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The Bookshelf...
Here's my ranking and pick of the best books on space for your bookshelf....
New and Essential
Isakowitz, Steven J, Hopkins, Joshua B, and Hopkins, Joseph P,
International Reference to Space Launch Systems Third Edition
, AIAA, Washington DC, 2000.
: 1563473534. The best reference on launch vehicles ever produced.
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Michaels, D S,
Red Moon
: 1930782128. The best space fiction novel in 40 years portrays the desperate last ditch attempt of a Chelomei-like Chief Designer to put a cosmonaut on the moon before the Russians. Outstanding!
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Siddiqi, Asif A,
Challenge to Apollo: The Soviet Union and the Space Race, 1945-1974
, NASA SP-2000-4408, Washington, DC, 2000..
The definitive history of the Soviet manned space program. Unmatched. Can be ordered on-line at
NASA Publications
Baker, David,
The History of Manned Spaceflight
, Crown, New York, 1981.
The best overview of America's manned space programs up to Skylab. Information and details not available anywhere else.
Brooks, Courtney G, Grimwood, Hames M, Swenson, Lloyd S,
Chariots for Apollo
, Government Printing Office, 1989.
The official version - NASA's history of the Apollo program.
On the Web Here
Burrough, Bryan,
Dragonfly: NASA and the Crisis Aboard Mir
, Harper Collins, New York, 1998.
: 0887307833. Gripping look into the heart of the current American and Soviet space programs. Clearly shows that the major hurdle to international space exploration is not technical, but intercultural.
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Cassutt, Michael and Slayton, Deke,
Deke! U.S. Manned Space: from Mercury to the Shuttle
, Tom Doherty Associates, New York, 1994.
: 031285918X. Absolutely the best astronaut biography - full inside details on the personalities of the US astronauts from the one who knew them all - and decided who would go to the moon.
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Cassutt, Michael,
Who's Who in Space
, Macmillan, New York, 1993.
: 0028649656. Marvelous book with complete biographies of all flown and unflown cosmonauts and astronauts. What they did before and after their tours of duty, explanation of selection groups, much more..
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Chang, Iris,
Thread of the Silkworm
, Basic Books, New York, 1995.
: 0465006787. The story of how America, in the grip of McCarthyism, expelled the Father of Chinese Rocketry from CalTech to his homeland. A relatively small event with great consquences.
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Clark, Philip,
The Soviet Manned Space Program
, Salamander Books, London, 1988.
: 051756954X. By far the best account of the Soviet manned program, though now out of date due to the flood of revelations since Glasnost and the end of the cold war.
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Collins, Michael,
Carrying the Fire
, Ballantine Books, New York, 1975.
: 1885283148. The best personal account by an astronaut of his life and spaceflights.
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Dorman, Bernie, et. al.,
Aerojet: The Creative Company
, Stuart F Cooper Company, Los Angeles, 1995..
: 0-9659769-0-4. Out of print unauthorised history of Aerojet, as told by ex-employees. More such works are urgently needed to preserve the (non-governmental) history of the space race.
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Fallaci, Oriana,
If the Sun Dies
, Kingsport Press, New York, 1966.
: 0689706103. Impressionistic ramble through the American space program at the peak of its promise. Pre-Right Stuff, the only portrait of astronauts as human beings. Inspirational and irritating.
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Gatland, Kenneth and Bono, Philip,
Frontiers of Space
, Macmillan, New York, 1969.
: 071373504X. Largely taken over to a discussion of Bono's plug-nozzle, single stage to orbit designs and their advantages over winged shuttle designs.
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Gatland, Kenneth,
Manned Spacecraft
, Macmillan, New York, 1968.
: 0025428209. First of a marvelous series of pocket-size hardbacks covering spacecraft and rocketry.
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Gatland, Kenneth,
Missiles and Rockets
, Macmillan, New York, 1975.
: 0713735058. Covers rocketry of all nations.
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Gatland, Kenneth,
Robot Explorers
, Macmillan, New York, 1972.
: 0025428705. Good account of unmanned lunar and planetary spacecraft.
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Gatland, Kenneth,
Spacecraft and Boosters
, Iliffe Books. London, 1964.
Survey of world launch vehicles.
Grondine, Ed,
Encyclopedia Astronautica
, "Chinese Manned Space Program: Behind Closed Doors", .
On the Web Here
Guenther, Ben, Miller, Jay, and Panopalis, Terry,,
North American X-15/X-15A-2
, Aerofax, Arlington, Texas, 1985.
: 0942548345. Comprehensive and technically excellent account of the X-15 program.
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Gunston, Bill,,
Rockets and Missiles
, Salamander, London, 1979.
: 0861010299. Gunston, the most prolific aviation writer of all time, also produced this, the best Encyclopaedic account of military missiles ever produced. Sadly, never updated.
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Hacker, Barton C and Crimwood, James,,
On the Shoulders of Titans
, Government Printing Office, 1977.
The official version - NASA's history of the Gemini program.
On the Web Here
Harford, James,
Korolev - How One Man Masterminded the Soviet Drive to Beat America to the Moon
, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1997..
: 0471148539. The first and the best English-language book on the Soviet space program published since the fall of the Soviet Union and the opening of the archives.
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Jenkins, Dennis R,,
Space Shuttle: The History of Developing the National Space Transportation System
, Motorbooks International, ISBN 0-9633974-4-3, 1996.
: 0963397443. Excellent - the most comprehensive account of the design, development, and flights of the space shuttle.Takes the reader from the maze of designs during the first shuttle competition to future plans.
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Johnson, Nicholas L; and Rodvold, David M,
Europe and Asia in Space 1993-1994
, USAF Phillips Laboratory, Kirtland AFB, NM 80907, 1995..
Comprehensive survey of Russian, Chinese, and European launchers and spacecraft.
Koelle, Heinz Hermann,,
Handbook of Astronautical Engineering
, McGraw-Hill,New York, 1961.
The only such comprehensive handbook ever produced, and at the dawn of the space age.
Ley, Willy,
Rockets Missiles and Men in Space
, Viking Press, New York, 1968.
Willy Ley was one of the great science writers and promoters of spaceflight in the 1950's. This book is essential and covers basic concepts, and the history of rocketry up to the early 1960's.
Lovell, Jim, and Kluger, Jeffrey,
Apollo 13
, Pocket Books, New York, 1994.
: 0671534645. Lovell's account of Apollo 13, the basis for the movie. Original title 'Lost Moon'.
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Lowther, Scott,
Saturn: Development, Details, Derivatives and Descendants
, Work in progress. Availabe chapters may be ordered directly from Scott Lowther at web site indicated.
On the Web Here
McDowell, Jonathan,
Jonathan's Space Report (Internet Newsletter)
, Harvard University, Weekly, 1989 to Present.
Essential internet newsletter recording worldwide weekly space events.
On the Web Here
McDowell, Jonathan,
Launch Log
, October 1998.
Jonathan McDowell's complete on-line listing of all objects orbited since Sputnik.
On the Web Here
Miller, Jay,,
The X-Planes
, Aerofax, Arlington, Texas, 1988.
: 051705647X. Tremendous account of the entire X- experimental series of US aircraft, including the rocket planes X-1, X-15, and X-20. Another outstanding Jay Miller book.
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Miller, Ron,
The Dream Machines
, Krieger, Malabar, Florida, 1993.
