Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why: True Stories of Miraculous Endurance and Sudden Death

Search For Audio Books

Author, Title or Keyword

Browse by Category

Foreign Language Study

Recommended Audio Books

Map That Changed the World

Simon Winchester
From the author of the bestselling The Professor and the Madman comes the fascinating story of the father of modern geology.$21.99

» More Info

Call To Conscience, A: The Birth Of A New Nation

Martin Luther King JR
From the "Call to Conscience" collection, "The Birth of a New Nation" ignited the modern civil rights movement. Introduction written and read by Rev Leon H Sullivan.$1.99

» More Info

South

Sir Ernest Shackleton
Explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton set out for the last unknown continent, Antarctica, but his ship became locked in sea ice then was crushed and his crew marooned. This is Shackleton's gripping accoun...$24.49

» More Info

John Adams

David McCullough
In this powerful, epic biography, David McCullough unfolds the adventurous life-journey of John Adams, the brilliant, fiercely independent, often irascible, always honest Yankee patriot.$60.99

» More Info

Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why: True Stories of Miraculous Endurance and Sudden Death

See Larger Image	Categories :	Historical Biographical

	Publisher :	Blackstone Audio Inc
	Author :	Laurence Gonzales
	Narrator :	Stefan Rudnicki

	Length :	10 hours 30 minutes (Unabridged)

Physical Price :		$34.95
Download Price :		$17.99

Format :		Encoded Windows Media

Only Available in the US and Canada

© 2007 Blackstone Audio Inc

ADD TO BASKET

HEAR SAMPLE

"The study of survival offers an illuminating portal into the human psyche, and Gonzales, knowledgeable and passionate, is a compelling and trustworthy guide."Booklist

"A superb, entertaining addition to a nature buff's libraryor for anyone not tucked safely away in a bunker." Kirkus Reviews

After her plane crashes, a seventeen-year-old girl spends eleven days walking through the Peruvian jungle. Against all odds, with no food, shelter, or equipment, she gets out. A better equipped group of adult survivors of the same crash sits down and dies. What makes the difference?

Examining such stories of miraculous endurance and tragic death, Deep Survival takes us from the tops of snowy mountains and the depths of oceans to the workings of the brain that control our behavior. Through close analysis of case studies, Laurence Gonzales describes the essence of a survivor and offers twelve "Rules of Survival." In the end, he finds, it is what's in your heart, not what's in your pack, that separates the living from the dead. This book will change the way we understand ourselves and the great outdoors.

Award-winning author Laurence Gonzales is a contributing editor at National Geographic Adventure. He has written for Outside, Harpers, and Men's Journal, among other magazines. He lives in Evanston, Illinois.

Stefan Rudnicki has won the highest awards in the narrating industry, including a GRAMMY® Award for production, the 2005 Audie Award for narration, and multiple AudioFile Earphones Awards.

Biography categories

All Adventurers & Explorers Arts & Drama Autobiography Business Comedy Historical Journalism Military Politics Radio Shows Rich & Famous Royalty and Heads of State Sports True Crime TV & Film Women Miscellaneous

History Audio Books categories

All 20th Century History Audios 21st Century History Audios American History Audios Ancient History Audios Biographies - History Audios British History Audios Foreign Language Content Military History Audios Music Related History Audios Pre 1900 History Audios Social & Economic History Audio World History Audios Miscellaneous

New Releases

Call To Conscience, A: The Landmark Speeches of Dr Martin Luther King, Jr

Martin Luther King JR
Featuring Never-Before-Collected, Original Recordings of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. - Edited by Clayborne Carson and Kris Shepard.$1.99

» More Info

My Early Life: A Roving Commission

Winston Churchill
This is the story of Mr. Churchill’s life, from his early apprentice days at Harrow and Sandhurst, through his active military service, to his first adventures in politics and literature.$22.99

» More Info

Never Tell Our Business to Strangers: A Memoir

Jennifer Mascia
Never Tell Our Business to Strangers will captivate and enthrall, both with its unrelenting revelations and its honest, witty heart.$27.99

» More Info

Call To Conscience, A: The Address to the First MIA Mass Meeting

Dr Martin Luther King, Jr
From the "Call to Conscience" collection, "The Address to the First MIA Mass Meeting" took place in in December 1955 shortly after Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on the bus.$1.99

» More Info

Churchill: A Biography

Roy Jenkins
Roy Jenkins’s narrative account of Churchill’s astounding career is one of the finest political biographies of our time.$44.99

» More Info

Thomas Wolsey, the Late Cardinal: His Life and Death

George Cavendish; Edited by Roger Lockyer
Listen to a personal account of a prominent figure during one of the most pivotal times in England’s history: the Tudor period.$19.99

» More Info


Home	Special Offers	Free	My Library	Basket	Help