( Read more... )

Book 11: Defying Limits: Lessons from the Edge of the Universe by Dr. Dave Williams - 215 pages

Description from bookdepository.co.uk:An inspirational, uplifting, and life-affirming memoir about passion, resilience, and living life to the fullest, from Dr. Dave Williams, one of Canada's most accomplished astronauts. I had dreamt about becoming an ( Read more... )

Nothing like being prompt with posting this!

1. Saga: Volume 1 by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples - 176 pages
2. Finland: 100 Years of Success edited by Antti Kekola - 235 pages
3. Saga: Volume 2 by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples - 160 pages
4. An Astronaut’s Guide to Life on Earth by Chris Hadfield - 311 pages
5. Notorious Nineteen by ( Read more... )

Book 42: Light of the Stars: Alien Worlds and the Fate of the Earth by Adam Frank - 250 pages

Description from bookdepository.co.uk:Light of the Stars tells a radically new story about what we are: one world in a universe awash in planets. Building on his widely discussed scientific papers and The New York Times op-eds, astrophysicist Adam Frank ( Read more... )

( Read more... )

Book 38: Honeysuckle Creek: The Story of Tom Reid, A Little Dish and Neil Armstrong’s First Step by Andrew Tink - 255 pages

Description from bookdepository.co.uk:Honeysuckle Creek reveals the pivotal role that the tracking station at Honeysuckle Creek, near Canberra, played in the first moon landing. Andrew Tink gives a gripping account of the ( Read more... )

Book 17: Accessory to War: The Unspoken Alliance between Astrophysics and the Military by Neil DeGrasse Tyson and Avis Lang - 549 pages

Description from bookdepository.co.uk:In this fascinating foray into the millennia-long relationship between science and military power, acclaimed astrophysicist and "the world's best science communicator" (Times ( Read more... )

Book 4: An Astronaut’s Guide to Life on Earth by Chris Hadfield - 311 pages

Description from bookdepository.co.uk:Back on the earth after three spaceflights, Chris Hadfield's captivating memoir An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth reveals extraordinary stories from his life as an astronaut, and shows how to make the impossible a reality ( Read more... )

Book 30: Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil DeGrasse Tyson - 208 pages

Description from bookdepository.co.uk:There's no better guide through mind-expanding questions such as what the nature of space and time is, how we fit within the universe, and how the universe fits within us than Neil deGrasse Tyson ( Read more... )

( Read more... )