: 0894640399. Sensational chronological roundup of text, photos, and sketches of virtually every spacecraft and launch vehicle design every conceived but never built. A gold mine for space-struck baby boomers.
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Murray, Charles, and Cox, Catherine Bly,
Apollo - The Race to the Moon
, Simon and Schuster, New York, 1989.
: 0671611011. Excellent account of the program managers and engineers that made the program happen .
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Oberg, James E and Obert, Alcestis R,
Pioneering Space
, McGraw-Hill,1987.
: 0070480346. A marvelous book - the real nitty-gritty of how human beings cope with the space environment. Answers many questions not answered elsewhere and confronts downright unpleasant aspects of spaceflight
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Oberg, James,
Red Star in Orbit
, Random House, New York, 1981.
: 0394514297. Oberg's book was, at its time, the most accurate, and still the most lively account of the Soviet manned program.
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Ordway, Frank, and Sharpe, Mitchell,
The Rocket Team
, Thomas Y Crowell, New York, 1979.
: 0690016565.
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Pellegrino, Charles R, and Stoff, Joshua,,
Chariots for Apollo
, Tab Books, Blue Ridge Summit, Pennsylvania, 1985.
: 0380802619. The development of the Lunar Module, told with a gonzo journalist attitude and some inaccuracy. Very enjoyable.
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Portree, David S. F.,
Mir Hardware Heritage
, NASA Reference Publication 1357, March 1995.
Excellent overview, needing some updating in line with more recent revelations on Soviet programs. Considered the NASA ISS team Bible on Russian space hardware.
Przybilski, Olaf, and Wotzlaw, Stefan,
N-1 Herkules - Entwicklung und Absturz einer Traegerrakete
, Schriftenreihe der Deutschen Raumfahrtausstellung e.V., 1996.
Best account of the development of the N-1 rocket and the Soviet lunar program. In German.
Rhea, John, Editor,,
Roads to Space
, Aviation Week Group, New York, ISBN 0076070956, 1995.
Abridged translation of a collection of oral recollections by the surviving Russian space pioneers at NPO Energia. A rich source of new information and anecdotes.
Semenov, Yu. P.,
S P Korolev Space Corporation Energia
, RKK Energia, 1994.
Dual English/Russian language picture book of the history of the Energia Corporation. Many unique photos and drawings of Korolev's rockets and spacecraft.
Siddiqi, Asif,
Soviet Space Web Page
, 1999.
On the Web Here
Swenson, Grimwood, Alexander, Charles C,
This New Ocean
, Government Printing Office, 1966.
The official version - NASA's history of the Mercury Program.
On the Web Here
Turnill, Reginald,,
The Observer's Spaceflight Directory
, Frederick Warne, London, 1978.
: 0723220514. Good miniature encyclopaedia of space programs just before the shuttle started flying.
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Vick, Charles, et al,
Russian Space Industry
, Federation of American Scientists, 1995-present.
On the Web Here
Wilson, Andrew, editor,,
Jane's/Interavia Space Directory
, Jane's Information Group, Coulsdon, Surrey, 1992 et al.
: 0710618107. The most comprehensive source of information for current space projects. Too expensive for human beings and most libraries.
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Wolfe, Tom,
The Right Stuff
, Various publishers, 1979.
: 0553275569. The groundbreaking account of the Mercury astronauts. This started a wave of books revealing the real experience of the space race as opposed to the 'official version'.
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Essential Subscription
North, David M, Editor,
Aviation Week and Space Technology
, .
The weekly journal of record for the world aerospace industry. Only a fraction of the articles cover space topics. Subscriptons:
Aviation Week On-Line
Belyakov, R A and Marmain, J,
MiG-Fifty Years of Secret Aircraft Design
, Airlife, England, 1994.
: 0904597806. Comprehensive English account of the products of the MiG design bureau. Mainly covers fighters, but included are detailed descriptions of the MiG-105 spaceplane and earlier rocketplane designs.
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Benson, Charles D, Faherty,William Barnaby,
Moonport: A History of Apollo Launch Facilities and Operations SP-4204 1978
Official NASA history of the Saturn I, IB, and V launch facilities.
On the Web Here
Bilstein, Roger E,
Stages to Saturn
, US Government Printing Office, 1980.
: 0160489091. Excellent account of the evolution, design, and development of the Saturn launch vehicles.
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Borman, Frank and Serling, Robert J.,
Countdown : An Autobiography
, 1989.
: 0688079296.
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Burrows, William E,
Deep Black
, Random House, New York, 1986.
: 0394541243. Thorough but now (with release of early Keyhole satellite information) dated accounted of the American spy satellite program.
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Chaikin, Andrew,
A Man on the Moon
, Viking, New York, 1994.
: 0140272011. Highly touted but perhaps overrated survey of the Apollo missions.
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Clark, John D,
, New York, 1971.
Outstanding first hand account of the development of liquid fuel rocket engines in the United States.
Cooper, Henry S F,
, Granada, London, 1975.
: 0801850975. Long before Apollo 13 this excellent account of the flight was available. Original title 13: The Flight That Failed
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Day, Dwayne A (Editor), et. al.,
Eye in the Sky : The Story of the Corona Spy Satellites
, Smithsonian Institution Press, 1998.
: 1560988304.
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Emme, Eugene M,
Aeronautical and Astronautical Events of 1961 Report of NASA to the Committee on Science and Astronautics US House of Representatives 87th Cong 2d Sess
On the Web Here
Emme, Eugene M,
Aeronautics and Astronautics: An American Chronology of Science and Technology in the Exploration of Space 1915-1960
On the Web Here
Ertel , Ivan D; Morse , Mary Louise; et al,
The Apollo Spacecraft Chronology Vol I - IV NASA SP-4009
On the Web Here
Furniss, Tim,
Manned Spaceflight Log
, Jane's, London, 1986.
: 0710604025. Summary of all manned spaceflights up to 1986. Pre-Glasnost, so many 'war stories' of Soviet manned spaceflight are not included.
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Gatland, Kenneth,
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Space Technology
, Salamander, New YUork, 1981.
: 0517542587. Large format overview of rocketry, spacecraft, and space history up to the end of the 1970's.
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Geiger, Jeffrey,
Vandenberg AFB Chronology
, 30 Space Wing Web, August 1995.
On the Web Here
Gibson, James N,
The Navaho Missile Project
, Schiffer, 1996.
: 0764300482. The only book available on the fabulous Navaho project. Written by the son of one of the project workers, not nearly detailed enough, but it's all we've got....
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Glenn, John and Taylor, Nick,
John Glenn : A Memoir
, Bantam Doubleday, 1999.
: 0553110748.
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Golovine, M N,
Conflict in Space
, Temple Press, London, 1962.
Comprehensive account of the 'blue sky' studies on military use of space, done at the dawn of the space age and twenty years before the Strategic Defence Initiative.
Gunston, Bill,
The Osprey Encylopedia of Russian Aircraft 1975-1995
, Osprey, London, 1995.
: 1855324059. The greatest single reference on Soviet winged aircraft.
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Harvey, Brian,
The Chinese Space Programme : From Conception to Future Capabilities
, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1998.
: 0471975885.
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Kaplan, Joseph; Von Braun, Wernher; et. al.,
Across the Space Frontier
, Viking Press, New York, 1952.
