Robert Kurson, Author . Random $26.95 (400p) ISBN 978-0-375-50858-5
This superlative journalistic narrative tells of John Chatterton and Rich Kohler, two deep-sea wreck divers who in 1991 dove to a mysterious wreck lying at the perilous depth of 230 feet, off the coast of New Jersey. Both had a philosophy of...
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Robert Kurson, Author . Random $25.95 (320p) ISBN 978-1-4000-6335-2
Blinded in a childhood accident, Mike May never hesitated to try anything—driving a motorcycle, hiking alone in the woods, downhill skiing—until the day, when May was 46, an ophthalmologist told him a new stem-cell and cornea transplant...
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Robert Kurson. Random, $28 (304p) ISBN 978-1-4000-6336-9
The odds of finding a bona fide pirate ship are quite rare, a fact Robert Kurson (Shadow Divers) points out in the first few pages of this extraordinary adventure. Only one—the Whydah—has ever been positively identified as belonging to pirates. The...
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Robert Kurson. Random House, $28 (350p) ISBN 978-0-8129-8870-3
With the 50th anniversary of the trailblazing Apollo 8 mission approaching in December 2018, Kurson (Pirate Hunters) affably reminds readers of the days when America’s dreams and goals lay far beyond Earth’s surface. Kurson sets the stage swiftly:...
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Robert Kurson, Author, Campbell Scott, Read by , read by Campbell Scott. Random House Audio $27.50 (0p) ISBN 978-0-7393-1199-8
Kurson's chronicle of an extraordinary deep-sea discovery makes for a captivating audio experience. In 1991, divers John Chatterton and Rich Kohler came across the buried remains of a German submarine just off the coast of New Jersey. Unable to...
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Robert Kurson, read by Ray Porter. Random House Audio, , unabridged, 10 CDs, 12 hrs., $45 ISBN 978-0-525-52700-8
Voice actor Porter effortlessly captures the full swing of events that led America to surpass the Soviet Union in the race to be the first country to orbit moon. Set against the backdrop of Vietnam War protests and racial tensions following the...
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Robert Kurson, Author, Christopher Evan Welch, Read by , read by Christopher Evan Welch. Random House Audio $29.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-7393-4315-9
Christopher Evan Welch brings a tone of boyish wonder to the reading of Kurson's biography of Mike May, a highly successful entrepreneur, athlete, husband and father who undergoes experimental surgery to regain the vision that he lost in a...
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