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• Title:An astronaut's guide to life on Earth / Chris Hadfield.
  
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• Variant Title:Astronaut's guide to life on Earth : what going to space taught me about ingenuity, determination, and being prepared for anything
  
• Author/Creator:Hadfield, Chris, 1959- author.
  
• Published/Created:New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2013.
  ©2013
  

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  • Location:OKANAGAN LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: TL789.85.H33 A3 2013
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:c.1 On loan - Due on 04-24-2024
    

  • Location:WOODWARD LIBRARY Great ReadsWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: TL789.85.H33 A3 2013
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Hadfield, Chris, 1959-
  Astronauts--Canada--Biography.
  
• Genre/Form: Autobiographies.
  
• Edition:First edition.
  
• Description:295 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
  
• Summary:Hadfield takes readers into his years of training and space exploration to show how to make the impossible possible. He developed an unconventional philosophy at NASA: Prepare for the worst-- and enjoy every moment of it. By thinking like an astronaut, you can change the way you view life on Earth-- especially your own.
  
• Notes:Includes index.
  
• ISBN:9780316253017 (hc. : alk. paper)
  0316253014 (hc. : alk. paper)
  
• Contents:Introduction: Mission impossible
  Pre-launch. The trip takes a lifetime ; Have an attitude ; The power of negative thinking ; Sweat the small stuff ; The last people in the world ; What's the next thing that could kill me?
  Liftoff. Tranquility Base, Kazakhstan ; How to get blasted (and feel good the next day) ; Aim to be a zero ; Life off Earth ; Square astronaut, round hole
  Coming down to Earth. Soft landings ; Climbing down the ladder.