Would you like to go to Mars? I know I would. But would you want to immigrate there? If so, this book is chock-full of information on how to get there, how to live there, how to work there, how to start slavery there, how our world kind of sucks,…
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Puppy Brain: How Our Dogs Learn, Think, and Love
Are you getting a puppy? Is it your first puppy? Do you want to be a responsible puppy parent? If you answered "yes" to any of these questions, good for you! We happened to answer "yes" to all three! Except the first question should have been, "Did you already get…
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The Possibility of Life: Science, Imagination, and Our Quest for Kinship in the Cosmos
I hope we're not alone in the universe. When I look up at the stars, I like to imagine that there is life orbiting quite a lot of them. Like in Star Trek. Which is referenced heavily throughout this book. And you know what? I'm here for it!
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The Power of Myth (Programs 1-6)
I've gone along for many years hearing about The Power of Myth and The Hero's Journey. But it wasn't until the year 2024, some 36 years after it was originally published, that I finally got to hear Campbell and Moyers's discussion for myself.
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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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Star Trek: Picard: The Art and Making of the Series
I never thought I'd be a person who enjoyed coffee table books, but I'm starting to build up quite a collection. Some are better than others, but Titan Books is on kind of a roll with their Star Trek coffee table books.
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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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Moon Rush: The New Space Race
We landed on the Moon! Like, today - as I write this! Intuitive Machines, a US-based company, successfully landed the Odysseus lander on the Moon. This is the first private company to land on the Moon and the first US landing on the Moon in over 50 years! That may…
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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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Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
Looking for a book about space, but you don't have "space" in your schedule to sit down and read a huge friggin' textbook? Let Neil deGrasse Tyson, this generation's Carl Sagan, be your guide through the cosmos. Want something even better? Have the author read it right to you! In…