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LIFE The Great Space Race: How the U.S. Beat the Russians to the Moon Kindle Edition

by The Editors Of LIFE (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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Forged in the cauldron of both Nazi Germany and the Soviet Gulag-and fueled by the development of nuclear weapons during the Cold War-The Great Space Race is an epic drama filled with triumphs and tragedies, both technological and deeply human, that riveted the U.S. even as it seemed the fate of the free world (perhaps even the world itself ) hung in the balance.

The book features rare, exclusive photographs and thrilling reporting, reflecting LIFE's insider access to the astronauts, their families, and their missions: Go behind the scenes as John Glenn trains for his historic flight, and marvel with Joan Aldrin as her husband, "Buzz," becomes the second man to set foot on the lunar surface. Join Anne Morrow Lindbergh and her aviator husband, Charles, as they visit the Apollo 8 crew on the eve of their historic holiday mission. Watch from the top of the rocket launcher as LIFE's photographer captures the launch of the first manned trip to the moon....and much more.
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  1. Print length
    110 pages
  2. Language
    English
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    On Kindle Scribe
  4. Publisher
    Life
  5. Publication date
    Sept. 30 2016
  6. File size
    19156 KB
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01LWIVTIZ
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Life (Sept. 30 2016)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 19156 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 110 pages
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James Kaplan

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JAMES KAPLAN has been writing about people and ideas in business and popular culture, as well as noted fiction (Best American Short Stories), for over three decades. His essays and reviews, as well as more than a hundred major profiles of figures ranging from Madonna to Helen Gurley Brown, Calvin Klein to John Updike, Miles Davis to Meryl Streep, and Arthur Miller to Larry David, have appeared in many magazines, including The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, Vanity Fair, Esquire, and New York. His first novel, Pearl's Progress, was published by Knopf in 1989. His nonfiction portrait of John F. Kennedy International Airport, The Airport (1994) -- called "a splendid book" by Gay Talese -- remains a classic of aviation literature and New York storytelling. His second novel, Two Guys From Verona -- published in 1998 by Atlantic Monthly Press, and chosen by The New York Times as one of its Notable Books of the Year -- is being developed as a movie by Jeremy Garelick, screenwriter of The Break-Up and The Hangover. In 2002 Kaplan co-authored the autobiography of John McEnroe, You Cannot Be Serious, which was an international bestseller (and number one on the New York Times list). His 2005 book Dean and Me: A Love Story, co-written with Jerry Lewis and published by Doubleday, was a New York Times bestseller as well. In November 2010, Doubleday published Frank: The Voice, the first volume of Kaplan's definitive biography of Frank Sinatra. The book was also a New York Times bestseller, and was chosen by Times chief book critic Michiko Kakutani as one of her Top Ten Books of 2010. James Kaplan lives in Westchester, New York, with his wife and three sons. You can visit his website at www.jameskaplan.net.

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Patrick Comey
5.0 out of 5 stars Fabulous Chronicle!
Reviewed in Canada on September 5, 2022
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Well Photographed & Documented Coverage of the “Race-To-The-Moon!”
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Yves
1.0 out of 5 stars Livre de photos de très mauvaise qualité
Reviewed in France on June 13, 2017
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Petit livre illustré sur la conquête de l'espace avec Life. Mais quelle horreur, les belles photos de Life sont de très mauvaises qualités. Peut être une édition de format Kindle. A fuir.
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Pierce
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book. Well written easy read.
Reviewed in the United States on January 3, 2017
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Excellent book. Well written easy read. Well packaged and arrived early. Just a reminder of what I watched as a kid.
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Jean Jean
5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful pictures!
Reviewed in the United States on October 19, 2016
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Love my Kindle edition- it is less expensive than the printed version and does not add to clutter in my house. Yea!
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Ignacio Calleja Ahedo
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on December 26, 2016
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Excellent review, clear and concise. Highly recommended
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Angelia
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on October 31, 2016
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very interesting read
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