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Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading 172 hours on the moon. Johan harstad s 172 hours on the moon, originally published in norwegian as darlah. The book was originally published in norway on september 15, 2008 by cappelen damm, with an english language translation being published by little, brown in new york city on july 10, 2012. Moon thrills and planet palpitations crunchingsandmunchings august 22, 2012 at 5. Johan harstad is the norwegian author of buzz aldrin, what happened to you in all the confusion. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Now three ordinary teenagers, the winners of nasas unprecedented, worldwide lottery, are about to become. He just wanted to get as far away from paris as possible. Rights to darlah have also been sold to sixteen other countries.
Johan harstad born 10 february 1979 is a norwegian novelist, short story writer, playwright and graphic designer. The basis of the book is that nasa are going back to the moon, they have a hidden agenda but that agenda is disguised in the form of a lottery that chooses three people to go with the astronauts to the lunar surface. Apr 17, 2012 172 hours on the moon is a book of two parts, let us talk about first, the not too creepy start of the book. This book starts off in the year 2019, nearly a decade after the last moon mission nasa sent. Its been more than forty years since nasa sent the first men to the moon, and to grab some muchneeded funding and attention, they decide to launch an historic. Written by johan harstad, audiobook narrated by casey holloway.
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