Big Miracle: Inspired by the Incredible True Story That United the World, (Paperback)

from PaperbackPirate

I bet you didn't know that the Industrial Revolution actually helped the environment. It honestly says in this book, "The benefits of industrialization far outweighed its costs and not just to humans but also to the environment." To the environment! After reading that, how could I take anything e...

from lindseyrivers

Quite possibly the worst book I have ever read. It took me over three months just to make myself get through it. Now, to be fair, I received an advanced, uncorrected proof. But I cannot imagine that even when corrected, this book will be any good. One of the first of many complaints I have is tha...

from JLsBibliomania

I seem to be running into a lot of books that I skid out of recently. This is yet another where the cover blurb is great, but the rest is thin and not enough to sustain interest - at least not as an audiobook where it is hard to skim ahead. I got fed up around CD3 and switched to light fiction in...

from mcelhra

Big Miracle is the book that inspired the movie of the same name. I haven't seen the movie yet and couldn't find a release date for the DVD. However, from what I could gather from reading about the movie online, it differs markedly from the book. It would have to - there is no way that Drew Barry...

from corglacier7

Short version: an uneven and digressing narrative, and pretty obviously biased in an off-putting way. I came for the story of a remarkable event that brought eco-consciousness to the forefront of many peoples' minds and helped bridge the Cold War in a small way for a few days, and left with what ...