Extreme Encounters How It Feels to Be Drowned in Quicksand, Shredded by Piranhas, Swept up in a Tornado, and Dozens of Other Unpleasant Experiences...

Name: Extreme Encounters How It Feels to Be Drowned in Quicksand, Shredded by Piranhas, Swept up in a Tornado, and Dozens of Other Unpleasant Experiences...
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ISBN: 9781931686006

ISBN-10: 1931686009

ISBN-13: 9781931686006

Edition: 2002

Authors: Greg Emmanuel

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After reading The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook, did you ever wonder what it s like to be struck by lightning? To run with the bulls in Pamplona? To ride the crushing swell of an avalanche? Extreme Encounters describes these adventures and 37 others with endlessly addictive you-are-there second-person narratives so you chill to the numbing effects of frostbite, you hear the 110-decibel roar of a grizzly bear, and you feel the stomach-lurching drop of an elevator freefall. Extreme Encounters is a moment-by-moment, blow-by-blow account of what happens to you physically, emotionally, and scientifically during life s most perilous experiences. Like a cross between The Worst-Case…

Book details

List price: $15.95
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Quirk Books
Publication date: 9/13/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 176
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.00" long x 0.78" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English



Introduction



When Animals Attack


Fire Ant Picnic


Snake in the Grass


Shark! Who Goes There?


Maul of the Wild


Swim with the Fishes


Jellyfish Jamboree


Pamplonaaah!



The Great Outdoors


Hot and Bothered


Ice, Ice Baby


Say It Ain't Snow


Drown and Out


Blowin' in the Wind


Sinking in Quicksand


Bomb Voyage!



Somebody Get a Doctor!


Kiss of the Defibrillator


Three Days of Detox


Meat Your Maker


Amputation, Civil War Style


Pass the Kidney Stones, Please


Ebolapalooza



Crime and Punishment


Caught in the Crossfire


Ol' Sparky


Good to the Last Drop


The Third Degree


Six Feet Under


Nineteen Days in the Hole


Dancing at the End of Your Rope



Everyday Mishaps


Express Elevator


Not-so-lucky Strike


Buzz Kill


Acid Test


Blow-Dryer in the Bathtub


It's Just Gas



Going to Extremes


Bent Out of Shape


Banel o' Laughs


Major League Pain


Nine Rounds of Heavyweight Boxing


Shake, Rattle, and Roll Over


The 12,000-Foot-High Jump


Don't Forget Your Launch!


Bibliography


Acknowledgments