Jonathan Franklin

On 12 October 2010 the world's attention was fixed on a remote mine in the Atacama desert in Chile. Final preparations were underway for a daring rescue to bring to an end the longest underground entrapment in human history. This title tells the story of how 33 trapped men and the rescuers dedicated to saving them created a miracle in the desert. For 17 days, hope slowly turned to desperation and then resignation as the miners prepared themselves for a slow agonising death. When a drill finally got through to the men, they still had over seven weeks to wait until they were freed. What those men experienced in the claustrophobic dark of the mine, how their families kept faith, and the unprecedented scale of the rescue make this an unforgettable story of how hope overcame fear, ingenuity triumphed over adversity and how 33 trapped men and the rescuers dedicated to saving them created a miracle in the desert.

The true story of one man s record breaking 438 days lost at sea

Gripping... The authors skillfully capture the fear and claustrophobia. A riveting real-life drama.KirkusCabin Fever is riveting, taut, and extensively researched. Smith and Franklin have written a page-turning adventure that will keep you reading late into the night. Martin Dugard, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Taking ParisA gripping account of how an invisible stowaway - the Covid-19 virus - transformed a fun-filled luxury cruise into an unimaginable nightmare. Sara Gay Forden, bestselling author of House of GucciExtensive first-hand testimony and the authors brisk, matter-of-fact style enrich this propulsive account of how a holiday cruise turned into a nightmare. Readers will be riveted. - Publishers WeeklyIn early 2020, the world was on edge. An ominous virus was spreading and no one knew what the coming weeks would bring. Far from the hotspots, the cruise ship Zaandam was preparing to sail from Buenos Aires loaded with 1,200 passengers - British, American, Australian, European and South American tourists, plus 600 crew. Most passengers were over the age of 65.There was concern about the virus in the news but that was oceans away. Escaping to sea at the ends of the earth for a few weeks seemed like it might be a good option. The cruise line had said the voyage would go ahead as scheduled and it would be safe. Within days, people aboard the Zaandam began to fall sick. The worlds ports shut down. Zaandam became a top story on the news and was denied safe harbour everywhere. With only two doctors aboard and few medical supplies to test for or treat Covid-19, and with dwindling food and water, the ship wandered the oceans on an unthinkable journey.Cabin Fever is a riveting narrative thriller, taking readers behind the scenes of the ships complex workings, and below decks into the personal lives of passengers and crew who were caught unprepared for the deadly ordeal that lay ahead. It is a story layered with moments of peril, perseverance and kindness. A remarkable tale that is filled with individual acts of heroism and the struggles and the tragedies of the crew and passengers.

On 12 October 2010 the worlds attention was fixed on a remote copper mine in the Atacama desert in Chile. Final preparations were underway for a daring rescue to bring to an end the longest underground entrapment in human history.69 days earlier, 33 men were midway through a routine shift, deep in the San Jose mine. They stopped for lunch at the tiny safety shelter, 688 meters below the surface. Ten minutes later they heard an almighty crack and a deep rumbling sound. Clouds of dust and debris poured down on the choking men. The bombardment lasted for five hours. When it finally cleared the men discovered they were trapped under tonnes of collapsed rock.17 days after the collapse, a drill finally reached them. They sent a note back to the surface: We are well inside the shelter, the 33. Building on the exclusive access he was given by the rescue team, and dozens of hours of interviews with the miners themselves, Jonathan Franklin takes us deep into the collapsed mine with the men, and behind the scenes of the rescue effort to bring them back to life. For 17 days, hope slowly turned to desperation and then resignation as the miners prepared themselves for a slow agonising death. When a drill finally got through to the men, they still had over seven weeks to wait until they were freed. What those men experienced in the claustrophobic dark of the mine, how their families kept faith, and the unprecedented scale of the rescue make this an unforgettable story of how hope overcame fear,ingenuity triumphed over adversity and how 33 trapped men and the rescuers dedicated to saving them created a miracle in the desert.

