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Extreme Survivors tells the illustrated story of 60 of the most daring escapes, famous shipwrecks, and ultimate survival stories. These are astonishing stories of human endurance and endeavour. The statistics, descriptions, archive photographs and illustrative maps will give you a full understanding of how Joe Simpson crawled to safety in the South American Andean mountains, how Anthony Farrar-Hockley evaded capture after the Battle of Imjin River in the Korean War and how Shackleton's men survived the incredible journey by boat to South Georgia. Sixty of the world's greatest survival stories. Here is a selection of them: Survival Stories * The Miracle of Stairway B, and how 16 people managed to escape death in the Twin Towers on 9/11. * The infamous story of the Montevideo rugby union team's plane crash in the Andes, and their subsequent admission of cannibalism - 2012 is the 40th anniversary of the crash. Prison Escapes * Mary Queen of Scots and her escape from a remote Scottish castle. * Three men pull off what is possibly the only successful escape from Alcatraz. * Henri Charriere's (Papillon) five escape attempts from the Devil's Island penal colony. Wartime Escapes * The story of Dith Pran, the Cambodian journalist who escaped the genocide of Pol Pot. * How the German soldier Cornelius Rost escaped from a labour camp in Siberia and trekked for 3 years to Iran. Shipwrecks * Ernest Shackleton's incredible journey to South Georgia to save every man on an expedition. * The story of 18 year old William Shotton and how he navigated his ship after most of the crew perished from a mystery disease in 1893. Hostage Situations * Naheeda Bi's ten years in captivity after her notorious tribal kidnapping in Pakistan. * The dramatic rescue of Ingrid Betancourt by Colombian security forces after six years as a hostage.

Welcome to the Cretaceous! It's full of the coolest creatures that ever walked the Earth! And Jamie and Tom have found a secret gateway that will take them there for adventures whenever they want. Today the boys and their wannanosaurus pal, Wanna, are on the hunt for a quetzalcoatlus - one of the biggest flying reptiles ever. It's not long before they spot the creatures gliding through the air and as one swoops down, the boys are amazed at how huge it is. But when it picks up Wanna and flies away with him, it's time for the boys to launch a rescue mission and find their little friend. This is the fourth book in the hugely popular Dinosaur Cove series which has now sold over a million copies. This new edition includes a set of Cretaceous collector cards. - The Secret Doctrine Most people shy away from blood, but for an assassin like me Gin Blanco, aka the Spider it s just part of the job. Still, it would be nice to get a night off, especially when I m attending the biggest gala event of the summer at Briartop, Ashland s fanciest art museum. But it s just not meant to be. For this exhibition of my late nemesis s priceless possessions is not only "the "place to be seen, but the place to be robbed and taken hostage at gunpoint as well. No sooner did I get my champagne than a bunch of the unluckiest The Extreme Survivors: 60 of the World's Most Extreme Survival Stories free ebook thieves ever burst into the museum and started looting the place.

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Author: Collins Maps
Number of Pages: 264 pages
Published Date: 27 Sep 2012
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication Country: London, United Kingdom
Language: English
ISBN: 9780007482771
Download Link: Click Here
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