David Whitehouse

Every family has a story. Mal was ours. He was always different from the other kids. Larger than life. Trips to pantomimes were ruined by him stripping off his clothes. But people loved him. Especially Lou; it seemed like their love would last forever. Then something happened that changed everything ...Mal grew up.

Galardonada con el premio To Hell with Prizes 2010.Un debut agridulce y entrañable.

Ésta es la extraordinaria biografía de la Luna a través de sus mitos, leyendas, estudios y conquistas. Desde que vivía en las cuevas, el hombre ha observado con intriga nuestro único satélite. Esta obra realiza un recorrido por los avances en su conocimiento, que son paralelos al progreso tecnologico de la Humanidad. Por estas paginas desfilan astronomos de todos los tiempos, con sus descubrimientos y errores, los mitos de la astrologia, el influjo lunar en el comportamiento humano y la competencia de sovieticos y estadounidenses en la carrera lunar que luego abandonaron. David Whitehouse muestra su esperanza en que renazca el deseo del hombre por regresar a la Luna y continuar explorandola. Es tambien el autor de El Sol: Una biografia, publicado en Kailas.

Malcolm Ede era um jovem belo e enigmático, que amedrontava os meninos e atraía as meninas. Em casa, merecia toda a atenção da mãe devotada e do pai, um senhor calado atormentado por uma tragédia. Es

Twelve-year-old Bobby Nusku is an archivist of his mother. He catalogues traces of her life and waits for her to return home. Bobby thinks that he's been left to face the world alone until he meets lonely single mother Val and her daughter Rosa. They spend a magical summer together, discovering the books in the mobile library where Val works as a cleaner. But as the summer draws to a close, Bobby finds himself in trouble and Val is in danger of losing her job. There's only one thing to do -- and so they take to the road in the mobile library ...Quirky, dark, magical and full of heart, Mobile Library by David Whitehouse is both a tragicomic road trip and a celebration of the adventures that books can take us on. It's a love-letter to unlikely families and the stories that shaped us.

In The Sun, David Whitehouse takes us on a journey to the heart of our local star and beyond, relating how it was born, the many ways it influences life on Earth and how it will die. He recounts the many myths surrounding the Sun and the fascinating stories of scientists throughout history who have attempted to discover its secrets - occasionally at the price of their lives.The Sun explores the role of the sun for those on Earth, from the earliest civilizations that worshipped it, through its emulation in art and literature to the present day. He describes the inferno at its core, the magnetic chaos of its surface and the furthest reaches of its atmosphere that stretches beyond the planets out into the galaxy. Within our lifetimes he considers that changes in the sun will become noticeable, an issue that we ignore at our peril.Finally, David Whitehouse speculates on the future of life on Earth with a sun that must ultimately turn into a red giant. From its birth in a cloud of gas and dust, its long lifetime nurturing life on our own planet, to its death as a cosmic cinder, this is our Suns story.

Often complex ideas are explained with clarity and precision but this is clearly a passion project for the author and the book soars where he deploys more poetic language as when musing on the deeper themes that arise from his central question If you ve ever looked up at the sky and pondered on the big questions of life in the Universe this is essential reading BBC Sky at Night magazineAstronomer and science writer David Whitehouse takes us on a journey through the evolving cosmos as he considers humankind s place in the universe and how our survival depends on otherworldly perspectives From the Earth to the depths of outer space this inspiring book shows how human evolution has been intertwined with the workings of the cosmos from the very beginning and what the far distant future may hold both for the universe and for ourselves Given enough time Whitehouse contends we must communicate with intelligent aliens whose divergent perspective will transform our understanding of the universe First contact may even come sooner than we think We have already transmitted signals towards promising exoplanets If say Gliese 581d harbours life the return signal could reach us in 2051 Drawing the thread of human consciousness from the cave to the cosmos th

El Sol es el fenómeno más poderoso jamás observado y el que produce un mayor temor reverencial. Es el sosten de la vida en la Tierra y la clave para entendernos a nosotros mismos. Desde que el hombre tomo conciencia de si ha querido conocer su naturaleza, lo ha adorado, se ha inspirado en el para realizar toda clase de obras artisticas y ha tratado obsesivamente de desvelar sus secretos, pagando en ocasiones su osadia con la propia existencia.

