About the Book, courtesy of the publisher:
Each second of the day, someone in America faces a crisis, whether it's a car accident, violent crime, serious illness, or financial trouble. Given the inevitability of adversity, we all wonder: Who beats the odds and who surrenders? Why do some people bound back and others give up? How can I become the kind of person who survives and thrives?
The fascinating, hopeful answers to these questions are found in The Survivor's Club. In the tradition of Freakonomics and The Tipping Point, this book reveals the hidden side of survival by combining astonishing true stories, gripping scientific research, and the author's adventures inside the U.S. military's elite survival schools and the government's airplane crash evacuation course.
With The Survivor's Club, you can also discover your own Survivor IQ through a powerful Internet-based test called the Survivor Profiler. Developed exclusively for this book, the test analyzes your personality and generates a customized report on your top survivor strengths.
There is no escaping life's inevitable struggles. But The Survivor's Club can give you an edge when adversity strikes.
About the Author, courtesy of the publisher:
Ben Sherwood is a bestselling author and award-winning journalist. His novel The Man Who Ate the 747 was published in 13 languages and is being adapted as both a feature film and musical. A former broadcast producer for NBC Nightly News, he joined Good Morning America in April 2004 as executive producer and stayed in that position until Fall 06. He lives with his wife and son in Los Angeles. Visit the Survivor's Club website at http://www.thesurvivorsclub.org/
Look inside The Survivor's Club.
CONTEST DETAILS:
To enter visit The Survivor's Club website and share a helpful tip. For an extra entry, please tell us two books that you read last year that you would recommend highly and why.
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3. Leave a separate comment for each entry or you'll only be entered once.
The contest is limited to US and Canada only. No P.O. boxes. The contest ends at noon on January 31, 2010.
Thank you so much to Anna and Hatchette Book Group for sponsoring this giveaway!
The Survivor's Club sounds like a good book to read and pass on! Would love to win it.
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I'm a follower and would love to win the book.
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This book sounds great, please count me in.
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The best 2 books I read last year are by
Joy Fielding, Still Life and See Jane Run,
they are both 2 excellent mysteries with a
super ending, you would not believe "Who Done It.
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Here's a tip I learned at their website about anorexia.
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Two books I read that I really enjoyed were Margaret Reyes Dempsey's The Benfactor and Susa Slater's 0 to 60. Both were compelling novels with very stron characterization. Both were well-written and easy to read.
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ReplyDeleteTwo books I read in 2009 that I would highly recommend are:
The Black Moth by Georgette Heyer (always a sucker for a good romance) and...
Feng Shui Love by Joni Davis and Lisa Hyatt ( great book, lots of humor)
Sounds like a fascinating read. I learned that workman's comp is a fairly new concept to workers in China.
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Two books that I would recommend is Lori Brighton's Wild Heart and Kylie Brant's Waking Nightmare. They were both great debuts.
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I learned that only about 5 percent of job-seekers obtain jobs through ads. You should get out and look for work, and not think of online job searches as some "magic elixir".
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I would recommend Under This Unbroken Sky by Shandi Mitchell. It's a really beautiful and heart-wrenching story with characters you grow to really care about and love.
ReplyDeleteI also recommend The Color Purple, if you haven't read it yet. It's a classic that I waited far too long to read!
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I loved Under This Unbroken Sky by Shandi Mitchell!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for the book recommendations and for participating, Book Dilettante, Marjorie, Benita, Justpeachy36, Jane & nfmgirl.
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I loved 'The Lost Dog' for it's characterization and the vivid language used to describe the surrounding landscape. I also loved 'The Book of Negroes' for it's drama, passion and the scope of storytelling. Gives me shivers. Please accept this as my entry. Thank you!
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The two I would recommend are the last two I read. Alex Cross's Trial and Nine Dragons
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"If you're deep in the hole, two tools in your arsenal are using cash instead of credit to make purchases, and making -- and sticking to -- a budget. If you stay out of situations that create the urge to spend, you;re more likely to save your money for things you really need." Following with Google Friend Connect -- *Thanks* for the giveaway!
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"The Night Gardener" by George Pelecanos is a riveting crime mystery and "The Shack" by Wm Paul Young is thought-provoking and inspiring.
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I think journal writing as a means of overcoming grief is extremely helpful. It is used in a variety of situations.
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The Book of Negroes was riveting; I always wanted to see what would happen to the main character. J. D. Robb'sInnocent in Death is a good read.
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I learned:
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