Beatlemania Forever gathers together the people who touched the lives of the most famous band of all time. Friends, families, enemies, lovers and wives, producers and promoters, writers, journalists, and the authors who fed the machine that took the Beatles to the pinnacle of modern art. ... (read more)

The History of the Jodhpur Flying Club is the remarkable story of an Indian Maharaja's passion for flight, and his contributions to the early commercial air routes to southeast Asia. ... (read more)

Cold War Tech War explores the geo-political, technical and economic aspects of the Avro Canada story. Author Randall Whitcomb reveals for the first time anywhere several exciting design proposals of the Avro company while putting the company and its technology into an international context. ... (read more)

Detailed and comprehensive, this guide covers all aspects of progressive rock across decades of music history. Old and new fans will delight in the extensively researched, alphabetical listing of more than 3,200 bands and artists, which includes biographical information, a description, band history, and a discography for each entry, providing quick-and-easy access to a wealth of information on lesser-known bands and forgotten favorites. ... (read more)

Have you ever wondered how high a balloon can fly? Well, John Powell wanted answers, so he built what could well be the highest flying balloon ever. If "JP" has his way, one day he'll be flying you and your friends all the way to Earth orbit aboard one of his gigantic airships. ... (read more)

Have you ever wondered what Canadians have done in space science? In this book you will find out how hundreds of Canada's best and brightest have contributed to your everyday life in ways most people can't imagine. Thanks to fifty years of effort by these scientists and engineers your life has been improving and is constantly being made safer. ... (read more)

This 168 page book was originally compiled for astronauts and NASA internal staff in 1968. It includes 166 pages of diagrams of Apollo systems, trajectories and basic procedural information. This extremely rare black and white collectible with a full color cover is now available in its entirety for the first time since 1968. Extremely limited print run, perfect Christmas gift for the space history buff in your family. ... (read more)

They captured the hearts of a generation.  The whole English-speaking world knew the names John, Paul, George and Ringo.  Now you can relive the lives and careers of the Beatles as seen through the popular British music publications of the 1960s. ... (read more)

This book is a selection of the more than 500 speeches made by Dr. Wernher von Braun from 1947 to 1976. His passion as a crusader for worthy causes comes through clearly as he addresses education, the Cold War, religion, the space program, and more.
   This book is unique in that it presents von Braun's actual words, in context, whereas other books about von Braun are either interpretations or second-hand accounts. ... (read more)

Donald A. Beattie, a former senior manager at the National Science Foundation, Energy Research and Development Administration, Department of Energy and NASA, served on the Space Station Advisory Committee from 1987 to 1994. He recounts the evolution of this troubled program from the perspective of a participant and close observer who worked side by side with many of the early NASA Space Station managers. He pulls no punches in describing the political and managerial conflicts that resulted in severely compromising a major international program that may never achieve the research goals envisioned when first announced by President Reagan in 1984. Beattie’s last book, Taking Science to the Moon (2001), is also a NASA insider’s account of the successful struggle in the 1960s to convince NASA management to include critical lunar science experiments on the Apollo missions. ... (read more)