Last Breath
the limits of adventure
$54.29
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
1 October 2002
Summary
Last Breath: Adventures on the Edge of Life and Death
An enthralling blend of adventure and science, Last Breath re-creates in heart-stopping detail what happens to our bodies and our minds in the perilous last moments of life when an extreme adventure goes awry.
Combining the adrenaline high of extreme sports with the startling facts of physiological reality, veteran travel and outdoor sports writer Peter Stark narrates a series of adventure stories in which thrill…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780345441515 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0345441516 |
| Author: | Peter Stark |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Ballantine Books Inc. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 1 October 2002 |
| Weight: | 295g |
| Dimensions: | 210mm x 140mm x 18mm |
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Critics Review
“Un-put-downable stories of outdoor catastrophe and death, carefully and vividly told; they make us, unexpectedly, happy to be alive.”–Ian Frazier“STARK’S MASTERFUL PACING AND USE OF DETAILS KEEP THE READER’S STOMACH TURNED IN SUSPENSE.”–Booklist“A FASCINATING BLEND OF STORYTELLING AND SCIENCE.”–New York Daily News
About The Author
Peter Stark
Peter Stark is a contributor to Outside, Smithsonian, and The New Yorker magazines. His article for Outside, “As Freezing Persons Recollect the Snow”– the inspiration for this book– was cited as a notable essay in Best American Essays (1997). He has been nominated for a National Magazine Award and has published a collection of essays, Driving to Greenland. He is also the editor of an anthology of writing about the Arctic, Ring of Ice. He lives in Missoula, Montana.
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