Book form of the series of Collier's magazine articles that first confronted the US public with the imminent possibility of manned spaceflight.
Kranz, Gene,
Failure Is Not an Option
, Berkley Publishing Group, 2000.
: 0425179877. OK biography of the most famous of the Apollo flight controllers.
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Lehman, Milton,
Robert H Goddard - Pioneer of Space Research
, Da Capo, New York, 1988.
: 0306803313. Reprint of the classic Goddard biography, 'This High Man'.
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Mellberg, Bill,
Moon Missions: Mankind's First Voyages to Another World
, Plymouth Press, 1997.
Michels, Juergen and Przybilski, Olaf,
Peenemuende und seine Erben in Ost und West
, Bernard & Graefe, Bonn, 1997.
: 3763759603. Marvelous German language book traces the 'technology transfer' from the Peenemuende refugees to the rocketry programs of America, Russia, Germany, and other countries.
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Newell, Homer E, editor,
Sounding Rockets
, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1959.
Pahl, David,
Space Warfare and Strategic Defense
, Bison Books, New York, 1987.
: 0671089250. Another 1980's coffee-table picture book, surveying the 'Star Wars' projects of the time.
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Richelson, Jeffrey T,
America's Secret Eyes in Space
, Harper and Row, New York, 1990.
: 0887302858. Comprehensive account of the US spy satellite projects. Now dated due to latest Keyhole project declassification.
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Schirra, Wally,
Schirra's Space
, 1995.
: 1557507929.
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Sheldon, Charles II,
Soviet Space Programs 1966-1970 1971-1975 1976-1980
, US Government Printing Office, 1971,1976,1980.
These were essential sources for basic information until the 1980's. Sheldon's work has survived him in the use of his system for designation Soviet launch vehicles.
Shepard, Alan, and Slayton, Deke,
Moon Shot
, Turner Publishing, 1994.
: 1878685546. Overrated superficial astronaut autobiography with many technical errors. Buy 'Deke!' instead....
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Von Braun, Wernher,
The Mars Project
, University of Illinois Press, 1991.
: 0252062272. Reprint of Von Braun's original 1952 designs for manned landings on Mars
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Von Braun, Wernher, and Ley, Willy,
La Conquista del Espacio
, Espasa-calpe, SA, Madrid, 1966.
Spanish edition consolidating Von Braun's pioneering 'Across the Space Frontier' and 'Conquest of the Moon'.
Yenne, Bill,
The Encyclopedia of U S Spacecraft
, Bison, London, 1985.
: 0671075082. Large format picture book covering US manned and unmanned spacecraft launched up to the mid-1980's.
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Yenne, Bill, Editor,
Interplanetary Spacecraft
, Brompton, London, 1988.
: 0861244397. Odd large format book setting forth design for low-cost Pluto probe launched by Liberty launch vehicle. Background on previous US probes.
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Russian Language
Afanasyev, I B,
Neizvestnie korabli
, Kosmonavtika, Astronomiya, Znanie, 12-91..
This basic monograph revealed for the first time the many cancelled Soviet manned space projects.
Chertok, Boris Yevseyevich,
Raketi i lyudi
, Mashinostroenie, Moscow, 1994-1999..
: 5217024976. Russian language autobiography in four volumes of one of Korolev's chief assistants.
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Filin, V M,
Vosplominaniya o lunnom korable
, Izdatelstvo 'Kultura', 1992.
Russian-language account of the design and development of the LK lunar lander.
Golovanov, Yarsolav,
Korolev - fakti i mifi
, Nauka, Moscow, 1994.
Groundbreaking Russian language biography of the Soviet Chief Designer.
Gorodnichev, Yu P, et. al.,
80 let GKNPTs imemi M V Khrunicheva
, GKNPTs i Khrunicheva, 1995.
: 5865080784. Russian-language in-house history of Khrunichev rocket/spacecraft factory
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Kamanin, N P,
Skritiy kosmos
, Infortext, Moscow, 1995.
The diary of the Commander of the Soviet Cosmonaut Team in the 1960's - a source of great insights into the space program. Four volumes issued to date.
Karpenko, A V, Utkin, A F and Popov,A D,
Otechestvenniye strategischeskiye rakenoye kompleks
, Sankt-Peterburg: Nevskii bastion; Gangut 1999..
Well-illustrated encyclopedia of the missiles of the Russian strategic missile forces.
Kozlov, D I,
Konstruirovanie avtomaticheskikh kosmicheskikh apparatov
, Mashnostroenie, Moscow, 1996.
: 521702657X. Technical account of the design of unmanned spacecraft by the Soviet Union's chief designer for reconnaisance satellites.
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Krasnikov, Aleksandr,
Russian Space History Web Site
, "Pilotiruemiy polyot na Mars - chetvert veka nazad", .
Overview of Soviet designs for manned Mars expeditions, based on material from article by Afanasyev, Igor, article of same title, Vestnik vozdyshnovo flota, n 7-8, 1996.
On the Web Here
Kudryavtsev, V M, et.al.,
Osnovy Teorii i Rascheta
, Moscow, Vysshaya Shkola, 1993.
: 5060025624. Russian-language textbook on rocket theory; contains some information on Russian rocket engines.
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Kudryavtseva, V M, ed.,
Zhidkostnikh Raketnikh Dvigatley
, Visshaya Shkola, Moscow, 1993.
: 5060025632. Russian-language textbook on rocket theory.
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Melnik, T G,
Voenno-Kosmicheskiy Siliy
, Nauka, Moscow, 1997..
Two-volume official history of the (now defunct) Russin space forces.
Pervov, Mikhail,
Raketnoye Oruzhiye RVSN
, Violanta, Moscow, 1999..
Narrative overview of the missiles of the Russian strategic missile forces.
Petrakov, V M,
O vklade OKB-23 V M Myasishcheva v prakticheskoe osushchecstvlenie idey K E Tsilokovskovo
, Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Koissiya po razrabotke nauchnovo nasoediya K E Tsiolkovskovo, 1990/I16..
Monograph documenting the history of the Buran cruise missile and Myasishchev spaceplanes, 1954-1960.
Rakhmanin, V F,
Odnazhdy i Navsegda
, NPO Energomash, Moscow 1998.
Biography and history of development of the rocket motors of Glushko.
Semenov, Yu P, Lozino-Lozinsky, et. al.,
Mnogorazoviy orbitalniy korabl 'Buran'
, Mashinostroenne, Moscow, 1995.
: 521702772X. Russian language book devoted to describing the space shuttle Buran in great technical detail. What was to have been...
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Semenov, Yuri P Editor,
Raketno-kosmicheskaya korporatsiya 'Energia' imeni S P Koroleva
, Moscow, Russia, 1996.
Russian in-house history of the Energia Corporation and its predecessors. Unprecedented detail, photographs, designations, and drawings, on the products of Korolev's OKB.
Vetrov, G S,
S. P. Korolev i evo delo
, Nauka, Moscow, 1998.
: 5020036846. The collected papers of Soviet Chief Designer Korolev. A tremendous source of new information and insight on the Soviet space program. Russian language.
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Yeliseyev, A S,
Zhizn - kapla v more
, Aviatsiya i kosmonavtika, 1998.
: 5765600271. Russian language autobiography of the Russian cosmonaut and spacecraft engineer.
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Yeteyev, Ivan,
Operezhaya vremya
, Ocherki, Moscow, 1999..
