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About: Carrying the Fire by Michael Collins
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Book Review: Carrying the Fire by Michael Collins

Man of la BookJanuary 11, 2024

Carrying the Fire by Michael Collins is intelligent and practical, engaging the reader in an articulated and fascinating narrative.

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Audiobook Review: Packing for Mars by Mary Roach
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Audiobook Review: Packing for Mars by Mary Roach

Man of la BookDecember 27, 2022

Ms. Roach focuses on what it’s like to be in space – hungry, tired, smelly, sleep deprived, sex deprived, and asks questions like how do astronauts poop?

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Book Review: Through the Glass Ceiling to the Stars by Eileen M. Collins
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Book Review: Through the Glass Ceiling to the Stars by Eileen M. Collins

Man of la BookOctober 18, 2021

I enjoyed reading about Col Eileen M. Collins’ (RET – USAF) journey to become an astronaut. It took time, planning, patience, and resilience

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Book Review: Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
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Book Review: Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

Man of la BookMay 12, 2021

Dr. Ryland Grace woke up on a space-ship with no idea why he’s there. His crew-mates are dead and the spaceship is millions of miles from home.

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Book Review: Cosmos by Ann Druyan
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Book Review: Cosmos by Ann Druyan

Man of la BookNovember 3, 2020

The first think I noticed when holding this book is the quality of the item. The book is lavishly printed, quality pages and magnificent photographs throughout. Cosmos: Possible Worlds by Ann Druyan consists of 13 chapters, all are separated subjects and need not to be read in order

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Book Review: Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
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Book Review: Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

Man of la BookApril 20, 2020

This book is very unique, I enjoyed the dark humor, even though it took the book a bit to get going the story flowed smoothly

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Book Review: Moon Rush: The New Space Race by Leonard David
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Book Review: Moon Rush: The New Space Race by Leonard David

Man of la BookJune 3, 2019

Moon Rush: The New Space Race is about the history of man getting to the moon and suggests a path forward to the satellite which we have already abandoned.

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Book Review: Spaceships by Ron Miller

Man of la BookSeptember 19, 2016

This wonderful, hard cover coffee table book, is a visual trip through space and time of spaceship, rockets and their influence on pop-culture and art.

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Book Review: Cosmos: The Infographic Book of Space by Stuart Lowe and Chris North

Man of la BookDecember 15, 2015

Each graphic takes up two pages and shows one subject (solar eclipse, tallest mountains, biggest lakes and more).

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Book Review: Magnificent Desolation by Buzz Aldrin
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Book Review: Magnificent Desolation by Buzz Aldrin

Man of la BookJuly 20, 2012

Even though there has been criticism of Dr. Aldrin’s behavior in the past there is not a single person in the astronaut corps who has done more to promote space

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