Homer Hickam won the praise of critics and the devotion of readers with his first two memoirs set in the hardscrabble mining town of Coalwood, West Virginia. The New York T ...more on ebook "Sky of Stone..."

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With "October Sky" (originally titled Rocket Boys), Homer Hickam introduced millions of readers to Coalwood, West Virginia, a 1950s haven of small town charm and hometown magic:
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"From "the preeminent historian of the Revolution" (Jonathan Yardley), a groundbreaking study, many years in the making, of Benjamin Franklin the man, Benjamin Franklin the myth, and the r ...more on ebook "Americanization of Benjamin Frankli..."

They call themselves Jason. Their group is a child of the Manhattan Project by way of the cold war, and they count among their ranks scientific stars like Freeman Dyson and Murray Gell-Mann ...more on ebook "The Jasons: The Secret History of S..."

This is a first-hand account of an amazing friendship between a self-educated department store owner and Dr. Albert einstein, who changed man's concept of the Universe. David Rothman relates ...more on ebook "My Father and Albert Einstein..."

The triumphant true story of the man who achieved one of the greatest feats of our era--the mapping of the human genome. Growing up in California, Craig Venter didn't appear to have much o ...more on ebook "A Life Decoded..."

Sixteenth century Italy produced a genius who marked the world with his studies and hypotheses about mathematical, physical and astronomical truths. His father, musician Vincenzio Galilei s ...more on ebook "Galileo and the Magic Numbers..."