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Paragon Softcover
October
2010
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Buzz Aldrin with Ken Abraham
Magnificent Desolation
The Long Journey Home From the Moon
Forty years ago, Buzz Aldrin became the second man to set foot on the moon. The event remains one of mankind’s greatest achievements, witnessed by the largest television audience in history. Millions more have seen the iconic
photograph of Aldrin standing on the Moon with the blackness of space behind him. He described what he saw as ‘magnificent desolation’. The flight of Apollo 11 made Aldrin famous, yet few know the rest of the story. Aldrin tells of the landing that came within seconds of failure, and of life as one
of the superstars of America’s space program. He returned to an Air Force career stripped of purpose or direction, other than as a public relations tool, and depression and alcoholism followed. As an adventure story, a searing memoir of self-destruction and self-renewal, and as a visionary rallying cry to once again set our course for Mars and beyond, Magnificent Desolation is the thoroughly human story of a genuine hero.
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Dame Vera Lynn
Some Sunny Day
Born Vera Welch on 20 March, 1917 in the East End of London, Dame Vera Lynn’s career as a professional singer began at just seven years old. A successful radio career followed, but it was with World War II that she became famous. Vera connected emotionally with the men fighting for their country and became known as ‘The Forces’ Sweetheart’. Performing songs such as We’ll Meet Again and The White Cliffs of Dover, Vera toured
Egypt, India and Burma. Vera is still involved with veteran and other charities. This is the extraordinary story of her life and her war.
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Alison Weir
The Lady in the Tower
The imprisonment and execution of Queen Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII’s second wife, was unprecedented in English history. Anne was
imprisoned in the Tower of London on 2 May 1536, and found guilty of high treason on 15 May. Her supposed crimes included adultery with five men and plotting the King’s death. But was the evidence fabricated so that Henry VIII could marry Jane Seymour? Alison Weir has reassessed the evidence and created a richly researched and detailed portrait of the last days of one of the most influential and important figures in English history.
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