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Other Voices, Other Rooms
The Writer on Writing
How I Write: Mike Mullane

Since when does a former space-shuttle astronaut show a natural narrative voice and poetically capture the beauty of outer space? And since when does an astronaut candidly admit the fears he felt on the launch pad? For readers of his memoir, Riding Rockets, Mike Mullane shows a lot of the right stuff ? literarily speaking. "He?s a natural when it comes to voice and narrative," says Brant Rumble, his editor at Scribner's....(read more)

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Darwin Slept Here: Discovery, Adventure, and Swimming Iguanas in Charles Darwin's South America Darwin Slept Here: Discovery, Adventure, and Swimming Iguanas in Charles Darwin's South America
by Eric Simmons
Darwin's Sacred Cause: How a Hatred of Slavery Shaped Darwin's Views on Human Evolution Darwin's Sacred Cause: How a Hatred of Slavery Shaped Darwin's Views on Human Evolution
by Adrian Desmond
The Coffee Book: Anatomy of an Industry from the Crop to the Last Drop The Coffee Book: Anatomy of an Industry from the Crop to the Last Drop
by Gregory Dicum
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