false 6243 9530 0965925072 9780965925075 404 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166028017m/9530.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166028017s/9530.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9530.Shadow_Divers 4.22 1593 6243 4.13 2567 724 2004 655211 1400063353 9781400063352 231 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176814010m/655211.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176814010s/655211.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/655211.Crashing_Through_A_True_Story_of_Risk_Adventure_and_the_Man_Who_Dared_to_See 3.86 618 Shadow Divers, Robert Kurson explored the depths of history, friendship, and compulsion. Now Kurson returns with another thrilling adventure–the stunning true story of one man’s heroic odyssey from blindness into sight.

Mike May spent his life crashing through. Blinded at age three, he defied expectations by breaking world records in downhill speed skiing, joining the CIA, and becoming a successful inventor, entrepreneur, and family man. He had never yearned for vision.

Then, in 1999, a chance encounter brought startling news: a revolutionary stem cell transplant surgery could restore May’s vision. It would allow him to drive, to read, to see his children’s faces. He began to contemplate an astonishing new world: Would music still sound the same? Would sex be different? Would he recognize himself in the mirror? Would his marriage survive? Would he still be Mike May?

The procedure was filled with risks, some of them deadly, others beyond May’s wildest dreams. Even if the surgery worked, history was against him. Fewer than twenty cases were known worldwide in which a person gained vision after a lifetime of blindness. Each of those people suffered desperate consequences we can scarcely imagine.

There were countless reasons for May to pass on vision. He could think of only a single reason to go forward. Whatever his decision, he knew it would change his life.

Beautifully written and thrillingly told, Crashing Through is a journey of suspense, daring, romance, and insight into the mysteries of vision and the brain. Robert Kurson gives us a fascinating account of one man’s choice to explore what it means to see–and to truly live.]]> 6243 4.13 2567 724 2006 1244096 0809229307 9780809229307 0 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182207025m/1244096.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182207025s/1244096.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1244096.The_Official_Three_Stooges_Encyclopedia_The_Ultimate_Knucklehead_s_Guide_to_Stoogedom_From_Amalgamated_Association_of_Morons_to_Ziller_Zeller_and_Zoller 0.0 0 The Three Stooges are undoubtedly the most famous comedy team in all history, and today Stoogemania is everywhere. Here is a treasure trove of the timeless humor and slapstick comedy that has made the Stooges such comic legends. Filled with more than 1,400 entries, jokes, and key gags, this deluxe collector's volume showcases the Stooges in all their zany, absurd glory.

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