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Miss Kopp Just Won't Quit by Amy Stewart
Suspenseful … boasts a deeper emphasis on character, politics, and social issues. A must for Constance’s growing fan base.
Booklist, starred review
Stewart's intrepid deputy sheriff is back, this time enmeshed in a 1916 local election with uncomfortable contemporary resonance … Constance may just have turned 40, but this tough-minded, generous-hearted believer in second chances and equal rights for women looks set for many more adventures. A welcome addition to this sui generis series, always fresh thanks to its vividly imagined characters firmly grounded in historical fact.
Kirkus, starred review
Stewart skillfully builds nail-biting suspense … The blend of practicality, forthrightness, and compassion in her first-person narration is sure to satisfy series fans and win new admirers.
Publishers Weekly
Miss Kopp Just Won’t Quit is everything I look for in solid historical fiction … Constance Kopp makes a fierce and lively heroine who stands out as a “strong female character” in all the
best ways.
Dee Carey, Half-deserted Streets
The talented author has made a well-researched, rollicking story out of the three of them and Sheriff Heath, so that the reader can experience a flavour of life for women in the early 1900s in New Jersey just before the war.
Caitlln Hicks, New York Journal of Books
The books are based on actual events with characters and deeds embellished to create marvellous historical novels. The present book finds Constance as both deputy and matron of the female prisoners at the Hackensack county jail in the autumn of 1916. Though she often sleeps at the jail, she still lives on the farm with her sisters ... the novel excels in revisiting a vanished time, place and sensibility.
Katherine A. Powers, The Washington Post
Booklist, starred review
Stewart's intrepid deputy sheriff is back, this time enmeshed in a 1916 local election with uncomfortable contemporary resonance … Constance may just have turned 40, but this tough-minded, generous-hearted believer in second chances and equal rights for women looks set for many more adventures. A welcome addition to this sui generis series, always fresh thanks to its vividly imagined characters firmly grounded in historical fact.
Kirkus, starred review
Stewart skillfully builds nail-biting suspense … The blend of practicality, forthrightness, and compassion in her first-person narration is sure to satisfy series fans and win new admirers.
Publishers Weekly
Miss Kopp Just Won’t Quit is everything I look for in solid historical fiction … Constance Kopp makes a fierce and lively heroine who stands out as a “strong female character” in all the
best ways.
Dee Carey, Half-deserted Streets
The talented author has made a well-researched, rollicking story out of the three of them and Sheriff Heath, so that the reader can experience a flavour of life for women in the early 1900s in New Jersey just before the war.
Caitlln Hicks, New York Journal of Books
The books are based on actual events with characters and deeds embellished to create marvellous historical novels. The present book finds Constance as both deputy and matron of the female prisoners at the Hackensack county jail in the autumn of 1916. Though she often sleeps at the jail, she still lives on the farm with her sisters ... the novel excels in revisiting a vanished time, place and sensibility.
Katherine A. Powers, The Washington Post
Suburbia: the familiar and forgotten by Warren Kirk
The sentiment that flows through these images is a balm to the knowledge that time is passing and things will change.
William McInnes
It’s a nostalgia-soaked coffee table book ... A time capsule.
Smith Journal
Kirk’s imagery is strikingly evocative, at times achingly nostalgic, and at others unexpected and strange as he moves between ’50s-era kitchens in Ringwood, hair salons in Murrumbeena, elaborate Brunswick backyards and empty grocery stores in Northcote. It’s a beautiful and stoic collection of time-weathered workplaces, cars and faces; a study in forgotten typography; and a chronicle of buildings that gentrification forgot – or just hasn’t discovered yet.
Ellen Fraser, Broadsheet Melbourne
Warren Kirk's photos will strike a chord with anyone who's grown up in the Australian suburbs in the past 50 years … Taken with loving attention and considerable skill, and with the utmost respect for the people and places that appear in them, Kirk's photos of shops and houses, of gardens and lounge-rooms, of people surrounded by the things they love, are evocative and nostalgic.
Australian Photography
In Suburbia, antiquated barbershops and vacant shopfronts rub up against the kitsch and the colourful in a collection that invites the eye to drift through suburbs from all points of the Melbourne compass.
Star Weekly
I was instantly in awe of his ability to distil oft overlooked scenes of our vast city. These vignettes of life in the ‘burbs illicit a distinct sense of nostalgia.
The Design Files
Part archivist, part archaeologist, Kirk is motivated by a desire to bring hidden beauty to the fore and, in doing so, stop it from being lost forever.
ABC
From the dingy Chinese takeaway, the quirkily clipped hedges and formica tables, to the cluttered speciality stores and faded weatherboard, Kirk’s photographs are so vivid you can practically smell the fried food, lawn clippings and motel-room mustiness wafting off the page.
Sally Pryor, The Canberra Times
His new collection of photos, Suburbia, is affectionate but precise, and documents a community in evolution. The sentiment that flows through his image is a balm to the knowledge that time is passing and things will change. These photos are luminous and incandescent, like a light bulb burning brightest just before the element goes.
William McInnes, Assemble Papers
His new book, Suburbia, is full of quirky finds.
Ross Bilton, Weekend Australia
What she [Kim Walvisch] and Kirk are creating is an archive of how Melbourne once looked. What that picture will look like in another decade or two is anyone’s guess. For Kirk it is about documenting a particular reality but it’s also creating objects of beauty.
Kerrie O’Brien, The Saturday Age
William McInnes
It’s a nostalgia-soaked coffee table book ... A time capsule.
Smith Journal
Kirk’s imagery is strikingly evocative, at times achingly nostalgic, and at others unexpected and strange as he moves between ’50s-era kitchens in Ringwood, hair salons in Murrumbeena, elaborate Brunswick backyards and empty grocery stores in Northcote. It’s a beautiful and stoic collection of time-weathered workplaces, cars and faces; a study in forgotten typography; and a chronicle of buildings that gentrification forgot – or just hasn’t discovered yet.
Ellen Fraser, Broadsheet Melbourne
Warren Kirk's photos will strike a chord with anyone who's grown up in the Australian suburbs in the past 50 years … Taken with loving attention and considerable skill, and with the utmost respect for the people and places that appear in them, Kirk's photos of shops and houses, of gardens and lounge-rooms, of people surrounded by the things they love, are evocative and nostalgic.
