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BEN MEZRICH
Sex on the Moon
publication: 02/06/2011
price: 11.99
size: Demy Octavo
pages: 272
ISBN: 9780434020799
Ocean’s Eleven meets A Beautiful Mind … Sex on the Moon is the
amazing true story of the 25-year-old genius who pulled off one of the
most unique and significant heists in US history
Thad Roberts led a pretty good life by his estimation. So how did it come
about that this NASA-employed genius found himself in one of the most
dangerous county prisons in the country, sworn to secrecy by NASA and
the FBI, and concocting the next step in universal history?
Despite his growing up in a strict Mormon household, Thad’s heart was, at
a young age, stolen by astronomy. Soon enough he found himself accepted
into NASA’s highly competitive Co-op program. Here he stood out both
as a bright mind and as a popular figure. After catching a glimpse of moon
rocks on a volunteer task within one of the most secure buildings at the
NASA space station, Thad’s curiosity was captured. He became obsessed
and on his third ‘tour’ at NASA’s Johnson Space Center Thad, after
meticulous planning and at phenomenal risk, did the unthinkable and
made off with a six hundred pound safe full of the world’s most precious
substance – moon rocks. Illegal to own, given as gifts to heads of state by
the President himself, the rocks are a national treasure of unimaginable
value, something that had never been stolen before – something that can
never, in fact, be replaced.
From the unique and exotic locale of NASA’s Johnson Space Center to the
dark, steel cells of the harshest prison in Florida, Sex on the Moon is the
compelling story of how a young genius executed one of the biggest and
most unique heists ever.
Ben Mezrich, a Harvard graduate, has published ten books,
including the New York Times bestseller Bringing Down the House and
most recently The Accidental Billionaires. He is a columnist for Boston
Common and a contributor to Flush magazine. Ben lives in Boston with
his wife, Tonya.
JOHANNA SKIBSRUD
The Sentimentalists
publication: 31/03/2011
price: 12.99
size: B Format
pages: 224
ISBN: 9780434021420
A remarkably poised novel about a young woman reckoning with her
dying alcoholic father, a veteran of the Vietnam war living in Canada
with the father of a fallen comrade
Johanna Skibsrud’s debut novel connects the flooding of an Ontario town,
the Vietnam War, a trailer in North Dakota, and an unfinished boat in
Maine. Parsing family history, worn childhood memories, and
the palimpsest of old misunderstandings, Skibsrud’s narrator maps her
father’s past. Napoleon Haskell lives with Henry in the town of Casablanca,
Ontario, on the shores of a man-made lake beneath which lie the remains
of the former town. Henry is the father of Napoleon’s friend Owen, who
died fighting in Vietnam. When her life comes apart, Napoleon’s daughter
retreats to Casablanca and is soon immersed in the complicated family
stories that lurk below the surface of everyday life. With its quiet mullings
and lines from Bogart, The Sentimentalists captures a daughter’s wrestling
with a heady family mythology.
Johanna Skibsrud is the author of a poetry collection, Late Nights With
Wild Cowboys, which was shortlisted for the Gerald Lampert Award.
Originally from Meadowville, Nova Scotia, Skibsrud lives in Montreal.
The Sentimentalists is her first novel.