books about: nasa

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Sibley: The Birder's Year 2009 Daily Boxed Calendar (Calendar)
David Allen Sibley

Sellers Publishing Inc, 2008

Hailed as a modern-day John James Audubon, David Allen Sibley has quickly become one of North America's most famous bird illustrators. Each day will feature reproductions of his finely detailed species portraits along with a range map, wingspans and common and Latin names. A must for Birders!

The SS Brotherhood of the Bell: Nasa's Nazis, JFK, And Majic-12

Joseph P. Farrell

Adventures Unlimited Press, 2006

Factual and Empirical
The common problem I see with the UFO community - and the public in general - is that a distinction must be made between UFO's and ET's (Extra Terrestrials), as I'm sure we are all aware, the definition of `UFO' has nothing to do with ET's. I myself have always ...

Owls 2009 (Calendar)
Firefly Books

Firefly Books, 2008

The subject of myth and superstition, the owl is instantly distinguished by its disconcerting stare and haunting cry. It is a mysterious and fearsome predator, a flawless hunter in the darkest of nights. It stakes out its territory on a perch high above and then, floating on silent wings, swoops down to snatch its unsuspecting prey. But with its ...

America In Space: NASA's First Fifty Years (Nasa)

Steven Dick, Robert Jacobs, ...

Abrams Books, 2007

A photographic All Systems are GO !
A large coffee table book containing the most comprehensive black-and-white and color photographic collection of the history of NASA I have every read. Many large unique photographs offering first hand insight of the people and equipment that put man in space. Too ...

Audubon Hiking America Calendar 2009 (Wall Calendars)
National Audubon Society

Artisan, 2008

Celebrate the scenery, the solitude, and the pure pleasure of the hike. The waterfalls and greenery of the Great Smoky Mountains. Maine's rocky, surf-pounded coastline. A view of the Grand Canyon from Mohave Point. Past the reach of roadways, meandering deep into forests, through valleys and meadows and along pristine waterways, hiking trails are ...

In the Shadow of the Moon: A Challenging Journey to Tranquility, 1965-1969 (Outward Odyssey: A People's ...

Francis French, Colin Burgess

University of Nebraska Press, 2007

The Best Book I Have Ever Read
There are and have been hundreds if not thousands of books about manned spaceflight over the years but only a select few have really been able to communicate the true story and feeling generated by one of the most fondly remembered era's in American history. A time ...

Dark Mission: The Secret History of NASA

Richard C. Hoagland, Mike Bara

Feral House, 2007

There will always be naysayers
It never ceases to amaze me how throughout time, no matter what the subject, no matter what the evidence, there are those who have a mental block to anything other than what our government has told us. I chuckle sometimes, but then realize just how powerful we could ...

Spirit of Place 2009 Mini Wall Calendar (Calendar)
John Gavrilis

Sellers Publishing Inc, 2008

Breathtaking nature photography of John Gavrilis, in mini calendar format.

Hummingbirds 2009 (Calendar)
Firefly Books

Firefly Books, 2008

Like dazzling jewels, hummingbirds tirelessly dart among flowers, probing for nectar with their needlelike bills. They are poetry in motion, their purring wings tracing a perpetual figure eight. Now you can marvel at a year of their delicate beauty, iridescent feathers, animated energy and extraordinary diversity. Watch them work and play, shimmer ...

Weather 2009: With daily weather trivia (Calendar)

Firefly Books, 2008

Weather is beautiful, threatening, moody and capricious. It can paint a dazzling face on a winter morning or wreak disaster at a moment's notice. Even at its most ordinary, weather is endlessly fascinating in its variability. In Weather 2009 , world-renowned photographers present remarkable and often breathtaking images of a range of atmospheric ...

NASA/ART: 50 Years of Exploration
James D. Dean, Bertram Ulrich

Abrams, 2008

Artists, like astronauts, are constantly probing into the unknown. It is fitting that, shortly after the establishment of NASA in 1958, the NASA Art Program was created on the principle that artists are uniquely equipped to interpret and document the experience of space exploration. In the program?s early years, artists as diverse as Robert ...

Into That Silent Sea: Trailblazers of the Space Era, 1961-1965 (Outward Odyssey: A People's History of S)

Francis French, Colin Burgess

University of Nebraska Press, 2007

Into That Silent Sea
As the author of The All-American Boys, I never miss an opportunity to read space books by others. Into that Silent Sea takes you into the early years of human spaceflight and tells the story in a way that will appeal to both space buffs and the public at large. It is ...

Turtles 2009 (Calendar)

Firefly Books

Firefly Books, 2008

Best thing I bought in 2008 !
I bought the Turtles 2008 calendar, and enjoy it every morning as I get dressed to go to work. My family had ~10 desert tortoises when I was growing up, and have since always loved tortoises/turtles. This calendar was a joy, and I look forward to enjoying the 2009 ...

Polar Bears 2009 (Calendar)

Firefly Books, 2008

Huge, powerful and fearless is Nanook, the polar bear. Standing 10 feet tall on its hind legs and weighing more than 1,600 pounds, the polar bear is renowned for its singular ferociousness. It survives on the starkly beautiful and unforgiving arctic tundra, moving with the floating ice to raise its young and hunt for seals. With its tufted ears, ...

The Limits of Expertise: Rethinking Pilot Error and the Causes of Airline Accidents

R. Key Dismukes, Benjamin A. Berman, ...

Ashgate Publishing, 2007

Breathes life into accident reports
The authors have applied insights from cognitive psychology to nineteen flight-crew-related accidents. In place of the dry narratives of accident reports, we are presented with compelling three-dimensional accounts in which pilots are routinely faced with time ...