The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence (Unabridged Audiobook) 2012
The Gift of Fear - Unabridged on 11 CD's. Gavin de Becker is the nation's leading expert on predicting violent behavior. His clients include celebrities, corporations, and political organizations, and he serves as an advisor to the CIA and the U.S. Supreme Court. The Gift of Fear has been translated into 14 languages worldwide. According to Gavin de Becker, the experience of fear can be an urgent intuitive message. Its directions to us-to avoid that stranger, to leave the room, to call for help-can, if heeded, save our lives.
From Polar explorer marooned in Antarctica, to Moon-bound astrounauts aboard a stricken spaceship, Tales of Real Survival records the courage, endurance and ingenuity of the survivor in fascination detail.
Vivid illustrations, intriguing photographs, and lively maps and diagrams accompany this exciting colletion of true stories.
Based on my experiences as a student and then a lecturer in psychology I’ve put together a survival guide for psychology students. In producing the Psychology Student Survival Guide I’ve kept one main thought in mind; namely, if I was to go through my psychology education again – beginning when I first started considering studying psychology, right through to graduation and beyond – what information and resources would I most like to have at my disposal?
This book is part of the phenomenally successful Oxford Reading Tree which is used to teach reading in 80% of primary schools. The stories within it are about much-loved Biff, Chip and Kipper, their friends and family, and the exciting adventures they have together
Lost in Shangri-La by Mitchell Zuckoffby Mitchell Zuckoff
On May 13, 1945, twenty-four officers and enlisted men and women stationed on what was then Dutch New Guinea boarded a transport plane named the Gremlin Special for a sightseeing trip over "Shangri-La," a beautiful and mysterious valley surrounded by steep, jagged mountain peaks deep within the island's uncharted jungle. But the pleasure tour became an unforgettable battle for survival when the plane crashed. Miraculously, three passengers survived – WAC Corporal Margaret Hastings, Lieutenant John McCollom, and Sergeant Kenneth Decker.
