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Biographies & Memoirs

Explore the stories of remarkable lives in our Biographies & Memoirs section at Thryft. Discover firsthand accounts of influential figures and captivating memoirs that'll inspire and educate. Our collection is carefully curated to ensure you find the perfect narrative to delve into.

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The Right Stuff - Thryft
Tom Wolfe

The Right Stuff

RM32.54 MYR from RM17.92 MYR Save up to 50%

If space exploration has ever sparked your curiosity, "The Right Stuff" could be a starry addition to your bookshelf. Tom Wolfe meticulously dissects the gutsy heart of America's pioneering astronauts with a language that's both sharp and enveloping. It humanizes legends, unpacking the gripping realities behind the stoic facades of the space race's finest, making their celestial escapades earthly and relatable. Wolfe crafts a narrative so vivid and personal, it's as if you're strapping in alongside these brave souls, ready for liftoff.

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Sex on the Moon
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Ben Mezrich

Sex on the Moon

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If you're drawn to true stories that read like a fast-paced thriller, "Sex on the Moon" will captivate you. It's not merely the audacity of the heist that will keep you hooked but the portrayal of Thad Roberts—a brilliant mind led astray by love and ambition. It's an extraordinary story about the lengths people will go for love, interwoven with the allure of space exploration. This book promises a ride that intertwines science with intense human drama.

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Black Holes and Baby Universes : And Other Essays - Thryft
Stephen Hawking

Black Holes and Baby Universes : And Other Essays

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NY Times bestseller. 13 extraordinary essays shed new light on the mysteries of the universe & on one of the most brilliant thinkers of our time.In his phenomenal bestseller A Brief History of Time, Stephen Hawking literally transformed the way we think about physics, the universe, reality itself. In these thirteen essays and one remarkable extended interview, the man widely regarded as the most brilliant theoretical physicist since Einstein returns to reveal an amazing array of possibilities for understanding our universe. Building on his earlier work, Hawking discusses imaginary time, how black holes can give birth to baby universes, and scientists’ efforts to find a complete unified theory that would predict everything in the universe. With his characteristic mastery of language, his sense of humor and commitment to plain speaking, Stephen Hawking invites us to know him better—and to share his passion for the voyage of intellect and imagination that has opened new ways to understanding the very nature of the cosmos.

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Endurance : A Year in Space, A Lifetime of Discovery - Thryft
Scott Kelly, Margaret Lazarus Dean

Endurance : A Year in Space, A Lifetime of Discovery

from RM35.13 MYR

From the Nasa astronaut who spent a record-breaking year aboard the International Space Station – what it’s like out there and what it’s like now, back here. Enter Scott Kelly's fascinating world and dare to think of your own a little differently.The veteran of four space flights and the American record holder for most consecutive days spent in space, Scott Kelly has experienced things very few of us ever have and very few of us ever will. Kelly's humanity, compassion, humour, and passion shine as he describes navigating the extreme challenge of long-term spaceflight, both existential and banal. He touches on what’s happened to his body, the sadness of being isolated from everyone he loves; the pressures of constant close cohabitation; the catastrophic risks of colliding with space junk, and the still more haunting threat of being absent should tragedy strike at home. From a natural storyteller Endurance is one of the finest examples the triumph of the human imagination, the strength of the human will, and the boundless wonder of the galaxy.

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Hidden Figures : The Untold Story of the African American Women Who Helped Win the Space Race - Thryft
Margot Lee Shetterly

Hidden Figures : The Untold Story of the African American Women Who Helped Win the Space Race

from RM19.94 MYR

#1 New York Times BestsellerNOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTUREOscar Nominated For Best Picture and Best Adapted ScreenplaySet amid the civil rights movement, the never-before-told true story of NASA’s African-American female mathematicians who played a crucial role in America’s space program.Before Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, a group of professionals worked as ‘Human Computers’, calculating the flight paths that would enable these historic achievements. Among these were a coterie of bright, talented African-American women. Segregated from their white counterparts, these ‘colored computers’ used pencil and paper to write the equations that would launch rockets, and astronauts, into space.Moving from World War II through NASA’s golden age, touching on the civil rights era, the Space Race, the Cold War, and the women’s rights movement, Hidden Figures interweaves a rich history of mankind’s greatest adventure with the intimate stories of five courageous women whose work forever changed the world.

