Smithsonian Civil War is a lavishly illustrated coffee-table book featuring 150 entries in honor of the 150th anniversary of the Civil War. From among tens of thousands of Civil War objects in the Smithsonian s collections curators handpicked 550 items and wrote a... Lees meer.

Experience all 135 NASA space shuttle missions ever flown through the words of the astronauts themselves in this spectacularly illustrated volumeWith more than 600 photos from the NASA archives this guide is perfect for fans of space history and spaceflight NASA s spa... Lees meer.

As command module pilot for the Apollo 15 mission to the moon in 1971 Al Worden flew on what is widely regarded as the greatest exploration mission that humans have ever attempted. He spent six days orbiting the moon including three days completely alone the most iso... Lees meer.

A narrative history of the Ellis Island hospital traces its status as a fateful way station for hundreds of thousands of hopeful immigrants its abandonment thirty years after its opening due to political factors and recent efforts toward its anticipated reopening. 20... Lees meer.

Challenging the conventional distinction between the anthropologist s focus on people and the archaeologist s focus on objects this book s eight contributors explore how technology from prehistoric to modern times has expressed reproduced or contested everyday social... Lees meer.

Founding Director Lonnie Bunch s deeply personal tale of the triumphs and challenges of bringing the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture to life. His story is by turns inspiring funny frustrating quixotic bittersweet and above all a... Lees meer.

Chief engineer Thomas J. Kelly gives a firsthand account of designing building testing and flying the Apollo lunar module. It was he writes an aerospace engineer s dream job of the century. Kelly s account begins with the imaginative process of sketching solution... Lees meer.

Award-winning geneticist John C. Avise guides this delightful voyage around the planet in search of answers to nature s mysteries. He demonstrates how scientists directly examine DNA to address long-standing questions about wild animals plants and microbes. Through do... Lees meer.

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Space Shuttle 1981-2011 is a lavishly illustrated special edition celebrating the space shuttle era. In thirty years of operation space shuttles were used in 135 different missions this volume presents the adventure stories of many of these missions in the astronauts... Lees meer.

Provides information on the field of cultural ecology. This book includes biological and climatic data and ethnographic and archaeological evidence that reemphasize the complexity of the ecosystem. It intends to broaden our understanding of sophisticated adaptations am... Lees meer.

Was Roger Williams too pure for the Puritans and what does that have to do with Rhode Island. Why did Augustine Herman take ten years to complete the map that established Delaware. How did Rocky Mountain rogues help create the state of Colorado. All this and more... Lees meer.

What are cats. How do cats hunt. Do wild cats like catnip. Do cats dream. Cats in Question a new book in Smithsonian s highly successful In Question series offers authoritative and engaging answers to the thousands of questions about cats that Smithsonian scient... Lees meer.

Chief engineer Thomas J. Kelly gives a firsthand account of designing building testing and flying the Apollo lunar module. It was he writes an aerospace engineer s dream job of the century. Kelly s account begins with the imaginative process of sketching solution... Lees meer.

The word raccoon is drawn from the Native American Algonquian language. Their term arakun roughly translates to he who scratches with his hands. Anyone who has found a raccoon rummaging around in a once securely closed trash container can attest to how skillful raccoo... Lees meer.