Australian Photography
In Suburbia, antiquated barbershops and vacant shopfronts rub up against the kitsch and the colourful in a collection that invites the eye to drift through suburbs from all points of the Melbourne compass.
Star Weekly
I was instantly in awe of his ability to distil oft overlooked scenes of our vast city. These vignettes of life in the ‘burbs illicit a distinct sense of nostalgia.
The Design Files
Part archivist, part archaeologist, Kirk is motivated by a desire to bring hidden beauty to the fore and, in doing so, stop it from being lost forever.
ABC
From the dingy Chinese takeaway, the quirkily clipped hedges and formica tables, to the cluttered speciality stores and faded weatherboard, Kirk’s photographs are so vivid you can practically smell the fried food, lawn clippings and motel-room mustiness wafting off the page.
Sally Pryor, The Canberra Times
His new collection of photos, Suburbia, is affectionate but precise, and documents a community in evolution. The sentiment that flows through his image is a balm to the knowledge that time is passing and things will change. These photos are luminous and incandescent, like a light bulb burning brightest just before the element goes.
William McInnes, Assemble Papers
His new book, Suburbia, is full of quirky finds.
Ross Bilton, Weekend Australia
What she [Kim Walvisch] and Kirk are creating is an archive of how Melbourne once looked. What that picture will look like in another decade or two is anyone’s guess. For Kirk it is about documenting a particular reality but it’s also creating objects of beauty.
Kerrie O’Brien, The Saturday Age
One Last Spin: the power and peril of the pokies by Drew Rooke
Timely and meticulously researched, One Last Spin is a candid, important investigation into the predatory rise of pokies in Australia by a fresh new voice in Australian journalism.
Anna Krien
A masterfully researched and skilfully written account of a virus that has flourished unchecked for decades. At once a page-turner, sociological study, and damning indictment, Drew Rooke has provided us with further proof — if ever it were needed — of the calamity that is the poker machine industry.
David Leser, Journalist and Author of To Begin to Know: Walking in the Shadows of My Father
Early in Drew Rooke’s One Last Spin, a gambling counsellor tells him, “Australia has pokies the way America has guns.” This book is an affirmation of that claim: the social harm poker machines create; the political leverage of the gambling lobby; the fallacy that pokies are somehow a force for communal good and intrinsic to some archetypal idea of Australianness. Through interviews with addicts, academics, opponents, clubs management, and industry peddlers, Rooke shows how pervasive and poisonous the situation has become — and how, learning from past defeats, the campaign to halt the march of the “VIP Lounge” is gaining momentum. This is a brave and compassionate work of advocacy journalism by a fresh new voice in Australian nonfiction.
Sam Vincent, Journalist and Author of Blood and Guts: Dispatches from the Whale Wars
This could have been a mightily depressing book. And yet it’s not – largely because Drew Rooke makes for an amiable guide, inspiring sympathy for the people he meets.
The Saturday Age
One Last Spin is a meticulously researched, compelling, shocking work on journalism. Rooke moves effectively from the history of pokies in Australia to profiles of people affected by gambling addiction, and includes interviews with industry figureheads, researchers and club employees. It’s an important book concerning a problem that will hopefully continue gathering momentum as an urgent political issue.
Good Reading
Compelling reading.
Hawkes Bay Weekend
One Last Spin gives readers an eye-opening and somewhat harrowing glance inside the world of the pokies, both from the perspective of those who play it, and those who run it, providing a comprehensive investigation into gambling-related issues in urban, suburban and regional Australia.
Kill Your Darlings
I was immediately intrigued by the sad compelling nature of his book, a mixture of personal anecdote, stories of people in the grip of gambling addiction, academic research and interviews with those researching and working in the gambling industry.
Julia Tsalis, Writing NSW
An eye-opening read about the insidious nature of pokies in Australia and their grip on our society.
Julia Tsalias, Writing NSW
Anna Krien
A masterfully researched and skilfully written account of a virus that has flourished unchecked for decades. At once a page-turner, sociological study, and damning indictment, Drew Rooke has provided us with further proof — if ever it were needed — of the calamity that is the poker machine industry.
David Leser, Journalist and Author of To Begin to Know: Walking in the Shadows of My Father
Early in Drew Rooke’s One Last Spin, a gambling counsellor tells him, “Australia has pokies the way America has guns.” This book is an affirmation of that claim: the social harm poker machines create; the political leverage of the gambling lobby; the fallacy that pokies are somehow a force for communal good and intrinsic to some archetypal idea of Australianness. Through interviews with addicts, academics, opponents, clubs management, and industry peddlers, Rooke shows how pervasive and poisonous the situation has become — and how, learning from past defeats, the campaign to halt the march of the “VIP Lounge” is gaining momentum. This is a brave and compassionate work of advocacy journalism by a fresh new voice in Australian nonfiction.
Sam Vincent, Journalist and Author of Blood and Guts: Dispatches from the Whale Wars
This could have been a mightily depressing book. And yet it’s not – largely because Drew Rooke makes for an amiable guide, inspiring sympathy for the people he meets.
The Saturday Age
One Last Spin is a meticulously researched, compelling, shocking work on journalism. Rooke moves effectively from the history of pokies in Australia to profiles of people affected by gambling addiction, and includes interviews with industry figureheads, researchers and club employees. It’s an important book concerning a problem that will hopefully continue gathering momentum as an urgent political issue.
Good Reading
Compelling reading.
Hawkes Bay Weekend
One Last Spin gives readers an eye-opening and somewhat harrowing glance inside the world of the pokies, both from the perspective of those who play it, and those who run it, providing a comprehensive investigation into gambling-related issues in urban, suburban and regional Australia.
Kill Your Darlings
I was immediately intrigued by the sad compelling nature of his book, a mixture of personal anecdote, stories of people in the grip of gambling addiction, academic research and interviews with those researching and working in the gambling industry.
Julia Tsalis, Writing NSW
An eye-opening read about the insidious nature of pokies in Australia and their grip on our society.
Julia Tsalias, Writing NSW
There's Not One by Jennifer Higgie
This vividly colourful debut from Jennifer Higgie is perfect for little people who are starting to learn about numbers and their place in the world.
