Download Rise of the Rocket Girls: The Women Who Propelled Us, from Missiles to the Moon to Mars by Nathalia Holt

The riveting true story of the women who launched America into space.In the 1940s and 50s, when the newly minted Jet Propulsion Laboratory needed quick-thinking mathematicians to calculate velocities and plot trajectories, they didn't turn to male graduates. Rather, they recruited an elite group of young women who, with only pencil, paper, and mathematical prowess, transfo...

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Title	:	Rise of the Rocket Girls: The Women Who Propelled Us, from Missiles to the Moon to Mars
Author	:	Nathalia Holt
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ISBN	:	0316338923
Format Type	:	Hardcover
Number of Pages	:	352 pages

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The Rainbow Comes and Goes: A Mother and Son On Life, Love, and Loss by Anderson Cooper

A touching and intimate correspondence between Anderson Cooper and his mother, Gloria Vanderbilt, offering timeless wisdom and a revealing glimpse into their livesThough Anderson Cooper has always considered himself close to his mother, his intensely busy career as a journalist for CNN and CBS affords him little time to spend with her. After she suffers a brief but serious...

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Title	:	The Rainbow Comes and Goes: A Mother and Son On Life, Love, and Loss
Author	:	Anderson Cooper
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ISBN	:	006245496X
Edition Language	:	English
Format Type	:	ebook
Number of Pages	:	304 pages

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Lab Girl by Hope Jahren

"A smart, enthralling, and winning debut.” —Cheryl Strayed Acclaimed scientist Hope Jahren has built three laboratories in which she’s studied trees, flowers, seeds, and soil. Her first book is a revelatory treatise on plant life—but it is also so much more. Lab Girl is a book about work, love, and the mountains that can be moved when those two things come together. It is...

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Title	:	Lab Girl
Author	:	Hope Jahren
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ISBN	:	1101874937
Edition Language	:	English
Format Type	:	Hardcover
Number of Pages	:	290 pages

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Dead Presidents: An American Adventure into the Strange Deaths and Surprising Afterlives of Our Nation's Leaders by Brady Carlson

An entertaining exploration into the death stories of our nation’s greatest leaders—and the wild ways we choose to remember and memorialize them.In Dead Presidents, public radio host Brady Carlson takes readers to presidential gravesites, monuments, and memorials to tell the death stories of our greatest leaders. Mixing biography and travelogue, Carlson explores whether Wi...

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Title	:	Dead Presidents: An American Adventure into the Strange Deaths and Surprising Afterlives of Our Nation's Leaders
Author	:	Brady Carlson
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ISBN	:	0393243931
Format Type	:	Hardcover
Number of Pages	:	324 pages

And Then All Hell Broke Loose: Two Decades in the Middle East by Richard Engel

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “Gripping reading...an astute, fast-paced overview...[Engel] gives us sharp, unnerving snapshots.” —Michiko Kakutani, The New York TimesBased on two decades of reporting, NBC’s chief foreign correspondent’s riveting story of the Middle East revolutions, the Arab Spring, war, and terrorism seen up-close—sometimes dangerously so.When he was just twe...

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Title	:	And Then All Hell Broke Loose: Two Decades in the Middle East
Author	:	Richard Engel
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ISBN	:	1451635117
Format Type	:	Hardcover
Number of Pages	:	241 pages

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Andy Warhol Was a Hoarder: Inside the Minds of History's Great Personalities by Claudia Kalb

Was Andy Warhol a hoarder? Did Einstein have autism? Was Frank Lloyd Wright a narcissist? In this surprising, inventive, and meticulously researched look at the evolution of mental health, acclaimed health and science journalist Claudia Kalb gives readers a glimpse into the lives of high-profile historic figures through the lens of modern psychology, weaving groundbreaking...

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Title	:	Andy Warhol Was a Hoarder: Inside the Minds of History's Great Personalities
Author	:	Claudia Kalb
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ISBN	:	1426214669
Format Type	:	Hardcover
Number of Pages	:	320 pages

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