Name: The Mercury 13 : The Untold Story of Thirteen American Women and the Dream of...
Brand: Random House
Price: 5 USD
Availability: InStock

Biographies & Memoirs Books

The Mercury 13: The Untold Story Of Thirteen American Women And The Dream Of Space Flight

Hardcover
Random House
By Martha Ackmann
ISBN: 0375507442
In 1961, just as NASA launched its first man into space, a group of women underwent secret testing in the hopes of becoming America's first female astronauts. They passed the same battery of tests at the legendary Lovelace Foundation as did the Mercury 7 astronauts, but they were summarily dismissed by the boys' club at NASA and on Capitol Hill. The USSR sent its first woman into space in 1963; the United States did not follow suit for another twenty years. For the first time, Martha Ackmann tells the story of the dramatic events surrounding these thirteen remarkable women, all crackerjack pilots and patriots who sometimes sacrificed jobs and marriages for a chance to participate in America's space race against the Soviet Union.

The Mercury 13 : The Untold Story of Thirteen American Women and the Dream of...

1 Hardcover Book in acceptable condition

Has some writings on the inside of the book front and back.
"An American Family"  A Memoir Of Hope And Sacrifice  by Khizr Khan 

This inspiring memoir by the Muslim American Gold Star father and captivating DNC speaker is the story of one family’s pursuit of the American dream.

NAMED ONE OF THE FIVE BEST MEMOIRS OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST
 
“Moving . . . a story about family and faith, told with a poet’s sensibility . . . Khizr Khan’s book can teach all of us what real American patriotism looks like.” —The New York Times Book Review

In fewer than three hundred words, Khizr Khan electrified viewers around the world when he took the stage at the 2016 Democratic National Convention. And when he offered to lend Donald Trump his own much-read and dog-eared pocket Constitution, his gesture perfectly encapsulated the feelings of millions. But who was that man, standing beside his wife, extolling the promises and virtues of the U.S.

"An American Family"  A Memoir Of Hope And Sacrifice

A Memoir in Books.

For two years before she left Iran in 1997, Nafisi gathered seven young women at her house every Thursday morning to read and discuss forbidden works of Western literature. They were all former students whom she had taught at university. Some came from conservative and religious families, others were progressive and secular; several had spent time in jail. They were shy and uncomfortable at first, unaccustomed to being asked to speak their minds, but soon they began to open up and to speak more freely, not only about the novels they were reading but also about themselves, their dreams and disappointments. Their stories intertwined with those they were reading—Pride and Prejudice, Washington Square, Daisy Miller and Lolita—their Lolita, as they imagined her in Tehran.
Azar Nafisi’s luminous tale offers a fascinating portrait of the Iran-Iraq war viewed from Tehran and gives us a rare glimpse, from the inside, of women’s lives in revolutionary Iran.

Readin Lolita in Tehran. Azar Nafisi  PB

Random House

Nonfiction Books

Books

Biographies & Memoirs

Good

Fair

Orange

Random House Dream Interpretation Biographies & Memoirs Books

Status

For sale

Sold

Fiction Books

Fictional Children's Books

Literary Fiction Books

Reference Books

Electronics

Media

Business & Finance Books

Comics

Educational & Instructional Books

Nonfiction Children's Books

Other Nonfiction Books

Romance Fiction Books

Antique

Arts & Crafts

Book

Books and zines

Cookbooks

Drawing & Coloring

Handmade

Historical Fiction Books

Other Books

Other Fiction Books

Other Reference Books

Politics Books

Sci-fi & Fantasy Books

Science & math

Self-Help Books

Thriller Fiction Books

Toys & Collectibles

Vintage & collectibles

Condition

Like new

Brand

Penguin Random House

Free Shipping

Random House Dream Interpretation Biographies & Memoirs Books

Get the app.

SHOP

SELL

SUPPORT

COMPANY & POLICIES