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Glenview Reads Together September 23 - October 20, 2019
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The Mercury 13 : The Untold Story of Thirteen American Women and the Dream of Space Flight
by Martha Ackmann
Profiles the thirteen extraordinary women, all pilots who passed the same battery of tests as the Mercury 7 astronauts, who were chosen as America's first female astronauts but who were refused the opportunity to participate, in a fascinating study that includes interviews with the surviving candidates, space program insiders, and other notables.
629.45 ACK
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The Book of the Moon : A Guide to Our Closest Neighbor
by Maggie Aderin
A comprehensive guide to the Earth's closest neighbor explores humanity's relationship with the moon, offering a brief history of moongazing, discussing the topography and composition, and examining how it has influenced culture throughout the years.
523.3 ADE
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American Moonshot : John F. Kennedy and the Great Space Race
by Douglas Brinkley
Historian author Brinkley draws on new primary source material and firsthand interviews in a reassessment of the space program that examines the political, cultural and scientific factors that launched NASA and the space race.
629.4 BRI
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A Man on the Moon : The Voyages of the Apollo Astronauts
by Andrew Chaikin
A celebration of the first moon landing in July 1969 offers an accessible history of the Apollo space program from its less-than-auspicious beginnings, through its greatest triumphs, to its untimely end, based on in-depth interviews with twenty-three of the moon voyagers.
629.454 CHA
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Universe
by Robert Dinwiddie
Exceptional full-color photographs representing the latest captures from space telescopes and detailed digital artwork enhance a comprehensive study of the world of outer space, from Earth's closest neighbors in the solar system to the farthest galaxies, documenting the planets, their moons, stars, galaxies, supernovas, and other celestial phenomena.
OVERSIZE 523.1 UNI
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Apollo
by Matt Fitch, Chris Baker and Mike Collins
In 1969, humankind set foot on the moon. Neil Armstrong, Edwin ”Buzz” Aldrin, and Michael Collins carried the fire for all the world. Backed by the brightest minds in engineering and science, the three boarded a rocket and flew through the void—just to know that we could. In Apollo, the authors unpack the urban legends, the gossip, and the speculation to reveal a remarkable true story about life, death, dreams, and the reality of humanity's greatest exploratory achievement. Graphic Novel.
741.5973 FIT
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Endurance : A Year in Space, a Lifetime of Discovery
by Scott Kelly
A memoir by the astronaut who spent a record-breaking year aboard the International Space Station shares candid reminiscences of his voyage, his colorful formative years, and the off-planet journeys that shaped his early career.
629.45 KELLY
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Apollo 8 : The Thrilling Story of the First Mission to the Moon
by Jeffrey Kluger
Citing the space race, Cold War and 1967 Apollo 1 tragedy, a riveting account of the harried mission to use an untested rocket to secure America's position as the first nation to reach the moon reveals the dangers endured by its crew and the ways the mission brought inspiration and renewal to an America ravaged by assassinations and war.
629.454 KLU
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The Astronaut Wives Club : A True Story
by Lily Koppel
Describes what lives were like for a group of military wives, including Annie Glenn, Rene Carpenter, Betty Grissom and Louise Shepherd, who were thrust into the spotlight when their husbands became Mercury Seven astronauts and made them stars.
629.45 KOP
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Flight : My Life in Mission Control
by Christopher C. Kraft
One of the architects of the U.S. space program recalls his most exciting moments at mission control as he guided heroes like Alan Shepard and John Glenn on their historic missions.
629.4092 KRA
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Apollo's Legacy : Perspectives on the Moon Landings
by Roger D Launius
A space historian explores the many-faceted stories told about the meaning of the Apollo program and how it forever altered American society, and weaves in stories from important moments in Apollo’s history to draw readers into his analysis.
629.45 LAU
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Lost Moon : The Perilous Voyage of Apollo 13
by Jim Lovell
Recounts the four-day ordeal of Apollo 13 astronauts Jim Lovell, Fred Haise, and Jack Swigert and the dramatic struggle to bring back to Earth the tiny lunar module spacecraft into which they were forced to retreat when their main ship was damaged.
629.454 LOV
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Chasing Space
by Leland Melvin
A memoir by the former NASA astronaut and NFL wide receiver traces his personal journey from the gridiron to the stars, examining the intersecting roles of community, perseverance, and grace that create opportunities for success
629.45 MELVIN
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Riding Rockets : The Outrageous Tales of a Space Shuttle Astronaut
by R. Mike Mullane
A revealing memoir of the astronaut's career with the space shuttle program describes his childhood dreams after the launch of Sputnik, work as a Mission Specialist in the first group of shuttle astronauts, and hundreds of hours spent aboard the Discovery and Atlantis.
629.45 MUL
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Space Shuttle : The First 20 Years
by Tony Reichhardt
Published in conjunction with the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum, a richly illustrated study of two decades of Space Shuttle flights utilizes full-color captioned NASA photographs to chronicle the accomplishments of the space program and provides a look at the more than 250 people who have ventured into space aboard the reusable spacecraft.
