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`Once the covers have been opened (and which youngster would not open a red chest with a black skull and crossbones on it?) one cannot help dipping in and out of the treasure compulsively'
--School Librarian
`Chock-a-block full of interesting facts'
--Teen Titles Magazine
--School Librarian
`Chock-a-block full of interesting facts'
--Teen Titles Magazine
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'Once the covers have been opened (and which youngster would not open a red chest with a black skull and crossbones on it?) one cannot help dipping in and out of the treasure compulsively' School Librarian 'Chock-a-block full of interesting facts' Teen Titles magazine
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Deadly Peril (and how to avoid it) is an informative and often amusing book containing many of the common, uncommon and downright obscure ways to die horribly.
This blackly humourous book contains such diverse topics as Earthquakes, Black Widow spiders, Great White Sharks, Falling Coconuts and the seemly innocous but deadly peril of Getting Dressed. Detailing each peril across 2 pages, covering what can happen and usefully how to avoid it. Almost all perils are extremely rare eg. being struck by Lightning, but every topic is dealt in an entertaining way.
As you will discover when reading Deadly Peril, there are many exotic ways to die and if they involve animals almost all of them can run faster than humans. And even if you can run fast, there is no guarantee you will not get struck on the head by a falling coconut or spontaneously combust.
To Sum Up: An excellent little gift book for all ages that you will probably end up reading yourself.
This blackly humourous book contains such diverse topics as Earthquakes, Black Widow spiders, Great White Sharks, Falling Coconuts and the seemly innocous but deadly peril of Getting Dressed. Detailing each peril across 2 pages, covering what can happen and usefully how to avoid it. Almost all perils are extremely rare eg. being struck by Lightning, but every topic is dealt in an entertaining way.
As you will discover when reading Deadly Peril, there are many exotic ways to die and if they involve animals almost all of them can run faster than humans. And even if you can run fast, there is no guarantee you will not get struck on the head by a falling coconut or spontaneously combust.
To Sum Up: An excellent little gift book for all ages that you will probably end up reading yourself.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book is so entertaining. I bought it as a xmas present for a 12 year old boy (in desperation!) and could not put it down long enough to wrap it! I have ordered one for myself too now. It is amusing, informative and more than a little bizarre but completely unique and very enjoyable.
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Entertaining Read, That Teaches You Stuff Too!
13 Feb 2010
Format:Paperback
Deadly Peril is very similar size, format and content wise to survival guide books out there with a pinch of humour. It's not as funny as The Action Hero's Handbook: How to Catch a Great White Shark, Perform the Vulcan Nerve Pinch, Track a Fugitive, and Dozens of Other TV and Movie Skills but is still very entertaining. The advice inside if you actually were caught in a situation and had no idea how to deal with it may well save your life. However as the author's point out with most of the peril's unless you deliberately put yourself into a situation the odds of ever experiencing the peril or having the peril try and kill you is pretty remote. There's enough in here that isn't in Action Hero's Handbook that it's worth while getting both.
With a few perils they haven't fully researched where you'll find the peril and don't give all locations such as Black Widow Spider no mention of Australia where it's known as the Redback spider. In other listings such as Death Stalker Scorpion maybe it would have been better to just broadly use poisonous scorpion rather than a specific one but these are only minor faults.
Inside this book you'll learn how to deal with or avoid the following perils.
Menace from the Deep
- Box Jellyfish
- Great White Shark
- Blue-ringed Octopus
- Cone Snail
- Piranha
- Electric Eel
- Stonefish
- Stingray
- Sea Snake
- Giant Squid
Deadly Planet
- Volcano
- Whirlpool
- Avalanche
- Forest Fire
- Tsunami
- Quicksand
- Earthquake
- Rip Current
- Geyser
- Waterfall
- Landslide
- Desert
Unexpected Peril
- Meteorite
- Fugu
- Frozen Toilet Waste
- Bermuda Triangle
- Eagle Dropping Tortoise
- Spontaneous Human Combustion
- Coconut
- Solar Fare
Animal Attack
- Fierce Snake
- Crocodile
- Hippo
- Grizzly
- Lion
- Golden Poison Frog
- Cape Buffalo
- Vampire Bat
- Cassowary
- Komodo Dragon
Small But Lethal
- Black Widow Spider
- Killer Bees
- Mosquito
- Death Stalker Scorpion
- Giant Centipede
- Tsetse Fly
- Army Ants
Perilous Weather
- Lightning Strike
- Tornado
- Blizzard
- Sandstorm
- Flash Flood
- Freak Wave
- Giant Hail
- Hurricane
Everyday Peril
- Getting Dressed
- Electricity
- Poisonous Garden Plant
- Sleepwalking
- Botulism
Adventurous Peril
- The Bends
- Attitude Sickness
- Skydiving
- Shipwreck
- Cave-in
Another good survival guide/skill learning read done in a humorous way is The Superman Handbook: The Ultimate Guide to Saving the Day.
With a few perils they haven't fully researched where you'll find the peril and don't give all locations such as Black Widow Spider no mention of Australia where it's known as the Redback spider. In other listings such as Death Stalker Scorpion maybe it would have been better to just broadly use poisonous scorpion rather than a specific one but these are only minor faults.
Inside this book you'll learn how to deal with or avoid the following perils.
Menace from the Deep
- Box Jellyfish
- Great White Shark
- Blue-ringed Octopus
- Cone Snail
- Piranha
- Electric Eel
- Stonefish
- Stingray
- Sea Snake
- Giant Squid
Deadly Planet
- Volcano
- Whirlpool
- Avalanche
- Forest Fire
- Tsunami
- Quicksand
- Earthquake
- Rip Current
- Geyser
- Waterfall
- Landslide
- Desert
Unexpected Peril
- Meteorite
- Fugu
- Frozen Toilet Waste
- Bermuda Triangle
- Eagle Dropping Tortoise
- Spontaneous Human Combustion
- Coconut
- Solar Fare
Animal Attack
- Fierce Snake
- Crocodile
- Hippo
- Grizzly
- Lion
- Golden Poison Frog
- Cape Buffalo
- Vampire Bat
- Cassowary
- Komodo Dragon
Small But Lethal
- Black Widow Spider
- Killer Bees
- Mosquito
- Death Stalker Scorpion
- Giant Centipede
- Tsetse Fly
- Army Ants
Perilous Weather
- Lightning Strike
- Tornado
- Blizzard
- Sandstorm
- Flash Flood
- Freak Wave
- Giant Hail
- Hurricane
Everyday Peril
- Getting Dressed
- Electricity
- Poisonous Garden Plant
- Sleepwalking
- Botulism
Adventurous Peril
- The Bends
- Attitude Sickness
- Skydiving
- Shipwreck
- Cave-in
Another good survival guide/skill learning read done in a humorous way is The Superman Handbook: The Ultimate Guide to Saving the Day.
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