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What I've Learned from You is the story of the lessons of life taught to a doctor by his patients. It takes us on a journey from an inner-city trauma center to the bedside of a dying cancer patient. It explores human relationships and gives an intimate view into the window of the human condition. On the road to becoming a physician, Dr. Kelly longed to find serenity in a world of conflicting ideas and aspirations. The demands of his medical training...
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Adapted from the memoir of NASA astronaut Scott Kelly, who spent a record-breaking year in space.
How does a boy struggling in school become an American hero and a space pioneer? Daredevil behavior? Check. Whether it is sailing leaky boats in the Atlantic Ocean or joining an ambulance corps to race to the rescue, living on the edge is required behavior for an astronaut. Sibling rivalry? Check. An identical twin brother who both cheers you on and...
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"Scott wasn't sure what he wanted to be when he grew up. He struggled in school and often got in trouble with his twin brother, Mark. Then one day Scott discovered a book about test pilots and astronauts that set him on a new path. His new focus led him to fly higher and higher, becoming first a pilot and then an astronaut, along with his brother--the first twin astronauts in history. But his greatest accomplishment of all was commanding the International...
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"Scott Kelly was born for adventure. But exploring takes a lot of energy--and sleep is the super fuel to turbocharge dreams. Luckily, sleeping can be exciting if you're drifting off in the right place. Scott has fallen asleep at the bottom of the ocean, in the cockpit of an F-14 fighter jet, in a yurt on Mount Everest, and of course in space! Join Scott on his many adventures, and maybe they'll inspire dreams of your own!" -- Amazon.com.
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A year in space: Adapted from Time's original digital video series, it takes viewers behind the scenes of astronaut Scott Kelly's twelve-month stay on the International Space Station, where he tests human limits for space travel and lays the groundwork for a manned mission to Mars. The one-hour documentary tracks Scott Kelly's mission from training and launch, through his year aboard the International Space Station, right up through his descent and...
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"El astronauta de la NASA, que pasó un año récord a bordo de la Estación Espacial Internacional nos cuenta cómo es salir al espacio y cómo es ahora, desde aquí. Entre en el mundo fascinante de Scott Kelly y atrévase a ver su mundo de manera diferente. Veterano de cuatro vuelos espaciales y el estadounidense que ha pasado más días consecutivos en el espacio, Scott Kelly ha experimentado cosas que muy pocos de nosotros hemos tenido la oportunidad...
11) Turn It Around
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This documentary spans over 30 years of the California Bay Area’s punk music history with a central focus on the emergence of the inspiring 924 Gilman Street collective. This diverse group of artists, writers, organizers and musicians created a do-it-yourself petri dish that changed the punk scene... and the world at large. Narrated by Iggy Pop. Featuring interviews from Billie Joe Armstrong, Tim Armstrong, Miranda July, Kathleen Hanna, Brett Gurewitz,...
12) Emperor of Sand
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A deeply imaginative and complex conceptual storyline that ponders the nature of time. Threading together the myth of a man sentenced to death in a majestically malevolent desert, the band conjures the grains of a musical and lyrical odyssey slipping quickly through a cosmic hourglass.
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Seeing Science' offers an insightful and reader-friendly collection of essays and pictures about photography's role in visualizing science and building human knowledge?from micro to macro levels and everything in between. Photography and science have long been intertwined, helping to shape the way we look at the world. Scientists use photography as a way to gather information, explore, and learn, but just as important, photography is also used to...
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"The icons of Notre Dame football have assembled to celebrate the history of the Fighting Irish in the first authorized, officially commissioned history of the most storied program in college football. This volume captures more than a century of Notre Dame's most memorable personalities, intense rivalries, and historic clashes. Twenty original essays by a cast of Fighting Irish greats tell the story from the beginning more than 125 years ago all the...
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"Gene 'the Dean' Colan draws Daredevil once again, as Mr. Fear launches his latest campaign of terror! But when Matt comes between his angry ex-love Black Widow and evil mutant Omega Red, he will feel more than the Widow's bite! What deadly game is the Avenger playing? And DD meets DP when Deadpool comes a-calling, but will Typhoid Mary make it an unholy love triangle? And what does it all mean for Deuce the Devil-Dog? Plus, flash back to Matt Murdock's...