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    <body><![CDATA[Picked up this book free at NBP.  I don’t know if they were transcribing it, or if they just had it because Mike May, the subject, was on the adjudication committee of NBP’s new Louis Braille Touch of Genius Prize for Innovation.<br/><br/>I did not find it to be a very well-written book at all...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/27799774">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The true story of an entrepreneur who, through the use of new medical technology, is able to regain his sight after decades of blindness, something only 20 people in recorded history have experienced. To be honest, I thought the strongest parts of the book were those that didn't deal too much with t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/17429065">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The story of Mike May's life is truly facsinating.  He was a record blind Olympic skier, started and ran his own companies, and underwent a radical new eye surgery that allowed him to see.  Great insight on how the mind processes images and sensory inputs, and how &quot;repairing&quot; a sense lost ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/32462820">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I really enjoyed reading about Mike as he lived his life as a blind man and then later as a sighted man.  He is truly an amazing person who stretched himself to do as much as he wanted.  A blind man who was in the CIA, broke speed skiing records, was an inventor, and had a beautiful wife and boys, h...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50652776">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[What I loved about this book:<br/><br/>I'm giving this 5 stars because of the fascinating parts about what happens when you restore vision to a blind person, and not because of the writing.  It is unbelievable to learn about how we really &quot;see&quot;, and I don't doubt that it will be a real sur...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/28727720">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was a very interesting book.  I chose this book because I enjoy the author, Robert Kurson.  He has an incredible style of writing non-fiction.  You actually feel like you are experiencing the events as they unfold.  This is a story about Michael May who was blinded in early childhood and had th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/26254810">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Some friends recommended this and <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/search/search?q= Shadow Divers" title=" Shadow Divers"> Shadow Divers</a> to me when they were in town; it took awhile for this one to come through from the library. I wasn't really all that thrilled with <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/search/search?q= Shadow Divers" title=" Shadow Divers"> Shadow Divers</a>; it seemed like a lot of build up and conclusion with nothing much in the middle. This book suffers from ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5499402">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was an audio book that was quite fascinating. The biography of this guy who was blinded at 3 years old by a chemical accident is really amazing (a word that has almost lost value by overuse). For 40 years he lives his life as a blind person, doing things you couldn't image a blind person doing ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22605119">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The central idea of this book is fascinating- Mike May's journey from blindness to vision.  Too bad it takes half the book to get to it!  The beginning chapters dragged for me- while I appreciated the picture of May growing up blind, I didn't need quite so much background.  Once he gains sight, howe...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3682559">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book needs to be read, it needs to be on bestseller lists, it needs to win awards!  Go now and get it!  It is that good! It is a story about a man blinded at age 3 who received a cornea transplant 40 years later and was given his vision back.  He is one of maybe 20 people IN THE HISTORY OF THE ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42015370">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A very good book reading friend of mine recommended this book and I am so glad she did! This is a must read. If you know anybody who always sees the glass &quot;half empty &quot; ( and 99.999999% of the people I meet fit into this category ) then you must read this book to put life into perspective....<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7140260">more...</a>]]></body>
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