false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1190414955m/1926218.jpg 1926218 6 Richard Hammond is one of our most in-demand and best-loved television presenters. On September 20, 2006, he suffered a serious brain injury following a high-speed car crash, and the nation held its breath. On the Edge is his compelling account of life before and after the accident and an honest description of his year of recovery, full of drama and incident. It is also, perhaps, his explanation of why, as a married man and father of two young daughters, he was prepared to risk all by strapping himself to the front of a jet engine with the power of eleven Formula One cars. A daredevil and a petrolhead long before his association with Top Gear, Richard tells the story of his life as an adrenalin junkie, from the small boy showing off with ridiculous stunts on his bicycle to the adolescent with a near-obsessive attraction to speed and the smell of petrol. After a series of jobs in local radio, he graduated to television and eventually to Top Gear, one of the world's most popular shows, upgrading his car with each step up the ladder. His insights into the personalities, the camaraderie and, of course, the stunts for which Top Gear has become famous make compulsive reading. It was whilst filming for Top Gear, driving a jet-powered dragster at speeds over 300mph, that a tyre burst and the car left the track and rolled over, burying him in the earth. He was airlifted to hospital and hovered near death for several days. His wife Mindy tells the story of the anxious hours and days of watching and waiting until he finally emerged from his coma. In an extraordinarily powerful piece of writing, she and Richard then piece together the stages of his recovery as his shattered mind slowly reformed, leaving him sometimes lucid and plausible, sometimes confused and angry, and often exhausted. The final chapter recounts his return home and his triumphant reappearance in front of the cameras. 2523944 1 4 2007 On The Edge total:163|5:50|4:67|3:40|2:2|1:4| 163 646 265 35 5 4 false false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon May 12 11:07:44 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 01 15:27:25 -0700 2008 more...]]> 0 0 false false Thu Apr 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 14 07:11:28 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 14 07:11:46 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Feb 17 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 18 02:03:27 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 18 03:11:32 -0800 2009 Top Gear. For those who haven't seen it, Richard Hammond is one of the three hosts--you might say he is the cute one (where James May is the dependable, cultivated, or stodgy one--dep...more...]]> 3 2 false false Sun Nov 16 14:07:46 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 16 14:07:55 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue May 26 05:06:54 -0700 2009 Tue May 26 05:14:48 -0700 2009 No idea he would write about it mind you, I guess thats what star's do...
I found it gave a great look behind "the Hamster" and how that terrible moment effected him, as well as the sad truths ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Apr 26 13:34:14 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 26 13:44:30 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Sep 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 28 11:47:11 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 21 13:23:36 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Aug 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 04 09:43:38 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 07 06:06:19 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 02 11:59:20 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 02 12:09:22 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 11 03:58:49 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 11 03:59:37 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Dec 26 04:26:41 -0800 2008 Sat Aug 08 14:13:47 -0700 2009 Weidenfiled & Nicolson
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When a national TV star has a serious accident in the course of his work it is BIG news. That is how things are these days. The viewer builds up some sort of relationship with the person on the small(ish)...more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Aug 28 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 28 01:36:00 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 28 01:56:12 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 23 18:37:20 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 24 14:32:43 -0700 2009 2
It's not only a biography of someone I find fascinating, but also a story of a horrific accident - it's a tale of a man who awakens out of a coma to find himself broken, and his struggles to reclaim the part of him that was taken away. It's a tale of t...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Oct 06 06:13:58 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 06 06:15:31 -0700 2009
The first about Richard growing up and becoming a star is interesting, humorous and shows how he pretty much blagged his way to the top.

The second half covers the near fatal accident and his recovery in remarkable detail, half writte...more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Mar 03 03:35:48 -0800 2009 Sun May 10 16:05:54 -0700 2009
I have so much respect for this man - because he was careful to include the bad times during this ordeal. It wasn't a book thanking the staff and the network and his friends and family, no. It was saying how hard it all was, and how he acted badly in...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Jul 19 05:06:41 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 19 05:53:18 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Apr 14 04:27:37 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 14 04:28:34 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Fri Jul 10 18:32:56 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 10 18:34:24 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Mar 25 18:48:21 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 25 18:50:26 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Jan 08 09:15:59 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 08 09:19:53 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1926218