Smithsonian Books Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Space Craze: America's Enduring Fascination with Real and Imagined Spaceflight
Margaret A. Weitekamp
“I think we’re living in a golden age of ‘Star Trek,’ ‘Star Wars,’ ‘The Expanse,’ and creative visions of what it means to imagine going into space.” Listen to this amazing interview with Margaret Weitekamp, author of SPACE CRAZE: https://t.co/hIeHnYh2uQ https://t.co/GLE7MCVWQL
Hardcover, 2022
$29.95$14.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Biography of a Phantom: A Robert Johnson Blues Odyssey
Robert Mack McCormick
"To Mack, scholarship wasn’t everything, not compared with curiosity, moxie, and old-fashioned hustle." You'll find moxie galore in Mack McCormick's long-awaited and presumed long-lost manuscript BIOGRAPHY OF A PHANTOM, out today: https://t.co/jSm1MMj79N https://t.co/7WWE3iPUzx
Paperback, 2024
$21.99$10.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Modern Bestiary: A Curated Collection of Wondrous Wildlife
Joanna Bagniewska
"The Modern Bestiary was hard to put down, and the facts introduced are hard to forget. Fans of Mary Roach and Bill Bryson will appreciate this book." We love this review of our book MODERN BESTIARY 💜 https://t.co/ynRxoQso4S
Hardcover, 2022
$29.95$14.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Never Panic Early: An Apollo 13 Astronaut's Journey
Fred Haise
You don't have to be an astronaut for the wonderful life lessons in Fred Haise's book NEVER PANIC EARLY to be applicable to your life! https://t.co/q1q0VTwZ5A
Hardcover, 2022
$29.95$14.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book