Collection of articles involving the life and works of Chief Designer Chelomei and the Khrunichev factory.
Yevstafyev, M D,
Dolgiy put k 'Burye'
, Vyzovskaya kniga, Moscow, 1996..
History of development of Russian winged rocketry, from Keldysh's upgrade of Saenger's antipodal bomber, through Bondarenko's ramjets, to Buran and Burya intercontinental cruise missiles.
Russian Space
Grahn, Sven,
Sven Grahn's Space History Pages
, .
On the Web Here
Hart, Douglas,
The Encyclopedia of Soviet Spacecraft
, Bison Books, London, 1987.
: 0600552535. Another 1980's Bison picture-book. Fair text but pre-Glasnost information. Nice photos but some of the captions are way off and even unintentionally hilarious.
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Hooper, Gordon R,
The Soviet Cosmonaut Team
, GRH Publications, Woodbridge, UK, 1986.
: 0951131206. Comprehensive pre-Glasnost biographies of Soviet cosmonauts known up to that time.
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James, Peter N,,
Soviet Conquest from Space
, Arlington House, New Rochelle, New York, 1974.
: 0870002244. Idiosyncratic account by a disgruntled agent of US Air Force intelligence, spilled the beans years ahead of time on what was going on in Soviet space developments.
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Johnson, Nicholas L,
The Soviet Reach for the Moon
, Cosmos Books, Washington, DC, 1994.
: 1885606035. The best English account of the Soviet lunar program. Unfortunately out of print and unavailable.
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Matson, Dr Wayne R, Editor,
Cosmonautics - A Colorful History
, Cosmos Books, Washington DC, 1994.
Handsome picture book on Soviet manned spaceflight - no longer available. The author skipped town, leaving a lot of folks who ordered expensive space tours and books from him holding the bag....
Matthews, Henry,
The Secret Story of the Soviet Space Shuttle
, X-Planes Book 1, Beirut, Lebanon, 1994.
Unusual English-language book, published in Beirut, on Soviet spaceplanes. Some information since found to be in error, but a valuable work.
Newkirk, Dennis,
Almanac of Soviet Manned Space Flight
, 1990.
: 0872018482.
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Przybilski, Olaf,
Almaz-Proton: Das supergeheime Aufklaerungssystem der UdSSR
, Schriftenreihe der Deutschen Raumfahrtausstellung eV, TU Dresden, 2. Auflage, 1999..
Outstanding German-language brochure on the Almaz and TKS manned military spacecraft.
Riabchikov, Evgeny,,
Russians in Space
, Doubleday, New York, 1971.
The best Soviet account of their space program before the space station era.
Sagdeev, Roald Z,
The Making of a Soviet Scientist
, John Wiley and Sons, New York, 1987.
Autobiographical account from the man at the center of Russia's unmanned planetary exploration program. Many revelations of the infighting between the Chief Designers and their Kremlin patrons.
Smolders, Peter,,
Soviets in Space
, Taplinger Press, New York, 1974.
The best account until the 1980's of the Soviet manned program.
Titov, Gherman, and Caidin, Martin,
I Am Eagle!
, Bobbs-Merrill, New York, 1962.
English autobiography of the second cosmonaut in space. Until the end of the 1960's, the only inside account of the Soviet space program...
Space Fiction
Caidin, Martin,
, Bantam, New York, 1969.
Caidin was the best 'space fiction' writer and this his best known work. The original 1964 edition involved a Mercury capsule; this was updated to Apollo/Skylab for the movie in 1969.
Hay, Jacob and Keshishian, John,
Autopsy for a Cosmonaut
, Popular Library, New York, 1969.
Odd but technically accurate fictional account of a pathologist trained for a Gemini flight and EVA - to conduct in-flight autopsies of Soviet cosmonauts that have perished in a marooned Voskhod!
Groves, Gerald V, Editor,
, .
The only English-language monthly magazine on the past, present, and future of space exploration and space technology. Subscriptons:
Marinin, Igor,
Novosti kosmonavtiki
, .
A biweekly Russian-language magazine on the past, present, and future of space exploration and space technology. Subscriptions:
Alway, Peter,
Rockets of the World
, Saturn Press, Ann Arbor, 1995.
: 0962787655. Comprehensive account of world rocketry, from the beginning 'til now, from sounding rockets to Saturns. Oriented toward rocket modellers, with accurate drawings and color guides.
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Baker, Larry L,
Northwest Professional Engineer
, "Manned Interplanetary Spacecraft", Summer/Fall 1968.
Balcomb, J D,
Nuclear Rocket Reference Data Summary
, LA-5057-M Los Alamos Informal Report UC-33, October 1972.
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Delta III Payload Planner's Guide
, Publication number MDC 95H0137A, March 1997..
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Reducing the Cost of Space Transportation
, AAS Science and Technology Series, Vol. 21, 1969.
A good collection of articles just prior to the shuttle competition on competing methods of reaching orbit cheaply.
Cohan, Christopher J,
Space Transportation Systems, 1980-2000
, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, New York, 1978.
Hesse, Walter J and Mumford, Nicholas VS Jr;,
Jet Propulsion for Aerospace Applications - Second Edition
, Pitman Publishing, New York, 1964.
This textbook, produced in the mid-1960's, remains the best introduction to jet propulsion for air and spacecraft.
Konecci, Eugene, Hunter, Maxwell, and Trapp, Robert, ed,
Space Age in Fiscal Year 2001
, American Astronautical Society, 1967.
Papers from an American Astronautical Society conference in 1967. See what wonders (nuclear fusion drives, magnetic radiation/meteorite shields, etc.) were anticipated for now thirty years ago.
Kraft, C, editor,
Manned Spacecraft: Engineering Design and Operation
Collection of articles presenting technical aspects of the design of the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo spacecraft.
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Guys, Martha Stewart And Snoop Dogg Are Hosting A TV Show TogetherAugust 8, 2016
Yeah, that's right. Martha Stewart and Snoop Dogg are going to start hosting a weekly dinner party with a bunch of famous people, and we get to watch it all on VH1. Stewart told Variety the show would "redesign the traditional food competition shows in a new, different and very funny way." We're not really sure what that means, but we're pretty excited to find out.
This hilarious friendship is not new. Here's Snoop's appearance on Stewart's show back in 2008.
They also appeared together on ABC's "$100,000 Pyramid" and apparently got high together at Justin Bieber's roast. Not kidding.
Amazing, tbh.

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Are you expecting a miracle? Are you in need of healing or material provision? Have you been expecting a breakthrough? Maybe a job, car or even money?
My charge to you this morning is to prepare for abundance.
Most often we limit God by our way of preparation. We say "since the car is not coming, let me settle for a motorcycle".
"Oh God". You'd say, "I'm not asking for much. I only need $5."
You've to stop thinking like the world. Think and expect like a Child of God.
Our earthly fathers give according to their ability. A poor man's son would expect little from his Dad, while the rich man's soon believes he can get whatever he desires.
You're better than the rich man's son. Your father has this to say "I am the God of all flesh. Is there anything too hard for me?" The answer is NO!.
Remember the story of the poor widow? Her husband died and left her with a huge debt, then the creditors came to take her sons. This widow ran to the prophet for help. "what do you have?" The prophet asked. "nothing but a pot of oil" replied the woman tearfully.
