Platform Marketing

• Tougias's book The Finest Hours was made into a movie produced by Walt Disney Pictures and starring Chris Pine.
• Tougias sends a newsletter to 16,500 people who have opted in (via Constant Contact).
• Tougias averages seventy presentations per year on the topics of his books and is often the keynote speaker at national association meetings and other business conferences. These groups often buy the books from the publisher in advance to give to attendees. He speaks to groups as large as 500 and to more intimate library settings of 75. He has spoken in almost all fifty states and just about every type of organization, from boat shows, historical societies, teacher associations, medical conventions, colleges, high schools, aviation conventions, active military, etc. He has “key influencers” friends that will help him promote the book.
• Tougias has connections at national newspapers, talk radio, NPR, and national television. He has appeared on NPR’s Here & Now, over thirty local NPR stations, Fox & Friends, The Weather Channel, 20/20, dozens of podcasts, and much more.

Witness True Resilience in These Incredible Survival Stories

“Michael Tougias converts the wisdom of survivors into advice we can all use...” —Amanda Ripley, bestselling author of The Unthinkable: Who Survives When Disaster Strikes—and Why

#1 New Release in Disaster Relief

Extreme Survival will have you on the edge-of-your-seat with truly amazing survival stories.

New York Times bestselling author Michael Tougias has earned critical acclaim and literary awards for his many best-seller non-fiction narratives. Extreme Survival is the long-awaited follow-up to The Finest Hours, co-authored with Casey Sherman.

Explore the stories and the causes of manmade disasters. To answer the question of why disasters happen and how some survive, Tougias interviewed over 100 people who survived against all odds, first chronicling their harrowing survival stories, and then discussing in detail lessons learned. Extreme Survival delivers the entertainment and exceptional research Michael Tougias fans expect.

Understand resilience through the mindset of survivors. Surviving disasters requires survival techniques to kick in at the right moment. Learn what a person is capable of when under extreme pressure and facing imminent disaster.

Inside find:

• Captivating and narrative survival stories told in true Tougias trademark style
• Analysis of major man-made disasters and the faulty decisions that led to them
• First-person accounts and detailed survival tactics that can apply to your every-day life

If you like true survival books like The Greatest Survival Stories of All Time, Into Thin Air, The Gift of Fear, Into the Abyss, Deep Survival, or If I Live Until Morning, you’ll love Extreme Survival. Also don’t miss reading other Michael Tougais survival books, including Fatal Forecast, Ten Hours Until Dawn, A Storm Too Soon, and Overboard!