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As the fiftieth anniversary of the first lunar landing approaches, the award winning historian and perennial New York Times bestselling author takes a fresh look at the space program, President John F. Kennedy's inspiring challenge, and America's race to the moon. On May 25, 1961, JFK made an astonishing announcement: his goal of putting a man on the moon by the end of the decade. In this engrossing, fast-paced epic, Douglas Brinkley returns to the...
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"A powerful, impactful, eye-opening journey that explores through the Civil Rights Movement in 1950s-1960s America in spare and evocative verse, with historical photos interspersed throughout. In stunning verse and vivid use of white space, Erica Martin's debut poetry collection walks readers through the Civil Rights Movement-from the well-documented events that shaped the nation's treatment of Black people, beginning with the "Separate but Equal"...
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On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong took "one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind" when the Apollo 11 landed on the moon. But it wasnt just one man who got us to the moon. The Moon Landing explores the people and technology that made the moon landing possible. Instead of examining one persons life, it focuses on the moon landing itself, showing the events leading up to it and how it changed the world. The book takes readers through the history...
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Even though wizard Stanislaus Pym said they would be safe at the Edgar Allan Poe Home for Hopeless and Incorrigible Orphans, Kate, Michael, and Emma are soon found by their enemies, and now the race is on to find the next of the Books of Beginning, the book of fire, before it can fall into the wrong hands.
8) Man in Space
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This program from the series Rockets! is the story of the Space Race. This episode focuses on the quest to build gigantic rockets that would power men to the moon. The Russian aerospace engineer Sergei Korolev took the early lead, building the first rockets that took satellites into space and men into orbit. President Kennedy found it unthinkable that America would fall behind and committed the nation to reaching the moon first.
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The cold war between the United States and the Soviet Union resulted in the "space race" an intense rivalry to become the first nation to send men to the Moon. While the United States ultimately achieved the first lunar landing, the Soviet Union dominated space flight in the early 1960s. After two Soviet cosmonauts had orbited the earth, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) selected John Glenn to become the first American to orbit...
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It was the era of McCarthyism, the Korean War, and nightmares of nuclear oblivion-but, as this documentary illustrates, the 1950s also witnessed a surge of optimism and confidence in America that figured prominently in the period's science fiction cinema. Interweaving clips from over thirty classic movies, the film describes the emergence of a distinctly 20th-century archetype, the Modern Scientist, which emboldened an uncertain nation to face new...
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We meet a female dinosaur expert who sells seashells down by the seashore; Brian the handsome scientist reveals the weird wonders of the Greek Universe; TV’s fastest-talking retiree, Bob Hale, tries to explain the Space Race between the U.S.A. and the U.S.S.R.; and there’s a fitting musical finale to the end of the series.
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"Dazzling essays on faith, family and being a Black woman in America that explore what we do with the legacies we inherit, the faith that shapes our responses, and how we rebuild our stories for those who come after us--from the author of the popular blog Black Coffee with White Friends. On her blog, Marcie Alvis-Walker creates spaces for conversations about cultural norms, race, faith, and womanhood that encourage readers to unburden themselves from...
15) The Cold War
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"This high-interest series, aimed at reluctant readers, looks at secret campaigns behind the major conflicts of the past 100 years. Biographical sidebars focus on heroic or notorious personalities. Highlighted fact features include special operations and their results, resistance movements, propaganda and the history of the time - as is known ... and not readily known"--Provided by publisher.
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What if we didn't have to grow old and die? The average American can expect to live to about age 79, an improvement over the days before clean water and vaccines, when life expectancy was closer to 50, but still not long enough for most of us. So researchers around the world have been working on arresting the process of aging through biotechnology and finding cures to debilitating diseases. What are the ethical and social consequences of radically...
17) The Apollo
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THE APOLLO, directed by Oscar® and Emmy® winner Roger Ross Williams, chronicles the legacy of New York City’s landmark Apollo Theater, covering the rich history of the storied performance space over its 85 years. What began as a refuge for marginalized artists emerged as a hallowed hall of black excellence and empowerment. In the film, Williams reflects on the struggle of black lives in America, the role that art plays in that struggle, and the...
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Deep in space, the Avengers join the intergalactic fight against cosmic invaders on a collision course with Earth. The Builders have already decimated the forces of the warlike Skrull Empire -- what chance do even Earth's Mightiest Heroes stand? And when betrayal strikes the Council of Worlds and the Avengers find themselves prisoners of war, one last desperate plan is hatched! Galactic empires fall and rise -- and as Earth is targeted, the Avengers...
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"The Civil Rights Movement warrants continuing and extensive examination. The six papers in this collection, each supplemented by a follow-up assessment, contribute to a clearer perception of what caused and motivated the movement, of how it functioned, of the changes that occurred within it, and of its accomplishments and shortcomings. Its profound effect upon modern America has so greatly changed relations between the races that C. Vann Woodward...