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Alive

The Story of the Andes Survivors

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Alive

By: Piers Paul Read
Narrated by: Paul Ansdell
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On October 12, 1972, a plane carrying a team of young rugby players crashed into the remote, snow-peaked Andes. Out of the 45 original passengers and crew, only 16 made it off the mountain alive. For 10 excruciating weeks, they suffered deprivations beyond imagining, confronting nature head-on at its most furious and inhospitable. And to survive, these men and women not only had to keep their faith; they had to make an impossible decision: Should they eat the flesh of their dead friends?

A remarkable story of endurance and determination, Alive is the dramatic best-selling account of one of the most harrowing quests for survival in modern times.

©2002 Piers Paul Read (P)2017 Dreamscape Media, LLC Adventurers, Explorers & Survival Americas Nature & Ecology Outdoors & Nature Science South America World Survival Sports Inspiring Heartfelt
Inspiring Survival Story • Remarkable Human Resilience • Great Voice • Well-researched Account • Compelling Narrative
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Narrator had difficulty pronouncing the Hispanic names, words, and cities. Very distracting, would have preferred hearing it from someone else. I did like the story being told simultaneously from the survivors and what was happening in the outside world.

Needed a better narrator

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Such a compelling story. It really tells a story at the edge of the human experience that nothing else can match

Ripped through this faster than most books I listen to

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What a story… it is hard to imagine the horror they went through, the suffering, the losses, and the daily confrontation with death. I could not put this book down. It made me very emotional, and reflect on my own life. Highly recommend…

Mesmerizing, inspiring, and so sorrowful

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I absolutely loved this book. The narrator was phenomenal, and the story was extremely well-written. I never got distracted and wanted to keep listening. It's wild that this is a true story, it sounds like a Hollywood blockbuster! I'm anxious to watch the film. Please read!

Amazing story! I was caught up the entire time!

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i listen to it it good ppp p p pp p p pp p p p pp p p p pp🦍🦍➡️↗️🅱️😔😔😔🥶😊🏀⚪

good

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I have no words other than WOW. Such an incredible story of survival. Definitely a must read!

Wow

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This story never fails to inspire. It was so well read and so well written that I almost felt I was there. Amazing story.

Excellent

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These survivors are so amazing! I got emotional many times because of how moving the prose was. Highly recommend this as an audio book or physical book.

One of the greatest sagas I’ve ever heard

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a true story of human survival in the harshest of conditions . loved it

a true Miracles in the Andes,

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I had seen the movie years ago but had never read/listened to the book. It held my interest the whole time even though I knew the story. What an ordeal, what a tragedy that very few survived.

An old but a goodie

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