✈️ Deployment Survival

Practical and emotional guidance for enduring the hardships of military deployment, from combat readiness to maintaining morale far from home.

Married to the Military

by Meredith Leyva • 2003

Deployments, moves, career stalls, pay surprises: the manual military spouses were never given.

3.61

417

🎖️ Military Spouse Life 🏛️ Military Culture 💍 Military Marriage

Married to the Military 89%

Deployments, moves, career stalls, pay surprises: the manual military spouses were never given.

by Meredith Leyva 2003

3.61

417 ratings

🎖️ Military Spouse Life 🏛️ Military Culture 💍 Military Marriage

Lone Survivor

by Marcus Luttrell • 2006

Three goatherds, four SEALs, one vote. The Taliban attacks, and only one man crawls out.

4.34

102k+

🎖️ Special Operations 🪖 Military Memoirs 🏔️ Survival Narratives

Lone Survivor 89%

Three goatherds, four SEALs, one vote. The Taliban attacks, and only one man crawls out.

by Marcus Luttrell 2006

4.34

102k+ ratings

🎖️ Special Operations 🪖 Military Memoirs 🏔️ Survival Narratives

100 Deadly Skills

by Clint Emerson • 2015

A SEAL's hundred skills for the moment everything goes wrong: get out, stay hidden, stay alive.

3.79

3k+

🏕️ Survival Skills 🛡️ Personal Security 👀 Situational Awareness

100 Deadly Skills 89%

A SEAL's hundred skills for the moment everything goes wrong: get out, stay hidden, stay alive.

by Clint Emerson 2015

3.79

3k+ ratings

🏕️ Survival Skills 🛡️ Personal Security 👀 Situational Awareness

My Men Are My Heroes

by Brad Kasal • 2007

Grenade. He used his body as a shield. The photo went global. Recovery nearly broke him.

4.17

624

🔥 Combat Memoir 🦅 Marine Corps 🏜️ Iraq War

My Men Are My Heroes 89%

Grenade. He used his body as a shield. The photo went global. Recovery nearly broke him.

by Brad Kasal 2007

4.17

624 ratings

🔥 Combat Memoir 🦅 Marine Corps 🏜️ Iraq War

Hawke's Special Forces Survival Handbook

by Mykel Hawke • 2011

A Special Forces operator's survival priorities: why shelter beats water, and your mind beats panic.

4.08

131

🏕️ Wilderness Survival ⚡ Emergency Preparedness 🧠 Survival Psychology

Hawke's Special Forces Survival Handbook Summary

Hawke's Special Forces Survival Handbook 89%

A Special Forces operator's survival priorities: why shelter beats water, and your mind beats panic.

by Mykel Hawke 2011

4.08

131 ratings

🏕️ Wilderness Survival ⚡ Emergency Preparedness 🧠 Survival Psychology

One Bullet Away

by Nathaniel Fick • 2005

A classics major becomes a Marine officer and leads a recon platoon through Afghanistan and Iraq.

4.21

12k+

📖 Military Memoir 🦅 Marine Corps 🫡 Military Leadership

One Bullet Away 88%

A classics major becomes a Marine officer and leads a recon platoon through Afghanistan and Iraq.

by Nathaniel Fick 2005

4.21

12k+ ratings

📖 Military Memoir 🦅 Marine Corps 🫡 Military Leadership

Six Days of Impossible

by Robert Adams • 2017

Heart rates over 100, near-zero sleep, hypothermia: a Navy doctor's six days inside SEAL Hell Week.

4.38

378

🦭 Navy Seals 🎖️ Military Training ⚔️ Special Operations

Six Days of Impossible 88%

Heart rates over 100, near-zero sleep, hypothermia: a Navy doctor's six days inside SEAL Hell Week.

by Robert Adams 2017

4.38

378 ratings

🦭 Navy Seals 🎖️ Military Training ⚔️ Special Operations

Hunting the Caliphate

by Wes J. Bryant • 2019

A kill chain run from a Baghdad room, strapped by politics: hunting ISIS from the inside.

4.03

165

🎖️ Military Memoir ✈️ Air Warfare 🎯 Counterinsurgency

Hunting the Caliphate 88%

A kill chain run from a Baghdad room, strapped by politics: hunting ISIS from the inside.

by Wes J. Bryant 2019

4.03

165 ratings

🎖️ Military Memoir ✈️ Air Warfare 🎯 Counterinsurgency

Emergency

by Neil Strauss • 2009

A journalist masters the skills to survive anything except his own panic.

