Best Selling Books by David Borgenicht

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.

世界如此瘋狂，局勢瞬息萬變， 生與死的關鍵，就在於知道與不知道。 面對各種突發狀況， 這本書能讓你做好準備、沉著應對！ 暢銷20週年助人無數， 《紐約客》、《時人》、《紐約時報》一致好評， 與時俱進全新增修版，在台救命上市！ 橋斷了車落水，如何逃離？ 地震、暴雨河川潰堤，怎麼求生？ 被催淚瓦斯攻擊，如何自保？ 手機起火、掉入馬桶，怎麼救？ 如何正確使用心臟除顫器（AED）？ 危機四處潛伏，你永遠無法知道下一刻會發生什麼！ 求生的首要關鍵就是──不要驚慌失措！ 專家解析╳簡單易懂的步驟說明 危難時刻知道該怎麼辦，就能保持冷靜、取得生機！ 本書針對各種現代生活突發狀況， 提供來自各領域專家的最新求生技巧， 這些簡單知識能讓你在面對生死關頭之時保持沉著、即時採取正確行動， 拯救你的性命、手腳和所愛的人！ • 機上遇到孩童哭鬧，怎麼避免精神耗弱？ • 被挾持時，如何自保？ • 沒有GPS，怎麼確定方位？ ‧ 如何識別炸彈？ ‧ 要挨揍了，若逃不了該如何迎擊減少身體損傷？ • 遭遇駭客攻擊、資料外洩，怎麼辦？ ‧ 如何對抗網路霸凌？ • 如何在病毒暴發或超級流感中求生？ • 熱衰竭、凍傷、骨折、刺傷……，怎麼緊急處理？ 精選多個生活中常見緊急時刻， 涵蓋人為與自然危害、科技災害、防禦、急救與戶外生存等項目， 掌握面臨危難情況可用上的各種技巧，助人自救，化險為夷！ 【好評推薦】 步驟說明簡單易懂，幫助你和其他人擺脫各種可怕的困境。 ──《紐約客》（The New Yorker） 這本書的出版對人們的生活產生了影響。居住在加州的凱文‧摩根（Kevin S. Morgan）就在亞馬遜網站上發文表示：「〈如何破門而入〉這一篇，成功幫助他與女友在危難時逃離自己的房屋。」──《時人》雜誌（People）

Compiles information from movies and television programs including "Star Trek", "Top Gun", and "Body Heat" to teach readers such skills as how to tell if someone is really dead, how to evade a MiG, and how to pick up someone in a bar.

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

Originally published: San Francisco, Calif.: Chronicle Books, A2012.

"First published in the United States in 2011 by Chronicle books LLC. A Quirk Packaging book"--Preliminary page.

The 20th anniversary edition of the international bestseller With expert, illustrated step-by-step instructions for life''s sudden turns for the worst: Danger! It lurks at every corner. Quicksand. Sharks. Cyberbullies. Super-Flu. From wrestling an alligator to evading drones to landing a plane if the pilot passes out, The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook is here to help. Needed now more than ever, this revised and expanded edition delivers frightening and funny real advice readers need to know fast. With crucial information added from across the Worst-Case series and 20 all-new scenarios for twenty-first century threats (extreme weather, "fake news," dropping a cell phone in the toilet). Fans of the Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook series will need to have the updated 20th anniversary edition to always be adequately prepared for dire situations in this crazy world. Action-packed hardcover handbook brings emergency instruction for anxious times. Expert – and humorous – advice for extreme situations including great escapes and entrances (how to escape from a sinking car), tooth and claw (how to escape from killer bees), technical trouble (how to survive an out-of-control autonomous car), and adventure survival (how to survive an avalanche). Makes a great gift and reference guide for those who like to be prepared for whatever might happen

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.

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.

Get over it! What to do if you''re left at the altar; tell-tale signs your relationship is over; treating red, puffy eyes; and how to make your bed feel less empty.

For everyone who is sick of asking the big questions, here are more than 300 topics for inane, pointless, silly, but highly entertaining discussion.