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Quick view The Mercury 13: The True Story of Thirteen Women and the Dream of Space Flight by Martha Ackmann For the first time, Martha Ackmann tells the story of the dramatic events surrounding these thirteen remarkable women, all crackerjack pilots and patriots who sometimes sacrificed jobs and marriages for a chance to participate in America's space race... View Details
Quick view The Ditchdigger's Daughter: A Black Family's Astonishing Success Story by Yvonne S Thornton From the tenements of East Harlem to the halls of an Ivy League medical school, Dr. Thornton has written a family biography that is as moving as it is inspiring. View Details
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