The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook: Extreme Edition: Extreme Edition

Reminds me of the "Far Side" type of humor. It's very funny but at the same time the advice given makes sense. The situations are possible but very highly unlikely, like "What to do if all four of your tires blow out at the same time." I sent this to a friend who just turned 50 (to make the next 50 safer) and she loved it. The Complete Far Side

This is a very entertaining book. I'm not sure how many of the scenarios would ever come in handy but it makes for great conversations.

I had this book sent to a guy I've been seeing. He's in prison. He asked me to send him other books on spiritual enlightenment and how to unleash the brain's potential, but I decided on my own that what he could really use at a time like this was a copy of "The Worse-Case Scenario Survival Handbok: Extreme Edition." The instruction on how to gut a squirrel will probably not be of much use to him since there aren't any trees nearby, but the tip on what to do if choking on lint seemed pretty useful. He wrote back to me saying, "but I look and re-check for what to do when I'm stuck behind concrete and barbed wire and my [girl] is outside, any ideas?" I was hoping he'd make it back to me sooner than as scheduled. That is the only reason I gave this book 4 instead of 5 stars. Maybe they should come up with a Prison edition.

The book is extremely entertaining and it might save your life, too. It covers scenarios James Bond would aspire to. "How to endure a Turkish prison" "How to survive an elephant stampede" "How to survive a nuclear attack" "How to take a bullet" "How to control a runaway hot air balloon" "How to break a gorilla's grip" Plus other scenarios that are more practical and more likely for one to encounter. "How to free a limb from a beartrap" "How to survive on an iceberg" "How to survivean attack by a pack of wolves" "How to recover a motorcycle spinning out of control" "How to survive a 16-car pile-up" "How to survive a mine collapse" Bottom line, there is some practical advice here for emergencies, but it is the entertainment, laugh-out-loud factor that makes it worth it.

Ever imagined yourself in an elephant stampede? In a runaway baloon? Buried alive? Gripped by a gorilla? Stuck in a bear trap? Ever dreamed of being a hero(in) rescuing everybody in a helicopter that the pilots left? If you have this book, then you have solutions to all these situations: You will be able to control the baloon, control the helicopter and land it, survive from a pack of volves, deal with a quadruple blowout, how to survive a nuclear fallout etc. Remember the scenes from the movies that our hero(in) has to survive some kind of "tricky" situation (his/her food poisoned let's say)? And remember yourself thinking about what would you do if you were him? That's right: This book is absolutely for you! Most probably you will never use the tactics you have read in this book. But believe me, it's a really interesting, fascinating, funny book that you'll finish in less than an hour. The price tag is nice also. It's amazing, affordable, fascinating, a good time-passer. What would you want more?