Tag: Memoir
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Loading…Experience: I was adrift on a raft in the Atlantic for 76 days
‘I got scared by the thought I’d be dead in a few hours; I found a way to fix the raft and it felt like the biggest victory of my life’
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A bolt of lightning struck my plane – and I plunged 3,000m into a rainforest
Juliane Diller was 17 when the aircraft she and her mother were on exploded. Of the 92 people on board, Juliane was the only survivor – and it would take her 11 days to walk to safety
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MY JOURNEY HOME FROM EVEREST
HOW HIS BRUSH WITH DEATH ATOP MOUNT EVEREST-AND THE TOUGH LOVE OF HIS WIFE-GAVE A DALLAS DOCTOR A NEW LEASE ON LIFE.
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My life after death
Beck Weathers’s obsession with climbing almost cost him his marriage and, 26,000ft up on Everest, it nearly claimed his life. Four years on, his body is scarred by frostbite but inside, he tells Ed Douglas, he feels liberated: ‘It’s amazing how functional you can be. Four months after they cut my hands off, I was…
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My plane crashed in the Andes. Only the unthinkable kept me and the other starving survivors alive
In 1972, Nando Parrado was travelling with family and friends when his plane went down in the mountains. What followed was months of horror, ingenuity – and incredible sacrifice
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The Power of Unwavering Hope:
How Ada Blackjack Survived the Arctic without Survival Skills
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21 Days of Staring Down Death: Diary of a Hunger Strike
One activist’s drastic protest fiercely divided my country—and his own family—on whether he was a hero or a fool. I had to meet the man who was putting his life on the line for strangers.
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Am I Falling in Love or Having a Manic Episode?
I’m bipolar, and when I started to feel that familiar mix of attraction, infatuation and intensity, I had to stop and ask, ‘is this real?’
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Does My Love for a Straight Man Change My Queer Identity?
Rachel’s sexuality provides her with a clear sense of self and community—until she falls for Nick and questions everything she thought she knew about herself.
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Thirty Years Ago I Watched My Friend’s Father Drown. I Think About It Every Time My Children Go Near Water.
How can I let my kids enjoy the waterpark, pool or beach, when just a few seconds of fun floods my brain with PTSD?