"The Third Man Factor" is an extraordinary account of how people at
the very edge of death often sense an unseen presence beside them
who encourages them to make one final effort to survive. This
incorporeal being offers a feeling of hope, protection, and
guidance, and leaves the person convinced he or she is not alone.
There is a name for this phenomenon: it's called the Third Man
Factor.
If only a handful of people had ever encountered the Third Man,
it might be dismissed as an unusual delusion shared by a few
overstressed minds. But over the years, the experience has occurred
again and again, to 9/11 survivors, mountaineers, divers, polar
explorers, prisoners of war, sailors, shipwreck survivors,
aviators, and astronauts. All have escaped traumatic events only to
tell strikingly similar stories of having sensed the close presence
of a helper or guardian. The force has been explained as everything
from hallucination to divine intervention. Recent neurological
research suggests something else.
Bestselling and award-winning author John Geiger has completed
six years of physiological, psychological, and historical research
on the Third Man. He blends his analysis with compelling human
stories such as that of Ron DiFrancesco, the last survivor to
escape the World Trade Center on 9/11; Ernest Shackleton, the
legendary explorer whose account of the Third Man inspired T. S.
Eliot to write of it in "The Waste Land"; Jerry Linenger, a NASA
astronaut who experienced the Third Man while aboard the "Mir"
space station--and many more.
Fascinating for any reader, "The Third Man Factor" at last
explains this secret to survival, a Third Man who--in the words of
famed climber Reinhold Messner--"leads you out of the
impossible."
General
| Imprint: |
Canongate Books Ltd
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Release date: |
May 2010 |
| Authors: |
John Geiger
|
| Foreword by: |
Vincent Lam
|
| Dimensions: |
198 x 129 x 20mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback - B-format
|
| Pages: |
290 |
| Edition: |
Main |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-84767-420-3 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
True stories >
Endurance & survival
|
| LSN: |
1-84767-420-8 |
| Barcode: |
9781847674203 |
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