Man on the Moon - The Voyages of the Apollo Astronauts (Chaikin Andrew)(Paperback / softback)

Man on the Moon - The Voyages of the Apollo Astronauts (Chaikin Andrew)(Paperback / softback)

This is the definitive account of the heroic Apollo programme. When astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin took their 'giant leap for mankind' across a ghostly lunar landscape, they were watched by some 600 million people on Earth 240,000 miles away. Drawing on hundreds of hours of in-depth

Man on the Moon - The Voyages of the Apollo Astronauts (Chaikin Andrew)(Paperback / softback)

The race to the moon was won spectacularly by Apollo 11 on 20 July 1969. This title presents an account of the heroic Apollo programme - from the tragedy of the fire in Apollo 1 during a simulated launch, through the euphoria of the first moonwalk, to the discoveries made by the first scientist in

Stages to Saturn: A Technological History of the Apollo/Saturn Launch Vehicles (Bilstein Roger)(Paperback)

'A classic study of the moon rocket that launched the Apollo astronauts on their voyages of discovery.' Roger Launius, chief historian, National Air and Space Museum'This volume is just one of the many excellent histories produced by government and contract historians for the NASA History Office

Carrying the Fire - An Astronaut's Journeys (Collins Michael)(Paperback / softback)

A special updated anniversary edition of the classic account of the Apollo 11 trip to the

The Apollo Murders - Chris Hadfield

1973: a final, top-secret mission to the Moon. Three astronauts in a tiny module, a quarter of a million miles from home. A quarter of a million miles from help. As Russian and American crews sprint for a secret bounty hidden away on the lunar surface, old rivalries blossom and the political stakes

Survival in Space - The Apollo 13 Mission (Long David)(Paperback / softback)

A fact-filled and captivating recounting of Apollo 13's nail-biting mission to the moon and the disaster that derailed it, from Blue Peter Book Award winner David Long. Particularly suitable for struggling, reluctant or dyslexic readers aged

Usborne Book of the Moon (Cowan Laura)(Pevná vazba)

Welcome to the story of our Moon - a story of Moon dust and Moon rabbits, cheese and astronauts, deep thoughts and bold plans. Read, dream and wonder as you discover ancient legends about the Moon's creation, meet the very first astronomers and learn about the Space Race. Published to celebrate the

Moon Mission: The Epic 400-Year Journey to Apollo 11 (Brouwer Sigmund)(Pevná vazba)

This riveting narrative told from the astronauts' points of view offers a unique approach to the story behind Apollo 11's successful --- though nearly disastrous --- 1969 moon landing. Readers are brought along on the ride of a lifetime, as they relive every step of the mission, including the

Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut's Journeys (Collins Michael)(Paperback)

Reissued with a new preface by the author on the fiftieth anniversary of the Apollo 11 journey to the moonThe years that have passed since Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins piloted the Apollo 11 spacecraft to the moon in July 1969 have done nothing to alter the fundamental wonder of

Apollo: The Definitive Sourcebook (Orloff Richard W.)(Paperback)

On 25 May 1961, John F Kennedy announced the goal of landing an American man on the Moon by the end of the decade. This challenge forced NASA to review the planned lunar landing of a three-man spaceship named Apollo in the mid-1970s. In 1962, it was decided that a specialized vehicle would

Man on the Moon - a day in the life of Bob (Bartram Simon)(Paperback / softback)

A Voyage to the Moon (Bergerac Cyrano de)(Paperback)

In A Voyage to the Moon, the narrator (called, like the author, Cyrano de Bergerac), after a failed first attempt to reach the moon using vials of dewdrops, finally makes it into space and to his desired destination using the more scientific means of a rocket-powered craft. After landing, he

Fire on the Moon (Mailer Norman)(Paperback / softback)

Tells the scarcely credible story of the Apollo 11 mission. This book is suffused with Mailer's obsession both with the astronauts themselves and with his own anxieties and terrors about the extremity of what they were trying to

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader - Lewis Clive Staples

A beautiful paperback edition of The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, book five in the classic fantasy series, The Chronicles of Narnia. This edition is complete with cover and interior art by the original illustrator of Narnia, Pauline Baynes.A king and some unexpected companions embark on a voyage

Man Who Loved Libraries - The Story of Andrew Carnegie(Paperback / softback)

A beautifully illustrated picture book telling the amazing life story of Scottish born Andrew Carnegie, and his legacy of over 2500 public libraries. Rising from poverty to fabulous wealth, he built his first library in Dunfermline, Scotland - his birthplace. His life and philanthropy is simply

For All Mankind (Hurt Harry III (author))(Paperback / softback)

Originally published in 1988, an extraordinary, dramatic history of the first voyages to the moon - newly updated for the 50th anniversary of the 1969 Apollo 11 moon

Voyage of the Beagle (Darwin Charles)(Paperback / softback)

Charles Darwin's account of the momentous voyage which set in motion the current of intellectual events leading to The Origin of Species When HMS Beagle sailed out of Devonport on 27 December 1831, Charles Darwin was twenty-two and setting off on the voyage of a lifetime. His journal, here

Apollo to the Moon: A History in 50 Objects (Muir-Harmony Teasel)(Pevná vazba)

A celebration of the 50th anniversary of NASA's Apollo missions to the moon, this narrative uses 50 key artifacts from the Smithsonian archives to tell the story of the groundbreaking space exploration program. Bold photographs, fascinating graphics, and engaging stories commemorate the 20th

Man Who Fell In Love With The Moon (Spanbauer Tom)(Paperback / softback)

The cult gay classic of the early 1990s, reissued to mark the year of the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riotsBetween nights, earning his keep at Excellent, Idaho's outrageously pink whorehouse, Shed or, Duivichi-un-Dua - lives a life of drinking, talking and smoking opium stardust with his

Shadow of the Silk Road - (Vintage Voyages) (Thubron Colin)(Paperback / softback)

Vintage Voyages: A world of journeys, from the tallest mountains to the depths of the mind On buses, donkey carts, trains, jeeps and camels, Colin Thubron traces the drifts of the first great trade route out of the heart of China into the mountains of Central Asia, across northern Afghanistan and

Astronaut's Cat (Riddle Tohby)(Pevná vazba)

A delightful story that celebrates the wonders of the Moon, the curiosity of cats and the precious beauty of

The Apollo Guidance Computer: Architecture and Operation (O'Brien Frank)(Paperback)

The technological marvel that facilitated the Apollo missions to the Moon was the on-board computer. In the 1960s most computers filled an entire room, but the spacecraft's computer was required to be compact and low power. Although people today find it difficult to accept that it was possible to

Rings of Saturn - (Vintage Voyages) (Sebald W.G.)(Paperback / softback)

Vintage Voyages: A world of journeys, from the tallest mountains to the depths of the mindWhat begins as the record of a journey on foot through coastal East Anglia becomes the great, constellated story of people and cultures past and present: of Chateaubriand, Thomas Browne, Swinburne and Conrad,

By the Light of the Moon (Percival Tom)(Paperback / softback)