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An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth : What Going to Space Taught Me about Ingenuity, Determination, and Being Prepared for Anything - Thryft
Chris Hadfield

An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth : What Going to Space Taught Me about Ingenuity, Determination, and Being Prepared for Anything

from RM40.49 MYR

Colonel Chris Hadfield has spent decades training as an astronaut and has logged nearly 4000 hours in space. During this time he has broken into a Space Station with a Swiss army knife, disposed of a live snake while piloting a plane, and been temporarily blinded while clinging to the exterior of an orbiting spacecraft. The secret to Col. Hadfield's success-and survival-is an unconventional philosophy he learned at NASA: prepare for the worst-and enjoy every moment of it. In An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth, Col. Hadfield takes readers deep into his years of training and space exploration to show how to make the impossible possible. Through eye-opening, entertaining stories filled with the adrenaline of launch, the mesmerizing wonder of spacewalks, and the measured, calm responses mandated by crises, he explains how conventional wisdom can get in the way of achievement-and happiness. His own extraordinary education in space has taught him some counterintuitive lessons: don't visualize success, do care what others think, and always sweat the small stuff. You might never be able to build a robot, pilot a spacecraft, make a music video or perform basic surgery in zero gravity like Col. Hadfield. But his vivid and refreshing insights will teach you how to think like an astronaut, and will change, completely, the way you view life on Earth-especially your own.

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Endurance, Young Readers Edition - My Year In Space And How I Got There - Thryft
Scott Kelly

Endurance, Young Readers Edition - My Year In Space And How I Got There

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Endurance by Scott Kelly is an awe-inspiring memoir of an American astronaut who spent a year in space. The book is a perfect fit for space enthusiasts who are fascinated by what it takes to go from Earth to Mars - and beyond. It's a story of daring human behavior, sibling rivalry, courage, and endurance. The book's most unique and distinctive feature is the checklist of qualities needed to become an astronaut, which serves as a strong motivational factor. Readers will be inspired to dream, take risks, and believe that they can achieve their dreams, no matter how big they are.

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Apollo 13 - Thryft
Jim Lovell, Jeffrey Kluger

Apollo 13

from RM23.23 MYR

This book is an incredible testament to human courage and grit during a crisis. You will be swept up in the suspenseful and harrowing story of the astronauts' bravery in the face of danger. Lovell's personal insights make this a must-read for fans of space exploration and true life stories.

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An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth - Thryft
Chris Hadfield

An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth

RM19.51 MYR RM3.66 MYR Save up to 88%

Colonel Chris Hadfield has spent decades training as an astronaut and has logged nearly 4000 hours in space. During this time he has broken into a Space Station with a Swiss army knife, disposed of a live snake while piloting a plane, and been temporarily blinded while clinging to the exterior of an orbiting spacecraft. The secret to Col. Hadfield's success-and survival-is an unconventional philosophy he learned at NASA: prepare for the worst-and enjoy every moment of it. In An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth, Col. Hadfield takes readers deep into his years of training and space exploration to show how to make the impossible possible. Through eye-opening, entertaining stories filled with the adrenaline of launch, the mesmerizing wonder of spacewalks, and the measured, calm responses mandated by crises, he explains how conventional wisdom can get in the way of achievement-and happiness. His own extraordinary education in space has taught him some counterintuitive lessons: don't visualize success, do care what others think, and always sweat the small stuff. You might never be able to build a robot, pilot a spacecraft, make a music video or perform basic surgery in zero gravity like Col. Hadfield. But his vivid and refreshing insights will teach you how to think like an astronaut, and will change, completely, the way you view life on Earth-especially your own.

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Sex on the Moon - Thryft
Ben Mezrich

Sex on the Moon

from RM20.04 MYR

Thad Roberts, a fellow in a prestigious NASA programme had an idea - a romantic, albeit crazy, idea. He wanted to give his girlfriend the moon. Literally. Thad convinced his girlfriend and another female accomplice, both NASA interns, to break into an impenetrable laboratory at NASA's headquarters - past security checkpoints, and electronically locked door with cipher security codes and camera-lined hallways - and help him steal the most precious objects in the Apollo moon rocks from every moon landing in history. Was Thad Roberts - undeniably gifted, picked for one of the most competitive scientific posts imaginable - really what he seemed? And what does one do with an item so valuable that it's illegal even to own? Based on meticulous research into thousands of pages of court records, FBI transcripts and documents, and scores of interviews with the people involved, Mezrich - with his signature high-velocity swagger - has reconstructed the madcap story of genius, love, and duplicity all centred on a heist that reads like a Hollywood thrill ride.

