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Amazing Stories of the Space Age: True Tales of Nazis in Orbit, Soldiers on the Moon, Orphaned Marti

Award-winning science writer and documentarian Rod Pyle presents an insider's perspective on the most unusual and bizarre space missions ever devised inside and outside of NASA. The incredible projects described here were not merely flights of fancy dreamed up by space enthusiasts, but actual missions planned by leading aeronautical engineers. Some were designed but not built; others were built but not flown; and a few were flown to failure but little reported: A giant rocket that would use atomic bombs as propulsion (never mind the fallout), military bases on the moon that could target enemies on earth with nuclear weapons, a scheme to spray-paint the lenses of Soviet spy satellites in space, the rushed Soyuz 1 spacecraft that ended with the death of its pilot, the near-disaster of the Apollo 11 moon landing, the mysterious Russian space shuttle that flew only once and was then scrapped-these are just some of the unbelievable tales that Pyle has found in once top-secret documents as well as accounts that were simply lost for many decades. These stories tell of a time when nothing was too off-the-wall to be taken seriously, and the race to the moon and the threat from the Soviet Union trumped all other considerations.

Rod Pyle (Author), John Pruden (Narrator)

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America Robotization Plan: Plan for Doubling the American National GDP by Adding AI and Robots to th

Robocentric, the transhumanistic American high-tech corporation founded and managed by Allen Young, the transhumanistic Asian-American man, aims to double America's national GDP by adding its ubiquitous and pervasive AI and robotics technology products to the American national economy, and forming strategic partnerships. This book presents Robocentric's strategic foundations and high-level strategies for doubling America's national GDP by adding Robocentric's ubiquitous and pervasive AI and robotics technology products to the American national economy, and forming strategic partnerships.

Allen Young (Author), Allen Young (Narrator)

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America's Greatest Road Trip!: Key West to Deadhorse: 9000 Miles Across Backroad USA

Ride along with author Tom Cotter and photographer Michael Alan Ross as they pilot their Ford Bronco/Airstream Basecamp combination 8,881 miles along the lower 48's back roads and byways. Tom Cotter has spent decades ferreting out lost "barn find" collector cars. The process has made him an ardent road tripper, logging thousands of miles every year on America's back roads. Previous journeys have traced Route 66 in his 1939 Ford Woody wagon and followed the Lincoln highway coast to coast behind the wheel of a 1926 Model T. Cotter's journeys led him to wonder: What could be the most epic American road trip? The answer: Key West, Florida, to Deadhorse, Alaska, its thousands of miles recounted in America's Greatest Road Trip. Cotter and Ross drove across the country, through British Columbia and the Yukon, and finally through Alaska to the literal end of the road. Ross documented their road time in thousands of photographs. Along the way, the pair met fellow road trippers, adventurers, small-town Americans, world travelers, and rolled through an ever-changing geography from the Gulf of Mexico to the Mississippi Delta to the Great Plains and Mountain states through the Northwest Passage and finally several hundred miles of Alaska's challenging ALCAN Highway. Cotter's observations of Two-Lane America are complemented by Ross's beautiful photography capturing both the sweep and the detail of life off the beaten path. Join them on their once-in-a-lifetime journey-you'll be glad you came along for the ride.

Tom Cotter (Author), Lj Ganser (Narrator)

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Ancient Oracle For Modern Times

You may know that the I Ching, or Book of Changes is one of the world's oldest texts, written four to five thousand years ago and used by emperors and sages of advanced civilizations. What you may not know is that this ancient divination system uses an intricate, numerically based concept of changing dual states that assisted in the development of binary mathematics in the 18th century and the first digital computers in the 1940s.

Paul O'brien (Author), Michael Toms (Narrator)

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Angstfrei Autofahren: Mit Hypnose die Angst vor dem Autofahren überwinden: Das revolutionäre Hypnose

