Contains twenty survival stories, covering how people survived volcanic eruptions, floods, wildfires, plane crashes, shark attacks and much more, using only their wits, their determination and the most basic of tools.

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Introduction -- Shark attack: Bethany Hamilton -- Lost inside a mountain: the Thai cave boys -- Rainforest rescue: Annette Herfkens -- Trapped in a canyon: Aron Ralston -- Missing in the desert: Maura Prosperi -- Shipwrecked at sea: Steven Callahan -- Escape from a wildfire: Allyn Pierce -- Miracle on the Hudson: Chesley Sullenberger -- Extreme eruption: Venus Dergen and Roald Reitan -- Lost at sea: Tami Oldham Ashcraft -- Underground rescue: The Chilean miners -- Caught in a crevasse: Douglas Mawson -- Space disaster: Boris Bolynov and Soyuz 5 -- Buried alive: Evans Monsignac -- All at sea: José Salvador Alvarenga -- Climbing catastrophe: Joe Simpson and Simon Yates -- Alone in the jungle: Juliane Koepcke -- Swim to survive: Rosezina Jefferson -- Ambushed by an avalanche: Lester J. Morlang -- Serial shipwreck survivor: Violet Jessop -- Timeline.