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Books narrated by Eugene Cernan

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  • The Last Man on the Moon

    One Man's Part in Mankind's Greatest Adventure

    From the Apollo 17 commander and NASA veteran, "an exciting, insider's take on what it was like to become one of the first humans in space" ( Publishers Weekly).Eugene Cernan was a unique American who came of age as an astronaut during the most exciting and dangerous decade of space flight. His career spanned the entire Gemini and Apollo programs, from being the first person to spacewalk all the ... Read more

    $19.19 CAD

  • Audiobook

    Last Man On the Moon, The

    by Eugene Cernan ...
    Narrated by Eugene Cernan ...

    Abridged

    5 hours 10 min

    This is the story of a unique American hero who came of age as an astronaut during the few dramatic years when man reached the moon. Cernan's career spanned the entire Apollo program, from the tragic fire that killed three of his comrades on Apollo 1, through the moment when he left man's last footprint on the moon as commander of Apollo 17.This is the inside story of how space was conquered, and ... Read more

    $49.46 CAD

  • Fallen Astronauts

    Heroes Who Died Reaching for the Moon, Revised Edition

    Series series Outward Odyssey: A People's History of Spaceflight
    Near the end of the Apollo 15 mission, David Scott and fellow moonwalker James Irwin conducted a secret ceremony unsanctioned by NASA: they placed on the lunar soil a small tin figurine called The Fallen Astronaut, along with a plaque bearing a list of names. By telling the stories of those sixteen astronauts and cosmonauts who died in the quest to reach the moon between 1962 and 1972, this book ... Read more

    $40.69 CAD

  • Sisters in Captivity

    Sister Betty Jeffrey OAM and the courageous story of Australian Army nurses in Sumatra, 1942–1945

    by Colin Burgess ...
    The incredible account of Sister Betty Jeffrey OAM and the Australian war nurses who survived the bombing of evacuation ship SS Vyner Brooke in February 1942, and subsequently spent three years in Japanese prison camps in Sumatra.During those perilous years surviving in squalid conditions, Sister Jeffrey kept a secret diary of day-to-day events which, after the war, was turned into a hugely ... Read more

    $17.52 CAD

  • Failure Is Not an Option

    Mission Control from Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond

    by Gene Kranz ...
    This New York Times bestselling memoir of a veteran NASA flight director tells riveting stories from the early days of the Mercury program through Apollo 11 (the moon landing) and Apollo 13, for both of which Kranz was flight director.Gene Kranz was present at the creation of America’s manned space program and was a key player in it for three decades. As a flight director in NASA’s Mission Control ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • The Greatest Adventure

    A History of Human Space Exploration

    by Colin Burgess ...
    Series series Kosmos
    The space race was perhaps the greatest technological contest of the 20th century. It was a thrilling era of innovation, discovery and exploration, as astronauts and cosmonauts were launched on space missions of increasing length, complexity and danger.The Greatest Adventure traces the events of this extraordinary period, describing the initial string of Soviet achievements: the first satellite in ... Read more

    $39.89 CAD

  • Sisters Under Fire

    The extraordinary courage of two Australian nurses at war

    by Colin Burgess ...
    The heroic accounts of Australian Army Nursing Sisters Margaret Anderson and Vera Torney who survived the perilous evacuation of Singapore in 1942.The nursing profession is one historically filled with everyday heroes whose work often makes the difference between life and death. Yet Nursing Sisters Margaret Anderson and Vera Torney of the 2/13th Australian General Hospital felt far from heroic as ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • Australia's Dambusters

    Flying into Hell with 617 Squadron

    by Colin Burgess ...
    A truly comprehensive account of 617 Squadron, RAF, who carried out one of the most dangerous and audacious aerial bombing raids of World War II.It was the evening of 16 May 1943.Nineteen modified Lancaster bombers from 617 Squadron RAF, under the command of youthful Wing Commander Guy Gibson, roared into the night sky from their Lincolnshire base. They were on a top-secret Bomber Command mission, ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • Australia's Greatest Escapes

    Gripping tales of wartime bravery

    by Colin Burgess ...
    Australia's greatest escape stories from two world warsAustralia’s Greatest Escapes is a collection of stories about the most hazardous aspect of the prisoner of war experience – escape. Here is all the adventure, suspense and courage of ordinary Australians who defied their captors; men who tunnelled to freedom, crawled through stinking drains, or clawed a passage beneath barbed wire in a ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • Audiobook

    Australia's Greatest Escapes

    Gripping tales of wartime bravery

    by Colin Burgess ...
    Narrated by Steve Shanahan ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 7 min

    Australia's greatest escape stories from two world warsAustralia’s Greatest Escapes is a collection of stories about the most hazardous aspect of the prisoner of war experience – escape. Here is all the adventure, suspense and courage of ordinary Australians who defied their captors; men who tunnelled to freedom, crawled through stinking drains, or clawed a passage beneath barbed wire in a ... Read more

    $38.46 CAD

  • Australia's Aviation Heroes

    True stories from our airmen at war

    by Colin Burgess ...
    From the author of bestselling Sisters in Captivity, seven remarkable stories of men who served from WWI to Korea – their wartime exploits and achievements through aviation**.**Based on personal interviews conducted by the author over many years, Australia’s Aviation Heroes celebrates the achievements of extraordinary men in extraordinary times.Meet Jack Treacy, the WWI fighter pilot who came ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

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    Portraits of Courage

    Inspiring true stories of heroic Australian women in times of war

    by Colin Burgess ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 30 min

    True stories of strength and spirit from Australian women who served across a century of warThroughout Australia’s history, women have willingly and courageously stepped into the chaos of war, defying societal expectations and establishing a turning point in our national and military history. While they were largely prohibited from direct combat, thousands signed up, volunteered, and crossed ... Read more

    $34.34 CAD

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