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This subreddit is for fans of audible, the online audiobook service. Robert kurson was interviewed about his book, crashing through. One of the things i found interesting in this book, was the information about the procedure and about eye surgeries. Robert kurson gives us a fascinating account of one mans choice to explore what it means to see and to truly live. Serious audio problem with the surface book windows central. It remains fascinating throughout, avoiding the typical pitfalls that come with technical discussion and causing one to think about vision and the blind in a completely unexpected way. The stunning inside story of apollo 8 and the astronauts who took on the nearimpossible challenge of mankinds first mission to the moon, from the new york times bestselling author of shadow divers. I had a hard time because until the end of the book i really did not like the main character, crash.
A true story of risk, adventure, and the man who dared to see. Crashing through enables sighted individuals to take a new look at what they see everyday. 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. A perfect book to read if you want to learn some interesting details about how vision works while reading a pageturning story.