• Wenn Sie nur ans Autofahren denken, spüren Sie dann Angst und Panik in sich aufsteigen? • Quälen Sie Gedanken an die Fahrprüfung? • Ist Autofahren für Sie eine einzige Anstrengung? • Sind Sie selbst als Beifahrer alles andere als entspannt? Dann ist diese bewährte Hypnose-Anwendung für Sie genau das Richtige! Millionen Menschen leiden laut ADAC unter Ängsten und Panikattacken beim Autofahren. 'ANGSTFREI AUTOFAHREN' ist die beliebteste Hypnose-Anwendung zu diesem Thema und erscheint nun als aktualisierte Neuauflage. Das Programm hilft Ihnen Ihre Ängste vor dem Autofahren und damit verbundene negative Gefühle loszuwerden. Symptome wie Zittern, nasse Hände und Panikattacken vor einer Fahrprüfung oder Autofahrt werden spürbar abnehmen oder gar verschwinden. Sie lernen sicher, entspannt und angstfrei am Straßenverkehr teilzunehmen. Sie werden feststellen, wie Ihre Ängste nachlassen und Sie selbstsicher mit dem Auto fahren oder die bevorstehende Fahrprüfung ablegen können. Diese neu gewonnene Sicherheit und Ruhe werden Sie bei keiner Autofahrt mehr missen wollen! 'ANGSTFREI AUTOFAHREN' ist ein Entspannungstraining, das wirksam mit den Techniken der modernen Hypnose arbeitet. Die zertifizierte NLP-Hypnose-Fachfrau Tanja Kohl und Bestseller-Autor Patrick Lynen (er litt früher auch unter starker Angst vor dem Autofahren) haben sich zusammengetan und dieses einzigartige Hörbuch geschaffen, dass Ihnen die Welt aus einem völlig neuen Blickwinkel eröffnet! Was Sie bekommen: • Absolut selbsterklärende, aufeinander aufbauende Hypnose-Einheiten, die Sie auf eine sichere und einfache Art nutzen können, • Effektive Anwendungen, die Dinge bewegen, die mit anderen Methoden häufig nicht möglich sind, • Bewährte Selbsthypnosen, mit denen Sie Ihre Ängste und Blockaden beim Autofahren ganz entspannt auflösen können, • Sie verfügen über fünf Hypnosen mit Rückholung ins Tagesbewusstsein und eine Hypnose zum friedvollen Einschlafen (Laufzeiten: zwischen 11 und 49 Minuten) Selbsthypnose ist die menschliche Fähigkeit, in einen Zustand der heilsamen Trance zu gehen. So können wir so alte 'innere Programme' in eine positive Richtung lenken. Die punktgenaue und höchst wirkungsvollen Hypnose-Anwendungen helfen Ihnen dabei negative Selbstbilder und Verhaltensmuster durch neue, positivere Anschauungen und Verhaltensweisen zu ersetzen. Auf diese Weise aktivieren Sie Ressourcen, die Ihr Selbstbewusstsein im Straßenverkehr deutlich stärken. Verpassen Sie nicht die Chance, ein freies, unabhängiges und selbstbestimmtes Leben zu führen und künftig ohne Angst mit dem Auto zu fahren! Sie haben nur EIN einziges Leben. Machen Sie das Beste daraus und befreien Sie sich von alten Ängsten und Beschränkungen! Gleich jetzt.

Patrick Lynen, Tanja Kohl (Author), Patrick Lynen, Tanja Kohl (Narrator)

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Animals, Robots, Gods: Adventures in the Moral Imagination

Webb Keane (Author), TBD (Narrator)

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Another Great Day at Sea

From a writer "whose genre-jumping refusal to be pinned down [makes him] an exemplar of our era" (NPR), a new book that confirms his power to astound readers. As a child Geoff Dyer spent long hours making and blotchily painting model fighter planes. So the adult Dyer jumped at the chance of a residency aboard an aircraft carrier. Another Great Day at Sea chronicles Dyers experiences on the USS George H.W. Bush as he navigates the routines and protocols of "carrier-world," from the elaborate choreography of the flight deck through miles of walkways and hatches to kitchens serving meals for a crew of five thousand to the deafening complexity of catapult and arresting gear. Meeting the Captain, the F-18 pilots and the dentists, experiencing everything from a man-overboard alert to the Steel Beach Party, Dyer guides us through the most AIE (acronym intensive environment) imaginable. A lanky Englishman (could he really be both the tallest and the oldest person on the ship?) in a deeply American world, with its constant exhortations to improve, to do better, Dyer brilliantly records the daily life on board the ship, revealing it to be a prism for understanding a society where discipline and conformity, dedication and optimism, become forms of self-expression. In the process it becomes clear why Geoff Dyer has been widely praised as one of the most original - and funniest - voices in literature. Another Great Day at Sea is the definitive work of an author whose books defy definition.From the Hardcover edition.

Geoff Dyer (Author), Jonathan Cowley (Narrator)

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Apollo

Apollo is the behind-the-scenes story of an epic achievement. Based on exhaustive research that included many exclusive interviews, Apollo tells how America went from a standing start to a landing on the moon at a speed that now seems impossible. It describes the unprecedented engineering challenges that had to be overcome to create the mammoth Saturn V and the facilities to launch it. It takes you onto the gantries at Cape Canaveral and behind the consoles of Houston's Mission Control as it relives the tragedy of the fire on Apollo 1, the first descent to the lunar surface, and the rescue of Apollo 13. A story of daring bordering on recklessness on the ground and life-and-death decisions made in seconds during the flights, Apollo captures the drama of humans leaving Earth for the first time.

