Interesting and optimistic book. They mention that these extreme situations that people need rescuing from bring out the best in people, but they don't mention that the reverse is also true. Ah, well, it is for children. :-)

I find it amusing that they say he "courageously" made the decision to keep the arm that the doctors wanted to chop off. They would have said the same thing if he had let the doctors remove it, of course...

"In the end, there is even some good to be found in the Hurricane Andrew experience—it reminded us that our entire nation can quickly come together in times of trouble to rescue those struck by disaster." I am insanely glad that this book was published before Hurricane Katrina...

While this book has tons of interesting information, the classification of hurricanes as "monsters" is despicable. They are a force of nature — no more, no less. To call these beautiful storms "monsters" is to anthropomorphize something that can't be anything else. Shame on the author for this.

Fascinating little book. I hadn't read much about the Ice Man, to be honest, so almost everything in this book was new to me.

I love reading books about sea creatures. They are an unusual, varied, and mysterious group and if we ever manage to truly discover half of them I'll be surprised.

I kind of wonder what went down at Mission Control when John Glenn found out that they had kept vital information from him about the landing bag and heat shield problems. Black eye, anyone? o_O

I was completely unaware of just how recent "modern" archaeology really is. This subject has always intrigued me (to read about it, anyway) but I never really pursue the reading topic... I think I need to change this bad habit of mine and read a bit more nonfiction - and not all of it off my sister's clasroom bookshelf. :-p

This guy is from my neck of the woods (sort of) and for young students in this area, reading a little off-topic quip about how this game-changing heart surgeon used to hunt for snakes in the swamp could be inspiring for them. Somehow. Maybe... I don't know, that was just my favorite part of the book, honestly. :-D

This was just great - especially all the real photographs! One question though, did all the hikers that go to Everest never learn to pick up after themselves? Google "world's highest junkyard" and be appalled.