Homer H Hickam
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Language
English
Description
Elsie Lavender and Homer Hickam (the father of the author) were high school classmates in the West Virginia coalfields, graduating just as the Great Depression began. When Homer asked for her hand, Elsie instead headed to Orlando where she sparked with a dancing actor named Buddy Ebsen (yes, that Buddy Ebsen). But when Buddy headed for New York, Elsie's dreams of a life with him were crushed and eventually she found herself back in the coalfields,...
4) October sky
Language
English
Formats
Description
The true story of Homer Hickam Jr., a high school student in rural West Virginia, who seemed destined to repeat his father's harsh life in the coal mines, until he turned his attention to the skies.
Author
Series
Helium-3 novels volume 1
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
In the twenty-second century, sixteen-year-old Crater Trueblood, who mines the moon for Helium-3 to produce energy for a desperate, war-torn Earth, undertakes a deadly mission that could mean the difference between life and death for every inhabitant on the moon.
Author
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Soon after paleontologist Norman "Pick" Pickford happens on a discovery in Montana that could prove to be revolutionary, a menacing visitor is murdered and Mike Wire, retired L.A. homicide detective and ranch foreman, realizes that the fossils may be worth killing for.
12) The far reaches
Author
Series
Josh Thurlow novels volume 3
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
p2007
Language
English
Description
The year is 1943 and World War II in the Pacific rages on, with Americans engaged in desperate battles against a cunning enemy. Coast Guard Captain Josh Thurlow is on hand at the invasion of Tarawa, as the U.S. Navy begins the grand strategy of throwing her marines at island after bloody island across the Pacific.
13) Crescent
Author
Series
Helium-3 novels volume 2
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Crater Trueblood, doubting the justice of the war he fights and the evil of enemies he was trained to hate, brings Crescent, an apparently female Crowhopper, to Moontown as his prisoner but soon both are fugitives, fleeing prejudice and cruelty in hostile territory.
Author
Series
Helium-3 novels volume 3
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"The Earth is devastated and the worst elements of humanity are determined to take over the moon. It's up to the settlers of the harsh, gray moon to fight back"--
Author
Series
Ke xue wen hua volume 177
Publisher
Yuan jian tian xia wen hua chu ban gu fen you xian gong si
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
中文
19) Don't blow yourself up: the further true adventures and travails of the Rocket Boy of October sky
Author
Publisher
Post Hill Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
In his latest memoir, Homer recounts his life in college where he built the world's biggest, baddest game cannon, fought through some of the worst battles in Vietnam, became a scuba instructor, discovered sunken U-boats, wrote the definitive account of a World War II naval battle, befriended Tom Clancy, made a desperate attempt to save the passengers of a sunken river boat, trained the first Japanese astronauts, taught David Letterman to scuba dive,...
Author
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Anousheh Ansari tells of her childhood in Iran and her family's exodus to America after the Islamic Revolution. After settling down in Texas, Anousheh built a computer technology firm from the ground up, which eventually allowed her to achieve her childhood dream of spaceflight. As the first-ever female commercial spaceflight participant, her story became politicized, culminating in a debate over whether she would be allowed to display both the American...
