The Survivors Club - Ben Sherwood (3.5/5 Near Death Experiences)

This book is an analysis of the commonalities found in the genetic make-up, habits, life choices, faith, and age of people who have come close to dying. The author did extensive research on the topic and he explains it to the reader by telling the stories of the survivors and explaining how they survived.

I often found myself jealous of the author, in researching this book he had the opportunity to be trained in survival by the United States Military and various other organizations in surviving life threatening situations. The best part of the book is the beginning where it discusses how not to die if an Airplane that you happen to be flying in plummets to the ground and explodes. Of course it tells you that you don't really need to know how to survive that situation, because the odds of it occurring are slimmer than an Olsen twin on a diet.

If you are looking for ideas on how to survive mountain lion attacks, jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge, sinking ferries in the Bering Sea, and stab wounds from knitting needles, then this is your kind of book. The most interesting fact in the book is that if you regularly attend church activities on multiple nights a week then your life expectancy is substantially higher, at least until you begin questioning your faith and then it goes down the tubes.

Not the best put together book but I gave it extra points for being non-fiction and not being soporific.