Sherwood (The Man Who Ate the 747), a writer for the L.A. Times, travels worldwide to gain insight from people who have survived a slew of near fatal phenomena ranging from a mountain lion attack to a Holocaust concentration camp, and interviewing an array of experts to understand the psychology, genetics and jumble of other little things that determines whether we live or die. Readers curious about their own survivor profile can take an Internet test, which is explained in the books later pages. Sherwoods assertion that survival is a way of perceiving the world around you is enlightening, as are some of the facts he uncovers: you have 90 seconds to leave a plane crash before the cabin temperature becomes unbearable; luck has more to do with personal perspective than chance. But Sherwoods balance of self-help, scientific theories and first-rate reporting is diminished by occasionally overwrought prose as well as the countless survivors stories, which can run together in a touchy-feely stream of faith and optimism.

班•薛伍德

•他是美国版的“余华”

–其畅销小说《啃波音747的男人》被译成13种语言；

–最新小说《查理的生与死》荣登世界畅销书榜。

•他开创了美国的“焦点访谈”

曾任美国广播公司《早安美国》栏目的执行制片人，以及美国国家广播公司《晚间新闻》栏目的资深节目制作人。

•这一次，他又做了什么？

•他为普通人打开了逃生门。