If you are a football fan and have not read this book, you are missing out

We all love the idea of owning our boyhood club but [Jordan's] memoir strips away the romance in a frequently hilarious, often alarming account

No punches pulled

A frank and brutal insight into why football and business don't mix

I couldn't help laughing... He can't half tell a story

Brash, flash and full of bottle-blond ambition

One hell of a read

Bad luck and bad decisions make for a page-turning read

Ripe with detail and wincingly beliveable

An important document to have arrived in the world of football

A lively offering... A good read and at times highly amusing

Compelling and revealing

One of the best books ever written about NewSpace . . . An incredibly entertaining account of today's space industry . . . Well-written and thrilling . . . When the Heavens Went on Sale is a timely read that introduces readers to the exciting business of launching small satellites. The space-based economy is just getting started

Well-researched and insightful . . . An excellent addition to science or biography collections

A fascinating read about an emerging, rapidly changing industry . . . If, for any reason, you thought the people in the space industry were boring, When the Heavens Went on Sale will make it clear they far from it

The book chronicles an enthralling Wild West of ego, idealism, and regulation-skirting greed, where soaring dreams are weighed down by economics and physics. CEOs, investors, engineers, and welders alike are smitten, but their efforts yield mostly pedestrian tools that track cargo ships, measure crop growth, or make phone calls. Still, the projects keep multiplying. "Something about space," Vance writes, "allows humans to perceive themselves as being part of a timeless story and casting their lot in with the infinite

Full of colorful people, risky investments, and teachable explosions, Vance's book is fascinating