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To commemorate the 30th anniversary of Apollo 11's landing on the moon, Time/Life books has produced a 3-volume, fully illustrated edition of this acclaimed work, which tells the story of all the Apollo missions through the eyes of the astronauts. A Man on the Moon was the basis for Tom Hanks' Emmy-winning HBO miniseries, "From the Earth to the Moon." The illustrated edition includes more than 500 photographs, many of which have never before been published, from the archives of NASA, LIFE magazine, and the astronauts themselves. [B&N] [...] This will be a great read for those rainy fall evenings... with a cup of tea and the phones off [[Joseph Guzman, The Chicago Astronomer]][1] [1]: http://astronomer.proboards.com/thread/4407/man-on-moon-vol-set "http://astronomer.proboards.com/thread/4407/man-on-moon-vol-set "Joseph Guzman, The Chicago Astronomer"