Kate Whiting, Belfast Telegraph
This luscious picture book offers such pleasures that small children (and their grown-up read-aloud machines) will be drawn towards it … Its simple story — that while there are billions and zillions of all sorts of things, there is only one you — is full of heart yet stays well away from sentimentality … The overall effect is one of joy. FOUR AND A HALF STARS
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Kate Whiting, Belfast Telegraph
This luscious picture book offers such pleasures that small children (and their grown-up read-aloud machines) will be drawn towards it … Its simple story — that while there are billions and zillions of all sorts of things, there is only one you — is full of heart yet stays well away from sentimentality … The overall effect is one of joy. FOUR AND A HALF STARS
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Hyper-Capitalism: the modern economy, its values, and how to change them by Larry Gonick
Like fish who don’t know they live in polluted water (because it’s everywhere), many people don’t know they live in economically, socially, and politically polluted societies. Hyper-Capitalism, in lucid prose and delightful graphics, pulls back the curtain with crystal clarity. I can’t think of a better book for young people to read as they chart their futures.
Barry Schwartz, Author of The Costs of Living, The Paradox of Choice, and Why We Work
This book explains much about how the world works, and why it increasingly doesn’t. Read it soon, before we lose any more ice caps.
Bill McKibben, Author of The End of Nature and Deep Economy
A clear and concise description of how the market economy functions, why it encourages the worst aspects of human nature, and how we can cope in an age of excess.
John Gowdy, Professor of Economics and Professor of Science and Technology Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
A great introduction to the current state of the economy and what can be done about it, and a solid addition for Gonick’s many fans.
Library Journal
A timely counter to those who celebrate predatory economics as the best of all possible financial worlds.
Kirkus Reviews
Praise for Larry Gonick
Larry Gonick should get an Oscar for humour and a Pulitzer for history.
Richard Saul Wurman, Author and Creator of the Ted Conference
A truly unique, page-turning graphical account … Gonick and Kasser pull off the monumental feat of rendering an otherwise dry and complex social-economic topic as clear, entertaining, informative, and even hilarious in spots. Hyper-Capitalism is a remarkable, essential and hopeful book for our times. To embrace and act upon its message is to live better.
Nomi Prins, Author of All the Presidents’ Bankers and It Takes a Pillage
Barry Schwartz, Author of The Costs of Living, The Paradox of Choice, and Why We Work
This book explains much about how the world works, and why it increasingly doesn’t. Read it soon, before we lose any more ice caps.
Bill McKibben, Author of The End of Nature and Deep Economy
A clear and concise description of how the market economy functions, why it encourages the worst aspects of human nature, and how we can cope in an age of excess.
John Gowdy, Professor of Economics and Professor of Science and Technology Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
A great introduction to the current state of the economy and what can be done about it, and a solid addition for Gonick’s many fans.
Library Journal
A timely counter to those who celebrate predatory economics as the best of all possible financial worlds.
Kirkus Reviews
Praise for Larry Gonick
Larry Gonick should get an Oscar for humour and a Pulitzer for history.
Richard Saul Wurman, Author and Creator of the Ted Conference
A truly unique, page-turning graphical account … Gonick and Kasser pull off the monumental feat of rendering an otherwise dry and complex social-economic topic as clear, entertaining, informative, and even hilarious in spots. Hyper-Capitalism is a remarkable, essential and hopeful book for our times. To embrace and act upon its message is to live better.
Nomi Prins, Author of All the Presidents’ Bankers and It Takes a Pillage
The Underwater Fancy-Dress Parade by Allison Colpoys, Davina Bell
Beautifully-written and sensitive, there's not a scrap of schmaltz in this book about the anxiety that plagues some children … The tenderness in this story is divinely balanced with gentle pops of fluorescent colour on soft grey pages … A considered, charming and important book for anyone struggling with throwing themselves into the vast ocean of modern day society.
Kid’s Book Review
This gorgeous picture book doesn’t whack you over the head with its exploration of social anxiety, but considers a sensitive ’s feelings with empathy and subtlety … The theme is beautifully explored and Allison Colpoys’ illustrations perfectly capture his vulnerability.
Alexa Dretzke, Readings
This beautifully packaged book, embossed with shimmering detail and pops of colour will undoubtedly resonate with any of us who have ever been the tiniest bit scared about anything!
Picture Books Blogger
Delightful … a beautiful object to hold in your hands and enjoy.
Magpie That
This book will help articulate “that feeling” for many young children, offering them comfort and relief when they need it most.
Early Years Education
A simple palette makes for a stunning visual effect in this gentle story of one little boy’s anxiety. Beautiful illustrations and a clear and sensitive text keep the message simple … A useful book for children who suffer with anxiety or shyness, but the gorgeous style will appeal to those with artistic eyes too.
Booktrust’s March 2015 ‘Books We Like’
In her gorgeous retro style illustrations executed with limited colour, Allison Colpoys conveys Alfie’s fearfulness beautifully and the tale is sympathetically and convincingly told … a demonstration of both the artist’s and author’s understanding of how young children try to cope with shyness/introversion.
Red Reading Hub
A completely charming, beautifully illustrated picture book about fitting in.
A Case for Books
Beguiling and breath-taking The Underwater Fancy-Dress Parade by Davina Bell and Allison Colpoys deserves a place on everyone's bookshelf … A story which will strike a tear-jerking chord with anyone who has ever been a little bit worried about anything. Beautifully designed this book with its carefully curated pallet and glimmering embellishments is a complete treasure.
The Book Sniffer
Immensely identifiable … A touching and reassuring book which understands the way children think, normalising shyness and showing how it can be overcome with a little bit of time, understanding and encouragement … A very beautiful book … Required reading for children prone to shyness.
Junior Magazine, ‘April Book Club’
Davina Bell approaches the sensitive issue of anxiety in children with subtlety, her words matched by the elegance of Allison Colpoys’ soft palette of grey, blue, white and peach.
Thuy On, Books + Publishing
[A] gorgeous book … discusses anxiety without either demonising it or fixing it with a magic wand … sweet and tender and shiny … And any book with a penguin driving a bus is A-ok with me.
Melbourne With the Rocket
A stunning, nature-inspired picture book on the dilemma of shyness.
Smallish Magazine
Davina Bell and Allison Colpoy's beautifully designed picture book captures perfectly how it feels to be small and shy in a big brave world … Anyone who knows or has been a shy child will empathise with Alfie’s plight, and Bell's descriptions of his anxiety are realistic yet simple … Exquisite … A must-read.
Inis Magazine
Charming tale for any child who's less than confident about new things.
Gurgle Magazine
A gorgeous book, perfect for parents with a shy or sensitive child.
