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4.0 out of 5 stars
Many good suggestions, October 26, 2011
This review is from: Practical Home Security: A Guide to Safer Urban Living (Kindle Edition)
About a year ago I found Alex's podcast and listened to every one of them. The early part of the series focused on how to protect your home. The others are a combination of how to protect yourself and a lot of common sense topics. This book is a good summary of the information in the how to protect your home series. If you are like I was when I first discovered Alex's podcasts you will benefit greatly from this book. It covers a lot of topics that will really help you get your act together in making your home less of a target for criminals. As I found out, just because you live in a nice sleepy neighborhood that does not mean someone will not kick in your back door and come into your house. If I had known then what I know now they might not have chosen my house. The book is pretty concise. I think that the kindle edition at $4.99 is a good value.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Basics for beginners, January 10, 2012
This review is from: Practical Home Security: A Guide to Safer Urban Living (Kindle Edition)
At 102 pages, this a very concise book on home security basics. Much of the information I read in this book I had already learned through doing various Google searches on home security. However, the author did mention a few things that I hadn't thought of to help make yourself less of a target to criminals. He does not go into details about which locks, screws, home security systems, etc. are the best to purchase. He leaves that to the reader's discretion based on the reader's budget for home security. If you know nothing about about home security, then this is a good place to start. If you're already educated on the basics and looking for something a little more in depth, then choose a different book. I'd recommend "Kick Ass" Home Security! Veteran Police Officer Reveals Simple Ways to Protect Yourself from Burglars, Thieves, and Other Scum-of-the-Earth!
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Solid and concise advice, December 17, 2011
This review is from: Practical Home Security: A Guide to Safer Urban Living (Kindle Edition)
This book is the perfect length if you want a quick no-nonsense primer on what you can do to make your home more secure. It takes about an hour to read through and communicates what you need to know quickly and clearly. Stores of real life crimes and hypothetical security situations help keep you interested and perfectly illustrate the main points of the book. Where the book stops short is at making specific brand recommendations or providing technical recommendations for home security alarms and the like. On the flip side of that, there is little the book recommends that you could not take action on the very next day after reading it, either by yourself or after making a couple phone calls to local contractors. I also really liked that Alex acknowledged the line between fear mongering and being serious about protecting yourself. Without that reminder it's easy to see the case studies as sensationalism designed to scare you into action instead of illustrations of the threats you can guard against. Considering the low cost and the great advice that is easy too act on, this is a fantastic first step to making yourself and your family safer.
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