Wasatch County Library

In infectiously hyperbolic prose that's liberally interspersed with quotes and accompanied by sheaves of period photos, Thimmesh retraces the course of the space mission that landed an actual man, on the actual Moon. It's an oft-told tale, but the author tells it from the point of view not of astronauts or general observers, but of some of the 17,000 behind-the-scenes workers at Kennedy Space Center, the 7500 Grumman employees who built the lunar...

Lobsang's pursuit of a human life, Joshua's search for his father and the adaptation efforts of "the Next" post-humans are challenged by a voracious alien race that would conquer and colonize the Long Earth. "2045-2059. Human society continues to evolve on Datum Earth, its battered and weary origin planet, as the spread of humanity progresses throughout the many Earths beyond. Lobsang, now an elderly and complex AI, suffers a breakdown, and disguised...

New York Times bestselling authors Orson Scott Card and Aaron Johnston return to the prequels to Ender's Game following The Swarm with The Hive, the second audiobook in the Second Formic War.
Card and Johnston continue the fast-paced hard science fiction history of the Formic Wars—the alien invasions of Earth's Solar System that ultimately led to Ender Wiggin's total victory in Ender's Game.
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Jack and Annie present information about the universe, including our solar system, and briefly describe the history of space travel and of the science of astronomy.

Illustrations and simple text explore Cape Canaveral, Florida, which is located in a region known as "Space Coast," and is home to the Patrick Air Force Base, and provides statistics on rockets, and also describes what happened on the launch day for Project Mercury, the Mercury Atlas spacecraft, and more.

Reveals how a space station works, the astronauts who risk their lives to get there, and the people back on Earth who make it possible.

Recreates the story of the Apollo 11 moon mission through interviews, NASA oral histories, and declassified CIA documents.

Binky, a beloved house cat, tries to prepare a rocket ship so that he can explore outer space, but he has second thoughts about taking off as he wonders how his owners would protect themselves against aliens if he weren't there to help them.

"Lenora returns to the magical Library-which holds every book ever known on its shelves. But she discovers the Library is under new management, its incredible rooms and corridors turned dark and sinister. She quickly connects with a secret resistance that's trying to free knowledge from the shadows threatening it. Her new friends introduce her to an ancient lost city, hang-gliding, and mathematical beings larger than the universe itself. And they...

Chiana discovers a datacam tape that reveals the murder of a previous Pilot aboard Moya. A picture is found that shows a "window in time" depicting a brutal death. Zhaan must confront a powerful enemy to save her friends.