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OverviewAfter 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?how people get into trouble and how they get out again (or not)?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 stages of survival and reveals the essence of a survivor?truths that apply not only to surviving in the wild but also to surviving life-threatening illness, relationships, the death of a loved one, running a business during uncertain times, even war. Fascinating for any reader, and absolutely essential for anyone who takes a hike in the woods, this book will change the way we understand ourselves and the great outdoors. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Laurence Gonzales (Sante Fe Institute)Publisher: WW Norton & Co Imprint: WW Norton & Co Dimensions: Width: 16.30cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 24.40cm Weight: 0.568kg ISBN: 9780393052763ISBN 10: 0393052761 Pages: 304 Publication Date: 06 January 2004 Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Professional & Vocational , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Inactive Availability: In Print Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock. Table of ContentsReviewsA feast of excitement and wonder. Makes complexity and chaos come alive...fantastic accounts of danger and death.--Charles Perrow, author of Normal Accidents Should be required reading for anyone venturing off the beaten path. --Jeff Randall, Peruvian Air Force School of Jungle Survival Remarkable, unique, and compulsively readable, Deep Survival is three books in one: a compendium of vivid tales of disasters and near misses in the wilderness; a probing analysis of what the latest neuroscience and psychology can tell us about 'who lives and who dies'; and, finally, a moving memoir about Gonzales's father, whose own miraculous survival after a plane crash behind German lines in World War II launched the author on his lifelong quest into the mystery of risk and adventure. -- David Roberts, author of True Summit: What Really Happened on the Legendary Ascent on Annapurna Author InformationLaurence Gonzales is the author of Surviving Survival and the bestseller Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why. He has won two National Magazine Awards and is a fellow of the Santa Fe Institute. His essays are collected in the book House of Pain. He lives in Evanston, Illinois. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |