In the 50 years since Sputnik's historic orbit kickstarted a race to the stars, spaceflight has moved from a speculative and experimental science to a staple of contemporary life. Space exploration has changed the way we look at our universe, our planet, and even the people around us.
 AFTER SPUTNIK will explore the first 50 years of achievements in space with a guided tour of the artifacts in the collection of the National Air and Space Museum. This is the premier collection of space artifacts in the world, and includes most US artifacts; major Russian artifacts on loan; and most recently, Burt Rutan's Space Ship One. In addition, the museum's popular culture collection and an art collection include objects such as a 1930s Buck Rogers stopwatch, and Norman Rockwell's famous painting, Suiting Up.
 Using a selection of 180 to 200 objects, this book will tell the artifact stories to convey a sense of what it was like to be there when the object was in use, accompanied by dramatic photographs. The artifacts will range from the famous, such as John Glenn's Friendship 7 Mercury spacecraft and the Mars Pathfinder lander and Sojourner rover, to the equally rare, but less well–known, such as the Surveyor 3 camera returned from the Moon and Gordon Cooper's space boots. No other book can offer this breadth and depth of artifacts.

After Sputnik: 50 Years of the Space Age

Arts & Photography

Collins, Martin

Collections, Catalogs & Exhibitions

Smithsonian Books / Collins

Urban Ecology: A Teacher's Resource Book

Children's Books

Science, Nature & How It Works

Cambridge University Press

Visitor's Guide to the French Coast

Travel

Hunter Pub Inc

Normandy (Visitor's Guides (Hunter))

Edison, NJ, U.S.A.: Hunter Publishing, Incorporated, 1986

In a post–Cold War world, the Iridium satellite network revealed a new age of globalization.
In June 1990, Motorola publicly announced an ambitious business venture called Iridium. The project’s signature feature was a constellation of 77 satellites in low-Earth orbit which served as the equivalent of cellular towers, connecting to mobile customers below using wireless hand-held phones. As one of the founding engineers noted, the constellation "bathed the planet in radiation," enabling a completely global communications system. 
Focusing on the Iridium venture, this book explores the story of globalization at a crucial period in US and international history. As the Cold War waned, corporations and nations reoriented toward a new global order in which markets, neoliberal ideology, and the ideal of a borderless world predominated. As a planetary-scale technological system, the project became emblematic of this shift and of the role of the United States as geopolitical superpower. In its ambition, scope, challenges, and organizing ideas, the rise of Iridium provides telling insight into how this new global condition stimulated a re-thinking of corporate practices―on the factory floor, in culture and knowledge, and in international relations.
Combining oral history interviews with research in corporate records, Martin Collins opens up new angles on what global meant in the years just before and after the end of the Cold War. The first book to tell the story of Iridium in this context, A Telephone for the World is a fascinating look at how people, nations, and corporations across the world grappled in different ways with the meaning of a new historical era.

A Telephone for the World: Iridium, Motorola, and the Making of a Global Age

Computers & Technology

Networking & Cloud Computing

Johns Hopkins University Press

<h3>If you've always wondered how to meditate but had no clue, then&nbsp;Practical Meditation for Beginners is the book that will send you on your path to mindfulness and meditation</h3> In today's stressful environment, it is very advantageous to build a&nbsp;solid meditation practice. Even if you have never meditated in your life, and have no inclination to self help or mindfulness practices, you will definitely find that the simple meditation practices included in&nbsp;Practical Meditation for Beginners are super easy and simple, and will help you understand what you can do each day. You can use this book if you have always sought after the question, "How To Relax?". The answer is simple - use practical meditation. Written by Martin Collins, the pen name of an inspiring self help author with years of mediaition experience under his belt,&nbsp;Practical Meditation for Beginners&nbsp;offers a precise routine that anyone can start using today. You can forget about: <ul> <li>Buying expensive gear.</li> <li>Purchasing special "yoga pants" or mattresses.</li> <li>Reading for hours on end.</li> <li>Believing in anything in particular.</li> </ul> The simple techniques outlines in this book are so easy, you can teach anyone in your family to meditate alongside with you. Newcomers and experienced meditators alike will enjoy the simplicity and elegance found in&nbsp;Practical Meditation for Beginners. Inside Practical Meditation for Beginners&nbsp;you'll find: <ul> <li>Logical Outline&nbsp;that sets a daily structure for building your meditation practice.</li> <li>Simple, outlined Step-by-step instructions&nbsp;to help you meditate with ease.</li> <li>Special Tricks&nbsp;for your&nbsp;Meditation practice that make it so much more enjotable</li> <li>& More!</li> </ul> With this simple book,&nbsp;Practical Meditation for Beginners&nbsp;is the BEST "how-to meditate" guide that will inspire&nbsp;you to meditate&nbsp;starting today!. Available on Kindle, Paperback and audio - grab your favorite and start learning to meditate. <h2>Grab your copy of "Practical Meditation for Beginners" now. by clicking the buy now button on&nbsp;top!</h2>

Practical Meditation for Beginners: A Surefire Way to Lower Stress, Increase Mental Clarity And Enhance Overall Bliss In Your Life

Religion & Spirituality

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Walking the French Alps: Gr5

Sports & Outdoors

Hiking & Camping

Cicerone Pr Ltd

Alta Via 1 and 2 are the finest long distance trails through the Dolomites. Alta Via 1 is 120km long and requires up to 10 days; Alta Via 2 is 150km long, is generally higher and needs about 2? weeks. Running north/south through the heart of the Dolomites, they connect the Tyrolean Val Pusteria with the fringes of the Venetian plain and pass through a wide variety of landscape, from alpine meadows and foothills, to the rugged heights of the central Dolomites.Almost everywhere the terrain is stern. The walking varies from level strolling to via Ferrata-style scrambling on fixed metal ropes, from ambling ascents in forests to steep traverses on snow and scree. Heights are generally between 2-2500 metres, with occasional descents to lower roads.The hut system in the Dolomites is perhaps the finest in the alps, so accommodation is plentiful, good food generally available, and there is always a welcome at the day's end.

Treks in the Dolomites: Alta Vie 1 and 2

Price, Gillian

Reference

This guidebook offers 50 walks in the North York Moors National Park, enabling walkers to discover the Tabular Hills, Hambleton Hills, Cleveland Hills, Northern Moors, High Moors, Eastern Moors and Cleveland Coast. There are almost 750km (465 miles) of walking routes described throughout this book, in routes ranging between 4 and 14 miles long, though the North York Moors could easily furnish many more splendid and enjoyable routes. For those walkers who like to rise to a challenge, the course of the classic Lyke Wake Walk is also offered, split over a four-day period as it stretches across the national park from east to west. The North York Moors National Park is broad, bleak and barren, displaying the largest continuous expanse of heather moorland in England. The moors offer a great sense of spaciousness, with extensive views under a 'big sky', but there are also dozens of deep, verdant dales full of charming scenes and hoary stone buildings, as well as a remarkable cliff coastline designated as Heritage Coast.

The North York Moors : A Walking Guide

Individual Sports

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