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Alaska
Camping
Coping Mechanisms
Courage And Perseverance
Courage And Resilience
Courage In Adversity
Courage Under Fire
Emergency Preparedness
Faith In Adversity
First Aid
Game Wardens
Healing And Recovery
Healing From Trauma
Heroism
Hiking & Camping
Historical Events
Hope And Resilience
Human Condition
Hunting
Leadership Qualities
Maritime History
Mental Toughness
Mountaineering
Navigation
Outdoor Adventures
Overcoming Adversity
Overcoming Past Traumas
Overcoming Trauma
Perseverance And Determination
Resilience
Resilience And Perseverance
Resilience Building
Risk-Taking
Risk-Taking Behavior
Sailing
Search And Rescue Operations
Self-Reliance
Shelter Building
Shipwrecks
Survival
Survival Against Odds
Survival And Perseverance
Survival And Resilience
Survival In Hostile Environments
Survival Skills
Survival Stories
Survivalism
Surviving Trauma
Trauma And Recovery
Wilderness Exploration
Wilderness Survival Skills

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The Handmaid's Tale
The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood

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Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption
Laura Hillenbrand

from $4.19

Maus: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History
Maus: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History
Art Spiegelman

from $6.09

Room
Room
Emma Donoghue

from $3.59

Alas, Babylon
Alas, Babylon
Pat Frank

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The Children of Men
The Children of Men
P.D. James

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The Final Day
The Final Day
William R. Forstchen

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Skeletons on the Zahara: A True Story of Survival
Skeletons on the Zahara: A True Story of Survival
Dean King

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On the Beach
On the Beach
Nevil Shute

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Bird Box
Bird Box
Josh Malerman

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Human Resilience

Star of the Sea
Star of the Sea
Joseph O'Connor

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Noticia de un secuestro
Noticia de un secuestro
Gabriel García Márquez

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Away
Away
Teri Hall

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Love and War in the Apennines
Love and War in the Apennines
Eric Newby

from $3.99

My Brother's Voice: How a Young Hungarian Boy Survived the Holocaust: A True Story
My Brother's Voice: How a Young Hungarian Boy Survived the Holocaust: A True Story
Stephen Nasser

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The Unwanted: A Memoir of Childhood
The Unwanted: A Memoir of Childhood
Kien Nguyen

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Point Man
Point Man
James Watson

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Shanghai Diary: A Young Girl's Journey from Hitler's Hate to War-Torn China
Shanghai Diary: A Young Girl's Journey from Hitler's Hate to War-Torn China
Ursula Bacon

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No Pretty Pictures: A Child of War
No Pretty Pictures: A Child of War
Anita Lobel

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The Secret Holocaust Diaries: The Untold Story of Nonna Bannister
The Secret Holocaust Diaries: The Untold Story of Nonna Bannister
Carolyn Tomlin

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A Thousand Shall Fall: The Electrifying Story of a Soldier and His Family Who Dared to Practice Their Faith in Hitler's Germany
A Thousand Shall Fall: The Electrifying Story of a Soldier and His Family Who Dared to Practice Their Faith in Hitler's Germany
Susi Hasel Mundy

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Led By Faith
Led By Faith
Immaculée Ilibagiza

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America Anonymous: Eight Addicts in Search of a Life
America Anonymous: Eight Addicts in Search of a Life
Benoit Denizet-Lewis

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Climbing High: A Woman's Account of Surviving the Everest Tragedy
Climbing High: A Woman's Account of Surviving the Everest Tragedy
Lene Gammelgaard

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La tregua
La tregua
Primo Levi

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Ishi in Two Worlds: A Biography of the Last Wild Indian in North America
Ishi in Two Worlds: A Biography of the Last Wild Indian in North America
Theodora Kroeber

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The Tin Ticket: The Heroic Journey of Australia's Convict Women
The Tin Ticket: The Heroic Journey of Australia's Convict Women
Deborah J. Swiss

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Sufferings in Africa: The Incredible True Story of a Shipwreck, Enslavement, and Survival on the Sahara
Sufferings in Africa: The Incredible True Story of a Shipwreck, Enslavement, and Survival on the Sahara
James Riley

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Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors
Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors
Piers Paul Read

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The Storyteller's Daughter
The Storyteller's Daughter
Saira Shah

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Non-Fiction

Last Boat Out of Shanghai: The Epic Story of the Chinese Who Fled Mao's Revolution
Last Boat Out of Shanghai: The Epic Story of the Chinese Who Fled Mao's Revolution
Helen Zia

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Factory Girls: From Village to City in a Changing China
Factory Girls: From Village to City in a Changing China
Leslie T. Chang

