{"product_id":"third-man-factor-the","title":"Third Man Factor, The","description":"The Third Man Factor 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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf 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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn The Third Man Factor 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''.","brand":"Canongate Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56103259210063,"sku":"9781847674203","price":18.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0061\/0372\/8217\/files\/9781847674203_1-third-man-factor-the.jpg?v=1778215085","url":"https:\/\/www.suomalainen.com\/products\/third-man-factor-the","provider":"Suomalainen.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}