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Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void
by Mary Roach
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If you haven't read Mary Roach's previous bestsellers Bonk and Stiff (shame on you!), Packing for Mars is as good an introduction to Roach as you'll find. Space travel hasn't been this funny or intriguing since Douglas Adams — and best of all, it's... (read more)

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Failure Is Not an Option: Mission Control from Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond (Thorndike Paperback Bestsellers)
by Gene Kranz
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Nightwatch: A Practical Guide to Viewing the Universe
by Terence Dickinson
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Rocket Boys: A Memoir
by Homer Hickam
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BIOCOSM: The New Scientific Theory of Evolution: Intelligent Life Is the Architect of the Universe
by James N. Gardner
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Touring the Universe Through Binoculars: A Complete Astronomer's Guidebook (Wiley Science Editions)
by Philip S Harrington
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The Sky Is Not the Limit: Adventures of an Urban Astrophysicist
by Neil De Grass Tyson
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Death by Black Hole: And Other Cosmic Quandaries
by Neil Degrasse Tyson
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Red Moon Rising: Sputnik and the Hidden Rivalries That Ignited the Space Age
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Big Bang: The Origin of the Universe (P.S.)
by Simon Singh
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Lost moon :the perilous voyage of Apollo 13
by Jim Lovell
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Rocketman: Astronaut Pete Conrad's Incredible Ride to the Moon and Beyond
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Bad Astronomy: Misconceptions and Misuses Revealed, from Astrology to the Moon Landing 'Hoax'
by Philip Plait
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