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AN ASTRONAUT'S GUIDE TO LIFE ON EARTH
By: Chris Hadfield
What Going to Space Taught Me About Ingenuity, Determination, and Being Prepared for Anything
Little, Brown and Company
November 2013
On Sale: October 29, 2013
282 pages
ISBN: 0316253014
EAN: 9780316253017
Kindle: B00DTUHIDA
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Non-Fiction | Self-Help
Colonel Chris Hadfield has spent decades training as an astronaut and has logged nearly 4000 hours in space. During this time he has broken into a Space Station with a Swiss army knife, disposed of a live snake while piloting a plane, and been temporarily blinded while clinging to the exterior of an orbiting spacecraft. The secret to Col. Hadfield's success-and survival-is an unconventional philosophy he learned at NASA: prepare for the worst-and enjoy every moment of it.
In An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth, Col. Hadfield takes readers deep into his years of training and space exploration to show how to make the impossible possible. Through eye-opening, entertaining stories filled with the adrenaline of launch, the mesmerizing wonder of spacewalks, and the measured, calm responses mandated by crises, he explains how conventional wisdom can get in the way of achievement-and happiness. His own extraordinary education in space has taught him some counterintuitive lessons: don't visualize success, do care what others think, and always sweat the small stuff.
You might never be able to build a robot, pilot a spacecraft, make a music video or perform basic surgery in zero gravity like Col. Hadfield. But his vivid and refreshing insights will teach you how to think like an astronaut, and will change, completely, the way you view life on Earth-especially your own.
 Media BuzzCBS This Morning - October 31, 2013
Fresh Air - NPR - October 30, 2013
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