629.4 SPA
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Apollo to the Moon : A History in 50 Objects
by Teasel E Muir-Harmony
Commemorating the 50th anniversary of NASA's Apollo missions to the moon, an illustrated guidebook highlights the participants and objects that came together to revolutionize and advance the world's capabilities for space travel, from the lunar rover to space food. (science).
629.454 MUI
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Packing for Mars : The Curious Science of Life in the Void
by Mary Roach
The author of Stiff and Bonk describes the weirdness of space exploration and answers questions about the long-term effects of zero gravity on the human body and what happens if you vomit in your helmet during a space walk.
571.0919 ROA
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Spaceflight : The Complete Story from Sputnik to Curiosity
by Giles Sparrow
A comprehensive history of space exploration chronicles the development of space technology, including rockets, vehicles, and equipment; the role of the "space race;" tragedies; key accomplishments; and past and future missions
629.41 SPA
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How to Live in Space : Everything You Need to Know for the Not-So-Distant Future
by Colin Stuart
All the essential information you need to equip yourself for life beyond our blue planet. Grounded in space science, planetary biology, and rocket science, this accessible guide propels readers through takeoff, life in orbit, terraforming, and the long-term effects of space on the human body. Infographics and full-color illustrations help How to Live in Space to answer your burning questions, including: How do you sleep in microgravity? How do you grow food without water? Will your muscles waste away out there? How do you protect yourself from radiation? This is a light-hearted yet informative guide to a life far from terra firma"
629.45 STU
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Your Place in the Universe : Understanding Our Big, Messy Existence
by Paul M. Sutter
A new, fresh voice in science communication and an astrophysicist, using his trademark conversational style, weaves together the past and future histories of our universe, conveying the wonder and fun of delving deeply into the physical processes of the natural universe.
523.1 SUT
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The Right Stuff
by Tom Wolfe
The moments of grandeur and weakness, the aspirations, and the problems of America's astronauts are revealed in an exploration of the dimensions of their inner lives in space, on the moon, and on the earth.
629.1 WOL
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
by Douglas Adams
Chronicles the off-beat and occasionally extraterrestrial journeys, notions, and acquaintances of galactic traveler Arthur Dent.
SF FANTASY ADAMS, D.
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2001 : A Space Odyssey
by Arthur C. Clarke
Two astronauts find their journey into space and their very lives jeopardized by the jealousy of an extraordinary computer named Hal.
SF FANTASY CLARKE, A.
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The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
by Becky Chambers
Joining the crew of the aging Wayfarer, a patched-up ship that has seen better days, loner Rosemary Harper must unexpectedly risk her life when they are offered the job of a lifetime, which teaches her valuable lessons about love and trust, and that having a family isn't the worst thing in the universe.
SF FANTASY CHAMBERS, B.
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Leviathan Wakes
by James S. A. Corey
After Captain Jim Holden discovers a derelict, abandoned spaceship, he unearths a secret that threatens to throw the entire solar system into war and a vast conspiracy that could mean the end of the human race.
SF FANTASY COREY, J.
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Spaceman of Bohemia
by Jaroslav Kalfar
Hoping to become a national hero, Czech astronaut Jakub Procha accepts a dangerous solo mission to Venus and faces unknown dangers, wavering sanity, Russian rivals, and a giant alien spider who engages him in philosophical conversations
SF FANTASY KALFAR, J
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The Calculating Stars
by Mary Robinette Kowal
On a cold spring night in 1952, a huge meteorite fell to earth and obliterated much of the east coast of the United States, including Washington D.C. The ensuing climate cataclysm will soon render the earth inhospitable for humanity, as the last such meteorite did for the dinosaurs. This looming threat calls for a radically accelerated effort to colonize space, and requires a much larger share of humanity to take part in the process. Elma York's experience as a WASP pilot and mathematician earns her a place in the International Aerospace Coalition's attempts to put man on the moon, as a calculator. But with so many skilled and experienced women pilots and scientists involved with the program, it doesn't take long before Elma begins to wonder why they can't go into space, too. Elma's drive to become the first Lady Astronaut is so strong that even the most dearly held conventions of society may not stand a chance against her.
SF FANTASY KOWAL, M.
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Pushing Ice
by Alastair Reynolds
In 2057, Bella Lind and the crew of the Rockhopper mine comets for their ice, but when Janus, one of Saturn's ice moons inexplicably leaves its orbit and heads out of the solar system at high speed, Bella is assigned to follow it, unaware that the moon has some most unusual surprises in store.
SF FANTASY REYNOLDS, A
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Red Mars
by Kim Stanley Robinson
On a mission to provide Mars with an Earth-like atmosphere, John Boone, Maya Toitovna, Frank Chalmers, and Arkady Bogdanov meet stiff resistance from those who will fight to the death to prevent Mars from being changed.
SF FANTASY ROBINSON, K.
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Contact
by Carl Sagan
In 1999, a multinational team of astronauts ventures deep into outer space, where they come face to face with an advanced alien civilization, in a tie-in to the new blockbuster film.
