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• Winner of ALA Notable Books (Nonfiction) 2022

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Dramatic and dynamic. Stephen Walker's passion for his subject along with his exceptional research and attention to detail have brought my father's extraordinary journey vividly to life. -- Elena Gagarina, daughter of Yuri Gagarin, the world's first spaceman Beyond has the exhilaration of a fine thriller, but it is vividly embedded in the historic tensions of the Cold War and peopled by men and women brought sympathetically, and sometimes tragically, to life. -- Colin Thubron, author of Shadow of the Silk Road

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Stephen Walker was born in London. He has a BA in History from Oxford and an MA in the History of Science from Harvard. His previous book was Shockwave: Countdown to Hiroshima, a New York Times bestseller. As well as being a writer he is also an award-winning documentary director. His films have won an Emmy, a BAFTA and the Rose d'Or, Europe's most prestigious documentary award. Mike Grady, Earphones Award-winning narrator and voice talent, is an English actor whose career has spanned more than forty years. On stage he has performed with the Royal Shakespeare Company, the National Theatre, and on the West End. He is also known for roles in Last of the Summer Wine, Sweet Sixteen, and Citizen Smith. David Rintoul, an Earphones Award-winning narrator, is a stage and television actor from Scotland. A former student of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, he has worked extensively with the Royal National Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company. He has also appeared regularly on BBC television, starring as Mr. Darcy in the 1980 adaptation of Pride and Prejudice and as Doctor Finlay in the television series of the same name.

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