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John Geiger

JOHN GEIGER is the bestselling author of The Third Man Factor: Surviving the Impossible and four other books of non-fiction, including the international bestseller Frozen in Time: The Fate of the Franklin Expedition. His work has been translated into eleven languages. Born in Ithaca, New York, Geiger is the Editorial Board Editor at The Globe and Mail and a senior fellow at Massey College, University of Toronto. He is president of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society and a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. He lives in Toronto.

WEB: johngeiger.net

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"Frozen in Time, 3rd Ed."

"Frozen in Time, 3rd Ed."

The Fate of the Franklin Expedition
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In its revised form, Frozen in Time updates the research outlined in the original edition and introduces independent confirmation of Dr. Beattie's lead hypothesis, along with new information about his discovery of physical evidence for both scurvy and cannibalism.

The new edition includes never-before-seen photographs from the exhumations on Beeche …

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Frozen in Time

Frozen in Time

The Fate of the Franklin Expedition
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"Simply Compelling" -- Mordecai Richler

Available for the first time as an e-book, Frozen in Time tells the dramatic story of how Sir John Franklin's elite naval forces came within sight of the Northwest Pasage, only to succumb to unimaginable horrors. A gripping tale of cannibalism, bureaucratic hubris, great courage and ground-breaking science, it …

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The Angel Effect

The Angel Effect

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The bestselling author of Frozen in Time and The Third Man Factor explores a haunting phenomenon—the apparition of an unbidden angelic presence in times of great stress that provides guidance and comfort

John Geiger’s last book, The Third Man Factor: Surviving the Impossible, explored an extraordinary idea: that people under enormous stress, som …

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The Third Man Factor

The Third Man Factor

The Secret to Survival in Extreme Environments
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Trader Ron DiFrancesco in the World Trade Center, diver Stephanie Schwabe, Sir Ernest Shackleton: All shared an experience that an unseen being helped them to survive against staggering odds. If it were just a handful of people, it might be dismissed, but in fact, this phenomenon has occurred again and again. In a riveting scientific and historical …

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