The Gingerbread House (Blog)
Kid’s Book Review
This gorgeous picture book doesn’t whack you over the head with its exploration of social anxiety, but considers a sensitive ’s feelings with empathy and subtlety … The theme is beautifully explored and Allison Colpoys’ illustrations perfectly capture his vulnerability.
Alexa Dretzke, Readings
This beautifully packaged book, embossed with shimmering detail and pops of colour will undoubtedly resonate with any of us who have ever been the tiniest bit scared about anything!
Picture Books Blogger
Delightful … a beautiful object to hold in your hands and enjoy.
Magpie That
This book will help articulate “that feeling” for many young children, offering them comfort and relief when they need it most.
Early Years Education
A simple palette makes for a stunning visual effect in this gentle story of one little boy’s anxiety. Beautiful illustrations and a clear and sensitive text keep the message simple … A useful book for children who suffer with anxiety or shyness, but the gorgeous style will appeal to those with artistic eyes too.
Booktrust’s March 2015 ‘Books We Like’
In her gorgeous retro style illustrations executed with limited colour, Allison Colpoys conveys Alfie’s fearfulness beautifully and the tale is sympathetically and convincingly told … a demonstration of both the artist’s and author’s understanding of how young children try to cope with shyness/introversion.
Red Reading Hub
A completely charming, beautifully illustrated picture book about fitting in.
A Case for Books
Beguiling and breath-taking The Underwater Fancy-Dress Parade by Davina Bell and Allison Colpoys deserves a place on everyone's bookshelf … A story which will strike a tear-jerking chord with anyone who has ever been a little bit worried about anything. Beautifully designed this book with its carefully curated pallet and glimmering embellishments is a complete treasure.
The Book Sniffer
Immensely identifiable … A touching and reassuring book which understands the way children think, normalising shyness and showing how it can be overcome with a little bit of time, understanding and encouragement … A very beautiful book … Required reading for children prone to shyness.
Junior Magazine, ‘April Book Club’
Davina Bell approaches the sensitive issue of anxiety in children with subtlety, her words matched by the elegance of Allison Colpoys’ soft palette of grey, blue, white and peach.
Thuy On, Books + Publishing
[A] gorgeous book … discusses anxiety without either demonising it or fixing it with a magic wand … sweet and tender and shiny … And any book with a penguin driving a bus is A-ok with me.
Melbourne With the Rocket
A stunning, nature-inspired picture book on the dilemma of shyness.
Smallish Magazine
Davina Bell and Allison Colpoy's beautifully designed picture book captures perfectly how it feels to be small and shy in a big brave world … Anyone who knows or has been a shy child will empathise with Alfie’s plight, and Bell's descriptions of his anxiety are realistic yet simple … Exquisite … A must-read.
Inis Magazine
Charming tale for any child who's less than confident about new things.
Gurgle Magazine
A gorgeous book, perfect for parents with a shy or sensitive child.
The Gingerbread House (Blog)
The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning: How to Free Yourself and Your Family From a Lifetime of Clutter by Margareta Magnusson
Keep only what you love and what makes you happy in the moment. It’s like Marie Kondo, but with an added sense of the transience and futility of this mortal existence.
The New York Post
Proustian … A primer on how to winnow your belongings before you die, so you don’t burden your family … Ms. Magnusson is the anti-Kondo, who takes us on a charming and discursive tour of her own stuff.
The New York Times
A slim yet sage volume … While Japanese item-control diva Marie Kondo gave us strict instructions to only keep things that spark joy, Magnusson’s book is straightforward and unsentimental (with a bit of humour). The main message from this mother of five is: Take responsibility for your items and don’t leave them as a burden for family and friends.
The Washington Post
Magnusson shares solid guiding principles for organising your home, no matter your age or life circumstance.
Business Insider
Magnusson has something worthwhile and amusing to say to adults of all ages … This is not an orderly book for people who like dot points and detailed instructions, but a meandering personal essay that weaves memoir with household tips and a calm philosophy.
Susan Wyndham, Weekend Australia
If you love Marie Kondo, Swedish Death Cleaning may be for you … feels especially relevant these days …The idea of death cleaning is to simply organise your everyday life to make it run more smoothly. People of any age can benefit from that!
The Kitchn
Packed with positive and practical suggestions, this slim volume could change your life.
Juliet Stevenson
New Zealand Herald
[In] The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning, Swedish author Margareta Magnusson encourages a mature and matter-of-fact approach to life ... it encourages conversations about what is really of value and what others will truly treasure when you are gone.
Australian House & Garden
The New York Post
Proustian … A primer on how to winnow your belongings before you die, so you don’t burden your family … Ms. Magnusson is the anti-Kondo, who takes us on a charming and discursive tour of her own stuff.
The New York Times
A slim yet sage volume … While Japanese item-control diva Marie Kondo gave us strict instructions to only keep things that spark joy, Magnusson’s book is straightforward and unsentimental (with a bit of humour). The main message from this mother of five is: Take responsibility for your items and don’t leave them as a burden for family and friends.
The Washington Post
Magnusson shares solid guiding principles for organising your home, no matter your age or life circumstance.
Business Insider
Magnusson has something worthwhile and amusing to say to adults of all ages … This is not an orderly book for people who like dot points and detailed instructions, but a meandering personal essay that weaves memoir with household tips and a calm philosophy.
Susan Wyndham, Weekend Australia
If you love Marie Kondo, Swedish Death Cleaning may be for you … feels especially relevant these days …The idea of death cleaning is to simply organise your everyday life to make it run more smoothly. People of any age can benefit from that!
The Kitchn
Packed with positive and practical suggestions, this slim volume could change your life.
Juliet Stevenson
‘Scandinavian author Margareta Magnusson has realised that having loads of possessions can really weigh a person, couple, or family down, and her book, The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning, which isn’t as spooky as it sounds, has become a phenomenon.’
New Zealand Herald
[In] The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning, Swedish author Margareta Magnusson encourages a mature and matter-of-fact approach to life ... it encourages conversations about what is really of value and what others will truly treasure when you are gone.
Australian House & Garden
The Dinosaur Artist by Paige Williams
The Dinosaur Artist is a tale that has everything: passion, science, politics, intrigue, and, of course, dinosaurs. Paige Williams is a wonderful storyteller.
