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The interesting complicated lives of astronauts

Revisado: 08-08-17

Well worth your time to hear how these families cope when family members go to space. Interesting how their lives get more complicated as you get closer to launch.

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Another hit! Your family and friends will hate you

Revisado: 02-17-17

Your family and friends will hate you after you listen to this book because you will question everything! Was the sample size large enough? I think you're looking at that wrong!

Mr. Lewis does it again. He brings a rather mundane topic to life by intertwining the very interesting lives of two rather unique academics with the research topic that they loved.

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Great story. Better than his show.

Revisado: 02-17-17

I have tried to watch Trevor's show a few times but just don't like it. This book is a another story. Mr. Noah is an exceptional storyteller and his story is exceptional too.

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Whoa Nelly, what a start, middle and end

Revisado: 12-18-16

A prude might turn off the book in the first five minutes but then they would miss a fun twisting story about life, friendships and how hometowns change over time.

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A fun intertwining of the biggest names

Revisado: 12-18-16

The author does a fine job of mixing around Edison, Westinghouse and Tesla plus presidents, aristocrats and entertainers to tell a story about how the world was changed through technology. You can argue that certain technologies have changed everything, but the ability to provide light instantaneously is certainly in the top-five. And this story tells how light became ubiquitous in the modern world. Substitute microchip and you have today's world.

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Hopeful story. Might be around for ahwhile.

Revisado: 12-18-16

The writer does a good job of capturing the see-saw nature of how the slowly then rapidly the world changes. We've all seen how the old neighborhood has changed. And sometimes gentrification takes over to make it a new neighborhood. But that does not happen everywhere. The writer discusses his modern day success story but he also touches on those who did not make it out of the cycle of poverty. This is not a textbook but it definitely raises questions to think about.

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What a strange and wonderful family

Revisado: 12-18-16

As a Sherlock Holmes fan, I wanted to understand if it runs in the family. Yes, Mycroft is a skilled puzzle-solver with equally quirky habits that might not be as self destructive. Kareem brings a different viewpoint to the story when they get out of London. Mycroft's mate is smart, tough and persistent.

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Fun, entertaining cops and sort of superheroes

Revisado: 03-22-16

Not just another cop book, this is a story about near superheroes and a brave cop who does the right thing and ends up on a different crime solving team. The mystery to be solved is not too heavy. The interaction and origin story of each character is interesting. Definitely worth the listen.

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Good fun but could do without all that Google stuf

Revisado: 04-20-15

Penumbra is good clean fun that got a little repetitious with all those Google references. Other reviews mention the geekiness of the book but there is nothing so technical that an engaged listener would find too complicated. The characters are fun and quirky. The concept is definitely fun and quirky. The really neat stuff actually happens offline. Definitely worth a fun and easy listen. But sometimes I felt like I was listening to the audio book version of the Internship movie starring Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson because the author mentions Google-this and Google-that a lot.

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Liked the style. Loved the accents. Kind of gory.

Revisado: 02-20-15

Most of the gory stuff comes at the end, so the style and story will push you through. Written/spoken in the voices of the main characters over a period of time, the book is a mystery wrapped in the unraveling of many people's lives. It is kind of hard to hear the characters spiral but hey, it's fiction. Definitely worth the listen. Because this is a audio book it is hard to keep up with the dates...no biggee.

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