Michael Tougias - Extreme Survival: Lessons from Those Who Have Triumphed Against All Odds (Survival Stories, True Stories)

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Michael J. Tougias

Extreme Survival: Lessons From Those Who Have Triumphed Against All Odds

If youre clinging to a lifeboat, surrounded by sharks (figuratively or literally), what should you think about? Who should you ignore? What are the patterns of mind and heart that have helped Antarctic explorers, soldiers, lobster fishermen, and prisoners of war stay saneand alive? Michael Tougias converts the wisdom of survivors into advice we can all use to light up the darkness.

Amanda Ripley , bestselling author of The Unthinkable: Who Survives When Disaster Strik esand Why

Each page is filled with the amazing arc of a human spirit exceeding all bounds, yet returning us, as readers, to what it means to be wholly human, humane, selfless, yet aware of ones selfcall it identity, our authentic selves, a grasp of whats meaningful in ones life. Tougias reporting and storytelling has appeal for armchair adventurers, historians of the extreme, for parents and families, teachers, civic leaders, those in business, and all of us in leadership positions large or small, who ask, How do I make th e most of
this moment?

Doug Stanton , #1 New York Times bestselling author of In Harms Way and Hors e Soldiers

The Finest Hours: The True Story of the U.S. Coast Guards Most Daring Sea Rescue (coauthored BY Casey Sherman)

A blockbuster account of tragedy at seagives a you-are-the re feel.

The Providen ce Journal

A gripp ing read!

J ames Bradley , author of Flags of O ur Fathers

Overboard! A True Blue-Water Odyssey of Disaster and Survival

A heart-pounding account of the storm that tore apart a forty-five-foot sailboat. Author Michael Tougias is the master of the weather-related disas ter book.

The Bo ston Globe

Overboard is a beautiful story deserving of a good cry.

Gatehouse Ne ws Service

Tougias has a knack for weaving thoroughly absorbing storiesadventure fans need this one!

Booklist

Fatal Forecast: An Incredible True Tale of Disaster and Survival at Sea

A passionately recounted peril-at-sea adventuredescribed with excruciating intensity. A blustery seafarers delight, rendered wi th gusto.

Kirk us Reviews

Tougias spins a marvelous and terrifying yarnthis is a breathtak ing book.

Los Ang eles Times

Tougiass terrifying tale will stun youleaving you breathless, exhilarated, and finall y amazed.

The Providen ce Journal

Ernie Hazards experiences, as related by Tougias, deserve a place as a classic of sea survival history.

The Bo ston Globe

Tougias spins a dramatic saga. [He] has written eighteen books, and this is among his most gripping.

National Geographic Adventur e Magazine

Ten Hours Until Dawn

The best story of peril at sea since Sebastian Jungers Perfect Storm . Superb!

Booklist

What a story! Tougiass research and writing make the reader feel as if they are on board the Can Do during the Blizzar d of 78.

Governor Micha el Dukakis

An incredible tale of heroism and s acrifice.

Nathaniel Philbrick , National Book Aw ard Winner

Selected as an American Library Association as an Editors Choice and Top Book of the Year.

Audiobook recipient of the Audiophiles Earpho nes Award

A Storm Too Soon

By depicting the event from the perspective of both the rescued and the rescuers and focusing only on key moments and details, Tougias creates a suspenseful, tautly rendered story that leaves readers breathless but well-satisfied. Heart-pounding action for the avid armchair ad venturer.

Kirk us Reviews

The riveting, meticulously researched A Storm Too Soon tells the true-life tale of an incredibl e rescue.

New York Post

Tougias deftly switches from heart-pounding details of the rescue to the personal stories of the boats crew and those of the rescue team. The result is a well-researched and suspense ful read.

Publish ers Weekly

Already a maven of maritime books with Overboard! and Fatal Forecast , Tougias cinches that title here. Working in the present tense, Tougias lets the story tell itself, and what a story! Anyone reading [ A Storm Too Soon ] will laud Tougiass success.

Providen ce Journal

Rescue of the Bounty

Tougias and Campbell superbly recreate the disastrous voyage, providing just the right amount of detail to bring every character involved in this dramatic tale to life, from Bounty captain Robin Walbridge and his shipmates to the brave Coast Guard rescue swimmers. A thrilling and perfectly paced book, Rescue of the Bounty is filled with good intentions but bad decisions, tall-ship history and current usage, and the roar and taste of the storm-whipp ed ocean.

Booklist

Rivetingbreathtaking. Tougias and Campbell build tension slowly and methodicallya sound strategy that pays off when they reach the storm itself. Then, the book becomes a white-knuckled, tragic adventure experienced by recognizable and sympathetic figures.

Richmond Time s-Dispatch

A book that succeeds both as a high-seas adventure and as a psychological portrait of Bounty s ill-fated captain, Robin Walbridgea gripping account.

The Day

A taut recounting of a needless maritime tragedy.

Kirk us Reviews

Tougias and Campbells well researched and very personal effort details the doubts and questions as the ship gets underway, takes you aboard as the exhausted crew struggle to keep it afloat, then into the raging sea as the soggy survivors feverishly clamber into the bouncing rafts, and onto the tossing aircraft as the Coast Guard hoists the sailors from the maelstr om below.

Florida T imes-Union

Above & Beyond

The authors eloquently convey the difficulties and tensions involved in these U-2 flights, dramatically magnified during the crisis, when miscalculations could instigate a disastrous response by either side. This superbly written, tense, and sometimes sad account views the Cuban Missile Crisis from an unusual and telling per spective.

Booklist (starr ed review)

The authors have assembled a page-turning narrative. Thinking of what a lesser commander-in-chief might have done, readers will shudder. An edifying history that, given Americas current global diplomatic stance, is also timely and hopefully instructive to those faced with similarly dire circu mstances.

Kirk us Reviews

The tick-tock narrative reanimates the drama. Above & Beyond documents the courage and skill of the U-2 pilots, one of whom was shot down o ver Cuba.

Wall Stre et Journal

A novelistic approach that involves dramatically recreated scenes and interweaving story lines. The focus on two lesser-known figures gives the book an added dimension beyond other Cuban Missile Crisis histories. [ Above & Beyond ] hums when describing the strategic maneuvering in Washington. The authors will leave readers with a greater appreciation of the work required to combat the miscalculations, incorrect interpretations, and breakdowns in command and control that could lead to war.

Publish ers Weekly

A you-are-there retelling of the Cold Wars scarie st hours.

Mili tary Times

Sherman and Tougias (coauthors, The Finest Hours ) present an absorbing account of heroic U-2 pilots Rudolph Anderson (192763) and Charles Maultsby (192698) and their harrowing missions. The most fascinating chapters describe Anderson and Maultsbys lives, training, and assignments, especially Maultsbys catastrophic flight over the Arctic Circle that drifted into Soviet Union air space. VERDICT: Fascinating for general and informed a udiences.

Libra ry Journal

So Close to Home

Through their meticulous research, Tougias and OLeary take you where few historians dare, into the dark sea where an American family is floundering to stay alive, and onto the steel-planked deck of the German U-boat that put them there. This is priceless history, a fresh story in a modern era, and two hundred fast-paced pages of you-are -there.