The journey to the centre of the earth is a voyage like no other we can imagine.Over 3,000 km below the earths surface an extraordinary inner world the size of Mars awaits us.Dive through the molten iron of the outer core and eventually you will reach a solid sphere - an iron-clad world held within a metal sea and unattached to anything above.At the earths core is the history of our planet written in temperature and pressure, crystals and minerals . . . Our planet appears tranquil from outer space. And yet the arcs of volcanoes, the earthquake zones and the auroral glow rippling above our heads are testimony to something remarkable happening inside . . .For thousands of years these phenomena were explained in legend and myth. Only in recent times has the brave new science of seismology emerged. One hundred and fifty years after the extraordinary, imaginative feat of Jules Vernes JOURNEY TO THE CENTRE OF THE EARTH, David Whitehouse embarks on a voyage of scientific discovery into the heart of our world.

It is rare to read something that so closely mixes science fiction with reality, but Space 2069 does just that ... [Its] an intelligent portrait of where we may be in the next half-century. - BBC Sky at Night Nearing half a century since the last Apollo mission, mankind has yet to return to the Moon, but that is about to change. With NASAs Artemis program scheduled for this decade, astronomer David Whitehouse takes a timely look at what the next 50 years of space exploration have in store.The thirteenth man and the first woman to walk on the Moon will be the first to explore the lunar south pole - the prime site for a future Moon base thanks to its near-perpetual sunlight and the presence of nearby ice.The first crewed mission to Mars will briefly orbit the red planet in 2039, preparing the way for a future landing mission. Surviving the round trip will be the greatest challenge any astronaut has yet faced.In the 2050s, a lander will descend to the frozen surface of Jupiters moon Europa and attempt to drill down to its subsurface ocean in search of life. Based on real-world information, up-to-date scientific findings and a healthy dose of realism, Space 2069 is a mind-expanding tour of humanitys future in space over the next 50 years.

Terrific and enthralling New ScientistFifty years ago, in July 1969, Apollo 11 became the first manned mission to land on the Moon, and Neil Armstrong the first man to step on to its surface. He and his crewmates, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins, were the latest men to risk their lives in this extraordinary scientific, engineering and human venture that would come to define the era.In Apollo 11: The Inside Story, David Whitehouse reveals the true drama behind the mission, putting it in the context of the wider space race and telling the story in the words of those who took part based around exclusive interviews with the key players.This enthralling book takes us from the early rocket pioneers to the shock America received from the Soviets launch of the first satellite, Sputnik; from the race to put the first person into space to the iconic Apollo 11 landing and beyond, to the agonising drama of the Apollo 13 disaster and the eventual winding-up of the Apollo program.Here is the story as told by the crew of Apollo 11 and the many others who shared in their monumental endeavour. Astronauts, engineers, politicians, NASA officials, Soviet rivals all tell their own story of a great moment of human achievement.

Astronomer and science writer David Whitehouse takes us on a journey through the evolving cosmos as he considers humankinds place in the universe - and how our survival depends on otherworldly perspectives.From the Earth to the depths of outer space, this inspiring book shows how human evolution has been intertwined with the workings of the cosmos from the very beginning, and what the far-distant future may hold, both for the universe and for ourselves.Given enough time, Whitehouse contends, we must communicate with intelligent aliens whose divergent perspective will transform our understanding of the universe. First contact may even come sooner than we think. We have already transmitted signals towards promising exoplanets. If, say, Gliese 581d harbours life, the return signal could reach us in 2051.Drawing the thread of human consciousness from the cave to the cosmos, the acclaimed author of Apollo 11: The Inside Story charts our future journey to the end of space and time and considers whether something of humanity could remain at the end of it all.

From the award-winning novelist David Whitehouse, hailed by TheNew York Times as a writer to watch, a tragicomic adventure about a troubled adolescent boy who escapes his small town in a stolen library-on-wheels.An archivist of his mother, Bobby Nusku spends his nights meticulously cataloging her hair, clothing, and other traces of the life she left behind. By day, Bobby and his best friend Sunny hatch a plan to transform Sunny, limb-by-limb, into a cyborg who could keep Bobby safe from schoolyard torment and from Bobbys abusive father and his bleach-blonde girlfriend. When Sunny is injured in a freak accident, Bobby is forced to face the world alone.Out in the neighborhood, Bobby encounters Rosa, a peculiar girl whose disability invites the scorn of bullies. When Bobby takes Rosa home, he meets her mother, Val, a lonely divorcee, whose job is cleaning a mobile library. Bobby and Val come to fill the emotional void in each others lives, but their bond also draws unwanted attention. After Val loses her job and Bobby is beaten by his father, they abscond in the sixteen-wheel bookmobile. On the road they are joined by Joe, a mysterious but kindhearted ex-soldier. This puzzle of people will travel across England, a picaresque adventure that comes to rival those in the classic books that fill their library-on-wheels.At once tender, provocative and darkly funny, Mobile Library is a fable about the intrinsic human desire to be loved and understoodand about one boys realization that the kinds of adventures found in books can happen in real life. It is the ingenious second novel by a writer whose prose has been hailed as outlandishly clever (TheNew York Times) and deceptively effortless (TheBoston Globe).

