Why, then, in an age when prediction was a science, was his future in doubt?

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ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 784

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Author: Charles Hutton
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 788

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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 790

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