Long, David
Summary: A collection of survival tales includes the story of a teenager who fell two miles from an airplane and trekked through the Amazon jungle to safety and a woman who was trapped under freezing water for so long that her heart stopped.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Faber & Faber 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 613.6 LONSummary: Stories about human beings fighting to stay alive. The people in these stories find themselves in nightmarish circumstances - cut off from civilization, often starving or dying of thirst - and have to struggle to survive. Many of them confront the prospect of resorting to eating thier companions - or being eaten themselves.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thunder's Mouth Press 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613.69 SURDowswell, Paul.
Summary: From shark attacks and blazing airships to exploding spacecraft and sinking submarines, this is a collection of real stories of people who have stared death in the face and lived to tell the tale.
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Publisher / Publication Date: EDC Pub. 2002
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2 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC DOWBell, Samantha
Summary: "Through fascinating true stories and illuminating photos, learn how people stranded on the seas endure and survive against all odds! Additional features include a table of contents, informative sidebars, a glossary of key words and phrases, sources for further research, and an introduction to the author"--Publisher description.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Child's World 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 613.6 BELVan Dusen, Chris
Summary: After courageously swimming to shore when the ship that they are traveling on sinks and the wretched captain does nothing to rescue them, circus animals find a way to become a valued part of a coastal community.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2009
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE VANOsborne, Mary Pope
Summary: "Jack and Annie are in for an exciting, scary, and sad adventure when the Magic Tree House whisks them back to the decks of the Titanic. Is there anything they can do to help the ill-fated ship? Will they be able to save anyone? Will they be able to save themselves?" -- Container.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J PA FIC OSBDefoe, Daniel
Summary: During one of his several adventurous voyages in the 1600s, an Englishman becomes the sole survivor of a shipwreck and lives for nearly thirty years on a deserted island. Illustrated notes throughout the text explain the historical background of the story.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK Pub. 1998
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC DEFLassieur, Allison.
Summary: "Describes the fight for survival during the sinking of the ship Titanic"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC LASCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC LASTougias, Mike
Summary: "On the night of February 18, 1952, during one of the worst winter storms that New England has ever seen, two oil tankers just off the shore of Cape Cod were torn in half by the force of the storm. This middle-grade adaptation of an adult nonfiction book tells the story of a harrowing Coast Guard rescue when four men in a tiny lifeboat overcame insurmountable odds and saved more than 30...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Christy Ottaviano Books/ Henry Holt and Company 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 910 TOUGolding, William
Summary: This much-acclaimed debut novel uses a group of shipwrecked children to show the strengths and weaknesses of adult society.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alianza Editorial 2010
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1 available in Young Adult Foreign Language, Call number: YA WORLD SPANISH GOLContents: To build a fire / Jack London -- The great unknown / John Welsey Powell -- The battle of the marten and the porcupine / Mayne Reid -- Robinson Crusoe / Daniel Defoe -- Love of life / Jack London -- Shipwreck of the whaleship Essex / Owen Chase -- An adventure with a dog and a glacier / John Muir -- The boat journey / Ernest Shackleton -- Battle with the giant octopus / Victor Hugo -- Encounter...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lyons Press 2004
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CLASummary: A young Pi Patel, overcoming a cataclysmic shipwreck, finds himself stranded on a lifeboat with the only survivor, a ferocious Bengal tiger named Richard Parker.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2013
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY ACTION/ADVENTURE LIFMcClure Anastasia, Laura
Summary: "Next set in A TRUE BOOK series. Young readers rediscover the story of the largest and most luxurious ship ever built, The Titanic. Featuring historical imagery, first-hand accounts, and lively text"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2022
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2 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 910.9163 MCCFormat: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "After a yacht is damaged in a storm and stranded on a deserted island, the passengers ... take refuge in a fungus covered boat. While using ... mushrooms for sustenance, they find the ship's journal describing the mushrooms to be poisonous, however some members of the shipwrecked party continue to ingest the mysterious fungi transforming them into hideous fungal monsters."
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2005
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1 available in NEW Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD FOREIGN MATBailey, Rachel A.
Summary: Compelling narrative nonfiction text introduces the Titanic's second-class passengers, including details about their experiences aboard the historic ship, tragic losses, and dramatic stories of survival. Additional features to aid comprehension include a table of contents, fact-filled captions and callouts, historical photos, a glossary, sources for further research, a listing of source notes,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Childs World Inc 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 910 BAISimmons, Dan
Summary: The men on board HMS Terror have every expectation of finding the Northwest Passage. When the expedition's leader, Sir John Franklin, meets a terrible death, Captain Francis Crozier takes command and leads his surviving crewmen on a last, desperate attempt to flee south across the ice. But as another winter approaches, as scurvy and starvation grow more terrible, and as the Terror on the ice...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC SIMAdams, Simon
Summary: Detailed descriptions of the "Titanic," including its accommodations and a retelling of its sinking in the North Atlantic in April, 1912.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK Publishing 2021
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1 available in J Non Fic Series, Call number: J 910.9163 ADABarbo, Theresa M.
Summary: Jack Nickerson and his faithful lab, Sinbad, wake early one snowy Cape Cod morning, ready for winter fun. Meanwhile, miles away in the ocean, the crew of a cargo tanker ship called the "Pendleton" is in serious trouble. The waves and wind of a raging nor'easter rip the tanker in two, leaving the people to cling for their lives in the wicked, cold storm. There's no time to waste--the Coast...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The History Press 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC BARCook, Julie
Summary: When Titanic foundered in April 1912, the world's focus was on the tragedy of the passengers who lost their lives. Ever since, in films, dramatisations, adaptations and books, the focus has mostly continued to be on the ones who died. The Titanic and the City of Widows it Left Behind focuses on another group of people - the widows and children of the crew who perished on board. Author Julie...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pen & Sword History 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910.91634 COOGolkar, Golriz
Summary: "In 1881, U.S. Army Lieutenant Adolphus Greely and his crew set sail for the Arctic. Their mission was to collect scientific data on the polar climate. They also had a second, secret goal: to achieve Farthest North, the record for highest latitude reached by explorers. But when resupply ships failed to arrive two years in a row, the team's dreams of glory turned into a nightmarish fight for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graphic Library is published by Capstone Press 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 919.804 GOLCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J919.804 GOLTerrell, Brandon.
Summary: Compelling narrative nonfiction text introduces the first-class passengers on the Titanic, including details about their experiences aboard the historic ship, tragic losses, and dramatic stories of survival. Additional features to aid comprehension include a table of contents, fact-filled captions and callouts, historical photos, a glossary, sources for further research, a listing of source...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Childs World Inc 2016
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: A young man who survived a plane crash becomes more wildly alive and takes more risks when he discovers that the crash transformed him into a man without fear of death. Meanwhile, his wife struggles to find within him the man she married, and another survivor of the crash believes nothing and no one can heal her pain.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 1999
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA FEABear, Greg
Summary: "A sweeping Elizabethan historical fantasy from an internationally renowned author that evokes the seafaring adventures of Robert Louis Stevenson with the magic of The Bear and the Nightingale"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021