Genre-bending, genius . . . A superb, intoxicating bookTelegraphDeliciously twisty. I raced through it in one eveningThe Times A proper read-it-in-one-go book, opening up an advent calendar of lives behind the doors of a block of flatsAdam Kay, author of This is Going to HurtMargate is in the grip of a heatwave when David Whitehouse stumbles across the mysterious story of a local woman who lived on the ground floor of Saltwater Mansions, a block of flats not far from the sea. On paper, Caroline Lane was unremarkable. She paid her mortgage every month. She always paid her bills. But nobody had seen or heard from her for 13 years, and no one had ever come looking. She had disappeared completely. David quickly becomes as fascinated by this missing woman as the residents of Saltwater Mansions, all of whom have their own theories to share, and their own unique stories to tell. As his obsession grows, David unearths vital clues that private detectives and amateur investigators alike have failed to spot. But the closer he gets to the truth, the clearer it becomes that this mystery was never meant to be solved, and that some stories dont want to be told. What if this one was never about Caroline Lane at all? From acclaimed and award-winning author David Whitehouse, Saltwater Mansions is an astonishing work of creative non-fiction blending reportage and memoir to explore the extraordinary hidden lives of ordinary people, the impact of grief, and the dangerous allure of taking true crime stories into our own hands.I inhaled it in a sitting - what an exhilarating book. Brave, revealing and unexpectedCathy Rentzenbrink, author of The Last Act of LoveA tremendous chronicler of real stories . . . an utterly absorbing readi PaperOrdinary lives, family grief, true crime, the dangers of amateur sleuthing, unexpected stories . . . theres a whole universe of humanity wrapped up in David Whitehouses much anticipated new work of non-fiction . . . Prepare to read it in one addictive sittingStylist

In The Moon David Whitehouse explains how our nearest celestial neighbor was created (and what moonrocks tell us of its earth-shattering origins), and how its existence may have been a crucial factor in mankind being here at all. Whitehouse discusses how man has related to it, worshipped it and blamed it for his own lunacy - though can it really affect our behavior? He tells how the first person to look at the moon through a telescope was not Galileo, as is commonly believed, but an Englishman who knew Shakespeare and had a part in the Gunpowder Plot.While some of the story of the modern moon race may be known, the first moon race to map its surface has not been charted before, and is one of the most dramatic and unexpected stories in science. The recent discovery of ice hidden in the moons polar regions opens up new possibilities for space travel that mean it is essential that mankind returns there if we are ever to journey to the rest of the solar system.

A book that reaches so deeply into the human experience that to read it is to be forever changedELIZABETH DAYOne night in October 2015, twenty-year-old Morgan Hehir went out with friends and never came home.In the aftermath of his funny, talented sons murder, Morgans father Colin began to keep an extraordinary diary. It became a record of his familys grief, the ensuing trial, and his determined quest to uncover the shocking truth that the police had kept hidden.Inspired by this diary, About A Son is a groundbreaking work of creative non-fiction that asks vital questions about the nature of justice and pays tribute to the unbreakable bond between a father and son.SHORTLISTED FOR THE GORDON BURN PRIZE

Twelve-year-old Bobby Nusku is an archivist of his mother. He catalogues traces of her life and waits for her to return home. Bobby thinks that hes been left to face the world alone until he meets lonely single mother Val and her daughter Rosa. They spend a magical summer together, discovering the books in the mobile library where Val works as a cleaner. But as the summer draws to a close, Bobby finds himself in trouble and Val is in danger of losing her job. Theres only one thing to do -- and so they take to the road in the mobile library . . .Quirky, dark, magical and full of heart, Mobile Library by David Whitehouse is both a tragicomic road trip and a celebration of the adventures that books can take us on. Its a love-letter to unlikely families and the stories that shaped us.

This is a wonderful book, its different strands weaving around each other and coming together in the most fantastic conclusion. I am so jealous of David Whitehouses writing. Adam KayMemories make us who we are but what if yours belonged to someone else?David Whitehouses The Long Forgotten is the story of a missing plane, a rare-flower hunter, and a lonely young man who has begun to remember a past that isnt his. Its the story of a long-buried mystery, a quest that ended in tragedy, and a love that can never be forgotten.Powerful, eccentric . . . Whitehouses writing is energetic and pacey, spiked with startling moments of tenderness and superbly controlledThe Times