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The worst-case scenario survival handbook / by Joshua Piven and David Borgenicht.
LIBRA - Special GF86 .P58 1999
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Piven, Joshua.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Survival--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Survival.
- Survival--Humor.
- Wilderness survival--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Survival skills--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- First aid--Handbooks, manualsm, etc.
- Local Subjects:
- Wilderness survival--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Survival skills--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- First aid--Handbooks, manualsm, etc.
- Genre:
- Handbooks and manuals.
- Humor.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 176 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm
- Other Title:
- Survival handbook
- Place of Publication:
- San Francisco, Calif. : Chronicle Books, [1999]
- Summary:
- Experts provide step-by-step instructions for escaping from, avoiding, or surviving a wide range of dire situations.
- Contents:
- Great Escapes and Entrances
- How to Escape from Quicksand
- How to Break Down a Door
- How to Break into a Car
- How to Hot-wire a Car
- How to Perform a Fast 180-Degree Turn with Your Car
- How to Ram a Car
- How to Escape from a Sinking Car
- How to Deal with a Downed Power Line
- The Best Defense
- How to Survive a Poisonous Snake Attack
- How to Fend Off a Shark
- How to Escape from a Bear
- How to Escape from a Mountain Lion
- How to Wrestle Free from an Alligator
- How to Escape from Killer Bees
- How to Deal with a Charging Bull
- How to Win a Sword Fight
- How to Take a Punch
- Leaps of Faith
- How to Jump from a Bridge or Cliff into a River
- How to Jump from a Building into a Dumpster
- How to Maneuver on Top of a Moving Train and Get Inside
- How to Jump from a Moving Car
- How to Leap from a Motorcycle to a Car
- Emergencies
- How to Perform a Tracheotomy
- How to Use a Defibrillator to Restore a Heartbeat
- How to Identify a Bomb
- How to Deliver a Baby in a Taxicab
- How to Treat Frostbite
- How to Treat a Leg Fracture
- How to Treat a Bullet or Knife Wound
- Adventure Survival
- How to Land a Plane
- How to Survive an Earthquake
- How to Survive Adrift at Sea
- How to Survive When Lost in the Desert
- How to Survive If Your Parachute Fails to Open
- How to Survive an Avalanche
- How to Survive If You Are in the Line of Gunfire
- How to Survive When Lost in the Mountains
- How to Make Fire Without Matches
- How to Avoid Being Struck by Lightning
- How to Get to the Surface If Your Scuba Tank Runs Out of Air.
- Participant:
- Read by Burt Reynolds.
- ISBN:
- 0811825558
- 9780811825559
- OCLC:
- 42931155
- Online:
- Contributor biographical information
- Publisher description
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