Elisha said, "Go around and ask all your neighbors for empty jars. Don't ask for just a few" 2kings 4:3
In other words, Elisha was saying "woman, don't try to limit God's hands, go and prepare for abundance. Don't borrow few. None of your neighbors must be left with an empty jar. Borrow all."
Keep in mind that the borrowing time for this widow was her preparation time. The hand of God waits till you are prepared before he send the blessings.
What are you doing with your preparation time? Are you borrowing more empty jars or you've quit borrowing? Soon, preparation time will be over.
Then God will say: "go in and shut the door behind yourself" (2kings 4:5). You ask why? Because its time for blessings to rain.
You can't be preparing and receiving at the same time. It doesn't work that way. It is either one or the other.
"When the vessels were all full, she said to her son, Bring me another vessel. And he said to her, There is not a one left. Then the oil stopped multiplying" (2kings 4:6).
The oil stopped multiplying when there was no empty jar left. God told Abraham count the stars. Abraham lost count. The blessings where to much. When it comes to God always dream big.
In Malachi he promised to open the "windows of heaven". One version says "the floodgates of heaven". Glory.
Expect a flood of blessings. Don't settle for rain or showers. If you're expecting a flood, what would you do? Keep the place tidy. Create space for abundance.
Don't say "I don't deserve this. No. It is too much for me." Keep that spirit out and saY, "I deserve the best. I'm God's child. I am seated with Christ in heavenly places and blessed with all spiritual blessings." Glory.
Some folks are scared of asking for more, thinking abundance may suffocate them. The scripture has this to say:
"So Simon Peter went aboard and hauled the net ashore, full of large fish, 153 of them. And although there were so many, the net was not torn." John21:11
Jesus worked a miracle for the disciples after a night of fruitless efforts. There was abundance.
Did peter say " oh no. The fishes are too much. Jesus, let me throw some back into the river?" No. He didn't. Instead he summoned strength and "dragged the net ashore."
Sometimes that's all you need. Stop feeling inferior. Summon courage and strength, jump into that flood of blessing and drag it ashore. Drag the blessing into your family, business and education. Everywhere.
Remember: your preparation can limit God's hands. He's got flood ready for you. Prepare for abundance. Your lack is over.
Prepare by believing, praying and expecting.
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This Iconic 1940's Hollywood Hills Moderne on La Brea Terrace is by architect C. Raimond Johnson. Johnson was a graduate of University of Southern California, Class of 1926. This is the property's first time on the market in 25 years. Set on 1.8 acres, this rare and unique Hollywood Hills Mansion built in 1941 with a vision of design rarely seen today. Continue reading "2000 La Brea Terrace in Hollywood Hills"


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Georgia Taxation
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- Georgia Tax Index, 1789-1799 ($)
- Georgia, Property Tax Digests, 1793-1893 Index and images ($)
- U.S., Internal Revenue Assessment Lists, 1862-1874 Images only.
Taxes in Georgia were levied on free white males over 21 and all slaves up to age 60. These persons are referred to as "polls." Tax listings, or digests, of a county generally list the taxable landowners and other polls and the amount of tax. The records in each county are divided by militia district.
- Tax digests for ten counties are found in Ruth Blair, Tax Digests of Georgia of Various Counties 1790-1818, (1926; reprint, Vidalia, Georgia: Genealogical Reprints, 1971) FHL film 006997, fiche 6046883, book 975.8 R4g 1971
- Additional tax lists are in An Index to Georgia Tax Digests, Five Volumes. (Spartanburg, South Carolina: The Reprint Company, 1986) FHL book 975.8 R42i This index includes the records for 1789 to 1817 and is fully indexed.
- Tax digests for the years 1787 to 1899 for many counties are on microfilm at the Family History Library. Many originals are at the Georgia Department of Archives and History. A list of the tax digests, 1787 to 1899, is on FHL film 007023.
- To locate tax lists or digests for Georgia Counties, available through the Family History Library, use the Place-names Search in the FamilySearch Catalog for:


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US-China Investment Summit in 2016 hosted by Stanford University FARM and CPC and by NewBornTown was successfully held on August 24th in Santa Clara Convention Center, California. Stanford professors, venture capital firms including corporate VCs including Intel/Qualcomm/SAIC, startup community experts and more than 200 people all over the world from investment industry attended the summit.
ChunHe Liu is the founder and CEO of NewBornTown, founder of "Great Voyage Capital". Mr. Liu shared keynote speech about «Chinese characteristics of investment opportunities».


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#OscarsSoMale? Lack of Female Nominees Highlights Another Industry Problem
A year after catching flak for a glaring absence of racial diversity, the Academy nominated no females for best director or cinematography, with women constituting only 20 percent of all nonacting noms overall.
As hundreds of thousands of people swarmed through the streets of Washington, D.C., on Jan. 21, and millions more took part in the Women's March across the country, one culprit in the war against women got away scot-free: Hollywood.
Well, almost. A solitary demonstrator was spotted hoisting a sign in downtown Los Angeles, urging "More Women Directors!" That may have drawn titters on Twitter, but her point was dead-on.
Where were the behind-the-scenes women in the Oscar noms this year? Whatever advances people of color made were not matched across gender lines. There wasn't a single female director nominee, and only one woman got nominated for writing — Hidden Figures' Allison Schroeder. And in the cinematography category, all the nominees were men, just as they have been every year since DPs started collecting Oscars.
A Women's Media Center analysis finds that women constituted only 20 percent of the nonacting nominations (37 out of 152 nominees). Women's best category? Documentary shorts, with 50 percent of the nominees.
After #OscarsSoWhite, is it time for #OscarsSoMale?
It would be wrong to say there wasn't some progress. Several women earned producing nominations: Adele Romanski and Dede Gardner (Moonlight), Donna Gigliotti and Jenno Topping (Hidden Figures), Kimberly Steward and Lauren Beck (Manchester by the Sea), Carla Hacken and Julie Yorn (Hell or High Water) and Angie Fielder (Lion). That's nine out of the 30 producers nominated by the Academy — a record. Still, that number needs an asterisk, given how many more nominees there were for best picture (nine) compared with a few years ago (when there were only five).
I wish I could say this imbalance comes as a surprise. But it was obvious as early as September that awards season wasn't looking good for women.
Each year, at the beginning of fall, when my colleagues and I start putting together THR's film roundtables, we look at the lay of the land. If the dearth of actors of color in Oscar contention was striking last year, the absence of women behind the camera was just as bad this year.
Among directors, Mira Nair (Queen of Katwe) was the only woman who had a slim chance of being nominated, even though seven years have passed since Kathryn Bigelow became the first woman to win a directing Oscar for The Hurt Locker. Among writers, Rebecca Miller (Maggie's Plan) and Schroeder (who co-wrote Hidden Figures with Theodore Melfi) were the only realistic contenders.
Both Schroeder and Nair joined the THR roundtables, along with Charlotte Bruus Christensen on the Cinematography Roundtable (Fences, The Girl on the Train) and Kirsten Johnson (Cameraperson) on the Documentary Roundtable. Schroeder alone received a nomination.
Anecdotal evidence is backed up by statistics. Women made up a mere 7 percent of all directors on the top 250 box-office films of 2016. That's a 2 percent decline from 2015, according to San Diego State University's Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film, which compiles the figures annually.