Elizabeth Kolbert, Pulitzer-Prize-Winning Author of The Sixth Extinction
What a terrific book. A fascinating story of adventure and obsession, and a captivating journey into the world of fossils and fossil peddlers, scientists, museums, international politics, the history of life, and the nature of human nature. Williams writes beautifully about it all. If you love dinosaurs, paleontology, or just a rollicking good tale, you will love this book. I couldn't put it down.
Jennifer Ackerman, New York Times Bestselling Author of The Genius of Birds
A cracking combination of true crime, dinosaurs, and top-notch investigative journalism. Paige Williams’ riveting tale exposes the dodgy dealings of the black market trade in dinosaurs, an international underworld that that few people have probably heard of, and which breaks my heart as a paleontologist.
Steve Brusatte, Bestselling Author of The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs
Paige Williams is that rare reporter who burrows into a subject until all of its dimensions, all of its darkened corners and secret chambers, are illuminated. With The Dinosaur Artist, she has done more than reveal a gripping true crime story; she has cast light on everything from obsessive fossil hunters to how the earth evolved. This is a tremendous book.
David Grann, #1 New York Times Bestselling Author of Killers of the Flower Moon
The Dinosaur Artist is a breathtaking feat of writing and reporting: a strange, irresistible, and beautifully written story steeped in natural history, human nature, commerce, crime, science, and politics. It’s at once laugh-out-loud funny and deeply sobering. I was blown away by the depth of its characters, its vivid details, and Paige Williams’ incredible command of the facts. Bottom line: this is an extraordinary debut by one of the best nonfiction writers we’ve got.
Rebecca Skloot, #1 New York Times Bestselling Author of The Immortal Life of Henriette Lacks
The Dinosaur Artist is a triumph. With peerless prose and sharp-eyed reporting, Paige Williams weaves a story that, even as it spans continents and transcends geological epochs, is deeply anchored in the passion and hubris of a rich cast of characters. Captivating, funny, and profound, it is easily one of the strongest works of non-fiction in years.
Ed Yong, Staff Writer, The Atlantic; New York Times Bestselling Author of I Contain Multitudes
Paige Williams is as deft as the fossil hunters and skeleton builders she writes about. As they exhume treasures secreted in earthen repositories and assemble brilliant mounts from a scattering of dinosaur bones, she mines exquisite details from a quarry of source materials and pieces together a compelling story out of a spillage of human experience. The result is a work of art.
Jack E. Davis, Pulitzer-Prize-Winning Author of The Gulf
I am in awe of Paige Williams. Every line of The Dinosaur Artist — from her deeply informed discussions of paleontology and the law to her often withering and hilarious descriptions — was a pleasure to read. Few nonfiction writers are capable of mining their characters with such a winning blend of sympathy, wonder, and rigour.
Liza Mundy, New York Times Bestselling Author of Michelleand Code Girls
Williams’ illuminating chronicle questions who has a right to nature.
Booklist
Prokopi’s case is a fascinating example of the pull of prehistoric fossils and the power of law. Nature enthusiasts, scientists, and politics buffs will sink their teeth into this intriguing account.
Jeffrey Meyer, Library Journal
New Yorker staff writer Williams uses the story of fossil enthusiast Eric Prokopi to illuminate the murky world of modern fossil hunting in this fascinating account ... a triumphant book that will appeal to a wide audience.
Publishers Weekly
A palaeontological page-turner … Williams has written a masterful book of suspense and true-crime that is as fair in the portrayal of its protagonists, as it is thorough in the context in which the story is situated.
The Inquisitive Biologist
Ms. Williams’s writing is often concise and evocative … gripping and cinematic.
Richard Conniff, The Wall Street Journal
An intriguing story of dinosaur smuggling … Good fun for fossil freaks.
Kirkus
Williams’s painstakingly detailed reporting reminds us that events like these are far more complicated than they might seem, and if we want the commercial fossil trade to be anything other than what it currently is, we must understand the intricate pushes and pulls of the industry ... this is where The Dinosaur Artist excels ... details and characters bring home the fact that the challenge of combating fossil smuggling and reforming the trade is truly daunting.
Lydia Pyne, The Los Angeles Review of Books
The strange underground world Prokopi inhabits inevitably brings us in contact with some serious oddballs, each of whom is introduced by Williams with the economy and evocative precision of a haiku. In affectless, purposeful prose we get a stream of increasingly strange and piquant factoids about these people, who seem to emerge straight out of a Coen brothers movie.
Peter Brannen, The New York Times Book Review
An ambitious and worthy addition to the natural history and science-writing canon, and also to national cultural heritage literature.
Julia Jackson, Readings
Williams uses the story of Prokopi to dig into the muddy world of fossil collectors, dealers and sellers. It’s a world where underfunded museums compete with wealthy film stars to buy the most valuable skeletons, and only expert palaeontologists can identify bones that can be easily smuggled from a country where they are protected to a country where they can be sold freely. It’s a fascinating journey to the centre of the modern Jurassic world.
Herald Sun
New Yorker writer Paige Williams assembles the story as meticulously as a palaeontologist and the result is fascinating, taking in the tales of the protagonists, the tussles between science and commercial fossil hunters and the history of the science itself … A superior piece of investigative writing.
Sydney Morning Herald
A timely caution on the perils of buried treasure.
Robyn Douglas, Adelaide Advertiser
Elizabeth Kolbert, Pulitzer-Prize-Winning Author of The Sixth Extinction
What a terrific book. A fascinating story of adventure and obsession, and a captivating journey into the world of fossils and fossil peddlers, scientists, museums, international politics, the history of life, and the nature of human nature. Williams writes beautifully about it all. If you love dinosaurs, paleontology, or just a rollicking good tale, you will love this book. I couldn't put it down.
Jennifer Ackerman, New York Times Bestselling Author of The Genius of Birds
A cracking combination of true crime, dinosaurs, and top-notch investigative journalism. Paige Williams’ riveting tale exposes the dodgy dealings of the black market trade in dinosaurs, an international underworld that that few people have probably heard of, and which breaks my heart as a paleontologist.
Steve Brusatte, Bestselling Author of The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs
Paige Williams is that rare reporter who burrows into a subject until all of its dimensions, all of its darkened corners and secret chambers, are illuminated. With The Dinosaur Artist, she has done more than reveal a gripping true crime story; she has cast light on everything from obsessive fossil hunters to how the earth evolved. This is a tremendous book.
