Author:Dan Parry,John Chancer
'It didn't matter that they were now three miles beyond their target site, that communications were dropping out and that they were running low on fuel. All that mattered to Neil as he searched for a safe spot to land was that boulders littered the surface below. "Thirty seconds," called mission control. In truth, the flight controllers were now no more than spectators, just like everybody else. No more needed to be said. It was down to Armstrong.'
It was the ultimate journey and the last great adventure, but no one knew if they were coming back.
On 20 July 1969 millions of people around the world held their breath as a human being looked back at them from the surface of the Moon. Yet who were these men risking so much while the world watched? How did the passionate Buzz Aldrin, inscrutable Michael Collins and enigmatic Neil Armstrong learn to depend on one another as they endured the most intense period of their lives?
From the personal tragedies and triumphs they encountered along the way to the mission's terrifying climax, Moonshot - now also a major TV factual-drama - draws on interviews with many of the leading participants and hundreds of hours of archive material to tell the complete and compelling true story of an event that captured the imagination of generations, then and now.
Dr Louann Brizendine's lucid, lively, and always fascinating discussion of how the male brain works (and why) has enlightened me in more ways than I can count.
—— Jane Fonda, actress and writerDr Louann Brizendine brings the latest in state-of-the-art science in helping us to understand the most ancient and primal of male passions and desires ... Highly recommended.
—— Dr Dean Ornish, author of The Spectrum and Clinical Professor of Medicine, UCLA.The book uses the latest research to follow the male brain from infanthood to old age, with fascinating results.
—— Daily TelegraphA fascinating read... you will pick up some valuable tips to help you understand, appreciate and connect with the men in your life.
—— Helen Fisher, author of Why Him? Why Her?This delightful little book is perfect for parents who want to understand the different methods to do arithmetic their children are learning - and why they are being taught that way. The authors' easy going style and humor should help ease the path for parents for whom mathematics brings feelings of dread
—— Keith Devlin, Stanford University, author of 'The Math Gene' and 'Mathematics Education for a New Era: Video Games as a Medium for Learning'Rob Eastaway and Mike Askew's book is a massive step in this direction and will help banish the lament that "I was never any good at maths at school"
—— Sir Peter William, author of The Williams ReportEye-opening and hugely enjoyable book ... overall this is an original, surprising and rather wonderful addition to our literature of place
—— Sunday TelegraphA book that begs us to use our imaginations; to appreciate what we pass by every day but never really see
—— MetroThis is a delightful and important book. By focusing on the fringes, on the shabby reality of suburban life, these poets remind us that there are always new myths for old, that the 'edgelands' may even be our true centre
—— John Greening , Country LifeWith chapters on paths, dens, wastelands, business parks and many other topics, this book has opened my eyes to all kinds of things I might not have noticed before
—— Wendy Cope , Daily TelegraphA 2011 favourite
—— Wendy Cope , Observer, Books of the YearThe year's most unusual travel book
[An] eye-opening and hugely enjoyable book
—— Daily TelegraphWritten in a delectable prose that scatters flashes of poetry over a sardonic undertow of social comment, Edgelands is a lyrical triumph. On Britain’s grotty margins, the duo trace “desire paths” to find beauty and mystery in the rough darkness on the edge of town
—— Boyd Tonkin , Independent
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