Giveaway – The Survivors Club by Ben Sherwood – 5 Winners – Ends 1/29/10

January 20, 2010

The Survivors Club

The Survivors Club
The Secrets and Science that could Save Your Life
by Ben Sherwood
Paperback isbn 978-0446698856 (2/3/10)
Hardcover isbn 978-0446580243 (1/26/09)

Publisher’s Description: Each second of the day, someone in America faces a crisis, whether it’s a car accident, violent crime, serious illness, or financial trouble. Given the inevitability of adversity, we all wonder: Who beats the odds and who surrenders? Why do some people bound back and others give up? How can I become the kind of person who survives and thrives?
The fascinating, hopeful answers to these questions are found in THE SURVIVORS CLUB. In the tradition of Freakonomics and The Tipping Point, this book reveals the hidden side of survival by combining astonishing true stories, gripping scientific research, and the author’s adventures inside the U.S. military’s elite survival schools and the government’s airplane crash evacuation course.
With THE SURVIVORS CLUB, you can also discover your own Survivor IQ through a powerful Internet-based test called the Survivor Profiler. Developed exclusively for this book, the test analyzes your personality and generates a customized report on your top survivor strengths.
There is no escaping life’s inevitable struggles. But THE SURVIVORS CLUB can give you an edge when adversity strikes.

This fascinating book was published in hardcover last year and I’m happy to see it’s now being released in paperback. It’s listed as a self-help book, but is written in a way that even people who don’t normally like self-help will be interested in it. The trivia and stories are interesting and can lead to self-reflection and interesting conversations. My teenage son and I would both like to be ’survivors’ and had fun talking about the ideas presented in the book – and you know the self-help section in a book store is typically NOT the first place a teenage boy looks for a new book. I think it would be a fun choice for book club discussions, too.

HOW TO CONNECT – You can join the Survivors Club website and you can take a free online survivor profiler test.

WHERE TO BUY – The Survivors Club hardcover and paperback can be ordered at a discount on Amazon.

PRIZE ALERT - Hachette Book Group would like to give ***5*** of you a copy of The Survivors Club (ARV $14.99)

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Giveaway ends on January 29, 2010 at 8pm Pacific Time. Giveaway is open for US & Canadian mailing addresses only. Winner will have 48 hours to respond to notification with shipping info – if no response, another winner will be chosen . Subject to the official rules. No purchase necessary – void where prohibited by law. Disclaimer/Disclosure: Review product was provided to me.