David Grann, #1 New York Times Bestselling Author of Killers of the Flower Moon
The Dinosaur Artist is a breathtaking feat of writing and reporting: a strange, irresistible, and beautifully written story steeped in natural history, human nature, commerce, crime, science, and politics. It’s at once laugh-out-loud funny and deeply sobering. I was blown away by the depth of its characters, its vivid details, and Paige Williams’ incredible command of the facts. Bottom line: this is an extraordinary debut by one of the best nonfiction writers we’ve got.
Rebecca Skloot, #1 New York Times Bestselling Author of The Immortal Life of Henriette Lacks
The Dinosaur Artist is a triumph. With peerless prose and sharp-eyed reporting, Paige Williams weaves a story that, even as it spans continents and transcends geological epochs, is deeply anchored in the passion and hubris of a rich cast of characters. Captivating, funny, and profound, it is easily one of the strongest works of non-fiction in years.
Ed Yong, Staff Writer, The Atlantic; New York Times Bestselling Author of I Contain Multitudes
Paige Williams is as deft as the fossil hunters and skeleton builders she writes about. As they exhume treasures secreted in earthen repositories and assemble brilliant mounts from a scattering of dinosaur bones, she mines exquisite details from a quarry of source materials and pieces together a compelling story out of a spillage of human experience. The result is a work of art.
Jack E. Davis, Pulitzer-Prize-Winning Author of The Gulf
I am in awe of Paige Williams. Every line of The Dinosaur Artist — from her deeply informed discussions of paleontology and the law to her often withering and hilarious descriptions — was a pleasure to read. Few nonfiction writers are capable of mining their characters with such a winning blend of sympathy, wonder, and rigour.
Liza Mundy, New York Times Bestselling Author of Michelleand Code Girls
Williams’ illuminating chronicle questions who has a right to nature.
Booklist
Prokopi’s case is a fascinating example of the pull of prehistoric fossils and the power of law. Nature enthusiasts, scientists, and politics buffs will sink their teeth into this intriguing account.
Jeffrey Meyer, Library Journal
New Yorker staff writer Williams uses the story of fossil enthusiast Eric Prokopi to illuminate the murky world of modern fossil hunting in this fascinating account ... a triumphant book that will appeal to a wide audience.
Publishers Weekly
A palaeontological page-turner … Williams has written a masterful book of suspense and true-crime that is as fair in the portrayal of its protagonists, as it is thorough in the context in which the story is situated.
The Inquisitive Biologist
Ms. Williams’s writing is often concise and evocative … gripping and cinematic.
Richard Conniff, The Wall Street Journal
An intriguing story of dinosaur smuggling … Good fun for fossil freaks.
Kirkus
Williams’s painstakingly detailed reporting reminds us that events like these are far more complicated than they might seem, and if we want the commercial fossil trade to be anything other than what it currently is, we must understand the intricate pushes and pulls of the industry ... this is where The Dinosaur Artist excels ... details and characters bring home the fact that the challenge of combating fossil smuggling and reforming the trade is truly daunting.
Lydia Pyne, The Los Angeles Review of Books
The strange underground world Prokopi inhabits inevitably brings us in contact with some serious oddballs, each of whom is introduced by Williams with the economy and evocative precision of a haiku. In affectless, purposeful prose we get a stream of increasingly strange and piquant factoids about these people, who seem to emerge straight out of a Coen brothers movie.
Peter Brannen, The New York Times Book Review
An ambitious and worthy addition to the natural history and science-writing canon, and also to national cultural heritage literature.
Julia Jackson, Readings
Williams uses the story of Prokopi to dig into the muddy world of fossil collectors, dealers and sellers. It’s a world where underfunded museums compete with wealthy film stars to buy the most valuable skeletons, and only expert palaeontologists can identify bones that can be easily smuggled from a country where they are protected to a country where they can be sold freely. It’s a fascinating journey to the centre of the modern Jurassic world.
Herald Sun
New Yorker writer Paige Williams assembles the story as meticulously as a palaeontologist and the result is fascinating, taking in the tales of the protagonists, the tussles between science and commercial fossil hunters and the history of the science itself … A superior piece of investigative writing.
Sydney Morning Herald
A timely caution on the perils of buried treasure.
Robyn Douglas, Adelaide Advertiser
Trigger Warnings: political correctness and the rise of the right by Jeff Sparrow
In the age of fake news and the seeming triumph of political populism, Jeff Sparrow’s Trigger Warnings is a vital book for our times. With the integrity of political thought and action under threat from social media sloganeering, with Donald Trump holding court in the White House and “political correctness” the catch-all suffocation of dissent, Jeff Sparrow challenges us to respond with intelligence and conviction.
Tony Birch, Author of Ghost River
Standing on the front line of the culture war it’s clear the right are winning. In this new book, Jeff Sparrow draws lessons from contemporary debates and historical struggles to argue for an alternative to the seemingly oppositional binary of class or identity that dominates liberal discourse. Instead, Sparrow calls for a return to a “direct politics” approach that doesn’t rely on mainstream leaders but argues that a rebuilding of an activist left that sees strength in solidarity and strives for liberation is the only answer. In a time that increasingly feels like it’s now or never, this book is an urgently needed intervention. Don’t just read it, do it.
Roz Ward, Co-Founder of Safe Schools Coalition
A crisp, elegant and timely analysis of exactly how the world and everything in it turned to wallaby poop, also whose fault it is and how we might actually be able to do something about it.
First Dog on the Moon, Political Cartoonist for The Guardian
Sparrow writes with a unique combination of dignified sensitivity and a concrete commitment to solidarity and movement building.
Sam Wallman, Political Cartoonist
Hhe’s one of Australia’s most crucial political thinkers … Trigger Warnings is perhaps his most polemic [book] yet, written with clear activist goals in mind: to intervene in the present, he insists we must understand the complex history that led us here.
The Saturday Paper
Australian writer Jeff Sparrow succinctly explains in Trigger Warnings how Trump cleverly skewered his political enemies by appealing to their anger at the elite political and media classes (despite being a member of the elite himself) … Trigger Warnings is a rare book that takes a necessary scalpel to the leftist political persuasion of its author as much as, if not more than, the right-wing agenda he opposes.
Antony Loewenstein, Weekend Australian
Sparrow’s book is a provocative reading of the culture wars that develops a distinction between ‘direct’ and ‘delegated’ politics.
