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The Survivors Club: How To Survive Anything

Autor Ben Sherwood
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 25 aug 2010
Meet the members of The Survivors Club . . .

The man who swam for 17 hours after falling off a cruise ship
The grandma who lifted a car to save a child
The woman who fell 33,000 feet without a parachute - and survived

InThe Survivors Club, Ben Sherwood sets out to discover what it is that helps ordinary men and women beat danger and death. What strengths do survivors share? What is the science of resilience? And what are the secrets of beating the odds?

This fascinating and inspiring book combines astonishing true stories, the latest scientific research and the author's own adventures inside the US military's elite survival schools to prepare you for the challenges not only of everyday life, but also for the unexpected in whatever form it takes.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780141031644
ISBN-10: 0141031646
Pagini: 400
Ilustrații: Illustrations
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 35 mm
Greutate: 0.5 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Notă biografică

Ben Sherwood is a bestselling author and award-winning journalist. He was educated at Harvard and Oxford and currently lives with his wife and son in New York and Los Angeles. His acclaimed novel,The Man Who Ate the 747, was published in thirteen languages and is being adapted as both a feature film and musical. His latest novel,The Death and Life of Charlie St Cloud, is also in development as a major motion picture.

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The book is absolutely fantastic. If you haven't readThe Survivors Club, you have to.—Glenn Beck,The Glenn Beck Show, Fox News
A must-read.—The New York Times
Editor's Choice: These are days when a survival guide really comes in handy. This entertaining book is a mix of helpful hints...and tales of bearing witness to survival.—Chicago Tribune
A-minus.The true-life stories are satisfying...but it's the science that fascinates.—Entertainment Weekly
A useful, insightful exploration of the nature of survival, the resilience of the human mind and body, and the ways in which we can all use our natural gifts to maximize our chances of coming through catastrophic situations.—Booklist
[The] stories are gripping, to put it mildly... Sherwood gains our trust with his Boy Scout common sense: Be prepared, play to your strengths, stay unruffled, keep the faith.—Kirkus Reviews
Enlightening...first-rate reporting.—Publishers Weekly