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GulfWeeklyBookClub – in association with The Bookcase

July 31 - August 6, 2019
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BOOK OF THE WEEK by Linda Jennings – APOLLO 11: THE INSIDE STORY, DAVID WHITEHOUSE, 9781785785122, ICON BOOKS, BD6.400 for Gulf Weekly Book Club members

Fifty years ago, in July 1969, Apollo 11 became the first manned mission to land on the Moon, and Neil Armstrong the first man to step on to its surface. He and his crewmates, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins, were the latest men to risk their lives in this extraordinary scientific, engineering and human venture that would come to define the era.

In Apollo 11: The Inside Story, David Whitehouse reveals the true drama behind the mission, putting it in the context of the wider space race and telling the story in the words of those who took part – based around exclusive interviews with the key players.

This enthralling book takes us from the early rocket pioneers to the shock America received from the Soviets’ launch of the first satellite, Sputnik; from the race to put the first person into space to the iconic Apollo 11 landing and beyond, to the agonising drama of the Apollo 13 disaster and the eventual winding-up of the Apollo programme.

Here is the story as told by the crew of Apollo 11 and the many others who shared in their monumental endeavour. Astronauts, engineers, politicians, NASA officials, Soviet rivals – all tell their own story of a great moment of human achievement.

 

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THE PLANETS, PROF. BRIAN COX & ANDREW COHEN

9780007488841 WILLIAM COLLINS

BD12.200 for Gulf Weekly Book Club members

The bestselling authors of Wonders of the Universe are back with another blockbuster, a groundbreaking exploration of our Solar System as it has never been seen before.

Mercury, a lifeless victim of the Sun’s expanding power. Venus, once thought to be lush and fertile, now known to be trapped within a toxic and boiling atmosphere. Mars, the red planet, doomed by the loss of its atmosphere. Jupiter, twice the size of all the other planets combined, but insubstantial. Saturn, a stunning celestial beauty, the jewel of our Solar System. Uranus, the sideways planet and the first ice giant. Neptune, dark, cold and whipped by supersonic winds. Pluto, the dwarf planet, a frozen rock.

Andrew Cohen and Professor Brian Cox take readers on a voyage of discovery, from the fiery heart of our solar system, to its mysterious outer reaches. They touch on the latest discoveries that have expanded our knowledge of the planets, their moons and how they come to be, alongside recent stunning and mind-boggling NASA photography.

 

MY FAVOURITE

READ OF THE WEEK

WHAT IS THE MOON?, KATIE DAYNES

9781474948210, USBORNE

BD3.900 for Gulf Weekly Book Club members

This recently published book is another sure fire winner in the very popular Usborne’s Very First Lift-the-Flap Questions & Answers series and is the ideal way to help little ones share in the Moon landing anniversary celebrations.

Toddlers are obsessed with lift-the-flap books and this series is a brilliant way to satisfy and encourage their curiosity on a variety of factual topics. 

Explore the magic and mystery of the moon, from why it changes shape and what makes it shine to how astronauts managed to land on it and what they found there. 50 years after the first Moon Landing, this delightful book makes a perfect introduction to the topic for a new generation.







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