Catherine Bly Cox, Charles Murray (Author), Bob Souer (Narrator)

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Apollo 11: An AP Special Anniversary Edition

HOW AMERICA WON THE RACE TO THE MOON! In this fascinating history of the Apollo 11 mission, the Associated Press chronicles America's journey to the moon. In 1957 the Soviet Union sent Sputnik, the first man-made satellite, into space. America took up the challenge to explore the next frontier. A dozen years, and 25 billion dollars later, the mission of Apollo 11 would yield man's finest hour. For that was the first time man's foot left prints on another heavenly body. And that was only the beginning. Apollo 11 is the incredible story of how a nation forged the technology during the turbulent 1960s to slip humanity from the bonds of its native planet. This inside look remembers those who made the great enterprise succeed. The achievement of the astronauts, especially Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins, was more than a victory for the United States; it was a triumphant moment for all mankind. And no other moment will seem as big until we reach beyond the moon for other planets, other stars.

The Associated Press (Author), Joel Richards (Narrator)

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Apollo 8: The Thrilling Story of the First Mission to the Moon

This program includes a bonus conversation with Commander Frank Borman plus archival audio from Apollo 8's lunar orbit and from the cockpit during the mission. The untold story of the historic voyage to the moon that closed out one of our blackest, bloodiest years with a nearly unimaginable triumph In August 1968, NASA made a bold decision: in just sixteen weeks, the United States would launch humankind's first flight to the moon. Only the year before, three astronauts had burned to death in their spacecraft, and since then the Apollo program had suffered one setback after another. Meanwhile, the Russians were winning the space race, the Cold War was getting hotter by the month, and President Kennedy's promise to put a man on the moon by the end of the decade seemed sure to be broken. But when Frank Borman, Jim Lovell and Bill Anders were summoned to a secret meeting and told of the dangerous mission, they instantly signed on. Written with all the color and verve of the best narrative non-fiction, Apollo 8 takes us from Mission Control to the astronaut's homes, from the test labs to the launch pad. The race to prepare an untested rocket for an unprecedented journey paves the way for the hair-raising trip to the moon. Then, on Christmas Day, a nation that has suffered a horrendous year of assassinations and war is heartened by an inspiring message from the trio of astronauts in lunar orbit. And when the mission is over after the first view of the far side of the moon, the first earth-rise, and the first re-entry through the earth's atmosphere following a flight to deep space the impossible dream of walking on the moon suddenly seems within reach. The full story of Apollo 8 has never been told, and only Jeffrey Kluger Jim Lovell's co-author on their bestselling book about Apollo 13 can do it justice. Here is the tale of a mission that was both a calculated risk and a wild crapshoot, a stirring account of how three American heroes forever changed our view of the home planet.

Jeffrey Kluger (Author), Brian Troxell (Narrator)

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Apollo in the Age of Aquarius

The summer of 1969 saw astronauts land on the moon for the first time and hippie hordes descend on Woodstock for a legendary music festival. For Neil M. Maher, the conjunction of these two era-defining events is not entirely coincidental. With its lavishly funded mandate to send a man to the moon, Apollo became a litmus test in the 1960s culture wars. Many people believed it would reinvigorate a country that had lost its way, while for others it represented a colossal waste of resources needed to solve pressing problems at home. Yet Maher also discovers synergies between the space program and political movements of the era. Photographs of "Whole Earth" as a bright blue marble heightened environmental awareness, while NASA's space technology allowed scientists to track ecological changes globally. The space agency's exclusively male personnel sparked feminist debates about opportunities for women. Activists pressured NASA to apply its technical know-how to ending the Vietnam War and helping African Americans by reducing energy costs in urban housing projects. Against a backdrop of Saturn V moonshots and Neil Armstrong's giant leap for mankind, Apollo in the Age of Aquarius brings the cultural politics of the space race back down to planet Earth.

Neil M. Maher (Author), L.J. Ganser (Narrator)

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Applications, Advancements & Challenges In Additive Manufacturing: Learn all about additive manufact

Are you curious about the cutting-edge world of Additive Manufacturing (AM)? This comprehensive audiobook, 'Applications, Advancements & Challenges In Additive Manufacturing' is your gateway to the innovative universe of 3D printing, its diverse applications, and the transformative impact it has on various industries. Additive Manufacturing, also known as 3D printing, is revolutionizing the way we create objects and products. This audiobook, divided into ten informative sections, takes you on a journey through the core concepts, processes, materials, advanced applications, and future prospects of AM. Each section is carefully designed to provide you with an in-depth understanding of this technology, ensuring you're well-prepared to navigate the world of 3D printing with confidence.

Atmasutra Institute For Career Development Training (Author), Aditya Sanjeev (Narrator)

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