3.81

6k+

🏕️ Survival Preparedness 📰 Gonzo Journalism 🥫 Prepper Culture

Emergency 88%

A journalist masters the skills to survive anything except his own panic.

by Neil Strauss 2009

3.81

6k+ ratings

🏕️ Survival Preparedness 📰 Gonzo Journalism 🥫 Prepper Culture

AMERN WIFE

by Taya Kyle • 2015

The American Sniper's widow on grief, sudden fame, and the courtroom fight for his legacy.

4.27

5k+

🪖 Military Spouses 🕊️ Grief Memoir 📰 Public Widowhood

AMERN WIFE 88%

The American Sniper's widow on grief, sudden fame, and the courtroom fight for his legacy.

by Taya Kyle 2015

4.27

5k+ ratings

🪖 Military Spouses 🕊️ Grief Memoir 📰 Public Widowhood

Legionnaire

by Simon Murray • 1978

Bored, privileged, and nineteen, he joined the Foreign Legion to see what he was made of.

4.37

1k+

🎖️ French Foreign Legion 🪖 Military Memoirs 🇩🇿 Algerian War

Legionnaire 88%

Bored, privileged, and nineteen, he joined the Foreign Legion to see what he was made of.

by Simon Murray 1978

4.37

1k+ ratings

🎖️ French Foreign Legion 🪖 Military Memoirs 🇩🇿 Algerian War

Escape the Wolf

by Clint Emerson • 2022

A SEAL's system for reading threats, blending in anywhere, and escaping before danger strikes.

4.14

100

👀 Situational Awareness 🔐 Personal Safety 🕵️ Operational Security

Escape the Wolf 88%

A SEAL's system for reading threats, blending in anywhere, and escaping before danger strikes.

by Clint Emerson 2022

4.14

100 ratings

👀 Situational Awareness 🔐 Personal Safety 🕵️ Operational Security

100 Deadly Skills

by Clint Emerson • 2016

SEAL survival tactics for civilians: navigate by nature, treat wounds, and fight back when needed.

4.04

906

🏕️ Wilderness Survival 🏙️ Urban Preparedness 🌪️ Disaster Readiness

100 Deadly Skills 88%

SEAL survival tactics for civilians: navigate by nature, treat wounds, and fight back when needed.

by Clint Emerson 2016

4.04

906 ratings

🏕️ Wilderness Survival 🏙️ Urban Preparedness 🌪️ Disaster Readiness

You Are Worth It

by Kyle Carpenter • 2019

He fell on a grenade and survived. The recovery required something rarer than courage.

4.64

3k+

🪖 Military Resilience 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🧭 Personal Integrity

You Are Worth It 88%

He fell on a grenade and survived. The recovery required something rarer than courage.

by Kyle Carpenter 2019

4.64

3k+ ratings

🪖 Military Resilience 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🧭 Personal Integrity

The Killing Zone

by Frederick Downs Jr. • 1978

A 23-year-old lieutenant lands in Vietnam. A mine takes his arm. The months between.

4.08

2k+

🪖 Vietnam War 📖 War Memoirs 🫡 Platoon Leadership

The Killing Zone 88%

A 23-year-old lieutenant lands in Vietnam. A mine takes his arm. The months between.

by Frederick Downs Jr. 1978

4.08

2k+ ratings

🪖 Vietnam War 📖 War Memoirs 🫡 Platoon Leadership

Balidan

by Swapnil Pandey • 2023

Starvation. Sleep deprivation. A ninety-day trial. The making of India's most lethal soldiers.

4.44

176

🪖 Special Forces 🇮🇳 Indian Army 🎯 Counter Insurgency

Balidan 88%

Starvation. Sleep deprivation. A ninety-day trial. The making of India's most lethal soldiers.

by Swapnil Pandey 2023

4.44

176 ratings

🪖 Special Forces 🇮🇳 Indian Army 🎯 Counter Insurgency

Saved

by Benjamin Hall • 2023

An explosion in Ukraine costs him legs and an eye. Recovery asks more than war.

4.56

5k+

📡 War Reporting 🏥 Medical Rehabilitation 🩹 Trauma Recovery

Saved 88%

An explosion in Ukraine costs him legs and an eye. Recovery asks more than war.

by Benjamin Hall 2023

4.56

5k+ ratings

📡 War Reporting 🏥 Medical Rehabilitation 🩹 Trauma Recovery

American Sniper

by Chris Kyle • 2012

160 kills, four tours, and a personal cost he didn't count until he came home.

