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Jul 23, 2018 in this episode, jason staples and erik rostad discuss book 27 of the 2017 books of titans reading list deep survival by laurence gonzales. But despite the risks and with a sufficient dose of humility laurence gonzales published deep survival in 2003. The first scientific book on survival deep survival set the bar and started the trend that spawned a spate of imitations. Laurence gonzales, author deep survival, surviving survival and. Dec 17, 2015 what more could you ask for out of a book. The 12 rules of survival laurence gonzales, based on his book.
While conducting a raid on dusseldorf, his plane was hit in midair by a shot from a german flak, which cut the left wing in. After her plane crashes, a seventeenyearold girl spends eleven days walking through the peruvian jungle. Denver post over a decade since its original publication, laurence gonzaless bestselling deep survival has helped save lives from the deepest wildernesses, just as it has improved readers everyday lives. He finishes strong drawing the conclusion that real survival is a lifelong endeavor and the way we live our lives after the near death experience is as vital, if not more so, than our survival of a single event. Gonzales has received numerous awards including two national magazine. His motivation stems from his fathers own survival of both a military plane crash and being a prisoner of war. He was also awarded the montaigne medal from the eric hoffer society in 2018 and won the eric hoffer award in both 2018 and 2019. These are the essays that shaped laurence gonzaless unique voice and insight for such best sellers as his deep survival. Could you find food, make a fire, make shelter, etc. This gripping narrative, the first book to describe the art.
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