Among those top box-office films, women made up 13 percent of the writers, 17 percent of the executive producers, 24 percent of the producers, 17 percent of the editors and 5 percent of the cinematographers.
They had 17 percent of all the key nonacting roles on those films, which again represented a drop of two points from 2015.
I don't blame the Academy for this. Too often, the organization gets bashed for problems created by the business at large. It's at the downstream end of a long river that springs up inside executive suites and flows all the way through the offices of presidents of production, development executives and physical production chiefs, then on past the producers and unit production managers who control each movie shoot, before ever reaching the Academy.
No single person in Hollywood can shoulder the blame for all this. But unless each individual accepts some of it, nothing will change.
Only when everyone takes responsibility will we finally be able to say goodbye to both #OscarsSoWhite and #OscarsSoMale.
This story first appeared in the Feb. 10 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine. To receive the magazine, click here to subscribe.


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The 2015 Local Search Ranking Factors report is out, and it's a must-read for anyone in the local SEO arena. As you may know, the survey polls roughly 40 leading local SEO practitioners on what they believe to be the variables most responsible for driving rankings in Google local search results.
David Mihm began the survey independently a number of years ago and now manages it in his role as director of local search strategy with Moz. The survey is very extensive, and I can't summarize all of it here.
The "snack pack" was top-of-mind for all the participants, but tactical responses varied widely. Below is the high-level summary of the ranking variables and the consensus view of their relative influence.


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This is the 2nd article of the series. In this article I'm going to discuss the tiers of outsourcing.
When you initiate an outsourced project as the outsourcee, or when making the decision to outsource a project as the outsourcer it's very important to understand which tier of outsourcing you are in to. This will give you some intelligence in advance about these extra issues you may face in outsourced projects compared to collocated projects. I can think of many dimensions of outsourcing when I define the tiers..
But following categorization based on geography – distance and time zones simply help me to understand many common positive and negative risks of such projects in each context.
'Outsourcing is outsourcing' either you outsource the project to your next door software company or to a company in the other side of the globe. Because in either case you need to manage external contracts, requirements, risks, security and knowledge transferring. However as I have shown in this diagram, the challenges in outsource project management increases when we move up in the tires mainly due to the communication issues and secondly due to cultural issues which I will be discussing in some of the future articles.
First, lets look at the bottom tier. The main advantage of outsourcing to a company with less travel distance is that it could facilitate more of face to face discussions whenever required. This will cut off a big portion of distant communication risks. The other point is that having same language speaking people working for you may provide you the luxury of using your native language in business discussions. Mostly the business and personal cultures will not have much difference with both the company professionals who work together for the projects and that will result much quicker relationship building among project teams. However this tier of outsourcing mostly delivers only the benefits described in the 1st and 2nd points which I discussed in the 1st part of this article.
Nearsourcing , the 2nd tier of outsourcing is more commonly seen among Western and Eastern Europe countries. Countries such as Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary are stabilizing as software outsourcing destinations for Western Europe markets. As I see the software businesses attracts near sourcing mainly due to reducing the risks of cultural difficulties, legalization issues for onsite work and contractual/ financial terms. Further they benefit with minimized time zone differences. But if someone think Nearsorcing is the solution to avoid all the critical risk factors of outsourcing, it's a big myth. Sometimes I see Nearsourcing bring more communication problems to the table.
Imagine a company in Norway outsource a project to a development company in Greece. I don't see many Norwegions fluent in Greek or Many Greeks speak Norwegion. Neither parties don't use English as their main business language. So these two teams trying to use English as a common language for communication can deliver more risks in Nearsouring than a Norwegion team communicate with a team in South East Asia where English is the main business language to do day to day work.
Nearsorcing seems very attractive for some of the industries such as manufacturing. If you look at the cost factor, Nearsorcing can bring you cost saving specially when it comes to manufacturing simply due to less transportation costs of goods. Hefty ocean fuel surcharges are involved when transportation happens from China to USA compared to Nearsorcing operation from Mexico to USA.
However based on available options in the global outsourcing market its still an argument to decide how much benefit Nearsorucing can bring in to software business which is totally different from manufacturing especially with relatively high labor costs of software professionals of Eastern Europe countries compared to most the SEA countries.
The third tier is what I'm experiencing right now with our current business at Exilesoft development in Sri Lanka and customers located in Norway. The same experience I have had for many years with some companies located in Australia, UK, Germany, Greece and New Zealand. Teams falling to this tier may face almost all the challenges in outsource business but still there is overlapping business hours within the same day where distributed teams can use for collaboration.
By looking at most the SEA software engagements with western countries, its proven that If well managed and well modeled, this tier delivers most the benefits of outsourcing business for the outsourcer as well as the outsourcee due to many reasons. The only difference in the top most tier compared to this tier is that, distributed teams in outsourcing business who are falling to the top most tier has no overlapping business time for collaboration. This increases risk of communication and becomes quite difficult to practice some of the agile methods which need closer and casual communication for projects specially the "Daily scrum" in scrum teams. There are alternatives we may use in such context (But not the Scrum mail :) period!!!) which we will be discussing in the future.
I have used Waterfall and Agile management concepts on such outsourcing projects in almost all these tiers. Compared to all the frameworks and models I have used, I find agile management concepts help to reduce the risks of outsourcing software projects drastically if used wisely.
In the 3rd part of this article we will have a closer look at dealing with culture differences in the project management falling to 3rd and 4th tiers of outsourcing and in the 4th part onward we will have a detailed discussion on other common difficulties and risks we face in outsourcing compared to collocated development while discussing how Agile can be used in each case to reduce the risks by taking Scrum as an example.


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Dear Friends,
I have published a new book. This book is the "agrarian project" I've alluded to here over the past months. I'm going to tell you about the book, but first I want to tell you about how the book came to be— I guess you could say this is the story behind the story.
As many of you already know, I have, in the past few years, written several books—eight of them to be exact. The last five were self-published. All of my books have been basic how-to books. For example, one tells how to build a "Whizbang" chicken plucking machine. Last year's book (I am trying to publish a book a year) tells how to build a nifty chicken scalder out of a propane water heater.
Explaining, espousing, and teaching through my books is something I feel like I was "wired" to do. I see it as a God-given desire and, to some degree, a talent.
With that in mind, last year around this time, with another book behind me, I was feeling very strongly that I needed to write a different kind of book than what I had been writing. I wanted to write something that would bless others, bring glory to God, and help (even if in a small way) to advance the Kingdom of Jesus Christ. I specifically prayed that the Lord would provide me with inspiration, opportunity, and direction regarding my next book project. I had absolutely no idea what such a book would be but I was willing and asked the Lord show me the way. A short while later I stopped praying about the subject and kind of forgot about it— once springtime really hit, I had other projects to occupy my mind.
A couple months later, I happened upon Scott Terry's blog, Homesteader Life. I think I found my way there via Dry Creek Chronicles and House of Degenhart. I was inspired by Scott's blog and it occurred to me that I could start a blog of my own. It was, after all, free, and Blogger.com made it easy to do.
So, before long, I had this blog you are now reading up and running. I named it The Deliberate Agrarian because that is what I am. The word "deliberate" was in my mind after listening to R.C. Sproul, Jr. and Rick Saenz and others on some early "Basement Tapes" from Highlands Study Center.