4.03

142k+

🏅 Military Memoir ⚓ Navy Seals 🎯 Sniper Craft

American Sniper 88%

160 kills, four tours, and a personal cost he didn't count until he came home.

by Chris Kyle 2012

4.03

142k+ ratings

🏅 Military Memoir ⚓ Navy Seals 🎯 Sniper Craft

A Handful of Hard Men

by Hannes Wessels • 2015

Fewer than 200 Rhodesian soldiers faced 10,000. They won every battle and still lost the war.

4.28

1k+

⚔️ Special Forces 🎯 Counter-Insurgency 🥷 Covert Operations

A Handful of Hard Men 88%

Fewer than 200 Rhodesian soldiers faced 10,000. They won every battle and still lost the war.

by Hannes Wessels 2015

4.28

1k+ ratings

⚔️ Special Forces 🎯 Counter-Insurgency 🥷 Covert Operations

Sheep No More

by Jonathan T. Gilliam • 2017

The attacker already has a plan. Build yours first using their own surveillance methods.

3.93

389

🛡️ Personal Security 👁️ Situational Awareness 📋 Threat Assessment

Sheep No More 88%

The attacker already has a plan. Build yours first using their own surveillance methods.

by Jonathan T. Gilliam 2017

3.93

389 ratings

🛡️ Personal Security 👁️ Situational Awareness 📋 Threat Assessment

Special Forces Pilot

by Richard Hutchings • 2014

A one-way flight into Argentina, an untested night-vision rig, and eight days on the run.

🎖️ Falklands War ✈️ Military Aviation 🎯 Special Operations

Special Forces Pilot 88%

A one-way flight into Argentina, an untested night-vision rig, and eight days on the run.

by Richard Hutchings 2014

🎖️ Falklands War ✈️ Military Aviation 🎯 Special Operations

Escape from Saddam

by Lewis Alsamari • 2007

He escaped the army, the wolves, and Saddam's Iraq. Then his family was arrested for it.

4.05

270

🏴 Life Under Dictatorship 🧳 Refugee Memoirs 🛂 Illegal Immigration

Escape from Saddam 88%

He escaped the army, the wolves, and Saddam's Iraq. Then his family was arrested for it.

by Lewis Alsamari 2007

4.05

270 ratings

🏴 Life Under Dictatorship 🧳 Refugee Memoirs 🛂 Illegal Immigration

Ice Station

by Matthew Reilly • 1998

Marines find a buried spaceship in Antarctica, then their allies attack and a killer hides within.

4.12

35k+

🧊 Antarctic Isolation 🎖️ Military Thriller 🏰 Under Siege

Ice Station 88%

Marines find a buried spaceship in Antarctica, then their allies attack and a killer hides within.

by Matthew Reilly 1998

4.12

35k+ ratings

🧊 Antarctic Isolation 🎖️ Military Thriller 🏰 Under Siege

Ghosts

by Nicholas Sansbury Smith • 2017

Aboard humanity's last airship, survival means dropping into a monster-filled wasteland to scavenge.

4.25

9k+

🪂 Drop Team Survival 🏜️ Wasteland Survival ✈️ Airship Society

Ghosts 88%

Aboard humanity's last airship, survival means dropping into a monster-filled wasteland to scavenge.

by Nicholas Sansbury Smith 2017

4.25

9k+ ratings

🪂 Drop Team Survival 🏜️ Wasteland Survival ✈️ Airship Society

Over the Edge

by Greg Child • 2002

Four climbers pushed their captor off a cliff to escape. Then they learned he survived.

3.78

643

🏔️ Mountain Survival 🔗 Hostage Captivity 🕌 Islamic Militancy

Over the Edge 88%

Four climbers pushed their captor off a cliff to escape. Then they learned he survived.

by Greg Child 2002

3.78

643 ratings

🏔️ Mountain Survival 🔗 Hostage Captivity 🕌 Islamic Militancy

One Second After

by William R. Forstchen • 2009

An EMP erases civilization. A widowed professor must keep his daughters alive as his town starves.