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The Mole People: Life in the Tunnels Beneath New York City
The Mole People: Life in the Tunnels Beneath New York City
Jennifer Toth

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Escape from the Twin Towers
Escape from the Twin Towers
Kate Messner

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Strength in What Remains
Strength in What Remains
Tracy Kidder

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Prisoner and Yet
Prisoner and Yet
Corrie ten Boom

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The Great American Dust Bowl
The Great American Dust Bowl
Don Brown

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Coming Back Alive: The True Story of the Most Harrowing Search and Rescue Mission Ever Attempted on Alaska's High Seas
Coming Back Alive: The True Story of the Most Harrowing Search and Rescue Mission Ever Attempted on Alaska's High Seas
Spike Walker

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Denali's Howl: The Deadliest Climbing Disaster on America's Wildest Peak
Denali's Howl: The Deadliest Climbing Disaster on America's Wildest Peak
Andy Hall

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Dead Lucky: Life After Death on Mount Everest
Dead Lucky: Life After Death on Mount Everest
Lincoln Hall

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Deadliest Sea: The Untold Story Behind the Greatest Rescue in Coast Guard History
Deadliest Sea: The Untold Story Behind the Greatest Rescue in Coast Guard History
Kalee Thompson

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Sachiko: A Nagasaki Bomb Survivor's Story
Sachiko: A Nagasaki Bomb Survivor's Story
Caren Stelson

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Two Souls Indivisible: The Friendship That Saved Two POWs in Vietnam
Two Souls Indivisible: The Friendship That Saved Two POWs in Vietnam
James S. Hirsch

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Tap Code
Tap Code
Carlyle S. Harris

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Inferno: The True Story of a B-17 Gunner's Heroism and the Bloodiest Military Campaign in Aviation History
Inferno: The True Story of a B-17 Gunner's Heroism and the Bloodiest Military Campaign in Aviation History
Joe Pappalardo

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Over the Edge: The True Story of Four American Climbers' Kidnap and Escape in the Mountains of Central Asia
Over the Edge: The True Story of Four American Climbers' Kidnap and Escape in the Mountains of Central Asia
Greg Child

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Finding Manana: A Memoir of a Cuban Exodus
Finding Manana: A Memoir of a Cuban Exodus
Mirta Ojito

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Intrepid: The Epic Story of America's Most Legendary Warship
Intrepid: The Epic Story of America's Most Legendary Warship
Bill White

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Adrift: A True Story of Tragedy on the Icy Atlantic and the One Who Lived to Tell about It
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Brian Murphy

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Contemporary Literature Books

The Comedians
The Comedians
Graham Greene

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La increíble y triste historia de la cándida Eréndira y de su abuela desalmada. Siete cuentos
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Gabriel García Márquez

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Apocalypse Burning: The Earth's Last Days: The Battle Lines Are Drawn
Apocalypse Burning: The Earth's Last Days: The Battle Lines Are Drawn
Mel Odom

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Escape from Andersonville: A Novel of the Civil War
Escape from Andersonville: A Novel of the Civil War
Gene Hackman

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Running the Rift
Running the Rift
Naomi Benaron

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Close Your Eyes
Close Your Eyes
Amanda Eyre Ward

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The Plague Tales
The Plague Tales
Ann Benson

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In the Country of Last Things
In the Country of Last Things
Paul Auster

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Les Biens de ce monde
Les Biens de ce monde
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Family Bonds

Violent Peace: The War with China: Aftermath of Armageddon
Violent Peace: The War with China: Aftermath of Armageddon
David Poyer

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The Eleventh Plague
The Eleventh Plague
John S. Marr

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Invisible
Invisible
Carla Buckley

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The End of the World Running Club
The End of the World Running Club
Adrian J. Walker

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A Cup of Dust (Library Edition): A Novel of the Dust Bowl
Susie Finkbeiner

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Aleutian Sparrow
Aleutian Sparrow
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Acts of God
Acts of God
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After the War
After the War
Carol Matas

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Under This Unbroken Sky
Under This Unbroken Sky
Shandi Mitchell

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Rim of the Prairie
Rim of the Prairie
Bess Streeter Aldrich

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Final Impact
John Birmingham

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The Life as We Knew It Collection
The Life as We Knew It Collection
Susan Beth Pfeffer

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The Ransom of Mercy Carter
The Ransom of Mercy Carter
Caroline B. Cooney

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Disaster
Disaster
L. Ron Hubbard

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Island of a Thousand Mirrors
Island of a Thousand Mirrors
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Miss Willie
Miss Willie
Janice Holt Giles

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The Terrible Wave
The Terrible Wave
Marden Dahlstedt

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Journey Home
Journey Home
Yoshiko Uchida

