The Worst-Case Survival Handbook: Travel (Worst-Case Scenario) - Softcover

Piven, Joshua; Borgenicht, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0811831310 ISBN 13: 9780811831314

Verlag: Chronicle Books, 2001

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Book by Borgenicht David

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PEOPLE Quick: You're on an elevator when the cable snaps, plunging you into free fall. What do you do? Jump in the air at the moment of impact, right? Sure, except that the elevator "will likely collapse...and crush you," note the authors of the bestseller The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook. The right answer: Lie flat on the floor to distribute the impact. In deadpan tone, Piven and Borgenicht advise how to survive a plane crash, remove a leech (burning it off will make it regurgitate, causing infection who knew?) and escape from the trunk of a car. The scenarios owe a debt to action flick clich's how often do you find yourself leaping from rooftop to rooftop? but their utter implausibility doesn't make this read any less riveting.

Reseña del editor:

Danger 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 to help: jam-packed with how-to, hands-on, step-by-step, illustrated instructions on everything you need to know, from defusing a bomb to delivering a baby in the back of a cab. Providing frightening and funny real information this indestructible pocket-sized guide is the definitive handbook for those times when life takes a sudden turn for the worse. The essential companion for a perilous age. Because you never know...

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• Verlag: Chronicle Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0811831310
• ISBN 13: 9780811831314
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 179