New Releases by DAVID BORGENICHT

Be prepared for the worst with expert advise and survival trivia all year long.

Best-seller history repeats itself with this dynamic new "almanac" format that broadens the scope and content of the Worst-Case Scenario handbooks. The Worst-Case Scenario Almanac: History offers step-by-step illustrated scenarios on how to win a joust, survive in a dungeon, and overcome other plights of yesteryear, but the volume also features hundreds of pages of additionaland hilariousinformation in the form of lists (the worst jobs to have during the Industrial Revolution), offbeat profiles (Attila the Hun, Idi Amin), Worst-Case Wisdom (bad advice), descriptions of disasters narrowly averted, and much more. Packed with charts, graphs, maps, and timelines, The Worst-Case Scenario Almanac: History is an invigorating look at all that''s gone wrong in the past and the best way to prepare for the future.

Bears. Avalanches. Grill fires. 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.

Fake your way through a presentation, slip out of the room unnoticed, stay awake through agenda overload, and video conference from the beach.

This book could save your business! Since 1999, the Worst-Case Scenario survival handbooks have provided readers with real answers for the most extreme situations. Now, in a time of economic crisis, the bestselling series returns with a new, real-world guide to avoiding the worst business cataclysms. Here, you''ll find solutions for the most dangerous, deadly situations your business will ever encounter-whether those crises relate to finance, human resources, strategy, sales and marketing, or the executive suite. This book is no joke-and you won''t find any buzzwords or fables about fictitious CEOs in here-just expert advice and step-by-step info on what to do when you''re facing a true business nightmare. You''ll learn how to Stay in business when you can''t make payroll Fend off an employee coup Perform emergency surgery on your overhead Deal with nightmare customers And much, much more Until now, there''s never been a clear, step-by-step guide to dealing with the sudden turns for the worst that can doom your business. The Worst-Case Scenario Business Survival Guide provides you the answers you need when disaster strikes-and what you must know to avoid the next one.

Escape a stalled subway car or a swarm of pigeons; stop a runaway hot dog cart; defeat cockroacheswhat every native and visitor needs to survive in the Big Apple.

Be prepared for love''s sudden turns with the help of The Worst-Case Scenario Sex Kit! Based on the best-selling Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook: Dating and Sex, this kit comes with instructions for tackling every bedroom catastrophe-from removing a shirt caught in a zipper to dealing with body odor-all printed on 15 portable, two-sided cards for quick and easy reference when you need it the most. The kit also includes one sheet of glow-in-the-dark stickers guaranteed to liven up even the most boring bedroom encounter, and an in case of an emergency vial of massage oil cleverly hidden in a reusable secret-compartment keychain.Published under license from Chronicle Books, LLC. Worst-Case Scenario(R) and The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook(TM) are trademarks of Quirk Productions, Inc. The kits are based on the books The WORST-CASE SCENARIO Survival Handbook(TM), (c) 1999 by Quirk Productions, Inc., and The WORST-CASE SCENARIO Survival Handbook(TM): Dating & Sex, (c) 2001 by Quirk Productions, Inc. All Rights Reserved. First published by Chronicle Books LLC, San Francisco, California, USA.

Step-by-step instructions teach you the essentials: how to booby-trap a room, how to pop a wheelie, how to win at thumb wrestling, how to spin a basketball on one finger ... and much more! If you''ve got to be a kid, then you''ve got to have this book too!

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 show that has taught over 70 million of us to count is turning 30! To help celebrate this milestone, Hyperion presents the ultimate insider''s tribute to "Sesame Street"--a one-of-a-kind volume that lets readers relive all the classic memories, games shows, animation, and parodies through actual scripts, rare photos, celebrity flashbacks, and hilarious anecdotes. 400 color photos. NPR sponsorship.

When you can''t hack it anymore, your memory''s overloaded, and you just can''t get on-line, boot up this database of witty wordplay, sure to make any computer user smile. Full-color illustrations. 6 pop-up spreads.

From the Andy Griffith Show to Wonder Woman, from sitcoms to game shows to police and medical dramas, television has charmed the Baby Boomers and is now enticing the "twentysomething" MTV generation. Quotes, songs, questions and answers, theme songs and more make this book the playful companion for friends leaping back into their pool of youthful memories.

Well-known professionals and amateurs alike tee off in this collection of quotations and witticisms about the glorious game of golf. From Mark Twain to Ben Hogan and more. With miniature scorecard bookmark attached.

A look at English rural tradition, from thatching and ploughing to village cricket.