06864cam a2200637 4500 233491608 TxAuBib 20150605120000.0 ||||||s2011||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780385533935 0385533934 B004FGMD5U Amazon 5252a999-1476-4532-8975-9ce31c5ece70 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 205416 520249 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Mezrich, Ben. Sex on the Moon [Libby eBook] : The Amazing Story Behind the Most Audacious Heist in History. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2011. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 2310kB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. HTML:Thad Roberts, a fellow in a prestigious NASA program had an idea--a romantic, albeit crazy, idea. He wanted to give his girlfriend the moon. Literally. Thad convinced his girlfriend and another female accomplice, both NASA interns, to break into an impregnable laboratory at NASA--past security checkpoints, an electronically locked door with cipher security codes, and camera-lined hallways--and help him steal the most precious objects in the world: the moon rocks. But what does one do with an item so valuable that it's illegal even to own? And was Thad Roberts--undeniably gifted, picked for one of the most competitive scientific posts imaginable, a possible astronaut--really what he seemed? Mezrich has pored over thousands of pages of court records, FBI transcripts, and NASA documents and has interviewed most of the participants in the crime to reconstruct this Ocean's Eleven--style heist, a madcap story of genius, love, and duplicity that reads like a Hollywood thrill ride. From the Hardcover edition.. HTML:"Ben Mezrich, the gonzo-inspired biographer of Ivy League geeks.....[brings us a] stranger-than-fiction, true-life thriller of a man who went where no man has gone before....[the] story ticked all the boxes: a charismatic dreamer with a troubled past, a Romeo-and-Juliet love story, a geek-alicious high-tech setting, an ingenious Oceans 11-style heist--and perhaps the most boneheaded mistake any man ever made to impress a girl. Even better, it was a journalist's Holy Grail: a truly uncovered story.". HTML:Book Page. "[An] in-depth look at Thad Roberts, who along with three other NASA interns, stole pieces of lunar rock to impress his girlfriend. Mezrich has done extensive research to recreate the story of how an aspiring astronaut ended up getting caught for stealing over 100 pieces of the moon.". HTML:The Atlantic Monthly. HTML:"A breathless, credulous style....memorable supporting characters....adventure, sex, romance, a hero who is equal parts Clifford Irving from The Hoax, Frank Abagnale from Catch Me If You Can, and George Bailey from It's a Wonderful Life,....entertaining". HTML:The Boston Globe. "Ben Mezrich's latest straight-to-the-big-screen book....fascinating protagonist.....[Mezrich is] an accomplished storyteller.....a rollicking summertime page-turner crackling with sex, astronauts, stolen dinosaur bones and international cyber-intrigue". HTML:The Miami Herald. HTML:"In Sex on the Moon, author Ben Mezrich details the riveting account of how one of the most improbable heists in history went down....a fast and furious read, powered along by Mezrich's desire never to take his eyes off the story.". HTML:Chicago Post-Tribune. HTML:"Eloquent prose and a direct view into the characters' mind...the access to Roberts and re-creation of his motivation and personality are Sex On The Moon's best qualities.". HTML:The Onion. "[A] fascinating story....has the readability of popular fiction, a ripping story, and great characters....Another winner from an extremely talented writer". HTML:Booklist, starred review. "[Mezrich is] a genius at using characters and dialogue....to turn nonfiction into something as compelling as any thriller.". HTML:The Chronicle Herald. "Ben Mezrich goes to incredible lengths to bring readers a story that is both accurate and spellbinding, honest and riveting". HTML:Portsmouth Wire. "This is the incredible story of a crime truly out of this world, told with verve by Mezrich". HTML:News of the World. HTML:"[M]ovie-worthy treatment to the guy who stole moon rocks from NASA". HTML:The New York Daily News. "Uproarious . . . stimulating enough to keep even the un-medicated narcoleptic awake.". HTML:Washington Times. " [A] thrilling account of space rock heist...fun, breezy action". HTML:Tampa Tribune. "[E]nthusiastically re-creates this oddball 2002 moon-rock heist". Kirkus Reviews. "Page-turner....engaging read.". HTML:San Antonio Express-News. "Mezrich's prose has a cinematic flavor.". HTML:Boston Globe. "Deliciously readable". HTML:Baltimore Jewish Times. "[A]n out-of-this-world heist". HTML:USA Today. "A pulse-pounding tale". HTML:Patriot Ledger. "Compelling". HTML:Atlanta Jewish Times. Biography & Autobiography. True Crime. Nonfiction. Science. Media Type: eBook. 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