This Magnificent Desolation

Author : Buzz Aldrin
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2009-08-17
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781408807101

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Magnificent Desolation by Buzz Aldrin Pdf

_________________________ THE ESSENTIAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THE SECOND MAN ON THE MOON _________________________ 'Thrilling ... years on, the raw facts of the adventure remain beguiling and the bravery of the astronauts compelling' - SUNDAY TIMES 'Exciting and moving' - DAILY EXPRESS _________________________ Buzz Aldrin, one of the three men who took part in the first moon landing in 1969, is a true American hero. Magnificent Desolation begins with the story of his voyage into space, which came within seconds of failure, and reveals a fascinating insider's view of the American space programme. But that thrilling adventure was only the beginning, as Aldrin battled with his own desolation in the form of depression and alcoholism. This epic journey encompasses the brutally honest tale of Aldrin's self-destruction, and the redemption that came through finding love when hope seemed lost. _________________________ 'Buzz Aldrin might not have been the first man to walk on the Moon, but of all the astronauts to have been there, none of them has articulated their predicament with quite such wisdom and sensitivity' - MAIL ON SUNDAY

Author : Thomas O'Malley
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2014-01-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781408842607

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This Magnificent Desolation by Thomas O'Malley Pdf

A heart-breaking, staggering, soaring novel about war, music, loneliness and the redemptive power of the imagination

Author : Thomas O'Malley
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2013-03-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781608194711

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This Magnificent Desolation by Thomas O'Malley Pdf

Duncan's entire world is the orphanage where he lives, a solitary outpost on the open plains of northern Minnesota. Aged ten in 1980, he has no memories of his life before now, but he has stories that he recites like prayers: the story of how his mother brought him here during the worst blizzard of the century; the story of how God spoke to him at his birth and gave him a special purpose. Duncan is sure that his mother is dead until the day she turns up to claim him. Maggie Bright, a soprano who was once the talent of her generation, now sings in a San Francisco bar through a haze of whisky cut with sharp regret. She often finishes up in the arms of Joshua McGreevey, a Vietnam vet who earns his living as part of a tunneling crew seventy feet beneath the Bay. He smells of sea silt and loam, as if he has been dredged from the deep bottom of the world - and his wounds run deep too. Thrown into this mysterious adult world, Duncan finds comfort in an ancient radio, from which tumble the voices of Apollo mission astronauts who never came home, and dreams of finding his real father. A heart-breaking, staggering, soaring novel, This Magnificent Desolation allows a child's perspective to illuminate a dark world, and explores the creeping devastation of war, the many facets of loneliness, the redemptive power of the imagination, and the possibility of a kind of grace.

Author : Buzz Aldrin,Ken Abraham
Publisher : Three Rivers Press (CA)
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Astronauts
ISBN : 9780307463463

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Magnificent Desolation by Buzz Aldrin,Ken Abraham Pdf

Recounts the astronaut's life and career, including his childhood, the landmark 1969 moon landing, and his battles with alcoholism and depression after his fame.

Author : John Robinson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2021-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0984485619

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Magnificent Desolation by John Robinson Pdf

Author : Buzz Aldrin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1005173835

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Magnificent desolation by Buzz Aldrin Pdf

Author : Heather Cox
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2016-07-10
Category : American poetry
ISBN : 1944899944

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Magnificent Desolation by Heather Cox Pdf

In Magnificent Desolation, the Moon is a promising, new frontier for a couple disillusioned with life on Earth. But when they abandon the third rock for the bright satellite nearby and the distance between their expectations and their reality widens, the speaker and companion struggle to adjust. The poems in Magnificent Desolation juxtapose the marvelous wonders of space with the burning questions that plague the speaker's mind. Is the Moon made of cheese? How long can two people survive--and survive each other--on the Moon?

Author : Elizabeth Missing Sewell,Charlotte Mary Yonge
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1873
Category : Europe
ISBN : WISC:89094690401

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European History: 1003-1154 by Elizabeth Missing Sewell,Charlotte Mary Yonge Pdf

Author : Elizabeth Missing Sewell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1871
Category : Europe
ISBN : STANFORD:36105048708460

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European History by Elizabeth Missing Sewell Pdf

Author : Charles Adolphus Murray Earl of Dunmore
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1893
Category : Asia, Central
ISBN : UOM:39015013163657

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The Pamirs by Charles Adolphus Murray Earl of Dunmore Pdf

Author : California State Agricultural Society
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1894
Category : Electronic
ISBN : CHI:105121250

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Transactions of the California State Agricultural Society by California State Agricultural Society Pdf

Author : California State Agricultural Society
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1894
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OSU:32435021013248

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Transactions by California State Agricultural Society Pdf

Author : California State Agricultural Society
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1894
Category : Agriculture
ISBN : PSU:000053069115

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Report by California State Agricultural Society Pdf

Author : California State Agricultural Society
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1894
Category : Agricultural exhibitions
ISBN : CORNELL:31924065425724

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Report of the California State Agricultural Society by California State Agricultural Society Pdf

Author : California State Board of Agriculture
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1894
Category : Agriculture
ISBN : STANFORD:36105026463021

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Transactions of the California State Agricultural Society by California State Board of Agriculture Pdf