Max Raphael
23) Apollo 11
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Just ten years after sending experimental monkeys into space, Neil Armstrong stepped from the ladder of the Apollo 11 spacecraft onto the face of the moon and became the first human being to walk on its surface. The event was one of the crowning achievements in human history. Filled with the rich stories of the people who made it possible, this chronicles the historic mission that brought man to the moon. See how an army of engineers and scientists...
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In School's Out Forever, boarding school student Lee is expelled following a practical joke, but soon finds himself back on campus when a pandemic hits and he has nowhere else to go. With homes deserted, shops empty, and a virus running ravage across the country, teachers and students are forced to team up in order to survive. Things quickly descend into chaos when outsiders breach the parameters and a violent battle for survival ensues.
26) Modern marvels
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An account of the discovery in 1911, by Hiram Bingham, of the ruins of Machu Picchu, the lost city of the Incas in the mountains of Peru, with speculation on the purposes of the complex, the engineering techniques employed in its construction, and the reasons for its abandonment by the Incas.