Sentence examples for book rocket from inspiring English sources

His first book, Rocket Ship Galileo (1947), was followed by a large number of novels and story collections, including works for children and young adults.

The new book, "Rocket City USA," will tell how Hitler's elite rocket scientists, led by Wernher von Braun, working in Huntsville, Ala., in the 1960's, became cold war heroes by building the rockets that sent Americans to the moon.

In his book, Rocket Girl, George D Morgan tells the story of his mother's journey from North Dakota farm girl to brilliant scientist whose obscure, yet crucial, contributions to the development of a new rocket fuel powered the country's first satellite, Explorer 1. Mr Morgan spoke to the BBC about his mother's lost legacy and the complex nature of fame.

--Former NASA engineer Homer Hickam, whose autobiographical book, Rocket Boysformed the basis of the Hollywood movie October Sky.

In fact, sales of the book rocketed.

The book rocketed up the best-seller lists when Mr. Chavez gave it to newly elected President Obama at a Summit of the Americas in April 2009.

In 1996 when Ms Winfrey picked "Song of Solomon", by Toni Morrison (who also wrote "Beloved"), the book rocketed up the bestseller list and was reprinted 15 times.

In the wake of the debacle, his book rocketed to No. 1 on the pre-order list in Amazon's political-humor section.

But mostly, the book rockets along, powered by the high octane of Cohen's candor, and by off-beat observations that are more essayistic than narrative.

His chapter on pornography, "An Empire of the Obscene," the longest in the book, rockets along on the heels of its protagonist, Reuben Sturman, a wily porn magnate and antigovernment agitator who could make a fine noir hero for Hollywood.

As footage of the encounter appeared on news bulletins, the book rocketed up the US paperback sales chart of the online bookseller Amazon, soaring from number 54,295 to sixth place within 24 hours.