My objective was to write about my family and my Christian-agrarian beliefs. The stories flowed out of my mind onto the pages of my blog with a passion and conviction that surprised me. I could have written much more than I did. As it was, I ended up spending time writing when I probably should have been doing other things—but that's what writers do.
As more and more people wrote to tell me how much they enjoyed what I had to say and, more than that, were convicted to live a more Christian-agrarian lifestyle, the thought occurred to me that perhaps I should compile my writings into a book—my next book. To the best of my knowledge there is no book in or out of print that specifically celebrates and promotes the Christian-agrarian worldview.
But would anyone buy such a book? That was the thought that first entered my mind. After all, I am not flush with money and it costs a few bucks to self-publish a book. Besides that, I'm a practical person. My intention had always been to publish how-to books because they are, generally speaking, books that sell steady and relatively well over a period of many years. Would it be foolish of me to put the hard-earned profits from previous book sales into a book of stories? I really did not think it made economic sense.
But the Lord brought to my mind the prayer I had prayed months earlier. I then looked back over those months and realized that He had been guiding me into the area of Christian agrarian writing. And He reminded me that everything I have is His, including the hard earned profits He blessed me with from previous book sales. When Kansas Milkmaid told me I should write a book, it seemed like confirmation. Still, I struggled with the money issue—"Lord, will this book at least pay for itself?"
Well, I finally came to the conclusion that it did not matter if the book made money, or even if it paid for itself. That was not to be my concern. The important thing was not profitability. The important thing was obedience. I have been through this sort of thing before.
In January of this year (four months ago) I selected some of my blog writings to put into the book. I reworked them as needed and God blessed me with an exceptional editor in Carmon Friedrich. I hired a professional graphic designer to put the cover together. Rick Saenz agreed to carry the book at Cumberland Books even before he saw it.
If you've ever written and published a book, you know it requires a lot of effort and "sticktoitiveness." It is surprising, really, how much work must go into such a project. But it is something I thoroughly enjoy doing. This book came together remarkably well. I saw the hand of Providence in it. I have been truly blessed by the experience of producing this book—like never before in any book I've put together.
Well, anyway, like I said, my book is done, and that's always a good feeling. The book is titled Writings of a Deliberate Agrarian. You can see the book and read all about it by going to the web site I had made. But before I give you the link, I want to publicly praise the Lord Most High for His guidance and provision in the creation of this book.
I know not what will happen as my book is released and I begin to market it. But I am praying that a spirit of favor will be with it, that many people will read it, that it will find its way into the hands of those among His people whose hearts are ripe for the message of Christian agrarian revival and, in the end, that lives will be changed. That is, I realize, a big prayer for a humble little book of stories. Whatever the case, it is in God's hands, as it has always been, and that's something else I feel good about.
God bless you all,
Herrick Kimball
P.S. I almost forgot to tell you how to get to my exciting new Christian-agrarian web site. Here it is: www.TheDeliberateAgrarian.com
P.P.S. I have mailed out complimentary review copies of Writings of a Deliberate Agrarian to the first 16 agrarian bloggers listed on the right side of this page. I wish I could afford to send it to everyone else.


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Girl Group Black Album
Here's the sequel to the Boy Band Black Album blog. All these ladies first gained success as singers in groups. Then they all put out solo albums of varying success. Some were bigger than their groups (Beyonce), others not so much (Dawn Robinson). So in no particular order here are the 10 tracks I would put on a Girl Group Black Album:
- Melanie C. — I Turn to You. Otherwise known as Sporty Spice of the Spice Girls. She came out with a great dance song that shared one of Madonna's producers.
- Belinda Carlisle — Mad About You. She is the lead singer for the Go-Go's. But this was her first solo single, and one of her best. A fun, flirty pop song that is fun to sing along with.
- Emma Bunton — Maybe. She was Baby Spice in the Spice Girls. This sixties inspired dance song was a perfect fit for her sweet voice.
- Diana Ross — Upside Down. Yes, she is superstar. But she was once part of the Supremes. This funk song from Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers is one of her best solo numbers.
- Dawn Robinson — Party, Party. One of the girls from En Vogue, this song was full of funk and attitude. This will get you moving.
- Geri Halliwell — Look at Me. The first of the Spice Girls to go solo. She was Ginger Spice. It was nice to see her out in front, and having fun on her own.
- Jane Wieldlin — Rush Hour. The 2nd vocalist from the Go-Go's. She is one of the guitarists and one of the songwriters too for the group. This cute pop song, was her biggest solo hit, other than her duet with the band Sparks (Cool Places).
- Beyonce — Crazy in Love. The song that started it all for her fantastic solo career. Still one of her best, and always great to see her perform it live.
- Michelle Williams — We Break the Dawn. The 2nd of the ladies from Destiny's Child. She has recorded mostly gospel records as a solo artist, but when she went R&B, we got this jam.
- Kelly Rowland —When Love Takes Over. Recorded with DJ and producer David Guetta, her soaring vocals are what really make this song. The 3rd girl from Destiny's Child. I am surprised she hasn't had more solo success since she has a great voice too.
So that's my list. Did I leave anyone out? Let me know your thoughts. I would love to hear from you. In the meantime, check out the songs on Itunes or on YouTube.
KiltManinSoCal is a Los Angeles-based writer and designer. Be sure to check out the latest T-Shirts for sale here, including Marriage Equality and Real Men Wear Kilts lines. They make great gifts for friends, family and loved ones.


