Rescue: Stories of Survival from Land and Sea
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Rescue: Stories of Survival from Land and Sea

Written By : Various
Narrated By : Full Cast Production
Published By : Listen & Live
Length : 6 hours
Type : Adventurers & Explorers
Download Price : $24.95 $16.25
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"The Stories are vivid and lively." - Seattle Times

"...masterful storytellers, bringing delicately wrought drama or gusto to each narrative." - The Los Angeles Times

Rescue offers riveting stories about what happens when things go terribly wrong in some of the world's most perilous places: the wild west, the Grand Tetons, a remote lake in northern Quebec, the Eiger, the Labrador coast. The result is a collection of first-rate prose read by masterful narrators that makes for compulsive listening.

"... will take your breath away and send your heart racing." - Audiophile

"Absolutely gripping." - Kliatt

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McCarthy's tale of his hilarious trip around Ireland has gained thousands of fans all over the world.

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