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The Martian

By - Weir, Andy
Floor - Floor 3
Published - Crown Publishers, New York, 2014
ISBN 10 - 0553418025
ISBN 13 - 9780553418026
Book Status - 1 Qnty Available with us.
Subject - Astronauts
Shelf No - 7
Call Number - 813.6 WEI
Physical Description - 387 pages : map ; 24 cm
Book Information
Selected for common reading at North Lake College Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars. Now, he's sure he'll be the first person to die there. After a dust storm nearly kills him and forces his crew to evacuate while thinking him dead, Mark finds himself stranded and completely alone with no way to even signal Earth that he’s alive—and even if he could get word out, his supplies would be gone long before a rescue could arrive. Chances are, though, he won't have time to starve to death. The damaged machinery, unforgiving environment, or plain-old "human error" are much more likely to kill him first. But Mark isn't ready to give up yet. Drawing on his ingenuity, his engineering skills—and a relentless, dogged refusal to quit—he steadfastly confronts one seemingly insurmountable obstacle after the next. Will his resourcefulness be enough to overcome the impossible odds against him?

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