3.98

77k+

🏕️ Survivalist Fiction ⚡ Grid Collapse 🫡 Reluctant Leader

One Second After 88%

An EMP erases civilization. A widowed professor must keep his daughters alive as his town starves.

by William R. Forstchen 2009

3.98

77k+ ratings

🏕️ Survivalist Fiction ⚡ Grid Collapse 🫡 Reluctant Leader

It Doesn't Take a Hero

by H. Norman Schwarzkopf • 1992

He never claimed to be a hero. His command of Desert Storm proved the point.

4.10

3k+

🫡 Military Leadership 📖 Modern Military Memoir 🇻🇳 Vietnam War Reflections

It Doesn't Take a Hero 87%

He never claimed to be a hero. His command of Desert Storm proved the point.

by H. Norman Schwarzkopf 1992

4.10

3k+ ratings

🫡 Military Leadership 📖 Modern Military Memoir 🇻🇳 Vietnam War Reflections

SEAL Team Six

by Howard E. Wasdin • 2011

The beatings taught him to dissociate. SEAL training weaponized it. Mogadishu shattered it.

4.06

18k+

🪖 Military Memoir 🔱 Navy Seals 🩹 Childhood Trauma

SEAL Team Six 87%

The beatings taught him to dissociate. SEAL training weaponized it. Mogadishu shattered it.

by Howard E. Wasdin 2011

4.06

18k+ ratings

🪖 Military Memoir 🔱 Navy Seals 🩹 Childhood Trauma

The Accidental Admiral

by James G. Stavridis • 2014

What a Navy admiral learned commanding NATO through Afghanistan, Libya, and a balky Russia.

4.00

248

📖 Military Memoir 🎖️ Military Leadership 🤝 Alliance Politics

The Accidental Admiral 87%

What a Navy admiral learned commanding NATO through Afghanistan, Libya, and a balky Russia.

by James G. Stavridis 2014

4.00

248 ratings

📖 Military Memoir 🎖️ Military Leadership 🤝 Alliance Politics

Mars and Venus Starting Over

by John Gray • 2002

He crossed Antarctica solo to finish what Shackleton started. After 800 miles, his organs gave out.

3.85

968

🧊 Polar Exploration 🫡 Crisis Leadership 💪 Extreme Endurance

Mars and Venus Starting Over 87%

He crossed Antarctica solo to finish what Shackleton started. After 800 miles, his organs gave out.

by John Gray 2002

3.85

968 ratings

🧊 Polar Exploration 🫡 Crisis Leadership 💪 Extreme Endurance

1001 Nights in Iraq

by Shant Kenderian • 2005

How does a Chicago teen end up in Saddam's navy, dodging American bombs, praying for capture?

3.93

146

🏜️ Gulf War 🔗 Pow Memoirs 🌍 Identity In Exile

1001 Nights in Iraq 87%

How does a Chicago teen end up in Saddam's navy, dodging American bombs, praying for capture?

by Shant Kenderian 2005

3.93

146 ratings

🏜️ Gulf War 🔗 Pow Memoirs 🌍 Identity In Exile

Urban Preppers with Kids, Pets &Parents

by James G. Mushen • 2012

The preparedness guide that remembers the toddler, the aging parent, and the family dog.

3.42

109

🏠 Disaster Preparedness 🏙️ Urban Survival 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Preparedness

Urban Preppers with Kids, Pets &Parents Summary

Urban Preppers with Kids, Pets &Parents 87%

The preparedness guide that remembers the toddler, the aging parent, and the family dog.

by James G. Mushen 2012

3.42

109 ratings

🏠 Disaster Preparedness 🏙️ Urban Survival 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Preparedness

On Desperate Ground

by Hampton Sides • 2018

Surrounded by eight divisions in brutal cold, the Marines didn't retreat: they attacked to the sea.

4.59

8k+

⚔️ Korean War History ❄️ Winter Warfare 💥 Command Failures

On Desperate Ground 87%

Surrounded by eight divisions in brutal cold, the Marines didn't retreat: they attacked to the sea.

by Hampton Sides 2018

4.59

8k+ ratings

⚔️ Korean War History ❄️ Winter Warfare 💥 Command Failures

The Heart and the Fist

by Eric Greitens • 2011

A humanitarian became a SEAL to gain what his goodwill lacked: the physical strength to act.

