Norman Mailer. Moonfire. the Epic Journey of Apollo 11 [Audiobook] download free by Norman Mailer
- Listen audiobook: Norman Mailer. Moonfire. the Epic Journey of Apollo 11
- Author: Norman Mailer
- Release date: 2015/11/14
- Publisher: TASCHEN GMBH
- Language: English
- Genre or Collection: Poetry and Drama
- ISBN: 9783836556224
- Rating: 9.2 of 10
- Votes: 148
- Review by: Karla Chow
- Review rating: 9.14 of 10
- Review Date: 2018/9/6
- Duration: 7H44M11S in 256 kbps (123.2 MB)
- Date of creation of the audiobook: 2018-09-04
- You can listen to this audiobook in formats: MPEG4, AC3, AIFF, AU, MP3, FLAC, WMA, WAV (compression ZIP, LZ, GZ, CBR, RAR)
- Total pages original book: 616
- Includes a PDF summary of 66 pages
- Duration of the summary (audio): 50M45S (13.2 MB)
- Description or summary of the audiobook: It has been called the single most historic event of the 20th century: On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins met John F. Kennedy's call for a manned Moon landing by the end of the 1960s. A decade of tests and training, a staff of 400,000 engineers and scientists, a budget of billions, and the most powerful rocket ever launched all combined in an unprecedented event watched by millions the world over. And no one captured the men, the mood, and the machinery like Norman Mailer.One of the greatest writers of the 20th century, Norman Mailer was hired by LIFE magazine in 1969 to cover the Moon shot. He enhanced his reportage in the brilliantly crafted book, Of a Fire on the Moon, which is excerpted here. Equally adept at examining the science of space travel and the psychology of the men involved-from Saturn V rocket engineer Wernher von Braun to the crucial NASA support staff to the three astronauts-Mailer provides provocative and trenchant insights into this epoch-making event.Illustrating this volume are hundreds of photographs and maps from the NASA vaults, magazine archives, and private collections. These images document the development of the agency and the mission, life inside the command module and on the Moon's surface, and the world's jubilant reaction to the landing. This edition includes an original introduction by Colum McCann and captions by leading Apollo 11 experts, explaining the history and science behind the images, citing the mission log and publications of the day, and postflight astronaut interviews.
- Other categories, genre or collection: Literary Studies: General, Photographs: Collections, Astrophysics, Graphic Novels: Superheroes, Literary Essays, Photography, Photographic Reportage, Graphic Novels, Anime & Manga
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- Format: Hardback
- Approximate value: 31.78 USD
- Dimensions: 140x195x40.64mm
- Weight: 1,202g
- Printed by: Not Available
- Published in: Cologne, Germany
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