Soviet Space

A witty, deeply researched history of the surprisingly ramshackle Soviet space program, and how its success was more spin than science. In the wake of World War II, with America ascendant and the Soviet Union devastated by the conflict, the Space Race should have been over before it started. But...

The New York Times bestselling, “meticulously researched and absorbingly written” (The Washington Post) story of the trailblazers and the ordinary Americans on the front lines of the epic Apollo 11 moon mission. President John F. Kennedy astonished the world on May 25, 1961, when he...

On October 4, 1957, a time of Cold War paranoia, the Soviet Union secretly launched the Earth's first artificial moon. No bigger than a basketball, the tiny satellite was powered by a car battery. Yet, for all its simplicity, Sputnik stunned the world.

An edge-of-your-seat thriller about China's secret role in the space race—written by the New York Times bestselling author of The Apollo Murders and one of the most experienced astronauts alive. Houston, 1975. A new Apollo mission launches into orbit, on course to dock with a Russian Soyuz...

Unveil the mysteries of our nearest celestial companion with The Spaceship Moon Hypothesis, a thought-provoking exploration that delves into one of the most fascinating and controversial theories in lunar studies. Have you ever wondered just what makes the Moon so enigmatic? This book invites you on an intellectual journey that challenges conventional perceptions and proposes extraordinary possibilities. Begin your adventure with an introduction to the Moon's puzzling characteristics that have intrigued humanity for centuries. From there, discover the origins of the Spaceship Moon ...

Plunge into the tense Cold War space race, where superpower rivalry sparked humanity's greatest technological leap. Whether you are seeking an edge for your daily commute or satisfying a deep thirst for history, this thrilling journey captures the era when rockets evolved from terrifying weapons...

From New York Times bestselling author and astronaut Chris Hadfield comes this exceptional thriller into the dark heart of the Cold War and the space race—soon to be a major TV series from Altitude and Sylvester Stallone’s Balboa Productions. "An exciting journey" —Andy Weir, author of The...

In 1945, the Soviet Union controlled half of Europe and was a founding member of the United Nations. By 1991, it had an army four million strong, 5,000 nuclear-tipped missiles, and was the second biggest producer of oil in the world. But soon afterward, the union sank into an economic crisis and was torn apart by nationalist separatism. Its collapse was one of the seismic shifts of the 20th century.

Red November is filled with hair-raising, behind-the-scenes stories that take you deep beneath the surface and into the action of the Cold War. Few know how close the world has come to annihilation better than the warriors who served America during the tense, 45-year struggle known as the Cold War. Yet for decades, their work has remained shrouded in secrecy.

From renowned translators Richard Pevear and Lindsay Volokhonsky comes a new translation - certain to become the definitive version - of the first great prison memoir, a fictionalized account of Fyodor Dostoevsky's life-changing penal servitude in Siberia.

From a New York Times bestselling author, astronaut, and fighter pilot comes a Cold War thriller perfect for fans of Top Gun and The Hunt for Red October. "A full-throttle, adrenaline-laced espionage page-turner" —Jack Carr, New York Times bestselling author of The Terminal List series Israel...

This audiobook is the story of combat from the guerrilla’s perspective and surviving against the overwhelming firepower and technology of a superpower. The audiobook consists of a series of combat vignettes related by Mujahideen combatants in Afghanistan that shows the good and the bad, the mistakes and successes of guerrillas fighting the Soviet military forces.

Vrokan legions reach the Gates of Moskva and the homeworld of the Communist Confederation. The great battle of our time has come. As Leningrad reels from the ongoing siege the Vrokans throw everything they have in a desperate assault towards the capital of Centralis, the mighty mega city that covers much of the planet Moskva. The broken fragments of the Confederacy’s fleet can do little to stop them breaking through and landing millions of soldiers on the surface. Generals Zhukov and Yeremenko mass their armies of Red Army soldiers and tanks all around Centralis to defend the megalopolis ...

Of all the goals the Bolshevik Revolution aimed to bring about, perhaps nowhere were Russian promises delivered on more than in the success of the Soviet Space program of the 1950s and 1960s. As a result of Russian innovation and technology, but also due to incredible drive to modernize and compete with the United States for world power, Russia was finally and triumphantly modernized in the eyes of her own people and the world.

On Christmas, 1991, President George H. W. Bush addressed the nation to declare an American victory in the Cold War: Earlier that day Mikhail Gorbachev had resigned as the first and last Soviet president. The enshrining of that narrative, one in which the end of the Cold War was linked to the disintegration of the Soviet Union and the triumph of democratic values over communism, took center stage in American public discourse immediately after Bush's speech and has persisted for decades. As Serhii Plokhy reveals, the collapse of the Soviet Union was anything but the handiwork of the US.

Laika... a Love Story She was supposed to help prepare a dog for space. Instead, she fell in love. In 1957 Moscow, young scientist Ayana Kenes is assigned to a secret Soviet program training stray dogs for the Space Race. But when a gentle street dog named Laika steals her heart, and a charming laboratory assistant named Nikolai begins doing the same, Ayana discovers that the greatest journeys aren't always measured in miles. Inspired by the true story of the world's most famous space dog, Laika... A Love Story combines the heart of A Dog's Purpose, the wonder of Hidden Figures, and a ...

JFK issued the historic moon landing challenge. These are the stories of the visionaries who helped America complete his vision with the first lunar landing fifty years ago. A Companion Book to the AMERICAN EXPERIENCE Film on PBS Going in depth to explore their stories beyond the PBS series...

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Stalking the Red Bear, for the first time ever, describes the action principally from the perspective of a commanding officer of a nuclear submarine during the Cold War - the one man aboard a sub who makes the critical decisions - taking us closer to the Soviet target than any work on submarine espionage has ever done before. This is the untold story of a covert submarine espionage operation against the Soviet Union during the Cold War as experienced by the commanding officer of an active submarine.

If you want to discover the captivating history of the Cold War and Space Race, then pay attention. Two captivating manuscripts in one audiobook: The Cold War: A Captivating Guide to the Tense Conflict Between the United States of America and the Soviet Union Following World War II and The Space Race: A Captivating Guide to the Cold War Competition Between the United States and Soviet Union to Reach the Moon. So if you want to learn more about the Cold War and Space Race, get this audiobook now!