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Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why

by Laurence Gonzales · 1998

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In Deep Survival, Laurence Gonzales combines hard science and powerful storytelling to illustrate the mysteries of survival, whether in the wilderness or in meeting any of life's great challenges. This gripping narrative, the first book to describe the art and science of survival, will change the way you see the world. Everyone has a mountain to climb. Everyone has a wilderness inside.

Subject
psychologypsychologyMore like thisLess of thissciencescienceMore like thisLess of thisbusinessbusinessMore like thisLess of thisbiographybiographyMore like thisLess of thistraveltravelMore like thisLess of this
Genre
adventureadventureMore like thisLess of thiswar and militarywar and militaryMore like thisLess of this
Themes
naturenatureMore like thisLess of thissurvivalsurvivalMore like thisLess of thistraveltravelMore like thisLess of thissportssportsMore like thisLess of thisdisasterdisasterMore like thisLess of this
Setting
1990s1990sMore like thisLess of this
Mood
inspirationalinspirationalMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 304 pages

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