The true story of the Holland America cruise ship Zaandam, which set sail with a deadly and little-understood stowawayCOVID-19days before the world shut down in March 2020. This riveting narrative thriller takes readers behind the scenes with passengers and crew who were caught unprepared for the deadly ordeal that lay ahead.In early 2020, the world was on edge. An ominous virus was spreading on different continents, and no one knew what the coming weeks would bring. Far from the hot spots, the cruise ship Zaandam, owned by Holland America, was preparing to sail from Buenos Aires, Argentina, loaded with 1,200 passengersAmericans, Europeans and South Americans, plus 600 crew.Most passengers were over the age of sixty-five. There was concern about the virus on the news, and it had already killed and sickened passengers on other Holland America ships. But that was oceans away, and escaping to sea at the ends of the earth for a few weeks seemed like it might be a good option. The cruise line had said the voyage (three weeks around the South American coastline to see some of the worlds most stunning natural wonders and ancient ruins) would carry on as scheduled, with no refunds. And it would be safe.Among the travelers there is a retired American school superintendent on a dream vacation with his wife of fifty-six years, on a personal quest to see Machu Picchu. There is an Argentine psychologist taking this trip to celebrate her sixty-fourth birthday with her husband, though she finds herself fretting in her cabin on day one, trying to dismiss her fears of what shes hearing on the news. There is an Indonesian laundry manager whos been toiling on Holland America cruise ships for thirty years, sending his monthly paycheck to his family back home.Within days, people aboard Zaandam begin to fall sick. The worlds ports shut down. Zaandam becomes a top story on the news and is denied safe harbor everywhere. With only two doctors aboard and few medical supplies to test for or treat COVID-19, and with dwindling food and water, the ship wanders the oceans on an unthinkable journey.

The incredible true survival story of fisherman Salvador Alvarenga and his record-breaking fourteen months lost at sea.On 17th November, 2012, Salvador Alvarenga left the coast of Mexico for a two-day fishing trip. A vicious storm killed his engine and the current dragged his boat out to sea. The storm picked up and carried him West, deeper into the heart of the Pacific Ocean. Alvarenga would not touch solid ground again for fourteen months.When he was washed ashore on January 30th, 2014, he had drifted over 9,000 miles.Not one ship stopped for him. He considered suicide on multiple occasions including offering himself up to a pack of circling sharks. But Alvarenga developed a method of survival that kept his body and mind intact long enough for the Pacific Ocean to spit him up onto a remote palm-studded island.Based on extensive interviews with Alvarenga, his colleagues, search and rescue officials, and the people who saved his life, 438 Days by Jonathan Franklin is an epic, inspirational tale of survival and one mans incredible story of beating the ultimate odds.For readers of Touching the Void and In the Heart of the Sea.A fascinating, action-packed account of long-term survival on the open seas Kirkus Reviews

In 1991, Doug Tompkins abandoned his comfortable life in San Francisco and flew 6,500 miles south to a shack in Patagonia. Instead of the Golden Gate Bridge, Tompkins stared out the window at Volcano Michinmahuida, blanketed in snow and prowled by mountain lions. Shielded by waterfalls and wilderness, the founder of such groundbreaking companies as Esprit and The North Face suddenly regretted the corporate capitalism from which he had profited from years. As a CEO he had caused much pollution and, made things nobody needed. Now, he declared, it was time to reverse the damage to the planet, and maybe even himself. In A Wild Idea, award-winning journalist and bestselling author Jonathan Franklin tells the incredible environmental biography of Douglas Tompkins, a true story of one man who became one of the primary founders of our modern land conservation movement. Piloting his small plane, Tompkins explored the uninhabited lands of Patagonia and gaped at the singular beauty: active volcanoes, forests never logged, rivers never dammedall so undisturbed, so exquisitely designed. Could he protect this wild beauty? For the ensuing quarter century, that dream that obsessionbecame his life. Only in death did it become his legacy.A True Story of Redemption: Discover how the founder of The North Face and Esprit turned his back on corporate capitalism to reverse the damage he felt he had done to the planet. An Epic Adventure Memoir: Soar with Tompkins in his small plane over the wilds of Patagoniaa breathtaking landscape of active volcanoes, untouched forests, and pristine rivers. A Mission for Nature Conservation: Witness the quarter-century obsession that drove one man to dedicate his life to protecting the wild beauty of the natural world. An Unforgettable Legacy: Learn how one wild idea became one of the most significant contributions to the modern land protection movement, cementing a legacy only realized after his death.

