title: Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why
author:  Laurence Gonzales 
description: When confronted with a life-threatening situation, 90% of people freeze or panic, says Gonzales in this exploration of what makes the remaining 10% stay cool, focused and alive. Gonzales (The Hero's Apprentice; The Still Point), who has covered survival stories for National Geographic Explorer, Outside and Men's Journal, uncovers the biological and psychological reasons people risk their lives and why some are better at it than others. In the first part of the book, the author talks to dozens of thrill-seekers-mountain climbers, sailors, jet pilots-and they all say the same thing: danger is a great rush. "Fear can be fun," Gonzales writes. "It can make you feel more alive, because it is an integral part of saving your own life." Pinpointing why and how those 10% survive is another story. "They are the ones who can perceive their situation clearly; they can plan and take correct action," Gonzales explains. Survivors, whether they're jet pilots landing on the deck of an aircraft carrier or boatbuilders adrift on a raft in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, share certain traits: training, experience, stoicism and a capacity for their logical neocortex (the brain's thinking part) to override the primitive amygdala portion of their brains. Although there's no surefire way to become a survivor, Gonzales does share some rules for adventure gleaned from the survivors themselves: stay calm, be decisive and don't give up. Remembering these rules when crisis strikes may be tough, but Gonzales's vivid descriptions of life in the balance will stay with readers. <br />Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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  # Lethal Balance
  
  
  ### Sons of the Survivalist: 2
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Cherise Sinclair
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  # About Lethal Balance
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Sons of the Survivalist 2
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  _Ms. Sinclair is a comfort read for me. She knows how to give me heroes who
  can take charge but in that protective, not possessive way that I love and
  heroines who may suffer but have that inner strength that makes them
  survivors._ ~ After Dark Booklovers
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  **His name means hunter.**
  
  
  Once the best assassin in black ops, Cazador is now the best at saving lives.
  His path has changed from seeking bloody vengeance to running a health clinic
  in Rescue, Alaska.
  
  
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  **He will never again risk loving someone he can’t protect.**
  
  
  His mother and sister were murdered in front of him, his fiancée slaughtered
  in a war zone. Despite his popularity with women, he’s