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  <title>Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why</title>
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    <body><![CDATA[i read about this book in national geographic adventure magazine.  they had a three-page spread about gonzales, his story, and the impetus for this book.  it seemed fascinating, the 'theory' behind survival and why certain people beat the odds and survive a harrowing situation, while others give up and die after only one day.  the book was rather disappointing...there really is no 'theory' behind survival.  gonzales is not a great writer, and he doesn't make any kind of argument.  basically, there are interesting survival stories that are often interrupted by gonzales's random thoughts.  if a survivor says during an interview that &quot;at one point i lost my cool, then i prayed to god and calmed down,&quot; gonzales will interrupt to write, &quot;oh yeah, losing one's cool make one human and is necessary to survive.&quot; then, &quot;oh yeah, praying helps you take stock of your situation, and it helps to believe in a deity.&quot;  if another survivor said, &quot;i didn't pray to god.  i didn't think about anything but getting to dry land,&quot; gonzales will write, &quot;yeah, keep entirely focused on your objective.&quot; it was entirely anecdotal.  still cool if you skip to the survival stories. ]]></body>
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