The secrets and science that could save your life

The Survivors Club

Ben Sherwood is a bestselling author and award-winning journalist. He was educated at Harvard and Oxford and currently lives with his wife and son in New York and Los Angeles. His acclaimed novel The Man Who Ate the 747 was published in thirteen languages and is being adapted as both a feature film and musical. His latest novel, The Death and Life of Charlie St Cloud, is also in development as a major motion picture. 
 
Visit his website at www.bensherwood.com

Do you believe in miracles? 
 
This collection of extraordinary tales of survival is guaranteed to astound and inspire you in equal measure. Meet ordinary people who have found extraordinary strengths facing seemingly impossible challenges - like the woman who fell from the sky, or the man who floated 300 miles out to sea after the Asian tsunami. 
 
What is it about some people that they seem born survivors, or how does someone find the incredible strength from within not to give up on hope against all odds? Are some people just lucky? These and many other true stories demonstrate the strength we all possess to come through our life's toughest challenges, and the precious wisdom that results from surviving. 
 
This book is based primarily on conversations with survivors and experts around the world - you too can take the Survivor Profiler to discover your Survivor IQ at: //www.survivorstrengths.com.

Ben Sherwood

How To Survive Anything

Meet the members of The Survivors Club . . . 
 
The man who swam for 17 hours after falling off a cruise ship 
The grandma who lifted a car to save a child 
The woman who fell 33,000 feet without a parachute - and survived 
 
In The Survivors Club, Ben Sherwood sets out to discover what it is that helps ordinary men and women beat danger and death. What strengths do survivors share? What is the science of resilience? And what are the secrets of beating the odds? 
 
This fascinating and inspiring book combines astonishing true stories, the latest scientific research and the author's own adventures inside the US military's elite survival schools to prepare you for the challenges not only of everyday life, but also for the unexpected in whatever form it takes.

Ben Sherwood

Books by Ben Sherwood

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