Product Description: Originally published in 1940, this book contains a lively account of a journey through Mexico by John Brande Trend, the first Professor of Spanish at the University of Cambridge. Trend vividly describes important ancient sites such as Cichén Itzá as well as Spanish traditions that he observed while in Mexico...read more

Product Description: This book presents a comprehensive overview of the programme from its beginnings up to the present, emphasising in particular the degree to which the Soviet space programme is orientated towards military capabilities. This book should be of interest to lecturers and students of defence and strategic studies, Soviet studies and space studies...read more

Traces the development of the Soviet space program from Sputnik to the Mir space station, and looks at future Soviet plans for the exploration of space

Surveys the U.S. and Russian space programs, examines the problems of space travel, and discusses possible cooperative projects for the future

Provides a candid, behind-the-scenes look at the Russian space program since 1957, discussing the designers of the program, the cosmonauts, the successes, the failures, and more

Product Description: A comparison of the American and Soviet space programs.