Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why (edit title)

• Rated 0 stars

“Five stars! I thought I would be merely reading a book about people's encounters with surviving something. Well,there were stories - however, the book is really about why some people survive and others don't - even though very often those who don't are experienced in their field of pleasure. The book explains how the mind works - that there are centers for pleasure and centers of logic. Very, very often the pleasure centers rule over the logic centers - and that is when diaster occurs. The book answers the question - "Why is it that an experienced individual in the woods, gets lost and dies, whereas an eight year old child survives."”

• Rated 3 stars

“Why some die in catastrophic events and some live. I'd read it again if I were traveling. ”

• Rated 5 stars

“yeah...that's what I want to know...Why?”

• Rated 5 stars

“Amazing stories-some of the science a bit over my head for easy-reading. Interesting to look more closely at how we approach life and its inherent challenges.”

• Rated 5 stars

“"Deep Survival" is not just a series of flesh-eating tales of survival, it is a deep investigation into what it takes to survive in life-threatening situations. Gonzales deftly combines factors of psychology, emotionality, spirituality, and physicality as the premier forces that determine who lives, who dies, and why.”

• Rated 4 stars

“Interesting. I spend a lot of time doing outdoor activities like the ones described in the book so I was hoping to glean some useful information and I think I did. This book seems almost like a really long magazine article - but a lot of books like this do, I guess.”

• Rated 3 stars

“Pretty good book on why people put themselves in life threatening situations and how we survive them - or don't.”

• Rated 3 stars

“Not the fast paced account I had hoped for. Actually becomes repetitive as you realize that people die for very preventable reasons and survive because of luck.”

• Rated 5 stars

“I difficult book at times to follow, but I absolutely loved the applications of it. I saw so much of myself in the book. It discusses the idea of survival and survivors vs. thrivers vs. nonsurvivors. It discusses the necessitiy of a PMA (positive mental attitude) and how the application of that and various other techniques are what make you a survivor. Although this book directly correlates to survival in the wild. I applied it a lot to my survival throughout school. I saw myself a lot from times past and saw many good things that I have done and bad during high-stress situations. Since I will be starting PA school soon and it will be extremely hight paced/stress environment I will use these skills that I have learned in this book for that and for the rest of my life in all situations. I see the application of the Gospel of Jesus Christ much of that of a survivor and these ideas/techniques have helped me to be more solid in my testimony, faith and resolve to live a better more Christ centered life.”

• Rated 3 stars

“Compilation of various magazine articles with some added content. Good when he sticks to what he knows, less effective when he tries to play scientist. ”