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The third man factor

John Geiger

2009290 pagesabout 4–7 hours
2009
first published
  • 2009Text Publishing Company · ENGISBN 9781921520372
  • 2009Canongate · 290 pages · ENGISBN 9781847674197
  • 2009Penguin Canada · 295 pages · ENGISBN 9780143017516
  • 2010Canongate · 290 pages · ENGISBN 9781847674203

The third man factor is a riveting scientific and historical analysis of an extraordinary idea: that people at the very edge of death, often adventurers or explorers, sense an incorporeal being beside them who encourages them to make one final effort to survive.

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ThemesSurvival
How do you feel?