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"Far from being a lifeless ornament in the sky, the Moon holds the answers to some of science's central questions. Silent, dry, and barren, Earth's 4.34-billion-year-old companion is essential to life on earth. Its gravity stabilized the Earth's...
"Urrea spent almost a decade researching his own mother's service to the American Red Cross in WWII. this novel based on many facts digs a foxhole into your heart. Two women escape the narrow paths for women in 1940s society by becoming battlefield..."
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Abandoning her abusive fiancé in New York in 1943 to enlist with the Red Cross and head to Europe, Irene Woodward befriends Dorothy Dunford as they join the Allied soldiers streaming into France after D-Day where they are embroiled in danger, from...
"Woven into this biography are both the scientific fundamentals and the psychological currents that a novelist often uses to propel characters. Author Richard Rhodes delights with scenes of exquisite detail. Near the end of the book, he takes us to..."
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