NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The riveting inside story of three heroic astronauts who took on the challenge of mankind’s historic first mission to the Moon, from the bestselling author of Shadow Divers. “Robert Kurson tells the tale of Apollo 8 with novelistic detail and immediacy.”—Andy Weir, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Martian and Artemis By August 1968, the Am...(展开全部)

Stung by the pioneering space successes of the Soviet Union - in particular, Gagarin being the first man in space, the United States gathered the best of its engineers and set itself the goal of reaching the Moon within a decade. In an expanding 2nd edition of How Apollo Flew to the Moon, David Woods tells the exciting story of how the resulting Apollo flights were conducted by...(展开全部)

Between 1968 and 1972, twenty four daring men journeyed from Earth to the Moon. This fascinating book traces what was a massive accomplishment right from the early launches through manned orbital spaceflights, detailing each step. Out of the battlefields of World War II came the gifted German engineers and designers who developed the V-2 rocket, which evolved into the powerful ...(展开全部)

Between 1968 and 1972, twenty four daring men journeyed from Earth to the Moon. This fascinating book traces what was a massive accomplishment right from the early launches through manned orbital spaceflights, detailing each step. Out of the battlefields of World War II came the gifted German engineers and designers who developed the V-2 rocket, which evolved into the powerful ...(展开全部)

Stung by the pioneering space successes of the Soviet Union - in particular, Gagarin being the first man in space, the United States gathered the best of its engineers and set itself the goal of reaching the Moon within a decade. In an expanding 2nd edition of How Apollo Flew to the Moon, David Woods tells the exciting story of how the resulting Apollo flights were conducted by...(展开全部)

A revised edition of the clasic study of American politics from the Founding Fathers to FDR.

A revised edition of the clasic study of American politics from the Founding Fathers to FDR.

Rocket Age traces the history of spaceflight innovation from Robert Goddard’s early experiments with liquid fuel rockets, through World War II and the work of Wernher von Braun and his German engineers, on to the postwar improvements made by Sergei Korolev and his team in the Soviet Union, and culminating with the historic Moon walk made by Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on Jul...(展开全部)

珍妮·厄格洛 英国传记作家、历史学家、评论家和资深出版人，曾任 Chatto & Windus主编。曾撰写伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔（Elizabeth Gaskell），威廉·霍加斯（William Hogarth），托马斯·贝威克（Thomas Bewick）和爱德华·李尔（Edward Lear）的传记，备受好评。The Lunar Men： The Friends Who Made The Future是其代表作，以优美流畅的文笔讲述了工业革命时期，月光社成员如何以自己致力终身的兴趣和事业在历史中留下其轨迹，引导着英国工业化社会发展。