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The Golden Age of the Great Passenger Airships: Graf Zeppelin and Hindenburg

Drawing on the extensive photographs, notes, diaries, reports, recorded data, and manuals he coll...

Begin with the Past: Building the National Museum of African American History and Culture

Rising on the National Mall next to the Washington Monument, the National Museum of African Ameri...

Guide to Smithsonian Gardens PB

A beautifully illustrated guide to the colorful gardens that surround the Smithsonian museums alo...

The Bark Canoes and Skin Boats of North America

The bark canoes of the North American Indians, particularly those of birchbark, were among the mo...

Dinosaurs: How They Lived and Evolved

Smithsonian Book of Air & Space Tri PB

Who was the first person to dine in space? How long was the Wright brothers's first successful fl...

Darwin

The life and career of scientist Charles Darwin presented in graphic novel format.

Time and Navigation: The Untold Story of Getting from Here to There

If you want to know where you are, you need a good clock. The surprising connection between time ...

The Kremlin’s Nuclear Sword: The Rise and Fall of Russia’s Strategic Nuclear Forces 1945-2000

The prevailing Western view of Russia's Cold War strategic nuclear weapons policy is that it resu...

Tex Johnston

One of America's most daring and accomplished test pilots, Tex Johnston flew the first US jet air...

The Rocket and the Reich: Peenemunde and the Coming of the Ballistic Missile Era

WINNER OF THE DEXTER PRIZE OF THE SOCIETY FOR THE HISTORY OF TECHNOLOGY Launched by the Third Rei...

Moon Lander

Chief engineer Thomas J. Kelly gives a firsthand account of designing, building, testing, and fly...