Astronomy & Space Science
mobi |eng | 2007-10-28 | Author:Megan Mcdonald

“Ha, ha, very funny. Like that really helped,” said Judy, pinching her nose closed and talking in a funny voice. “Then just shut your door,” said Stink. “Like this!” He ...
( Category: Humor March 25,2014 )
mobi |eng | 2005-01-02 | Author:Megan Mcdonald

“Good night! Don’t let the bedbugs bite!” Dad called from the kitchen. “But can’t I stay up until my new PJs are done?” asked Stink. “You mean until your homework’s ...
( Category: Humor March 25,2014 )
mobi |eng | 2008-10-29 | Author:Megan Mcdonald

“And the guinea pig she picked looked just like her,” said Webster. “At least she wasn’t wearing a fur coat,” said Sophie. “Take home a guinea pig,” yelled Stink. “Take ...
( Category: Beginner Readers March 25,2014 )
mobi |eng | 1979-12-31 | Author:Adam Parfrey

8) The Extended Weekend — There have been occasional three-day weekends before, but never like this. Long weekends are necessary to allow spending and recreational time while maintaining the illusion ...
( Category: Essays March 25,2014 )
mobi, epub |eng | 1999-07-06 | Author:Dava Sobel

Grand Duke Ferdinando II Ferdinando ceded broad discretionary powers to his public health officers—a group of noblemen who answered directly and only to him. Their ordinances, aimed with good intentions ...
( Category: Religious March 25,2014 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2010-06-25 | Author:David McCullough

Truman, President in his own right, and Vice President Alben Barkley on the reviewing stand, Inauguration Day, January 20, 1949. Secretary of State Dean Acheson, by far the strongest, most ...
( Category: U.S. Presidents March 25,2014 )
mobi, azw3, epub |eng | 2011-07-01 | Author:Ben Mezrich

* * * The long hours are still flowering. I watch them with my eyes closed and remember how I once played a part in a fairy tale. How the ...
( Category: Astronautics & Space Flight March 25,2014 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2008-01-02 | Author:Pope Brock

For several hours prosecutor William Smith tried to crack Brinkley’s studied aplomb. He couldn’t do it. But as it turned out, he didn’t need to. Sometimes ignorance has an eloquence ...
( Category: Crime & Criminals March 25,2014 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2011-02-26 | Author:Jamie Doran

Early on the morning of April 14 Gagarin left for Moscow. He climbed the gangway of a large Ilyushin-18 airliner capable of long-distance flights. In a few weeks’ time he ...
( Category: Scientists March 25,2014 )
mobi, epub |eng | 1999-04-01 | Author:Homer Hickam

IKE and Mary Bykovski didn’t have a telephone, so I walked to their house after school. Mrs. Bykovski opened the door and frowned when she saw it was me. She ...
( Category: Memoirs March 25,2014 )
mobi |eng | 2009-06-23 | Author:Buzz Aldrin; Ken Abraham

ON MAY 8, 1976, I attended the “Operation Understanding” banquet at the Shoreham Americana Hotel in Washington, D.C., sponsored by the National Council on Alcoholism (NCA). I had achieved less ...
( Category: Scientists March 25,2014 )
mobi, epub, pdf |eng | 2001-01-02 | Author:Homer Hickam

DURING THE man-trip ride inside one morning, it occurred to me that Bobby was four years older than me and might, as a result, have a tad more experience with ...
( Category: Authors March 25,2014 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2000-01-02 | Author:Homer Hickam

18 THE DUGOUT “GOL, SONNY, DON’T you own anything besides overalls and flannel shirts?” Roy Lee asked. “You want Ginger to think you’re a hillbilly? And what is that smell? ...
( Category: Scientists March 25,2014 )
epub |eng | 2013-03-10 | Author:Richard Holmes [Richard Holmes]

The picture seems to carry an allegorical message, skilfully developed from that of the Times editorial: the Scientist presses the extreme limits of Nature at his peril. The well-ordered world ...
( Category: History March 25,2014 )
epub, azw3, mobi, pdf |eng | 2013-10-28 | Author:Chris Hadfield [Hadfield, Chris]

Of course, that kind of single-mindedness takes a village—other people have to pick up the slack when you’re unavailable, literally or figuratively. If you fail to recognize that fact and ...
( Category: Leadership March 25,2014 )