Author: Tom Angleberger Publisher: ISBN: 9781743811252 Category : Children's stories Languages : en Pages : 224
Book Description
Rocket (that's me) and Groot (that's him) have been shipwrecked on a mysterious planet filled with dry cleaners, nail salons, ninety-nine cent stores, ninety-eight cent stores, chain restaurants, killer robots bent on customer service, and way too many raccoon-eating toilets! We are badly injured from a piranha fight and have no ship, no guns, no money, no food, and no water . . . I AM GROOT! Right, pal, all we have is each other . . .
Author: Tom Wolfe Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux ISBN: 1429961325 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 370
Book Description
Tom Wolfe at his very best" (The New York Times Book Review), The Right Stuff is the basis for the 1983 Oscar Award-winning film of the same name and the 8-part Disney+ TV mini-series. From "America's nerviest journalist" (Newsweek)--a breath-taking epic, a magnificent adventure story, and an investigation into the true heroism and courage of the first Americans to conquer space. " Millions of words have poured forth about man's trip to the moon, but until now few people have had a sense of the most engrossing side of the adventure; namely, what went on in the minds of the astronauts themselves - in space, on the moon, and even during certain odysseys on earth. It is this, the inner life of the astronauts, that Tom Wolfe describes with his almost uncanny empathetic powers, that made The Right Stuff a classic.
Author: Ron Miller Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books ISBN: 0822571536 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 116
Book Description
Explores the history of rocketry, from the first development of rockets as toys over one thousand years ago to their modern uses in war and space exploration.
Author: Victor Appleton Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1439112460 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 164
Book Description
Can Tom avoid a rocket wreckage disaster? Tom is teaming up with his pals Yo and Bud to test out his new Swift-Racer, a rocket-powered plane built for speed. There’s a competition coming up and Tom thinks the Swift-Racer is advanced enough to set a new record in the world of rocket racing. He and Yo can’t wait to see how it stacks up to the competition. Plus the contest will reunite Tom with some of the friends he made when he competed in the Robot Olympics. But as practice for the contest gets under way, disaster strikes. Some of the most powerful planes start crashing during their test runs. To Tom, it looks like more than just faulty technology. Could someone be sabotaging the competition? Tom’s going to need more than rocket fuel to figure this one out—and he’d better act fast, before someone goes down in flames.