4.12

10k+

🌍 Humanitarian Memoir ⚓ Navy Seal Memoir 🎖️ Military Leadership

The Heart and the Fist 87%

A humanitarian became a SEAL to gain what his goodwill lacked: the physical strength to act.

by Eric Greitens 2011

4.12

10k+ ratings

🌍 Humanitarian Memoir ⚓ Navy Seal Memoir 🎖️ Military Leadership

On Target

by Mark Greaney • 2010

Stranded in Darfur, a rogue assassin must protect an ICC investigator and evade a manhunt.

4.20

30k+

🕵️ Rogue Operative 🔫 Covert Ops 🤝 Reluctant Allies

On Target 87%

Stranded in Darfur, a rogue assassin must protect an ICC investigator and evade a manhunt.

by Mark Greaney 2010

4.20

30k+ ratings

🕵️ Rogue Operative 🔫 Covert Ops 🤝 Reluctant Allies

The Lost Men

by Kelly Tyler-Lewis • 2006

Ten men, stranded in Antarctica, marched 1,300 miles laying depots for an explorer they barely knew.

4.15

2k+

🧊 Polar Exploration 🏔️ Survival Narratives 🗺️ Expedition History

The Lost Men 87%

Ten men, stranded in Antarctica, marched 1,300 miles laying depots for an explorer they barely knew.

by Kelly Tyler-Lewis 2006

4.15

2k+ ratings

🧊 Polar Exploration 🏔️ Survival Narratives 🗺️ Expedition History

Unleash the Warrior Within

by Richard "Mack" Machowicz • 2002

Fear dissolves the moment you act. A Navy SEAL's battle plan for reaching any personal objective.

3.84

232

🎯 Tactical Self-Help 🪖 Military Leadership 😨 Fear Management

Unleash the Warrior Within 87%

Fear dissolves the moment you act. A Navy SEAL's battle plan for reaching any personal objective.

by Richard "Mack" Machowicz 2002

3.84

232 ratings

🎯 Tactical Self-Help 🪖 Military Leadership 😨 Fear Management

The Giant Killer

by David A. Yuzuk • 2020

He was 4'9", a Green Beret, a spy, and homeless. His hit-and-run death solved nothing.

4.50

2k+

🎖️ Vietnam War 🪖 Green Berets 🕵️ Undercover Operations

The Giant Killer 87%

He was 4'9", a Green Beret, a spy, and homeless. His hit-and-run death solved nothing.

by David A. Yuzuk 2020

4.50

2k+ ratings

🎖️ Vietnam War 🪖 Green Berets 🕵️ Undercover Operations

The Long Walk

by Slavomir Rawicz • 1956

Seven prisoners escape a Soviet gulag. Four thousand miles later, four reach India.

4.24

22k+

🏚️ Soviet Gulags 🔓 Prison Escapes 🏕️ Survival Narratives

The Long Walk 87%

Seven prisoners escape a Soviet gulag. Four thousand miles later, four reach India.

by Slavomir Rawicz 1956

4.24

22k+ ratings

🏚️ Soviet Gulags 🔓 Prison Escapes 🏕️ Survival Narratives

Zero Negativity

by Ant Middleton • 2020

A special forces operator's method: cut negativity, court discomfort, turn failure into fuel.

3.98

3k+

🎖️ Military Mindset 🛡️ Resilience Training 🥾 Deliberate Discomfort

Zero Negativity 87%

A special forces operator's method: cut negativity, court discomfort, turn failure into fuel.

by Ant Middleton 2020

3.98

3k+ ratings

🎖️ Military Mindset 🛡️ Resilience Training 🥾 Deliberate Discomfort

The Melting Point

by Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr. • 2024

The general who killed Soleimani tells the inside story of America's Middle East wars.

4.30

175

🎖️ Military Command 🎯 Counterterrorism Operations 🏛️ Civil-Military Relations

The Melting Point 87%

The general who killed Soleimani tells the inside story of America's Middle East wars.

by Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr. 2024

4.30

175 ratings

🎖️ Military Command 🎯 Counterterrorism Operations 🏛️ Civil-Military Relations

The Drone Eats with Me

by Atef Abu Saif • 2015

War from the kitchen table: Gazan father's diary of feeding his family while the bombs fall.

4.40

452

🕊️ Palestinian Memoir 📓 War Diaries ⛓️ Occupation Literature

The Drone Eats with Me 87%

War from the kitchen table: Gazan father's diary of feeding his family while the bombs fall.

by Atef Abu Saif 2015

4.40

452 ratings

🕊️ Palestinian Memoir 📓 War Diaries ⛓️ Occupation Literature

Hostage

by Eli Sharabi • 2025

He read his captors like a book. The worst news arrived the day he was freed.

