Man Vs Nature
Appreciate the power of the natural world from a safe distance with these nonfiction survival stories.
Alone on the Ice : the greatest survival story in the history of exploration
Roberts, David, 1943-, author
2013
Deep survival : who lives, who dies, and why : true stories of miraculous endurance and sudden death
Gonzales, Laurence, 1947-, author
2003
Extreme weather : a guide to surviving flash floods, severe snowstorms, hurricanes, tsunamis, and other natural disasters
Schneider, Bonnie, author
2012
In harm's way : the sinking of the USS Indianapolis and the extraordinary story of its survivors
Stanton, Doug.
2001
In the land of white death : an epic story of survival in the Siberian Arctic
Albanov, Valerian Ivanovich.
2000
The indifferent stars above : the harrowing saga of the Donner Party
Brown, Daniel James, 1951-
2010
Into the abyss : an extraordinary true story
Shaben, Carol
2013
An account of a deadly commuter plane crash that took place in northern Canada in 1984 involving a pilot, a politician, a cop and the criminal he was escorting.
Into thin air : a personal account of the Mount Everest disaster
Krakauer, Jon
1997
Krakauer's gripping account of Everest's deadliest climbing season.
Lost in Shangri-La : a true story of survival, adventure, and the most incredible rescue mission of World War II
Zuckoff, Mitchell
2011
Miracle in the Andes : 72 days on the mountain and my long trek home
Parrado, Nando, 1949-
2006
For the first time, Nando Parrado, the hero of the bestseller "Alive," offers his own harrowing account of the 1972 plane crash that stranded his rugby team in the Andes for 72 days. More than a riveting tale of true-life adventure; it is a revealing look at life at the edge of death and a meditation on the limitless redemptive power of love.
