Turkey on fire? No plans for New Year's Eve? Obnoxious relatives headed your way? The authors of the best-selling The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook are here to help you survive the dangers of the holiday season, from Thanksgiving to New Year's Day. Learn how to rescue someone stuck in a chimney, survive the office holiday party, and escape a runaway parade balloon. Expertly deal with a meddling parent, silence a group of carolers, and treat a tongue stuck to a frozen pole. Illustrated, step-by-step instructions guide you through these and dozens of other festive scenarios. With a helpful appendix of holiday excuses, last-minute gift ideas, and creative drink recipes for when the liquor runs out, this is truly the perfect holiday book.

The indispensable guide for surviving life's sudden turns for the worse. The authors have consulted survival experts who have provided illustrated, step-by-step instructions on techniques they would employ in emergency situations. There are tips on how to: fend off a shark; take a punch; deliver a baby in a taxicab; survive a poisonous snake attack; jump from a moving car; identify a bomb; escape from killer bees; survive if your parachute fails to open; & survive dozens of other dire situations. There is also a foreword on The Rules of Survival by "Mountain" Mel Deweese, a Survival Evasion Resistance Escape Instructor who has 30+ years of survival training experience.

The authors of the best-selling "The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook" help you survive the dangers of the holiday season. Illustrated, step-by-step instructions guide you through dozens of festive scenarios.

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With over 9 million copies sold worldwide, the Worst-Case Scenario series has been preparing readers for dangers of all kinds for more than a decade. This handsome large-format hardcover compendium is truly the ultimate guide for handling life's inevitable Worst-Case Scenarios, collecting—for the first time—hundreds of the best and most crucial scenarios from across the entire 26-book series, along with dozens of all-new and expanded scenarios, charts, and expert tips. Topical, tabloid-style pages explore more than 100 subjects, from storms to stampedes to technology failures and beyond, with special sections highlighting critical information on starting fires, animal encounters, emergency signals, "Can I eat that?" questions, and more. Packed with expert advice and sturdy enough to stop a tiger bite, this gifty tome will keep longtime fans and new initiates safe and entertained in equal measure.