Joshua Piven is a writer, editor, and Web site designer who lives
in Philadelphia. He's ready for anything.
David Borgenicht is a Philadelphia-based writer whose own
worst-case scenario involved a heavy-armored vehicle in Pakistan.
Reviews from: Soldier of Fortune USA Today Nearly 180 pages of
immediate-action drills for when everything goes to hell in a
handbasket (SOF editors all keep a copy on their desk at all
times). Succinct overviews and pity, practical courses of action
from legion experts-in-their-fields, to fight Murphy at least to a
draw. Aficionados in some fields might quibble over certain
techniques, but for the amount of ground this compact volume covers
in dealing with dozens and dozens of worst-case scenarios in
common-sense fashion, it's well worth having. Odds are good you'll
meet more than one of the situation during your life, and the time
spent studying this volume may turn out to be some the best time
you ever invest. If nothing else, it makes you think out your
options beforehand, so you have a plan. Those with deep-seated
fears about killer bees, quicksand, mountain lions and sharks will
enjoy The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook by Joshua Piven and
David Borgenicht, a handy little book for the extremely prepared
that is climbing the best-seller list. This is a no-nonsense,
no-fooling around guide with straightforward information. But fear
not: The authors have enough perspective to acknowledge the campy
appeal of an armchair guide for the anxious. "We thought it would
be funny to people," Borgenicht says. They were, he says, "inspired
by pop culture as much as by paranoia most of the scenarios we talk
about were a TV or a movie scene." Sharks, the authors say, scared
both of them to pieces in childhood. Blame it on Jaws.
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