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Loading... The worst-case scenario survival handbookby Joshua PivenSeries: Worst Case Scenario Survival Handbook ( original edition)
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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book.  Sandydog1 | Aug 25, 2009 |  I'm a worrier- this helps me worry less. I think this may be the only recorded instance of the giving of this book as a non-gag gift. (  ) ewalrath | Jul 18, 2009 | In this book there are several stories at can be related to technical writing. This book has some very school appropriate examples but on the other hand there are some that you would not want to use. We are going to use this as examples for the technical manual. kaiserestates | Nov 13, 2008 | I agree with bkleinwort -- the spin-offs degrade the original. I think this is a very entertaining little book. It's fun to read, and unlike other books of the type it cites credible references for the advice given. It is certainly not complete enough to be a "survival handbook" -- I'm sure that's intended as a joke -- but apart from the select pieces of practical advice it offers, I like the fact that it encourages a person to think about what could go wrong in a given situation. This book will be more likely to save your life if it causes you to remember where the fire exits are when you enter a room than by telling you how to kick a shark in the nose. (Unless you're like my nephew!) (  )1  HoraceSPatoot | Oct 14, 2007 | Entertaining, and I learned some stuff. Not that I would remember any of it if I found myself needing to... (  ) nevusmom | Jun 8, 2007 |  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com (ISBN 0811825558, Paperback)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 swordfight--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 equalize 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 (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:18 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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I chose not to study the section on landing an airplane. It sounded easier-said-than-done.
A very short, somewhat amusing (without trying to be) book. (