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381) El primer alunizaje
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Español
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Describes the flight of Apollo 11 and its mission to be the first to land on the moon. In graphic novel format.
382) The race to the Moon
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English
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Contains rare archival footage and newsreels from the Apollo missions including the pioneering Mercury and Gemini programs.
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English
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In July 1969, ninety-four percent of American televisions were tuned to coverage of Apollo 11's mission to the moon. How did space exploration, once the purview of rocket scientists, reach a larger audience than My Three Sons? Why did a government program whose standard operating procedure had been secrecy turn its greatest achievement into a communal experience? In Marketing the Moon, David Meerman Scott and Richard Jurek tell the story of one of...
385) Undercover history
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English
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Amelia Earhart: (May not be appropriate for sensitive audiences. Concerns plane crash.) Did she survive the crash and live out her final days as a castaway on a remote Pacific island? Did she, as others claim, crash in the Marshall Islands, get captured by the Japanese and get put to death as a spy? Or did Amelia return to the US under an assumed name -Irene Craigmile - yet deny it until the end?
Apollo: In July 1969, 600 million people around the...
386) Oh my gods
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English
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In ancient legends, Helen is the irresistible beauty who kicked off the Trojan war and changed history. But that's just a myth. In real life, Helen is a dorky goddess living in modern London with her chaotic family. Forget Greek comedy. Her life is a total tragedy! Between Aphrodite's new fame as a beauty vlogger and Apollo's push to be a world-famous DJ, trying to keep a low profile is impossible. There's no help from her dad, Zeus. He's way too...
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Margaret Hamilton loved numbers as a young girl. She knew how many miles it was to the moon (and how many back). She loved studying algebra and geometry and calculus and using math to solve problems in the outside world. Soon math led her to MIT and then to helping NASA put a man on the moon! She handwrote code that would allow the spacecraft's computer to solve any problems it might encounter. Apollo 8. Apollo 9. Apollo 10. Apollo 11. Without her...
390) Sentimental reflections: Series seventeen, Edition three,America's heritage in story, scenery & song
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English
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This quarterly video magazine highlights stories about various aspects of American life. Every episode features unique places, people, and music, all selected to foster a feeling of nostalgia toward the parts of life often forgotten.
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English
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The spacesuit: When Ellie, an ordinary woman, is asked to lead a team of seamstresses to design the very first spacesuit, no one believes they can win, but they're determined to try!
Anna Strong: The biography of Anna Strong, one of George Washington's personal spies, tells the story of a brave woman who helped change the course of American History.
Brave girl: When Clara arrived in America, she didn't know that young women had to go to work and...