As someone who fancies himself a bit of a writer, I decided to read this book to close out the year that I became a Stephen King fan (2024).
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Chasing New Horizons: Inside the Epic First Mission to Pluto
I'm sure for a lot people, they don't have that "I remember where I was when we saw the first images of Pluto." But I do. I was at work, watching a live NASA feed as they released the first high resolution images of that most distant planet, er, dwarf…
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Space Shuttle Stories
Another pick of The Planetary Society Book Club - this for April 2024. As the cover states, this book features firsthand astronaut accounts from all 135 missions. It's loaded with photos too!
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The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration
This is a book that I picked for Black History Month 2024 by looking at what books other black authors thought were powerful. This one stuck out to me when I saw it. And I'm so glad I picked it up! As far as non-fiction books go, it's always nice…
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Becoming
For my second Black History Month 2024 pick, I chose an audiobook by a black author, read by that same author. I tend to try to go about life without getting too political, but I'm also fascinated by people who come to fame through politics. I've always been interested in…
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The Six: The Untold Story of America’s First Women Astronauts
My first book of 2024! I picked this one up shortly after joining The Planetary Society and finding out they do a monthly book club. As the title suggests, it’s about the first six women selected by NASA for the Space Shuttle program. How does one not spoil a work…