International Moon Day Titles for Higher Education

LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD•NATIONAL BESTSELLER•ABA Indiebound Bestseller•New York Times Book Review Editor’s Choice•A New Yorker Best Book of 2024•An "absorbing" (WSJ) invitation to reexamine our relationship with our closest cosmic companion."Boyle, whose graceful writing is as lulling as a bedtime story...makes the moon feel closer than ever"—The New York Times Book Review

"The authoritative masterpiece" (L. A. Times) on the Apollo space program and NASA's journey to the moonThis acclaimed portrait of heroism and ingenuity captures a watershed moment in human history. The astronauts themselves have called it the definitive account of their missions. On the night of July 20, 1969, our world changed forever when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the moon. Based on in-depth interviews with twenty-three of the twenty-four moon voyagers, as well as those who struggled to get the program moving, A Man on the Moon conveys every aspect of the Apollo missions with breathtaking immediacy and stunning detail.A Man on the Moon is also the basis for the acclaimed miniseries produced by Tom Hanks, From the Earth to the Moon, now airing and streaming again on HBO in celebration of the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11.

A charismatic young president issued the historic Moon landing challenge. This book, which greatly expands the companion PBS series, tell the stories of the visionaries--based on eyewitness accounts and newly discovered archival material--who helped America win the space race with the first lunar landing fifty years ago.

The fascinating story of how NASA sent humans to explore outer space, told through a treasure trove of historical documents--publishing in celebration of NASA's 60th anniversary and with a foreword by Bill Nye

For readers of books on innovation like Jon Gertner's The Idea Factory, Ashlee Vance's Elon Musk, and Walter Isaacson's The Innovators and space and aviation fansThe historic race that reawakened the promise of manned spaceflight.