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Family Dynamics

Our Town / The Skin of Our Teeth / The Matchmaker
Our Town / The Skin of Our Teeth / The Matchmaker
Thornton Wilder

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The Search: The Struggle to Survive
The Search: The Struggle to Survive
Tim LaHaye

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Par le vent pleuré (CADRE VERT)
Par le vent pleuré (CADRE VERT)
Ron Rash

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Shoot Like a Girl: One Woman's Dramatic Fight in Afghanistan and on the Home Front
Shoot Like a Girl: One Woman's Dramatic Fight in Afghanistan and on the Home Front
Mary Jennings Hegar

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The Skin of Our Teeth
The Skin of Our Teeth
Thornton Wilder

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Dogs of Winter
Dogs of Winter
Kem Nunn

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Y: The Last Man, Vol. 8: Kimono Dragons
Y: The Last Man, Vol. 8: Kimono Dragons
Brian K. Vaughan

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Our Finest Hour
Our Finest Hour
Jennifer Millikin

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Working Days: The Journals of The Grapes of Wrath
Working Days: The Journals of The Grapes of Wrath
John Steinbeck

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Wildfire
Wildfire
Carole Jefferson

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The Winter People
The Winter People
John Ehle

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第七天
第七天
Yu Hua

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Acts of Contrition
Acts of Contrition
Kirsten Beyer

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Historical Fiction

The Baker's Secret
The Baker's Secret
Stephen P. Kiernan

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The Sugar Camp Quilt: An Elm Creek Quilts Novel
The Sugar Camp Quilt: An Elm Creek Quilts Novel
Jennifer Chiaverini

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In Stahlgewittern
In Stahlgewittern
Ernst Jünger

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In the Shadow of the Banyan
In the Shadow of the Banyan
Vaddey Ratner

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The Immigrants
The Immigrants
Howard Fast

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Stella Maris
Stella Maris
Cormac McCarthy

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The Moor's Account
The Moor's Account
Laila Lalami

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No Promises in the Wind
No Promises in the Wind
Irene Hunt

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Utvandrarna
Utvandrarna
Vilhelm Moberg

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The Eleventh Man
The Eleventh Man
Ivan Doig

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To Live
To Live
Yu Hua

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Doctor Zhivago
Doctor Zhivago

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The March
The March
E.L. Doctorow

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Burnt Shadows
Burnt Shadows
Kamila Shamsie

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Troubles
Troubles
J.G. Farrell

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Nectar in a Sieve
Nectar in a Sieve
Kamala Markandaya

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Theirs Was the Kingdom
Theirs Was the Kingdom
R.F. Delderfield

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Island of the World
Island of the World
Michael D. O'Brien

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The Pompeii Disaster
The Pompeii Disaster
Dan Gutman

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In the Company of Eagles
In the Company of Eagles
Ernest K. Gann

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Survival

Before and After: The Incredible Real-Life Stories of Orphans Who Survived the Tennessee Children's Home Society
Before and After: The Incredible Real-Life Stories of Orphans Who Survived the Tennessee Children's Home Society
Lisa Wingate

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Shift
Shift
Hugh Howey

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Lucifer's Hammer
Lucifer's Hammer
Jerry Pournelle

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Раковый корпус
Раковый корпус
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

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Pompeii
Pompeii
Robert Harris

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The Big Dark Sky
The Big Dark Sky
Dean Koontz

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Dunkirk Crescendo (Zion Covenant #9)
Dunkirk Crescendo (Zion Covenant #9)
Brock Thoene

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Fire in the Ashes
Fire in the Ashes
William W. Johnstone

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After the End
After the End
Clare Mackintosh

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The Beduins' Gazelle
The Beduins' Gazelle
Frances Temple

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The Long Song
The Long Song
Andrea Levy

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A Rising Thunder
A Rising Thunder
David Weber

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The Balkan Trilogy
The Balkan Trilogy
Olivia Manning

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Refugees
Refugees
D.J. Molles

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Countdown City
Countdown City
Ben H. Winters

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American Salvage
American Salvage
Bonnie Jo Campbell

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Day of Wrath
Day of Wrath
William R. Forstchen

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Trapped in the Ashes
Trapped in the Ashes
William W. Johnstone

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The Summer Children
The Summer Children
Dot Hutchison

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Commonalities of books on human resilience include survival, overcoming challenges and hardships, and the search for hope in difficult situations. Many of these books are set in post-apocalyptic or wartime environments, where characters must navigate dangerous and unfamiliar territory to survive. Other common themes include family struggles, immigration experiences, and personal accounts of survival during historical events such as the Holocaust or genocide. Additionally, some books explore the power of faith or community support in helping individuals overcome adversity.

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