Bears. Avalanches. Grill fi res. The great outdoors is packed with perils, so be prepared from the moment you lace up your boots. With detailed instructions on how to get out of every kind of trouble in the wild, this new, dynamic almanac format in the best-selling Worst-Case Scenario series provides maximum protectionand gives you something scary to read around the campfire. Profiles of worst-case locations and intrepid explorers, charts and graphs of perilous situations, offbeat lists and factshere is all the information you need in the wilderness to feel safe and terrified at the same time.
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David Borgenicht is the author of The Worst-Case Scenario Survival series.
Melissa Wagner is the co-author of The Worst-Case Scenario Almanac: History.
Melissa Wagner is the co-author of The Worst-Case Scenario Almanac: History.
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David Borgenicht is the creator and co-author of the best-selling WORST CASE SCENARIO SURVIVAL HANDBOOK series. He is also the author of dozens of other books, including THE STAR TREK BOOK OF OPPOSITES and HOW TO CON YOUR KID. He is the president and publisher of Quirk Books (www.quirkbooks.com), Philadelphia-based publishers of entertaining, informative, and amusing fiction and non-fiction.
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4 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Worst Case Scenarios,
By Joseph S. Maresca "Dr. Joseph S. Maresca CPA,... (Bronxville, New York USA) - See all my reviews (HALL OF FAME REVIEWER) (TOP 1000 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)
This review is from: The Worst Case Scenario Almanac: The Great Outdoors (Paperback)
The book covers some classic worst case scenarios.
For instance, how does a person control a mob of people seemingly out of control. The preferred method is to stand above the mob and view it as a single unit. Show no fear and stroke the ego of individuals present. There is a section describing playground politics and strategies to handle the phenomenon. The author covers strategies aimed at working in a hostile room. Plan your exit and harmonize with the people present. There is a section which explains how to give a toast at a formal dinner. Occasionally, unique anecdotes are provided. For instance, Beethoven changed the name of a musical piece from the Bonaparte Symphony to Heroic. In 1872, a drunk man was given a year in jail for herding cows while drunk. The work is a bit of an oddity in a world of books which address more mundane things. For this reason, the presentation is interesting and challenging. I'm not certain whether or not everyone would enjoy this book because of the unusual content.
0 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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The REAL Worst-Case Scenario: Running Out of Ideas II,
By fredtownward "The Analytical Mind; Have Brain... (Mocksville, North Carolina, United States) - See all my reviews (VINE VOICE)
This review is from: The Worst Case Scenario Almanac: The Great Outdoors (Paperback)
This second attempt in the almanac format represents a noticeable improvement over The Worst-Case Scenario Almanac: History, because the chosen topic, the Great Outdoors, is one that (unlike History) actually needs to be survived.
Like the first almanac this book manages only a paltry 30 scenarios in its 268 pages, but at least in this book the "filler" material is often useful. Survival myths get debunked, important survival tips are set off by lines of slashes, stories of survival offer important lessons, and slightly over half of the remaining tables contain useful information. Unfortunately that still leaves a lot of useless if marginally interesting material, some of it little more than blatant environmentalist wacko-ism and some of it just snarky and asinine. All things considered, I can recommend this book, but I am considerably more dubious about the next book in the series: The Worst-Case Scenario Almanac: Politics, which turns out to be an unjustified waste of what the authors clearly regard as "sacred" trees.
1 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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Solid advice for the out of sorts,
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This review is from: The Worst Case Scenario Almanac: The Great Outdoors (Paperback)
This is wonderful writing, and a fun read. Entertaining to the n^th degree. Hopefully not useful.
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On April 14, 1989, David Nyman and Jim Sweeney set out in Alaska's Denali National Park to climb the north face of a challenging peak known as Mount Johnson. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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On April 14, 1989, David Nyman and Jim Sweeney set out in Alaska's Denali National Park to climb the north face of a challenging peak known as Mount Johnson. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
long log Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Expert Advice, Grand Canyon, United States, New York, North Pole, Abraham Lincoln, Sierra Nevada New!
Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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