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On May 18, 2011, at 2:13 AM, Alan Gresley wrote: > On 18/05/2011 2:42 PM, Brad Kemper wrote: >> >> On May 17, 2011, at 8:08 PM, Eric A. Meyer wrote: >> >>> At 16:27 -0700 5/17/11, Brad Kemper wrote: >>> >>>> On May 17, 2011, at 3:33 PM, "Eric A. Meyer"<firstname.lastname@example.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> That's why we have prefixes, as far as I'm concerned-- to let >>>>> implementors fix bugs and keep pace with changing specs. >>>> >>>> How does that help authors who are already using prefixes for 4 >>>> browsers, and users who update at different paces? It doesn't. >>>> The authors would have to remove all the prefixed gradients, and >>>> rely only on the raster images that they had in there as >>>> fallbacks. >>> >>> Of course it doesn't help them, but we can't save everyone. As >>> I've said in the past, the alternative is that we wait for an >>> unprefixed incompatibility to get deadlocked by "we can't change >>> this now, we have customers with web sites that we can't break", >> >> I'm saying we would need a pretty darn good reason to change it even >> now. And I don't think we have one. > > > Yes he does. You have just snipped them out. I will re-include them into this thread. No, I didn't snip out anything that I thought was a good reason for reversing the meaning of the most important part of the gradient (the direction). > 1. Reliving the late 90's all over again. DOCTYPE switching got us out of that mess once. It is very, very unlikely that it could do so again. > > 2. It was pretty awful (DOCTYPE switching), and we still deal with echoes of it today, ten years after a desperate maneuver rescued CSS. I'm sorry, but that is an absurd argument. This is nothing like that. We are not talking about anything like two different box models and no way to handle the difference within CSS. We are talking about degrees that indicate linear, one-dimensional direction being conceptually different from rotational direction, and therefore written according to the appropriate conventions for that. There is no need for switching back and forth with a DOCTYPE-like mechanism, or any mechanism at all. If linear-gradient stays as it is, then there are not modes to switch between. Linear direction is indicated according to conventions for indicating linear directions (where 0deg is just as strongly directional as 90deg), and rotational amount is indicated according to conventions for indicating rotational amounts (where 0deg means do nothing). You don't need anything like DOCTYPEs or meta data to indicate any differently. What would be more like that box-model crisis is if we had some browsers doing the degrees in one way, and other browsers doing them in a completely incompatible way. Which is what WOULD happen for as long as there were older browsers doing it one way and newer browsers doing it another way. And no meta tag or doctype would get us out of that. > I am writing this now even thought I know that there is an error in the implementation of values in gradients for 'linear-gradient' in Firefox 4 and also errors in the implementation of 'repeating-linear-gradient' in Chrome 11 and IE10. The former error could be used as a way around the issue you mention below. You mean some sort of hack to reverse the direction in earlier versions of Firefox. That would hardly be a satisfying solution. >> Sure, things change while the >> thing is indexed, but the changes usually don't make the thing act in >> the opposite manner to the way it did in a major recent release of >> the second-most-used browser. For the site I work on, I would end up >> needing to remove -moz-linear-gradient from wherever I have it, and >> wait until most of my audience was no longer using Firefox 4 anymore >> before I employed it again. > > That the consequence for authors using experimental properties with prefixes. It is the consequence of taking an action that discourages author participation in prefixed values, instead of encouraging it to gain authorial experience with experimental values, as originally intended for prefixes. > A question..., how long has Firefox 4 been out (auto updating from Firefox 3.6)? The answer is two weeks. It is an issue that I cannot dismiss so casually. For the site I manage, only 20% are using the latest version of Firefox (4.01), and 13% are using the 4.0 version. 26% are using 3.6.16, 17% are using 3.6.17, and the rest (nearly a quarter) are using some older version. Old versions stick around for a looooong time, and account for large portions of the traffic. I can't just show upside-down or backwards transitions to thousands of people every month. It is unacceptable. > > Here is the bug in Firefox 4.0.1. > > http://css-class.com/test/bugs/gecko/2-0/angle-linear-gradient-bug.htm That does not seem relevant to this discussion. It looks like FF is parsing percentages (as bg-position) in a place where it should only be looking for degrees or keywords. But anyone authoring according to the current spec, and putting degrees in there instead of percentages, would find consistent behavior across Firefox, Safari nightlies, Chrome, and (I think) IE 10 previews. > I do suggest that when this bug is fixed, the angles of gradient can be changed at the same time. If this happens, then you know how to exploit this current bug by using two vendor prefixes for Gecko. That would be horrid. 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It has faster uptake than Firefox for new versions, but I'd still have to wait until numbers of people with current versions of Chrome are a negligible portion before using a prefixed version that changed that drastically. I don't mind using prefixed versions of some properties and values if I have reasonable fallback. I'm not comfortable saying that my users must have the absolute latest version in order to not see my designs with reversed backgrounds. That does not fit the purpose of the site or many others.Received on Wednesday, 18 May 2011 15:33:23 UTC
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Video game composer extraordinaire Jesper Kyd is at it again with Hitman: Contracts. Kyd's score for the second Hitman game (Hitman 2: Silent Assassin) was an extremely entertaining listen which utilized full orchestra and amazing choral writing. I'm even humming the main theme as I write this. Half of the Hitman 2 album was orchestral and the other half was techno/electronic/ambient. The latter half wasn't that great and what ultimately saves it is the fun orchestral portion.
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This score is made for days where you just have something playing in the background that isn't being paid attention to or to put you in a relaxing trance. If you're a fan of electronic music, I would recommend it. But I feel that Jesper Kyd had a great musical repartee with Hitman 2 and he should have built upon his orchestral styling.
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recycling service in Cardiff for over 10 years, we believe in building
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have an informal and friendly approach and are sure you will feel confident and
at ease with our furniture collection services, what we do we do well by going
that extra mile, we are adaptable demonstrating a can do attitude, we take
pride in our work and have the enthusiasm to achieve our best and deliver
customer satisfaction on every bulky waste collection in Cardiff we undertake,
we understand that every customer has different requirements and expectations,
we will tailor our Cardiff large
furniture collection and disposal service to meet your needs, we consider
competition to be an important aspect of any type of business and recommend
that you get several local household furniture pickup and disposal companies in Cardiff to supply a quotation to clear your property but please give us the
opportunity to be one of them, we are very competitive and will go that extra
mile to win your Bulky waste collection business and provide you with
a professional, efficient and reliable service.
Our Charges
My advice would be to try and sell your items first or give them away to friends or family, then you could try to donate your items to charity or use your local council's bulk waste collection service, if this is not a realistic option for you then give us a ring with a list of the large item's you have to clear and we can give you an estimation of the cost to clear and recycle them, everything that would be left in your property that cannot be sold or donated to charity and needs to be recycled or disposed of would be classed as domestic waste or domestic recycling and could be recycled at your local council recycling center for free subject to you getting it there, (please be aware you cannot use a van or any other commercial vehicle for this), if we or any other business take these items from your property it then becomes commercial waste or commercial recycling so we can only use commercial recycling centers to dispose of or recycle these item's for which there is a charge calculated by weight, our charges are based on these recycling costs plus the time, labor and transportation cost we would incur undertaking the clearance.


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William J. Ryan
Bill has extensive experience in business and transactional law, with an emphasis on commercial real estate. He represents developers, contractors, lender and sellers and buyers of both commercial and residential properties. He has significant experience in the acquisition and negotiation of rights of way and easements by municipalities, utility companies and landowners. He handles matters involving real estate development, land use planning and zoning issues. He has an in depth knowledge of conveyance instruments, title and title insurance matters and litigates real estate related actions, including condemnation and eminent domain. In fact, Bill was appointed the Examiner of Titles for Olmsted County and has served in that capacity since 1994.
Mr. Ryan handles the creation, operation, merger, acquisition and sale of business entities such as corporations, limited liability companies, partnerships and limited partnerships, and general commercial transactions involving such entities.
His practice also includes patent, trademark, copyright and other areas of intellectual property law, such as the creation, registration, protection and licensing of intellectual property. He is admitted to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office as a patent attorney since 1976.
In addition, Bill has been president of the Olmsted County Bar Association and served on the Olmsted County Social Services Advisory Board, the Rochester Area Family Y and the Rochester/Olmsted Community Housing Partnership. He presently serves on the boards of directors of the Zumbro Valley Mental Health Center and The Reading Center.
Areas of Practice
- Banking and Commercial Lending
- Community & Government
- Real Estate
- Business and Transactional Law
- Commercial Real Estate and Real Estate Development
- Community & Government Law
- Condemnation and Eminent Domain
- Intellectual Property Law (Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights)
- Land Use Planning and Zoning
Litigation Percentage
- 25% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Bar Admissions
- Minnesota, 1976
- U.S. District Court District of Minnesota, 1976
- U.S. Federal Courts, 1976
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, 1976
- William Mitchell College of Law, St. Paul, Minnesota
- J.D. cum laude - 1976
- University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota
- Honors: With Distinction
- Major: Aerospace Engineering
Honors and Awards
- Martindale-Hubbell, A-V Rating
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Olmsted County Bar Association, President, 1996 - 1997
- Minnesota State Bar Association
- Minnesota Intellectual Property Law Association