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Touching the void
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Joe Simpson,Joe Simpson |
Touching the Void is a 1988 book by Joe Simpson, recounting his and Simon Yates's disastrous and nearly fatal climb of the 6,344-metre (20,813 foot) Siula Grande in the Peruvian Andes in 1985. |
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Not Without Hope
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Nick Schuyler |
On February 28, 2009, Nick Schuyler, a twenty-four-year-old personal trainer, left for a deep-sea fishing trip with three friends: NFL players Marquis Cooper and Corey Smith, and Will Bleakley, his b… |
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Miracle on the Hudson
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The Survivors Of Flight 1549 |
In this heart-stopping, page-turning tale of fear, heroism, and redemption, the passengers of the Hudson River crash landing tell their remarkable stories.Millions watched the aftermath on television… |
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Lost in Shangri-la
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Mitchell Zuckoff |
Describes the 1945 odyssey of three plane crash survivors in New Guinea who endured a harrowing journey through the jungle to seek help, their encounter with a primitive tribe who had never seen whit… |
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Vivos bajo tierra
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Manuel Pino Toro |
"The story of the thirty-three trapped miners in the San Jose mine in the middle of the Chilean desert is an epic in the classic sense, filled with real heroes, blessings from God, and the curse of m… |
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Adrift
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Tami Oldham Ashcraft,Susea McGearhart |
"Young and in love, their lives ahead of them, Tami Oldham and her fiancé Richard Sharp set sail from Tahiti under brilliant blue skies, with Tami's hometown of San Diego as their ultimate destinatio… |
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Hunted
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David Fletcher |
A lone mountaineer's incredible ordeal when stalked by a three-ton Alaskan grizzly bear bent on his death. |
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Relato de un náufrago
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Gabriel García Márquez |
On t.p.: . . . who drifted on a life raft for ten days without food or water, was proclaimed a national hero, kissed by beauty queens, made rich through publicity, and then spurned by the government … |
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Understanding The Tempest
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Faith Nostbakken |
A collection of critical essays and literary criticisms about The Tempest by William Shakespeare. |
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Left for dead
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Nick Ward |
'Left for Dead' is the tragic and inspirational story of Nick Ward's survival against all the odds. It is the story of an ordinary man who survived an extraordinary event. It was an experience which … |
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Lone Survivor
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Ken Hodgson |
Ken Hodgson, an authentic, powerfully original voice in Western fiction, returns with the most notorious story in the annals of the frontier… In 1873, Alferd Packer led 21 men from Utah to the gold f… |
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Shot down and on the run
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Graham Pitchfork |
Many POW escape stories are well known, but what about those who miraculously evaded capture in the first place and returned to fight another day? This book tells some of the epic stories of the thou… |
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Miracle in the Andes
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Nando Parrado |
In the first hours there was nothing, no fear or sadness, just a black and perfect silence.Nando Parrado was unconscious for three days before he woke to discover that the plane carrying his rugby te… |
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The greatest small boat rescue in Coast Guard history
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Theresa M. Barbo |
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And I Alone survived
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Lauren Elder |
An account of the author's ordeal and endurance as the only survivor of a small-plane crash in the High Sierra and of her descent to safety. |
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In the Heart of the Sea
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Nathaniel Philbrick |
In 1819, the 238-ton Essex set sail from Nantucket on a routine voyage to hunt whales. Fifteen months later, the Essex was rammed and sunk by an enraged sperm whale. |
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Crazy for the storm
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Norman Ollestad |
Dad SaidOlestad, we can do it all....Why do you make me do this?Because it's beautiful when it all comes together.I don't think it's ever beautiful.One day.Never.We'll see, my father said. Vamanos.Fr… |
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Real miracles, divine intervention, and feats of incredible survival
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Brad Steiger |
Including more than 200 true, thought-provoking stories, this inspirational collection provides a fascinating glimpse into the world of unexplained phenomena and survival against overwhelming odds. A… |
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