The #1 New York Times bestselling memoir that inspired the film October Sky, Rocket Boys is a uniquely American memoir—a powerful, luminous story of coming of age at the dawn of the 1960s, of a mother’s love and a father’s fears, of a group of...
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Rocket Girl: The Story of Mary Sherman Morgan, America's First Female Rocket Scientist
This is the extraordinary true story of America’s first female rocket scientist, told by her son. It describes Mary Sherman Morgan’s crucial contribution to launching America’s first satellite and the author’s labyrinthine journey to uncover...
In ROCKET SCIENCE, Jay Lake’s first novel, Vernon Dunham’s friend Floyd Bellamy has returned to Augusta, Kansas after serving in World War II, but he hasn’t come back empty-handed: he’s stolen a super-secret aircraft right from under the...
Rocket Ship...
WOLF IV-THE PLANET FROM WHICH NO SHIP EVER RETURNED!
Lars Heldrigsson was fresh out of the Colonial Service Academy and his first assignment was a milk-run to Vega aboard the Ganymede. Not a very exciting trip, except that the ship’s...
When the first moon-bound rocket blasted off from the Earth’s space station in 1983, it was as ready for every eventuality as scientists and engineers could make it. But neither the crew nor the authorities were prepared for the last-minute switch...
Combining the narrative drive of the best of Clive Cussler with the knowledge of Tom Clancy, Rockets' Red Glare is the techno-thriller of the year about an ingenious coup that would change the balance in the world's arsenal forever.
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Allison Parker needs a convincing excuse to come home to Rocky Mountain House. A hopelessly romantic reason that won’t let her mother suspect the truth—that Allison has discovered Mom is keeping a terrible secret from the...
Matt Coleman always figured at this point in his life, he d be settled down with a family. Since his ex split for the big city, though, no way will he give anyone else the chance to drop-kick his heart. Physical pleasure? Hell, yeah, he ll take...