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A Long Voyage to the Moon - The Life of Naval Aviator and Apollo 17 Astronaut Ron Evans by Geoffrey Bowman; Jack Lousma (Foreword by)
Category: Biography | Series: Outward Odyssey: a People's History of Spaceflight Ser.
As command module pilot of Apollo 17, the last crewed flight to the moon, Ron Evans combined precision flying and painstaking geological observation with moments of delight and enthusiasm. On his way to the launchpad, he literally jumped for joy in his spacesuit. Emerging from the command module to cond ...Show more
A People's History of Europe - From World War I to Today by Raquel Varela
Category: History | Series: People's History Ser.
This concise people's history of Europe tells the story of the last hundred years of a very old continent and the ordinary people that shaped the events that defined it from World War I to today. From the Russian Revolution, through May '68 and the Prague Spring, to the present day, we hear from femi ...Show more
A People's History of Tennis by David Berry
Category: Sports and Hobbies | Series: People's History Ser.
Pristine lawns, tennis whites, strawberries and cream, tennis is synonymous with the upper echelons of society, but scratch beneath the surface and you'll quickly discover a different history, one of untold struggles on and off the courts. From the birth of modern tennis in Victorian Britain to the ...Show more
A People's History of the Portuguese Revolution by Raquel Cardeira Varela
Category: World History | Series: People's History Ser.
On the 25th April 1974, a coup destroyed the ranks of Portugal's fascist Estado Novo government as the Portuguese people flooded the streets of Lisbon, placing red carnations in the barrels of guns and demanding a 'land for those who work in it'. This became the Carnation Revolution - an international ...Show more
The Assassination Of Julius Caesar: A People's History Of Ancient Rome by Michael Parenti
Category: Popular History | Series: New Press People's History Ser.
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