El sábado 17 de noviembre de 2012 Salvador Alvarenga y su compañero Ezequiel Córdoba se hicieron a la mar para ir a pescar tiburones en su pequeña embarcación. Había aviso de tormenta pero Alvarenga era un experto pescador que no se amedrentaba por nada. Cuando les alcanzo el temporal se encontraban lejos de la costa y un fallo del motor acabo imposibilitando su regreso.Catorce meses despues, el 30 de enero de 2014, con el pelo largo, barba poblada y sin poder apenas hablar ni caminar, Salvador llego a la playa del atolon Ebon en las Islas Marshall, a siete mil millas de donde partio con su bote.Gracias a una dieta a base de pescado crudo, tortugas, pequeños pajaros, agua de lluvia y su propia orina, pudo sobrevivir en alta mar. Por su parte, Ezequiel, quien se nego a tomar esos alimentos, murio pocas semanas despues de la tormenta que les convirtio en naufragos.Fascinado por la historia, el periodista estadounidense Jonathan Franklin entrevisto en numerosas ocasiones al pescador y a todas las personas que fueron testigos de su aparicion en las Islas Marshall, y tambien a aquellos que le acompañaron en los dias posteriores, durante su hospitalizacion. De todas estas conversaciones surge este heroico relato sobre la resistencia humana, seguramente el mas asombroso de nuestros dias.

Una serie de casualidades, los caprichos del destino y algunas decisiones de última hora hicieron que 33 hombres entrasen en la mina de San José (Chile) el 5 de agosto de 2010. Ni ellos ni sus familias imaginaron los acontecimientos que se sucederian mas tarde. La historia de los 33 es un testimonio de fuerza y de supervivencia en condiciones extremas que pone de relieve la lucha desesperada de un grupo de hombres contra la humedad, el calor, el hambre, el fantasma del canibalismo, la oscuridad, las alucinaciones. De como se desarrollaron cada uno de los 70 dias que estuvieron sepultados bajo tierra #el sentimiento de comunidad y union, Jesucristo como el minero 34, el papel del lider, la asignacion de tareas, el racionamiento de los recursos, la fe# o de como actuo el Gobierno de Chile para organizar el rescate, de la resistencia de las familias y del poder de esta historia seguida por cientos de ojos a nivel mundial da cuenta este libro. El periodista Jonathan Franklin, corresponsal en Chile para los periodicos The Guardian, The Washington Post y The Sydney Morning Herald, obtuvo el permiso de las autoridades para contar de primera mano todo lo que estaba sucediendo dentro y fuera de la mina. Los 33 nos acerca la realidad de un fenomeno sociologico que auno los corazones de la ciudadania global y que supuso u...

El sábado 17 de noviembre de 2012 Salvador Alvarenga y su compañero Ezequiel Córdoba se hicieron a la mar para ir a pescar tiburones en su pequeña embarcación. Había aviso de tormenta pero Alvarenga era un experto pescador que no se amedrentaba por nada. Cuando les alcanzo el temporal se encontraban lejos de la costa y un fallo del motor acabo imposibilitando su regreso. Catorce meses despues, el 30 de enero de 2014, con el pelo largo, barba poblada y sin poder apenas hablar ni caminar, Salvador llego a la playa del atolon Ebon en las Islas Marshall, a siete mil millas de donde partio con su bote. Gracias a una dieta a base de pescado crudo, tortugas, pequeños pajaros, agua de lluvia y su propia orina, pudo sobrevivir en alta mar. Por su parte, Ezequiel, quien se nego a tomar esos alimentos, murio pocas semanas despues de la tormenta que les convirtio en naufragos. Fascinado por la historia, el periodista estadounidense Jonathan Franklin entrevisto en numerosas ocasiones al pescador y a todas las personas que fueron testigos de su aparicion en las Islas Marshall, y tambien a aquellos que le acompañaron en los dias posteriores, durante su hospitalizacion. De todas estas conversaciones surge este heroico relato sobre la resistencia humana, seguramente el mas asombroso de nuestros dias.