Emergency
One man's story of a dangerous world, and how to stay alive in it
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3.8 • 8 Ratings
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- £4.99
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- £4.99
Publisher Description
With the economic downturn, the hysterical Swine Flu frenzy and the systemic corruption of our political system we need someone to guide us through these difficult times. Emergency tells how Strauss went from shivering the whole night through in a water-logged sleeping bag on a tracking course, with only his broken Blackberry for company, to being the well-trained and even better equipped survival expert he is today.
Encountering a host of weird and hilarious characters along the way, Strauss's timely and wry look at the The End of the World As We Know It will make you glad you chose to be on his side.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
The controversial author of The Game is back with a safer of sorts guide. With the U.S. threatened from within and without (e.g., swine flu, all sorts of religious extremists, subprime mortgages), the author takes three years of wilderness survival and lock-picking classes in an effort to learn how to survive anything from online hackers to terrorist plots. Witty, self-deprecating, and full of weird tips (how to fashion your credit card into a knife), the book is done justice by Strauss s careful reading. The pacing is purposeful and Strauss s youthful tone is flush with humor alongside a steady emphasis on the key ideas. A HarperCollins/It hardcover.
