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Author | : Laurence Gonzales |
Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages | : 324 |
Release | : 2004-10-17 |
Genre | : Psychology |
ISBN | : 0393076571 |
"Unique among survival books... stunning... enthralling. Deep Survival makes compelling, and chilling, reading."—Penelope Purdy, Denver Post In ?Deep Survival?, Laurence Gonzalez 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.
Author | : Laurence Gonzales |
Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages | : 288 |
Release | : 2009-10-05 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0393069656 |
“Well-written and fascinating . . . this is the kind of book you want everyone to read.”—Cleveland Plain Dealer “Curiosity, awareness, attention,” Laurence Gonzales writes. “Those are the tools of our everyday survival. . . . We all must be scientists at heart or be victims of forces that we don’t understand.” In this fascinating account, Gonzales turns his talent for gripping narrative, knowledge of the way our minds and bodies work, and bottomless curiosity about the world to the topic of how we can best use the blessings of evolution to overcome the hazards of everyday life. Everyday Survival will teach you to make the right choices for our complex, dangerous, and quickly changing world—whether you are climbing a mountain or the corporate ladder.
Author | : Laurence Gonzales |
Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 2012-09-10 |
Genre | : Psychology |
ISBN | : 0393083187 |
Drawing on cases across a range of life-threatening experiences, Laurence Gonzales makes a compelling argument about fear, courage and the adaptability of the human spirit.
Author | : Laurence Gonzales |
Publisher | : W. W. Norton |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2014 |
Genre | : Aircraft accident victims |
ISBN | : 9780393240023 |
Twenty-five years after the catastrophe, a dramatic and extraordinarily rare 360-degree view of the crash of a fully loaded jumbo jet.
Author | : Watt Key |
Publisher | : Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr) |
Total Pages | : 271 |
Release | : 2018-04-17 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 0374306540 |
When a dive off the coast of Alabama goes horribly wrong, 12-year-old Julie and one of her father's scuba clients struggle to survive after reaching an abandoned oil rig.
Author | : Laurence Gonzales |
Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages | : 320 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9780393052763 |
Fascinating for any reader, and absolutely essential for anyone who takes a hike in the woods, this book will change the way readers understand themselves and the great outdoors.
Author | : J. Leach |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 233 |
Release | : 1994-09-05 |
Genre | : Psychology |
ISBN | : 0230372716 |
'...it should be made standard reading for those dealing with disaster/survival situations, it is also very informative in helping the general reader understand the psychology of survivors...The text makes compulsive reading and the book is hard to put down. It is worth examining, no matter where your professional interest lies.'- Duncan MacPaul, Nursing Times. Why do so many people die without need? How can an exceptional few survive extraordinarily harsh conditions sometimes after months or years of deprivation? Recent years have seen remarkable improvements in survival training and technology, yet most people still perish quickly in the face of adversity. In this book John Leach seeks to answer these questions by considering the psychology of human survival; how groups and individuals behave before, during and after life threatening events. Both short and long-term survival are addressed as well as the psychological consequences of hunger, thirst, cold, heat, crowding, isolation, fatigue and sleep deprivation. The essence of this work is distilled into a set of principles for psychological first-aid for use in the field.
Author | : Laurence Gonzales |
Publisher | : University of Arkansas Press |
Total Pages | : 319 |
Release | : 2013-10-01 |
Genre | : Literary Collections |
ISBN | : 1557289999 |
New collection of essays.
Author | : Laurence Gonzales |
Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages | : 375 |
Release | : 2014-07-07 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 0393244148 |
"A richly detailed story that is equal parts heartbreaking, inspiring…and full of fascinating science…masterful." —San Francisco Chronicle As hundreds of rescue workers waited on the ground, United Airlines Flight 232 wallowed drunkenly over the bluffs northwest of Sioux City. The plane slammed onto the runway and burst into a vast fireball. The rescuers didn't move at first: nobody could possibly survive that crash. And then people began emerging from the summer corn that lined the runways. Miraculously, 184 of 296 passengers lived. No one has ever attempted the complete reconstruction of a crash of this magnitude. Drawing on interviews with hundreds of survivors, crew, and airport and rescue personnel, Laurence Gonzales, a commercial pilot himself, captures, minute by minute, the harrowing journey of pilots flying a plane with no controls and flight attendants keeping their calm in the face of certain death. He plumbs the hearts and minds of passengers as they pray, bargain with God, plot their strategies for survival, and sacrifice themselves to save others. Ultimately he takes us, step by step, through the gripping scientific detective work in super-secret labs to dive into the heart of a flaw smaller than a grain of rice that shows what brought the aircraft down. An unforgettable drama of the triumph of heroism over tragedy and human ingenuity over technological breakdown, Flight 232 is a masterpiece in the tradition of the greatest aviation stories ever told.
Author | : Laurence Gonzales |
Publisher | : University of Arkansas Press |
Total Pages | : 340 |
Release | : 1989-01-01 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9781557280817 |
Essays deal with the Indianapolis 500, kite flying, capital punishment, aviation, drug addiction, prison, and David Carradine