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Platinum Moon    by Bill White
Price: $8.99 USD. 115020 words. Published on February 3, 2010. .

Power abhors a vacuum. After NASA abandons plans to return to the Moon, New Hampshire native & global entrepreneur Harold Hewitt ("Mage of the Merrimac") founds Lunar Materials LLC & beats NASA back to the lunar surface. But is Hewitt a "Yankee trader" or a "Yankee traitor"? Platinum Moon offers international intrigue, action, adventure & suspense wrapped around a moon landing.
A Monument More Lasting Than Brass    by Steven Mohan, Jr.
Price: $0.99 USD. 4540 words. Published by Blue Shark Publishing  on November 16, 2010. .

It is a fact of history that when Neil Armstrong set Apollo 11 down on the moon he was running dangerously low on fuel. This Pushcart Prize-nominated story recounts an alternate history in which the lunar module crashed and man's journey to the moon ended not in triumph--but tragedy. A decade later, two astronauts finally return to the moon. And what they'll find is something no one expects.
Para News The Very Best of Richard Thomas    by Richard Thomas
Price: $3.99 USD. 95030 words. Published by Bretwalda Books  on May 12, 2011. .

A gripping account of the very latest developments in the esoteric worlds of conspiracy theories, Ufology, paranormal investigations and the bizarre. The book takes a critical look at timeslips, ghosts, UFOs, cryptids, mind control, aliens, disinformation, black-ops, the Bermuda Triangle and a host of other paranormal phenomena. Includes interviews with the main players in the field.
NASA and The Moon Landing    by Paul Herbert
Price: $1.99 USD. 4720 words. Published on November 6, 2011. .

These unusual stories provide an insider's view of the moon landings, such as: To play a joke on the NASA scientists, Neil Armstrong joked about taking rocks from the earth to the moon and bringing them back to earth as "moon rocks." Buzz Aldrin's mother's maiden name is Moon. Astronauts took all kinds of things to outer space, including a sandwich from the local deli.
Apollo and America's Moon Landing Program: Apollo 1 Tragedy (Grissom, White, and Chaffee) Apollo 204 Pad Fire, Complete Review Board Report, Technical Appendix Material, Medical Analysis Panel    by Progressive Management
Price: $9.99 USD. 153640 words. Published on November 8, 2011. .

Incorporating a complete reproduction of the final review board report, this authoritative compilation of official NASA documents provides unique insights into NASA s first major tragedy, the Apollo 1 launch pad fire. These documents have been converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction.
Apollo and America's Moon Landing Program: NASA's Management of Moon Rocks and Other Astromaterials Loaned for Research, Education, and Public Display (NASA Inspector General Report 2011)    by Progressive Management
Price: $4.99 USD. 13830 words. Published on December 8, 2011. .

NASA Inspector General Paul K. Martin released a report in December 2011 examining NASA's controls over loans of moon rocks and other astromaterials to researchers and educators. The report found that NASA lacks sufficient controls over its loans of these materials, which increases the risk that these unique resources may be lost or stolen.
Apollo and America's Moon Landing Program: Unconventional, Contrary, and Ugly: The Lunar Landing Research Vehicle (NASA SP-2004-4535) - Design and Development, LLTV, Armstrong    by Progressive Management
Price: $9.99 USD. 107280 words. Published on December 10, 2011. .

This official NASA history document - converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction - is the complete story of the important training vehicle for the Apollo moon landings, the Lunar Landing Research Vehicle (LLRV) and the later version, the Lunar Landing Training Vehicle (LLTV).
Realizing the Dream of Flight: Biographical Essays in Honor of the Centennial of Flight, 1903-2003 - Wernher von Braun, Robert Gilruth, Willy Ley, Hugh Dryden, Donald Douglas (NASA SP-2005-4112)    by Progressive Management
Price: $9.99 USD. 124920 words. Published on January 17, 2012. .

This official NASA history document - converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction - presents biographies of famous space and aviation pioneers, including Werner von Braun, Hugh Dryden, Bob Gilruth, Donald Douglas, and others. The individuals profiled include barnstormers, entrepreneurs, military strategists, and architects of space flight.
The Big Book of Lunar Firsts    by Michael Canfield
Price: $2.99 USD. 7890 words. Published by Vauk House Press  on July 7, 2012. .

For Jack - an old space-jock always at odds with the settlement’s ever-expanding bureaucracy - another jaunt across the frontier, baby-sitting tourists, just goes to show how fouled-up the priorities of the Lunar colonies can get. Now against the stark beauty of his world, he makes a final stab at carving out a future worth living for. A Jack Hauser Moon Colonies short story.
Apollo and America's Moon Landing Program: Astronaut Oral Histories, Group 1, including Anders, Armstrong, Bean, Borman, Cernan, Collins, Cunningham, Duke, Evans, Gordon, Haise, Mattingly    by Progressive Management
Price: $9.99 USD. 232460 words. Published on August 2, 2012. .

The fascinating oral histories of a dozen famous Apollo lunar program astronauts - converted for accurate flowing-text ebook format reproduction - provide new insights into this extraordinary effort, with vital observations about an era of space history that changed the world.