Last breath : cautionary tales from the limits of human endurance
Title:
Last breath : cautionary tales from the limits of human endurance
JLCTITLE245:
Peter Stark.
Personal Author:
Edition:
1st ed.
Publication Information:
New York : Ballantine Books, 2001.
Physical Description:
xv, 300 p. ; 24 cm.
ISBN:
9780345441508
Abstract:
In the wake of the growing interest in some of the world's most dangerous places, the author takes a close-up look at the physiological, psychological, and emotional stages that the human body and mind endures at the brink of death.
Program Information:
Accelerated Reader Grades 9-12 8.8 18 Quiz 157418 English non-fiction.
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-300).
Contents:
Ars moriendo : the craft of dying -- As freezing persons recollect the snow (Hypothermia) -- A river of one's own (Drowning) -- Arching toward the clear light (Mountain sickness) -- The cold hug of the white sphinx (Avalanche) -- Stellar's last laugh, or better living through botany (Scurvy) -- Warm to the touch (Heatstroke) -- Pitched from the vertical realm (Falling) -- The sharp sting of paradise (Predators) -- Bubbling from the bottom up (The bends) -- In love's blood (Cerebral malaria) -- In a land beyond the shade (Dehydration).