James Ley, ABR’s ‘Books of the Year 2018’
It’s a highly interesting polemic, dense with information, but well written and full of provocative and challenging views.
Graeme Barrow, Horowhenua Chronicle
Trigger Warnings is a brave book, best read as a call for the left to re-examine its strategies during a period of immense danger, to take stock of its key resources and to align itself with the experience of ordinary people without lessening its focus on sexism, racism or homophobia.
Gary Pearce, Overland
Tony Birch, Author of Ghost River
Standing on the front line of the culture war it’s clear the right are winning. In this new book, Jeff Sparrow draws lessons from contemporary debates and historical struggles to argue for an alternative to the seemingly oppositional binary of class or identity that dominates liberal discourse. Instead, Sparrow calls for a return to a “direct politics” approach that doesn’t rely on mainstream leaders but argues that a rebuilding of an activist left that sees strength in solidarity and strives for liberation is the only answer. In a time that increasingly feels like it’s now or never, this book is an urgently needed intervention. Don’t just read it, do it.
Roz Ward, Co-Founder of Safe Schools Coalition
A crisp, elegant and timely analysis of exactly how the world and everything in it turned to wallaby poop, also whose fault it is and how we might actually be able to do something about it.
First Dog on the Moon, Political Cartoonist for The Guardian
Sparrow writes with a unique combination of dignified sensitivity and a concrete commitment to solidarity and movement building.
Sam Wallman, Political Cartoonist
Hhe’s one of Australia’s most crucial political thinkers … Trigger Warnings is perhaps his most polemic [book] yet, written with clear activist goals in mind: to intervene in the present, he insists we must understand the complex history that led us here.
The Saturday Paper
Australian writer Jeff Sparrow succinctly explains in Trigger Warnings how Trump cleverly skewered his political enemies by appealing to their anger at the elite political and media classes (despite being a member of the elite himself) … Trigger Warnings is a rare book that takes a necessary scalpel to the leftist political persuasion of its author as much as, if not more than, the right-wing agenda he opposes.
Antony Loewenstein, Weekend Australian
Sparrow’s book is a provocative reading of the culture wars that develops a distinction between ‘direct’ and ‘delegated’ politics.
James Ley, ABR’s ‘Books of the Year 2018’
It’s a highly interesting polemic, dense with information, but well written and full of provocative and challenging views.
Graeme Barrow, Horowhenua Chronicle
Trigger Warnings is a brave book, best read as a call for the left to re-examine its strategies during a period of immense danger, to take stock of its key resources and to align itself with the experience of ordinary people without lessening its focus on sexism, racism or homophobia.
Gary Pearce, Overland
Rocket Men: The Daring Odyssey of Apollo 8 and the Astronauts Who Made Man's First Journey to the Moon by Robert Kurson
In 1968 we sent men to the Moon. They didn’t leave bootprints, but it was the first time humans ever left Earth for another destination. That mission was Apollo 8. And Rocket Men, under Robert Kurson’s compelling narrative, is that under-told story.
Neil Degrasse Tyson, Author of Space Chronicles: Facing the Ultimate Frontier
With Rocket Men, Robert Kurson tells the tale of Apollo 8 with novelistic detail and immediacy, expertly capturing the urgency and suspense behind the mission that gave America the lead in the Space Race.
Andy Weird, New York Times Bestselling Author of The Martian and Artemis
Rocket Men is a timely and thrilling reminder of a heroic American achievement — three dashing astronauts and the first rendezvous with the moon. It has it all — suspense, drama, risk and loving families. We could use those days again.
Tom Brokaw
Robert Kurson takes us on mankind’s first trip to the moon in 1968, another time when it seemed America was tearing itself apart. But on Christmas Eve, we raised our eyes skyward and were inspired by the bravery and eloquence of the three Apollo 8 astronauts as they orbited the moon and reminded us of our common humanity.
Chesley ‘Sully’ Sullenberger, Author of Highest Duty
This is the story of the most consequential and daring voyage since those in the era of Columbus, the Apollo 8 mission to the moon. The tale is told with the care and clarity, and the heart-banging drama, that Robert Kurson’s legion of readers have come to expect from him. A flat-out terrific book.
Scott Turow, Author of Presumed Innocent and Testimony
As a Rocket Woman myself, I know very well the story of Apollo 8, and yet I couldn’t put this book down … Kurson presents not only the challenges, risks, ambition, and success of Apollo 8, but a story of human spirit.
Nicole Stott, NASA ISS and Space Shuttle Astronaut
Gripping … Space buffs will enjoy this accessible and engaging account of human ingenuity and exploration.
Library Journal
Rocket Men is a riveting introduction to the [Apollo 8] flight ... Kurson details the mission in crisp, suspenseful scenes ... [A] gripping book.
The New York Times Book Review
Spectacular ... [Rocket Men] carries on in great style through 350-some pages of ‘daring, adventure, risk-taking’ and so much more ... Kurson’s portraits of the men, as well as their wives, their families and space-program colleagues, are intimate and artfully drawn.
Chicago Tribune
Refreshing ... The book will bring long-deserved attention to a mission that has been overshadowed ... Apollo 8’s success not only salvaged the space program but also managed to relieve the pessimism regarding the future into which the country had plunged.
Lincoln Journal Star
Breathing life into history is a speciality of Robert Kurson’s ... Kurson never allows his exhaustive research to get in the way of the story, crafting remarkable nonfiction adventures that put readers at the center of the action ... Not only are readers at the center of the story, but at what feels like the center of the universe as Kurson narrates the journey of man’s first trip to the moon.
Mountain Times
Immersive ... absolutely riveting ... A gripping tale, well told.
Booklist
Kurson’s first-rate account of this remarkable spaceflight starts by reminding us what a gamble it was, a revelatory wake-up nudge for anyone who thinks moon flights were routine ... There are many pieces to the Apollo 8 story, but Kurson brings them together effortlessly.
USA Today
Rocket Men is close-to-the-bone adventure-telling on a par with Alfred Lansing’s Endurance and Jon Krakauer’s Into Thin Air. It’s as close to a movie as writing gets.
Mary Roach, The Washington Post
Engrossing…Kurson builds suspense around a mind-bendingly complex and dangerous journey.
Associated Press
Robert Kurson has carried out meticulous research, including long interviews with Apollo 8’s crew, as well as Mission Control staff. His account of the Apollo 8 mission, 50 years ago this December, comes to life in such detail that it reads like a page-turning thriller.
