{"product_id":"the-third-man-factor-surviving-the-impossible","title":"The Third Man Factor: Surviving the Impossible","description":"\u0026lt;p\u0026gt;\u0026lt;i\u0026gt;The Third Man Factor\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt; tells the revealing story behind an extraordinary idea: that people at the very edge of death, often adventurers or explorers, experience a benevolent presence beside them who encourages them to make one final effort to survive.   \u0026lt;br \/\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br \/\u0026gt;If only a handful of people had ever experienced the Third Man, it might be dismissed as an unusual delusion but over the years the experience has occurred again and again: to mountaineers, divers, polar explorers, prisoners of war, solo sailors, aviators, astronauts and 9\/11 survivors. All have escaped traumatic events only to tell strikingly similar stories of having experienced the close presence of a helper or guardian. \u0026lt;br \/\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br \/\u0026gt;In \u0026lt;i\u0026gt;The Third Man Factor\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt; John Geiger combines history, scientific analysis and great adventure stories to explain this secret to survival, the Third Man who - in the words of legendary Italian climber Reinhold Messner - 'leads you out of the impossible'.\u0026lt;\/p\u0026gt;\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 304 pages | Published May 2010\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GARDNERS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63966592106845,"sku":"9781847674203","price":13.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0978\/3459\/8749\/files\/9781847674203.jpg?v=1774348092","url":"https:\/\/www.thebookmark.ie\/products\/the-third-man-factor-surviving-the-impossible","provider":"The Bookmark ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}