Returning To Earth

Author : Jim Harrison
Publisher : Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
ISBN 13 : 1555846491
Total Pages : 259 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Returning to Earth written by Jim Harrison and published by Open Road + Grove/Atlantic. This book was released on 2007-12-01 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “The longtime chronicler of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula . . . gives eloquent expression to death and the grieving process.” —Booklist Hailed by The New York Times Book Review as “a master . . . who makes the ordinary extraordinary, the unnamable unforgettable,” beloved author Jim Harrison returns with a masterpiece—a tender, profound, and magnificent novel about life, death, and finding redemption in unlikely places. Donald is a middle-aged Chippewa-Finnish man slowly dying of Lou Gehrig’s Disease. His condition deteriorating, he realizes no one will be able to pass on to his children their family history once he is gone. He begins dictating to his wife, Cynthia, stories he has never shared with anyone as around him, his family struggles to lay him to rest with the same dignity with which he has lived. Over the course of the year following Donald’s death, his daughter begins studying Chippewa ideas of death for clues about her father’s religion, while Cynthia, bereft of the family she created to escape the malevolent influence of her own father, finds that redeeming the past is not a lost cause. Returning to Earth is a deeply moving book about origins and endings, making sense of loss, and living with honor for the dead. It is among the finest novels of Harrison’s long, storied career, and confirms his standing as one of the most important American writers. “A deeply felt meditation on life and death, nature and God, this is one of Harrison’s finest works.” —Library Journal

Author : Buzz Aldrin
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1504026446
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Return to Earth written by Buzz Aldrin and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2015-12-15 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin’s courageous, candid memoir of his return to Earth after the historic moon landing and his personal struggle with fame and depression. “We landed with all the grace of a freight elevator,” Buzz Aldrin relates in the opening passages of Return to Earth, remembering Command Module Columbia’s abrupt descent into the gravity of the blue planet. With that splash, Aldrin takes readers on a journey through the human side of the space program, as one of the first two men to land on the moon learns to cope with the pressures of his new public persona. In honest and compelling prose, Aldrin reveals a side of instant fame for which West Point and NASA could never have prepared him. One day a fighter pilot and engineer, the next a cultural hero burdened with the adoration of thousands, Aldrin gives a poignant account of the affair that threatened his marriage, as well as his descent into alcoholism and depression that resulted from trying to be too many things to too many people. He didn’t realize that when he landed on his home planet his odyssey had just begun. As Aldrin puts it, “I traveled to the moon, but the most significant voyage of my life began when I returned from where no man had been before.” Return to Earth is a powerful and moving memoir that exposes the stresses suffered by those in the Apollo program and the price Buzz Aldrin paid when he became an American icon.

Author : Ray O'Ryan
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1481421824
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Return to Earth! written by Ray O'Ryan and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-03-24 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Zack is headed back to Earth for the first time since moving to Nebulon. He can't wait to see Bert and show his new friend, the former bully Seth Stevens, all around his old stomping grounds. When Zack's dog Luna escapes and goes missing, sightseeing plans take an unexpected turn. Will Zack find Luna before he has to head home to Nebulon?

Author : Daniela R Morassutti
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 2240 written by Daniela R Morassutti and published by . This book was released on 2021-02-25 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Did someone order a post- apocaliptic story with a side of conspiracies, adventures and romance? After 25 years asleep in space, a crew comes back to Earth to see humanity has been wiped out by an invisible radiation. Is Earth survivable? Is any human alive? With the advanced technology of 2240, the post-apocalytic life doesn't seem to be a fight for survival, but if humans are alive, there will always be chaos.

Author : Gutman G. Locks
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Coming Back to Earth written by Gutman G. Locks and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Follow Gil around the globe, as he makes his amazing spiritual journey from corporate America to the depths of South India to the holy city of Jerusalem. Join him as he transforms himself from a successful businessman into a long-haired hippy, a mystical guru, a Christian healer, and finally an Old City Jew. The incredible adventures of this G-d intoxicated man will not only enlighten you, they will warm your heart.

Author : Rudy Rucker
Publisher : Transreal Books
ISBN 13 : 1940948363
Total Pages : 683 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Hollow Earth & Return to the Hollow Earth written by Rudy Rucker and published by Transreal Books. This book was released on 2018-09-05 with total page 683 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A two-volume steampunk extravaganza. Accompanied by Edgar Allan Poe, a nineteeth-century farm boy travels through the vast interior of the Hollow Earth to present day California.

Author : George R. Stewart
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 0899683703
Total Pages : 325 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Earth Abides written by George R. Stewart and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1993-12 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Ginger Booth
Publisher : Independently Published
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 378 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Thrive Earth Return written by Ginger Booth and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-01-15 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They thought Earth was dead. Captain Sass Collier can't die. A century ago, the Colony Corps carried her to the stars in the exodus called the Diaspora. Because Earth was doomed. Still she longs to see home again. She hopes the terraforming tricks and miracle cures of the colonies can heal the one best planet for humanity. She expects isolated pockets of survivors, desperate for her to save them. She arrives with her motley crew from the boonies to face not one, but three surviving worlds - Earth, Luna, and Mars. And Sass's homecoming starts off with a bang. They're caught by the League that has kept Earth under heel for centuries. She and her ship are separated as hostages against each other. Can Sass save her crew from their most powerful foe yet - the mother world? Join Thrive for hard SF with rivets and fresh page-turning space opera adventure! Suggested for fans of Firefly, Lindsay Buroker's Star Kingdom, or Dennis Taylor's Bobiverse. Grab it now!

Author : NICOLE. STOTT
Publisher : Seal Press
ISBN 13 : 9781541675049
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Back to Earth written by NICOLE. STOTT and published by Seal Press. This book was released on 2021-10-12 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inspired by insights gained in spaceflight, a NASA astronaut offers key lessons to empower Earthbound readers to fight climate change When Nicole Stott first saw Earth from space, she realized how interconnected we are and knew she had to help protect our planetary home. In Back to Earth, Stott imparts essential lessons in problem-solving, survival, and crisis response that each of us can practice to make change. She knows we can overcome differences to address global issues, because she saw this every day on the International Space Station. Stott shares stories from her spaceflight and insights from scientists, activists, and changemakers working to solve our greatest environmental challenges. She learns about the complexities of Earth's biodiversity from NASA engineers working to enable life in space and from scientists protecting life on Earth for future generations. Ultimately, Stott reveals how we each have the power to respect our planetary home and one another by living our lives like crewmates, not passengers, on an inspiring shared mission

Author : Richard Fox
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781515071754
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Ember War written by Richard Fox and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-06-30 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A dire warning. An impending alien invasion. Only one chance for survival. In the near future, an alien probe arrives on Earth with a pivotal mission-determine if humanity has what it takes to survive the impending invasion by a merciless armada. The probe discovers Marc Ibarra, a young inventor, who holds the key to a daring gambit that could save a fraction of Earth's population. Humanity's only chance lies with Ibarra's ability to keep a terrible secret and engineer the planet down the narrow path to survival. Earth will need a fleet. One with a hidden purpose. One strong enough to fight a battle against annihilation. The Ember War is the first installment in an epic military sci-fi series. If you like A Hymn Before Battle by John Ringo and The Last Starship by Vaughn Heppner, then you'll love this explosive adventure with constant thrills and high stakes from cover to cover.