David Baker, acclaimed for his combination of "visionary scope" (Gettysburg Review) and "emotional intensity" (Georgia Review), is one of contemporary poetry's most gifted lyric poets. In Swift, he gathers poems from eight collections,...

A fascinating insight into the NASA shuttle which will have flown 140 missions by the time of it's retirement in late 2010. Designed between 1969-1972, and first flown into space in 1981, the reusable vehicle is an engineering...

David P. Baker is Professor of Education and Sociology, and a research scientist at the Center for the Study of Higher Education and the Population Research Institute at Pennsylvania State University. He is coauthor of National...

This book, extensively illustrated with technical drawings and photographs, tracks the story of each of the successful post-Apollo 11 Moon-landing missions, majoring on the hardware and instruments developed, in addition to the...

1958 to 1963 (all models), The NASA Mercury programme bridged the gap between the hypersonic X-15 and the two-man Gemini spacecraft, which in turn led to the Apollo spacecraft. This Manual completes the Haynes Workshop manual series of...

A Brief History of the Last 13.8 Billion Years von Baker, David

The Saturn I/IB Rocket von Baker, David

Apollo 13 Owners' Workshop Manual: An Engineering Insight Into How NASA Saved the Crew of the Failed Moon Mission von Baker, David

Haynes NASA Skylab 1969 to 1979 (All Modules) Owners' Workshop Manual: An Insight into the History, Design, Development and Operation of the First US ... to 1974 (Haynes Owners' Workshop Manuals)

Atomwaffen gelten als das Schreckgespenst des Krieges und der Einsatz solcher Waffen ist eigentlich unvorstellbar. Und doch gibt es sie in den Arsenalen weniger Atommächte; sie sind eine militärische Realität und gerade in der heutigen...

"Graceling" ist eine faszinierende Fantasy-Geschichte, die sich um die junge Protagonistin Katsa dreht. Katsa lebt in einer Welt, in der einige Menschen mit besonderen Fähigkeiten, sogenannten "Graces", geboren werden. Ihre Grace ist das...