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October Skies
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Author : Don Rehmel
language : en
Publisher: WestBow Press
Release Date : 2011-11-30
October Skies written by Don Rehmel and has been published by WestBow Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-11-30 with Fiction categories.
With the flick of a wrist, Ian Michaels throws a leather satchel containing what could be his greatest discovery out the window, just moments before a horrific car crash leaves him clinging to life. The only witness to the accident, Celeste Noel, watches in fear as two men search through the wreckage but walk away empty-handed, without even a glance at the lifeless driver. In the days that follow, Celeste, an average fourteen-year-old girl and quite content with life in her small town, is forced to follow her instincts as she hunts for answers to the growing mystery of the driver and his pursuerswhen she isnt even sure of the questions. An examination of the wrecked vehicle and the drivers hospital room prove worthless in supplying answers, for both Celeste and the two ex-marines turned corporate problem-solvers. Any early sense of adventure is quickly replaced with fear as Celeste struggles to stay one step ahead of the two unknown men in a race for the missing satchel, that eventually turns into a race for her life.
Rocket Boys
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Author : Homer Hickam
language : en
Publisher: Dell
Release Date : 1999-04-01
Rocket Boys written by Homer Hickam and has been published by Dell this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-04-01 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The #1 New York Times bestselling memoir that inspired the film October Sky, Rocket Boys is a uniquely American memoir—a powerful, luminous story of coming of age at the dawn of the 1960s, of a mother's love and a father's fears, of a group of young men who dreamed of launching rockets into outer space . . . and who made those dreams come true. With the grace of a natural storyteller, NASA engineer Homer Hickam paints a warm, vivid portrait of the harsh West Virginia mining town of his youth, evoking a time of innocence and promise, when anything was possible, even in a company town that swallowed its men alive. A story of romance and loss, of growing up and getting out, Homer Hickam's lush, lyrical memoir is a chronicle of triumph—at once exquisitely written and marvelously entertaining. One of the most beloved bestsellers in recent years, Rocket Boys is a uniquely American memoir. A powerful, luminous story of coming of age at the end of the 1950s, it is the story of a mother's love and a father's fears, of growing up and getting out. With the grace of a natural storyteller, Homer Hickam looks back after a distinguished NASA career to tell his own true story of growing up in a dying coal town and of how, against the odds, he made his dreams of launching rockets into outer space come true. A story of romance and loss and a keen portrait of life at an extraordinary point in American history, Rocket Boys is a chronicle of triumph.
October Sky
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Author : Homer Hickam
language : en
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Release Date : 1999-02-16
October Sky written by Homer Hickam and has been published by National Geographic Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-02-16 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The true story, originally published as Rocket Boys, that inspired the Universal Pictures film. It was 1957, the year Sputnik raced across the Appalachian sky, and the small town of Coalwood, West Virginia, was slowly dying. Faced with an uncertain future, Homer Hickam nurtured a dream: to send rockets into outer space. The introspective son of the mine’s superintendent and a mother determined to get him out of Coalwood forever, Homer fell in with a group of misfits who learned not only how to turn scraps of metal into sophisticated rockets but how to sustain their hope in a town that swallowed its men alive. As the boys began to light up the tarry skies with their flaming projectiles and dreams of glory, Coalwood, and the Hickams, would never be the same.
October Skies
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Author : Alex Scarrow
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2010-06-24
October Skies written by Alex Scarrow and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-06-24 with Fiction categories.
The stunning new thriller from one of the fastest-growing stars of the genre. 2008: deep in the mountain forests of Wyoming, Julian Cooke stumbles across the rotting remains of a wooden wagon. He's discovered what's left of the Preston Group, a convoy of settlers that vanished in the winter of 1856. It's clear that something horrific happened here all those years ago, but Cooke can only find a few tantalising clues. 1856: as early snows descend, the eclectic group of settlers that form the Preston wagon train are forced to dig in. Miles from any kind of civilisation, they see the group of Native Americans also trapped nearby as their greatest threat. But they soon realise what true danger is. When a woman is found murdered, one of the Indian party struggles wounded back to camp, whispering of unspeakable evil as he dies. United by fear, the settlers and the Indians must protect themselves against whatever is lurking in the woods. But as suspicion and panic grow, perhaps their own terror will be just as dangerous. Or maybe, whatever's out there is worse than anything they can imagine. Back in the present day, as Cooke unravels the mystery, he must question if the horror he is uncovering was in fact only the start of something much worse...
October Skies
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Author : Alex Scarrow
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021
October Skies written by Alex Scarrow and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021 with categories.
October Sky
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Author : Homer Hickam
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1998-01
October Sky written by Homer Hickam and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998-01 with Aerospace engineers categories.
Homer Hickam introduces readers to Coalwood, West Virginia, a 1950s haven of small town charm and hometown magic.
October Sky
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Author : Homer H. Hickam
language : en
Publisher: Turtleback Books
Release Date : 1999
October Sky written by Homer H. Hickam and has been published by Turtleback Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with categories.
Originally published as "Rocket Boys", this bestseller--based on a true story--follows a group of boys in a small West Virginia town in 1957 as they light up the skies with their flaming rockets and dreams of glory. This edition includes 8 pages of photos.
October Sky
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Author : Lewis Colick
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1997
October Sky written by Lewis Colick and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Coalwood (W. Va.) categories.
Rocket Boys
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Author : Homer Hickam
language : en
Publisher: Fourth Estate
Release Date : 2015-11-19
Rocket Boys written by Homer Hickam and has been published by Fourth Estate this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-11-19 with Aerospace engineers categories.
Previously published in paperback as October Sky. Three years in the life of Homer 'Sonny' Hickam, from the moment he sees the Sputnik satellite overhead in West Virginia to his successful launch of a prizewinning rocket. In 1957, Coalwood, West Virginia, was a town the post-war boom never quite reached, and dominated by the black steel towers of the mine. For fourteen-year-old Homer 'Sonny' Hickam there are only two routes in life: a college football scholarship, or a life underground. But from the moment the town turns out to watch the world's first space satellite, Sputnik, as it passes overhead, Sonny and his friends embark on a mission of their own - to form the Big Creek Missile Agency, and build a rocket. Looking back after a distinguished career as a NASA engineer, Homer Hickam tells the warm, vivid story of youth and ambition that inspired the 1999 film October Sky. It is the tale of a group of teenage boys who dared to imagine a life beyond the confines of the coal pit, and went on to design, build and launch the rockets that would change their lives, and their town, forever.
October Sky
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Author : Homer Hickam
language : en
Publisher: Dell
Release Date : 1999-02-16
October Sky written by Homer Hickam and has been published by Dell this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-02-16 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The true story, originally published as Rocket Boys, that inspired the Universal Pictures film. It was 1957, the year Sputnik raced across the Appalachian sky, and the small town of Coalwood, West Virginia, was slowly dying. Faced with an uncertain future, Homer Hickam nurtured a dream: to send rockets into outer space. The introspective son of the mine’s superintendent and a mother determined to get him out of Coalwood forever, Homer fell in with a group of misfits who learned not only how to turn scraps of metal into sophisticated rockets but how to sustain their hope in a town that swallowed its men alive. As the boys began to light up the tarry skies with their flaming projectiles and dreams of glory, Coalwood, and the Hickams, would never be the same.