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The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook (Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbooks) [Paperback]

Joshua Piven (Author), David Borgenicht (Author)

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Paperback: 176 pages
Publisher: Chronicle Books (16 Nov 2000)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0811825558
ISBN-13: 978-0811825559
Product Dimensions: 17.5 x 12.4 x 1.3 cm

Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (35 customer reviews)

Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank:: 20,352 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)
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How to Wrestle Free From an Alligator: 4. If its jaws are closed on something you want to remove (for example, a limb), tap or punch it on the snout.

Though it's being marketed as a "humorous" title--after all, it's unlikely you'll be called upon to land a plane, jump from a motorcycle to a moving car or win a sword fight--the information contained in The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook is all quite sound. Authors Joshua Piven and David Borgenicht consulted numerous experts in their fields (they're cited at the end of the book) to discover how to survive various and sundry awful events. Parachute doesn't open? Your best bet for survival is to hook your arms through the straps of a fellow jumper's chute--and even then you're likely to dislocate both shoulders and break both legs. Car sinking in water? Open the window immediately to equalise pressure, then open the car door and swim to the surface. Buried in an avalanche? Spit on the snow--it will tell you which direction is really up. Then dig as fast as you can. Each survival skill is explained in simple steps with helpful illustrations. Most stress the need to be prepared--both mentally and physically. For example, to escape from quicksand, you will need to lay a pole on the surface of the quicksand, flop on your back atop the pole and pull your legs out one by one. No pole? No luck. "When walking in quicksand country, carry a stout pole--it will help you get out should you need to."

Hopefully you'll never need to know how to build a fire without matches, perform a tracheotomy or treat a bullet wound. But in the words of Survival Evasion Resistance Escape Instructor "Mountain" Mel Deweese, "You never know." --Sunny Delaney

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This is a handbook for life's turns for the worse. It provides step-by-step instructions on everything from how to wrestle an alligator, and defuse a bomb, to how to escape from quick sand, an elevator or a volcanic eruption.

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4.0 out of 5 stars A good way to pass some time, 22 Dec 2000

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This is a very interesting book although it is highly unlikely you'll remember the sterling advice it contains if you ever find yourself in one of the situations. It is just a fun read that you can just sit down and enjoy and then tell your pals in the pub all about.

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4.0 out of 5 stars A very useful book - if you're James Bond!, 5 Dec 2000

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I think what I liked most about this book is its attitude that no matter how absurd the scenarios seem, normal everyday people do end up in them, and it's all about survival - living beyond - that situation. Although I may never need to know how to escape from bears or dodge a hail of bullets, it's comforting to know I have a better idea now of what do do if I did. And it's an amusing read anyway. A great stocking filler.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant!, 3 May 2001

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This book is really amusing as well as helpful! ..it's a good read and well put together. You're not likely to have to figure out what to do in the event of a shark attack... but wouldn't you like to know anyway?

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4.0 out of 5 stars Perfect for James Bond wannabees
Goodness me there are some reviewers out there with a sense of humour bypass. This is a very tongue in cheek book; I didn't think it was intended as a rip roaring, rib cracking... Read more

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5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome Read!!
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4.0 out of 5 stars Not useless trivia
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Published on 10 Nov 2004 by Kurt A. Johnson

5.0 out of 5 stars Not exactly humour...
While this book is listed under "Humour", this is only partially true. It is funny, but only because of the deadpan style used throughout this brilliant series.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Update your common knownledge
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Published on 1 Aug 2002

1.0 out of 5 stars NOT humour, simply strange tips for unlikely situations
Do not, like me, buy this book expecting it to be amusing, because it isn't - at all... The book is intended to be useful, and should one find onself in any of the mentioned... Read more

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5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely fascinating!!
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Published on 18 Jun 2001

4.0 out of 5 stars Great read
I had allways wondered how to get out of at least 4 of the examples in this book. Of course we will probably never use the tips, but as a curiosity it is very interesting read

Published on 11 Jun 2001 by maite@marvel-one.com

4.0 out of 5 stars A Great Laugh
This book had my wife and I in stitches at the bookstore where we first saw it - so good we noted down the ISBN and later purchased it online (how many people bother with that). Read more

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