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SUMMARY:Miscalculated Risks
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DESCRIPTION:Presentation by author Michael Cooper.\nhttps://dpl.libnet.inf
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Join Michael as he shares a slideshow of h
 is pioneering expeditions through sun-scorched deserts\, dangerous jungles
 \, and wicked whitewater. Hear his harrowing stories of survival from his 
 award-winning memoir <em>Miscalculated Risks: Attacked\, Crippled\, Paraly
 zed\, Drowning\, Unconscious and Freezing in The Wild (Just Not All at Onc
 e)</em>. Following the slideshow\, Michael will read an excerpt from his g
 ripping memoir recounting one of his most ambitious desert expeditions.&nb
 sp\;</p>\n<p>Books will be available for sale following the presentation.&
 nbsp\;</p>\n<p><em>Miscalculated Risks</em> is the winner of both the Amer
 ican Writing Awards for Best New Nonfiction and the Literary Global Book A
 wards for Narrative Nonfiction\, and is hailed by literary critics as &ldq
 uo\;brazenly honest&rdquo\; and &ldquo\;nothing short of remarkable.&rdquo
 \; A finalist for Foreword INDIES' Adventure\, Sports &amp\; Recreation Bo
 ok of the Year\, Michael&rsquo\;s memoir was also nominated for the Eric H
 offer Awards' Montaigne Medal recognizing the year's "most thought-provoki
 ng books"&mdash\;distinctions prompting National Today to recognize Cooper
  as "a leading voice in adventure literature.&rdquo\;</p>\n<p></p>\n<p><st
 rong>About the Author:</strong></p>\n<p><img src="https://static.libnet.in
 fo/frontend-images/editor/dpl/Michael_Cooper.jpg" width="200" height="150"
  alt="" /></p>\n<p>A wilderness adventurer\, mountaineer and backcountry n
 avigator\, Michael Cooper has explored over 8\,000 miles of wild country&m
 dash\;including places where nobody in recorded history had gone before. C
 ooper is also widely known as a recording engineer and producer\, having w
 orked with Academy Award-winning actor William Hurt\, ABC World News ancho
 r Barry Serafin\, and Grammy-winning singer/songwriter Ashley Cleveland. A
  noted authority on music production and sound for film\, Michael Cooper&r
 squo\;s journalism has appeared over 500 times in seven pro-audio magazine
 s and&nbsp\;<em>Wired</em>. He has served as Contributing Editor for the r
 ecording industry&rsquo\;s preeminent magazine\,&nbsp\;<em>Mix</em>\, sinc
 e 1996 and composed music for feature-length film. Michael Cooper lives wi
 th his wife in Central Oregon.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Questions? Contact <a href
 ="mailto:lizg@deschuteslibrary.org">lizg@deschuteslibrary.org</a>&nbsp\;</
 p>\nhttps://dpl.libnet.info/event/16583727
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