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Tag: Constellations

Jack Johnson, Eddie Vedder, Kawika Kahiapo – Constellations

May 21, 2015 6:03 pm Robert Zimmerman

An evening pause: Performed live at the Kokua Festival 2007.

Hat tip Danae.

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Conscious Choice cover

In this ground-breaking new history of early America, historian Robert Zimmerman not only exposes the lie behind The New York Times 1619 Project that falsely claims slavery is central to the history of the United States, he also provides profound lessons about the nature of human societies, lessons important for Americans today as well as for all future settlers on Mars and elsewhere in space.

 

Conscious Choice: The origins of slavery in America and why it matters today and for our future in outer space, is available everywhere for $3.99 (before discount) at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and all ebook vendors. Or you can purchase it directly from my ebook publisher here. And if you buy it from ebookit the author will get a bigger cut much sooner

 

“Zimmerman’s ground-breaking history provides every future generation the basic framework for establishing new societies on other worlds. We would be wise to heed what he says.”
—Robert Zubrin, founder of the Mars Society

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Pioneer cover

From the moment he is handed a possibility of making the first alien contact, Saunders Maxwell decides he will do it, even if doing so takes him through hell and back. Unfortunately, that is exactly where that journey takes him.

 

A riveting new science fiction book by Robert Zimmerman that captures the heart of the human spirit, willing to push forward no matter the odds, no matter the cost.

 

Available everywhere for $3.99 (before discount) at amazon, Barnes & Noble, all ebook vendors, or direct from my ebook publisher, ebookit.

 

So now I stand on earthside shore,
And wonder what I am.
I must go out and find my home.
The journey’s what I am.

 

Chorus:
O Pioneer! O Pioneer!
Where do you go from here?
O Pioneer! O Pioneer!
The stars are far too near.

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Genesis cover

The ebook edition of Genesis: the Story of Apollo 8 includes a foreword by Valerie Anders and a new introduction by Robert Zimmerman.

 

Available everywhere for $5.99 (before discount) at amazon, or direct from the publisher, ebookit. If you buy from ebookit the author gets a bigger cut much sooner.

 
The audiobook is also available at all these vendors, and is also free with a 30-day trial membership to Audible.

 

“Not simply about one mission, [Genesis] is also the history of America’s quest for the moon… Zimmerman has done a masterful job of tying disparate events together into a solid account of one of America’s greatest human triumphs.”
–San Antonio Express-News

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Conscious Choice cover

With only 10 9 8 7 6 copies left of the now out-of-print hardback of Leaving Earth, I have raised the price to $100 for buying an autographed copy of this rare collector’s item. That price goes up substantially after I have sold the next book and only have five left.

 

To get your copy while the getting is good, please send a $105 check (which includes $5 shipping) payable to Robert Zimmerman to
 

Behind The Black, c/o Robert Zimmerman
P.O.Box 1262
Cortaro, AZ 85652

 

Leaving Earth is also available as an inexpensive ebook!

 

Leaving Earth: Space Stations, Rival Superpowers, and the Quest for Interplanetary Travel, can be purchased as an ebook everywhere for only $3.99 (before discount) at amazon, Barnes & Noble, all ebook vendors, or direct from my ebook publisher, ebookit. If you buy it from ebookit, the author gets a bigger cut much sooner.

 

 

“Leaving Earth is one of the best and certainly the most comprehensive summary of our drive into space that I have ever read. It will be invaluable to future scholars because it will tell them how the next chapter of human history opened.”
— Arthur C. Clarke

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Blacklisted Americans

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  • Today’s blacklisted American: University of Arizona gives free tuition to American Indians; All other races must pay
  • Today’s blacklisted American: Amazon employees demand company blackball everyone who disagrees with them
  • Today’s blacklisted American: Lincoln bust and Gettysburg Address plaque removed from Cornell library because “someone complained”
  • Pushback: Students win major settlement with college for denying them their free speech rights
  • Pushback: Supreme Court rules in favor of HS football coach fired for praying
  • Today’s blacklisted Americans: Lawyers who won NY gun rights case in Supreme Court blackballed by their law firm
  • Pushback: University of Houston forced to allow free speech to settle lawsuit by conservatives
  • Today’s blacklisted American: School board threatens parent with lawsuit if she doesn’t shut up
  • Today’s blacklisted American: Student gov’t demands blacklisting of every club that does not endorse the queer agenda
  • NIH to discriminate against whites in awarding research grants

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  • Conscious Choice:
    The origins of slavery in America and why it matters today and for our future in outer space
  • Pioneer
  • Genesis, the Story of Apollo 8
  • Capitalism in Space
  • Leaving Earth
  • The Chronological Encyclopedia of Discoveries in Space
  • The Universe in a Mirror
  • Circuit Hikes of Southern Arizona

Recent And Upcoming Appearances

    • Radio: every Tuesday, and Thursday on the John Batchelor Show, syndicated nationally. Appearance times and days may vary, depending on events.

 

  • Radio: June 1, 2022, the John Batchelor Show, syndicated nationally and available here and here.
  • Radio: June 3, 2022, the John Batchelor Show, syndicated nationally and available here and here.
  • Radio: June 9, 2022, the John Batchelor Show, syndicated nationally and available here and here.
  • Radio: June 10, 2022, the John Batchelor Show, syndicated nationally and available here and here.
  • Podcast: June 14, 2022, Pratt on Texas with Robert Pratt. Available here.
  • Radio: June 15, 2022, the John Batchelor Show, syndicated nationally and available here and here.
  • Radio: June 17, 2022, the John Batchelor Show, syndicated nationally and available here and here.
  • Radio: June 22, 2022, the John Batchelor Show, syndicated nationally and available here and here.
  • Radio: June 24, 2022, the John Batchelor Show, syndicated nationally and available here and here.
  • Radio: June 29, 2022, the John Batchelor Show, syndicated nationally and available here and here.
  • Radio: July 1, 2022, the John Batchelor Show, syndicated nationally and available here and here.

 

  • Radio: July 5, 2022, 7:00-9:00 pm (Pacific), The Space Show with David Livingston..
  • Radio: July 7, 2022, 12:10-12:50 am (Central), WCCO-AM, with Steve Thomson, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota.

 

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