Good Reading, Five Stars
A ripping account of the 1968 voyage into the little known … Kurson has captured it well. Like Apollo 8, it is mission accomplished.
Weekend Herald
Kurson effectively recreates the era, recalling the tumult of a changing nation, as well as the tension felt by those involved both on Earth and in space, of a mission with little margin for error. Kurson writes in clear, simple language, avoiding technical matters and cryptic NASA jargon to focus on the people involved. Fans of explorers and adventurers will enjoy Kurson’s vibrant, accessible history.
Publishers Weekly
Kurson’s conception-to-splashdown reporting had the cooperation from the astronauts and their wives, giving him invaluable details of what happened inside the astronaut’s capsule and in their homes below. Most readers already know how the mission turned out (success!), but Kurson builds suspense around a mind-bendingly complex and dangerous journey.
Michael Hill, Chicago Sun Times
The book, and the mission itself, offer a reminder that sometimes science fiction becomes science fact, if not necessarily the way we envisioned it.
Jeff Foust, The Space Review
A gripping account of Apollo 8, the first manned space flight around the Moon. The story of the dangerous mission that laid the ground for the Moon landing has not been told in such detail until now.
Economist
This is no dry technical story. It is a story of man's ingenuity and determination … the story of this first space flight to the moon is an intriguing one. Fifty years on their achievements deserve to be better known and applauded.
Peter Masters, Australian Defence Magazine
Neil Degrasse Tyson, Author of Space Chronicles: Facing the Ultimate Frontier
With Rocket Men, Robert Kurson tells the tale of Apollo 8 with novelistic detail and immediacy, expertly capturing the urgency and suspense behind the mission that gave America the lead in the Space Race.
Andy Weird, New York Times Bestselling Author of The Martian and Artemis
Rocket Men is a timely and thrilling reminder of a heroic American achievement — three dashing astronauts and the first rendezvous with the moon. It has it all — suspense, drama, risk and loving families. We could use those days again.
Tom Brokaw
Robert Kurson takes us on mankind’s first trip to the moon in 1968, another time when it seemed America was tearing itself apart. But on Christmas Eve, we raised our eyes skyward and were inspired by the bravery and eloquence of the three Apollo 8 astronauts as they orbited the moon and reminded us of our common humanity.
Chesley ‘Sully’ Sullenberger, Author of Highest Duty
This is the story of the most consequential and daring voyage since those in the era of Columbus, the Apollo 8 mission to the moon. The tale is told with the care and clarity, and the heart-banging drama, that Robert Kurson’s legion of readers have come to expect from him. A flat-out terrific book.
Scott Turow, Author of Presumed Innocent and Testimony
As a Rocket Woman myself, I know very well the story of Apollo 8, and yet I couldn’t put this book down … Kurson presents not only the challenges, risks, ambition, and success of Apollo 8, but a story of human spirit.
Nicole Stott, NASA ISS and Space Shuttle Astronaut
Gripping … Space buffs will enjoy this accessible and engaging account of human ingenuity and exploration.
Library Journal
Rocket Men is a riveting introduction to the [Apollo 8] flight ... Kurson details the mission in crisp, suspenseful scenes ... [A] gripping book.
The New York Times Book Review
Spectacular ... [Rocket Men] carries on in great style through 350-some pages of ‘daring, adventure, risk-taking’ and so much more ... Kurson’s portraits of the men, as well as their wives, their families and space-program colleagues, are intimate and artfully drawn.
Chicago Tribune
Refreshing ... The book will bring long-deserved attention to a mission that has been overshadowed ... Apollo 8’s success not only salvaged the space program but also managed to relieve the pessimism regarding the future into which the country had plunged.
Lincoln Journal Star
Breathing life into history is a speciality of Robert Kurson’s ... Kurson never allows his exhaustive research to get in the way of the story, crafting remarkable nonfiction adventures that put readers at the center of the action ... Not only are readers at the center of the story, but at what feels like the center of the universe as Kurson narrates the journey of man’s first trip to the moon.
Mountain Times
Immersive ... absolutely riveting ... A gripping tale, well told.
Booklist
Kurson’s first-rate account of this remarkable spaceflight starts by reminding us what a gamble it was, a revelatory wake-up nudge for anyone who thinks moon flights were routine ... There are many pieces to the Apollo 8 story, but Kurson brings them together effortlessly.
USA Today
Rocket Men is close-to-the-bone adventure-telling on a par with Alfred Lansing’s Endurance and Jon Krakauer’s Into Thin Air. It’s as close to a movie as writing gets.
Mary Roach, The Washington Post
Engrossing…Kurson builds suspense around a mind-bendingly complex and dangerous journey.
Associated Press
Robert Kurson has carried out meticulous research, including long interviews with Apollo 8’s crew, as well as Mission Control staff. His account of the Apollo 8 mission, 50 years ago this December, comes to life in such detail that it reads like a page-turning thriller.
Good Reading, Five Stars
A ripping account of the 1968 voyage into the little known … Kurson has captured it well. Like Apollo 8, it is mission accomplished.
Weekend Herald
Kurson effectively recreates the era, recalling the tumult of a changing nation, as well as the tension felt by those involved both on Earth and in space, of a mission with little margin for error. Kurson writes in clear, simple language, avoiding technical matters and cryptic NASA jargon to focus on the people involved. Fans of explorers and adventurers will enjoy Kurson’s vibrant, accessible history.
Publishers Weekly
Kurson’s conception-to-splashdown reporting had the cooperation from the astronauts and their wives, giving him invaluable details of what happened inside the astronaut’s capsule and in their homes below. Most readers already know how the mission turned out (success!), but Kurson builds suspense around a mind-bendingly complex and dangerous journey.
Michael Hill, Chicago Sun Times
The book, and the mission itself, offer a reminder that sometimes science fiction becomes science fact, if not necessarily the way we envisioned it.
Jeff Foust, The Space Review
A gripping account of Apollo 8, the first manned space flight around the Moon. The story of the dangerous mission that laid the ground for the Moon landing has not been told in such detail until now.
Economist
This is no dry technical story. It is a story of man's ingenuity and determination … the story of this first space flight to the moon is an intriguing one. Fifty years on their achievements deserve to be better known and applauded.
Peter Masters, Australian Defence Magazine