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Rocket Men : the daring odyssey of Apollo 8 and the astronauts who made man's first journey to the moon - Thryft
Robert Kurson

Rocket Men : the daring odyssey of Apollo 8 and the astronauts who made man's first journey to the moon

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Fifty years ago, Christmas 1968, Man first orbited the Moon. This book tells the inside story of that epic journey.In early 1968, the Apollo programme was on shaky footing. President Kennedy’s end-of-decade deadline to put a man on the Moon was in jeopardy, and the Soviets were threatening to pull ahead in the space race.By August 1968, with its back against the wall, NASA decided to scrap its usual methodical approach and shoot for the heavens. With just four months to prepare, the agency would send the first men in history to the Moon.Focusing on three heroic astronauts and their families, this vivid, gripping narrative shows anew the epic danger and singular bravery it took for Man to leave Earth for the first time — and to arrive at a new world.

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Fallen Astronauts : Heroes Who Died Reaching for the Moon, Revised Edition - Thryft
Colin Burgess, Eugene A. Cernan, Kate Doolan

Fallen Astronauts : Heroes Who Died Reaching for the Moon, Revised Edition

from RM56.17 MYR

Fallen Astronauts could be a good read for those interested in space exploration and the human cost of scientific discovery. It tells the stories of the sixteen astronauts and cosmonauts who died in the quest to reach the moon between 1962 and 1972, including those whose stories are often obscured by rumors. The book offers intimate and compelling details of their extraordinary lives and accomplishments, reminding readers of the cost of fulfilling our dreams.

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Who Was Sally Ride? - Thryft
Megan Stine, Ted Hammond, Who H.Q.

Who Was Sally Ride?

from RM18.55 MYR

This book is perfect for young readers who are interested in space exploration and want to learn about trailblazers who paved the way for future generations. It recounts Sally Ride's inspiring story of breaking gender barriers to become the first American woman astronaut, while also highlighting her other impressive accomplishments as a scientist and advocate for science education. The book emphasizes the importance of believing in oneself and pursuing one's dreams, making it a valuable and empowering read for all children.

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Who Was Galileo? - Thryft
John O'Brien, Patricia Brennan Demuth

Who Was Galileo?

from RM15.12 MYR

Like Michelangelo, Galileo is another Renaissance great known just by his first name--a name that is synonymous with scientific achievement. Born in Pisa, Italy, in the sixteenth century, Galileo contributed to the era's great rebirth of knowledge. He invented a telescope to observe the heavens. From there, not even the sky was the limit! He turned long-held notions about the universe topsy turvy with his support of a sun-centric solar system. Patricia Brennan Demuth offers a sympathetic portrait of a brilliant man who lived in a time when speaking scientific truth to those in power was still a dangerous proposition.

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Apollo 13 - Thryft
Jim Lovell, Jeffrey Kluger

Apollo 13

from RM23.23 MYR

April 13, 1970. Astronauts Jim Lovell, Fred Haise and Jack Swigert are hurtling towards the moon in the Apollo 13 spacecraft, when an explosion rocks the ship. The cockpit grows dim, the air grows thin, and the instrument lights wink out. Moments later, the astronauts are forced to abandon the main ship for the tiny lunar module, designed to keep two men alive for just two days. But there are three men aboard and they are four days from home.As the action shifts from the disabled ship to the frantic engineers at Mission Control to Lovell’s anxious family, APOLLO 13 brilliantly recreates the harrowing, heroic mission in all its drama and glory.This gripping story of human endurance is the basis for Ron Howard’s classic film starring Tom Hanks and Kevin Bacon.

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The Last Man on the Moon : Astronaut Eugene Cernan and America\'s Race in Space - Thryft
Eugene Cernan, Donald A. Davis

The Last Man on the Moon : Astronaut Eugene Cernan and America\'s Race in Space

from RM37.26 MYR

Eugene Cernan is a unique American who came of age as an astronaut during the most exciting and dangerous decade of spaceflight. His career spanned the entire Gemini and Apollo programs, from being the first person to spacewalk all the way around our world to the moment when he left man's last footprint on the Moon as commander of Apollo 17. Between those two historic events lay more adventures than an ordinary person could imagine as Cernan repeatedly put his life, his family and everything he held dear on the altar of an obsessive desire. Written with New York Times bestselling author Don Davis, this is the astronaut story never before told - about the fear, love and sacrifice demanded of the few men who dared to reach beyond the heavens for the biggest prize of all - the Moon.

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