The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook

Rating: 4.0/5 Stars
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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 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

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Editorials

	From Publishers Weekly
	You've just leapt off a building and, noticing a Dumpster below, you thank your stars that you've spent several hours listening to this cassette, and you can now land in said Dumpster without breaking your back. Although... read full editorial
	From AudioFile
	A perfect gag gift for worrywarts, this bestseller presents real solutions to various (mostly improbable) crises. The fun comes from flipping through it until an entry or illustration catches your eye. The authors seem... read full editorial
	Book Description
	Danger! It lurks at every corner. Volcanoes. Sharks. Quicksand. Terrorists. The pilot of the plane blacks out and it's up to you to land the jet. What do you do? The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook is here... read full editorial

Customer Reviews

	Danger is my business, and business is good
	(No place in particular) February 11, 2004 - 5.0/5 stars
	In my line of work, you have to know how to survive. From fending off sharks, escaping from killer bees, treating bullet wounds, to surviving poisonous snakes, danger is my business, and business is good.In The Worst-Case... read full review
	hard case survival
	(New York, New York USA) July 27, 2001 - 4.0/5 stars
	taking the extremest of situations and providing advice of how to survive them. book made me a litle paranoid about what could happen in life but i guess thats why i bought it
	Amusing party fare - entertainment only
	(New York) August 7, 2001 - 4.0/5 stars
	Definitely worth the low price as long as you only use it for a conversation piece. A charming gift for the right person; although kind of oversold. A final note: the other reviewers are correct that the advice is *brief*... read full review

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