4.74

11k+

🪢 Hostage Memoirs 🌍 Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 🧠 Psychological Resilience

Hostage 87%

He read his captors like a book. The worst news arrived the day he was freed.

by Eli Sharabi 2025

4.74

11k+ ratings

🪢 Hostage Memoirs 🌍 Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 🧠 Psychological Resilience

The Pianist from Syria

by Aeham Ahmad • 2017

After his piano-in-the-rubble videos went viral, the hard part began: getting out alive.

4.27

2k+

🏚️ Syrian Civil War 🫒 Palestinian Diaspora 🎹 Art As Resistance

The Pianist from Syria 87%

After his piano-in-the-rubble videos went viral, the hard part began: getting out alive.

by Aeham Ahmad 2017

4.27

2k+ ratings

🏚️ Syrian Civil War 🫒 Palestinian Diaspora 🎹 Art As Resistance

Half Broke Horses

by Jeannette Walls • 2009

An alien colony on a gunnery range. A military cover-up. A weatherman caught in the middle.

4.09

174k+

👽 Alien Encounters 🕵️ Military Coverups 🖖 First Contact

Half Broke Horses 87%

An alien colony on a gunnery range. A military cover-up. A weatherman caught in the middle.

by Jeannette Walls 2009

4.09

174k+ ratings

👽 Alien Encounters 🕵️ Military Coverups 🖖 First Contact

How to Drag a Body and Other Safety Tips You Hope to Never Need

by Judith Matloff • 2020

A war reporter's field manual for emergencies most people never train for, until it's too late.

3.51

390

🚨 Emergency Preparedness 👀 Situational Awareness 🛡️ Personal Safety

How to Drag a Body and Other Safety Tips You Hope to Never Need Summary

How to Drag a Body and Other Safety Tips You Hope to Never Need 87%

A war reporter's field manual for emergencies most people never train for, until it's too late.

by Judith Matloff 2020

3.51

390 ratings

🚨 Emergency Preparedness 👀 Situational Awareness 🛡️ Personal Safety

Unbroken

by Laura Hillenbrand • 2010

Olympian. Castaway. POW. Louie Zamperini survived three nightmares. The fourth was his own hatred.

4.39

1.0M+

🌊 Pacific Theater 🛟 Survival At Sea ⛓️ Prisoner Of War

Unbroken 87%

Olympian. Castaway. POW. Louie Zamperini survived three nightmares. The fourth was his own hatred.

by Laura Hillenbrand 2010

4.39

1.0M+ ratings

🌊 Pacific Theater 🛟 Survival At Sea ⛓️ Prisoner Of War

Thirteen Lessons that Saved Thirteen Lives

by John Volanthen • 2021

What finding the Thai boys taught a cave diver about staying calm when everything fails.

3.96

646

🤿 Cave Diving 🏔️ Extreme Survival 🧠 Crisis Decisions

Thirteen Lessons that Saved Thirteen Lives Summary

Thirteen Lessons that Saved Thirteen Lives 87%

What finding the Thai boys taught a cave diver about staying calm when everything fails.

by John Volanthen 2021

3.96

646 ratings

🤿 Cave Diving 🏔️ Extreme Survival 🧠 Crisis Decisions

Mawson's Will

by Lennard Bickel • 1977

He ate the dogs to live. The livers were poison, and he was still alone.

4.26

2k+

🧊 Polar Exploration 🇦🇶 Antarctic Expeditions 🏕️ Survival Narratives

Mawson's Will 87%

He ate the dogs to live. The livers were poison, and he was still alone.

by Lennard Bickel 1977

4.26

2k+ ratings

🧊 Polar Exploration 🇦🇶 Antarctic Expeditions 🏕️ Survival Narratives

Black Hawk Down

by Mark Bowden • 1999

Two helicopters shot down in Mogadishu turned an hour-long mission into an 18-hour street battle.

4.31

69k+

🏙️ Urban Warfare 🪖 Special Operations 📰 War Journalism

Black Hawk Down 87%

Two helicopters shot down in Mogadishu turned an hour-long mission into an 18-hour street battle.

by Mark Bowden 1999

4.31

69k+ ratings

🏙️ Urban Warfare 🪖 Special Operations 📰 War Journalism

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