FICTION SAGAN, C.
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Saturn Run
by John Sandford
When a mid-21st-century Caltech intern discovers that a spacecraft from a technologically superior alien source is headed toward Saturn, a ragtag crew of competitors races to be the first to claim the ship and its technological advantages.
SF FATNASY SANDFORD, J.
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From the Earth to the Moon
by Jules Verne
"Nearly a century before NASA, a visionary novelist wrote this adventure classic about an international space race. Jules Verne's prophetic fantasy unfolds at the close of the Civil War, as three artillerymen resolve to build a gun big enough to propel a manned rocket to the moon.
FICTION VERNE, J.
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The Martian : A Novel
by Andy Weir
Stranded on Mars by a duststorm that compromised his space suit and forced his crew to leave him behind, astronaut Mark Watney struggles to survive in spite of minimal supplies and environmental challenges that test his ingenuity.
SF FANTASY WEIR, A.
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Apollo's Daring Mission
Apollo astronauts and engineers tell the inside story of how the first mission to the moon, Apollo 8, pioneered groundbreaking technologies that would pave the way to land a man on the moon and win the space race.
DVD 629.454 APO
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Apollo 11
From director Todd Douglas Miller comes a cinematic event 50 years in the making. Crafted from a newly discovered trove of 65mm footage, and more than 11,000 hours of uncataloged audio recordings, Apollo 11 takes viewers straight to the heart of NASA's most celebrated mission--the one that first put men on the moon, and forever made Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin into household names.
DVD 629.454 APO
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Apollo 13
True story of how three astronauts, stranded 205,000 miles above the Earth, fight a battle to survive while Mission Control works against time to bring them home
DVD APOLLO
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Chasing the Moon
PBS's American Experience draws on eyewitness accounts and newly discovered archival material to chronicle the stories of the visionaries who helped America win the space race with the first lunar landing.
DVD 629.454 CHA
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First Man
The riveting story behind the first manned mission to the moon, focusing on Neil Armstrong and the decade leading to the historic Apollo 11 flight. A visceral and intimate account told from Armstrong's perspective, based on the book by James R. Hansen, the film explores the triumphs and the cost--on Armstrong, his family, his colleagues and the nation itself--of one of the most dangerous missions in history.
DVD FIRST
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For All Mankind
A documentary that chronicles the Apollo space program and mankind's journey to the moon, using no narration, only the voices of the astronauts and mission control. Reinert edits together various film clips and NASA footage from Apollo missions, voice transmissions between the spacecraft and mission control and interviews with the astronauts to present the experiences as a single, epic trip to the moon.
DVD 629.454 FOR
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From the Earth to the Moon
Beginning with President Kennedy's speech before Congress on May 25,1961 extolling the virtues of reaching the moon by the end of the decade, the celebrated series created by Tom Hanks and HBO details the project that first put man on the moon. Twelve episodes.
DVD TV SERIES FROM
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Gravity
Dr. Ryan Stone is a brilliant medical engineer on her first shuttle mission with veteran astronaut Matt Kowalski. On a seemingly routine spacewalk, disaster strikes. The shuttle is destroyed, leaving Stone and Kowalski completely alone, tethered to nothing but each other and spiraling out into the darkness. As fear turns to panic, every gulp of air eats away at what little oxygen is left. But the only way home may be to go further out into the terrifying expanse of space. | DVD GRAVITY
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Hidden Figures
As the United States raced against Russia to put a man in space, NASA found untapped talent in a group of African-American female mathematicians that served as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in U.S. history. Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, and Katherine Johnson crossed all gender, race, and professional lines while their brilliance and desire to dream big, beyond anything ever accomplished before by the human race, firmly cemented them in U.S. history as true American heroes.
DVD HIDDEN
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Last Man on the Moon
When Apollo astronaut Gene Cernan stepped on the moon in December 1972 he left his footprints and his daughters' initials in the lunar dust. Only now, over forty years later, is he ready to share his epic but deeply personal story of fulfillment, love and loss. Cernan's burning ambition carried him from a quiet Chicago suburb to the spectacular and hazardous environment of space and, ultimately, to the moon.
DVD 629.454 LAS
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Martian
After being presumed dead on a mission to Mars, an astronaut is left behind by his crew and must find a way to survive and signal to Earth that he is still alive
DVD MARTIAN
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Moon
Astronaut Sam Bell is completing a three-year contract with Lunar Industries to mine Earth's primary source of energy, Helium-3. His declining health is causing headaches and hallucinations that lead to a near-fatal accident, rendering him unconscious. After recuperating, an unexpected discovery leads him to doubt his sanity, his identity, and the integrity of the company. Believing he is alone on his mission, his sole purpose is getting back home on his own.
DVD MOON
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The Right Stuff
Tells the story of America's first astronauts, men who created a new type of hero, based on the story of Chuck Yeager
DVD RIGHT
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2001: A Space Odyssey
A science fiction film that moves from the prehistoric birth of intelligence toward the emergence of man as pure thought somewhere in the future.
DVD 2001
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