Survival Nonfiction

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    • Two Ships, a Deadly Hurricane, and an Epic Battle for Survival
    • By: Tristram Korten
    • Narrated by: Dan Woren
    • Length: 9 hrs and 48 mins
    • Release date: 04-24-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 231 ratings
    • The true story of two doomed ships and a daring search-and-rescue operation that shines a light on the elite Coast Guard swimmers trained for the most dangerous ocean missions....

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    • Non-fiction
    • By: Don Shift
    • Narrated by: Virtual Voice
    • Length: 6 hrs and 58 mins
    • Release date: 10-15-24
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 5 ratings
    • How does a person who lives in a wood framed house in the suburbs survive a nuclear war, especially if they don’t have a basement? Turns out, the...

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    • Gore!
    • By: James Calloway
    • Narrated by: Virtual Voice
    • Length: 6 hrs and 13 mins
    • Release date: 03-31-25
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • Nature doesn’t need a motive. It just needs a moment. Animal Attacks – GORE! delivers fifteen of the most blood-chilling real-life accounts of ...

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    • John Colter, the Lewis & Clark Expedition, and the Call of the American West
    • By: David Weston Marshall
    • Narrated by: Jonathan Yen
    • Length: 6 hrs and 43 mins
    • Release date: 12-07-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 188 ratings
    • In 1804, John Colter set out with Meriwether Lewis and William Clark on the first US expedition to traverse the North American continent. During the 28-month ordeal, Colter served as a hunter and scout, and honed his survival skills on the western frontier....

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    • True Stories of Survival and Harrowing Encounters with Bears, Cougars, and Alligators
    • By: James Calloway
    • Narrated by: Virtual Voice
    • Length: 5 hrs and 31 mins
    • Release date: 07-03-25
    • Language: English
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    • A summer hike, a lakeside swim, a night in a camper… these moments of peace can become nightmares in a heartbeat. The line between the human ...

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    • A Shocking True Crime Story
    • By: Rod Kackley
    • Narrated by: Virtual Voice
    • Length: 1 hr and 38 mins
    • Release date: 12-11-23
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 13 ratings
    • Survival. Justice. Hope. She was only thirteen when her nightmare began. Ripped from the arms of her murdered mother, Jayme Closs was taken by a ...

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    • Tom McClean, John Fairfax, and the Epic Race to Row Solo Across the Atlantic
    • By: James R. Hansen
    • Narrated by: Mitch Crawford
    • Length: 14 hrs and 50 mins
    • Release date: 06-18-24
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 2 ratings
    • From the New York Times bestselling author of First Man comes a sweeping saga involving two extraordinary—and extraordinarily different—adventurers who have only one thing in common: the ambition to cross the Atlantic in a rowboat . . . alone.

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    • By: Laurence Gonzales
    • Narrated by: Kevin Stillwell
    • Length: 9 hrs and 10 mins
    • Release date: 07-09-13
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 189 ratings
    • You have survived the crisis - trauma, disease, accident, or war - now how do you get your life back....

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    • A True Story of Resilience, Survival and Unbroken Spirit of a Civilian Dutch Woman in Europe During World War II
    • By: CORRIE SMITH
    • Narrated by: Virtual Voice
    • Length: 9 hrs and 31 mins
    • Release date: 01-26-24
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 9 ratings
    • A True Story of Resilience Survival and Unbroken Spirit A Civilian Dutch Woman in Europe During World War II Treasures of Sadness is the story of ...

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    • 20 True Cases of Illness, Injury, Disappearances, and Survival on America’s Most Dangerous Hiking Route
    • By: Dean Lawton
    • Narrated by: Virtual Voice
    • Length: 5 hrs and 33 mins
    • Release date: 05-01-25
    • Language: English
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    • Nature doesn’t care how prepared you are. Stretching over 2,000 miles from Georgia to Maine, the Appalachian Trail is a test of endurance, ...

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    • 25 True and Terrifying Stories of Lion, Tiger, Cougar, and Leopard Encounters
    • By: James Calloway
    • Narrated by: Virtual Voice
    • Length: 5 hrs and 55 mins
    • Release date: 05-24-25
    • Language: English
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    • They thought they were safe. They were wrong. Lions. Tigers. Cougars. Leopards. When the world’s most powerful predators strike, survival is ...

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    • A True World War II Story of a Family’s Fight for Survival (The True Rescue Series, Book 4)
    • By: Michael J. Tougias, Alison O’Leary
    • Narrated by: Alex Boyles
    • Series: True Rescue Series, Book 4
    • Length: 4 hrs and 59 mins
    • Release date: 04-20-21
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 12 ratings
    • On May 19, 1942, during World War II, a German submarine, a U-boat, in the Gulf of Mexico stalked its prey 50 miles from New Orleans. The submarine set its sights on the freighter Heredia. Most onboard were merchant seamen, but there were also civilians, including the Downs family....

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    • A Story of Scams, Slavery, and Survival in Southeast Asia
    • By: Richard Alanson
    • Narrated by: Virtual Voice
    • Length: 1 hr and 59 mins
    • Release date: 07-15-25
    • Language: English
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    • THE PIG BUTCHERS OF CAMBODIA A Story of Scams, Slavery, and Survival in Southeast Asia They answered job ads. They were trafficked. Then they were ...

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    • A Holocaust Story of Survival, Triumph, and Love
    • By: Rebecca Frankel
    • Narrated by: Natalie Pela
    • Length: 11 hrs and 13 mins
    • Release date: 09-07-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 301 ratings
    • In the summer of 1942, the Rabinowitz family narrowly escaped the Nazi ghetto in their Polish town by fleeing to the forbidding Bialowieza Forest. They miraculously survived two years in the woods—through brutal winters, Typhus outbreaks, and merciless Nazi raids....

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    • Epic Story Of The Vendee Globe 2020-21
    • By: Sasa Fegic
    • Narrated by: Virtual Voice
    • Length: 2 hrs and 49 mins
    • Release date: 05-30-25
    • Language: English
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    • The Unfiltered Truth Behind Sailing’s Greatest Madness The Vendée Globe is not just a race—it is a solitary pilgrimage across the planet’s ...

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    • Surviving a Lost Childhood
    • By: Gary Paulsen
    • Narrated by: Dan Bittner
    • Length: 6 hrs and 45 mins
    • Release date: 01-12-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 217 ratings
    • A middle grade memoir from a living literary legend, giving listeners a new perspective on the origins of Gary Paulsen's famed survival stories....

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